Wednesday, March 10, 2004

Trim The Shrubs FEATURED ARTICLES - 911 Truth Mass Phone-Fax-Email Campaign - The New Pearl Harbor:  Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 - Confidence Man - The case for Bush is the case against him, Slate.com QUOTE OF THE DAY "Secrecy is the beginning of tyranny." - - Robert Heinlein KNOW YOUR HISTORY - MARCH 10th 1968 -- Robert Kennedy visited Delano, Ca., in his bid for the presidency. He joined Cesar Chavez in a chapel where Chavez broke his fast on behalf of organizing farm workers. 1999 -- Pres. Clinton visited Guatemala and acknowledged the U.S. role in Central America's "dark and painful period" of civil wars and repression. He apologized for US support of rightist regimes that ruled the country for 3 decades. RHINO HERE: Today's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE is a thoughtful piece on how Kerry might best trim the shrubs. It's written by William Saletan, chief political correspondent for Slate.com & author of "Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War." But first... There's a big push on to have thousands of activists and concerned citizens put pressure on certain powers that be, to make key members of the shrub gang testify concerning the 9-11 attack intelligence failures. There are a list of pointed questions which need to be answered and a list of the political leaders who have the power to force shrub & his handlers to answer them. If you're interested in joining the effort, check out: 9-11 Truth Mass Phone-Fax-Email Campaign Truth If you or some of your friends & relatives can only think "Conspiracy Overload!" when you hear suggestions that there are many many more than fishy coincidences about what happened on September 11, 2001, then you should know about a new book written by David Ray Griffin entitled,  "The New Pearl Harbor - Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11."   Below is a brief review written for Amazon.com . To purchase a copy, go to: http://www.interlinkbooks.com/New_Pearl_Harbor.html What Really Happened on 9/11? A Review of, "The New Pearl Harbor - Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11 Amazon.com,  by Peter+Trudy Johnson-Lenz ("p+t"@awakentech.com) In"The New Pearl Harbor:  Disturbing Questions about the Bush Administration and 9/11," David Ray Griffin compiles a compelling case against the so-called official account, inviting us to consider the evidence and think it through for ourselves. Griffin explores in depth the disastrous failures on that day to execute well-established FAA and military standard operating procedures designed to protect us from air attack. He considers the physical evidence, the shifting and conflicting official accounts, inconsistencies, and actions and statements explainable only as either gross incompetence or official complicity. He meticulously presents extensive evidence, documentation, and reasoning from diverse researchers, linking it all together into something far more powerful -- a clear and dispassionately reasoned framework for a conclusive investigation. With eight levels of possible government complicity in mind, he thoroughly examines arguments for and against both official and revisionist accounts. He often follows each line of reasoning to its apparent conclusion, only to challenge it with evidence or conclusions from some unexpected quarter, and then to challenge that, and so on, until everything is connected in a tightly reasoned network of alternative explanations, somewhat reminiscent of television detective Lt. Columbo's relentless  "Just one other thing . ." approach. His bottom line: Congress, the press, and our best investigative journalists need to conduct a full, thorough, well-funded investigation of what really happened on 9/11. "The New Pearl Harbor" jump-starts that work with a research agenda complete with questions and specific experiments to answer them. Which of the conflicting storylines of Griffin's branching arguments our country will follow into history will depend on what evidence the investigation proves true. Griffin charts multiple, mutually reinforcing paths to most conclusions, each based on different events and evidence.  T he full investigation of even one of these may well prove sufficient to resolving the issue. Buy this book and read it carefully, even with only a 30% open mind as Richard Falk urges in his forward.  Ex amine the evidence.  D raw your own conclusions. If you come away as we did, seriously questioning the official account and compelled to take action, demand a full investigation.  Send a copy to your newspaper, call your Congressional delegation, tell friends and family, and spread the word widely. The future of our troubled democracy depends on finding out what really happened on 9/11. 7:05:13 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - Confidence Man - The case for Bush is the case against him Confidence Man - The case for Bush is the case against him. By William Saletan, Slate.com, 3/4/04 "I know exactly where I want to lead this country," says George W. Bush in one of his new campaign ads. The ad, along with three others that began airing today, concludes with his official campaign theme: "President Bush. Steady leadership in times of change." In the revamped stump speech he has delivered twice in the last two weeks, Bush calls the election "a choice between an America that leads the world with strength and confidence, or an America that is uncertain in the face of danger." http://www.georgewbush.com/News/Read.aspx?ID=2287 And how does Bush view his challenger, John Kerry? The title of the attack ad posted on Bush's campaign Web site says it all: "Unprincipled." Kerry thinks it's the other way around. He's been telling Democrats Bush is "the biggest say-one-thing, do-another" president ever. Yesterday Kerry's campaign < http://www.georgewbush.com/News/read.aspx?ID=2230 >  responded to Bush's ads by accusing the president of "unsteady leadership." In the Democratic primaries, this accusation worked for Kerry, because liberals think Bush is a liar. But mostvoters don't, for a good reason: It isn't true. If Kerry makes the election a referendum on Bush's honesty, Bush will win. < http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/releases/pr_2004_0303b.html > How can Kerry persuade moderates to throw out Bush? By turning the president's message against him. Bush is steady and principled. He believes money is better spent by individuals than by the government. He believes the United States should assert its strength in the world. He believes public policy should respect religious faith. Most Americans share these principles and think Bush is sincere about them. The problem Bush has demonstrated in office is that he has no idea how to apply his principles in a changing world. He's a bi-picture guy who can't do the job. < http://slate.msn.com/id/2095160/ > From foreign to economic to social policy, Bush's record is a lesson in the limits and perils of conviction. He's too confident to consult a map. He's too strong to heed warnings and too steady to turn the wheel when the road bends. He's too certain to admit error, even after plowing through ditches and telephone poles. He's too preoccupied with principle to understand that principle isn't enough. Watching the stars instead of the road, he has wrecked the budget and the war on terror. Now he's heading for the Constitution. It's time to pull him over and take away the keys... MORE AT: http://slate.msn.com/id/2096654 "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:26:29 AM    comment

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