2005.4.18=1[#108]:4703.3.10[#60+9/60]: [FAsteroidIR] 1)New American Empire & Maria. 2)Hillary Book & ACoulter. 3)Earth First.

[Future Asteroid Interception Research] http://www.fair-society.org/ [War II: Europe] http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/war/wwtwo/ww2_summary_01.shtml [RHess > UK] http://www.sorbie.net/rudolf_hess.htm http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/GERhess.htm Clear mild: Up 7:30, Hiro comes to fax for drugs Taiwan, mom tells Ju desiring Xue to live with her: house for her, Ju tells mom Ying/Betty tel 7pm yesterday about buying house in Neihu. Xiang backyard not coming, Hiro dirves 4 of us to Chingjen next to "99" for big lunch $48. O.h. then Bk of Am again Amy only knowing nothing, then home emails, blog. Finally all 3 come home, Ch. in, Mei big cook, dinner 8:15pm. Just finished [[Mozart]] yesterday's, here for Senator Clinton book topic. Then answer [G] to late night with "Maria & Ann Coulter #100 [Liberal talking...]", Jyun has just finished, it's 1:18am, give up another on "Viet Nam" with Jane Fonda perhaps. 1:50 bed. 1) The Growth of The New American Empire & Maria: (1) "The Rise of Disaster Capitalism", by Naomi Klein, The Nation. Posted April 18, 2005: ""A government devoted to perpetual pre-emptive deconstruction now has a standing office of perpetual pre-emptive reconstruction."": http://www.alternet.org/story/21768/ "" Last summer, in the lull of the August media doze, the Bush Administration's doctrine of preventive war took a major leap forward. On August 5, 2004, the White House created the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization, headed by former US Ambassador to Ukraine Carlos Pascual. Its mandate is to draw up elaborate "post-conflict" plans for up to twenty-five countries that are not, as of yet, in conflict. According to Pascual, it will also be able to coordinate three full-scale reconstruction operations in different countries "at the same time," each lasting "five to seven years." Fittingly, a government devoted to perpetual pre-emptive deconstruction now has a standing office of perpetual pre-emptive reconstruction. "" (2) Iraq: Maria: "Counting On Marla", by Tai Moses, AlterNet. Posted April 18, 2005: ""Politicians and government officials learned the hard way how relentless this sweet-faced girl, barely out of her teens, could be."": http://www.alternet.org/story/21779/ "" I only knew Marla Ruzicka a few short years, but that was all it took for her to leave an indelible impression on me. Marla's self-assigned mission in life was to help innocent people who are caught in the crossfire of armed conflict. So, perhaps it was fitting, in the brutally impersonal way of the universe, that Marla herself became an innocent victim of war. On Saturday, April 16, Marla was killed in a car bomb attack as her vehicle traveled along the road to the Baghdad airport. She was 28 years old. "" "" What she wanted was very simple: civilian victims of U.S. military actions should be counted, she said, and compensated for their losses. Since the military did not keep count of civilian casualties, Marla commenced her own count. In Iraq she engaged volunteer survey teams to go door to door and gather data about the numbers of dead or wounded in each family. Finally, armed with information, Marla went to Washington DC. There she convinced Democratic Senator Patrick Leahy to sponsor legislation that would provide aid to civilians harmed in military operations. "" 2) Senator Clinton Book & Ann Coulter: (1) "Ed Klein: The Truth about Hillary", Posted by James Joyner at 09:41, Monday, April 11, 2005: http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/10022 Matt Drudge is reporting on a forthcoming book that purportedly has some startling--yet completely unspecified--revelations that will sink Hillary Rodham Clinton's political career. A book battle has broken out on Publisher's Row over the ultimate Hillary-attack! The project being billed as "Hillary in the Raw", like you've never seen her before, is set to drop in September by liberal Ed Klein, former NYT MAGAZINE editor, VANITY FAIR, PARADE contributor and author of multiple works on the Kennedys. "The revelations in it should sink her candidacy," a source close to Klein warns the DRUDGE REPORT. "" (2) "Conservative publisher announces plans to "Swift Boat" Sen. Clinton", Media Matters America; Posted to the web on Thursday April 14, 2005 at 2:04 PM EST: http://mediamatters.org/items/printable/200504140004 "" In recent days, a forthcoming book about Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-NY) titled The Truth About Hillary: What She Knew, When She Knew It, and How Far She'll Go to Become President has gotten free advance publicity in major newspapers and on cable television, with several media outlets and figures already speculating -- some five months before the book is to be available -- that it will damage Clinton's much-speculated-about, but undeclared, presidential campaign. On April 11, Internet gossip Matt Drudge (who once famously said "Screw journalism! The whole thing's a fraud anyway") posted an "**Exclusive**" calling the book "the ultimate Hillary-attack." Drudge claimed that a "source close to" author Edward Klein told him "The revelations in it should sink her candidacy." The next day, The Washington Times devoted nearly 500 words to the book-in-the-making, claiming that a "new book could prove a roadblock to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's possible run for the White House in 2008 by promising revelations about the New York Democrat that could cast doubt among voters." Times reporter Jennifer Harper wondered, "So, could the book bring down Mrs. Clinton's candidacy before it begins?" "" (3) "How to Read Ann Coulter... if you really must", Harlan Bennett; MyTown.ca, Guelph Ontario Canada; 17 April 2005: http://www.mytown.ca/harlan/23/ "" While WonderWife and I have been up here on vacation in the wilds of North Texas, I HAVE been keeping up with what’s going on in the rest of the country. Today, I picked up the Sunday newspaper, and of course immediately turned to the Op-Ed pages (remember, I am a serious news JUNKIE). Lo and behold, what did I find but a large column of drivel written by the century’s poster girl for mandatory birth control, Ann Coulter. JUST in case there’s anyone out here in ReaderLand that might have been living in a cave for the past few years, Ann Coulter is a statuesque blonde uber-conservative writer/author/occasional speaker and television pundit. By uber-conservative, I mean that she makes people like .. oh, say, Josef Goebbels .. sound like voices of sweet reason and rationality. Just as an aside, she’s also Bill Maher’s ex-girlfriend. It’s my understanding that he dumped her when she became a shrill shill for the Bu$histas - which makes me think a LOT more highly of HIS good common sense. "" 3) "Earth First! Roadshow", author: Cascadia Forest Lover; Portland independent media center; e-mail: ef@cascadiarising.org: http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2005/04/315696.shtml "" The Earth First! Round River Rondevous Roadshow is trucking up and down Cascadia this April and spreading the love of defending wilderness. 2005 marks 100 years of the US Forest Service mismanaging our public lands, but it also marks 25 years of Earth First!(EF!) resisting their destruction. To celebrate this Anniversary of Resistance, we'll be showing and EF! History slideshow that will bring you from the first action, through the yesteryears and up to present day. This year is also the 100th years Anniversary of the Industrial Worker's of the World(IWW), who have been at the forefront of the radical labor movement. Their history and how their movement affected the environment will also be covered throughout the roadshow. ""