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wFriday, November 01, 2002 Off to Berkeley/SF tomorrow, how many dreams, shadows and rebel ghosts wait for me along with ancient friends and forgotten restaurants? posted by stew at 2:07 PM wThursday, October 31, 2002 Israeli government has collapsed! Labor quit the coalition. About time. Israel is starving hungry for real tasty democracy, a fighting opposition to thug Sharon, dumb brute Sharon, whose party wants a new law that promises hard jail time to law abiding Israelis who provide honest info on Israeli war criminality to international tribunals and it was Jews who first championed such courts after Hitlerian Hell. Gotta a question: Is Sharon really Jewish? posted by stew at 12:08 PM wWednesday, October 30, 2002 Antiwar movement before the war, 100,000 in Washington and plenty in SF and everywhere-else and this time it's without a draft this time the killing will be voluntary, the dying too, and so many are so angry about blasting Baghdad and have such different desires than George Bush. Have we finally found an objective measure of human progress? From henceforth, a society is considered to be demonstrably improving its moral character by the growing number of its citizens that hate George Bush and disown George Bush, who just open their windows and scream No! At a concert in Denver Bob Dylan dedicated a song to Paul Wellstone "The Times They Are A Changing." Maybe they are. posted by stew at 11:27 AM wTuesday, October 29, 2002 Bush wants to kill the sniper and his kid. The States are all very hungry for revenge but Bush has stolen their murder meat for himself seems like he's starving and anyway effete State laws might save the kid's life. Texas rules. posted by stew at 11:22 AM wMonday, October 28, 2002 Years ago, Iraq used poison gas against its own people and Bush is now so angry that he wants to invade them and kill them. Russia just used poison gas against its own people and Bush is now so bored he won't even send a note of protest. Because Bush once said Putin has a beautiful soul. posted by stew at 4:24 PM wSunday, October 27, 2002 Bad Moon Rising Paul Wellstone's plane went down on Oct 25. His wife, pilot, daughter and campaign aides perished with him. Nobody knows why it went down, but I'm betting Ashcroft put on a curse on the plane. Wellstone is the second individual on Ashcroft's enemies list to perish in a private plane crash. The first was his opponent in the Senatorial election, who went on to run as a corpse and beat him. Wellstone in the Senate was an impossible dream. Imagine a left-wing Jewish college professor with an amateur wrestling background getting elected to the US Senate, forget about it, it's not going to happen, but it did. He won two terms in office and was on his way to a third. This despite the White House handpicking his opponent and shadowy right wing foundations spending millions on a slander Wellstone campaign. Appropriately, Paul Wellstone's last vote was against war with Iraq. Wellstone's death forces me to think how dangerous it is to become an influential liberal in America. There doesn't seem to be much longevity in it. Remember JFK and RFK and Martin Luther King? Who all fell by assassination. And labor leader Walter Reuther who went down in a plane crash? And Allard Lowenstein who was murdered? The death of these very powerful liberals helped change the political face of America. With these people gone, it was a lot easier for the right-wing to take power. Wellstone's passing makes it that much easier for the Bush gang. And of course big shot conservatives all seem to die rich, old and in their beds surrounded by greedy relatives. On Oct 26 people all over the world demonstrated against the Bush war with Iraq. And many thousands were in the streets of St. Paul. Minnesota, Wellstone's hometown. The extremely large crowd was a passionate tribute to Paul Wellstone and his fighting dream. posted by stew at 10:53 AM