From ebooker at pacbell.net  Thu Dec  1 07:57:35 2005
From: ebooker at pacbell.net (ebooker@pacbell.net)
Date: Thu Dec  1 09:08:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] From Erroll
Message-ID: <E1Ehrjl-0007M0-6N@smtpauth02.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Michael:

Hollywood couldn't have thought up something this crazy. If any of this is
true....Delay and Abramoff just keep popping up.

Erroll Booker


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  Cunningham Stripped $700 Million from U.S. Defense

'Dukester's' Epic Boo-Hoo Hiding Massive Pentagon Rip-Off



*World Exclusive*
Nov 30 2005--Venice,FL.
by Daniel Hopsicker



The MadCowMorningNews has learned that California Republican Congressman
Randy ?Duke? Cunningham steered $500 million in defense contracts in less
than a decade, according to the company?s own website, to a start-up San
Diego software firm which?and here?s the beauty part?doubled as a lobbying
firm.

The lobbying firm then gratefully kicked back?at a bare minimum?hundreds of
thousands of dollars annually to a Jack Abramoff-directed Washington D.C.
lobbying and consulting firm run by two former senior staffers of Texas
Republican Tom DeLay.

It offered, in other words, one-stop shopping.
While the focus was on the $2 million in bribes paid to Cunningham after his
guilty plea, the question of just what the Congressman had done for all that
long green received scant media attention.


The GOPMOB's Magic Horn of Plenty

But as the extent of the damage to America?s national security wrought by
the bribes which crossed Cunningham?s greasy palm begins to come into focus,
the fraud being revealed is orders of magnitude greater than has been hinted
at so far.

Here?s how it worked:

Money budgeted for U.S. Defense went in at the ADCS end of something called
the ?Wilkes Corporation? for services which the Pentagon protested it never
requested, and out the other end came a magical cornucopia of bribes,
kick-backs, campaign contributions, yachts, Lear jets and Rolls Royce?s.

Over the course of almost an entire decade, from 1994 to 2001, Cunningham?s
Appropriations Committee repeatedly added funding to the Pentagon budget for
a previously non-existent (prior to 1995) software company, ADCS, owned by
the ?Wilkes Corporation,? a private company (natch) owned by San Diego
businessman Brent Wilkes.

The money then made a short trip?courtesy the wonders of modern
accounting?from one of Brent Wilkes? pants pocket to another, called ?Group
W Advisors,? which proceeded to obligingly send hundreds of thousands of
dollars in ?client fees? annually to The Alexander Strategy Group, a
lobbying and consulting firm currently under scrutiny in the Justice
Department's investigation of Casino Jack Abramoff.

"A little trouble keeping the company names straight, is all."

Wilkes himself even seems to have had trouble distinguishing between his
various legal fictions...

Newspaper reports state his deal grew out of requests from the House
National Security Committee, of which Cunningham was then a member, for the
military to add an automated-document program to its budget.

His firm ADCS, according to Government Computer News, began by selling $5
million in document conversion software to the Pentagon. But the website of
his lobbying firm, Group W Advisors, claims it is the entity "instrumental
in introducing (digital document) technology to the Department of Defense,?
as well as that the company's document-automation work, which began as a
small ?congressionally-mandated pilot project," has since generated more
than $500 million in appropriations.

If you're wondering which company deserves the "credit," you may be missing
the point.

Picture the memorable scene in the movie ?Chinatown? where Fay Dunaway
explains to Jack Nicholson what may have been a similarly-complicated state
of affairs...

?She?s my sister! (Slap.) She?s my daughter! (Slap.) She?s my sister AND my
daughter!?

See, the pea is under one of the shells; it doesn't really matter which.

In its blatant disregard for anything resembling reality, the scheme
resembles nothing so much as the blatantly phony Abramoff-sponsored
Institutes, Foundations, and political ?think tanks? (whose ?scholars in
residence? turn out to be lifeguards and yoga instructors) which were
exposed in recent Senate Hearings as vehicles used to move money through the
bank accounts of a network of DeLay cronies and former aides.


"Thinking outside the think tank"

Not one to rest when America's national security can be used as a cover for
making a buck, Cunningham was also steering Pentagon money to a second tiny
?defense contractor,? MZM Inc, which had the great good fortune to go from
zero dollars in Federal contracts to $169 million in two short years,
through the simple expedient of indulging Cunningham?s taste for expensive
yachts and a new $2 million dollar mansion in ritzy Rancho Santa Fe,
California, to go with the trophy wife, also on the payroll.

Here's a photo taken of a Washington D.C. bask thrown by MZM Inc to further
U.S.-Panama friendship. MZM Inc founder Mitchell Wade is the beefy fellow
with the self-satisfied smile.

And why not? He's dining out on your money.

While the story has its humorous aspects, the money involved is nothing if
not serious... A (highly preliminary) total of almost $700 million earmarked
for national security going to ?defense contractors? which just a few years
earlier didn?t exist which provide services the Pentagon didn?t ask for or
presumably need.

The companies involved would also share another characteristic as well: they
were very very grateful.

The point man on the Group W ?account? for the Alexander Strategy Group,
which received almost $200,000 of gratitude for "client services," was
former DeLay aide Karl Gallant, who apparently made a specialty of stealing
money from widows and orphans, having signed Enron Corp. to a $750,000
lobbying contract a few years earlier.

(Maybe he can someday share a cell with Ken Lay. We hope its not in one of
those federal tennis camps. Pelican Bay might do nicely.)

"Eschewing the soft sell"

"Buckham and that crew, they were Tom DeLay,? a senior GOP House member,
careful to remain anonymous, told Congressional Quarterly Weekly.

?The Alexander lobbyists' sales pitch was, ?Either you hire me or DeLay is
going to screw you,?? said a top Republican lobbyist. "It was not really a
soft sell."

Alas for Karl Gallant, his chances of pleading lack of premeditation are
dimmed somewhat by his participation way back in 1990 in a Heritage
Foundation report entitled, no doubt with tongue place firmly in cheek, ?A
CONSERVATIVE AGENDA FOR COMPREHENSIVE CAMPAIGN REFORM.?

We only mention this because we found it so funny: "Defense contractor cum
lobbyist" Brent Wilkes was recently appointed by California Governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger to the State Race Track Leasing Commission, which oversees
thoroughbred racing at Del Mar Race Track near San Diego.

Del Mar of course was where FBI head J. Edgar Hoover used to vacation yearly
as the guest of Texas oil man Clint Murchison. A Senate committee discovered
in 1955 that 20 per cent of Murchison?s Oil Lease Company was owned by Mob
Boss Vito Genovese.

A sordid episode involving Hoover at Del Mar was relayed to author Anthony
Summers in ?The Secret Life of J Edgar Hoover," by veteran film producer Joe
Pasternak.

"He was a homosexual," Pasternak told Summers. "Every year he used to come
down to the Del Mar racetrack with a different boy. He was caught in a
bathroom by a newspaperman. They made sure he didn't speak. . . Nobody dared
say anything because he was so powerful."

La plus ca change.

"Great humanitarians know how to spread it around."

Wilkes is also the proud papa of his very own foundation (de rigueur in
certain circles.) The Wilkes Foundation sponsored the second annual San
Diego Tribute to Heroes Gala recently, we discovered. It honored the no
doubt heroic Congressman Duncan Hunter, who just happens, as they say, to
currently be chairman of the House Armed Services Committee.

For the Congressman's sake, we hope he doesn't dock a yacht anywhere near
Duke Cunningham's

We thought he was exaggerating when former Ambassador Wilson wrote in his
recent book that the sordid spectacle we have all been forced to witness has
been caused by ?a small pack of zealots whose dedication has spanned
decades, and that through years of selective recruitment has become a
government cult with cells in most of the national security system.?

Guess what? He's not...

A news account in the San Diego Union-Tribune about the Lear jet used by
Cunningham and DeLay, paid for by you and I from money "passed through" to
San Diego "businessman" Wilkes, told of a flight DeLay flew from Dulles
Airport in Washington, D.C., to John Wayne Airport in Orange County to
appear at a campaign dinner for Rep. Dana Rohrabacher, R-Huntington Beach.

Dana Rohrabacher will appear again (several times) in our story... He gave a
sterling personal recommendation, for example, to Adam Kidan, the "dunsky
(John Gotti's phrase) about to be indicted for paying for the brutal murder
of Sun Cruz Casino Line owner Gus Boulis... with a check.

The original bad penny

Rohrabacher was there when the cult first began to do business as The
Enterprise, in Angola, for example, with Jack Abramoff... and Oliver North.

The same group involved in the Cunningham affair will soon be seen to have
their fingerprints all over the Boulis hit, as well as a host of recent
activities of individuals for whom the noun ?baseball bat? is a verb...

As in: "We shoulda baseball-batted him."

Emilia DiSanto is a staffer on Capital Hill working for Senator Charles
Grassley, currently investigating Abramoff. She was attacked with a baseball
bat on November 8 by a mysterious masked man trying to hide his identity by
wearing a hood and black gloves, who said nothing and made no demands before
attacking the 49-year-old staffer. The FBI is investigating it as being
?work-related.?

Or FRANK Mosco, a whistleblower whose testimony convicted another figure in
the Cunningham scandal, a man named Thomas Kontogiannis, to whom Cunningham
sold his yacht at an inflated price, just as he?d sold his house to Mitchell
Wade of MZM Inc.

Today Mosco won't leave his home without his bulletproof vest. He started
wearing body armor a few months ago after four goons attacked him on a
Queens street, bashing him on the head, pummeling him to the ground and
throwing him into a van, where he was threatened to "keep [his] mouth shut."

The brazen beating occurred just days after Queens District Attorney Richard
Brown issued grand jury subpoenas to targets of a massive kickback and
corruption probe which eventually fingered Duke Cunningham.

When Cunningham learned that the prosecutor in the case against Kontogiannis
knew of the attack, he wrote telling him that there may be a political
agenda against the school official (who he now admits had been paying him
bribes) by what he termed a "disgruntled contractor (Mosco.)

A crime spree by the "baseball bat boys"

A short list of recent violent crime suspected of having been committed by
Abramoff associates makes for fascinating reading, and we will regale you
with it at a later date. But we just wanted to mention it now, in case
anyone thinks we may be being too hard on a former war hero who's become a
broken man who simply misplaced his moral compass, or as Rush Limbaugh
characterized it, "made a mistake."

Locking your keys in your car is "making a mistake."

When the San Diego Union-Tribune detailed charges of Congressman Cunningham?
s questionable activates in December 1997, Cunningham told the paper?s
reporter that anyone who questioned his actions in lobbying for ADCS could
?go to hell.?

After Cunningham's sniveling performance yesterday, its safe to assume he
was still at that point exhibiting the bravado of the not-yet indicted.

Less we forget, moat of this happened during a time period in which the U.S.
was to war, after 3000 innocent people were murdered in an attack which our
nation, which spends more on defense than most of the rest of the world
combined, was unable to thwart.

Its a good thing for Cunningham that people seem willing to cut him some
slack, because of his service as an ace Marine pilot during the Vietnam War,
keeping the U.S. West Coast from being invaded by fleets of Viet Cong
sampans that somebody must have feared mightily, given the costs of that
struggle?which lasted twice as long as World War Two?to our nation.

Otherwise there might be calls for Cunningham to be indicted for treason.


From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Dec  1 12:22:33 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Dec  1 12:32:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: A History of (Pro-Life) Violence
Message-ID: <20051201202233.E9780B8081@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
A History of (Pro-Life) Violence
http://www.alternet.org/story/28838

Not all anti-abortionists kill people. But all share a histrionic view of themselves as heroic rescuers aligned against Godless fornicators.
-------------------------------------

From tiogajoe at juno.com  Thu Dec  1 13:18:42 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Thu Dec  1 13:33:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Birthday, Michael!
Message-ID: <20051201.131845.12813.22309@webmail54.lax.untd.com>

Is it just me?  Or doesn't Dagmar's funny, furry little critter here (http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20051127/6f2e2f46/veryfunny.haha.jpeg) look alot like "Jeremy Hillary Boob" from the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"? (see: http://www.animationartgallery.com/YSC37.html).

Thanks for the laugh, Dagmar.

Happy belated birthday, Michaels A and B!

XXXOOO,

Tioga Joe

=============================================

{-----Original Message-----)
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:17:10 -0500
From: "fotoblue@flash.net" <fotoblue@flash.net>

Where has this year gone???

Happy happy birthday Michael B!

 Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving cum Birthday weekend 
and got celebrated and spoiled by friends and family!

wishing you love and joy and many moments of fun for this new year 
that has just started.

May you share many laughs and not be laughed at too often.

Here's a new critter pic from me, taken on your birthday!!
and an earlier sunset, so typical for our Arizona skies

Love and a BIG birthday hug - 
to be collected in person, hopefully sometime soon!

 Dagmar

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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Dec  1 13:26:33 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu Dec  1 13:37:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Birthday, Michael!
In-Reply-To: <20051201.131845.12813.22309@webmail54.lax.untd.com>
References: <20051201.131845.12813.22309@webmail54.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <20051201132633.23ts81lzxzj4gg80@208.179.130.20>

Quoting "tiogajoe@juno.com" <tiogajoe@juno.com>:

> Is it just me?  Or doesn't Dagmar's funny, furry little critter here 
> (http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20051127/6f2e2f46/veryfunny.haha.jpeg) look alot like "Jeremy Hillary Boob" from the Beatles' "Yellow Submarine"? (see: 
> http://www.animationartgallery.com/YSC37.html).

Holy crap!!! Weird!!

Also belated Happy Birthday to the Michaels!

-- 
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com

From tiogajoe at juno.com  Thu Dec  1 13:47:54 2005
From: tiogajoe at juno.com (tiogajoe@juno.com)
Date: Thu Dec  1 13:59:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Just saw the Rent movie...
Message-ID: <20051201.134827.12813.22613@webmail54.lax.untd.com>

Well, I must say, Dauber, you've inspired me to make sure I see this flick.  My previous knowledge of the musical was like yours -- close to nil -- heard it was this generation's HAIR, etcetera.  But I haven't yet been swept away by the current media blitz for the movie.  your review did the trick for me.  I'll make sure I see it.  Thanks.

--Tioga

=======================================

Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2005 00:13:03 -0500
From: Sean Courtney <dauber@banana-and-louie.org>

Just to give you my background and knowledge (well...LACK of knowledge!) of
Rent...

- I first heard of it in 1996 when I read a pretty bad review of the Chicago
production of Hair that Cal State/Fullerton put on that year. (That was the
first production of Hair that I ever saw, and trust me, it was absolutely
WONDERFUL.) I posted about it on Tracy Harris's message board, and someone
wrote something along the lines of "If that guy thinks Hair is so 
outdated
[the reviewer complained several times of the dated feel of Hair -- in fact,
you can actually read the article in Nina's archive], why doesn't he shut up
and go see Rent?"

- And when I learned more about Rent, I was told there were a lot of Hair
parallels; some folks went so far as to say it was a Hair rip-off.

- However, I never actually got to see the show; actually, I never really
had the desire to. My wife saw the original Broadway production and said you
gotta see it, but only if Anthony Rapp is playing Mark. After Lisa finally
did see a production of Hair, she says she could definitely tell that there
was some Hair influence.

So...when they announced the Rent movie was going to be made, and with
pretty much everybody from the original Broadway cast reprising their roles,
Lisa was pretty gung ho about going to see it and she asked that I see it
with her.

Well...just got back a while ago...let me tell you...this is a MUST-SEE.
Wow....very profound...very powerful...

There were obviously some fans in the crowd, applauding at certain names
during the opening credits, applauding loudly when Jonathan Larson's name
comes on the screen....people singing along with the songs (but let me just
say...I really hope I never hear "Seasons Of Love" ever again -- I'm 
so
bloody SICK of it!)....crying during the emotional scenes...

Were there some Hair things? A few...not a whole heck of a lot, though...but
wow...this was one damn good flick....

I can say no more....

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec  1 13:56:43 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  1 14:08:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Birthday, Michael!
In-Reply-To: <20051201.131845.12813.22309@webmail54.lax.untd.com>
Message-ID: <BFB4DBCB.26538%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Thanks so much
MichaelB

> Is it just me?  Or doesn't Dagmar's funny, furry little critter here
> (http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20051127/6f2e2f46/ve
> ryfunny.haha.jpeg) look alot like "Jeremy Hillary Boob" from the Beatles'
> "Yellow Submarine"? (see: http://www.animationartgallery.com/YSC37.html).
> 
> Thanks for the laugh, Dagmar.
> 
> Happy belated birthday, Michaels A and B!
> 
> XXXOOO,
> 
> Tioga Joe
> 
> =============================================
> 
> {-----Original Message-----)
> Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 20:17:10 -0500
> From: "fotoblue@flash.net" <fotoblue@flash.net>
> 
> Where has this year gone???
> 
> Happy happy birthday Michael B!
> 
> Hope you are having a great Thanksgiving cum Birthday weekend
> and got celebrated and spoiled by friends and family!
> 
> wishing you love and joy and many moments of fun for this new year
> that has just started.
> 
> May you share many laughs and not be laughed at too often.
> 
> Here's a new critter pic from me, taken on your birthday!!
> and an earlier sunset, so typical for our Arizona skies
> 
> Love and a BIG birthday hug -
> to be collected in person, hopefully sometime soon!
> 
> Dagmar
> 
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
> Url : 
> http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20051127/6f2e2f46/ver
> yfunny.haha.jpeg
> 
> 
> 
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From cpreston2 at tds.net  Thu Dec  1 14:07:15 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Thu Dec  1 14:17:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Birthday Michael
Message-ID: <001001c5f6c3$9842afd0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Happy Birthday Michael, you made another one, just getting younger every year

P,L, & B  ~~Charles~~
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec  1 14:34:52 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  1 14:46:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy Birthday Michael
In-Reply-To: <001001c5f6c3$9842afd0$0400a8c0@CHARLES>
Message-ID: <BFB4E4BC.26545%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Hey Charles
Thanks
XO Michael

> Happy Birthday Michael, you made another one, just getting younger every year
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec  1 15:49:36 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  1 16:01:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] MANY THANKS
In-Reply-To: <000c01c5f567$f2a4cb50$0200a8c0@Sally>
Message-ID: <BFB4F640.26553%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Rich, 
You are so correct. Most of the kids are very cool and a lot more savvy than
many would suspect. I think they are going where they wish and in their own
time. I don't adhere to the media position that this upcoming generation are
not connected. I think they are way beyond where we were. To the concern of
the establishment the time will come when they will start to assert
themselves. An incident has not yet emerged to trigger such movement. It has
been an accumulation of many actions which are building to a climax. I know
most do not want a theocracy. As the Fundamentalists and Rapturists continue
to overreach they will go too far. I look to the 40th 1968>2008 to be a
seminal year. It is our task to help. I want to gather as much support as
possible for GYAN (Global Youth Action Network)
Peace and Love,
Michael
-- . "Found", he said, "a world youth parliament. The Russians, the Chinese,
the black people in Africa - everyone has to become a member. If those will
not become a member now but later, you must start now - a world youth
parliament." The second thing I should found was a cosmic religion. He said,
"Religions, for 2000 years, have forfeited their purpose. They made a pact
always with political powers to grow their own religious power. You found a
world youth parliament and a cosmic religion." Albert Einstein 1954



 

> Well.  I'm only guessing this is going to add to your thread Michael, and I
> hope it does.  The obvious is this.  It's we who thank you; and for your
> thanks, you are a million times welcomed.  You are a very cool guy who made
> it possible for a whole lot of us to experience a once in a lifetime moment.
> The moment continues, the space in which we've been is like space.  It
> doesn't really end, and is easy to go back to. For me, the running of some
> system is going to have to skip a generation.  My kid and most of the kids
> I've met from his high school are so cool.  They all seem to have parents
> with the same values we share, and they all seem to be headed in the right
> diretion. It's sort of like inbreeding.  There are a lot of us, there are
> more of them, and there will be more like them.  We'll watch from the wings.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
> [mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
> Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:41 AM
> To: HAIR List
> Subject: [Mb-hair] MANY THANKS
> 
> Cara, Richard, Linda, Bill, Barbara, Xavier, Paul, Richard H, Bob, Tig,
> Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Jonathon, Natalie, Michael D, Corrine, Jim, Vincent,
> Beverly, Anita, Aleita, Katie, Paul, Debbie&Mike, Patrice, Michael A, Toni,
> Leo, John&Hebe, Bo&Dawn, Dagmar, Amy, Laurie Thank you so much. It is
> something else having you as friends, Peace and Love, Michael
> 
> --Those who have experienced altered forms of consciousness, by whatever
> means, never forget that space in which they have been. Now that they have
> learned how to function within the system, it is time they act to run it. MB
> 
> 
> 
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From ace at aceross.com  Fri Dec  2 01:12:19 2005
From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Fri Dec  2 01:22:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] MANY THANKS
In-Reply-To: <BFB218FA.263FE%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <20051202091232.8A9CF24AF77@lax-gw02.mroute.net>

Dear Michael,

I truly love you.

Thank you,

sherwin

 

 

Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Michael Butler
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2005 11:41 AM
To: HAIR List
Subject: [Mb-hair] MANY THANKS

 

Cara, Richard, Linda, Bill, Barbara, Xavier, Paul, Richard H, Bob, Tig,

Sherwin, Robin, Nina, Jonathon, Natalie, Michael D, Corrine, Jim, Vincent,

Beverly, Anita, Aleita, Katie, Paul, Debbie&Mike, Patrice, Michael A, Toni,

Leo, John&Hebe, Bo&Dawn, Dagmar, Amy, Laurie

Thank you so much. It is something else having you as friends,

Peace and Love,

Michael

 

--Those who have experienced altered forms of consciousness, by whatever

means, never forget that space in which they have been. Now that they have

learned how to function within the system, it is time they act to run it. MB

 

 

 

 

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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Fri Dec  2 13:30:37 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Fri Dec  2 13:51:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 18, Issue 2
In-Reply-To: <200512022000.jB2K0DY4006159@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20051202213037.76033.qmail@web36613.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>Is it just me?  Or doesn't Dagmar's funny, furry
little critter here 
(http://www.islandlists.com/pipermail/mb-hair/attachments/20051127/6f2e2f46/veryfunny.haha.jpe

look alot like "Jeremy Hillary Boob" from the Beatles'
"Yellow 
Submarine"? 
>>>

That is weird!!!

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Fri Dec  2 14:56:02 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Fri Dec  2 15:06:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] i just had an odd thought
Message-ID: <000101c5f793$a16f8260$f1476c42@hotprojects>

If Michael were a right winger which hes not
with his pedigree
he really could have been president
strange thought michael

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From: michael at intrafi.com (michael butler)
Date: Fri Dec  2 16:01:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] =?iso-8859-1?q?TruthDig=3A_Inventing_Sin=3A_Religion?=
	=?iso-8859-1?q?=A0and_Homosexuality?=
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Hi,

 I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting.

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Inventing Sin: Religion and Homosexuality

No matter their own scandals, religious institutions through history have a 
consistent scapegoat: homosexuals.  Larry Gross digs into why churches 
condemn gays to damnation.  

http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/religion_homosexuality/

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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Dec  3 07:09:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] This Makes One Think
In-Reply-To: <242.2c1cf54.30c25eb3@cs.com>
Message-ID: <BFB6712D.2660B%michael@michaelbutler.com>


------ Forwarded Message
From: Hawaiipolo@cs.com
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2005 21:36:35 EST
To: becca@hawaii.rr.com
Subject: (no subject)

I pass this on...John is the poet laureate of Samoa and an interesting
fellow...this was sent to me by North Shore based writer and archeologist
friend Joe 
Kennedy..a powerful piece of writing...MD


My old friend John Enright has just published his latest set of poems under
the title On Turning Sixty. I got copy #5 of the "special secret cohort
edition."

I take the time to keyboard the masterpiece from this work. I was going to
pass along "A little stoned, a little drunk, a little late" which is very,
very good - but this one is better.


It is the Dawning of
the Age of Leviticus

America, I am so afraid for you
with your tobacco taliban
your airport no-joke zones
your fear and enclosure laws
your half cooked theocracy
and your declared state of war
on anyone who does not look
like you in the mirrors of
public bathrooms or the camera
eyes of your Republican god.

America, I am so sick for you
who wants to eat my children
calling them battalions and platoons,
who wants to suck the planet dry because it can, who can cancel
all futures to feed its own present obscene in its feasting on ignorance
obese from eating its own offspring
and then suckling itself on its own engorged and cancerous teats.

America, I am so ashamed for you.
You are just a drunken whore
asking for more, the child with a gun
in a high school classroom killing
anyone who reads, everyone who thinks.
You are the demigod that does not care
obedient to a power that is not there.
America, your mindlessness has become
the new definition of evil, but
what does that mean to you?
Nothing.

Joseph Kennedy
Principal Investigator
Archaeological Consultants of the Pacific


------ End of Forwarded Message

From geomilman at milman.com  Sat Dec  3 12:33:18 2005
From: geomilman at milman.com (George R. Milman)
Date: Sat Dec  3 13:41:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: 
Message-ID: <E1Eieg1-0007xM-3M@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>


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From ace at aceross.com  Sat Dec  3 16:44:33 2005
From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Sat Dec  3 16:54:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Take Your Hanky Out!
Message-ID: <20051204004437.B3828A0FCD@lax-gw09.mroute.net>

Sent: Fri Dec 02 22:05:50 2005 
Subject: Take Your Hanky Out! 

>>>I received this from a good friend who had a choice to  make. It said 
>>>>that 
>>>> >I had a choice to make too. I've  chosen. Now it's your turn to 
>>>>choose. 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> > 
>>>> >The story goes that  some time ago a man punished his 5-year-old 
>>>> >daughter for wasting a roll of expensive gold wrapping paper.  Money 
>>>> >was tight and he became even more upset when the child pasted the gold

>>>> >paper so as to decorate a box to put under the Christmas tree. 
>>>> > 
>>>> >Nevertheless, the little girl brought the  gift box to her father the 
>>>> >next 
>>>> 
>>>> >morning and said, "This is for  you, Daddy." The father was 
>>>>embarrassed 
>>>> 
>>>> >by 
>>>> 
>>>> >his earlier over reaction, but his anger flared again when he found 
>>>>the 
>>>>box 
>>>> >was empty. He spoke to her in a harsh manner, "Don't  you know, young 
>>>>lady, 
>>>> >when you give someone a present there's supposed to be something 
>>>> > 
>>>> >inside he package?" 
>>>> > 
>>>> >The little girl looked up at him with tears in her eyes and said, "Oh,

>>>> >Daddy, it's not empty. I blew kisses into it until it was full." 
>>>> > 
>>>> >The Father was crushed. He fell on his knees and put his  arms around 
>>>> >his little girl, and he begged her to  forgive him for his unnecessary

>>>>anger. 
>>>> > 
>>>> >An accident took  the life of the child only a short time later and it

>>>> >is told that  the father kept that gold box by his bed for all the 
>>>> >years of his life. And whenever he was discouraged or faced difficult 
>>>> >problems he would open the box and take out an imaginary kiss and 
>>>> >remembered the love of the child who had put it  there. 
>>>> > 
>>>> >In a very real sense, each of us as human beings  have been given a 
>>>> >golden 
>>>> 
>>>> >box filled with unconditional love and  kisses from our children, 
>>>> >family and friends. There is no more precious possession anyone could 
>>>>hold. 
>>>> > 
>>>> >You now have two choices:- 
>>>> > 
>>>> >1- Pass this on to your friends and relatives; Or 
>>>> >2- Delete it and act like it didn't touch your heart ... 
>>>> > 
>>>> >As you can see, I took choice No. 1. Friends are gifts from God who 
>>>> >lift 
>>>>us 
>>>> >to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly. 
>>>> > 
>>>> >Think positive and act ... 

 

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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Dec  3 17:18:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Kisses
Message-ID: <BFB7AB5B.26694%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Sherwin
Thanks Michael

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Dec  4 13:49:14 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Dec  4 17:26:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] MUST READ
Message-ID: <BFB8CE8A.266DE%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Bill Swiggard, a Tribal Civic Editor gave us this MUST READ

Do These Two Have Anything in Common?
President Bush has equated Islamic radicalism with communism. Is the
comparison sound? Is it wise?

By Zbigniew Brzezinski
Sunday, December 4, 2005; B02

In a series of recent speeches to the American people, President Bush
has sought to equate the current terrorist threat with the 20th-century
menace of communist totalitarianism. His case is that the terrorist
challenge is global in scope, "evil" in nature, ruthless toward its
foes, and eager to control every aspect of life and thought. Thus, he
argues, the battle against terrorism demands nothing "less than a
complete victory."

In making this case, the president has repeatedly invoked the adjective
"Islamic" when referring to terrorism and he has compared the "murderous
ideology of Islamic radicalism" to the ideology of communism.

Is the president historically right in his diagnosis of the allegedly
similar dangers posed by Islamic extremism and by totalitarian
communism? The differences between the two may be more telling than
their similarities. And is he wise to be expounding such a thesis?

By asserting that Islamic extremism, "like the ideology of communism . .
. is the great challenge of our new century," Bush is implicitly
elevating Osama bin Laden's stature and historic significance to the
level of figures such as Lenin, Stalin or Mao. And that suggests, in
turn, that the fugitive Saudi dissident hiding in some cave (or perhaps
even deceased) has been articulating a doctrine of universal
significance. Underlying the president's analogy is the proposition that
bin Laden's "jihad" has the potential for dominating the minds and
hearts of hundreds of millions of people across national and even
religious boundaries. That is quite a compliment to bin Laden, but it
isn't justified. The "Islamic" jihad is, at best, a fragmented and
limited movement that hardly resonates in most of the world.

Communism, by comparison, undeniably had worldwide appeal. By the 1950s,
there was hardly a country in the world without an active communist
movement or conspiracy, irrespective of whether the country was
predominantly Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Jewish, Buddhist or Confucian.
In some countries, such as Russia and China, the communist movement was
the largest political formation, dominating intellectual discourse; in
democratic countries, such as Italy and France, it vied for political
power in open elections.

In response to the dislocations and injustices precipitated by the
Industrial Revolution, communism offered a vision of a perfectly just
society. To be sure, that vision was false and was used to justify
violence that eventually led directly to the Soviet gulag, Chinese labor
and "reeducation" camps, and other human rights abuses. Nonetheless, for
a while, communism's definition of the future bolstered its
cross-cultural appeal.

In addition, the intellectual and political challenge of the communist
ideology was backed by enormous military power. The Soviet Union
possessed a huge nuclear arsenal, capable of launching in the course of
a few minutes a massive atomic attack on America. Within a few hours,
upwards of 120 million Americans and Soviets could have been dead in an
apocalyptic mutual cross-fire. That was the horrible reality.

Contemporary terrorism -- though nasty and criminal, whether Islamic or
otherwise -- has no such political reach and no such physical
capability. Its appeal is limited; it offers no answers to the novel
dilemmas of modernization and globalization. To the extent that it can
be said to possess an "ideology," it is a strange blend of fatalism and
nihilism. In al Qaeda's case, it is actively supported by relatively
isolated groupings, and its actions have been condemned without
exception by all major religious figures, from the pope to the grand
mufti of Saudi Arabia.

Its power is circumscribed, too. It still relies largely on familiar
tools of violence. Unlike communist totalitarian regimes, al Qaeda does
not use terror as an organizing tool but rather, because of its own
organizational weakness, as a disruptive tactic. Its members are bound
together by this tactic, not by an ideology. Ultimately, al Qaeda or
some related terrorist group may acquire truly destructive power, but
one should not confuse potentiality with actuality.

But in the meantime, is Bush smart to be making this comparison?

The analogy to communism may have some short-term political benefit, for
it can rekindle the fears of the past while casting the president in the
mold of the historic victors of the Cold War, from Harry Truman to
Ronald Reagan. But the propagation of fear also has a major downside: It
can produce a nation driven by fear, lacking in self-confidence and thus
less likely to inspire trust among America's allies, including Muslim
ones, whose support is needed for an effective and intelligent response
to the terrorist phenomenon.

It is particularly troubling that Bush has also relied heavily in his
recent speeches on what to many Muslims is bound to sound like
Islamophobic language. His speeches, though occasionally containing
disclaimers that he is not speaking of Islam as a whole, have been
replete with references to "the murderous ideology of the Islamic
radicals," "Islamic radicalism," "militant jihadism," "Islamofascism" or
"Islamic Caliphate."

Such phraseology can have unintended consequences. Instead of mobilizing
moderate Muslims to stand by our side, the repetitive refrain about
Islamic terrorism may not only offend moderate Muslims but could
eventually contribute to a perception that the campaign against
terrorism is also a campaign against Islam as a whole. They may note
that the United States, in condemning IRA terrorism in Northern Ireland
or Basque terrorism in Spain, does not describe it as "Catholic
terrorism," a phrase that Catholics around the world would likely find
offensive.

Bush's recent speeches also stand in sharp contrast to his mid-September
address to the United Nations, in which he not only refrained entirely
from labeling terrorism in any religious terms but also spoke
thoughtfully of social "anger and despair" as contributing to the rise
of terrorism. He stressed that the war against terrorism "will not be
won by force alone. . . . We must change the conditions that allow
terrorists to flourish and recruit." By contrast, Bush recently has
dismissed altogether the notion that there could be any "set of
grievances that can be soothed and addressed" in order to eliminate the
sources of terrorism.

It should be cause for concern to U.S. policymakers that only one major
foreign statesman comes close to emulating Bush's rhetorical emphasis on
the Islamic aspects of the current terrorist threat, and that is Russian
President Vladimir Putin. Putin has deliberately seized upon the theme
of Islamic terrorism to justify his relentless war against the Chechens'
aspirations for self-determination. That war has the dangerous effect of
generating rising tensions with Russia's sizable Muslim population.

It certainly is not in the United States's interest, especially in the
Middle East, to prompt a fusion of Muslim political resentments against
America with a wider and stronger sense of Islamic religious identity.
When the president talks of Iraq as "the central front" in the war
against Islamic terrorism, he links Iraqi and Arab anti-American
nationalism with outraged Muslim religious feelings, thereby reinforcing
the case for bin Laden's claim that the struggle is, indeed, against
"the crusaders."

That fusion could endow terrorism with fanatical intensity, compensating
for the weakness that it suffers in comparison to the organizational and
military threat posed earlier by communism. Indeed, the limitations of
al Qaeda and similar organizations could change, especially if the
president fails to pursue policies that aim at isolating terrorist
groups as well as undercutting their recruitment campaigns.

Unfortunately, the military character of our presence in the Middle East
may be helping to bring this change about. Robert A. Pape, a political
science professor at the University of Chicago, has analyzed the
motivations of contemporary suicide-attackers. He demonstrates that in
the majority of cases, the attackers' basic impulse has been hostility
toward foreign invaders, and he concluded a recent TV interview by
observing that "the longer our forces stay on the ground in the Arabian
Peninsula, the greater the risk of the next 9/11."

America would be better served if Bush avoided semantic traps that
create uncertainty about our true motives or fuel the worst suspicions
regarding U.S. strategy in the Middle East. Neither Islamophobic
terminology nor evocations of the victorious struggle with communism
help generate a better public understanding of what policies are needed
in order to pacify the Middle East and to speed the fading away of
terrorism, whose origins lie mostly in that region of the world.
Americans need to hear more of what Bush was saying not long ago to the
United Nations and less of what he has been propagating lately in the
United States.

Zbigniew Brzezinski was national security adviser to President Jimmy
Carter. He is a professor of American foreign policy at Johns Hopkins
University's School of Advanced International Studies and a trustee of
the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Dec  5 07:23:13 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Mon Dec  5 07:33:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Neil Bush Meets the Messiah
Message-ID: <20051205152313.1F190B8093@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



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Neil Bush Meets the Messiah
http://www.alternet.org/story/29054

Why is the President's younger brother, Neil, touring with the leader of the Moonies?
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From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Dec  5 07:28:32 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Mon Dec  5 07:38:48 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Filling in for God
Message-ID: <20051205152832.C553CB8095@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



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Filling in for God
http://www.alternet.org/story/29061

Certain politicians should do a lot more listening to the Lord, and a lot less talking for Him.
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Mon Dec  5 08:14:50 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Dec  5 08:26:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Don't Let It Bring You Down
Message-ID: <BFB9D1AA.26746%michael@michaelbutler.com>

    Don't Let It Bring You Down
    By William Rivers Pitt
    t r u t h o u t | Perspective

    Monday 05 December 2005

    Don't let it bring you down,
    It's only castles burning,
    Find someone who's turning,
    And you will come around...

    -- Neil Young

    Wolf Blitzer got up on his hind legs during his Sunday morning confab
with Senator Biden on CNN and expressed his outrage that the Iraqi people
and their so-called leaders have not thanked the United States for invading
and occupying their country. "There was not one word of appreciation," said
Blitzer, "to the United States for liberating Iraq from Saddam Hussein."
Wolf went on to ask Biden if the Senator found this as alarming and
depressing as he did.

    The disconnection is staggering, the comment so two years ago. Remember
when Dick Cheney told us before the war that, "My belief is we will, in
fact, be greeted as liberators"? The vast gulf between our present reality
and Cheney's pre-invasion optimism is wide enough to sail the Sixth Fleet
through with room to spare. Yet there was Wolf, still waiting for the hearts
and flowers.

    Blitzer, one can assume, would be appalled by another video on the 'net
of a caravan of oil tankers being driven by US troops through Iraq. One
troop, driving the tanker and narrating the video, tells the viewer to be
ready for the next stretch of road. Children, it seems, gather on that
stretch of road to throw rocks at the passing soldiers. The video clearly
shows young Iraqis pelting the truck as it rolls along; one rock smashes the
windshield. The soldier in the video is vocally frustrated by the rules of
engagement which keep him from shooting the rock-throwers.

    Maybe those kids are foreign fighters, insurgents shipped in from Iran
and Syria to disrupt the march of democracy.

    Let's see. Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed and maimed
during this occupation. 70% of the population is unemployed. Long gas lines
are the rule of the day. Hospitals don't work. Electricity is intermittent.
Potable water is hard to come by. Bombs go off every day, slaying civilians,
police and soldiers indiscriminately. Iraqis disappear into torture
chambers. Religious factions growl at each other like dogs in a fighting
pit. Even the children throw rocks.

    Where's the love, Wolf? Where's the thanks?

    Don't let it bring you down, Wolf. It's merely an accent in the
symphony. There are a number of people walking around these days groaning
for a little love, for those good old days when things like rules and laws
were for other people. The Abramoff scandal has a whole pile of Republican
trough-diggers in Congress thinking about keeping a bail-bondsman on speed
dial. It didn't used to be this way for them, and more than a few are
wondering when the rug is going to get jerked out from under them.

    Big George and the boys are likewise feeling the heat, and have coughed
up a scattered bag of platitudes and blue-sky predictions in the form of a
"plan" to "win" in Iraq. Rep. Murtha put a burr under their collective
saddle when he demanded a withdrawal from Iraq, and the White House PR
mavens still haven't quite figured out how to deal with him. The old
chestnuts about elitist liberal weenies don't scan with Murtha; the only
time he ever stuck his pinkie finger out while drinking a latte was so he
could pick up the Distinguished Service Cross he earned after a lifetime in
the Marine Corps.

    There is video from Al Jazeera floating around on the 'net allegedly
showing the explosion that killed ten Marines in Fallujah last week. The
Pentagon folks are vehemently denying that this video actually shows those
ten Marines getting blown up. Perhaps they are correct, but one thing is
certain. The video definitely shows a crowd of American soldiers and a
Humvee disappearing into the vortex of a terrible detonation.

    Those ten Marines who died last week, by the way, had names and homes.
Almost half of them were not old enough to legally buy a beer in America
when they died in Iraq.

    Adam Kaiser was 19, and was from Naperville, Illinois. Andrew Patten was
also 19, and was from Byron, Illinois. Anthony McElveen was 20, and was from
Little Falls, Minnesota. Robert Martinez was also 20, and was from
Splendora, Texas. Craig Watson was 21, and was from Union City, Michigan.
John Holmason was also 21, and was from Scappoose, Oregon. Scott Modeen was
24, and was from Hennepin, Minnesota. David Huhn was also 24, and was from
Portland, Michigan. Daniel Clay was 27, and was from Pensacola, Florida.
Andy Stevens was 29, and was from Tomah, Wisconsin.

    It is important to know their names, because you will never get to meet
them.

    Since January 2001, we have lost faith in the idea that our votes
matter, we have lost two towers in New York, we have lost an entire city in
Louisiana, we have lost two thousand one hundred and twenty nine soldiers to
Iraq, somewhere along the way we lost a whole pile of weapons of mass
destruction those soldiers died trying to find, we have lost a substantial
portion of our children's future by spending hundreds of billions of dollars
so those soldiers could die far from home, we have lost our standing with
the international community, and a good portion of the planet looks long and
hard at us, wondering if we have also lost our minds.

    Don't let it bring you down, though. We're staying the course, fighting
them over there so we don't have to fight them here, spreading democracy,
rolling with the noble cause, doing the Lord's work and saving Christmas,
all at the same time. It's all good.

 

From reuteb at austin.rr.com  Mon Dec  5 07:37:20 2005
From: reuteb at austin.rr.com (reute)
Date: Mon Dec  5 08:37:54 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Jane Smiley's Prius
Message-ID: <E1EjJB1-0006fj-Cr@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Brilliant article by Jane Smiley. I shop @ costco too and buy  
organic. My next car will be fuel efficient also. xox, R

> Subject: Jane's Prius
>>
>> The Huffington Post:
>>
>>      _Jane  Smiley_ (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jane-smiley)   
>> _Bio_
>> (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/contributors/bio.php?nick=jane- 
>> smiley&name=Jane%20Smil
>> ey)    (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/theblog/index/)
>> (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/syndication/)
>>
>> (http://online.wsj.com/article/SB113332075479109882-search.html? 
>> KEYWORDS=holman+w.+jenkins&COLLECTION=wsjie/6month)
>
>>   in  the Wall Street Journal yesterday, only because it was about  
>> the
>> Prius -- a  car that I own. The photo of the author, Holman W.  
>> Jenkins,
>> Jr., had  that  sneering look that free-marketers often adopt  
>> before they
>> are indicted for  tax  fraud or accounting irregularities.
>> I have to say that Junior did not disappoint. He belittled Prius  
>> drivers
>> for   having fallen for Hybrid Synergy Drive hype, sneered at the
>> "emotional"   relationship Prius drivers seem to have with their  
>> vehicles,
>> and eventually got   around (toward the end of the piece) to  
>> calling Prius
>> drivers "suckers." Junior
>>  caused me to reflect upon my Prius, and to compare it to the  
>> other cars
>> I've  bought in the last eight years -- a Chevy diesel truck, a Mazda
>> van, a Saab,
>> a  Subaru Outback sedan, and, of course, the Prius. All of these  
>> cars cost
>>  between  twenty and twenty-five grand. I still have the truck. It  
>> once
>> had a  sudden  stopping problem that got fixed after the dealer  
>> rummaged
>> through the  paperwork  and found an old recall notice, but it's  
>> been fine
>> since. The Mazda  van gave me  serious back pain, so I bought the  
>> Saab.
>> The Saab rode very rough.  Every bump  was like a pothole, so I  
>> bought the
>> Outback, which had a very  smooth ride, but  only got about twenty  
>> miles
>> to the gallon. When I tried the  Prius, which rode  nearly as well  
>> as the
>> Outback, cost less, and had more cargo  room and leg room  in the
>> backseat, I decided that the two were comparable, as  cars go.
>> The Prius has been entirely reliable, comfortable, and useful.  
>> There have
>>  been recalls -- Toyota notified me and fixed the potential problems
>> during   regular servicing. As far as I can tell, the Prius's only
>> disadvantage is that  if  the dogs aren't looking at you when you are
>> backing up, they don't realize   that you are coming toward them  
>> (since it
>> backs up silently, on electric  power).  Since all my cars have  
>> seemed
>> comparable to me, I have not felt like a  "sucker"  in the Prius.  
>> And when
>> I am driving on the highway and the car tells me  it is  getting  
>> 53 or 54
>> miles to the gallon and when I am driving around my    
>> neighborhood, which
>> is hilly, and it tells me I am getting 41-43 miles to the    
>> gallon, and
>> when I was stuck in traffic in LA it told me I was getting 72   
>> miles  to
>> the gallon, it seems more like a bonus and a pleasure than the  
>> reason I
>> bought the Prius, which cost me more than the Saab and less than  
>> the Mazda
>>  and  the Subaru. I like how it looks, too -- I am tall, and it  
>> fits me.
>> Junior Jenkins doesn't say what sort of car he drives in his  
>> satire upon
>> Prius drivers, but no doubt his car reflects something about who  
>> he thinks
>> he   is, and if I am to go by the article he wrote, his only value is
>> money. He   writes as though he is a dedicated comparison shopper,  
>> never
>> settling for less   than the most he can get for his money. In  
>> that case,
>> I am sure he drives a   Dodge or a GM, which he probably bought  
>> when those
>> less than successful   companies lured some people that you might  
>> call
>> "suckers" into the showrooms  with big  rebates and financing  
>> deals. He
>> congratulates himself everyday on what  a  good deal he got, and  
>> no doubt
>> Junior keeps a running tab on how much he is   paying for gas in
>> comparison to how much he saved on the deal he made.  The problem  
>> with
>> Junior, though, is that he epitomizes more than just the   sneering,
>> know-it-all attitude of the free market conservatives who pride
>> themselves on gaming the system to their own advantage. He  
>> epitomizes the
>> greedy   egotism that is their only value and is the only value  
>> that they
>> attribute to   everyone else.
>> Personally, I'm in favor of government regulation of economic life. I
>> think   the deregulation fad of the 1980s was the beginning of the  
>> end of
>> American   democracy. One of my favorite injustices is a small one  
>> -- it's
>> the way that   economics professors at places like the University of
>> Chicago prescibe "creative
>>  destruction," economic insecurity, and low wages for others but  
>> reserve
>> special  treatment (tenure, for example) for themselves. At any  
>> rate, the
>> reason I  am in  favor of government regulation is that intellectual
>> leaders who  promote free  market orthodoxy, like Junior Jenkins,  
>> are so
>> shallow, and theorizing  about the  free market has made them that  
>> way.
>> Oh, those free marketers always give lip-service to actual freedom  
>> in the
>>  market -- the idea that people like me might be willing to pay a  
>> premium
>> for   some other value than getting the most for your money. I  
>> also pay a
>> premium for   free range chickens, grass-fed beef, and organically  
>> grown
>> produce. I pay the
>>  premium not only because I believe in genetic and environmental  
>> diversity,
>> good  flavor, and boosting my family's omega-3 fatty acids, but  
>> also so
>> that  those who  are doing the growing can make a living and  
>> refine their
>> techniques  on the  off-chance that in the future, such a large  
>> premium
>> will not have to be  paid. I  would prefer, in fact, that the  
>> government
>> had regulated the big  agricultural  companies so that they had never
>> contaminated the plant gene pool,  the water  systems, the soil,  
>> and our
>> own DNA to begin with, but it's too late  for that  now. In fact,  
>> every
>> free market correction comes after the fact. In  addition to   
>> "creative
>> destruction," of course, there is "destructive  destruction," but get
>> some orthodox free marketer to talk about that!  Likewise, I wish  
>> that
>> government regulation had preserved us from the melting
>>  Greenland ice cap, the freshening North Atlantic that is  
>> endangering the
>> Gulf  Stream, the melting permafrost in Siberia that is giving off  
>> extra
>> methane,  and  Dick Cheney's 2001 Energy Taskforce, which seems to  
>> have
>> made him think  that the  war in Iraq was a good idea. I wish we  
>> had used
>> less oil in the last  twenty  years. I once had another sucker car  
>> -- an
>> '86 Toyota Tercel wagon  that got 45  miles to the gallon on the  
>> highway
>> without hybrid synergy drive. It  was totally  reliable -- once I  
>> checked
>> the oil and left the cap off, then  drove 240 miles.  Five of the six
>> quarts of oil blew out of the engine, but it  was fine. "It's a   
>> Toyota,"
>> said the dealer. It was so obviously the car of the  future. But  
>> greed
>> (of the oil companies and the automakers) said otherwise.  At the  
>> very
>> most basic level, government regulation describes what sort of    
>> society
>> citizens want to live in, whether or not all the regulations work  
>> or  all
>> of them are wise ones. I would like to live in a society where the
>> government  says to the corporations, "first, do no harm":
>> "Don't sell poison and call it food"
>> "Don't pay your workers such a low  wage that they can't have both  
>> food
>> and  lodging"
>> "Don't leave millions of  citizens without elementary healthcare"
>> "Leave the natural world better than  you found it."
>> "Don't cheat on your taxes, your accounting, or your business   
>> practices."
>> "Don't steal elections."
>> "All citizens have basic human  worth."
>> Instead, thanks to the theorists of the free market, we live in a  
>> country
>>  where the corporations tell the government -- "We are going to do
>> whatever we   want, and you are going to do whatever we want, too.
>> Citizens will be valued   according to their financial assets. The  
>> natural
>> world will be ruthlessly mined
>>  for 'wealth creation.' And everyone is going pretend that this is  
>> not only
>> more  profitable for us, it is morally better."
>> What sort of people produce Wal-Mart? Why, people like Junior  
>> Jenkins, people
>>  for whom cheapness is all, no matter what the cost. Every time  
>> Junior
>> sees a  Prius (or a working stiff), he sees only a price tag. And  
>> even
>> though, in
>> the  absence of decent regulations, people like me, Prince  
>> Charles, and
>> Larry  David  have to actually fund new ideas (and shop at  
>> Costco), Junior
>> laughs at  us. He  points out that even though we aren't using as  
>> much
>> fuel or giving off  as many  emissions, the oil "is not saved."  
>> Well, no,
>> it isn't, right now. But  let's try  an analogous argument -- just  
>> because
>> Junior isn't as promiscuous  as he used to  be, that doesn't mean any
>> fewer girls (or guys) are having sex.  Junior Jenkins has only one  
>> value
>> (getting the most for his money) and one   fear (of getting  
>> suckered), but
>> he doesn't have to be our model citizen. Until   the glorious era of
>> re-regulation dawns, I am going to pretend, in spite of  the  Wall  
>> Street
>> Journal, that the free market is on my side. I am going to   drive my
>> Prius and eat my organic veggies and vote against the
>> Diebold/Republican axis of evil on, as long as I can procure it,  
>> my paper
>> ballot. Actually,  the free market has left me no  choice.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From jameshburns at webtv.net  Mon Dec  5 09:14:42 2005
From: jameshburns at webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Mon Dec  5 09:25:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Two Wolves...
In-Reply-To: mb-civic-request@islandlists.com's message of Mon, 5 Dec 2005
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One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes
on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil.? 

It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego.

The other is Good.? 

It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather:? "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."


From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Mon Dec  5 11:23:47 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Mon Dec  5 11:33:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Jane Smiley's Prius
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Message-ID: <BAY109-F26EAA20B07C6A7A7C67CD8AD410@phx.gbl>

The only concern with the hybrid car is the battery issue.
I would hate to see new landfills.

Veggie fuel and BioDiesel might be better in the long run.
But hell yeah to the organic life.
it's hard for Junior because, like our dear commander in brief,
he has never had to sacrifice anything.  Accountability and responsibility
come from "depriving" yourself for what is right.  Not saying it's easy,
and it's definitely a self-righteous high for some, but it's something to
work towards.  oh yeah...they don't "work"...oh well.

Peace.
Katie



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From michael at intrafi.com  Mon Dec  5 12:02:52 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Mon Dec  5 13:18:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Higher Frequency
Message-ID: <200512052002.jB5K2q412013@linux19272.dn.net>



A Higher Frequency

How the rise of Salem Communications' radio empire reveals the evangelical master plan

by Adam Piore

November/December 2005 Issue

     
     IT'S A SUNNY MORNING IN SOUTHERN California, but inside the gleaming Glendale studios of KKLA, nationally syndicated radio personality Dennis Prager has spotted a dark cloud on the horizon, namely the “soullessness” of Europe. The white-haired host with a deep baritone and, this morning, a purple tie has fresh evidence of the Continent’s decline: a recent study linking depression in France to the nation’s loss of religious faith. “The breakdown in Christianity has led to a profound crisis,” he says, his meaty hands cutting the air for emphasis. “What will people believe in? It leads to communism and fascism. It’s one of the reasons I so worry about secularism in our society. I don’t want that breakdown here.” 
     
You’ll hear that message a lot on stations owned by Salem Communications, a little-known for-profit Christian radio empire that has ridden the evangelical movement to the big leagues and is quietly becoming a force in national politics. Before it was purchased by Salem, KKLA was owned by a cigar-chomping preacher whose promises of redemption raked in millions to help finance a lavish Pasadena estate, replete with a Rembrandt, a Monet, and show ponies. But Salem’s founders, Stuart Epperson and Edward Atsinger III, have a far grander goal: spreading the word of the Lord and offering an alternative to the creeping secularism that they see as responsible for America’s moral decay. “When you secularize a culture,” says Epperson, “you lose your moral compass.” A mission statement in Salem’s 2003 annual report reads: “One mended marriage. One regained childhood. One restored faith. One broadcast at a time.” 
     
Atsinger and Epperson started their company 30 years ago as young, idealistic evangelicals. Today Salem is the second-fastest-growing radio chain in the nation. The left—which for years dismissed evangelical activists as out-of-touch zealots—has nothing on the radio dial even close to Salem’s reach and influence. Air America is broadcast on 70 stations and owns none. Salem owns 103 stations in the nation’s largest markets and broadcasts to more than 1,900 affiliates. It owns radio stations in New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, Dallas, and Atlanta. In fact, it doesn’t own just one station in those markets. It owns two—sometimes more. In Los Angeles it owns four. In Honolulu it owns seven. It also owns 62 websites and a magazine publishing division. 
     
Though the chain is not as large as Clear Channel Radio (which owns 1,200 stations) or Viacom’s Infinity Broadcasting (178), Salem’s programming is available to one-third of the U.S. population; its websites are read by some 3 million people. Salem Radio Network News division is, according to its website, “the only Christian-focused news organization with fully equipped broadcast facilities at the U.S. House, Senate, and White House manned by full-time correspondents—ensuring timely, on-the-spot coverage of breaking news…specifically created for Christian-formatted radio stations.” In a move that mirrors the Republican Party’s objectives, Atsinger and Epperson have recently expanded Salem’s stable of Christian talk-show hosts—James Dobson, Randall Terry, Janet Parshall—to include conservative Jews like Prager and Michael Medved. The company is a leading outlet for Christian rock, one of the music industry’s fastest-growing segments, and is chasing after black and Latin!
o listeners. The company was also quick to embrace iPod technology to do what evangelicals call “godcasting.” 
     
By melding business savvy, generous political giving, and an unshakable faith in their own moral righteousness, Epperson and Atsinger have built Salem into a blue-chip Wall Street company that has tapped into what Medved calls “a conservative religious counterculture” that is “far more powerful and far more significant than anything in the stupid counterculture of the 1960s.” 
     
 For all such thunder, resembles any other radio station. In its studio, a chubby, disheveled engineer spins the dials while a moody young woman struggles to keep pace with the flood of calls to Prager’s show. In his office, general manager Terry Fahy pores over Arbitron ratings and listener patterns. Look a little closer, though, and you’ll notice that the engineer’s T-shirt is emblazoned with a huge American flag and the words “God Bless America,” the screener’s handbag sports a “Jews for Bush and Cheney” pin, and on Fahy’s bookshelf is a small glass cross and a piece of framed scripture—the latter a gift from missionaries who smuggle Bibles into China. 
     
According to University of Akron political science professor John C. Green, conservative Christians listen to Salem’s stations “the same way sports fans listen to sports radio shows,” keeping abreast of the latest developments regarding abortion, gay marriage, Iraq. In many ways, Green says, the chain typifies “the congealing of the religious communities into a potent political force. When traditional issues become important in campaigns—as they did in the last campaign—they can have a huge impact.” Programming such as Salem’s “challenges people to accept their obligation as Christian citizens,” says Frank Wright, president of National Religious Broadcasters. (Epperson currently serves on NRB’s board.) “Our faith in Jesus Christ has eternal spiritual dimensions, but it has a temporal practical obligation to live out your faith in the world around you. That means being involved in the world around you, whether it be the law or medicine—certainly government and politics.!
” 
     
Salem’s stations allow the religious right to share information, mobilize allies, and galvanize public opinion. During the Terri Schiavo battle, Dobson took to Salem’s airwaves and told listeners: “A woman’s life hangs in the balance. We really have to defend this woman, because if she dies, the lives of thousands of people around the country can be killed, too. There’s a principle here: It’s a paradigm of death versus a paradigm of life.” Dobson’s cohost then reeled off the phone numbers of Florida legislators. 
Salem’s founders are as politically skilled as their hosts. Time magazine recently named Epperson—who’s twice run for Congress as a Republican—as one of “the 25 most influential evangelicals in America” in a cover-story package that asked “What Does Bush Owe Them?” Atsinger is a Bush Pioneer, meaning he gave $100,000 to the president’s reelection campaign. In the 1990s, he helped revolutionize California politics, first by running Christians for local school b!
oards and then backing candidates who took over the legislature. In 2000, the two men, along with a close political ally, funneled $780,000 into a California state ballot initiative to ban gay marriages. Both have served on the board of the Council for National Policy, a secretive and exclusive network of conservative activists and moneymen. 
     
In 2004, Atsinger cochaired Americans of Faith, a massive, church-based, get-out-the-vote campaign, and Salem ran hundreds of radio spots urging Christians to vote. A Salem affiliate in Pennsylvania sponsored an Operation Vote caravan that registered voters, offering them prizes of cars and cash. Epperson and Atsinger were “spark plugs to take voter registration to the next level,” says NRB’s Wright. They also contributed $15,000 to John Thune’s campaign to defeat Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle, and Salem host Kevin McCullough solicited funds for Thune on his Salem-sponsored blog. 
     
For all their political activity, Atsinger, 66, and Epperson, 69, have shunned the spotlight. Atsinger declined to discuss his activism, and Epperson would rather talk about the Bible. He’s particularly fond of Romans, in which Paul describes the plight of those who’ve turned away from God: “So they are without excuse, for though they knew God they did not honor him as God or give thanks to him. But they became futile in their thinking, and their senseless minds were darkened. Claiming to be wise, they became fools.” 
     
Says Epperson: “I personally am happy the president won. But we’ve been very careful as a company to be nonpartisan. We talk about issues and urge people to vote their conscience. Democrats can be more credible by looking at the issues we care about and being responsive to our issues.” 
     
In other words, get with the program. 
     
 In a Barnes & Noble parking lot in Orange, California, Salem host Michael Medved sits at a table flanked by speakers. A large heckler in a “Newt and Bush: Dumb and Dumber” T-shirt is at the mike, and Medved has him on the ropes. 
     
“Why are you so concerned about what people in France think about Americans defending themselves?” Medved asks. 
     
“Because Americans are stupid and idiotic!” says the man, who identifies himself as Russ. 
     
“Why are you so full of hate?” shouts an elderly lady in the audience. 
     
“I’m a pacifist,” Russ objects. 
     
“You’re not really a pacifist,” Medved scoffs. “What would the right response have been when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor?” 
     
The crowd is eating it up, and when Russ eventually slinks off, Medved is showered with applause. 
     
It’s easy to cheer when you’re on the winning team, especially against such an easy target. But things weren’t always so fun for the traditional-values crowd. In 1972, when Atsinger and Epperson bought their first station together in Bakersfield, California, it was liberals who seemed to have the last laugh. Abortion was about to be legalized, school prayer had been banned, and gays were on the march. “Things move very slowly in a culture,” Epperson says. “But the increasing secular humanism in our culture seemed to be moving at a gallop pace. We felt we needed to do something.” 
     
Epperson had learned early that radio is a powerful tool to spread the gospel. He grew up on a tobacco farm in Ararat, Virginia. Andy Griffith hailed from just down the road in Mount Airy. During World War II, Epperson’s older brother worked for the Navy, developing radar. Upon returning home, he built a radio station on the second floor of the Epperson farmhouse, and when word of it spread through the hills, musicians began showing up on Saturdays with banjos, guitars, and fiddles to play their “hillbillery.” The preachers took the microphone on Sundays. Stuart Epperson made his debut at 10, reading the 23rd Psalm. 
     
He studied broadcasting at Bob Jones University and founded his first station in 1961. Through his wife, Nancy, he met his future business partner: her brother, Edward Atsinger III. Born in Honolulu in 1939 and raised in Southern California, Atsinger had also graduated from Bob Jones, after which he taught public speaking in the L.A. public schools. 
     
The two soon purchased a small secular station in Bakersfield. But it was at tiny KDAR in Oxnard, California—their first Christian station, bought in 1974—that Atsinger and Epperson began developing the formula they would later replicate so successfully. Preachers paid for time to sermonize, listeners could call in, some slots were reserved for Christian music. KDAR was a refuge from the hedonism and cynicism of the mainstream stations, and Atsinger and Epperson realized people craved it. “We felt we had a message, and we felt the message deserved—demanded—the best facilities,” Epperson says. “We felt our mission was to build a platform for the best communicators to communicate biblical truth,” to speak about “the eternal soul and the destiny of man.” 
     
Once they got a taste, nothing seemed more important. In 1977, Epperson and Atsinger mortgaged their homes and sold all their secular stations. Over the next eight years, leveraged to the gills, they went to the very places where cynicism and secularism breed the fastest—American cities. They got licenses in San Francisco, San Antonio, Seattle, Boston, even a weak signal on Staten Island. 
     
Sometimes their quixotic mission felt more like a burden than a blessing. “It was a fearful time,” remembers Epperson. “I went to Boston and bought WEZE and came back home, got a mortgage on the house, and told my wife we may be starting over.” In some cities, Epperson and Atsinger were greeted with skepticism, even outright hostility. But everything changed with the acquisition of KKLA. The previous owner, Gene Scott, had operated a transmitter 1,000 times more powerful than tiny KDAR-Oxnard. When the FCC accused Scott of stealing from his tax-exempt ministry and didn’t renew his license, Epperson and Atsinger were well positioned to take over the signal. In 1985, Salem won the right to beam the word of God into the nation’s second-largest radio market and to an audience used to opening its checkbooks for Christian causes. 
     
Using this blue-chip Los Angeles-area station as collateral, Atsinger and Epperson could now secure even larger loans. From 1986 to 1990, Salem moved into Chicago, bought two stations in Portland, Oregon, and one in San Diego, then scored a strong signal in the mother of all markets, New York City. 
     
Unlike KKLA, WMCA did not come with a Christian audience accustomed to tuning in. WMCA’s audience was all about rock and roll; back in its heyday, the station broadcast a famous Beatles concert live from Shea Stadium. “There was some degree of opposition and ridicule, but the more difficult thing to overcome was apathy,” remembers Joe Davis, whom Salem had hired to revamp WMCA. “They weren’t impressed. In a cosmopolitan city that prizes intellectual pursuits, freedom of thought, and independence of lifestyle, New Yorkers saw religious people as second-class citizens. It was hard to get them to engage and recognize that the station did have something to say.” 
     
Salem responded with the same methodical network building that has characterized the political rise of evangelicals across the nation. On Sundays, Davis loaded his wife, Carolyn, into their Ford Taurus and headed to churches across the tristate area. After services, they handed out WMCA program guides to parishioners and then lunched with the local pastor. Over the course of three years, the Davises visited 154 churches and got to know pastors from Harlem to Westchester. On New Year’s Eve, Davis recruited church youth groups to go to Times Square to hand out hot chocolate and church literature. Salem’s DJs spent the night interviewing the kids, keeping congregations back in their hometowns apprised of their activities as the excitement built toward midnight. The young people got to know each other. The church elders mingled. Salem gained listeners. 
     
In addition to patient proselytizing, Salem’s rapid expansion owed a lot to Reagan-era deregulation. Until 1987, the FCC required broadcasters to provide equal time to political opponents. And the last thing a religious broadcaster wanted to do was eat up airtime with liberals “promoting” abortion and homosexuality. But when the FCC repealed the fairness doctrine, the shackles that had forced Salem to tiptoe cautiously around the society’s great cultural fault lines fell away.
KKLA station manager Terry Fahy first realized the raw political power Salem now commanded when Martin Scorsese’s The Last Temptation of Christ hit the theaters in 1988. KKLA spearheaded a demonstration at MCA Universal Studios, where chanting protesters mobbed the entrance, waving signs and banners. “They were saying Route 101 is really blocked, you can’t get there,” remembers Fahy, who now manages Salem’s four-station L.A. cluster. Tens of thousands of people also participated in protests at th!
eaters and video stores nationwide. That was a lot of Christians—enough, by any objective measure, to wield significant political clout if harnessed. 
     
 It was around this time that Jerry Sloan, a former fundamentalist minister turned gay activist who heads Project Tocsin, which monitors the political activities of evangelical groups in California, began hearing the name Edward Atsinger III. The reason had nothing to do with radio. In 1989, a mysterious entity named the Capitol Commonwealth Group began recruiting Christian activists to run for school boards and other offices. “Nobody knew who they were, but we got word from candidates who said they were being asked questions about their feelings on homosexuality and abortion,” Sloan says. 
     
Liberals would forever after ruefully refer to what happened next as the “San Diego Surprise.” Sixty of the mysterious group’s 90 candidates won. The surprise part came when parents realized the new school board members advocated school prayer and creationism—and that their financial backers were the largely unknown, but ex- tremely wealthy, evangelicals Howard Ahmanson Jr. and Robert Hurtt, who’d founded a like-named lobby shop (Capitol Resource Institute) a few years earlier. Ahmanson is an heir to a savings and loan fortune and a trustee of a think tank run by the Reverend R.J. Rushdoony, who preached that the death penalty should be instituted for crimes against the family, such as homosexuality and marital infidelity (see “A Nation Under God,” page 32). Hurtt is a wealthy businessman and devout follower of James Dobson, the founder of Focus on the Family and a Salem host. 
     
The San Diego Surprise was only a taste of what was to come. Ahmanson and Hurtt soon recruited Edward Atsinger, along with publishing magnate Roland Hinz, whose wife, Lila, has served on the board of directors of Paul Weyrich’s National Empowerment TV, and another millionaire Bob Jones alumnus named Richard Riddle. 
     
Over a series of lunches in Orange County in 1991, these five men, all members of the secretive conservative Council for National Policy, hashed out an ambitious plan to transform California politics. The Capitol Commonwealth Group was reborn as the Allied Business PAC and began financing conservative candidates for the state Assembly. “We were tired of being the supply ship,” Hurtt told a reporter at the time. “We said, ‘Screw that; we’re now going to be the flagship.’” Together, backers of Allied Business “very quietly campaigned in the churches and passed out fliers urging them to vote for their candidates,” Sloan says. More important, they spent prodigiously. Allied Business was the fourth-largest political donor in the 1992 election cycle, giving $915,745. That was peanuts compared to the 1994 election cycle, in which Allied and its five founders doled out more than $5.3 million, and Hurtt spent an additional $952,080 on his own state Senate campaign. The result: !
a political earthquake. Two-thirds of Allied’s candidates won, the Republicans controlled the Assembly for the first time in 25 years, and Hurtt became the state Senate minority leader. 
     
This success came with too much limelight for Allied, which was renamed the California Independent Business PAC (CIBPAC) and began funding candidates to challenge fellow Republicans whom CIBPAC’s founders found too moderate. Take the demise of Republican Assembly Speaker Brian Setencich. When 31-year-old Robert Prenter, a Fresno-area medical equipment salesman with no political experience, entered the 1996 Republican primary, Setencich didn’t take the kid too seriously. But Prenter was Ed Atsinger’s nephew. In the waning days of the campaign, Atsinger and his CIBPAC buddies bombarded the district with mailers that said Setencich opposed the death penalty for carjackers, was a “traitor” to the Republican Party, and was guilty of “public attacks on Christians and those who want to restore moral values to society.” Prenter won by 500 votes. 
     
But in many ways CIBPAC’s victories were Pyrrhic. That same year the Democrats retook the legislature—in part by portraying CIBPAC candidates as demagogues—and voters passed a tough campaign spending law (though it has since been overturned). And CIBPAC’s tactics created a schism between Republican moderates and conservatives that has since only deepened. “These guys throw $50,000, $100,000 at a candidate before they’re even out of the gate,” Sloan says. “More moderate candidates who have nothing feel like they can’t run.” Kevin Drum, who writes the Washington Monthly’s Political Animal blog, says that while “the Republican party in California, and particularly in Orange County, has always been very conservative, it’s never been religious based. Even Orange County is more anticommunist conservative. But money is the mother’s milk of politics.” 
     
If party cohesion is the measure of success, then the religious conservative wing has been “disastrous” for California Republicans, says Drum. While candidates whom CIBPAC’s funders have sponsored still comprise a sixth of the current legislature, the Republicans twice lost the governorship by fielding ultraconservatives against Democrat Governor Gray Davis. But if bringing conservative ideals to the political fore is the yardstick, then the men behind CIBPAC have been wildly successful. Though Atsinger and Epperson aren’t on record as having contributed to the ballot initiative campaign to recall Davis, Salem radio personalities “made it a topic every day,” says Sloan. “Talk-show hosts like Ollie North said he was a sleazeball, raising money all the time. They attacked Davis on immigration, they used gay marriage. They stirred up the evangelicals and got them out to the polls.” In the election to decide whether or not to recall Davis and who his replacement might be, !
conservatives backed Tom McClintock, whom Atsinger had helped put in the state Senate with a $100,000 loan in 2000 and whom Ahmanson funded in the 2003 recall circus. And while McClintock proved no match for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s star power, Atsinger and Epperson have adeptly used California politics to catapult issues to the head of the national debate. 
     
Particularly gay marriage. In 2000, Atsinger, Epperson, and Ahmanson poured $780,000 into a state ballot initiative against such unions. Along with Hurtt and Hinz, they’ve funded a vast network of conservative think tanks and special-interest groups that continue to influence policy, notably antigay activist Reverend Lou Sheldon’s Traditional Values Coalition and the Western Center for Law and Religious Freedom, which famously defended the Kern County school district’s decision to ban Gabriel Garcìa Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude on the grounds of its “profanity” and “vulgarity.” Another such group, the Campaign for California Families, sued San Francisco mayor Gavin Newsom last year to stop him from marrying gay couples. The debate over gay marriage in California became a national hot-button issue in part because Salem stations kept their audiences primed for outrage. 
     
And that’s what George Bush owes these evangelicals. 
     
By the mid-1990s, Salem had developed a signature business strategy. Atsinger and Epperson would approach highly leveraged stations and offer huge amounts of money. “They are actually pretty shrewd at buying stations, but also at moving stations around to maximize their coverage,” says John Crigler, an attorney in Washington, D.C. (Crigler represented Reed College after Salem acquired a station in Oregon and then moved its transmitter, which effectively blocked Reed’s signal.) Shows taped at KKLA and the three other stations based in the Glendale office are beamed out to affiliates, offering the company a significant advantage over single operators. 
     
Soon, though, Salem bumped up against the FCC laws limiting the number of stations any one company could own nationwide and in each market. So, like everyone else in the broadcast industry, Epperson and Atsinger lobbied for the Telecommunications Act of 1996. They gave $74,000 to key legislators, a small part of the tidal wave of industry contributions. Pushed by Newt Gingrich’s 104th Congress, largely written by lobbyists, and signed by President Clinton, the new law eliminated FCC national ownership caps and loosened local ownership restrictions. After that, Salem Communications went on an acquisitions tear, owning 40 radio stations nationwide by the end of that year and organizing stations into local “clusters,” which shared administrative resources and gave Salem a further cost-saving edge over smaller operations. 
     
Salem remains focused on deregulation. Between 1998 and 2004, Salem Communications and its executives contributed $423,000 to federal candidates—making it the sixth-largest industry donor today—96 percent of which went to Republicans. Salem also has a PAC, which contributes only to Republicans—about $54,000 to Republican congressional candidates in the last election cycle. 
     
And because he’s been a reliable ally on deregulation as well as social issues, Salem’s leaders have maintained a close relationship with embattled former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay. For the past six years, Salem Communications has paid about $26,000 a year to the Alexander Group, a Washington, D.C., lobbying group run by DeLay’s former chief of staff that had DeLay’s wife on its payroll. In 2000 and 2002, Atsinger was among the top contributors ($28,311) to the Republican Majority Issues Committee, a 527 advocacy group closely affiliated with DeLay that is now under fire for paying DeLay’s daughter a large salary; Epperson kicked in another $5,000. Atsinger is also one of only a handful of private citizens to contribute (thus far, $6,000) to DeLay’s legal expense trust fund. Salem’s support for DeLay should come as no surprise, says John Dunbar of the Center for Public Integrity: “Any radio company that wants to get bigger is obviously going to spend a ton of mon!
ey lobbying because the issue of deregulation is very much in play.” 
     
Salem has another reason to cultivate allies in Congress: hate crime legislation. “Historic Judeo-Christian teachings have always held that homosexual conduct is a mortal sin,” says NRB’s Wright. “We are fearful that criminal penalties for so-called hate crimes might impinge on Christian broadcasters.” In a recent op-ed about indecency laws pushed by some Christians, Epperson worried that such laws could be twisted by liberal opponents to muzzle Christians. “Sure right now an FCC dominated by reasonable people wouldn’t do anything drastic,” Epperson wrote. “But let us suppose that with this bill on the books the nation has elected Hillary Rodham Clinton as President.” Then, he says, Salem’s support of a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage would open it up to attacks. “The homosexual lobby would organize itself to insure that there were hundreds, perhaps thousands, of complaints against stations that took that point of view. Armed with that sort of ammunition,!
 the FCC would have no problem finding the excuse for shutting down those voices that broadcast what they would call homophobic views.” 
     
By the late 1990s, Epperson and Atsinger were debating taking the company public. Joe Davis, Salem’s executive vice president of radio stations, remembers them worrying that to do so would force Salem to become mainstream. “Before the Bush phenomena, Wall Street didn’t understand niche broadcasting,” he says. “We’ve never had a litmus test, where a guy had to sign a statement of faith. Now we knew we really wouldn’t. The question was, would we be invaded by people who don’t share our values?” 
     
The decision to go public was announced by Atsinger at a 1999 company conference in Colorado Springs. “We wanted this to be a company for eternity as well as for our time. We have unabashedly embraced Judeo-Christian values, and the whole purpose is to propagate those values,” Davis remembers Atsinger telling Salem’s station managers. “Up until now, we’ve been a Christian company. My prayer is that we will lead the industry as an excellent public company.” After Atsinger left the room, the station managers gathered together to pray, and then burst into a church hymn. 
     
After going public, Salem bought eight stations from Clear Channel for $185.6 million. In 2000, it launched a flagship contemporary Christian music station in Dallas. In 2001, Salem added 12 stations in cities like Minneapolis, Cleveland, and Tampa. In 2002, it purchased Crosswalk.com, a website with 2.1 million monthly readers. In 2003, Salem acquired stations in Boston, Sacramento, Jacksonville, and Colorado Springs. In February, it paid $3.4 million for the URL Christianity.com. 
     
Today Salem’s stock trades on the NASDAQ at around $20. In an industry rocked by an advertising slump, the company’s national advertising revenue grew 23 percent during 2004. “We believe this is due to a growing recognition among advertising agents and their clients of the significant size and buying power of the Christian audience in America. And the fact that Salem’s radio, publishing, and Internet platform offers the best way to reach this audience on a national basis,” Atsinger recently told a conference call of Wall Street analysts. Jonathan A. Jacoby, an analyst with Bank of America Securities, wrote recently that the current stock price does not yet reflect the company’s growth potential. “We increasingly like Salem’s growth strategy.” 
     
Overall, Salem’s revenue grew 10 percent last year, second in the industry only to Spanish-language broadcaster Univision, according to a Bear Stearns analyst. And more than 40 percent of Salem’s revenue comes from programming by some 65 ministries and advocacy organizations such as Focus on the Family. Ninety percent of such clients who rent “block programming” reenlist, analysts say, which makes them a reliable source of revenue in advertising slumps. 
     
Salem has made it clear that it won’t sacrifice its values for profit, even stating so in its annual report. But Epperson and Atsinger have apparently decided that the time has come to bring nonevangelicals into the fold. In 2004 Salem acquired 16 new news and talk stations, doubling its stable of secular stations. It also signed William Bennett—the former drug czar, education secretary, and Book of Virtues author—whose nationally syndicated show, “Morning in America,” is a huge draw. Salem has inked a deal to provide exclusive religious and family-issues talk for XM satellite radio, it owns a large and expanding number of Christian rock stations, and it sponsors huge outdoor concerts billed as “safe for the whole family.” It’s courting conservative Jews, Catholics, and Latinos—all constituencies prized by the Republican Party. “What they’ve decided to do is not just preach to the converted but to reach out to a larger audience,” explains Medved. “This is secular radio!
. But part of the idea is that you cannot separate faith from the ongoing debate in society at large or the nation’s political future.” 
     
Carol Pierson, president and CEO of the National Federation of Community Broadcasters, says the growth of religious broadcasting behemoths has come at the expense of locally produced public-interest and independent radio stations. In some areas, stations that once played jazz or broadcast NPR now feature religious programming. “Several religious networks own a huge number of licenses,” Pierson says. The nonprofit Educational Media Foundation is gobbling up parts of the spectrum reserved for educational programs and broadcasting religious programming. In the for-profit market, cash-rich companies like Salem are “pricing everybody out of the market,” Pierson says. “I think this is a major issue, and its impact on democracy is incredible.” 
     
More than 100 million Americans now listen to Christian stations at least once a month, 43 percent more than five years ago, and, according to NRB president Frank Wright, Salem has spearheaded the trend. “Salem is far and away the fastest-growing Christian radio chain. Their growth has been meteoric,” says Wright. “I think these two guys are visionary.” 



     
@2005 The Foundation for National Progress

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     http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2005/12/higher_frequency.html
     
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     http://www.motherjones.com
     
From michael at intrafi.com  Tue Dec  6 10:23:15 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Tue Dec  6 10:35:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Donald Rumsfeld Is Mad As a Hatter
Message-ID: <20051206182315.A9C7BB819C@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
Donald Rumsfeld Is Mad As a Hatter
http://www.alternet.org/story/29101

We now have a certifiable loon in charge of the most powerful military on the face of the earth. Shouldn't someone do something? 
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From michael at intrafi.com  Tue Dec  6 10:31:45 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Tue Dec  6 10:42:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Liberalism's Brain on Drugs
Message-ID: <20051206183145.A0FBBB80A5@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
Liberalism's Brain on Drugs
http://www.alternet.org/story/29112

If we live in a fundamentally free society, how does confining a drug offender to 17 years in prison jive with America's values of equality and liberty?
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Wed Dec  7 06:53:13 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Wed Dec  7 07:04:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <20051207145322.4752A83E4E@lax-gw03.mroute.net>

THE BRICK 

  

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street,
going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out
from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something.
As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the
Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the
spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of
the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car
shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are
you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost me a
lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please,
mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded.
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping
down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a
parked car. "It's my brother, "he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out
of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Now sobbing, the boy asked the
stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his
wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the
driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He
hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out
a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look
told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you,"
the grateful child told the stranger.

  

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his
wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long,
slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver
never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to
remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has
to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls
and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He
has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

 

 

------------------------------------------------

I believe in second chances 
I believe in angels, too 
I believe in new romances 
Baby, I believe in you 
These cloudy days are coming to an end 
And you don't have to be afraid to fall in love again 
  
Baby, I would never make you cry 
I would never make you blue 
I would never turn away 
I would never be untrue 
I know a place we can go where true love always stays 
There's no more stormy nights, no more cloudy days 

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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Dec  7 10:30:15 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Dec  7 10:41:02 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV230BA142377F908C178105AB430@phx.gbl>

Hey Sherwin...... nice.    :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Sherwin Ross
Sent: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 06:53:13 -0800
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] (no subject)

THE BRICK 

  

A young and successful executive was traveling down a neighborhood street,
going a bit too fast in his new Jaguar. He was watching for kids darting out
from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something
As his car passed, no children appeared. Instead, a brick smashed into the
Jag's side door! He slammed on the brakes and backed the Jag back to the
spot where the brick had been thrown. The angry driver then jumped out of
the car, grabbed the nearest kid and pushed him up against a parked car
shouting, "What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are
you doing? That's a new car and that brick you threw is going to cost me a
lot of money. Why did you do it?" The young boy was apologetic. "Please,
mister...please, I'm sorry but I didn't know what else to do," He pleaded
"I threw the brick because no one else would stop..." With tears dripping
down his face and off his chin, the youth pointed to a spot just around a
parked car. "It's my brother, "he said. "He rolled off the curb and fell out
of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up." Now sobbing, the boy asked the
stunned executive, "Would you please help me get him back into his
wheelchair? He's hurt and he's too heavy for me." Moved beyond words, the
driver tried to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat. He
hurriedly lifted the handicapped boy back into the wheelchair, then took out
a linen handkerchief and dabbed at the fresh scrapes and cuts. A quick look
told him everything was going to be okay. "Thank you and may God bless you,"
the grateful child told the stranger.

  

Too shook up for words, the man simply watched the boy push his
wheelchair-bound brother down the sidewalk toward their home. It was a long,
slow walk back to the Jaguar. The damage was very noticeable, but the driver
never bothered to repair the dented side door. He kept the dent there to
remind him of this message: "Don't go through life so fast that someone has
to throw a brick at you to get your attention!" God whispers in our souls
and speaks to our hearts. Sometimes when we don't have time to listen, He
has to throw a brick at us. It's our choice to listen or not.

 

 

------------------------------------------------

I believe in second chances 
I believe in angels, too 
I believe in new romances 
Baby, I believe in you 
These cloudy days are coming to an end 
And you don't have to be afraid to fall in love again 
  
Baby, I would never make you cry 
I would never make you blue 
I would never turn away 
I would never be untrue 
I know a place we can go where true love always stays 
There's no more stormy nights, no more cloudy days 

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From Robert_Scheer at lb.bcentral.com  Wed Dec  7 05:47:55 2005
From: Robert_Scheer at lb.bcentral.com (RobertScheer.com)
Date: Wed Dec  7 14:17:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Today's Robert Scheer column
Message-ID: <E1Ek7RD-0007Qr-8l@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Sent at your request from www.robertscheer.com 

Don't forget to visit Robert Scheer's spanking-new Web site, Truthdig.com!

                                   * * * 

Right's Claim to Moral High Ground Exposed as Fraud 

December 7, 2005 -- Call it Tonto's revenge: The outrageous rip-off of Native American tribes by a top Republican lobbyist is leading inexorably to a reckoning for the allegedly morally superior religious and political right. 

"I don't think we have had something of this scope, arrogance and sheer venality in our lifetimes," Norman J. Ornstein, of the conservative American Enterprise Institute, wrote in Roll Call. "It is building to an explosion, one that could create immense collateral damage within Congress and in coming elections." 

Selling firewater to the natives ?- or in this case charging them $82 million for government breaks on slot machine and other gaming licenses ?- is not exactly what the high-minded prophets of the Republican revolution promised. And to see behind the scenes as Christian right superstar Ralph Reed, bought off by top Republican lobbyist Jack Abramoff, dupes his grassroots "pro-family" followers into unwittingly supporting casino-rich Indian tribes under the guise of anti-gambling initiatives, is to glimpse moral corruption of biblical proportion. 

Reed, now a Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Georgia, at first denied knowing the $4 million he acknowledges receiving from Abramoff and his closet associate, public-relations expert Michael Scanlon, to run the pseudo anti-gambling campaigns in the South came from tribes hoping to retain local monopolies for themselves. Once the investigation picked up steam this past summer, however, he changed his mind and said he was assured that the tribal money didn't come directly from casino proceeds ?- a hair-splitting attempt at face-saving ethics, indeed, since the goal of the payments was so clearly to benefit the casinos. 

Furthermore, the release of a treasure trove of documentation on the Abramoff investigation to the Internet by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chair of the Senate's Indian Affairs Committee, makes it clear that Abramoff and his colleagues had no interest in the finer points of morality when they were transferring huge sums of cash from the tribes to the accounts of such allegedly high-minded heavyweight pro-Republican outfits as Grover Norquist's Americans for Tax Reform. 

"This town has become very corrupt, there's no doubt about it,'' McCain said Sunday on "Meet the Press," adding that he expects "lots" of indictments and that there is "strong evidence" of "significant wrongdoing" by some legislators. 

Reading the documents, in fact, is a horrifying look at democracy for sale. For example, an Abramoff e-mail to Reed about a conversation the lobbyist had with Nell Rogers, a Choctaw representative: "Spoke with Nell. They have a budget issue. They want to know if we can get through to October on $1 million. Can we? If not, let me know." 

In response, Reed lays out what it costs, in very precise amounts, to kill legislation on Capitol Hill to favor of a wealthy entity: "I believe [$1 million will be enough]. If we can kill it in the House [,] definitely. If it goes to the Senate, the worst case scenario is what the pro-family groups spent to defeat video poker and the lottery -- each about $1.3 million. . . . We will be doing all we can to raise money from national anti-gambling groups, Christian CEOs and national pro-family groups." 

Overall, both Reed, once the religious right's boy savior, and Abramoff, the former head of the College Republicans, a "pioneer"-grade fundraiser for President Bush, and a stalwart friend of Texas Rep. Tom DeLay, come off as morally degenerate political savants in the Senate committee's files. Reed seems possessed by the gods of greed as he exults, "I need to start humping in corporate accounts!" 

But Abramoffgate goes much higher than these two political pimps. In those e-mails between Abramoff and Scanlon, it is clear that they trafficked in their ties to DeLay and others in the Republican leadership. As the Washington Post reported, Abramoff "cultivated a reputation as the best-connected Republican lobbyist in Washington," and it was not a false claim. DeLay, who referred to Abramoff as "one of my closest and dearest friends," received no fewer than three free golf trips to Scotland from Abramoff, among other payoffs. 

Both DeLay and Abramoff are under indictment for charges in other cases but not, as of yet, this one. Scanlon has already pleaded guilty to conspiring with Abramoff to defraud various Indian tribes and bribe government officials. Former White House official David Safavian has been indicted for lying about his ties to Abramoff. The bet now is that Abramoff will also cop a plea bargain instead of spending many years in jail and paying even larger fines than the $19.7 million Scanlon has accepted. 

If so, more depressing tales of corruption may be detailed publicly. But what is already clear is that the Republicans' reputation for moral superiority is as dead as the Lone Ranger. 


E-mail Robert Scheer at rscheer@truthdig.com 

Copyright 2005 Robert Scheer 

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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Wed Dec  7 15:00:47 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Wed Dec  7 15:11:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bev On Veronica Mars Tonight
Message-ID: <20051207230047.7DF599EA22@ws6-2.us4.outblaze.com>

Hi! For those who might be interested, I will be appearing in the hit UPN
show "Veronica Mars" tonight, Dec.7th. (that's channel 13 at 9pm for you
SoCal folks). It will be repeated on Sunday, Dec. 11th in case you miss
it. But don't blink - I only have 2 lines as a nurse in a hospital (3rd
scene) and who knows how long that'll be! They are also showing the scene
on the Veronica Mars website, www.veronicamars.com.

 Also, I appear in an alternate ending to last week's show exclusively
online. Just go to www.aol.com/veronicamars you can see me, the nurse, in
the alternate ending. It's a strange new idea!

For those of you will don't live in Southern California, you can check
the show times in your area at www.aol.com

or www.veronicamars.com.


It's a great show and I had a wonderful time doing it!


Visit my websites:
www.beverlybremers.com
www.voicercise.net
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Dec  7 15:11:07 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Dec  7 15:23:03 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bev On Veronica Mars Tonight
In-Reply-To: <20051207230047.7DF599EA22@ws6-2.us4.outblaze.com>
Message-ID: <BFBCD63B.268C4%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Have a great one. I am in NYC and will miss it.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> Hi! For those who might be interested, I will be appearing in the hit UPN
> show "Veronica Mars" tonight, Dec.7th. (that's channel 13 at 9pm for you
> SoCal folks). It will be repeated on Sunday, Dec. 11th in case you miss
> it. But don't blink - I only have 2 lines as a nurse in a hospital (3rd
> scene) and who knows how long that'll be! They are also showing the scene
> on the Veronica Mars website, www.veronicamars.com.
> 
> Also, I appear in an alternate ending to last week's show exclusively
> online. Just go to www.aol.com/veronicamars you can see me, the nurse, in
> the alternate ending. It's a strange new idea!
> 
> For those of you will don't live in Southern California, you can check
> the show times in your area at www.aol.com
> 
> or www.veronicamars.com.
> 
> 
> It's a great show and I had a wonderful time doing it!
> 
> 
> Visit my websites:
> www.beverlybremers.com
> www.voicercise.net
> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Dec  7 15:22:34 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Dec  7 15:33:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bev On Veronica Mars Tonight
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV5185EF1DF561EC5100EF3AB430@phx.gbl>

Thank you for letting us know Bev..... I will surely watch.     :-)

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Beverly Bremers
Sent: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 15:00:47 -0800
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Bev On Veronica Mars Tonight

Hi! For those who might be interested, I will be appearing in the hit UPN
show "Veronica Mars" tonight, Dec.7th. (that's channel 13 at 9pm for you
SoCal folks). It will be repeated on Sunday, Dec. 11th in case you miss
it. But don't blink - I only have 2 lines as a nurse in a hospital (3rd
scene) and who knows how long that'll be! They are also showing the scene
on the Veronica Mars website, www.veronicamars.com.

 Also, I appear in an alternate ending to last week's show exclusively
online. Just go to www.aol.com/veronicamars you can see me, the nurse, in
the alternate ending. It's a strange new idea!

For those of you will don't live in Southern California, you can check
the show times in your area at www.aol.com

or www.veronicamars.com.


It's a great show and I had a wonderful time doing it!


Visit my websites:
www.beverlybremers.com
www.voicercise.net


From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Wed Dec  7 21:59:37 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Wed Dec  7 22:10:10 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Virtual bouquet to Ross!
In-Reply-To: <BFBCD63B.268C4%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F27892AF0F343DB1995B46AD420@phx.gbl>

Hello beautiful people!

At 9:30 tomorrow morning I have a final interview for video production and 
programming supervisor at the Biltmore Estate.  keep me in your prayers.

*i haven't really lived anywhere longer than 3-6 months in the last 15 years 
(2 "11 month" exceptions).
This job would mean me actually staying still.
I had to be in one place to do HAIR...and what has happened since has been 
amazing.

You are all part of my soul family now, and I just had to tell you how 
absolutley brilliant life is.
yes, and
I am falling in love for the first time too!
I wish i could buy everyone a glass of champagne (Or mint tea for Michael).

So, Ross, that is why I won't be able to get to NYC to see your show.  I am 
really sad to miss it-
but I'm going through some pretty amazing paradigm shifts in my life at the 
moment.
I will send all my love and energy your way for the next 10 days.

I'm glad you are all part of my life.
Love to bursting!
Peace,
Katie



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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Dec  7 18:28:07 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  8 04:15:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] VERY CONTROVERSIAL-WORTH READING
Message-ID: <BFBD0467.268E1%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Truthdig

An Atheist Manifesto
http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200512_an_atheist_manifesto
Posted on Dec. 7, 2005

By Sam Harris

Editor?s Note: At a time when fundamentalist religion has an unparalleled
influence in the highest government levels in the United States, and
religion-based terror dominates the world stage, Sam Harris argues that
progressive tolerance of ?faith-based unreason? is as great a menace as
religion itself.  Harris, a philosophy graduate of Stanford who has studied
eastern and western religions, won the 2004 PEN Award for nonfiction for The
End of Faith, which powerfully examines and explodes the absurdities of
organized religion. Truthdig asked Harris to write a charter document for
his thesis that belief in God, and appeasement of religious extremists of
all faiths by moderates, has been?and continues to be?the greatest threat to
world peace and a sustained assault on reason.

Somewhere in the world a man has abducted a little girl. Soon he will rape,
torture and kill her. If an atrocity of this kind is not occurring at
precisely this moment, it will happen in a few hours, or days at most. Such
is the confidence we can draw from the statistical laws that govern the
lives of 6 billion human beings. The same statistics also suggest that this
girl?s parents believe?at this very moment?that an all-powerful and
all-loving God is watching over them and their family. Are they right to
believe this? Is it good that they believe this?

No.

The entirety of atheism is contained in this response. Atheism is not a
philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to
deny the obvious.  Unfortunately, we live in a world in which the obvious is
overlooked as a matter of principle. The obvious must be observed and
re-observed and argued for. This is a thankless job. It carries with it an
aura of petulance and insensitivity. It is, moreover, a job that the atheist
does not want.

It is worth noting that no one ever needs to identify himself as a
non-astrologer or a non-alchemist. Consequently, we do not have words for
people who deny the validity of these pseudo-disciplines. Likewise, atheism
is a term that should not even exist. Atheism is nothing more than the
noises reasonable people make when in the presence of religious dogma. The
atheist is merely a person who believes that the 260 million Americans (87%
of the population) who claim to ?never doubt the existence of God? should be
obliged to present evidence for his existence?and, indeed, for his
benevolence, given the relentless destruction of innocent human beings we
witness in the world each day. Only the atheist appreciates just how uncanny
our situation is: Most of us believe in a God that is every bit as specious
as the gods of Mount Olympus; no person, whatever his or her qualifications,
can seek public office in the United States without pretending to be certain
that such a God exists; and much of what passes for public policy in our
country conforms to religious taboos and superstitions appropriate to a
medieval theocracy. Our circumstance is abject, indefensible and terrifying.
It would be hilarious if the stakes were not so high.

We live in a world where all things, good and bad, are finally destroyed by
change. Parents lose their children and children their parents. Husbands and
wives are separated in an instant, never to meet again. Friends part company
in haste, without knowing that it will be for the last time. This life, when
surveyed with a broad glance, presents little more than a vast spectacle of
loss. Most people in this world, however, imagine that there is a cure for
this. If we live rightly?not necessarily ethically, but within the framework
of certain ancient beliefs and stereotyped behaviors?we will get everything
we want after we die. When our bodies finally fail us, we just shed our
corporeal ballast and travel to a land where we are reunited with everyone
we loved while alive. Of course, overly rational people and other rabble
will be kept out of this happy place, and those who suspended their
disbelief while alive will be free to enjoy themselves for all eternity.

We live in a world of unimaginable surprises?from the fusion energy that
lights the sun to the genetic and evolutionary consequences of this light?s
dancing for eons upon the Earth?and yet Paradise conforms to our most
superficial concerns with all the fidelity of a Caribbean cruise. This is
wondrously strange. If one didn?t know better, one would think that man, in
his fear of losing all that he loves, had created heaven, along with its
gatekeeper God, in his own image.

Consider the destruction that Hurricane Katrina leveled on New Orleans. More
than a thousand people died, tens of thousands lost all their earthly
possessions, and nearly a million were displaced. It is safe to say that
almost every person living in New Orleans at the moment Katrina struck
believed in an omnipotent, omniscient and compassionate God. But what was
God doing while a hurricane laid waste to their city? Surely he heard the
prayers of those elderly men and women who fled the rising waters for the
safety of their attics, only to be slowly drowned there. These were people
of faith. These were good men and women who had prayed throughout their
lives. Only the atheist has the courage to admit the obvious: These poor
people died talking to an imaginary friend.

Of course, there had been ample warning that a storm ?of biblical
proportions? would strike New Orleans, and the human response to the ensuing
disaster was tragically inept. But it was inept only by the light of
science. Advance warning of Katrina?s path was wrested from mute Nature by
meteorological calculations and satellite imagery. God told no one of his
plans. Had the residents of New Orleans been content to rely on the
beneficence of the Lord, they wouldn?t have known that a killer hurricane
was bearing down upon them until they felt the first gusts of wind on their
faces. Nevertheless, a poll conducted by The Washington Post found that 80%
of Katrina?s survivors claim that the event has only strengthened their
faith in God.

As Hurricane Katrina was devouring New Orleans, nearly a thousand Shiite
pilgrims were trampled to death on a bridge in Iraq. There can be no doubt
that these pilgrims believed mightily in the God of the Koran: Their lives
were organized around the indisputable fact of his existence; their women
walked veiled before him; their men regularly murdered one another over
rival interpretations of his word. It would be remarkable if a single
survivor of this tragedy lost his faith. More likely, the survivors imagine
that they were spared through God?s grace.

Only the atheist recognizes the boundless narcissism and self-deceit of the
saved. Only the atheist realizes how morally objectionable it is for
survivors of a catastrophe to believe themselves spared by a loving God
while this same God drowned infants in their cribs. Because he refuses to
cloak the reality of the world?s suffering in a cloying fantasy of eternal
life, the atheist feels in his bones just how precious life is?and, indeed,
how unfortunate it is that millions of human beings suffer the most
harrowing abridgements of their happiness for no good reason at all.

One wonders just how vast and gratuitous a catastrophe would have to be to
shake the world?s faith. The Holocaust did not do it. Neither did the
genocide in Rwanda, even with machete-wielding priests among the
perpetrators. Five hundred million people died of smallpox in the 20th
Century, many of them infants. God?s ways are, indeed, inscrutable. It seems
that any fact, no matter how infelicitous, can be rendered compatible with
religious faith. In matters of faith, we have kicked ourselves loose of the
Earth.

Of course, people of faith regularly assure one another that God is not
responsible for human suffering. But how else can we understand the claim
that God is both omniscient and omnipotent? There is no other way, and it is
time for sane human beings to own up to this. This is the age-old problem of
theodicy, of course, and we should consider it solved. If God exists, either
he can do nothing to stop the most egregious calamities or he does not care
to. God, therefore, is either impotent or evil. Pious readers will now
execute the following pirouette: God cannot be judged by merely human
standards of morality. But, of course, human standards of morality are
precisely what the faithful use to establish God?s goodness in the first
place. And any God who could concern himself with something as trivial as
gay marriage, or the name by which he is addressed in prayer, is not as
inscrutable as all that. If he exists, the God of Abraham is not merely
unworthy of the immensity of creation; he is unworthy even of man.

There is another possibility, of course, and it is both the most reasonable
and least odious: The biblical God is a fiction. As Richard Dawkins has
observed, we are all atheists with respect to Zeus and Thor. Only the
atheist has realized that the biblical god is no different. Consequently,
only the atheist is compassionate enough to take the profundity of the
world?s suffering at face value. It is terrible that we all die and lose
everything we love; it is doubly terrible that so many human beings suffer
needlessly while alive. That so much of this suffering can be directly
attributed to religion?to religious hatreds, religious wars, religious
delusions and religious diversions of scarce resources?is what makes atheism
a moral and intellectual necessity. It is a necessity, however, that places
the atheist at the margins of society. The atheist, by merely being in touch
with reality, appears shamefully out of touch with the fantasy life of his
neighbors.

Continued: The Nature of Belief

The Nature of Belief
According to several recent polls, 22% of Americans are certain that Jesus
will return to Earth sometime in the next 50 years. Another 22% believe that
he will probably do so. This is likely the same 44% who go to church once a
week or more, who believe that God literally promised the land of Israel to
the Jews and who want to stop teaching our children about the biological
fact of evolution. As President Bush is well aware, believers of this sort
constitute the most cohesive and motivated segment of the American
electorate. Consequently, their views and prejudices now influence almost
every decision of national importance. Political liberals seem to have drawn
the wrong lesson from these developments and are now thumbing Scripture,
wondering how best to ingratiate themselves to the legions of men and women
in our country who vote largely on the basis of religious dogma. More than
50% of Americans have a ?negative? or ?highly negative? view of people who
do not believe in God; 70% think it important for presidential candidates to
be ?strongly religious.? Unreason is now ascendant in the United States?in
our schools, in our courts and in each branch of the federal government.
Only 28% of Americans believe in evolution; 68% believe in Satan. Ignorance
in this degree, concentrated in both the head and belly of a lumbering
superpower, is now a problem for the entire world.

Although it is easy enough for smart people to criticize religious
fundamentalism, something called ?religious moderation? still enjoys immense
prestige in our society, even in the ivory tower. This is ironic, as
fundamentalists tend to make a more principled use of their brains than
?moderates? do. While fundamentalists justify their religious beliefs with
extraordinarily poor evidence and arguments, they at least they make an
attempt at rational justification. Moderates, on the other hand, generally
do nothing more than cite the good consequences of religious belief. Rather
than say that they believe in God because certain biblical prophecies have
come true, moderates will say that they believe in God because this belief
?gives their lives meaning.? When a tsunami killed a few hundred thousand
people on the day after Christmas, fundamentalists readily interpreted this
cataclysm as evidence of God?s wrath. As it turns out, God was sending
humanity another oblique message about the evils of abortion, idolatry and
homosexuality. While morally obscene, this interpretation of events is
actually reasonable, given certain (ludicrous) assumptions. Moderates, on
the other hand, refuse to draw any conclusions whatsoever about God from his
works. God remains a perfect mystery, a mere source of consolation that is
compatible with the most desolating evil. In the face of disasters like the
Asian tsunami, liberal piety is apt to produce the most unctuous and
stupefying nonsense imaginable. And yet, men and women of goodwill naturally
prefer such vacuities to the odious moralizing and prophesizing of true
believers. Between catastrophes, it is surely a virtue of liberal theology
that it emphasizes mercy over wrath. It is worth noting, however, that it is
human mercy on display?not God?s?when the bloated bodies of the dead are
pulled from the sea. On days when thousands of children are simultaneously
torn from their mothers? arms and casually drowned, liberal theology must
stand revealed for what it is?the sheerest of mortal pretenses. Even the
theology of wrath has more intellectual merit. If God exists, his will is
not inscrutable. The only thing inscrutable in these terrible events is that
so many neurologically healthy men and women can believe the unbelievable
and think this the height of moral wisdom.

It is perfectly absurd for religious moderates to suggest that a rational
human being can believe in God simply because this belief makes him happy,
relieves his fear of death or gives his life meaning. The absurdity becomes
obvious the moment we swap the notion of God for some other consoling
proposition: Imagine, for instance, that a man wants to believe that there
is a diamond buried somewhere in his yard that is the size of a
refrigerator. No doubt it would feel uncommonly good to believe this. Just
imagine what would happen if he then followed the example of religious
moderates and maintained this belief along pragmatic lines: When asked why
he thinks that there is a diamond in his yard that is thousands of times
larger than any yet discovered, he says things like, ?This belief gives my
life meaning,? or ?My family and I enjoy digging for it on Sundays,? or ?I
wouldn?t want to live in a universe where there wasn?t a diamond buried in
my backyard that is the size of a refrigerator.? Clearly these responses are
inadequate. But they are worse than that. They are the responses of a madman
or an idiot.

Here we can see why Pascal?s wager, Kierkegaard?s leap of faith and other
epistemological Ponzi schemes won?t do. To believe that God exists is to
believe that one stands in some relation to his existence such that his
existence is itself the reason for one?s belief. There must be some causal
connection, or an appearance thereof, between the fact in question and a
person?s acceptance of it. In this way, we can see that religious beliefs,
to be beliefs about the way the world is, must be as evidentiary in spirit
as any other. For all their sins against reason, religious fundamentalists
understand this; moderates?almost by definition?do not.

The incompatibility of reason and faith has been a self-evident feature of
human cognition and public discourse for centuries. Either a person has good
reasons for what he strongly believes or he does not. People of all creeds
naturally recognize the primacy of reasons and resort to reasoning and
evidence wherever they possibly can. When rational inquiry supports the
creed it is always championed; when it poses a threat, it is derided;
sometimes in the same sentence. Only when the evidence for a religious
doctrine is thin or nonexistent, or there is compelling evidence against it,
do its adherents invoke ?faith.? Otherwise, they simply cite the reasons for
their beliefs (e.g. ?the New Testament confirms Old Testament prophecy,? ?I
saw the face of Jesus in a window,? ?We prayed, and our daughter?s cancer
went into remission?). Such reasons are generally inadequate, but they are
better than no reasons at all. Faith is nothing more than the license
religious people give themselves to keep believing when reasons fail. In a
world that has been shattered by mutually incompatible religious beliefs, in
a nation that is growing increasingly beholden to Iron Age conceptions of
God, the end of history and the immortality of the soul, this lazy
partitioning of our discourse into matters of reason and matters of faith is
now unconscionable.

Continued: Faith and the Good Society

Faith and the Good Society
People of faith regularly claim that atheism is responsible for some of the
most appalling crimes of the 20th century. Although it is true that the
regimes of Hitler, Stalin, Mao and Pol Pot were irreligious to varying
degrees, they were not especially rational. In fact, their public
pronouncements were little more than litanies of delusion?delusions about
race, economics, national identity, the march of history or the moral
dangers of intellectualism. In many respects, religion was directly culpable
even here. Consider the Holocaust: The anti-Semitism that built the Nazi
crematoria brick by brick was a direct inheritance from medieval
Christianity. For centuries, religious Germans had viewed the Jews as the
worst species of heretics and attributed every societal ill to their
continued presence among the faithful. While the hatred of Jews in Germany
expressed itself in a predominately secular way, the religious demonization
of the Jews of Europe continued. (The Vatican itself perpetuated the blood
libel in its newspapers as late as 1914.)

Auschwitz, the gulag and the killing fields are not examples of what happens
when people become too critical of unjustified beliefs; to the contrary,
these horrors testify to the dangers of not thinking critically enough about
specific secular ideologies. Needless to say, a rational argument against
religious faith is not an argument for the blind embrace of atheism as a
dogma. The problem that the atheist exposes is none other than the problem
of dogma itself?of which every religion has more than its fair share. There
is no society in recorded history that ever suffered because its people
became too reasonable.

While most Americans believe that getting rid of religion is an impossible
goal, much of the developed world has already accomplished it. Any account
of a ?god gene? that causes the majority of Americans to helplessly organize
their lives around ancient works of religious fiction must explain why so
many inhabitants of other First World societies apparently lack such a gene.
The level of atheism throughout the rest of the developed world refutes any
argument that religion is somehow a moral necessity. Countries like Norway,
Iceland, Australia, Canada, Sweden, Switzerland, Belgium, Japan, the
Netherlands, Denmark and the United Kingdom are among the least religious
societies on Earth. According to the United Nations? Human Development
Report (2005) they are also the healthiest, as indicated by measures of life
expectancy, adult literacy, per capita income, educational attainment,
gender equality, homicide rate and infant mortality. Conversely, the 50
nations now ranked lowest in terms of human development are unwaveringly
religious. Other analyses paint the same picture: The United States is
unique among wealthy democracies in its level of religious literalism and
opposition to evolutionary theory; it is also uniquely beleaguered by high
rates of homicide, abortion, teen pregnancy, STD infection and infant
mortality. The same comparison holds true within the United States itself:
Southern and Midwestern states, characterized by the highest levels of
religious superstition and hostility to evolutionary theory, are especially
plagued by the above indicators of societal dysfunction, while the
comparatively secular states of the Northeast conform to European norms. Of
course, correlational data of this sort do not resolve questions of
causality?belief in God may lead to societal dysfunction; societal
dysfunction may foster a belief in God; each factor may enable the other; or
both may spring from some deeper source of mischief. Leaving aside the issue
of cause and effect, these facts prove that atheism is perfectly compatible
with the basic aspirations of a civil society; they also prove,
conclusively, that religious faith does nothing to ensure a society?s
health.

Countries with high levels of atheism also are the most charitable in terms
of giving foreign aid to the developing world. The dubious link between
Christian literalism and Christian values is also belied by other indices of
charity. Consider the ratio in salaries between top-tier CEOs and their
average employee: in Britain it is 24 to 1; France 15 to 1; Sweden 13 to 1;
in the United States, where 83% of the population believes that Jesus
literally rose from the dead, it is 475 to 1. Many a camel, it would seem,
expects to squeeze easily through the eye of a needle.

Continued: Religion as a Source of Violence

Religion as a Source of Violence
One of the greatest challenges facing civilization in the 21st century is
for human beings to learn to speak about their deepest personal
concerns?about ethics, spiritual experience and the inevitability of human
suffering?in ways that are not flagrantly irrational. Nothing stands in the
way of this project more than the respect we accord religious faith.
Incompatible religious doctrines have balkanized our world into separate
moral communities?Christians, Muslims, Jews, Hindus, etc.?and these
divisions have become a continuous source of human conflict. Indeed,
religion is as much a living spring of violence today as it was at any time
in the past. The recent conflicts in Palestine (Jews versus Muslims), the
Balkans (Orthodox Serbians versus Catholic Croatians; Orthodox Serbians
versus Bosnian and Albanian Muslims), Northern Ireland (Protestants versus
Catholics), Kashmir (Muslims versus Hindus), Sudan (Muslims versus
Christians and animists), Nigeria (Muslims versus Christians), Ethiopia and
Eritrea (Muslims versus Christians), Sri Lanka (Sinhalese Buddhists versus
Tamil Hindus), Indonesia (Muslims versus Timorese Christians), Iran and Iraq
(Shiite versus Sunni Muslims), and the Caucasus (Orthodox Russians versus
Chechen Muslims; Muslim Azerbaijanis versus Catholic and Orthodox Armenians)
are merely a few cases in point. In these places religion has been the
explicit cause of literally millions of deaths in the last 10 years.

In a world riven by ignorance, only the atheist refuses to deny the obvious:
Religious faith promotes human violence to an astonishing degree. Religion
inspires violence in at least two senses: (1) People often kill other human
beings because they believe that the creator of the universe wants them to
do it (the inevitable psychopathic corollary being that the act will ensure
them an eternity of happiness after death). Examples of this sort of
behavior are practically innumerable, jihadist suicide bombing being the
most prominent. (2) Larger numbers of people are inclined toward religious
conflict simply because their religion constitutes the core of their moral
identities. One of the enduring pathologies of human culture is the tendency
to raise children to fear and demonize other human beings on the basis of
religion. Many religious conflicts that seem driven by terrestrial concerns,
therefore, are religious in origin. (Just ask the Irish.)

These facts notwithstanding, religious moderates tend to imagine that human
conflict is always reducible to a lack of education, to poverty or to
political grievances. This is one of the many delusions of liberal piety. To
dispel it, we need only reflect on the fact that the Sept. 11 hijackers were
college educated and middle class and had no discernable history of
political oppression. They did, however, spend an inordinate amount of time
at their local mosque talking about the depravity of infidels and about the
pleasures that await martyrs in Paradise. How many more architects and
mechanical engineers must hit the wall at 400 miles an hour before we admit
to ourselves that jihadist violence is not a matter of education, poverty or
politics? The truth, astonishingly enough, is this: A person can be so well
educated that he can build a nuclear bomb while still believing that he will
get 72 virgins in Paradise. Such is the ease with which the human mind can
be partitioned by faith, and such is the degree to which our intellectual
discourse still patiently accommodates religious delusion. Only the atheist
has observed what should now be obvious to every thinking human being: If we
want to uproot the causes of religious violence we must uproot the false
certainties of religion.

Why is religion such a potent source of human violence?

    * Our religions are intrinsically incompatible with one another. Either
Jesus rose from the dead and will be returning to Earth like a superhero or
not; either the Koran is the infallible word of God or it isn?t. Every
religion makes explicit claims about the way the world is, and the sheer
profusion of these incompatible claims creates an enduring basis for
conflict.
    * There is no other sphere of discourse in which human beings so fully
articulate their differences from one another, or cast these differences in
terms of everlasting rewards and punishments. Religion is the one endeavor
in which us-them thinking achieves a transcendent significance. If a person
really believes that calling God by the right name can spell the difference
between eternal happiness and eternal suffering, then it becomes quite
reasonable to treat heretics and unbelievers rather badly. It may even be
reasonable to kill them. If a person thinks there is something that another
person can say to his children that could put their souls in jeopardy for
all eternity, then the heretic next door is actually far more dangerous than
the child molester. The stakes of our religious differences are immeasurably
higher than those born of mere tribalism, racism or politics.
    * Religious faith is a conversation-stopper. Religion is only area of
our discourse in which people are systematically protected from the demand
to give evidence in defense of their strongly held beliefs. And yet these
beliefs often determine what they live for, what they will die for, and?all
too often?what they will kill for. This is a problem, because when the
stakes are high, human beings have a simple choice between conversation and
violence. Only a fundamental willingness to be reasonable?to have our
beliefs about the world revised by new evidence and new arguments?can
guarantee that we will keep talking to one another. Certainty without
evidence is necessarily divisive and dehumanizing. While there is no
guarantee that rational people will always agree, the irrational are certain
to be divided by their dogmas.


It seems profoundly unlikely that we will heal the divisions in our world
simply by multiplying the opportunities for interfaith dialogue. The endgame
for civilization cannot be mutual tolerance of patent irrationality. While
all parties to liberal religious discourse have agreed to tread lightly over
those points where their worldviews would otherwise collide, these very
points remain perpetual sources of conflict for their coreligionists.
Political correctness, therefore, does not offer an enduring basis for human
cooperation. If religious war is ever to become unthinkable for us, in the
way that slavery and cannibalism seem poised to, it will be a matter of our
having dispensed with the dogma of faith.

When we have reasons for what we believe, we have no need of faith; when we
have no reasons, or bad ones, we have lost our connection to the world and
to one another. Atheism is nothing more than a commitment to the most basic
standard of intellectual honesty: One?s convictions should be proportional
to one?s evidence. Pretending to be certain when one isn?t?indeed,
pretending to be certain about propositions for which no evidence is even
conceivable?is both an intellectual and a moral failing. Only the atheist
has realized this. The atheist is simply a person who has perceived the lies
of religion and refused to make them his own.
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Dec  8 10:02:55 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Dec  8 10:13:31 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I Miss you John Lennon
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV22D30E30E2A81F096313A4AB420@phx.gbl>




From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Dec  8 12:05:34 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Dec  8 12:16:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Just a little tribute to John L. 25 years since he has
	been gone.
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV1828D80819F7F98844EE1FAB420@phx.gbl>

This is a page from his official website, just (I think) a nice tribute to him on this day.

peace,
barbara

 Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38@msn.com> has sent you the following web link:

http://www.johnlennon.com/html/biography.aspx



From geomilman at milman.com  Wed Dec  7 22:25:06 2005
From: geomilman at milman.com (George R. Milman)
Date: Thu Dec  8 12:32:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Cool
Message-ID: <E1EkSGC-0006RK-Vb@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

http://www.pelourinho.com/movies/c003702/



From michael at intrafi.com  Thu Dec  8 14:05:48 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Thu Dec  8 14:16:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: Real Leaders Have Heart
Message-ID: <20051208220548.E4547B80A8@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
Real Leaders Have Heart
http://www.alternet.org/story/28782

In her new book about Abraham Lincoln, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin reveals the quality that makes a president great -- his capacity for empathy.
-------------------------------------

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec  8 16:14:19 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  8 16:26:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Virtual bouquet to Ross!
In-Reply-To: <BAY109-F27892AF0F343DB1995B46AD420@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <BFBE368B.269D5%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great, Great. The Biltmore should be so lucky.
Good Luck
Michael

> Hello beautiful people!
> 
> At 9:30 tomorrow morning I have a final interview for video production and
> programming supervisor at the Biltmore Estate.  keep me in your prayers.
> 
> *i haven't really lived anywhere longer than 3-6 months in the last 15 years
> (2 "11 month" exceptions).
> This job would mean me actually staying still.
> I had to be in one place to do HAIR...and what has happened since has been
> amazing.
> 
> You are all part of my soul family now, and I just had to tell you how
> absolutley brilliant life is.
> yes, and
> I am falling in love for the first time too!
> I wish i could buy everyone a glass of champagne (Or mint tea for Michael).
> 
> So, Ross, that is why I won't be able to get to NYC to see your show.  I am
> really sad to miss it-
> but I'm going through some pretty amazing paradigm shifts in my life at the
> moment.
> I will send all my love and energy your way for the next 10 days.
> 
> I'm glad you are all part of my life.
> Love to bursting!
> Peace,
> Katie
> 
> 
> 
> <html><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif" color=#cc00ff><EM>ALOHA NUI
> LOA! <IMG height=12 src="http://graphics.hotmail.com/emsmile.gif"
> width=12></EM></FONT></html>
> 
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec  8 15:18:11 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec  8 16:53:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
Message-ID: <BFBE2966.269B2%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Ian has responded to Sam Harris's article "An Atheist Manifesto"

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From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Thu Dec  8 17:46:52 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Thu Dec  8 17:57:20 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Just a little tribute to John L. 25 years since he has
	been gone.
In-Reply-To: <BAY5-DAV1828D80819F7F98844EE1FAB420@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051209014652.77080.qmail@web54207.mail.yahoo.com>

Thank you Barbara..
  You know.. I remember this day every year.. and so much is going on in my life right now, that it slipped my mind.. Thank you for reminding me.. funny.. my eye's tear up just thinking about it now.. A man I never knew in person, but knew so well through song.. When We came to NYC for the Hairtogether, I took Leo and Judy through the park and to the Dakota. We took photos of Strawberry Fields and the memorial. I took Leo's photo in front of the Dakota, but when he asked me to get in the photo.. I couldn't.. That was the closest I had ever been to the building.. Until that day I had only veiwed it from across the street.. I walked away sobbing.. I know it is more important to remember people for what they left behind and John's is a legacy of major acheivments.. But when something so tragic happens to someone so young and with so much hope for the future.. It is like a hot knife in my heart each time I think about it.. I am sure I would feel the same standing in the shadow of
  JFK or
 Martin Luther King's last stands. 25 years.. It's so crazy to think it's been that long.. JIM
   
  "All we are saying, is give peace a chance!" sing it people from your roof tops, from your windows, in full voice.
   
  25 years,, but John still lives, in this hole in my heart.
   
  

Barbara Siomos <barbarasiomos38@msn.com> wrote:
  This is a page from his official website, just (I think) a nice tribute to him on this day.

peace,
barbara

Barbara Siomos has sent you the following web link:

http://www.johnlennon.com/html/biography.aspx



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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Fri Dec  9 10:00:43 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Fri Dec  9 10:11:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Virtual bouquet to Ross!
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV157F647CB53DA3361A2767AB450@phx.gbl>

Oh Katie..... many prayers and much luck... 
:-)

peace and love,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Butler
Sent: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 16:14:19 -0800
To: HAIR List
Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Virtual bouquet to Ross!

Great, Great. The Biltmore should be so lucky.
Good Luck
Michael

> Hello beautiful people!
> 
> At 9:30 tomorrow morning I have a final interview for video production and
> programming supervisor at the Biltmore Estate.  keep me in your prayers
> 
> *i haven't really lived anywhere longer than 3-6 months in the last 15 years
> (2 "11 month" exceptions).
> This job would mean me actually staying still.
> I had to be in one place to do HAIR...and what has happened since has been
> amazing.
> 
> You are all part of my soul family now, and I just had to tell you how
> absolutley brilliant life is.
> yes, and
> I am falling in love for the first time too!
> I wish i could buy everyone a glass of champagne (Or mint tea for Michael).
> 
> So, Ross, that is why I won't be able to get to NYC to see your show.  I am
> really sad to miss it-
> but I'm going through some pretty amazing paradigm shifts in my life at the
> moment.
> I will send all my love and energy your way for the next 10 days.
> 
> I'm glad you are all part of my life.
> Love to bursting!
> Peace,
> Katie
> 
> 
> 
> <html><DIV>&nbsp;</DIV>
> <DIV></DIV><FONT face="Garamond, Times, Serif" color=#cc00ff><EM>ALOHA NUI
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> width=12></EM></FONT></html>
> 
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Fri Dec  9 12:44:40 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Fri Dec  9 12:55:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Just a little tribute to John L. 25 years since he
	has been gone
References: <200512092000.jB9K0EMU025772@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <000f01c5fd01$60584780$6401a8c0@Leo>

Yeah I remember when I asked Jim if he wanted me to snap a pic of him in 
front of the Dakota and he declined. I wanted to have the photo of me & Judy 
taken cuz it was where John Lennon lived. I got teary eyed when we saw the 
Imagine Memorial cuz that tribute came after his death.
And I agree with ya Jimmy P, it blows my mind to realize that it has been 25 
years! Wow!

PEACE,
Leo

----- Original Message ----- 

 From: James Pappaconstantine <georgeberger69@yahoo.com>
 Subject: Re: [Mb-hair] Just a little tribute to John L. 25 years since he 
has been gone.
.............................. When We came to NYC for the Hairtogether, I 
took Leo and Judy through the park and to the Dakota. We took photos of 
Strawberry Fields and the memorial. I took Leo's photo in front of the 
Dakota, but when he asked me to get in the photo.. I couldn't.. That was the 
closest I had ever been to the building.. Until that day I had only veiwed 
it from across the street.. I walked away 
sobbing.......................................... Martin Luther King's last 
stands. 25 years.. It's so crazy to think it's been that long.. JIM


From ialterman at nyc.rr.com  Fri Dec  9 08:45:03 2005
From: ialterman at nyc.rr.com (Ian)
Date: Fri Dec  9 18:12:24 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
References: <BFBF19C9.26A26%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <E1EkrJg-0000kZ-K3@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

dreamgrifter:

In case you are unaware, what you have stated is the summation of what is 
called "Pascal's wager."  Pascal put forward four premises.  Simply stated 
they are:

"If I believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done.  If I believe in 
God and there is a God, no harm is done, and good may come.  If I do not 
believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done.  If I do not believe in 
God and there is a God, then harm may come.  Thus, in three out of four 
cases, it is better (i.e., "safer") to believe in God than not to."

While this argument is certainly "logical" (which was Pascal's reason for 
stating it, given that he was a logician, among other things), attempting to 
"hedge one's bets" by following it is, unfortunately, not enough.

Even my atheist older brother (a philosophy professor) was able to explain 
to my atheist younger brother (an amateur philosopher of sorts) why: because 
if there is a God, He knows our HEARTS.  Thus, simply "believing" in Him - 
i.e., stating such belief without "true, heartfelt faith" behind it - will 
not fool Him, and thus our "wager" ("hedging our bet") will ultimately fail.

Peace.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "Ian Alterman" <ialterman@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: FW: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL


>
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> To: Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> Subject: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
>
> And on a much further and deeper note still....
>  "I'd rather live my life believing in God, die and find out that I was
> wrong,
>  Than live my life disbelieving in God, die and find that I was wrong."
>
> Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
>  Ian has responded to Sam Harris's article "An Atheist Manifesto"
>
>
>
>
>
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Sat Dec 10 07:14:48 2005
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Sat Dec 10 07:30:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Fwd: ex-Hair needs help
In-Reply-To: <295.1617d8d.30c9372d@aol.com>
References: <295.1617d8d.30c9372d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <439AF0E8.6030905@rcn.com>



Bert4NYC1@aol.com wrote:

> 
>  
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> ex-Hair needs help
> From:
> Bert4NYC1@aol.com
> Date:
> Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:40 EST
> To:
> dayton@rcn.com
>
>
> My name is Bert Coleman.  I was in the Chicago and did various tours 
> as Hud.  I was sorry I missed the reunion. Ellen Foley, Ula Hedwig and 
> Charlo sent me emails but was in LA.  I've started my own smaill Indy 
> label and management company called B & B Music Group, Inc.  My 
> partner is a Country singer and his single "What Becomes of The Broken 
> Hearted" is being played on Country radio around the country and Europe.
> He will be playing the Cutting Room on December 28 with guest Ellen 
> Foley.  We are trying to get bodies there.  Who would I talk with to 
> see if you could sent out on your email list about the show.
>  I hope you will help and ex HAIR member.
> Sincerely,
> Bert Coleman
>
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From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Sat Dec 10 07:31:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] [Fwd: Brett Daniels and Ellen Foley @ The Cutting Room]
Message-ID: <439AF10D.5030506@rcn.com>



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Brett Daniels and Ellen Foley @ The Cutting Room
Date: 	Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:33:18 EST
From: 	Bert4NYC1@aol.com
To: 	dayton3@rcn.com



                                 


The Cutting Room
19 W 24th Street
NYC
212-291-1900

Presents

   B & B Recording Artist

                          Brett Daniels 

                                               Performing his hit single
                               "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted"

                                                       Special Guest

                                                     Stage/TV/Singer

                                                  Ellen Foley

                           Paradise By The Dashboard Light/Meatloaf

                  

                                       Wednesday, December 28
                                               8PM
                 SmartTiks.com                       $10.00

 

"If Brett Daniels has his way Gretchen Wilson and Joe Nichols won't be 
the only star from St. 
Louis."                                                                                                  
                            Country Music Association  

  "Country Meets Motown what an unlikely pair"
                                                             St. Louis 
Magazine

"Brett Daniel's ... incredible voice.... great material"
                                                                Infinity 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Dec 10 09:10:44 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat Dec 10 09:21:13 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Fwd: ex-Hair needs help
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV2273E8DABB89E94A19B5ABAB440@phx.gbl>

Where is the Cutting Room?

peace,
barbara

-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Dayton
Sent: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:14:48 -0800
To: Hair list
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Fwd: ex-Hair needs help



Bert4NYC1@aol.com wrote:

> 
>  
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Subject:
> ex-Hair needs help
> From:
> Bert4NYC1@aol.com
> Date:
> Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:40 EST
> To:
> dayton@rcn.com
>
>
> My name is Bert Coleman.  I was in the Chicago and did various tours 
> as Hud.  I was sorry I missed the reunion. Ellen Foley, Ula Hedwig and 
> Charlo sent me emails but was in LA.  I've started my own smaill Indy 
> label and management company called B & B Music Group, Inc.  My 
> partner is a Country singer and his single "What Becomes of The Broken 
> Hearted" is being played on Country radio around the country and Europe
> He will be playing the Cutting Room on December 28 with guest Ellen 
> Foley.  We are trying to get bodies there.  Who would I talk with to 
> see if you could sent out on your email list about the show.
>  I hope you will help and ex HAIR member.
> Sincerely,
> Bert Coleman
>


From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Dec 10 09:11:42 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat Dec 10 09:22:11 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] [Fwd: Brett Daniels and Ellen Foley @ The Cutting Room]
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV2223E17F18A2B9DAA4B373AB440@phx.gbl>

OOops!!!

b.

-----Original Message-----
From: Nina Dayton
Sent: Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:15:25 -0800
To: Hair list
Subject: [Mb-hair] [Fwd: Brett Daniels and Ellen Foley @ The Cutting Room]



-------- Original Message --------
Subject: 	Brett Daniels and Ellen Foley @ The Cutting Room
Date: 	Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:33:18 EST
From: 	Bert4NYC1@aol.com
To: 	dayton3@rcn.com



                                 


The Cutting Room
19 W 24th Street
NYC
212-291-1900

Presents

   B & B Recording Artist

                          Brett Daniels 

                                               Performing his hit single
                               "What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted"

                                                       Special Guest

                                                     Stage/TV/Singer

                                                  Ellen Foley

                           Paradise By The Dashboard Light/Meatloaf

                  

                                       Wednesday, December 28
                                               8PM
                 SmartTiks.com                       $10.00

 

"If Brett Daniels has his way Gretchen Wilson and Joe Nichols won't be 
the only star from St. 
Louis."                                                                                                  
                            Country Music Association  

  "Country Meets Motown what an unlikely pair"
                                                             St. Louis 
Magazine

"Brett Daniel's ... incredible voice.... great material"
                                                                Infinity 
Radio


From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 10 14:33:32 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sat Dec 10 14:44:06 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Lennon
In-Reply-To: <200512102000.jBAK0FYi028498@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20051210223332.83457.qmail@web36606.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>
I got teary eyed when we saw the 
Imagine Memorial cuz that tribute came after his
death.
>>

It truly is a beautiful memorial in a wonderful
setting... I loved finding out there were trees from
countries all over the world... what a fitting tribute
to John



- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Dec 10 15:14:44 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Dec 10 15:26:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Fwd: ex-Hair needs help
In-Reply-To: <439AF0E8.6030905@rcn.com>
Message-ID: <BFC0CB94.26AD5%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Bert,
Great, thanks
Unfortunately I will not be in NYC those days
Best wishes to you and Brett.
Let me know when he is performing in LA.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> 
> 
> Bert4NYC1@aol.com wrote:
> 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> 
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> 
>> Subject:
>> ex-Hair needs help
>> From:
>> Bert4NYC1@aol.com
>> Date:
>> Wed, 7 Dec 2005 16:31:40 EST
>> To:
>> dayton@rcn.com
>> 
>> 
>> My name is Bert Coleman.  I was in the Chicago and did various tours
>> as Hud.  I was sorry I missed the reunion. Ellen Foley, Ula Hedwig and
>> Charlo sent me emails but was in LA.  I've started my own smaill Indy
>> label and management company called B & B Music Group, Inc.  My
>> partner is a Country singer and his single "What Becomes of The Broken
>> Hearted" is being played on Country radio around the country and Europe.
>> He will be playing the Cutting Room on December 28 with guest Ellen
>> Foley.  We are trying to get bodies there.  Who would I talk with to
>> see if you could sent out on your email list about the show.
>>  I hope you will help and ex HAIR member.
>> Sincerely,
>> Bert Coleman
>> 
> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Sat Dec 10 22:02:33 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Sat Dec 10 22:13:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Richard Pryor
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV249ECAB17A62169C3C402AB470@phx.gbl>

Folks Richard Pryor died this morning!

Sad day.

R.I.P. Richard you were a treasure and one of a kind.

peace,
barbara


From michael at intrafi.com  Sun Dec 11 10:34:10 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sun Dec 11 10:44:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com: It Takes a Potemkin Village
Message-ID: <20051211183410.92A8283E89@lax-gw03.mroute.net>

This page was sent to you by: michael@intrafi.com.

OPINION | December 11, 2005
Op-Ed Columnist: It Takes a Potemkin Village
By FRANK RICH
Since we don't get honest information from this White House, we must instead, as the Soviets once did, decode our rulers' fictions to discern what's really happening.
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Sun Dec 11 10:41:00 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Sun Dec 11 10:51:38 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wishing you enough 
Message-ID: <20051211184104.35C8011FB0A@lax-gw07.mroute.net>

 

 

 

Dear Tribe,

 

This story was in my mail this morning. Like the friends who send it to me

I'm not a big card sender but the spirit of the story is so right, I liked

it enough to send out to you. I wish you a life filled with just enough good

things to sustain you.

 

 Love, Sherwin

 

Here the story

 

Wish you enough... 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together

at the airport as the daughter's departure had been announced. 

 

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love

you and I wish you enough." 

 

The daughter replied,

"Mom, our life together has been more than enough. 

Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom" 

 

They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window

where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. 

 

I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, 

 

"Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" 

 

"Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever

good-bye?" 

 

"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality

is the next trip back will be for my funeral,"

she said. 

 

When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I

ask what that means?" 

 

She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other

generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."

She paused a moment

and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even

more. 

 

"When we said 'I wish you enough' we were wanting the other person to have a

life filled with just enough good things to sustain them". 

 

Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory. 

 

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain

to appreciate the sun more. 

 

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.

 

 

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

 

 

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. 

 

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. 

 

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye. 

 

She then began to cry and walked away. 

 

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, An hour to appreciate

them, A day to love them, And an entire life to forget them. 

 

Send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back

to the person who sent it to you. 

 

If you don't send it to anyone, it may mean that you are in such a Hurry

that you have forgotten your friends. 

 

TAKE TIME TO LIVE! 

 

To all my friends and loved ones, 

 

I WISH YOU ENOUGH! 

 

 

 

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Dec 11 10:51:31 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sun Dec 11 11:03:36 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Wishing you enough 
In-Reply-To: <20051211184104.35C8011FB0A@lax-gw07.mroute.net>
Message-ID: <BFC1DF63.26B25%michael@michaelbutler.com>

THANKS!
Peace and Love
Michael

> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Dear Tribe,
> 
> 
> 
> This story was in my mail this morning. Like the friends who send it to me
> 
> I'm not a big card sender but the spirit of the story is so right, I liked
> 
> it enough to send out to you. I wish you a life filled with just enough good
> 
> things to sustain you.
> 
> 
> 
> Love, Sherwin
> 
> 
> 
> Here the story
> 
> 
> 
> Wish you enough...
> 
> Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together
> 
> at the airport as the daughter's departure had been announced.
> 
> 
> 
> Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love
> 
> you and I wish you enough."
> 
> 
> 
> The daughter replied,
> 
> "Mom, our life together has been more than enough.
> 
> Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom"
> 
> 
> 
> They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window
> 
> where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry.
> 
> 
> 
> I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking,
> 
> 
> 
> "Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?"
> 
> 
> 
> "Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever
> 
> good-bye?" 
> 
> 
> 
> "I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality
> 
> is the next trip back will be for my funeral,"
> 
> she said. 
> 
> 
> 
> When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I
> 
> ask what that means?"
> 
> 
> 
> She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other
> 
> generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."
> 
> She paused a moment
> 
> and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even
> 
> more. 
> 
> 
> 
> "When we said 'I wish you enough' we were wanting the other person to have a
> 
> life filled with just enough good things to sustain them".
> 
> 
> 
> Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory.
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain
> 
> to appreciate the sun more.
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
> 
> 
> 
> I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
> 
> 
> 
> She then began to cry and walked away.
> 
> 
> 
> They say it takes a minute to find a special person, An hour to appreciate
> 
> them, A day to love them, And an entire life to forget them.
> 
> 
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> Send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back
> 
> to the person who sent it to you.
> 
> 
> 
> If you don't send it to anyone, it may mean that you are in such a Hurry
> 
> that you have forgotten your friends.
> 
> 
> 
> TAKE TIME TO LIVE!
> 
> 
> 
> To all my friends and loved ones,
> 
> 
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> I WISH YOU ENOUGH!
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From sherwin at hairlicensing.com  Sun Dec 11 10:38:33 2005
From: sherwin at hairlicensing.com (Sherwin)
Date: Sun Dec 11 11:25:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Wishing you enough 
Message-ID: <20051211183838.657E1237329@lax-gw01.mroute.net>

Dear Tribe,

 

This story was in my mail this morning. Like the friends who send it to me

I'm not a big card sender but the spirit of the story is so right, I liked

it enough to send out to you. I wish you a life filled with just enough good

things to sustain you.

 

 Love, Sherwin

 

Here the story

 

Wish you enough... 

Recently, I overheard a mother and daughter in their last moments together

at the airport as the daughter's departure had been announced. 

 

Standing near the security gate, they hugged and the mother said, "I love

you and I wish you enough." 

 

The daughter replied,

"Mom, our life together has been more than enough. 

Your love is all I ever needed. I wish you enough, too, Mom" 

 

They kissed and the daughter left. The mother walked over to the window

where I sat. Standing there, I could see she wanted and needed to cry. 

 

I tried not to intrude on her privacy but she welcomed me in by asking, 

 

"Did you ever say good-bye to someone knowing it would be forever?" 

 

"Yes, I have," I replied. "Forgive me for asking but why is this a forever

good-bye?" 

 

"I am old and she lives so far away. I have challenges ahead and the reality

is the next trip back will be for my funeral,"

she said. 

 

When you were saying good-bye, I heard you say, "I wish you enough." May I

ask what that means?" 

 

She began to smile. "That's a wish that has been handed down from other

generations. My parents used to say it to everyone."

She paused a moment

and looked up as if trying to remember it in detail and she smiled even

more. 

 

"When we said 'I wish you enough' we were wanting the other person to have a

life filled with just enough good things to sustain them". 

 

Then turning toward me, she shared the following, reciting it from memory. 

 

I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright. I wish you enough rain

to appreciate the sun more. 

 

I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive.

 

 

I wish you enough pain so that the smallest joys in life appear much bigger.

 

 

I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting. 

 

I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess. 

 

I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye. 

 

She then began to cry and walked away. 

 

They say it takes a minute to find a special person, An hour to appreciate

them, A day to love them, And an entire life to forget them. 

 

Send this to the people you will never forget and remember to send it back

to the person who sent it to you. 

 

If you don't send it to anyone, it may mean that you are in such a Hurry

that you have forgotten your friends. 

 

TAKE TIME TO LIVE! 

 

To all my friends and loved ones, 

 

I WISH YOU ENOUGH! 

 

 

 

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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sun Dec 11 12:17:24 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sun Dec 11 12:27:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
Message-ID: <380-2200512011201724708@M2W049.mail2web.com>

well, consider this:
 if there IS a God, and I myself have problems with this, 
given the current state of the world, the earth etc -
then he or she understands our reasons for doubting and not blindly
"believing".

 SO: if you don't believe, you then are probably pleasantly  surprised when
you die
to find out that he/she does exist, and I'm sure will be  forgiven.

I certainly do NOT believe in the wrathful version that then casts
unbelievers into hell.
As we all know, HELL can be right here on earth. You don't have to wait for
it.
Some people even carry it inside themselves. ..

On this note, which probably will surprise a few fellow tribies,
 I do wish you happy holidays, may it be Christmas, or Hanukkah, 
or whatever else you feel like celebrating.

Happy Third of Advent
P&L 
Dagmar




Original Message:
-----------------
From: Ian ialterman@nyc.rr.com
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:45:03 -0500
To: dreamgrifter@yahoo.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL


dreamgrifter:

In case you are unaware, what you have stated is the summation of what is 
called "Pascal's wager."  Pascal put forward four premises.  Simply stated 
they are:

"If I believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done.  If I believe in 
God and there is a God, no harm is done, and good may come.  If I do not 
believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done.  If I do not believe
in 
God and there is a God, then harm may come.  Thus, in three out of four 
cases, it is better (i.e., "safer") to believe in God than not to."

While this argument is certainly "logical" (which was Pascal's reason for 
stating it, given that he was a logician, among other things), attempting
to 
"hedge one's bets" by following it is, unfortunately, not enough.

Even my atheist older brother (a philosophy professor) was able to explain 
to my atheist younger brother (an amateur philosopher of sorts) why:
because 
if there is a God, He knows our HEARTS.  Thus, simply "believing" in Him - 
i.e., stating such belief without "true, heartfelt faith" behind it - will 
not fool Him, and thus our "wager" ("hedging our bet") will ultimately fail.

Peace.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" <michael@michaelbutler.com>
To: "Ian Alterman" <ialterman@nyc.rr.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: FW: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL


>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: "d st.b" <dreamgrifter@yahoo.com>
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:01:11 -0800 (PST)
> To: Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com>
> Subject: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
>
> And on a much further and deeper note still....
>  "I'd rather live my life believing in God, die and find out that I was
> wrong,
>  Than live my life disbelieving in God, die and find that I was wrong."
>
> Michael Butler <michael@michaelbutler.com> wrote:
>  Ian has responded to Sam Harris's article "An Atheist Manifesto"
>
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From fotoblue at flash.net  Sun Dec 11 13:14:36 2005
From: fotoblue at flash.net (fotoblue@flash.net)
Date: Sun Dec 11 13:25:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Two Wolves... and Gina Harding
Message-ID: <380-22005120112114364@M2W075.mail2web.com>

Thank you, Jim,  for the story of the 2 wolves!
 
on a much lighter note: does anybody have a contact address for Gina
Harding??

no - no connection  - or trying to feed the "good wolf", maybe ?
Rosemarie (who was in the Vienna production of HAIR), a friend in
Switzerland,
 is looking for her

I just wanted to save space and not send two separate messages.

Love
 Dagmar


Original Message:
-----------------
From:  jameshburns@webtv.net (Jim Burns)
Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:14:42 -0500
To: mb-civic@islandlists.com, mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Two Wolves...



One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes
on inside people.

He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.

One is Evil.? 

It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
superiority, and ego.

The other is Good.? 

It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,
empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."

The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
grandfather:? "Which wolf wins?"

The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."


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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Sun Dec 11 17:59:22 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Sun Dec 11 18:10:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Wishing you enough 
References: <200512112000.jBBK0Brl031509@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001f01c5febf$ac239970$6401a8c0@Leo>

Thank you Sherwin!!

PEACE,
Leo

 From: "Sherwin Ross" <sherwin@aceross.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Wishing you enough
 Dear Tribe,

 This story was in my mail this morning. Like the friends who send it to me

 I'm not a big card sender but the spirit of the story is so right, I liked 
it enough to send out to you. I wish you a life filled with just enough good 
things to sustain you.

 Love, Sherwin


From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 11 18:46:22 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Sun Dec 11 18:57:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
In-Reply-To: <380-2200512011201724708@M2W049.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <20051212024622.37482.qmail@web54201.mail.yahoo.com>

Right on Dagmar.. I mirror your thoughts.. I am single and have tried these internet dating sites and many times, I read people's reply to my ad or in their profiles.. "Looking for God fearing man." What the hell is that? I am not going to fear something that I have doubts exsists and if one (or many) does exsist, then I am sure they are going to judge me on the good and bad I have done in life.. I am happy with my progress thus far and don't feel I will be turning into something different anytime soon. And if "GOD" is so loving.. why should I fear him?  It's crazy.. But.. I say as Lennon said.. "Whatever gets you through the night. " I don't care what people beleive in... I beleive in myself, and in Karma. And all I know is, that if I were. "GOD" the world would be in a different state of affairs. Funny that I should read this post today.. as I just came from my guitarist house where I put together a new song idea, dealing with simular subject matter and as an outro we are g
 oing to
 go into a verse of XTC's song, Dear God.
   
  Anyway.. Peace.. JIMMY P

"fotoblue@flash.net" <fotoblue@flash.net> wrote:
  well, consider this:
if there IS a God, and I myself have problems with this, 
given the current state of the world, the earth etc -
then he or she understands our reasons for doubting and not blindly
"believing".

SO: if you don't believe, you then are probably pleasantly surprised when
you die
to find out that he/she does exist, and I'm sure will be forgiven.

I certainly do NOT believe in the wrathful version that then casts
unbelievers into hell.
As we all know, HELL can be right here on earth. You don't have to wait for
it.
Some people even carry it inside themselves. ..

On this note, which probably will surprise a few fellow tribies,
I do wish you happy holidays, may it be Christmas, or Hanukkah, 
or whatever else you feel like celebrating.

Happy Third of Advent
P&L 
Dagmar




Original Message:
-----------------
From: Ian ialterman@nyc.rr.com
Date: Fri, 9 Dec 2005 11:45:03 -0500
To: dreamgrifter@yahoo.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL


dreamgrifter:

In case you are unaware, what you have stated is the summation of what is 
called "Pascal's wager." Pascal put forward four premises. Simply stated 
they are:

"If I believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done. If I believe in 
God and there is a God, no harm is done, and good may come. If I do not 
believe in God and there is no God, no harm is done. If I do not believe
in 
God and there is a God, then harm may come. Thus, in three out of four 
cases, it is better (i.e., "safer") to believe in God than not to."

While this argument is certainly "logical" (which was Pascal's reason for 
stating it, given that he was a logician, among other things), attempting
to 
"hedge one's bets" by following it is, unfortunately, not enough.

Even my atheist older brother (a philosophy professor) was able to explain 
to my atheist younger brother (an amateur philosopher of sorts) why:
because 
if there is a God, He knows our HEARTS. Thus, simply "believing" in Him - 
i.e., stating such belief without "true, heartfelt faith" behind it - will 
not fool Him, and thus our "wager" ("hedging our bet") will ultimately fail.

Peace.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Butler" 
To: "Ian Alterman" 
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 11:23 AM
Subject: FW: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL


>
> ------ Forwarded Message
> From: "d st.b" 
> Date: Thu, 8 Dec 2005 22:01:11 -0800 (PST)
> To: Michael Butler 
> Subject: Re: REPLY TO VERY CONTROVERSIAL
>
> And on a much further and deeper note still....
> "I'd rather live my life believing in God, die and find out that I was
> wrong,
> Than live my life disbelieving in God, die and find that I was wrong."
>
> Michael Butler wrote:
> Ian has responded to Sam Harris's article "An Atheist Manifesto"
>
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From sherwin at aceross.com  Mon Dec 12 09:02:56 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Mon Dec 12 09:14:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] My Oath to you1
Message-ID: <20051212170303.D0B949FFDA@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

Dear Tribe,

 

 A little girl went to her bedroom and pulled a glass 
 jelly jar from its hiding place in the closet. 
 She poured the change out on the floor and counted it 
 carefully. Three times, even. The total had to be 
 exactly perfect. No chance here for mistakes. 
 
 Carefully placing the coins back in the jar and 
 twisting on the cap, she slipped out the back door and made her 
 way 6 blocks to Rexall's Drug Store with the big red Indian 
 Chief sign above the door. 
 
 She waited patiently for the pharmacist to give her 
 some attention but he was too busy at this moment. Tess 
 twisted her feet to make a scuffing noise. Nothing She 
 cleared her throat with the most disgusting sound she could 
 muster. No good. Finally, she took a quarter from her jar and 
 banged it on the glass counter. That did it! 
 
 "And what do you want?" the pharmacist asked in an 
 annoyed tone of voice. I'm talking to my brother from 
 Chicago whom I haven't seen in ages," he said without waiting for a 
 reply to his question.. 
 
 "Well, I want to talk to you about my brother," Tess 
 answered back in the same annoyed tone. "He's really, really 
 sick... and I want to buy a miracle." 
 
 "I beg your pardon?" said the pharmacist. 
"His name is Andrew and he has something bad growing 
 inside his head and my Daddy says only a miracle can save 
 him now. So how much does a miracle cost?" 
 
 "We do not sell miracles here, little girl. I'm sorry 
 but I can't help you," the pharmacist said, softening a 
 little. "Listen, I have the money to pay for it. If it isn't 
 enough, I will get the rest. Just tell me how much it costs." 
 
 The pharmacist's brother was a well dressed man. He 
 stooped down and asked the little girl, "What kind of a 
 miracle does your brother need?" 
 
 "I don't know," Tess replied with her eyes welling 
 up. I just know he is really sick and Mommy says he needs an 
 operation. But my Daddy can't pay for it, so I want 
 to use my money." 
 
 "How much do you have?" asked the man from Chicago. 
 
 "One dollar and eleven cents," Tess answered barely 
 audibly. 
 
 "And it's all the money I have, but I can get some 
 more if I need to." 
 
 "Well, what a coincidence," smiled the man. "A dollar 
 and eleven cents---the exact price of a miracle for 
 little brothers. " 
 
 He took her money in one hand and with the other hand 
 he grasped her mitten and said "Take me to where you 
 live. I want to see your brother and meet your parents. Let's 
 see if I have the miracle you need." 
 
 That well dressed man was Dr. Carlton Armstrong, a 
 surgeon, specializing in neuro-surgery. The operation was 
 completed free of charge and it wasn't long until Andrew was 
 home again and doing well. 
 
 Mom and Dad were happily talking about the chain of 
 events that had led them to this place. 
 
 That surgery," her Mom whispered. "was a real miracle. 
 I wonder how much it would have cost." 
 
 Tess smiled. She knew exactly how much a miracle 
 cost...one dollar and eleven cents.... plus the faith of a 
 little child.. 
 
 In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will 
 need.. 
  
 MY OATH TO YOU... 
 When you are sad.....I will dry your tears. 
 When you are scared.....I will comfort your fears. 
 When you are worried.....I will give you hope. 
 When you are confused.....I will help you cope. 
 And when you are lost....And can't see the light, I 
 shall be your beacon.....Shining ever so bright. 
 
 This is my oath.....I pledge till the end. 
 
 Why you may ask?.....Because you're my friend. 
 
I love you,

Sherwin
 
 

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From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 12 14:44:03 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Mon Dec 12 14:54:45 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Two Wolves... and Gina Harding
In-Reply-To: <380-22005120112114364@M2W075.mail2web.com>
Message-ID: <20051212224403.49213.qmail@web50309.mail.yahoo.com>

Dagmar-Do you really mean This Roamarie has contacted you??? I have spoken to Gina
recently and the one person she wants to know about the most IS ROSEMARIE!!I am
dumbstruck- email Nina who has contact info.I am at work without #'s.P S I worked with
her and would also love to contact her too.XOX M

--- "fotoblue@flash.net" <fotoblue@flash.net> wrote:

> Thank you, Jim,  for the story of the 2 wolves!
>  
> on a much lighter note: does anybody have a contact address for Gina
> Harding??
> 
> no - no connection  - or trying to feed the "good wolf", maybe ?
> Rosemarie (who was in the Vienna production of HAIR), a friend in
> Switzerland,
>  is looking for her
> 
> I just wanted to save space and not send two separate messages.
> 
> Love
>  Dagmar
> 
> 
> Original Message:
> -----------------
> From:  jameshburns@webtv.net (Jim Burns)
> Date: Mon, 5 Dec 2005 12:14:42 -0500
> To: mb-civic@islandlists.com, mb-hair@islandlists.com
> Subject: [Mb-hair] Two Wolves...
> 
> 
> 
> One evening an old Cherokee told his grandson about a battle that goes
> on inside people.
> 
> He said, "My son, the battle is between two "wolves" inside us all.
> 
> One is Evil.? 
> 
> It is anger, envy, jealousy, sorrow, regret, greed, arrogance,
> self-pity, guilt, resentment, inferiority, lies, false pride,
> superiority, and ego.
> 
> The other is Good.? 
> 
> It is joy, peace, love, hope, serenity, humility, kindness, benevolence,
> empathy, generosity, truth, compassion and faith."
> 
> The grandson thought about it for a minute and then asked his
> grandfather:? "Which wolf wins?"
> 
> The old Cherokee simply replied, "The one you feed."
> 
> 
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From michael at intrafi.com  Tue Dec 13 07:01:50 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Tue Dec 13 07:12:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Alternet: The 14 Worst Corporate Evildoers
Message-ID: <20051213150150.A79ECB8099@alternet.org>


This story has been forwarded to you from
http://www.alternet.org by michael@intrafi.com



-------------------------------------
The 14 Worst Corporate Evildoers
http://www.alternet.org/story/29337

On issues like war crimes, torture, toxic dumping and stifling freedom of speech, corporations like Coca Cola, Chevron and Philip Morris are way out ahead of the rest.
-------------------------------------

From songsters at earthlink.net  Tue Dec 13 19:13:17 2005
From: songsters at earthlink.net (Debbie Andrews)
Date: Tue Dec 13 19:24:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Holidays/ Invite
Message-ID: <0D87EDC7-556A-4A09-A4EF-131E9F346095@earthlink.net>

Dear HAiR tribe   -  Happy Holidays to everyone, everywhere !  If  
you're in NYC  my band is playing this Friday (details below) love to  
see you.
Sealed with a Righteous Kiss - Debbie A

Come celebrate the holidays, Christmas, Chanukah, Kwanzaa & whatever  
the Buddha celebrates with us this Friday at 8 PM

Gladshot
Debbie Andrews, Mike Blaxill
Chris Benelli, Andy Stack, Tony Tino

Knitting Factory Tap Bar on 74 Leonard St in Tribeca
This Friday Night December 16th - 8 pm

  Benefit for New Orleans Musicians -
LO FABER BAND (he of God Street Wine fame) will also be performing
  $10 donation

www.gladshot.com
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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Dec 14 13:32:29 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Wed Dec 14 13:44:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Lists
Message-ID: <000901c600f5$e3104680$97bc2041@CowBox>

Are the "lists" still up & running, I have not recieved anything for about a week from either list, thanks.

Love forever
Robin



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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Dec 14 14:49:02 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Wed Dec 14 14:59:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Not working ?
Message-ID: <001201c60100$94edad70$97bc2041@CowBox>

Nina

The last two e-mails that I sent, one to the Civic & one too the  Hair list did not come back to me, & I have not received anything from either list for approx. one week. If this does go through please let me know thanks so much.

Love forever
Robin




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From eyster at verizon.net  Wed Dec 14 15:11:45 2005
From: eyster at verizon.net (Bruce Eyster)
Date: Wed Dec 14 15:24:45 2005
Subject: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Bruce_Eyster_=28WOOF_=29Re:_[Mb-hair]_TruthDig:_I?=
	=?ISO-8859-1?Q?nventing_Sin:_Religion=A0and_Homosexuality?=
In-Reply-To: <4390de88126c7@intrafi.com>
Message-ID: <FECA4D32-6CF6-11DA-B3B3-00039352B692@verizon.net>

Hi Guys :

    I have been discussing , for awhile , what seems to me an obvious 
analogy between this period and pre-Nazi Germany with friends and 
acquaintances .
    Any way I recently received this e-mail via another internet group 
and thought I'd share it with you . It's  not a complete thought but 
I'm sure you'll get the jist of it via the desperation in the senders 
somewhat hectic message .

          "  Queer Hippies
From: Tolver
Title: Fortress America

The government has gone too far and is now a police state. That?s why I 
advocate DeActivism, tribes.tribe.net/deactivist , It is simply too 
dangerous to do anything free for some people. Although I have 
committed NO crime, I have done something illegal - I Married my 
partner of 20 years. A crime is something done against an individual, 
something illegal is just against the law. Although no person was 
harmed by my Partner and I getting Married, it was still illegal and 
therefore under the current administration we are seen as a direct 
threat to the government, so I expect to be arrested if we stay here in 
America, so We Are Leaving. And I am quite vocal that we are leaving 
and pose NO threat to the government, that where we are going we will 
be jacked-out of the system and not influencing ANYBODY of ANYTHING. In 
about 10 years IF America returns to Democracy and Freedom THEN we 
MIGHT return. But until then I prefer to keep my skin intact, so we are 
turning coat and leaving this place. As of January, February at the 
latest, we are outa here.  This is just what works for us, as we are 
gonna be some of the first up against the wall when Homosexuality 
becomes illegal. Stay if you must, document EVERYTHING you can on the 
internet so that the outside world knows what is happening here within 
Fortress America. And think about your actions, if you can't afford to 
do the time then don't do the crime.  And yes they CAN arrest us all, 
its called Martial Law, And They Shoot People During It. "

     I know this is not the happiest of messages during the Holiday 
season but I thought it was important .


                                                                         
    Thanks - Bruce



On Friday, December 2, 2005, at 06:53  PM, michael butler wrote:

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>
> Hi,
>
> I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting.
>
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Inventing Sin: Religion and Homosexuality
>
> No matter their own scandals, religious institutions through history 
> have a consistent scapegoat: homosexuals. Larry Gross digs into why 
> churches condemn gays to damnation.
>
> http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/religion_homosexuality/
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Thu Dec 15 04:17:35 2005
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Thu Dec 15 04:33:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FWD: Dateline News
In-Reply-To: <5e2ea0d0fa10c5493f429a1aa3d5dc7d@aol.com>
References: <5e2ea0d0fa10c5493f429a1aa3d5dc7d@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43A15EDF.5000007@rcn.com>

Hello all -
This in from Aleta Sliva St. James, original Amsterdam Sheila. Some of 
you may have met her at the reunion in September. Dateline news is doing 
a profile on her, and on her new book, and she asked me to pass this on 
to everyone.
Nina

Aleta St. James wrote:

> If all goes well.. (everyone say ommmmm)
> Dateline will air on Sunday, December 18th at 7pm.
>
> I have learned that it only takes something like 20,000 books sold to 
> make a book a bestseller.
> So, if you are thinking about buying Life Shift (and you should be). 
> Let's get on it. Go, Go, Go. Recommend it. Purchase it as a 
> gift/gifts. Here's an idea, holiday shopping made super easy--- Buy 
> everyone on your list a copy of Life Shift and I will sign it with a 
> personalized channeled message.
>
> All joking aside. Life Shift is getting a great response because it is 
> changing people's lives. Readers are learning the secrets of balancing 
> the power of action with the power of magnetic attraction and they are 
> starting to see miracles begin to manifest in their lives and then 
> they are recommending it. For your convenience, I am slaving over a 
> promotional letter you can send out to all your friends and loved ones 
> as a gift suggestion for 'Life Shift', you should be receiving that 
> within 24 hours.
>
> Make sure you check out my new website too for inspiration and support 
> for your Life Shift!
> www.aletastjames.com
>
> Hope you all had a great Thanksgiving!
> Many Blessings and Love,
> Aleta
>
> P.S. There are three radio talk shows I need to be on and have not 
> been able to infiltrate... Delilah, Imus and Satellite Sisters, these 
> are three great national radio shows... Does anyone know any of these 
> people personally or if there is anyone who you think would be very 
> helpful... don't hold back with the introductions, i'm not getting any 
> younger!
>
> Aleta St. James
> Energy Transformations
> aletasj@aol.com
>
> Blessings,
> Aleta St. James
> Energy Transformations
> aletasj@aol.com

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From harry.sifton at sympatico.ca  Wed Dec 14 17:59:15 2005
From: harry.sifton at sympatico.ca (Harold Sifton)
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:00:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: CANCER NEWS
Message-ID: <E1Emw2e-0000vZ-Dy@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>


What is safe these days?



Harry

       

 

    

        F.Y I.

 

 

 

       Subject: Fw: CANCER NEWS FROM JOHN HOPKINS 

          RE: Cancer News from John Hopkins this was received from a nursing 

         supervisor at Greenville Memorial Hospital. It was 

         sent to their staff.

         Cancer News from Johns Hopkins:

         1. No plastic containers in micro. 

         2. No water bottles in freezer. 

         3. No plastic wrap in microwave.

         Johns Hopkins has recently sent this out in its newsletters. This  information is being circulated at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. Dioxin chemicals cause cancer, especially 

         breast cancer.

         Dioxins are highly poisonous to the cells of our bodies. Don't freeze your plastic bottles with water in them as this releases dioxins from the  plastic.

         Recently, Dr. Edward Fujimoto, Wellness Program Manager at Castle Hospital, was on a TV program to explain this health hazard. He talked about dioxins and how bad they are for us. He said that we should not be heating our food in the microwave using plastic  containers. This applies to foods that contain fat. He said that the combination of fat, high heat, and plastics releases dioxin into thefood an  ultimately into the cells of the body.

         Instead, he recommends using glass, Corning Ware or ceramic containers  for heating food. You get the same results, only without the dioxin.So such things as TV dinners, instant ramen and soups, etc., should be  removed from the container and heated in something else. Paper isn't  bad but you don't know what is in the paper. It's just safer to use tempered glass, Corning Ware, etc.

         He reminded us that a while ago some of the fast food restaurants moved away from the foam containers to paper. The dioxin problem is one of the reasons. 

        Also, he pointed out that Saran wrap is just as dangerous when placed over foods to be cooked in the microwave. As the food is nuked, the high heat causes poisonous dioxins to actually melt out of the plastic wrap and drip into the food.

         Cover food with a paper towel instead.

         This is an article I believe you should forward to your family and 

         friends -- anyone who is important in your life 

            
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From IHHS at aol.com  Tue Dec 13 20:24:41 2005
From: IHHS at aol.com (IHHS@aol.com)
Date: Thu Dec 15 09:24:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] homeopathy and medicine
Message-ID: <E1Emwfv-0007ke-M9@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

check this out
 
_http://www.uspharmacist.com/oldformat.asp?url=newlook/files/Alte/homeopathy.c
fm&pub_id=8&article_id=484_ 
(http://www.uspharmacist.com/oldformat.asp?url=newlook/files/Alte/homeopathy.cfm&pub_id=8&article_id=484) 

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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Thu Dec 15 10:21:13 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Thu Dec 15 10:36:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Project of the Heart~Elder Edna Gordon 84 yr old from
 Cattaraugus Rez upstate
 NY has written some Powerful Poetry "I've Got Things To Tell The World"
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV14D55D3237D7169520409BAB3B0@phx.gbl>

Please help Harvey Arden get this project together by pre-ordering copies of the book. He is taking all of her journals and consolidating to transfer her writings for the book.

Thank you.

peace,
barbara

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From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Dec 15 09:03:28 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu Dec 15 11:14:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fw: CANCER NEWS
In-Reply-To: <E1Emw2e-0000vZ-Dy@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
References: <E1Emw2e-0000vZ-Dy@smtpauth04.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20051215090328.0ueus4y8andkcww4@208.179.130.20>

Quoting Harold Sifton <harry.sifton@sympatico.ca>:

> What is safe these days?

What is safe these days is checking snopes.com first -- geez, that site 
is very famous and has been around for years; you think everybody'd 
know to do that now...

http://www.snopes.com/toxins/plastic.htm


-- 
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com

From sherwin at aceross.com  Fri Dec 16 08:46:20 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Fri Dec 16 08:57:22 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] funny stuff
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From michael at intrafi.com  Sat Dec 17 08:24:46 2005
From: michael at intrafi.com (michael@intrafi.com)
Date: Sat Dec 17 08:36:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] NYTimes.com: Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
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This page was sent to you by: michael@intrafi.com.

WASHINGTON | December 16, 2005
Bush Lets U.S. Spy on Callers Without Courts
By JAMES RISEN and ERIC LICHTBLAU
Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the National Security Agency has spied on hundreds of people inside the U.S.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/16/politics/16program.html?emc=eta1



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From drmhaatma at yahoo.com  Thu Dec 15 15:52:52 2005
From: drmhaatma at yahoo.com (Mha Atma Khalsa)
Date: Sat Dec 17 08:46:17 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] just the facts:  US Economy and US National Security
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 This is a long list but you will find it worthwhile to read it all...and to save for future use........
  
  US Economy Facts
  
  1)  US corporate layoffs were up 22% in November and 964,232 jobs  were cut this year, which was up 3.6% from the year-to-date total a  year ago.
  2)  Corporate CEOs who sent jobs overseas last year received an average pay increase of 46%.
  3)  Citigroup's CEO was paid $111,000. a day in 2004
  4)  Delta Airlines gave its outgoing CEO a $16 million retirement package while announcing the layoff of 7,000 workers. 
  5)  Pay for corporate CEOs increased 15% last year while pay for workers increased 4%.
  6)  Delphi Corporation paid its CEO $5,959,138. and plans to lay off 6,000 workers.
  7)  The number of US billionaires rose last year from 262 to 313  while 1.3 million more Americans fell below the poverty line.
  8)  Bank of America paid its CEO $20 million last year and announced it will cut 4,500 jobs.
  9) Ousted CEO of Fannie Mae, Franklin Raines, negotiated a life-long pension of $1.3 million per year.
  10) Tiffany & Co. reported a 12% increase in holiday sales as the  Agriculture Dept. reported a 26% increase of American families going  hungry.
  11)  Combat pay for our soldiers in Iraq is $7.50 a day.
  12)  The Senate rejected attempts to raise the minimum wage from  $5.15 an hour for the first time in 8 years, while a study showed that  if the minimum wage had increased at the same rate as corporate CEO pay  since 1990, it would now be $22.50 an hour.
  13)  Viacom paid its top 3 execs. $160 million in 2004. Real wages in 2004 fell at the fastest rate in 14 years.
  14)  Hewlett-Packard welcomed a new chief information officer with  a pay package worth at least $15.3 million, including a $2.2 million  signing bonus & a $1 million "relocation" allowance. The CEO who  was fired from H-P received a $21.4 million severance package. H-P  announced it will layoff 14,500 workers to "save costs." 
  15) Kimberly-Clark tripled its CEO's bonus to $2.4 million, and announced it will lay off 6,000 workers.
  16)  United Health, Gillette, 3M, Home Depot, Pfizer, Lilly,  Electronic Data System, and Hormel gave CEOs pay increases that ranged  from 12% to 86%, while wage increases for average workers lagged behind  the 2.7% inflation rate of 2004.
  17)   The wealth of the 400 richest Americans increased 13%  last year while the average earning for workers increased 2.7%.
  18)  The average American CEO earned 431 times the pay of the  average worker last year, up from 301 times the pay of the average  worker in 2004.
  19)  Under Bush's tax cuts, the 400 taxpayers with the highest  incomes now pay income, Medicare and Social Security taxes at the same  rate as people making $50,000 to $75,000. Those earning more than $10  million a year now pay a lesser share of their income in these taxes  than those making $100,000 to $200,000. 
  20)  Senate Republicans voted down an amendment to authorize an  investigation into charges of war profiteering by Halliburton and other  companies. 
   
  
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  National Security Facts (see references at the end)

  

      
        Weekly National Security Index 
  
  December 12, 2005 
  
  Iraq     
        
  Approximate number of U.S. troops currently in Iraq:    161,000
  
  Percent of coalition forces contributed by the U.S.    88
  
  Weeks since the Pentagon developed a plan to draw down U.S. forces in  Iraq to roughly 40,000 by mid-2005:      112
  
  Approximate amount appropriated by Congress for Iraq operations so far:      $218 billion
  
  Approximate amount spent by the U.S. in World War I:    
  $205 billion
  
  Approximate amount spent in Iraq by the U.S. last week:      
  $1.5 billion
  
  Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) found:    0
  
  Number of U.S. service members killed in Iraq:    2,144
  
  Number killed since the President announced the end of major combat:    2,005
  
  Number reported wounded by the Defense Department:    15,955
  
  Approximate number of medical evacuations of U.S. military personnel  performed since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom:     55,000
  
  Number of National Guard soldiers killed in Iraq through December 3, 2005:    324
  
  Number of National Guard soldiers killed in the entire Vietnam War:    97
  
  Number of Iraqi military and police killed since training began (June 2003):    3,748
  
  Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (November 2003):    5,000
  
  Estimated number of insurgents in Iraq (October 2005):    20,000
  
  Estimated number of 88 Iraqi military battalions that are capable of operating independently:    1
  
  Total amount of taxpayers'  money spent by Halliburton that the  Defense Contract Audit Agency has deemed either excessive or  insufficiently documented:    $1.47 billion
  
  Total number of nations contributing troops to Iraq as part of  President Bush's "coalition of the willing" at some point during the  war:      37
  
  Number of these nations that either have withdrawn or plan to withdraw  their troops from the coalition:      14
  
  Average size of troop contributions by nations with troops currently  deployed to Iraq, excluding the United States, United Kingdom, South  Korea, and Italy:    186
  
  Amount of the $13.6 billion pledged by the international community for  Iraq's reconstruction that has been dispersed:    $2.9  billion
  
  Rank of September 2005 among months with the highest number of multiple-fatality bombings:    1
  
  Rank of November 2005:    2
  
  Civilian casualties in Iraq since January 2004, as estimated by the Department of Defense:    25,902
  
        
  War on Terrorism     
        
  Days since September 11, 2001 that Osama bin Laden has remained uncaptured:    1,551
  
  Days after bombing Pearl Harbor that Japan surrendered to U.S. forces:    1,365
  
  Number of global terrorist attacks reported by the State Department in 2004:    651
  
  Number of attacks reported by the State Department in 2003:    175
  
  Total number of "worldwide incidents" registered by the National  Counterterrorism Center's Worldwide Incident Tracking System so far in  2005:     2,269
  
  Number of victims wounded or killed by these incidents:     6,962
  
  Estimated number of al Qaeda members around the world:    50,000
  
  Rank of Iraq among all nations as a training ground for terrorists:    1
  
  Chances of a WMD attack in the next ten years, according to leading arms experts:    70 percent
  
  Number of discovered cases of potential illicit smuggling of nuclear or  radiological material out of the former Soviet Union last  year:    200
  
  Percent of former Soviet nuclear material stockpiles secured under  Nunn-Lugar counterproliferation programs:    26
  
  Number of terrorist suspects the Bush Administration claims have been convicted since September 11, 2001:    200
  
  Number who have actually been convicted:    39
  
  Total hours of wiretap recordings related to counterterrorism that the FBI has failed to review:      8,000
  
  Average time the FBI requires to hire contract linguists to review the tapes:    16 months
  
        
  U.S. Military Personnel     
  ?         
  Readiness/Strain     
  
  Total National Guard and Reserve personnel currently deployed:    144,688
  
  Percentage of the Army's Third Infantry Division currently serving a second tour in Iraq:    50
  
  Number of Marine battalions that are currently serving or preparing to  serve their third combat tour in Iraq:      5
  
  Of the 333 Army National Guard infantry, military police, armor, and  Special Forces units, the number currently combat-ready without  reinforcements:    6
  
  Percent of Army Reserve currently ineligible for deployment because of  recent deployments, lack of training, medical reasons,  etc.:    84
  
  Value of total Reserve Component equipment shortage, beginning Fiscal Year 2005:    $15.21 billion
  
  Army National Guard equipment shortage, as a percentage of the total:    76.7
  
  Percentage of non-deployed Army National Guard Units that reported  having the minimum amount of equipment they would need to deploy in  October 2002:    87
  
  Percentage of non-deployed Army National Guard Units that reported  having the minimum amount of equipment they would need to deploy in May  2005:    59
  
  Cost to reconstitute equipment lost by the Marine Corps in  Iraq:    $12.8  billion?         
  
  Recruiting and Retention     
  
  Number of recruits by which the Army missed its Fiscal Year 2005 recruiting goal:    6,627
  
  Number of the six Reserve Components that fell short of their Fiscal Year 2005 recruiting goals:    4
  
  Total number of recruits by which the six Reserve Components fell short  of their cumulative Fiscal Year 2005 recruiting goal:     18,864
  
  Year in which the Army last experienced a recruiting shortfall as large  as the Fiscal Year 2005 shortfall:    1979
  
  Number of months the Marine Corps missed its recruiting goals between January and April 2005:    4
  
  Number of months the Marine Corps missed its recruiting goals in ten years before January 2005:    0
  
  Prior to 2004, years since the Army National Guard last missed its annual recruiting goal:    11
  
  Number of the last 13 months for which the Army National Guard has missed its recruiting goals:    12
  
  Rate of loss of Army captains and lieutenants, the Army's junior officers, in 2004:      8.5
  
  Average rate of loss of Army captains and lieutenants, 1996-2004:    7.3
  
  Resignation requests submitted by Army Reserve Officers in 2001:      15
  
  Resignation requests submitted by Army Reserve Officers, September 2003-September 2004:    370
  
  Percent of Army enlisted special operations personnel leaving the force in 2004:    13
  
  Percent of Army enlisted special operations personnel leaving in 2003:    6
  
  Shortage of Captains, who serve as unit-level leaders, in the Army Reserve:    52 percent
  
  Change in national enrollment for the Army Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) since 2002:    -14 percent
  
  Morale      
  
  Percent of troops in Iraq reporting that their unit's morale is "low" or "very low":     54
  
  Increase in the divorce rate among Army officers since the beginning of Operation Iraqi Freedom:    317 percent
  
  Approximate number of veterans returning from Iraq or Afghanistan  diagnosed with some sort of mental disorder:     24,000
  
        
  North Korea     
        
  Estimated minimum number of nuclear weapons likely produced by North Korea during the Bush Administration:    4-6
  
  Estimated number produced by North Korea from 1953 to 2000:      1-2
  
  Potential number of nuclear weapons North Korea could possess by next  year if Six-Party Talks continue to produce no lasting disarmament  agreement:    11
        
  Darfur     
        
  Estimated number of conflict-related deaths per day in Darfur, Sudan:    500
  
  Estimated number since President Bush took office:    400,000
  
  Days since Secretary of State Powell first called the situation "genocide":    459
  
  Number of days after the Senate passed the Darfur Accountability Act as  an amendment to H.R. 1268 that the Administration wrote a letter  pressuring House Republicans (successfully) to remove it from the final  bill:     1
  
  Number of Darfuris that were expected to require food assistance during  the August-October "hunger season":     3.5 million
  
  Conflict-affected persons in Darfur and Eastern Chad:    3.4 million
  
  Number of Darfuris displaced by the conflict (internally displaced persons and refugees):    2 million
  
  Total population of the Darfur region:    6 million
  
        
  Homeland Security     
        
  Of 14 recommendations by the 9/11 Commission related to homeland  security and emergency preparedness/response, number for which 9/11  Commissioners have judged progress on implementation to be "minimal" or  "unsatisfactory":     11
  
  Factor by which passengers on mass transit systems exceed passengers on airlines:    16
  
  Funding per passenger the Bush Administration has spent to secure mass  transit systems since September 11, 2001:    $0.01
  
  Cost of security upgrades needed to protect rail and transit systems as  estimated by U.S. transit authorities:    $6 billion
  
  Amount of funding designated specifically for rail and transit security in President Bush's budget:    $0
  
  Total amount of funding added to the Fiscal Year 2006 Homeland Security  Appropriations bill for rail security in the wake of the July 7 London  Bombings:    $0
  
  Number of provisions in federal law requiring chemical facilities to  establish safeguards against a terrorist attack:           0
  
  Number of chemical facilities at which a terrorist strike could  threaten the lives of over 1 million people:    123
  
  Percent of cargo arriving at U.S. ports inspected for WMD:      <1
  
  Percent of "high-risk" cargo inspected:    17.5
  
  Estimated economic impact of a terrorist attack to a U.S. port:    $1 trillion
  
  Percent of Transportation Security Administration Fiscal Year 2005  budget allocated for port security grants:    2.8
  
  Deadline for meeting port security standards set by the Maritime Transportation Security Act:      2004
  
  Year in which MTSA port security standards will be met if port security funding levels remain constant:    2050
  
  Ratio of federal air security screeners to federal surface  transportation (rail and public transit) security  screeners:    450:1
  
  Homeland security grant dollars per capita awarded to the U.S. Virgin Islands in Fiscal Year 2004:    $104.35
  
  Homeland security grant dollars per capita awarded to California in Fiscal Year 2004:    $4.97
  
  Chance that a non-Mexican illegal immigrant apprehended while trying to  cross into the United States along the southwestern border will be  released because of lack of resources:     80
        
  
  Veterans     
        
  Approximate number of Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom veterans  discharged from service, through June 2005:    393,000
  
  Number of these veterans seeking health care from VA hospitals, through October 2005:    119,247
  
  Approximate number of these veterans diagnosed with Post-Traumatic  Stress Disorder (PTSD) or other mental ailments:     24,000
  
  According to the Army Surgeon General, percent of troops returning from  the Iraq war that have developed stress-related mental health  problems:    30
  
  Total funding requested specifically to meet the needs of Iraqi Freedom  and Enduring Freedom veterans in the President's 2006  budget:      $0
  
  Total Compensation and Pension Claims Backlog:    527,964
  
  Number of these claims pending for more than 6 months:    123,364
  
  Percent change in pending claims from the end of Fiscal Year 2003 to March 2005:    +33
  
  Gap between veterans' needs and President Bush's 2006 budget proposal:    $3.5 billion
  
  Percent increase needed each year just to maintain existing programs in  the face of medical inflation and other rising costs:     13-14
  
  Percent increase in veterans health care funding requested in President Bush?s 2006 Budget Proposal:    0.4
  
  Fiscal Year 2005 budget shortfall announced by the VA:    
  $1.27 billion
  
  Number of weeks prior to the VA's budget shortfall announcement that VA  Secretary Nicholson told Congress, "I can assure you that VA does not  need emergency supplemental funds in FY 2005":        11
  
  Total funding shortfall for Fiscal Years 2005 and 2006 now identified by the Bush Administration:    $3 billion
  
  Percentage rise in the number of veterans collecting unemployment insurance since August 2002:      96
  
  Approximate number of veterans who experience homelessness during a given year:    500,000
        
  
  Democracy and Development     
        
  Number of Botswanan AIDS patients the Bush Administration claims are  receiving treatment because of U.S. assistance:    32,839
  
  Number of Botswanan AIDS patients the Botswanan government says are  receiving treatment because of U.S. assistance:    0
  
  Total amount appropriated to the Millennium Challenge Account (MCA) so far:    $2.48 billion
  
  Total aid distributed by the MCA so far:    $0
  
  Average amount per year to be distributed through the five compact agreements signed so far:    $37.7 million
  
  Annual amount President Bush promised for the MCA:    $5 billion
  
  Average amount requested in President Bush's annual budgets since he proposed the MCA:    $2.3 billion
  
  Number of the world's ten poorest nations with whom the United States has signed an MCA compact:    0
  
  Number of the world's 40 poorest nations with whom the United States has signed an MCA compact:    1
  
  Rank of U.S. among 21 developed nations in foreign assistance spending  measured as a percentage of Gross National Product:         20
  
  Number of children dying each day from preventable diseases:    27,000
  
  Percentage of the world's population living on less than $2 per day:    50
  
  Cut in funding for foreign development assistance proposed in President Bush's budget:    $345 million
        
  
  Statistics of the Week     
        
  Afghanistan     
  
  Percent of the world's opium supplied by Afghanistan    87
  
  Afghanistan's drug economy, as a percentage of its legal GDP     52
  
  Estimated gross profit for Afghan opium traffickers last year:    
  $2.14 billion
  
  Percentage increase in cultivation in the Nimroz province over last year:    1370
  
  Percentage increase in cultivation in the Kandahar province:    162
  
  Percentage decrease in overall opium cultivation in Afghanistan from 2004 to 2005:    21
  
  Portion of the world's cannabis supply produced in Afghanistan    1/3 
   
   
  SOURCES
  Iraq
  1.  Los Angeles Times, 10/28/05 
  2.  The Brookings Institution Iraq Index reports that there were  approximately 22,000 non-U.S., non-Iraqi troops in Iraq as of September  2005.  (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
  3.  As of December 12, 2005.  Washington Post, 10/19/03
  4.  House Budget Committee Minority Staff   (http://www.house.gov/budget_democrats/analyses/06iraq_war_cost_update.pdf)  
  5. Christian Science Monitor, 8/29/05
  6.  Congressional Research Service RL 33110 reports an average  monthly spending rate of $5.9 billion in Iraq.  (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL33110.pdf)  
  7.  Iraqi Survey Group
  8.  DoD Casualty Report (http://www.dod.gov/news/casualty.pdf) December 12, 2005
  9.  DoD Casualty Report (http://www.dod.gov/news/casualty.pdf) December 12, 2005
  10.  DoD Casualty Report (http://www.dod.gov/news/casualty.pdf) December 12, 2005
  11.  DoD News Release, 5/11/05 (http://www.defenselink.mil/news/May2005/20050511_1025.html) 
  12. Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
  13.  New York Daily News, 7/5/05
  14.  As of December 8, 2005.  Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf) 
  15. Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf) 
  16. Knight Ridder News Service, 11/5/05
  17.  Washington Post, 9/30/05
  18.   Boston Globe, 6/28/05
  19.  GlobalSecurity.Org (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm) 
  20. GlobalSecurity.Org (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/ops/iraq_orbat_coalition.htm) 
  21. CRS RL32105 (http://www.congress.gov/erp/rl/pdf/RL32105.pdf) 
  22. ?Iraqi Economic Reconstruction and Development,? CSIS, 9/14/05 (http://www.csis.org/burke/050914_reconstruction.pdf)
  23.  Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf) 
  24. Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
  25.  New York Times, 10/30/05
   
  Terrorism
  1.  As of December 12, 2005
  2.  Japan signed the Instrument of Surrender on September 2, 1945
  3.  State Department press briefing, 4/27/05
  4.  State Department press briefing, 4/27/05
  5.  National Counterterrorism Center, Worldwide Incident Tracking System, accessed 12/6/05. 
  6.  National Counterterrorism Center, Worldwide Incident Tracking System, accessed 12/6/05.
  7.  National Counterterrorism Center (http://tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=6) 
  8. Washington Post, 1/14/05
  9.  CNN.com, 6/22/05
  10.  House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Emergency Preparedness, Science, and Technology hearing, 6/21/05
  11.  Securing the Bomb 2005, May 2005 (http://www.nti.org/e_research/report_cnwmupdate2005execsum.pdf) 
  12. Washington Post, 6/12/05
  13.  Washington Post, 6/12/05
  14.  Washington Post, 7/28/05
  15.  Washington Post, 7/28/05
   
  U.S. Military Personnel
                  Readiness/Strain
  1.  As of December 7, 2005.  DoD Press Resources (http://www.dod.gov/news/).  
  2. Brookings Institution Iraq Index (http://www.brookings.edu/fp/saban/iraq/index.pdf)
  3.  USA Today, 7/29/05
  4.  Detroit Free Press, 6/13/05
  5.  GAO-05-660 (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05660.pdf)
  6.  National Guard and Reserve Equipment Report for Fiscal Year  2006  (http://www.defenselink.mil/ra/documents/annualreports/fy2006NGREREquipment.PDF)  
  7. National Guard and Reserve Equipment Report for Fiscal Year 2006  (http://www.defenselink.mil/ra/documents/annualreports/fy2006NGREREquipment.PDF)
  8.  GAO-06-170T (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06170t.pdf) 
  9. GAO-06-170T (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d06170t.pdf)
  10.  Marine Corps Times, 11/14/05
                  Recruiting and Retention
  1.  Defense Department Press Release (http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20051011-4881.html) 
  2. Defense Department Press Release (http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20051011-4881.html) 
  3. Defense Department Press Release (http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20051011-4881.html)
  4.  New York Times, 9/30/05
  5.  San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/27/05 (http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050527/news_1n27recruit.html) 
  6. San Diego Union-Tribune, 5/27/05 (http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20050527/news_1n27recruit.html)
  7.  Washington Times, 9/23/04 (http://washingtontimes.com/national/20040923-114738-3289r.htm) 
  8. Reuters, 7/11/05; Department of Defense press release, 8/10/05 (05  http://www.dod.gov/releases/2005/nr20050810-4393.html); Department of  Defense press releases, 9/12/05, 10/11/05, 11/10/05, 12/12/05
  9.  Baltimore Sun, 7/28/05
  10.  Baltimore Sun, 7/28/05
  11.  Seattle Times, 12/9/04 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002113845_officershortage09m.html) 
  12. Seattle Times, 12/9/04 (http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002113845_officershortage09m.html) 
  13. Winston-Salem Journal, 7/30/05
  14.  Winston-Salem Journal, 7/30/05
  15.  GAO-05-660 (http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d05660.pdf)
  16.  Norfolk Virginian-Pilot, 10/31/05
                  Morale
  1.  Washington Post, 7/21/05
  2.  Houston Chronicle, 6/30/05
  3.  Testimony of VA Deputy Undersecretary Michael Kussman, House Armed Services Committee hearing, 7/26/05
   
  North Korea
  1.  Congressional Research Service IB91141
  2.  Congressional Research Service IB91141
  3.  Special Report, Center for Nonproliferation Studies, 4/28/05 (http://cns.miis.edu/pubs/week/pdf/050428.pdf) 
   
  Darfur
  1. Coalition for International Justice, 4/21/05   (http://www.cij.org/pdf/Press_Release_CIJ_Mortality_Study_April_21_2005.pdf)  
  2. Coalition for International Justice, 4/21/05   (http://www.cij.org/pdf/Press_Release_CIJ_Mortality_Study_April_21_2005.pdf)
  3.  Through December 12, 2005.  Powell, Senate Foreign Relations Committee Hearing, 9/9/04.  
  4.  American Prospect, 4/29/05 (http://www.prospect.org/web/page.ww?section=root&name=ViewWeb&articleId=9622)
  5.  U.N. World Food Program press release, 6/17/05
  6.  USAID fact sheet, 9/30/05 (http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/pdf/082605_fs48.pdf)
  7.  USAID fact sheet, 9/30/05 (http://www.usaid.gov/locations/sub-saharan_africa/sudan/pdf/082605_fs48.pdf)
  8.  U.S. State Department (http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/36028.htm) 
   
  Homeland Security
  1.  9/11 Public Discourse Project, 9/14/05
  1.  USA Today, 7/7/05
  2.  USA Today, 7/7/05
  3.  USA Today, 7/7/05
  4.  Senate Conference Report 109-83
  5.  H.R. 2360
  6.  Senator John Corzine, Senate Homeland Security and Government  Affairs Committee, 4/27/05  (http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/CorzineHSGACtestimony.pdf) 
  7. Washington Post, 12/31/04
  8.  Associated Press, 5/25/05
  9.  Associated Press, 5/25/05
  10.  Protecting the American Homeland: A Preliminary Analysis, Brookings Institution, May 2002
  11. ?What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?? American Enterprise  Institute (AEI), April 2005  (http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050408_wp107.pdf)
  12.  New Strategies to Protect America: Safer Ports for a More  Secure Economy, Center for American Progress, 6/15/05 (  http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=815195) 
  13. New Strategies to Protect America: Safer Ports for a More Secure  Economy, Center for American Progress, 6/15/05  (http://www.americanprogress.org/site/pp.asp?c=biJRJ8OVF&b=815195)
  14.  New Strategies to Protect America: Putting Rail Security on the Right Track, Center for American Progress, 4/21/05 (
  http://www.americanprogress.org/atf/cf/{E9245FE4-9A2B-43C7-A521-5D6FF2E06E03}/Rail%20Security%20Printer%20Final.pdf) 
  15. ?What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?? AEI, April 2005 (http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050408_wp107.pdf) 
  16. ?What Does Homeland Security Spending Buy?? AEI, April 2005 (http://www.aei.org/docLib/20050408_wp107.pdf)
  17.  Secretary Michael Chertoff, testimony to the Senate Judiciary Committee, 10/18/05
   
  Veterans
  1. Testimony of Michael Kussman before the House Armed Services  Subcommittee on Personnel, 7/26/05  (http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/Kussman72605.pdf) 
  2. Salon.com, 12/10/05
  3.  Testimony of Michael Kussman before the House Armed Services  Subcommittee on Personnel, 7/26/05  (http://www.house.gov/hasc/schedules/Kussman72605.pdf)
  4.  USA Today, 7/29/05
  5.  President?s Fiscal Year 2006 Budget Request (http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/budget/fy2006/veterans.html) 
  6. VA Monday Morning Report (http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/201/reports/mmrindex.htm).  Week of November 28, 2005.
  7.  VA Monday Morning Report (http://www.vba.va.gov/bln/201/reports/mmrindex.htm).  Week of November 28, 2005.
  8.  GAO-05-749T   
  9.   Veterans Independent Budget
  10.  House Veterans Affairs Committee hearing,  1/29/03                
  11.  Veterans of Foreign Wars press release, 2/18/05 (http://www.vfw.org/index.cfm?fa=news.newsDtl&did=2373) 
  12. CQ Today, 7/13/05
  13.  Washington Post, 6/24/05
  14.  CQ Today, 7/13/05
  15.  Reuters, 8/30/05 (http://www.ngwrc.org/index.cfm?Page=Article&ID=2045) 
  16.  National Coalition of Homeless Veterans, testimony to House  Veterans? Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity  (http://www.nchv.org/content.cfm?id=43) 
   
  Democracy and Development
  1.  Washington Post, 7/1/05
  2.  Washington Post, 7/1/05
  3.  Congressional Research Service, RL 32427
  4.  Millennium Challenge Corporation. (http://www.mca.gov)
  5.  The Millennium Challenge Corporation has signed a four-year,  $110 million compact with Madagascar; a five-year, $215 million compact  with Honduras;  a five-year, $110 million compact with Cape Verde;  a five-year, $175 million compact with Nicaragua; and a five-year,  $295.3 million compact with Georgia.  Millennium Challenge  Corporation. (http://www.mca.gov)
  6.  Congressional Research Service, RL 32427
  7.  Debt-AIDS-Trade-Africa (DATA) fact sheet (http://www.data.org/archives/PresReq06onepager.pdf) 
  8. Congressional Research Service, RL 32427
  9.  Congressional Research Service, RL 32427
  10.  Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/59/51/34700392.pdf) 
  11. Foreign Policy, February 2005 (http://www.cgdev.org/docs/FP_Radelet_2_05.pdf) 
  12. Foreign Policy, February 2005 (http://www.cgdev.org/docs/FP_Radelet_2_05.pdf)
  13.  Senate Conference Report 109-96
   
  Statistics of the Week
  1. UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf) 
  2. UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  3.  UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  4.  UN Office on Drugs and Crime Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  5.  UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  6.  UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  7.  UN Office on Drugs and Crime 2005 Afghanistan Opium Survey (http://www.unodc.org/pdf/afg/afg_survey_2005.pdf)
  
  
        
      
 
      
  
  
  

			
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ANNE RICE'S "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," her novel about the boy Jesus whose family has not gotten around to telling him that he is the messiah, is a national bestseller. That's not surprising. Rice is a seasoned storyteller whose 26 previous novels on subjects ranging from vampires to sadomasochistic erotica have sold more than 75 million copies. With "Christ the Lord," she transferred her flair for the supernatural to a new market of Christian believers who share the faith she has re-embraced. 

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From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 19 14:56:18 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Mon Dec 19 15:07:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
In-Reply-To: <949A5144-70E0-11DA-BA6F-00039352B692@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <20051219225618.305.qmail@web50312.mail.yahoo.com>

Bruce-So missed you Saturday.I want to say Happy Holidays and we are having out annual
New Years Eve party at my house so come if you can and tell David if I don't first.All
the best Bruce.XOX M

--- Bruce Eyster <eyster@verizon.net> wrote:

> Sweet ! Thanks , Amy.
> 
>    And Happy Holidays to all the Tribes and Tribe Leaders ! Or just some 
> quality , quite down time ...........
> 
>                                                                          
> Peace - Bruce
> 
> 
>   
>                                        > 
> On Monday, December 19, 2005, at 12:44  PM, Barbara Siomos wrote:
> 
> > Thank you Amy... what a sweet card.
> >
> > barbara
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: lilacamy11@aol.com
> > Sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:54:27 -0800
> > To: mb-hair@islandemail.com
> > Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
> >
> > To view your eCard, choose from the options below.
> >
> > Click on the following link.
> > http://www.bluemountain.com/ 
> > view.pd?i=131169745&m=3241&rr=y&source=bma999
> >
> > OR
> >
> > Copy and paste the above link into your web browser's "address" window.
> >
> > OR
> >
> > Enter the following eCard Number, 1311697453241, on our Card Pick Up  
> > Window at
> > http://www.bluemountain.com/findit.pd?source=bma999
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From eyster at verizon.net  Mon Dec 19 15:16:41 2005
From: eyster at verizon.net (Bruce Eyster)
Date: Mon Dec 19 15:29:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
In-Reply-To: <20051219225618.305.qmail@web50312.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <8348F345-70E5-11DA-BA6F-00039352B692@verizon.net>

Dear Michael:

   Thank You , so much . I will try to make it to La MaMa and your house 
! Thanks Again.
Is your e-mail address : michaeldavidarain@yahoo.com  ?
The reason I ask is that I keep getting returned messages I've sent to 
you ! ?

   Love to you , Chris , Agusto and evryone to numerous to mention .


                                   I wanna sit next to you during the 
Holidays ( nothing great to say ) LOL !

                                                                         
     Bruce



On Monday, December 19, 2005, at 05:56  PM, Michael Arian wrote:

> Bruce-So missed you Saturday.I want to say Happy Holidays and we are 
> having out annual
> New Years Eve party at my house so come if you can and tell David if I 
> don't first.All
> the best Bruce.XOX M
>
> --- Bruce Eyster <eyster@verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Sweet ! Thanks , Amy.
>>
>>    And Happy Holidays to all the Tribes and Tribe Leaders ! Or just 
>> some
>> quality , quite down time ...........
>>
>>
>> Peace - Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>> On Monday, December 19, 2005, at 12:44  PM, Barbara Siomos wrote:
>>
>>> Thank you Amy... what a sweet card.
>>>
>>> barbara
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: lilacamy11@aol.com
>>> Sent: Sun, 18 Dec 2005 21:54:27 -0800
>>> To: mb-hair@islandemail.com
>>> Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
>>>
>>> To view your eCard, choose from the options below.
>>>
>>> Click on the following link.
>>> http://www.bluemountain.com/
>>> view.pd?i=131169745&m=3241&rr=y&source=bma999
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>>> Copy and paste the above link into your web browser's "address" 
>>> window.
>>>
>>> OR
>>>
>>> Enter the following eCard Number, 1311697453241, on our Card Pick Up
>>> Window at
>>> http://www.bluemountain.com/findit.pd?source=bma999
>>>
>>> If you have any comments or questions, please visit
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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Mon Dec 19 15:34:37 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Mon Dec 19 15:47:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
References: <200512192000.jBJK0EEA020631@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <001c01c604f4$c690fd80$6401a8c0@Leo>

Thank you Amy and I pass the sentiment on to you and yours as well.

PEACE,
Leo

 From: "lilacamy11@aol.com" <lilacamy11@aol.com>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com

 To view your eCard, choose from the options below.
 
 Click on the following link.
 http://www.bluemountain.com/view.pd?i=131169745&m=3241&rr=y&source=bma999


From michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 19 18:50:20 2005
From: michaeldavidarian at yahoo.com (Michael Arian)
Date: Mon Dec 19 19:01:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
In-Reply-To: <8348F345-70E5-11DA-BA6F-00039352B692@verizon.net>
Message-ID: <20051220025020.40629.qmail@web50308.mail.yahoo.com>

It's arian-michaeldavidarian@yahoo.com.You misspeled arian.XXOX

--- Bruce Eyster <eyster@verizon.net> wrote:

> Dear Michael:
> 
>    Thank You , so much . I will try to make it to La MaMa and your house 
> ! Thanks Again.
> Is your e-mail address : michaeldavidarain@yahoo.com  ?
> The reason I ask is that I keep getting returned messages I've sent to 
>  

Michael David Arian 
michaeldavidarian@yahoo.com
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From wmichaelharris at earthlink.net  Mon Dec 19 19:42:54 2005
From: wmichaelharris at earthlink.net (Michael Harris)
Date: Mon Dec 19 19:54:00 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH
Message-ID: <29772905.1135050174962.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Dear Tribes,

A quick note to wish you health, happiness and righteous headspace this holiday season.  I haven't posted much to this list of late - but wanted to send a seasonal message of peace and harmony to you all.  

The Reunion and Be-In this past September inspiried me (turn on) to think carefully about how I want to spend my days (tune in), quit my job (drop out) and find a new one that fit my renewed sense of mission and purpose. After the Reunion, everything for me pointed towards inspiring youth for social change.  For this I credit all of you, my fellow tribe members, and the vibe we sent into the Universe with our singing. I believe our final chorus of "The Flesh Failures" fine-tuned the earth on its axis, fixed a hole in the ozone, aligned Jupiter with Mars.

Of course I wanted my re-tooled employment to involve the arts, my first love.  No sooner had I come to these realizations that I secured the perfect job as executive director for The Power of Hope.

www.powerofhope.org

Sounds religious, but it's not.  It's universal, and all about empowering youth for social change.  It's really cool, a perfect fit.  Everything I've done in the past has prepared me for this job including and especially HAIR.

Two days ago I came to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York to be with my family for Christmas.  My dad is gravely ill at this time, and it feels good to be able to spend what may be his last days with him.  He's an actor 84 years young.  While I was in HAIR at the Biltmore in 1968 he was in "The Great White Hope" a few blocks away.  It was an exciting time for us, having achieved our family's dream of making it on Broadway.

These are "screen grabs" of my dad from a quirky movie database that honors little known actors:

http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00040494.HTML

http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00030494.HTML

The first is him as "Officer Mooney" from SUPERMAN; in the second he's a bartender in SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL.  Dad played dozens of supporting roles in movies - one of the many ways he and Mom, as theater artists, raised six kids.  He enjoyed an illustrious career as a stage actor and bandleader over seven decades.

It was a great honor to be asked to emcee your Reunion and Be-In this year, and a great joy to meet so many of you in person for the first time.  Let's do it again soon and strive to remain connected.  Being with my dad now reminds me we are only here "on this dirt" a short time, and life's too short to hold grudges.

In sympathy and trust abounding, have a Merry Prankster Christmas and a Hopi New Year!

WMH


From georgeberger69 at yahoo.com  Mon Dec 19 20:47:29 2005
From: georgeberger69 at yahoo.com (James Pappaconstantine)
Date: Mon Dec 19 20:59:43 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH
In-Reply-To: <29772905.1135050174962.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20051220044729.12636.qmail@web54210.mail.yahoo.com>

WMH... Sorry to hear about your Dad.. I lost mine when I was 18 and it was really hard on me, but I think mostly because I never had the chance to say goodbye, or to let him know how much he meant to me. On the other hand when my grandmother, (His Mother) started to fade.. and moved to Florida to be with her other son, I had the chance to take her out for Ice Cream with my kids, who were toddlers at the time, and then we went to the Cematary to put flowers on my Dad's tombstone. She said, those were the two things that she wanted to do before she left for Florida.. Anyway,, While sitting on a park bench, mere feet from my fathers stone, and as my kids played along the long feilds of yet to be occupied earth. I somehow knew.. that this was the last time that I would see her alive.. and I told her that.. I said, Yiya, I don't think I will see you again, and I just want you to know, that I love you with all of my heart, and when you get whereever this journey takes you, If you s
 ee my
 father please tell him I love him as well. She nodded and we went on speaking of older times.. She left for FLorida the following day and maybe 3 months later she slipped into a coma....(That is a story in itself) But when they shipped her body up here to be burried, I didn't cry at the funeral.. (actally I think I cried a little for my Uncle who was heart torn.) but for me.. I said, my Goodbyes and my heart was at ease. Use this time you have with your Dad.. Cherish the good times, forget the bad. This time.. will heal everthing and put everything in perspective.
   
  My Grandmother's Coma...
   
  My Grandmother was feeling ill and my uncle had her rushed to the hospital, which was aprox 20 minutes from his home.. Once there she slipped into a coma.. My uncle stayed by her side night after night.. waiting for her to come back.. One evening the Doctor told him to go home, that there was nothing he could do at this point and that if there was any change in her condition that he would call him and let him know.. Just about as soon as my uncle got home, the phone rang.. the doctor said. "You mother is awake and asking for you." He rushed back to the hospital.. My grandmother who was a large Greek woman.. (Not large as in fat, but as in Strong like bull.) was up and asking for some eggs. My uncle came into the room and she was sitting up and started to tell him, that she wanted him to know that she had two wonderful boys and that she had 6 wonderful grandchildren and two great grand kids... He told her, he knew that, and she just said, I just want you to know.. He (my unc
 le)
 asked the doctor when he could take her home and the doctor said, her test are all fine, she is as fit as ever.. that all they had to do was to clean her up and by days end, if she was the same she was free to go.. My uncle left the room for a moment as one of the nurses went in to clean her up.. they rolled my grandmother over on her side and she died.. just like that.. It was almost as though... she came back, just long enough to tell my uncle what she had to say and then continued her journey..
   
  At anyrate... I hope that your Father will recover from whatever it is that is knocking him down. But regaurdless enjoy the time you have with him.. Life is way too short not too, and memories and stories can somehow get lost on our lifes paths.. take some of those back.. revisit the stories.. There is nothing more warming in your hour of need, then to think back to a happier time and laugh.. 
   
  Good luck to you Michael.. Congrats on your new path, sounds like you are really going to enjoy your work.. and Once again.. The job you did at the Reunion was all A's.. It was a true pleasure meeting you... Stay warm.. 
   
  Peace, Love, and Health.. JIMMY P.

Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net> wrote:
  Dear Tribes,

A quick note to wish you health, happiness and righteous headspace this holiday season. I haven't posted much to this list of late - but wanted to send a seasonal message of peace and harmony to you all. 

The Reunion and Be-In this past September inspiried me (turn on) to think carefully about how I want to spend my days (tune in), quit my job (drop out) and find a new one that fit my renewed sense of mission and purpose. After the Reunion, everything for me pointed towards inspiring youth for social change. For this I credit all of you, my fellow tribe members, and the vibe we sent into the Universe with our singing. I believe our final chorus of "The Flesh Failures" fine-tuned the earth on its axis, fixed a hole in the ozone, aligned Jupiter with Mars.

Of course I wanted my re-tooled employment to involve the arts, my first love. No sooner had I come to these realizations that I secured the perfect job as executive director for The Power of Hope.

www.powerofhope.org

Sounds religious, but it's not. It's universal, and all about empowering youth for social change. It's really cool, a perfect fit. Everything I've done in the past has prepared me for this job including and especially HAIR.

Two days ago I came to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York to be with my family for Christmas. My dad is gravely ill at this time, and it feels good to be able to spend what may be his last days with him. He's an actor 84 years young. While I was in HAIR at the Biltmore in 1968 he was in "The Great White Hope" a few blocks away. It was an exciting time for us, having achieved our family's dream of making it on Broadway.

These are "screen grabs" of my dad from a quirky movie database that honors little known actors:

http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00040494.HTML

http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00030494.HTML

The first is him as "Officer Mooney" from SUPERMAN; in the second he's a bartender in SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL. Dad played dozens of supporting roles in movies - one of the many ways he and Mom, as theater artists, raised six kids. He enjoyed an illustrious career as a stage actor and bandleader over seven decades.

It was a great honor to be asked to emcee your Reunion and Be-In this year, and a great joy to meet so many of you in person for the first time. Let's do it again soon and strive to remain connected. Being with my dad now reminds me we are only here "on this dirt" a short time, and life's too short to hold grudges.

In sympathy and trust abounding, have a Merry Prankster Christmas and a Hopi New Year!

WMH


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From laurie at cubedsquared.com  Tue Dec 20 04:51:41 2005
From: laurie at cubedsquared.com (Laurie Hodges)
Date: Tue Dec 20 05:02:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
References: <200512192000.jBJK0EEA020631@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
	<001c01c604f4$c690fd80$6401a8c0@Leo>
Message-ID: <003c01c60564$20388000$6501a8c0@Cubed21>

Thanks Amy...
And to you all a very peaceful holiday season.........

Laurie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Leo" <peacefreak@metrocast.net>
To: <mb-hair@islandlists.com>
Sent: Monday, December 19, 2005 6:34 PM
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com


> Thank you Amy and I pass the sentiment on to you and yours as well.
> 
> PEACE,
> Leo
> 
> From: "lilacamy11@aol.com" <lilacamy11@aol.com>
> Subject: [Mb-hair] I sent you an eCard from BlueMountain.com
> 
> To view your eCard, choose from the options below.
> 
> Click on the following link.
> http://www.bluemountain.com/view.pd?i=131169745&m=3241&rr=y&source=bma999
> 
> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Dec 20 11:04:07 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Tue Dec 20 11:15:27 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Free
Message-ID: <BAY5-DAV119DA66F03DCDAE3E6941FAB3E0@phx.gbl>

Dear Friends,

I have just read and signed the online petition:

   "FREE THE PANCHEN LAMA!!!"

hosted on the web by PetitionOnline.com, the free online petition
service, at:

   http://www.PetitionOnline.com/ftpl/

I personally agree with what this petition says, and I think you might agree, too.  If
you can spare a moment, please take a
look, and consider signing yourself.

Best wishes,

Barbara Siomos


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From peacefreak at metrocast.net  Tue Dec 20 16:15:01 2005
From: peacefreak at metrocast.net (Leo)
Date: Tue Dec 20 16:26:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Planet Love Note from WMH
References: <200512202000.jBKK0CS8023534@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <003901c605c3$9581c830$6401a8c0@Leo>

WMH, thanks & congrats for sharing your good news (Power of Hope) and 
heartwarming news (sharing time with your dad).
Like Jimmy P, I too had my dad move onto another reality several years ago. 
And like you, I spent his last physical being days with him in a hospital in 
Virginia. I felt blessed that I was able not only to take the time to do 
this and be able to journey to Virginia, but also to spend those last 
moments with a man who shaped my life and gave unselfishly of himself. So 
kudos to you WMH, and enjoy your precious time.
I'll also tip my hat again to you for the outasite job you did as emcee at 
the Reunion bash. It was a pleasure to finally meet you and many other Tribe 
freaks after all these years of internet communicating. We'll all dance and 
sing again!

PEACE,
Leo

 From: Michael Harris <wmichaelharris@earthlink.net>
 Subject: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH

 Dear Tribes,

 A quick note to wish you health, happiness and righteous headspace this 
holiday season.  I haven't posted much to this list of late - but wanted to 
send a seasonal message of peace and harmony to you all.

 The Reunion and Be-In this past September inspiried me (turn on) to think 
carefully about how I want to spend my days (tune in), quit my job (drop 
out) and find a new one that fit my renewed sense of mission and purpose. 
After the Reunion, everything for me pointed towards inspiring youth for 
social change.  For this I credit all of you, my fellow tribe members, and 
the vibe we sent into the Universe with our singing. I believe our final 
chorus of "The Flesh Failures" fine-tuned the earth on its axis, fixed a 
hole in the ozone, aligned Jupiter with Mars.

 Of course I wanted my re-tooled employment to involve the arts, my first 
love.  No sooner had I come to these realizations that I secured the perfect 
job as executive director for The Power of Hope.

 www.powerofhope.org

 Sounds religious, but it's not.  It's universal, and all about empowering 
youth for social change.  It's really cool, a perfect fit.  Everything I've 
done in the past has prepared me for this job including and especially HAIR.

 Two days ago I came to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York to be 
with my family for Christmas.  My dad is gravely ill at this time, and it 
feels good to be able to spend what may be his last days with him.  He's an 
actor 84 years young.  While I was in HAIR at the Biltmore in 1968 he was in 
"The Great White Hope" a few blocks away.  It was an exciting time for us, 
having achieved our family's dream of making it on Broadway.

 These are "screen grabs" of my dad from a quirky movie database that honors 
little known actors:

 http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00040494.HTML

 http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorsH/P00030494.HTML

 The first is him as "Officer Mooney" from SUPERMAN; in the second he's a 
bartender in SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL.  Dad played dozens of supporting 
roles in movies - one of the many ways he and Mom, as theater artists, 
raised six kids.  He enjoyed an illustrious career as a stage actor and 
bandleader over seven decades.

 It was a great honor to be asked to emcee your Reunion and Be-In this year, 
and a great joy to meet so many of you in person for the first time.  Let's 
do it again soon and strive to remain connected.  Being with my dad now 
reminds me we are only here "on this dirt" a short time, and life's too 
short to hold grudges.

 In sympathy and trust abounding, have a Merry Prankster Christmas and a 
Hopi New Year!



From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Tue Dec 20 17:28:05 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Tue Dec 20 17:39:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 18, Issue 21
In-Reply-To: <200512202000.jBKK0CS9023534@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20051221012806.15572.qmail@web36602.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>>>
Sounds religious, but it's not.  It's universal, and
all about 
empowering youth for social change.  It's really cool,
a perfect fit.  
Everything I've done in the past has prepared me for
this job including and 
especially HAIR.
>>>

Sounds awesome... and HAIR would be the perfect
preparation for it. 

If we want any type of social change, the youth are
the ones who need to be inspired to make it happen!
Glad to hear you're a part of that!:)


- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)

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From Robert_Scheer at lb.bcentral.com  Wed Dec 21 09:05:51 2005
From: Robert_Scheer at lb.bcentral.com (RobertScheer.com)
Date: Wed Dec 21 10:09:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Today's Robert Scheer column
Message-ID: <E1Ep8EN-0007PF-1U@smtpauth08.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Sent at your request from www.robertscheer.com

* * *

New today on Robert Scheer's Truthdig: 

JESUS: THE MAN, THE MYTH
A Dig led by The Rev. Madison Shockley
http://www.truthdig.com/dig/item/200512_jesus/

* * *

Today's Robert Scheer column:

IRAN'S VICTORY REVEALED IN IRAQ ELECTION

December 21, 2005 -- For the Bush White House, the good news from Iraq just never stops. But the joy that President Bush has expressed over the country's latest election, though more restrained than his infamous "Mission Accomplished" speech, will similarly come back to haunt him. 

Soon after Bush spoke of the Iraqi election as "a landmark day in the history of liberty," early returns representing 90 percent of the ballots cast in the Iraq election established that the clear winners were Shiite and Sunni religious parties not the least bit interested in Western-style democracy or individual freedom -- including such extremists as Muqtada al-Sadr, whose fanatical followers have fought pitched battles with U.S. troops. 

The silver lining, of course, is that the election did see broad participation, if not particularly clean execution. And because all of the leading parties say they want the United States to leave on a clear and public time line, this should provide adequate cover for a staged but complete withdrawal from a sovereign country that we had no right to invade in the first place. 

What we will leave behind, after hundreds of billions of dollars and tens of thousands of lost lives, will be a long ways from the neoconservative fantasy of creating a compliant democracy in the heart of the Middle East. It is absurd for Bush to assert that the election "means that America has an ally of growing strength in the fight against terror," ignoring how he has "lost" Iraq to the influence and model of "Axis of Evil" Iran. 

Tehran's rogue regime, which has bedeviled every U.S. president since Jimmy Carter, now looms larger than ever over the region and most definitely over its oil. "Iran wins big in Iraq's election," reads an Asia Times headline, speaking a truth that American policy makers and much of the media is bent on ignoring: "The Shiite religious coalition, the United Iraqi Alliance (UIA), not only held together, but also can be expected to dominate the new 275-member National Assembly for the next four years," the paper predicts based on the returns to date. "Former premier Ayad Allawi's prospects of leading the new government seem virtually nil. And Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Accord suffered a shattering defeat." 

Allawi and Chalabi are the Iraqi exiles and U.S. intelligence "assets" who played such a huge role in getting the United States into this war. Chalabi, in particular, will go down in history as one of the great con artists of all time, managing to feed phony intelligence to the White House, the New York Times and countless other power players who found his lies convenient for one reason or another. Now, despite -- or, more likely, because of -- their long stints on the U.S. payroll, both of these wannabe George Washingtons have been overwhelmingly rejected by their countrymen. 

Chalabi, long the darling of the Pentagon, seems headed to obtaining less than 1 percent of the vote nationwide and will fail to win his own seat. Allawi's slate, favored more by the CIA, will end up in the low teens. 

As much as one should despise the role played by those two men in getting us into this mess, their abject failure is not a good thing for they carried the banner of a more modern and secular Iraq, which is essential to peace and human rights progress. But the Iraqi people will have to come to that truth on their own and not as a result of foreign intervention that only fuels the most irrational political and religious forces. 

Unfortunately, it is hardly an advertisement for our democratic way of life that the American people were so easily deceived as to the reasons for this war. Or that our president resists the condemnation of torture, renders captured prisoners to be interrogated in the savage prisons of Uzbekistan and Syria, and claims an unrestrained right to spy on U.S. citizens. 

Nor does it help that this president is so publicly bent on intruding government-imposed religious values into American civil life, while urging secular tolerance upon the Islamic world. Or that he remains so blind to the reality of life in that world that he still does not grasp that Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden were on opposite sides of the enormous struggle over the primacy of religion in the Arab world. 

Iraq, for all of its massive deficiencies, was not a center of religious fanaticism before the U.S. invasion, and the Islamic fanatics that are the president's sworn enemy in the so-called "war on terror" did not have a foothold in the country. Now, primitive religious fundamentalism forms the dominant political culture in Iraq and the best outcome for U.S. policy is the hope that Shiite and Sunni fanatics can check each other long enough for the United States to beat a credible retreat and call it a victory, albeit a pyrrhic one. 


E-mail Robert Scheer at rscheer@truthdig.com 

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From wmichaelharris at earthlink.net  Wed Dec 21 18:55:27 2005
From: wmichaelharris at earthlink.net (Michael Harris)
Date: Wed Dec 21 19:06:44 2005
Subject: Fw: RE: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH
Message-ID: <11046707.1135220127421.JavaMail.root@elwamui-huard.atl.sa.earthlink.net>

Forwarded on behalf of Nina,

-----Forwarded Message-----
From: Little Birdie <lbirdie@hotmail.com>
Sent: Dec 21, 2005 4:46 PM
To: wmichaelharris@earthlink.net
Subject: RE: [Mb-hair] Planet Love Note from WMH

Dear, dear Michael,

As always, you inspire me with your integrity, your openness, and your 
commitment. My thoughts are with you and your family now, sending much love 
and all wishes for a peaceful and loving holiday together, and a permanent 
invitation to come a little bit north east, should things permit, and time 
you are there. Thanks for the links about your Dad; I look forward to 
looking at them.

May your, and everyone here's, new year, be filled with love and laughter, 
and may all you dream for yourselves come true. To those who have sent 
cards, both online and off, thank you so much. I haven't found time this 
year - perhaps I'll get them out in mid January! But I am thinking of you 
all and sending love and all good wishes.
Love,
Nina


The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html

From dauber at banana-and-louie.org  Thu Dec 22 04:23:08 2005
From: dauber at banana-and-louie.org (Sean Courtney)
Date: Thu Dec 22 04:40:18 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Planet Love Note from WMH
In-Reply-To: <29772905.1135050174962.JavaMail.root@elwamui-little.atl.sa.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <349e15541b2.7ac28cd2@mail.banana-and-louie.org>

On 12/20/2005, Michael Harris wrote:

> Of course I wanted my re-tooled employment to involve the arts, my
> first love.  No sooner had I come to these realizations that I secured
> the perfect job as executive director for The Power of Hope.
>
> www.powerofhope.org

Great news, Michael! Best of luck with that!

> Two days ago I came to the Catskill Mountains of upstate New York to be
> with my family for Christmas.  My dad is gravely ill at this time, and
> it feels good to be able to spend what may be his last days with him.
>  He's an actor 84 years young.  While I was in HAIR at the Biltmore in
> 1968 he was in "The Great White Hope" a few blocks away.  It was an
> exciting time for us, having achieved our family's dream of making it
> on Broadway.

WMH, just want you to know that your father is in my prayers for a recovery,
or if it's his time now, that he spends his last days in peace and comfort.
It was rather a bittersweet day when I saw your post because just moments
before I read your post, I found out that hell froze over and my father had been smoke-free for
six days after a fifty-year habit!

You may recall I had the pleasure of meeting your father once, and just like
you and your brother and sister, a real class act. You have a wonderful
family, and I'm glad I got to meet several members of your family.

Thanks for sharing your news with us, and may you and all the rest of the
tribe, both cyber- and stage, simply have a wonderful Christmastime (to
borrow from a really bad song from a really great performer!).

--
dauber@banana-and-louie.org
 * ICQ: 28677921 * YIM: dau_ber * AIM: ddaauubbeerr
blog: http://scattered-frog.blogspot.com
From ace at aceross.com  Thu Dec 22 08:47:22 2005
From: ace at aceross.com (Sherwin)
Date: Thu Dec 22 08:57:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: Beautiful Story
Message-ID: <20051222164557.5CF1F9FD6A@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

A great note for all to read it will take just 37 seconds to read this and
change your thinking 

  
Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was
allowed to sit up in his bed for an hour each afternoon to help drain the
fluid from his lungs. His bed was next to the room's only window. The other
man had to spend all his time flat on his back. The men talked for hours on
end. They spoke of their wives and families, their homes, their jobs, their
involvement in the military service, where they had been on vacation. 

  
Every afternoon when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he would
pass the time by describing to his roommate all the things he could see
outside the window. 

  
The man in the other bed began to live for those one hour periods where his
world would be broadened and enlivened by all the activity and color of the
world outside. 

  
The window overlooked a park with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on
the water while children sailed their model boats. Young lovers walked arm
in arm amidst flowers of every color and a fine view of the city skyline
could be seen in the distance. 

  
As the man by the window described all this in exquisite detail, the man on
the other side of the room would close his eyes and imagine the picturesque
scene. 

  
One warm afternoon the man by the window described a parade passing by. 
  
Although the other man couldn't hear the band - he could see it. In his
mind's eye as the gentleman by the window portrayed it with descriptive
words. 

  
Days and weeks passed. 
  
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to
find the lifeless body of the man by the window, who had died peacefully in
his sleep. She was saddened and called the hospital attendants to take the
body away. 

  
As soon as it seemed appropriate, the other man asked if he could be moved
next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after making
sure he was comfortable, she left him alone. 

  
Slowly, painfully, he propped himself up on one elbow to take his first look
at the real world outside. 
  
He strained to slowly turn to look out the window beside the bed. 
  
It faced a blank wall. The man asked the nurse what could have compelled his
deceased roommate who had described such wonderful things outside this
window 

  
The nurse responded that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. 
  
She said, "Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you." 
  
Epilogue: 
  
There is tremendous happiness in making others happy, despite our own
situations. 
  
Shared grief is half the sorrow, but happiness when shared, is doubled. 
  
If you want to feel rich, just count all the things you have that money
can't buy. 
  
"Today is a gift, that's why it is called the present." 
  
The origin of this letter is unknown, but it brings good luck to everyone
who passes it on. 
  
Do not keep this letter. 
  
Just forward it to your friends to whom you wish blessings. 

  

 

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From: harveyarden at starpower.net (Harvey Arden)
Date: Thu Dec 22 09:01:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] ~*~WHITE BUFFALO TEACHINGS~*~'48 Truly Transcendent pages'
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From hotprojects at nyc.rr.com  Thu Dec 22 16:10:43 2005
From: hotprojects at nyc.rr.com (richard haase)
Date: Thu Dec 22 16:22:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] merry christmas group all the very best
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec 22 17:11:29 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec 22 18:21:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Seasons Message
Message-ID: <BFD08EC1.271A9%michael@michaelbutler.com>


Michael Butler's Blog

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From rrreuteb at mac.com  Thu Dec 22 19:59:44 2005
From: rrreuteb at mac.com (Reute Butler)
Date: Fri Dec 23 11:50:50 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Hard Facts Make the Best Foundations
References: <b8cc1159f589e00d95fbc89b638d79af@earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <E1Epskr-0000bZ-Lo@smtpauth02.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Good news.
Love and Light, Reute
>> Hard Facts Make the Best Foundations
>>
>> The Tenor of the Times, January 2005
>>
>>
>> The Great Reining In ~ In 2006 the seemingly open-ended series of  
>> confusing and disruptive events to which the world has been  
>> subject will continue to dominate world news. But as 2006  
>> progresses, news of a noticeably new, significantly different and  
>> better world will begin to attract our attention.
>>
>> Energy from the Galactic Center, emerging into our collective  
>> consciousness through Pluto, will inspire and motivate people to  
>> remake the world in a positive, constructive way.
>>
>> The conjunction of Pluto and the Galactic Center will have special  
>> significance for the United States. The last conjunction occurred  
>> several decades before the birth of the United States. It might be  
>> argued that the United States is an embodiment of the energy  
>> released during that last conjunction in the middle of the 18th  
>> century. The upcoming conjunction will undoubtedly mark a major  
>> threshold in the historical maturation of the US.
>>
>> The ?tipping point? of 2006, the point at which people in general  
>> can see that change is inevitable and permanent, will come in  
>> August. However, it will become clear long before August that  
>> something is in the offing.
>>
>> It will occur when Saturn completes its first opposition to  
>> Neptune, effectively putting an end to Neptune?s deceptive  
>> influence over world affairs.
>>
>> Saturn?s sobering leverage over world events, already noticeable,  
>> will take hold in August. Saturn will pass the mid-point of Leo,  
>> in mid-August. At the end of August, the Saturn will oppose  
>> Neptune for the first time, solidifying its dominant influence on  
>> the world?s vibe.
>>
>>
>> ?Faith?-Based Facts vs. Fact-Based Facts ~ An ardent profession of  
>> faith will no longer sound to the world?s ear like a guarantee of  
>> truth. Even George W. Bush, a veteran practitioner fervent, faith- 
>> based rhetoric is already showing a newfound, respect for the facts.
>>
>> With the tide of Neptunian illusion ebbing, much of the damage  
>> caused by deceptive political rhetoric will become more painfully  
>> apparent than it already is. People will be in the mood to ask  
>> penetrating and embarrassing questions and wait patiently for the  
>> answers.
>>
>> Saturn?s ascendancy over Neptune will probably also weaken the  
>> hold that ideological and religious zealots, including demagogues,  
>> tyrants and terrorists, have over the mind?s of their adherents.
>>
>>
>> The Pendulum Swings Back ~ In recent years, the quality of civic  
>> and commercial life has deteriorated markedly.
>>
>> Telemarketing, loud cell phone conversations, 20 minutes of  
>> annoying advertising before a movie, intrusive public address  
>> systems to trumpet special sale items at Walmart, aggressive sales  
>> pitches while on you?re on hold ? such irritating, exploitative  
>> and offensive practices have become the norm. In 2006, the  
>> reaction against such things will intensify.
>>
>> Perhaps more serious, business practices that put the customers  
>> and employees at serious risk have flourished. Risky mortgages,  
>> shaky pension plans, dwindling health insurance coverage,  
>> neglected safety, poor and unreliable service ? In the coming  
>> decade, with Saturn in the ascendancy, we can expect to see a  
>> broad-based movement against these and other wildly irresponsible  
>> business and employment practices.
>>
>> George W. Bush in the Shadows ~ T-squares dominate composite  
>> charts for Bush?s birthdate and New Years Day 2006 and other  
>> important dates in January, just as they dominated the composite  
>> chart for Bush and the 2005 Inauguration.
>>
>> The way the world actually works, these T-squares mean that Bush  
>> will have another very, very difficult year with strong resistance  
>> or outright opposition to his policies.
>> Political Progress in Iraq ~ Virtually all of the charts for Iraq,  
>> even those charts with a Grand Trine, are marred by indications of  
>> widespread deception, manipulation, intense power struggles,  
>> factional violence and general skullduggery.
>>
>> It is unclear from the charts what exactly might bring an end to  
>> the current state of affairs. I believe that some as yet  
>> unforeseen event or some as yet unknown person, country, group or  
>> agency must eventually emerge and intervene to bring this conflict  
>> to an end.
>>
>> Something?a law mandating US withdrawal, a UN resolution, the  
>> massive intervention of another country or all of the above-- 
>> something must establish a new starting point in Iraq, a new point  
>> of departure because, from the astrological perspective, the  
>> elements currently at play offer no solutions.
>>
>> American Involvement in Iraq ~ Pluto will leave the US first house  
>> early in 2010. Additionally, the US Solar Arc Uranus will be past  
>> its conjunction with US natal Pluto. Hence, the US inclination to  
>> impose its will on other nations through the machineries of war  
>> will persist at some level until the end of this decade.
>>
>> As Pluto completes its transit of the US 1st House, the passion  
>> will simply go out of the Iraq war effort. But I don?t think we  
>> can expect a decisive rejection of the war until Pluto leaves the  
>> US 1st House entirely at the end of the decade.
>>
>>
>> Rosie Scenario, Start Packing ~ Add it all up.
>>
>> 1)          Bush?s already serious political difficulties,
>> 2)          Growing impatience with Iraq,
>> 3)          Lingering resentment about how Bush got us into Iraq,
>> 4)          Grave doubts about the conduct of the war,
>> 5)          Growing political unease over the use of torture by US  
>> interrogators,
>> 6)          Growing legal difficulties for the Bush administration  
>> and prominent Republican leaders,
>> 7)          The looming confrontation with Congress over Bush- 
>> approved domestic spying by the NSA,
>> 8)          Growing unease over the infringement of civil rights  
>> in the name of the war on terror,
>> 9)           A fight over renewal of the so-called Patriot Act,  
>> prominent,
>> 10)     Congresspeople from both parties promising new  
>> investigative hearings in 2006,
>> 11)     The seemingly all-encompassing corruption scandal  
>> surrounding the work of ?disgraced Congressional lobbyist? Jack  
>> Abramoff,
>> 12)     The historic failure of the government before, during and  
>> after hurricane Katrina a possible battle over a key Supreme Court  
>> nomination,
>> 13)     A mid-term Congressional election in November 2006,
>>
>> ? In the context of all of the above and so much more, the US  
>> seems headed directly for a major political crisis pitting the  
>> neoconservative faction of the Republican party against just about  
>> everyone else.
>>
>> Given all of the above, an effort to impeach Bush does not seem  
>> out of the question to me.
>>
>> The Law?s Delay ~ With Saturn newly retrograde, the legal gears  
>> will be grinding very slowly and ?painstakingly.? This is a  
>> painful prospect for Congressman Tom Delay of Texas who is looking  
>> for a quick and favorable resolution of the case against him. In  
>> fact, Court decisions that might have led to an early trial and a  
>> quick return to his position of power in Congress are going  
>> against him.
>>
>> Saturn, as noted, is slowly but surely gaining ground on Neptune.  
>> But it is also in broad trine to Pluto. The trine to Pluto  
>> intensifies and underwrites, or leverages, all of the trends and  
>> processes set in motion by Saturn?s coming dominance of Neptune.  
>> This will enable and strongly incline Americans (and many others  
>> in the world) to finally get at the truth of important issues and  
>> perhaps find justice.
>>
>> Saturn retrograde, trine Pluto and opposite Neptune will do  
>> nothing to hasten progress or final resolution to any of the  
>> difficult legal or Congressional processes already under way or  
>> soon to get under way. Quite the contrary.
>>
>> Jupiter in the Economic Trenches ~ One of the most interesting and  
>> expressive charts for January 2006 is the Jupiter persona chart  
>> for New Years Day. It includes a Grand Square that entrains the  
>> energy of all of the planets except Pluto and Uranus. Uranus forms  
>> a trine to the main stellium, or group, of planets. Pluto forms a  
>> trine with Saturn.
>>
>> So, in Jupiter?s own Persona Chart, its individual astrological  
>> portrait for New Years Day 2006, Jupiter?s energies are highly  
>> impaired. But the flow of Saturnian and Uranian energies is  
>> enhanced and facilitated.
>>
>> People will have tighter budgets. However, those who find new,  
>> ingenious ways of doing things (Uranus) that are, at the same  
>> time, true to old, tried and true values (Saturn), will prosper.  
>> Ingenious new products that are also dependable, durable and  
>> affordable will still find an enthusiastic market. While the old  
>> economy gets itself straightened out, new markets for new things  
>> will take off on their own.
>>
>>
>> Chiron?s Toll A Cautionary Note ~ The difficult relation between  
>> Chiron and Saturn has been reestablished. This ensures that  
>> disasters that take place now are likely to take a heavy toll.  
>> This worrisome relationship will persist until September 2007 when  
>> Saturn enters Virgo leaving Chiron in Aquarius and breaking up the  
>> Saturn/Chiron opposition.
>>
>> At midnight on New Years Day, 2006, the various Saturn/Chiron  
>> lines bracket Washington, DC, and come very close to New York  
>> City. On the other side of the world, Saturn/Chiron lines run  
>> through Indonesia and the Philippines, grazing the southwest coast  
>> of China, bracketing North and South Korea, and parts of southern  
>> Japan.
>>
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Dec 23 09:51:53 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Dec 23 12:20:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] I Stand Corrected
Message-ID: <BFD17939.27219%michael@michaelbutler.com>

In my last Blog I said that the Sun was as a baseball to Earth as a
peppercorn. I originally recalled NPR saying that the Sun was as a bowling
ball. As I was writing my blog I thought there cannot be such a difference.
However Jef Bek reminded me my initial memory was correct.
No senior moment for me!

Such hubris! We are so small in the universe.

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Dec 23 12:16:08 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Dec 23 12:27:42 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Language of the Heart     By Cindy Sheehan
Message-ID: <BFD19B08.27250%michael@michaelbutler.com>



    Language of the Heart
    By Cindy Sheehan
    t r u t h o u t | Perspective

    Friday 23 December 2005

    I have been in Europe for 2 weeks now. I have been toasted by the Mayor
of London, Ken Livingston, and greeted by Foreign Ministers, a Vice
President and members of the various Parliaments. Those stories are for
another article.

    My highest honor both here in the States and in Europe now is meeting
with the families of children murdered in George Bush's War of Terror
against the world.

    No matter if we all speak differently accented English, Spanish, or the
heavy Glaswegian accent of my Scottish sister in sorrow, Rose Gentle - whose
gentle-giant son, Gordon, was killed by Blair and Bush in Iraq in July of
2004 - our hearts all speak the same idiom of pain, and we sing the same
lament of futile loss.

    In Scotland, as we were meeting with Ministers of Parliament and urging
them to stand up to the government in London and withdraw Scottish troops
from Iraq, I met a woman named Sue Smith, whose son Philip was killed in
Iraq this past July. Her voice vibrated and fluctuated with incalculable
loss as she spoke of the betrayal that she felt at burying her son too early
and for the lies of her Prime Minister: a co-war criminal with George Bush.
The wound in her heart was fresh and openly bleeding. In her wounded eyes I
saw my heart as it was about a year ago.

    At the International Peace Conference in London, I met Shaun Brierly's
dad, Peter. Shaun was in the British Army, and he was killed in Iraq in
March of 2003 in the very early days of the war. Peter lugged my heavy
satchel around London with quiet good humor. In his heavy Yorkshire accent,
he tried to describe to me what losing his son has done to him and his
family. We drank a pint in a pub to our boys and to our hurt but especially
to our hearts' resolve to end this war and expose the villains who mislead
our countries so shamelessly. Through our blinked-back tears we promised
each other we would stay strong.

    Also at the Peace Conference were Reg Keys and John Miller. Reg's son
Tom was KIA along with John's son, Simon. We attended a few events together,
and I teased them about the suits they were wearing, and they teased me
about my "gym" clothes. Reg stood against Tony Blair for Prime Minister of
the UK last year and made a respectable showing. John and Reg are hanging in
together with their pain. It is so hard for Dads. It is easier for us Moms
to express our heart pain as the Dads try to head their heartache off at the
pass. I also met Ann Laurence, who described her beautiful English
countryside home to me and showed me pictures of her handsome son, Marc. She
had a quiet voice and eyes filled with heaviness and tears ready to overflow
at any moment.

    In Spain, I met two women whose sons were callously murdered by the
policies of our two governments: governments and leaders who hand in jaded
hand took our countries to an impossible and immoral invasion and occupation
of an innocent and mostly defenseless country.

    Maribel Permuy is the mother of slain Spanish cameraman Jose Couso. Jose
was murdered in the Palestine Hotel on April 8, 2003, along with other
journalists. With new evidence coming out that George Bush wanted to kill al
Jazeera journalists, and with the targeting of Giuliana Sgrena and her
rescuers, I find it so hard to believe that Jose's murder was an accident.
In fact, a Spanish magistrate has indicted the three US troops who fired a
missile at the hotel. The one who should be indicted, though, is George
Bush. Maribel speaks not one word of English and I speak very little
Spanish, but our hearts are connected in sorrow and also hope. I am called
"Madre Coraje" (Mother Courage) in Spain and Latin American countries.
However, Maribel is Madre Mas Coraje. She has steely and uncompromising
resolve to see justice done for her son Jose. Her unconditional and undying
love for Jose and her other children gives her the strength to fight against
her government and mine. We laughed and cried so much together, I wonder how
we could have communicated any better if we spoke the same language?

    I also met Pilar Mahon in Madrid. Her son, Daniel, was killed in the
terrorist bombings of March 11, 2004. The day I met her would have been
Daniel's 22nd birthday. Her nose and eyes were red from a day of mourning
her son. She could barely speak, but when she did, her voice rose in anger
against George Bush and Spain's former President Aznar, who took our
countries to an unnecessary war based on the pipe dreams of the heartless
neocons who are even now holding tenuously onto their power base. The same
falsehoods of "fighting them over there, so we don't have to fight them over
here" killed both Casey and Daniel. I get filled with outrage when I meet
people like Pilar who should be celebrating their son's birthday and
Christmas but who spend days weeping at their child's final resting place.
In spite of her constant longing for Daniel, Pilar is leading the fight in
Spain for the rights of the families affected by the March 11th terrorist
attack.

    There are so many people in this world who will be celebrating
sorrow-filled holidays this year. Christmas is so hard for us, not only
because our children are dead, but because we remember the Christmases past
that were filled with joy and happiness. It is so painful to remember the
Christmas mornings when the kids would get up before the sun came up and beg
Mom and Dad to get up so they could open what Santa had brought them. It is
too painful to get out the decorations and hang the one sock that will
remain empty for eternity. So most of us skip the traditional Christmas and
do whatever we can to support each other through the devastation that our
lives have become. Devastation that is so needless and avoidable. Our hearts
go out to all families who are experiencing the pain of loss instead of the
joy of togetherness this year.

    George Bush and the other purveyors of pain can take a day off from
spying on Americans without due process to celebrate the holidays with their
families. Dick "the Grinch" Cheney made a "surprise" visit to Iraq the other
day. His black heart feels no pain for the tragic loss of life that his
greed has caused. How dare he show his face in a country that has been
destroyed by his insatiable quest for black gold and his obscene lust for
profits for his company Halliburton and the other war profiteers?

    The pain that these people have caused the world is inestimable. The
people of the world want an accounting for the pain and they want the people
who seem to be getting off scot-free to be brought to some kind of justice
for the damage they have wrought on humanity.

    This Christmas, as you fill your children's or grandchildren's
stockings, wrap and unwrap presents, cook your holiday meals, light your
Menorah or dance around your Festivus pole, or however you celebrate your
holidays, please remember the families who will be trying to enjoy the
holiday season with a part of them missing. But most of all, please remember
the people (American and Iraqi) in harm's way in Iraq for the old lies and
the new lies that seem to surface with the same frequency as a Republican
corruption scandal.

    In conclusion, this is an excerpt of an email I received from a mother
in Iraq whose son Zaydoun Mamoun Fadhil Al-Samarai, a Shi'a insurgent, was
involved in the same battle in which Casey was killed. Zaydoun was later
killed.

    We, my friend, in the march of pain could work together, each from where
she is, toward putting an end to the blood shed and toward peace and love to
prevail, instead of war.

    We could, my lady, work together toward peace and toward putting an end
to the blood shed and give all mothers a hope for happiness because we
experience pain when we lost our sons. Because, he who did not experience
pain cannot understand happiness.

    I will be very happy when the war ends so we can celebrate in my town,
Samara, which witnessed the birth of my oldest son, Zaydoun, who I thought
would mourn me when I die, but, unfortunately, I mourned him one month
before his wedding.

    I am conveying his fianc?e's greeting, who is still mourning him.

    At the end, please accept my deepest sympathies, from a mother who lost
her son to another mother who lost her son.

    I hope to be able to meet with you on the march for peace and love.

    George Bush, et al, have taught too many people in this world the
language of pain by their lies and their doctrines of pre-emptive killing
for profit.

    We need to learn a new language of peace and love that we can speak,
even shout, to our leaders who only understand the language of greed and
murder.

    Peace, shalom, paz, salaam.

 

    Go to Original

    European Tour: Cindy Sheehan Is Surrounded by People Who Want to Know,
    How'd That Guy Get Re-elected?
    By Samuel Loewenberg
    The American Prospect

    Thursday 22 December 2005

    Madrid - Cindy Sheehan blazed through Madrid this week like a rock star
or a political candidate, shuttling from peace rally to a day-long press
event to a private dinner with her supporters. Watchful handlers hurried her
from venue to venue, drawing her away from autograph seekers, though she
seemed always to have time to give her supporters a hug.

    It was a mission to rally the faithful, amidst signs that Europe has
backed off from confronting America over foreign policy and is turning
inward to deal with domestic problems.

    The Madrid stop was the third and final leg of Sheehan's European tour,
which had taken her through England and then Ireland, where she met the
foreign minister, before arriving in Spain. The whirlwind tour had clearly
left her exhausted, but like a veteran candidate, AmericaR17;s most famous
anti-war protester always kept up a smile. "I always wanted to come to
Europe,R21; Sheehan told The American Prospect. "So I finally came but I
didn't get to see anything."

    The mother from California gained international fame for keeping up a
vigil in front of President George W. Bush's Crawford, Texas, ranch after
the death of her soldier son in Iraq. For many Americans, it drove home the
horrible pain of war. It was something that until then many had seemed
oblivious to, unlike the millions of Europeans who protested in cities
across the continent in the months leading up to the U.S. invasion.

    Sheehan said she was surprised to find herself a cultural ambassador,
asked repeatedly by Europeans reporters to explain why Americans were not
more outraged about the war. "In almost every interview, people asked why
George Bush was reelected," she said.

    Her last rally in Spain, a protest in front of the heavily guarded
American embassy in Madrid, was particularly poignant because it was in
honor of Jos? Couso, a Spanish television cameraman who was killed by an
American tank while filming the invasion from a hotel in Baghdad. At the
rally on December 20, she met with Couso's mother, Maribel Permuy.

    Sheehan does not speak Spanish, but she said it did not matter. "We
don't need to speak the same language, we have the same pain," she said.

    Permuy said that she had attempted to find answers from the U.S.
government for the death of her son, but had received nothing other than an
unsigned form letter from the Pentagon.

    A spokesperson from the U.S. embassy declined comment on both the Couso
death and the Sheehan rally.

    Couso has become a cause celebre in Spain, where placards bearing an
image of his face under the word "murdered" can be found hanging in cafes
and pasted onto students' notebooks.

    Still, yesterday's protest was sparsely attended. The 50-person crowd
was nearly matched in number by the security guards and police in front of
the embassy. The protesters were mostly Spanish but included a sprinkling of
Americans, who joined in the chants of "We want peace now" and "Bush is a
terrorist." The streams of passing cars and crowds didn't pay them much
attention, more concerned with the coming holidays and the shopping that
needed to get done.

    For the Spanish, as for many Americans, the war is something that has
grown increasingly distant. It's quite a change from the fierce anti-war
sentiment that drew millions here to street protests early last year. In the
wake of the March 11, 2004, terrorist bombings in Madrid, which were widely
interpreted as retaliation for Spain's participation in the war, the
conservative government that had been an ally of the Bush administration was
toppled from power. One of the new Socialist government's first acts was to
withdraw Spanish troops from Iraq.

    The war in Iraq has ceased to be a Spanish problem," said Fernando
Vallespin, who heads the Center for Sociological Investigation, a publicly
funded polling organization in Madrid.

    At the time, the Socialists' abrupt troop withdrawal caused a serious
breach with the Bush administration; now, it seems, the Socialists are
trying to put aside their old disputes and repair their relationship with
the world's only superpower. A sign of this was during the recent hullabaloo
over the alleged CIA flights of suspected terrorists through Europe, many of
which stopped in Spain. Despite an uproar in the Spanish press, the
Socialist-led government kept a low profile and refrained from picking a
fight with the Americans.

    For the two mothers, though, the war in Iraq goes far deeper than
politics, and it is not something they are willing to set aside.

    We came together to fight for peace and for justice,R21; said Sheehan.

    We are mothers who have lost children because of the lies of
politicians," said Permuy. "We have to fight together to tear down their
impunity."

    --------

    Samuel Loewenberg is a reporter based in Madrid, Spain. He has written
for The New York Times and The Economist, among other publications.

 


From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Dec 23 12:26:25 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Dec 23 12:37:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] The Twelve Days of Christmas: A War Song
Message-ID: <BFD19D71.27256%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Sharmagne sent this

http://www.fearofthesphere.com/

From BARBARASIOMOS38 at MSN.COM  Fri Dec 23 16:33:06 2005
From: BARBARASIOMOS38 at MSN.COM (BARBARASIOMOS38@MSN.COM)
Date: Fri Dec 23 16:44:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Hallmark e-card from Barbara
Message-ID: <200512240033.jBO0X6118641150@mail069.hallmark.com>


Hello!

Barbara has sent you a Hallmark e-card!  To see it, just click the link below, or copy and paste it into your browser's address line:

http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV.jsp?a=1495181635679M82009171Y

Or . you can follow these steps:

1.	Go to our homepage at http://www.hallmark.com
2.	Choose "Free E-Cards" under the "Our Products" section.
3.	Click the link that says "Pick up an e-card."
4.	Enter your e-mail address and this number: EG1495181635679.  Click "Display Greeting," and enjoy your e-card.

With best wishes, 
Your friends at Hallmark 

Your privacy is our priority. Click the "Privacy and Security" link at the bottom of any page on Hallmark.com to see our privacy policy.
From michael at michaelbutler.com  Fri Dec 23 17:19:31 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Fri Dec 23 17:30:51 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Hallmark e-card from Barbara
In-Reply-To: <200512240033.jBO0X6118641150@mail069.hallmark.com>
Message-ID: <BFD1E223.27273%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Lovely Card, Barbara
Thanks.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> 
> Hello!
> 
> Barbara has sent you a Hallmark e-card!  To see it, just click the link below,
> or copy and paste it into your browser's address line:
> 
> http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV.jsp?a=1495181635679M82009171Y
> 
> Or . you can follow these steps:
> 
> 1.    Go to our homepage at http://www.hallmark.com
> 2.    Choose "Free E-Cards" under the "Our Products" section.
> 3.    Click the link that says "Pick up an e-card."
> 4.    Enter your e-mail address and this number: EG1495181635679.  Click
"Display 
> Greeting," and enjoy your e-card.
> 
> With best wishes,
> Your friends at Hallmark
> 
> Your privacy is our priority. Click the "Privacy and Security" link at the
> bottom of any page on Hallmark.com to see our privacy policy.
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From cpreston2 at tds.net  Sat Dec 24 02:02:40 2005
From: cpreston2 at tds.net (Charles Preston)
Date: Sat Dec 24 02:14:04 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Christmas Time
Message-ID: <000801c60871$2e73de70$0400a8c0@CHARLES>

Hello Tribe,

I have not been around much lately in talking with all of you, I do keep up with you though.

I do want to wish each and every member of the HAIR Tribe A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and hope everyone enjoys the next few days with lots of cheer and happiness'.

Peace, Love, & Blessings,  MERRY CHRISTMAS ~~CHARLES~~
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From dayton3 at rcn.com  Sat Dec 24 06:31:46 2005
From: dayton3 at rcn.com (Nina Dayton)
Date: Sat Dec 24 06:42:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: hair list comes back
In-Reply-To: <fa.21e3f236.30d97a42@aol.com>
References: <fa.21e3f236.30d97a42@aol.com>
Message-ID: <43AD5BD2.3070705@rcn.com>

Hi Bert,

I have sent the announcements to the list for you, when you sent them to 
me. AOL can be very difficult about mailing lists. Are you receiving the 
posts from the list? If not, please check in your junk mail or spam 
folder and see if the list is being sorted there. Also, please put 
mb-hair@islandlists.com in your address book

Double check that mb-hair@islandlists.com is the address that you were 
sending the posts to. I cannot imagine why they would come back as 
undeliverable. Everything is Ok on this end - you are a subscribed 
member of the list, and the posts are going out to you. If they are not 
arriving you should check your spam and junk mail folders and if the 
posts are not there then check with aol as the posts are definitely 
being sent out to you, and are not bouncing back.

We'll figure it out! Happy Holidays!
Nina

Bert4NYC1@aol.com wrote:

> Nina
> eveytime I try sending to hairlist, it comes back mailer-unknown.  I 
> copied what you sent into my email list.   Would you forward info to 
> list until we can sort out
> Thanks
> Bert

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sat Dec 24 09:38:07 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Sat Dec 24 09:49:28 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] William Swiggard sent from the Boston Globe
Message-ID: <BFD2C77F.272BA%michael@michaelbutler.com>

  What Bush could learn from Lincoln

By Robert Kuttner  |  December 24, 2005  |  The Boston Globe

MY CHRISTMAS present to George W. Bush is a copy of Doris Kearns
Goodwin's splendid study of Lincoln and his Cabinet, ''Team of Rivals."
President Bush believes in redemption, and so do I. Here are just a few
things Bush might profitably learn from our first Republican president.

Lincoln assumed the presidency at a time when the nation was horribly
divided, not into culturally warring ''blue" states and ''red" ones, but
into a real civil war between blues and grays -- the states that stayed
in the Union and those that seceded. Even among the unionists, Lincoln's
own Republican Party and Cabinet were bitterly rent between those who
wanted to accelerate emancipation and punish the South and those who
gave top priority to keeping the Republic whole.

Lincoln's priority, always, was to preserve the Union and to reduce the
sectional and ideological bitterness. As Goodwin brilliantly shows, he
did so by the force of his personality and the generosity of his spirit.
Lincoln had an unerring sense of when public opinion was ready for
partial, then full abolition of slavery, and he would not move until he
felt he had the people behind him. He governed by listening and persuading.

By contrast, Bush's entire presidency is about eking out narrow
victories, not about building national consensus. Even when he prevails,
Bush wins by manipulation and stealth. His legacy is deepened division
and bitterness.

Bush is said to live in a bubble. His tiny inner circle protects him
from realities that might upset him or challenge his dimly informed
certitudes. Lincoln, by contrast, had the confidence to reach out to
critics and seek out widely divergent viewpoints.

Goodwin's unusual title, ''Team of Rivals," refers to the fact that
Lincoln deliberately included in his Cabinet the prominent leaders of
different factions of his party who had opposed him for the 1860
nomination. Some, like his treasury secretary, Salmon Chase, a fierce
abolitionist, wanted Lincoln to proceed much more aggressively. Others
feared that Lincoln was moving too fast and alienating border states
like Maryland and Kentucky that permitted slavery but had voted not to
leave the Union.

Goodwin, improbably finding something wholly new to illuminate this most
heavily researched of historic figures, relies partly on the diaries of
his contemporaries to reveal Lincoln's sheer genius at winning the trust
and affection of rivals.

Can you imagine Bush including in his inner Cabinet such Republicans as
John McCain, who opposes Bush on torture of prisoners, or Chuck Hagel,
who challenges the Iraq war, or Lincoln Chafee, who resists stacking the
courts with ultra-right-wingers? Not to mention Democrats, a group
Lincoln also included among his top appointees.

Bush, despite today's ubiquity of media, doesn't read newspapers, much
less the Internet, and he settles for carefully filtered briefings.
Lincoln was a voracious reader; he haunted the War Department's
telegraph office to get firsthand reports from the battlefield.

Lincoln gained incomparably in wisdom over four years. Does anyone think
George W. Bush is wiser now than in 2001?

Despite civil insurrection, Lincoln resisted broad intrusions on
democratic rights. Bush runs roughshod over liberties.

Bush's visits to Iraq are choreographed media events. Lincoln often went
to the front on horseback or by ship, almost alone, shunning news
coverage, to confer at length with his generals, thank the troops, and
educate himself.

Bush relies on secondhand inspirations of a speechwriting staff. He
blathers when he wanders off script. Lincoln wrote his own words,
including the timeless eloquence of the Second Inaugural or the
Gettysburg Address. More often, his eloquence was extemporaneous.

Lincoln was magnanimous almost to a fault. His personal generosity and
numerous acts of kindness helped him win over critics and, too briefly,
to ''bind up the nation's wounds." Salmon Chase, who never gave up his
dream that he should have been elected in 1860, allowed his allies to
seek to push Lincoln aside and nominate Chase in 1864. Urged to break
irrevocably with the faithless Chase, Lincoln instead appointed him
chief justice of the Supreme Court.

Critics of the more moderate William Seward, Lincoln's secretary of
state, claimed that Seward functioned as acting president. Goodwin makes
clear that this was fantasy. Dick Cheney, however, really does operate
as de facto president.

When Lincoln was assassinated, three days after Robert E. Lee
surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant, the nation lost the one man who might
have spared America the awful years of inconclusive struggle between
radical Reconstructionists and segregationists who wanted to restore
slavery in everything but name. Much of today's red state versus blue
state bitterness has its roots in the struggle for black liberty versus
the wounded humiliation of the white South, something Lincoln wanted to
avoid at all cost.

The crippled presidency of his successor, Andrew Johnson, who ended up a
pitiful captive of radical reconstructionists in Congress, was one of
the bleakest chapters in our history. But this Union of the people did
not perish from the earth. Reading Goodwin's magnificent book, one has
to believe that our nation, in a new birth of freedom, will survive even
George W. Bush.


From paul at paulkorda.com  Sat Dec 24 12:03:01 2005
From: paul at paulkorda.com (Paul Korda)
Date: Sat Dec 24 15:53:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE:The Birth of a Child in Bethlehem
In-Reply-To: <200512232000.jBNK0CZh031550@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <003e01c608c5$0e201180$91a7e704@pkorda>

Good wishes to all at this time, in remembering the birth of a child,
born in a place that now needs that peace to return. God bless everyone
with the fruits of creation. Love and Peace

Paul Korda
http://PaulKorda.com  


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From peppyc at frontiernet.net  Sat Dec 24 11:57:44 2005
From: peppyc at frontiernet.net (peppy castro)
Date: Sat Dec 24 15:53:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Collective Prayer for Willy
Message-ID: <E1EqGDK-0002AH-KM@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

Hi,
  One and All and Happy Holidays. I am looking for a collective Prayer from all of you. I know it works. This past week we got some tuff news. Willy's Battle with Cancer took another turn. It's not great news and she continues to show me what an incredible person I married. She'll be having more surgery as soon as it can be scheduled, however with the holidays we'll be on a waiting pattern. It's back with a vengeance. Spots on the Lungs have doubled in size. A new bugger on her Liver and a new huge 12cm. mass that has totally destroyed the bone it's sitting on in the pelvic region. So now the existing tumor on her Sciatic nerve is now the least thing we're concerned with. Willy is Doing Great! Which means as great as anyone can be considering what's going on. Pain is pain and oxccotton is showing it's value to us. The surgery will be to remove the mass and see what can be done about the bone. They can do great things with building bone back or implanting. Once the pain is gone we'll get back on track. Please no pity an stereo types. Just give her the love and positive prayers I know you all have in your hearts as you are all good friends. Jesse and I are fine and keeping mom busy with Love.  Love to all and count your blessings. Peppy
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Sat Dec 24 18:23:16 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Sat Dec 24 18:34:39 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Collective Prayer for Willy
In-Reply-To: <E1EqGDK-0002AH-KM@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F3340D464236816302ECD43B2350@phx.gbl>

Dear Peppy,
I am so, so sorry to hear this news. Sending all thoughts and love to you, 
Willy, and Jesse.
Love,
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 24 21:44:30 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sat Dec 24 21:56:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Collective Prayer for Willy
In-Reply-To: <E1EqGDK-0002AH-KM@smtpauth01.mail.atl.earthlink.net>
Message-ID: <20051225054430.8374.qmail@web52705.mail.yahoo.com>

Dear Peppy,
   
  Sending love, prayers and positive energy your way. I'll be keeping you all in my
  prayers for healing and strength.
   
  Love ~ Jonathon

peppy castro <peppyc@frontiernet.net> wrote:
          Hi,
    One and All and Happy Holidays. I am looking for a collective Prayer from all of you. I know it works. This past week we got some tuff news. Willy's Battle with Cancer took another turn. It's not great news and she continues to show me what an incredible person I married. She'll be having more surgery as soon as it can be scheduled, however with the holidays we'll be on a waiting pattern. It's back with a vengeance. Spots on the Lungs have doubled in size. A new bugger on her Liver and a new huge 12cm. mass that has totally destroyed the bone it's sitting on in the pelvic region. So now the existing tumor on her Sciatic nerve is now the least thing we're concerned with. Willy is Doing Great! Which means as great as anyone can be considering what's going on. Pain is pain and oxccotton is showing it's value to us. The surgery will be to remove the mass and see what can be done about the bone. They can do great things with building bone back or implanting. Once the pain is g
 one
 we'll get back on track. Please no pity an stereo types. Just give her the love and positive prayers I know you all have in your hearts as you are all good friends. Jesse and I are fine and keeping mom busy with Love.  Love to all and count your blessings. Peppy
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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 24 21:46:57 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Sat Dec 24 21:58:26 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Merry Christmas
In-Reply-To: <BAY104-F3340D464236816302ECD43B2350@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051225054657.74698.qmail@web52710.mail.yahoo.com>

Merry Christmas Tribe. May your lives be filled with love, good health and peace
  throughout the new year.
   
  Peace, Love and Blessings ~ Jonathon


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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sun Dec 25 18:22:20 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sun Dec 25 18:33:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: card
In-Reply-To: <200512252000.jBPK0HGJ004713@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20051226022220.91204.qmail@web36603.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

Barbara, thanks for the card:) Merry Christmas to all!

- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


		
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From Bert4NYC1 at aol.com  Sun Dec 25 21:50:08 2005
From: Bert4NYC1 at aol.com (Bert4NYC1@aol.com)
Date: Sun Dec 25 22:01:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Thank God The Strikes Over
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Sun Dec 25 21:16:02 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Dec 26 06:33:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] MUST READ
Message-ID: <BFD4BC92.27333%michael@michaelbutler.com>

William Swiggard sent this to Civic.
I was so stunned when I read it I felt I had to send it on.
Michael


by Naomi Klein


    'Never Before!' Our Amnesiac Torture Debate

[from the December 26, 2005 issue]

It was the "Mission Accomplished" of George W. Bush's second term, and
an announcement of that magnitude called for a suitably dramatic
location. But what was the right backdrop for the infamous "We do not
torture" declaration? With characteristic audacity, the Bush team
settled on downtown Panama City.

It was certainly bold. An hour and a half's drive from where Bush stood,
the US military ran the notorious School of the Americas from 1946 to
1984, a sinister educational institution that, if it had a motto, might
have been "We do torture." It is here in Panama and, later, at the
school's new location in Fort Benning, Georgia, where the roots of the
current torture scandals can be found. According to declassified
training manuals, SOA students--military and police officers from across
the hemisphere--were instructed in many of the same "coercive
interrogation" techniques that have since migrated to Guant?namo and Abu
Ghraib: early morning capture to maximize shock, immediate hooding and
blindfolding, forced nudity, sensory deprivation, sensory overload,
sleep and food "manipulation," humiliation, extreme temperatures,
isolation, stress positions--and worse. In 1996 President Clinton's
Intelligence Oversight Board admitted that US-produced training
materials condoned "execution of guerrillas, extortion, physical abuse,
coercion and false imprisonment."

Some of the Panama school's graduates returned to their countries to
commit the continent's greatest war crimes of the past half-century: the
murders of Archbishop Oscar Romero and six Jesuit priests in El
Salvador, the systematic theft of babies from Argentina's "disappeared"
prisoners, the massacre of 900 civilians in El Mozote in El Salvador and
military coups too numerous to list here. Suffice it to say that
choosing Panama to declare "We do not torture" is a little like dropping
by a slaughterhouse to pronounce the United States a nation of vegetarians.

And yet when covering the Bush announcement, not a single mainstream
news outlet mentioned the sordid history of its location. How could
they? To do so would require something totally absent from the current
debate: an admission that the embrace of torture by US officials long
predates the Bush Administration and has in fact been integral to US
foreign policy since the Vietnam War.

It's a history that has been exhaustively documented in an avalanche of
books, declassified documents, CIA training manuals, court records and
truth commissions. In his upcoming book A Question of Torture, Alfred
McCoy synthesizes this unwieldy cache of evidence, producing an
indispensable and riveting account of how monstrous CIA-funded
experiments on psychiatric patients and prisoners in the 1950s turned
into a template for what he calls "no-touch torture," based on sensory
deprivation and self-inflicted pain. McCoy traces how these methods were
field-tested by CIA agents in Vietnam as part of the Phoenix program and
then imported to Latin America and Asia under the guise of police
training programs.

It's not only apologists for torture who ignore this history when they
blame abuses on "a few bad apples"--so too do many of torture's most
prominent opponents. Apparently forgetting everything they once knew
about US cold war misadventures, a startling number have begun to
subscribe to an antihistorical narrative in which the idea of torturing
prisoners first occurred to US officials on September 11, 2001, at which
point the interrogation methods used in Guant?namo apparently emerged,
fully formed, from the sadistic recesses of Dick Cheney's and Donald
Rumsfeld's brains. Up until that moment, we are told, America fought its
enemies while keeping its humanity intact.

The principal propagator of this narrative (what Garry Wills termed
"original sinlessness") is Senator John McCain. Writing recently in
Newsweek on the need for a ban on torture, McCain says that when he was
a prisoner of war in Hanoi, he held fast to the knowledge "that we were
different from our enemies...that we, if the roles were reversed, would
not disgrace ourselves by committing or approving such mistreatment of
them." It is a stunning historical distortion. By the time McCain was
taken captive, the CIA had already launched the Phoenix program and, as
McCoy writes, "its agents were operating forty interrogation centers in
South Vietnam that killed more than twenty thousand suspects and
tortured thousands more," a claim he backs up with pages of quotes from
press reports as well as Congressional and Senate probes.

Does it somehow lessen the horrors of today to admit that this is not
the first time the US government has used torture to wipe out its
political opponents--that it has operated secret prisons before, that it
has actively supported regimes that tried to erase the left by dropping
students out of airplanes? That, at home, photographs of lynchings were
traded and sold as trophies and warnings? Many seem to think so. On
November 8 Democratic Congressman Jim McDermott made the astonishing
claim to the House of Representatives that "America has never had a
question about its moral integrity, until now." Molly Ivins, expressing
her shock that the United States is running a prison gulag, wrote that
"it's just this one administration...and even at that, it seems to be
mostly Vice President Dick Cheney." And in the November issue of
Harper's, William Pfaff argues that what truly sets the Bush
Administration apart from its predecessors is "its installation of
torture as integral to American military and clandestine operations."
Pfaff acknowledges that long before Abu Ghraib, there were those who
claimed that the School of the Americas was a "torture school," but he
says that he was "inclined to doubt that it was really so." Perhaps it's
time for Pfaff to have a look at the SOA textbooks coaching illegal
torture techniques, all readily available in both Spanish and English,
as well as the hair-raising list of SOA grads.

Other cultures deal with a legacy of torture by declaring "Never again!"
Why do so many Americans insist on dealing with the current torture
crisis by crying "Never Before"? I suspect it has to do with a sincere
desire to convey the seriousness of this Administration's crimes. And
the Bush Administration's open embrace of torture is indeed
unprecedented--but let's be clear about what is unprecedented about it:
not the torture but the openness. Past administrations tactfully kept
their "black ops" secret; the crimes were sanctioned but they were
practiced in the shadows, officially denied and condemned. The Bush
Administration has broken this deal: Post-9/11, it demanded the right to
torture without shame, legitimized by new definitions and new laws.

Despite all the talk of outsourced torture, the Bush Administration's
real innovation has been its in-sourcing, with prisoners being abused by
US citizens in US-run prisons and transported to third countries in US
planes. It is this departure from clandestine etiquette, more than the
actual crimes, that has so much of the military and intelligence
community up in arms: By daring to torture unapologetically and out in
the open, Bush has robbed everyone of plausible deniability.

For those nervously wondering if it is time to start using alarmist
words like totalitarianism, this shift is of huge significance. When
torture is covertly practiced but officially and legally repudiated,
there is still the hope that if atrocities are exposed, justice could
prevail. When torture is pseudo-legal and when those responsible merely
deny that it is torture, what dies is what Hannah Arendt called "the
juridical person in man"; soon enough, victims no longer bother to
search for justice, so sure are they of the futility (and danger) of
that quest. This impunity is a mass version of what happens inside the
torture chamber, when prisoners are told they can scream all they want
because no one can hear them and no one is going to save them.

In Latin America the revelations of US torture in Iraq have not been met
with shock and disbelief but with powerful d?j? vu and reawakened fears.
Hector Mondragon, a Colombian activist who was tortured in the 1970s by
an officer trained at the School of the Americas, wrote: "It was hard to
see the photos of the torture in Iraq because I too was tortured. I saw
myself naked with my feet fastened together and my hands tied behind my
back. I saw my own head covered with a cloth bag. I remembered my
feelings--the humiliation, pain." Dianna Ortiz, an American nun who was
brutally tortured in a Guatemalan jail, said, "I could not even stand to
look at those photographs...so many of the things in the photographs had
also been done to me. I was tortured with a frightening dog and also
rats. And they were always filming."

Ortiz has testified that the men who raped her and burned her with
cigarettes more than 100 times deferred to a man who spoke Spanish with
an American accent whom they called "Boss." It is one of many stories
told by prisoners in Latin America of mysterious English-speaking men
walking in and out of their torture cells, proposing questions, offering
tips. Several of these cases are documented in Jennifer Harbury's
powerful new book, Truth, Torture, and the American Way.

Some of the countries that were mauled by US-sponsored torture regimes
have tried to repair their social fabric through truth commissions and
war crimes trials. In most cases, justice has been elusive, but past
abuses have been entered into the official record and entire societies
have asked themselves questions not only about individual responsibility
but collective complicity. The United States, though an active
participant in these "dirty wars," has gone through no parallel process
of national soul-searching.

The result is that the memory of US complicity in far-away crimes
remains fragile, living on in old newspaper articles, out-of-print books
and tenacious grassroots initiatives like the annual protests outside
the School of the Americas (which has been renamed but remains largely
unchanged). The terrible irony of the anti-historicism of the current
torture debate is that in the name of eradicating future abuses, these
past crimes are being erased from the record. Every time Americans
repeat the fairy tale about their pre-Cheney innocence, these already
hazy memories fade even further. The hard evidence still exists, of
course, carefully archived in the tens of thousands of declassified
documents available from the National Security Archive. But inside US
collective memory, the disappeared are being disappeared all over again.

This casual amnesia does a profound disservice not only to the victims
of these crimes but also to the cause of trying to remove torture from
the US policy arsenal once and for all. Already there are signs that the
Administration will deal with the current torture uproar by returning to
the cold war model of plausible deniability. The McCain amendment
protects every "individual in the custody or under the physical control
of the United States Government"; it says nothing about torture training
or buying information from the exploding industry of for-profit
interrogators. And in Iraq the dirty work is already being handed over
to Iraqi death squads, trained by US commanders like Jim Steele, who
prepared for the job by setting up similarly lawless units in El
Salvador. The US role in training and supervising Iraq's Interior
Ministry was forgotten, moreover, when 173 prisoners were recently
discovered in a Ministry dungeon, some tortured so badly that their skin
was falling off. "Look, it's a sovereign country. The Iraqi government
exists," Rumsfeld said. He sounded just like the CIA's William Colby,
who when asked in a 1971 Congressional probe about the thousands killed
under Phoenix--a program he helped launch--replied that it was now
"entirely a South Vietnamese program."

And that's the problem with pretending that the Bush Administration
invented torture. "If you don't understand the history and the depths of
the institutional and public complicity," says McCoy, "then you can't
begin to undertake meaningful reforms." Lawmakers will respond to
pressure by eliminating one small piece of the torture
apparatus--closing a prison, shutting down a program, even demanding the
resignation of a really bad apple like Rumsfeld. But, McCoy says, "they
will preserve the prerogative to torture."

The Center for American Progress has just launched an advertising
campaign called "Torture is not US." The hard truth is that for at least
five decades it has been. But it doesn't have to be.



From Bert4NYC1 at aol.com  Sun Dec 25 21:45:22 2005
From: Bert4NYC1 at aol.com (Bert4NYC1@aol.com)
Date: Mon Dec 26 06:33:29 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thank God The Strikes Over
Message-ID: <1c3.376e7f75.30e0dd72@aol.com>

Hope everyone had a great Holiday.  Well, just a few days before the show the 
Cutting Room. A few days ago I was sweating bullets wondering if the strike 
would hurt the attendance for the show. There is some power out there that 
looks out for performers.  I hope you will come and see Brett Daniels and Ellen 
Foley. You will be in for a great night of music.  Bring some friend and enjoy.  
Tickets are only $10.00
Hope to see you there,
Bert
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From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Mon Dec 26 18:35:55 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] FW: thanks
In-Reply-To: <001c01c60a29$32a32f50$01fea8c0@peppy7223daf35>
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------ Forwarded Message
From: "peppy castro" <peppyc@frontiernet.net>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 09:32:26 -0500

Subject: Fw: thanks


      Dear Friends,

     My heartfelt appreciation goes out to all of you who have taken the
time and trouble to send me "forwards" over the past 12 months. Thank you
for making me feel safe, secure, blessed, and wealthy.

      Extra thanks to whoever sent me the one about rat crap in the glue on
envelopes cause I now have to go get a wet towel every time I need to seal
an envelope. 

      Also, I scrub the top of every can I open for the same reason. Because
of your concern I no longer drink Coca Cola because it can remove toilet
stains. 

      I no longer drink Pepsi or Dr Pepper since the people who make these
products are atheists who refuse to put "Under God" on their cans.

      I no longer use Saran wrap in the microwave because it causes cancer.

      I no longer check the coin return on pay phones because I could be
pricked with a needle infected with AIDS.

      I no longer use cancer-causing deodorants even though I smell like a
water buffalo on a hot day.

      I no longer go to shopping malls because someone might drug me with a
perfume sample and rob me.

      I no longer receive packages from nor send packages by UPS or FedEx
since they are actually Al Qaeda in disguise

      I no longer answer the phone because someone will ask me to dial a
number for which I will get a phone bill with calls to Jamaica, Uganda,
Singapore, and Uzbekistan.

      I no longer eat KFC because their "chickens" are actually horrible
mutant freaks with no eyes or feathers.

      I no longer have any sneakers -- but that will change once I receive
my free replacement pair from Nike.

      I no longer have to buy expensive cookies from Neiman Marcus since I
now have their recipe.

      I no longer worry about my soul because at last count I have 363,214
angels looking out for me.

      Thanks to you, I have learned that God only answers my prayers if I
forward an e-mail to seven of my friends and make a wish within five
minutes. 

      I no longer have any savings because I gave it to a sick girl who is
about to die in the hospital (for the 1,387,258th time).

      I no longer have any money at all - but that will change once I
receive the $15,000 that Microsoft and AOL are sending me for participating
in their special email program.

      Yes, I want to thank you so much for looking out for me that I will
now return the favor!

      If you don't send this e-mail to at least 144,000 people in the next 7
minutes, a large pigeon with a wicked case of diarrhea will land on your
head at 5:00 PM (CDT) this afternoon. I know this will occur because it
actually happened to a friend of my next door neighbor's ex-mother-in-law's
second husband's cousin's beautician.
     
             
     


------ End of Forwarded Message

From katiekasben at hotmail.com  Mon Dec 26 20:09:44 2005
From: katiekasben at hotmail.com (Katie Kasben)
Date: Mon Dec 26 20:21:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] the Hiding Place 
In-Reply-To: <BFD19B08.27250%michael@michaelbutler.com>
Message-ID: <BAY109-F131B0777890F53A0775A7DAD370@phx.gbl>

Everyone should read THE HIDING PLACE by Cory Tenboom -

The pain of this war, and every war, is indeed incalcuable.
but if we, the HAIR family, and warriors of LIGHT are to survive and help 
the world
evolve in peace and love, we have to focus on the web of hope.  not despair.

I want Lincoln back, I want JFK, MLK jr., Ghandi and Mother Theresa back.
but maybe their spirits still live; and their lives are a gauntlet for the 
rest of us.

There is only fear or love.
Choose love.

I was falling into despair myself, tonight, about injustice, the war, how 
unfair cancer and car accidents are, and how people can kill each 
other...but my intention, and all of ours together can absolutley change the 
world...i know it.  that's why we all got involved with HAIR.
Love, flowers, freedom, peace, starshine and sun- and the CERTAINTY of a 
better world, not just hope.

Peace my dears.
Happy New year.
Love,
Katie



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From patric at patricdoyle.com  Mon Dec 26 23:08:33 2005
From: patric at patricdoyle.com (Patric Doyle)
Date: Mon Dec 26 23:20:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
In-Reply-To: <200512262000.jBQK0Jnx007474@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
References: <200512262000.jBQK0Jnx007474@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <43B0E871.6090603@patricdoyle.com>

Greetings.  I read this list frequently but have not posted to it.  I 
come from the Venus tour.  I was Woof in that show.  I met some of you 
at the reunion last Summer.

Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a Baby Boy at 11:08pm 
on Friday the 23rd.  Aidan Patric D'Eimon.  We live up in Anchorage Alaska.

Merry Christmas to all of you.  Paz, Amor, Luz del Sol....Patric
>
>   

From sherwin at aceross.com  Tue Dec 27 05:34:41 2005
From: sherwin at aceross.com (Sherwin Ross)
Date: Tue Dec 27 05:46:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] the Hiding Place 
In-Reply-To: <BAY109-F131B0777890F53A0775A7DAD370@phx.gbl>
Message-ID: <20051227133448.BF4099FD50@lax-gw05.mroute.net>

Thank you Katie,

 

Happiest New Year to youJ

Much love,

sherwin

 

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Katie Kasben
Sent: Monday, December 26, 2005 8:10 PM
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] the Hiding Place 

 

Everyone should read THE HIDING PLACE by Cory Tenboom -

 

The pain of this war, and every war, is indeed incalcuable.

but if we, the HAIR family, and warriors of LIGHT are to survive and help 

the world

evolve in peace and love, we have to focus on the web of hope.  not despair.

 

I want Lincoln back, I want JFK, MLK jr., Ghandi and Mother Theresa back.

but maybe their spirits still live; and their lives are a gauntlet for the 

rest of us.

 

There is only fear or love.

Choose love.

 

I was falling into despair myself, tonight, about injustice, the war, how 

unfair cancer and car accidents are, and how people can kill each 

other...but my intention, and all of ours together can absolutley change the


world...i know it.  that's why we all got involved with HAIR.

Love, flowers, freedom, peace, starshine and sun- and the CERTAINTY of a 

better world, not just hope.

 

Peace my dears.

Happy New year.

Love,

Katie

 

 

 

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From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Tue Dec 27 09:09:58 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Tue Dec 27 09:21:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
In-Reply-To: <43B0E871.6090603@patricdoyle.com>
Message-ID: <20051227170958.78563.qmail@web52701.mail.yahoo.com>

Congrats Patric! What a wonderful blessing!
   
  Peace, Love and Blessings for the new year .... 
   
  Jonathon Johnson (another Woof :)

Patric Doyle <patric@patricdoyle.com> wrote:
  Greetings. I read this list frequently but have not posted to it. I 
come from the Venus tour. I was Woof in that show. I met some of you 
at the reunion last Summer.

Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a Baby Boy at 11:08pm 
on Friday the 23rd. Aidan Patric D'Eimon. We live up in Anchorage Alaska.

Merry Christmas to all of you. Paz, Amor, Luz del Sol....Patric
>
> 

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Tue Dec 27 09:53:21 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Tue Dec 27 10:04:56 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
In-Reply-To: <43B0E871.6090603@patricdoyle.com>
Message-ID: <BFD6BF91.273C6%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Patric,
Greatest news
Love to Lisa and Aidan
Michael

> Greetings.  I read this list frequently but have not posted to it.  I
> come from the Venus tour.  I was Woof in that show.  I met some of you
> at the reunion last Summer.
> 
> Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a Baby Boy at 11:08pm
> on Friday the 23rd.  Aidan Patric D'Eimon.  We live up in Anchorage Alaska.
> 
> Merry Christmas to all of you.  Paz, Amor, Luz del Sol....Patric
>> 
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From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Tue Dec 27 12:34:57 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Tue Dec 27 12:46:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV1D77FCC0DF81F8E024F52AB370@phx.gbl>

Congratulations on Your New Baby Boy Aiden Patric D'Eimon... :-)

Hopefully you are enjoying Alaska..

peace,
barbara


-----Original Message-----
From: Patric Doyle
Sent: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 23:08:33 -0800
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon

Greetings.  I read this list frequently but have not posted to it.  I 
come from the Venus tour.  I was Woof in that show.  I met some of you 
at the reunion last Summer.

Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a Baby Boy at 11:08pm 
on Friday the 23rd.  Aidan Patric D'Eimon.  We live up in Anchorage Alaska.

Merry Christmas to all of you.  Paz, Amor, Luz del Sol....Patric
>
>   

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From olhippie at tampabay.rr.com  Wed Dec 28 06:43:12 2005
From: olhippie at tampabay.rr.com (Robin McNamara)
Date: Wed Dec 28 06:54:49 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Happy New Year"
Message-ID: <000601c60bbd$07935b60$97bc2041@CowBox>

Hi Tribe

I am still not able to receive either Hair & Civic messages on this end for whatever reason, but I am able to send messages. I periodically check the archives which is how I keep up. 

Suzie & I just got back from Boston for Christmas with the McNamara clan, had a wonderful time & I am just now catching up on messages through the archives. First off I want to say Peppy, Willy & will be in my prayers everynight, miracles can happen my brother. Also WMH your father will also be in my prayers & such wonderful news about your new job it couldn't happen to a nicer peson. And to the tribe may you all have the best New Year ever. :)

My love to you all forever
Robin






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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Dec 28 09:37:08 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Dec 28 09:48:46 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] "Happy New Year"
In-Reply-To: <000601c60bbd$07935b60$97bc2041@CowBox>
Message-ID: <BFD80D44.27469%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Robin,
Your message problem may rest with your ISP. I know that Ian has the same
ISP and a similar problem.
Thanks for your lovely message and the same to you and Suzie.
Peace and Love,
Michael

> Hi Tribe
> 
> I am still not able to receive either Hair & Civic messages on this end for
> whatever reason, but I am able to send messages. I periodically check the
> archives which is how I keep up.
> 
> Suzie & I just got back from Boston for Christmas with the McNamara clan, had
> a wonderful time & I am just now catching up on messages through the archives.
> First off I want to say Peppy, Willy & will be in my prayers everynight,
> miracles can happen my brother. Also WMH your father will also be in my
> prayers & such wonderful news about your new job it couldn't happen to a nicer
> peson. And to the tribe may you all have the best New Year ever. :)
> 
> My love to you all forever
> Robin
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> http://lpintop.tripod.com/robinmcnamara
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2. Select Copy from the Edit menu at the top of your screen. 
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Wed Dec 28 10:45:19 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Wed Dec 28 10:57:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Baby Boy
In-Reply-To: <200512272000.jBRK0CiC010244@dune.islandtechnologies.net>
Message-ID: <20051228184519.2345.qmail@web36604.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

>>
Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a
Baby Boy at 11:08pm 
on Friday the 23rd.  Aidan Patric D'Eimon.  We live up
in Anchorage 
Alaska.
>>>

Congratulations!:)



- Amy

"in time of lilacs who proclaim/ the aim of waking is to dream" - e.e. cummings

"Life is around you and in you . . . Let the sunshine in!" - HAIR (the musical)


	
		
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Wed Dec 28 11:51:36 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Wed Dec 28 12:03:15 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
Message-ID: <20051228195136.33F1D9E7F1@ws6-2.us4.outblaze.com>

Conggratulations, Patric!  Cherish every moment, 'cos they fly by!

Beverly


----- Original Message -----
From: "Patric Doyle" <patric@patricdoyle.com>
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] A new baby boy-Aiden Patric D'Eimon
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2005 22:08:33 -0900

> 
> Greetings.  I read this list frequently but have not posted to it.  I come 
> from the Venus tour.  I was Woof in that show.  I met some of you at the 
> reunion last Summer.
> 
> Just thought I'd announce my wife Lisa and I had a Baby Boy at 11:08pm on 
> Friday the 23rd.  Aidan Patric D'Eimon.  We live up in Anchorage Alaska.
> 
> Merry Christmas to all of you.  Paz, Amor, Luz del Sol....Patric
> >
> >
> 
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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Wed Dec 28 12:21:48 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Wed Dec 28 12:33:23 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Hallmark e-card from Barbara
Message-ID: <20051228202148.1D5854F43C@ws6-5.us4.outblaze.com>

Thanks for the great card, Barbara! A merry everything to you too!

Beverly


----- Original Message -----
From: BARBARASIOMOS38@msn.com
To: mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Hallmark e-card from Barbara
Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 00:33:06 GMT

> 
> 
> Hello!
> 
> Barbara has sent you a Hallmark e-card!  To see it, just click the link below, 
> or copy and paste it into your browser's address line:
> 
> http://www.hallmark.com/ECardWeb/ECV.jsp?a=1495181635679M82009171Y
> 
> Or . you can follow these steps:
> 
> 1.	Go to our homepage at http://www.hallmark.com
> 2.	Choose "Free E-Cards" under the "Our Products" section.
> 3.	Click the link that says "Pick up an e-card."
> 4.	Enter your e-mail address and this number: EG1495181635679.  Click "Display 
> Greeting," and enjoy your e-card.
> 
> With best wishes,
> Your friends at Hallmark
> 
> Your privacy is our priority. Click the "Privacy and Security" link at the 
> bottom of any page on Hallmark.com to see our privacy policy.
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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Wed Dec 28 14:41:04 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Wed Dec 28 17:43:37 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Thanks to Maria
Message-ID: <BFD85482.274A7%michael@michaelbutler.com>



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From jpzuehlke at prodigy.net  Wed Dec 28 18:03:02 2005
From: jpzuehlke at prodigy.net (John Zuehlke)
Date: Wed Dec 28 18:15:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Pope Joan Alert
Message-ID: <000b01c60c1c$06690000$9fcce804@0019448444>

Dear Michael:

Diane Sawyer is airing "Primetime Live: Pope Joan" at 10:00pm Pacific time
on ABC on Thursday, December 29, 2005.  It may prove interesting.

Wishing you and all the HAiRy people love, peace, good health, and happiness
through 2006 and the future,

John & Hebe


From akeating at wagner.edu  Wed Dec 28 18:44:41 2005
From: akeating at wagner.edu (akeating@wagner.edu)
Date: Wed Dec 28 18:56:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR! at Wagner College
Message-ID: <20051228214441.ppy6w4wcskosc4kk@mailport.wagner.edu>

Hey Tribe! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm Andrew Keating....  A year
ago I did a big project on Hair (received a glorious A+ and much recognition,
thank you).  Well...based on my research and excitement about the interviews
and other pressures, the Wagner College Theatre Department, which has been
ranked #1 in the country for the second year in a row has decided to add Hair
to the bill for April. Anyways...I was thinking about what we could do to show
the impact of Hair on both the theatre community as well as the nation. 
Granted, the times have changed, but the driving force of this Love-Rock
Musical is still prevolent.  My thoughts were to have something along the lines
of a seminar where Tribe members could come and talk to the enormous mass of
students that I GUARANTEE would come to learn everything they can about this
show.  I think it would be great, based on the discussions I've read from this
listing, along with the conversations that I had with my interviewees.

Please let me know if you are interested and I will give you more details.
I look forward to your response.

Andrew Keating
akeating@wagner.edu
401-741-7928

Andrew Keating
Wagner College Box 1057
1 Campus Road
Staten Island, NY 10301
"Men reveal their character in nothing more than what they think laughable."
~Van Goethe
From barbarasiomos38 at msn.com  Wed Dec 28 22:57:51 2005
From: barbarasiomos38 at msn.com (Barbara Siomos)
Date: Wed Dec 28 23:09:53 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] A Tragic situation
Message-ID: <BAY114-DAV8C1E69EF382EBD6BEA338AB290@phx.gbl>

I do not like getting involved with asking people for money and usually do NOT, but this situation is very sad for this woman who (maybe some of you are familiar with her name) I know is a tireless supporter of Native Issues. So I am forwarding this so folks can use their own discretion and make their own decisions.

peace,
barbara
~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+~+
Normal vie.w To: barbarasiomos38@msn.com 
From: info@leonardpeltier.org 
Subject: FW: Danielle Shenendoah Patterson 
Date: Wed, 28 Dec 2005 19:07:04 -0800 
 
We just received a call for help from Danielle Shenendoah Patterson who you
know has been a tremendous supporter of Leonard. She and her three children
have lost their house on the Kahnawake reservation and have to leave by tomorrow.

Because of the unexpected loss, she and
her children will need some assistance
while they move back to Oneida. If you can,
please help her by sending a money order to Danielle at the following address:

Danielle Shenendoah Patterson 
Po Box 450 
Oneida, NY 13421,    or if you western
union money to Oneida, please email
Danielle  with your name and transaction
control number at: oneidairoquoise@aol.com. 

She needs to find emergency housing for
her and her three kids in of all time the
middle of winter. Your assistance is greatly
needed as she is apparently losing almost
everything. 

She greatly appreciates anything anyone 
can do so she can find housing for her and
her three children so they can stay 
together.

Thank You, 

Leonard Peltier Defense Committee 


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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec 29 09:55:06 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec 29 11:51:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Intelligent Design and Brokeback Mountain
Message-ID: <BFD962FC.27507%michael@michaelbutler.com>


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From shobizismyhobby at webtv.net  Thu Dec 29 12:36:18 2005
From: shobizismyhobby at webtv.net (Gregory Karliss)
Date: Thu Dec 29 12:47:58 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
Message-ID: <25752-43B448C2-406@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>

Some of you may remember me. I started in the parking lot at the
Aquarius theater and one thousand plus performances later ended up on
Broadway with Gerry going on for me once a week. Over the years I worked
with over two hundred of you  and although I may not remember all of
your names I do remember every breast, hiney, and penis I ever had the
extreme pleasure to ogle. Everything I have in this life I owe to Hair
and it's creators: Jim, Gerry, Galt, Michael, Ted and so many others. 
       I am going to be married tonight at 7 PM pacific. I hope you will
send me a kind thought. To those whom I knew and those I have yet to
meet God Bless us everyone. To my brother Peplio, we have added a prayer
to our ceremony tonight for your whole family and they will be in my
prayers every night for the rest of my life on this earth and then
beyond. I JUST FIND IT SO STRANGE YOU MARRIED WILLY WINDSOR! I had no
idea he was gay. With all my Love, Peas and carrots.
Gregory V. (for Voluptuous) Karliss

From richalmack at earthlink.net  Thu Dec 29 13:28:28 2005
From: richalmack at earthlink.net (Rich Almack)
Date: Thu Dec 29 13:40:21 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
In-Reply-To: <25752-43B448C2-406@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <000001c60cbe$cfeb9440$0200a8c0@Sally>

This one remembers you.  I had to /got to go on for you for a couple of
months after you fell in the orchestra pit in Kansas City.  Congrats on the
honest man move.  Mine didn't take but it's even better now that it's over,
thanks to a certain 14 year old named Willie Almack.  I don't know if I've
gotten to a kind thought yet Greg, but you sound very happy and I'm very
happy for you.  Life is good, yes?

Richard 

-----Original Message-----
From: mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com
[mailto:mb-hair-bounces@islandlists.com] On Behalf Of Gregory Karliss
Sent: Thursday, December 29, 2005 12:36 PM
To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers

Some of you may remember me. I started in the parking lot at the Aquarius
theater and one thousand plus performances later ended up on Broadway with
Gerry going on for me once a week. Over the years I worked with over two
hundred of you  and although I may not remember all of your names I do
remember every breast, hiney, and penis I ever had the extreme pleasure to
ogle. Everything I have in this life I owe to Hair and it's creators: Jim,
Gerry, Galt, Michael, Ted and so many others. 
       I am going to be married tonight at 7 PM pacific. I hope you will
send me a kind thought. To those whom I knew and those I have yet to meet
God Bless us everyone. To my brother Peplio, we have added a prayer to our
ceremony tonight for your whole family and they will be in my prayers every
night for the rest of my life on this earth and then beyond. I JUST FIND IT
SO STRANGE YOU MARRIED WILLY WINDSOR! I had no idea he was gay. With all my
Love, Peas and carrots.
Gregory V. (for Voluptuous) Karliss

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From johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com  Thu Dec 29 15:37:22 2005
From: johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com (Gibson Vendettuoli)
Date: Thu Dec 29 16:02:33 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] This just hit home, guys
Message-ID: <20051229233722.91531.qmail@web32112.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

My cousin in the service. She's gone. I'm not much for words right now.


	
		
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From lbirdie at hotmail.com  Thu Dec 29 18:17:06 2005
From: lbirdie at hotmail.com (Little Birdie)
Date: Thu Dec 29 18:28:47 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
In-Reply-To: <25752-43B448C2-406@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <BAY104-F291C3AECA0202E2E24C3FFB2280@phx.gbl>

Well, I certainly remember you - a truly great Berger, and also great as The 
Man in Jim's Rainbow. Congratulations on your upcoming marriage Sending all 
thoughts your way tonight, wishing you both a long happy life together.

So glad to have you join us here! There are many here who remember you, I am 
sure.
Nina

The Hair Archives
http://www.michaelbutler.com/hair/holding/Hair.html


From goodhairdays at yahoo.com  Thu Dec 29 20:28:14 2005
From: goodhairdays at yahoo.com (Jonathon Johnson)
Date: Thu Dec 29 20:40:32 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
In-Reply-To: <25752-43B448C2-406@storefull-3214.bay.webtv.net>
Message-ID: <20051230042814.11971.qmail@web52711.mail.yahoo.com>

My Dear Brother Greg,
   
  Congrats on your wedding my friend. May you have many years of good health
  and wedded bliss. Hope we can get together in the near future.
   
  Love ~ Jonathon

Gregory Karliss <shobizismyhobby@webtv.net> wrote:
  Some of you may remember me. I started in the parking lot at the
Aquarius theater and one thousand plus performances later ended up on
Broadway with Gerry going on for me once a week. Over the years I worked
with over two hundred of you and although I may not remember all of
your names I do remember every breast, hiney, and penis I ever had the
extreme pleasure to ogle. Everything I have in this life I owe to Hair
and it's creators: Jim, Gerry, Galt, Michael, Ted and so many others. 
I am going to be married tonight at 7 PM pacific. I hope you will
send me a kind thought. To those whom I knew and those I have yet to
meet God Bless us everyone. To my brother Peplio, we have added a prayer
to our ceremony tonight for your whole family and they will be in my
prayers every night for the rest of my life on this earth and then
beyond. I JUST FIND IT SO STRANGE YOU MARRIED WILLY WINDSOR! I had no
idea he was gay. With all my Love, Peas and carrots.
Gregory V. (for Voluptuous) Karliss

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From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec 29 21:28:44 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec 29 21:40:25 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year campers
Message-ID: <BFDA058C.27558%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Great good news best  thoughts and wishes.
Peace and Love
Michael

From michael at michaelbutler.com  Thu Dec 29 21:52:50 2005
From: michael at michaelbutler.com (Michael Butler)
Date: Thu Dec 29 22:04:41 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] HAIR! at Wagner College
In-Reply-To: <20051228214441.ppy6w4wcskosc4kk@mailport.wagner.edu>
Message-ID: <BFDA0B32.2755D%michael@michaelbutler.com>

Andrew,
What  are your dates at Wagner?
Peace and Love,
Michael
--Those who have experienced altered forms of consciousness, by whatever
means, never forget that space in which they have been. Now that they have
learned how to function within the system, it is time they act to run it. MB




> Hey Tribe! I don't know if you remember me, but I'm Andrew Keating....  A year
> ago I did a big project on Hair (received a glorious A+ and much recognition,
> thank you).  Well...based on my research and excitement about the interviews
> and other pressures, the Wagner College Theatre Department, which has been
> ranked #1 in the country for the second year in a row has decided to add Hair
> to the bill for April. Anyways...I was thinking about what we could do to show
> the impact of Hair on both the theatre community as well as the nation.
> Granted, the times have changed, but the driving force of this Love-Rock
> Musical is still prevolent.  My thoughts were to have something along the
> lines
> of a seminar where Tribe members could come and talk to the enormous mass of
> students that I GUARANTEE would come to learn everything they can about this
> show.  I think it would be great, based on the discussions I've read from this
> listing, along with the conversations that I had with my interviewees.
> 
> Please let me know if you are interested and I will give you more details.
> I look forward to your response.
> 
> Andrew Keating
> akeating@wagner.edu
> 401-741-7928
> 
> Andrew Keating
> Wagner College Box 1057
> 1 Campus Road
> Staten Island, NY 10301
> "Men reveal their character in nothing more than what they think laughable."
> ~Van Goethe
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair

From bev at beverlybremers.com  Fri Dec 30 00:08:00 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Fri Dec 30 00:19:44 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Congrats Gregg!
Message-ID: <20051230080800.3C3B52F93B@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>

Congratulations, Gregg! I guess by this time you're married. Amazing -someone finally snagged you! Just be careful and don't hurt yourself.

Good luck always,
Your NY Sheila,
Beverly




----- Original Message -----
From: shobizismyhobby@webtv.net 
To: Mb-hair@islandlists.com
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2005 12:36:18 -0800

> 
> Some of you may remember me. I started in the parking lot at the
> Aquarius theater and one thousand plus performances later ended up on
> Broadway with Gerry going on for me once a week. Over the years I worked
> with over two hundred of you  and although I may not remember all of
> your names I do remember every breast, hiney, and penis I ever had the
> extreme pleasure to ogle. Everything I have in this life I owe to Hair
> and it's creators: Jim, Gerry, Galt, Michael, Ted and so many others.
>         I am going to be married tonight at 7 PM pacific. I hope you will
> send me a kind thought. To those whom I knew and those I have yet to
> meet God Bless us everyone. To my brother Peplio, we have added a prayer
> to our ceremony tonight for your whole family and they will be in my
> prayers every night for the rest of my life on this earth and then
> beyond. I JUST FIND IT SO STRANGE YOU MARRIED WILLY WINDSOR! I had no
> idea he was gay. With all my Love, Peas and carrots.
> Gregory V. (for Voluptuous) Karliss
> 
> _______________________________________________
> Mb-hair mailing list
> Mb-hair@islandlists.com
> http://www.islandlists.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mb-hair



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From bev at beverlybremers.com  Fri Dec 30 00:14:34 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Fri Dec 30 00:26:14 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Collective Prayer for Willy
Message-ID: <20051230081434.2B8D12F94C@ws6-3.us4.outblaze.com>

Hi Peppy. I'm so sorry to hear about your dear Willy. I'll be praying for
her and wish you and your whole family strength and love in this trying
time.

Sending positive vibes,

Beverly



  ----- Original Message -----
  From: "peppy castro"
  To: TwoCoyotes@aol.com, "tai burnette" , "Steve Bondy" , "shannon
  conley" , PATSYCJ@aol.com, NanKam2@aol.com, Kkaplan616@aol.com,
  "Janis Smythe" , Goldylyric@aol.com, Frank , BadBob10@aol.com,
  Barbie1234@aol.com, "Billy Amendola" , Brad5205@aol.com, "Carol Kaye"
  , CherryHAZEma@aol.com, dazeeee@att.net, DustyWright@aol.com
  Subject: [Mb-hair] Collective Prayer for Willy
  Date: Sat, 24 Dec 2005 14:57:44 -0500

Hi, One and All and Happy Holidays. I am looking for a collective Prayer
from all of you. I know it works. This past week we got some tuff news.
Willy's Battle with Cancer took another turn. It's not great news and she
continues to show me what an incredible person I married. She'll be
having more surgery as soon as it can be scheduled, however with the
holidays we'll be on a waiting pattern. It's back with a vengeance. Spots
on the Lungs have doubled in size. A new bugger on her Liver and a new
huge 12cm. mass that has totally destroyed the bone it's sitting on in
the pelvic region. So now the existing tumor on her Sciatic nerve is now
the least thing we're concerned with. Willy is Doing Great! Which means
as great as anyone can be considering what's going on. Pain is pain and
oxccotton is showing it's value to us. The surgery will be to remove the
mass and see what can be done about the bone. They can do great things
with building bone back or implanting. Once the pain is gone we'll get
back on track. Please no pity an stereo types. Just give her the love and
positive prayers I know you all have in your hearts as you are all good
friends. Jesse and I are fine and keeping mom busy with Love.  Love to
all and count your blessings. Peppy_______________________________________________
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From swiggard at comcast.net  Fri Dec 30 14:29:17 2005
From: swiggard at comcast.net (swiggard@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Dec 30 14:41:07 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] RE: Happy New Year campers
Message-ID: <380-2200512530222917730@M2W103.mail2web.com>

Zowie, Greg!

What a fabulous surprise to hear from you!  Congratulations and all
possible good wishes on your wedding (let us know how it went).

OF COURSE I remember you.  You were the first Berger I saw live (in
Washington, spring 1971 - remember?).  That role just took over your body
and spirit, and it was thrilling to watch:  funny, sexy, dangerous, rockin'
and wild. Your Berger was the funniest Berger I have ever seen, and yours
is still the Berger I measure other ones against.  And then there was
'Rainbow', where you were a standout in Very Different part.  I do hope you
are still performing.

It's wonderful to hear from you. May the new year bring joy and new
adventures. Please stay in touch.

Love, Peace, Happiness and Health from yer ol' pal,
Billy
(Bill Swiggard)

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From Reeeees at aol.com  Fri Dec 30 13:09:13 2005
From: Reeeees at aol.com (Reeeees@aol.com)
Date: Fri Dec 30 14:56:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Did a Woman Serve as Pope in the Ninth Century?
Message-ID: <E1EsSzp-0002VY-18@smtpauth09.mail.atl.earthlink.net>

 
Did a Woman Serve as Pope in the  Ninth Century?
 
(http://twx.doubleclick.net/click;h=v5|337a|0|0|*|l;23844815;0-0;1;11655760;2321-160|600;12988220|13006116|1;u=78330F390AF97D17;dcg=415fb4;~sscs=?http://al
tfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/4614-32480-1629-0?mpt=3661022)   
(http://ar.atwola.com/link/93179288/632325404/aoladp?target=_blank&border=0) 
(Dec. 29) -- In a medieval mystery of the Catholic Church  lies evidence of a 
woman pope, with clues buried in ancient parchment, artwork  and writings, 
even in tarot cards and a bizarre chair once used in a Vatican  ritual. 
Was there a Pope Joan -- a woman with nerve enough to  disguise herself as a 
man and serve as pope for more than two years in the ninth  century? It is one 
of the world's oldest mysteries. Her story first appeared in  histories 
written by medieval monks, but today the Catholic Church dismisses  it. 
"Ninety percent of me thinks there was a Pope Joan," says  Mary Malone, a 
former nun who wrote a history of women and Christianity. 
Donna Cross, a novelist who spent seven years researching  the time period, 
says the historical evidence is there. "I would say it's the  weight of 
evidence -- over 500 chronicle accounts of her existence." 
Escaping a Brutal Life 
Life was often short and brutal for women living in A.D.  800. 
"No woman would have been allowed to appear on the streets  in public," says 
Malone. "That named you as a prostitute immediately. Women were  confined to 
their homes." 
In the town of Mainz, Germany, where it is thought the girl  who might have 
became Pope Joan grew up, most people lived in mud huts. The  average life span 
was only 30 or 40 years. 
But English missionaries were bringing Christianity to  Germany, and they 
created a monastery called Fulda, which became a center of  education, books and 
conversation for travelers -- but it was only for boys. 
In his "History of Emperors and Popes," a monk named Martin  Polonus who was 
a close adviser to the pope wrote about a young woman from Mainz  who learned 
Greek and Latin and became "proficient in a diversity of branches of  
knowledge." 
Cross and other historians say a girl studying at the  monastery would have 
no choice but to disguise herself as a boy. But how was it  possible to keep 
the secret? 
"First of all, you might want to remember that clerical  robes are very 
body-disguising," says Cross. "Also, in the ninth century,  personal hygiene was 
nonexistent. Nobody bathed. They washed their hands, their  face, their feet, 
but they didn't bathe." 
Also, clergy members were required to be clean shaven, and  malnutrition made 
most men and women physically gaunt. 
Polonus wrote that this woman was "led to Athens dressed in  the clothes of a 
man by a certain lover of hers." Then, according to the 500  accounts, the 
woman made her way to Rome. 
In the ninth century, Rome and the Vatican were nothing  like today's solemn 
and civilized center of culture and faith. Then the center  of the Christian 
faith was home to bawdy monks, scheming cardinals,  cross-dressing saints, 
intrigue, melodrama, corruption and violence. 
"Popes ... killed each other off, hammered each other to  death," says Mary 
Malone, the former nun. "There were 12-year-old popes ... we  have knowledge of 
a 5-year-old archbishop. ... It was a very odd time in  history." 
That also means it would have been a time of opportunity  for someone with 
ambition and nerve. The chronicles say that's how Joan, known  as John Anglicus, 
or English John, became secretary to a curia, a cardinal, and  then, as 
Polonus writes, "the choice of all for pope" in the year A.D. 855. 
Clues in Art 
If you travel to Italy and ask questions about Pope Joan,  many people will 
direct you toward the clues embedded in art, literature and  architecture. 
The Renaissance poet Giovanni Boccaccio, best known for  writing "The 
Decameron," also wrote a book on "100 Famous Women." No. 51 is Pope  Joan. 
Rare book dealers in Rome pull ancient tarot cards from  their shelves. The 
card for hidden knowledge is "La Papessa" -- the Female  Pope. 
Travel north to Siena to the Duomo, where inside the  cathedral is a gallery 
of terra-cotta busts depicting 170 popes, in no  particular order. In the 17th 
century, Cardinal Baronuis, the Vatican librarian,  wrote that one of the 
faces was a female -- Joan the Female Pope. 
Baronius also wrote that the pope at the time decreed that  the statue be 
destroyed, but some say the local archbishop didn't want a good  statue go to 
waste. 
"The statue was transformed," believes Cross. "I mean,  literally, it was 
scraped off, her name and written on top of Pope Zachary." 
At the Basilica in St. Peter's Square are carvings by  Bernini, one of the 
most famous artists of the 17th century. Among the carvings  are eight images of 
a woman wearing a papal crown, and the images seem to tell  the story of a 
woman giving birth and a baby being born. 
Medieval manuscripts tell a similar tale: Two-and-a-half  years into her 
reign, Pope Joan was in the midst of a papal procession, a  three-mile trip to the 
Church of the Lateran in Rome, when suddenly at a  crossroads, she felt sharp 
pains in her stomach. 
She was having contractions, the stories say. The  unthinkable happened -- 
the pope was having a baby. 
"And then, shock and horror," says Malone. "And then the  story gets very 
confused, because some of the records say she was killed and her  child was 
killed right on the spot. Other records say she was sent to a convent  and that her 
son grew up and later became bishop of Ostia." 
Stories vary -- some say the crowd stoned her to death,  others say she was 
dragged from the tail of a horse -- but in most accounts,  Pope Joan perished 
that day. 
In the decades that followed, the intersection was called  the Vicus Papissa 
-- the Street of the Female Pope -- and for more than 100  years, popes would 
take a detour to avoid the shameful intersection. 
Polonus writes: "The Lord Pope always turns aside from the  street ... 
because of the abhorrence of the event." 
Or Just an Urban Legend? 
The modern Catholic Church and many scholars dismiss the  story of Pope Joan 
as a sort of Dark Ages urban legend. 
Valerie Hotchkiss, a professor of medieval studies at  Southern Methodist 
University in Texas, says that the story of Pope Joan was  actually added to 
Martin Polonus' manuscript after he died. 
"So he didn't write it, but it was put in very soon after  his death, like 
around 1280 to 1290," says Hotchkiss. "And everyone picks it up  from Martin 
Polonus." 
Medieval monks were like copy machines, say some scholars,  simply 
replicating mistakes into the historical record. 
"And they're picking it up from each other and changing it  and embellishing 
it," Hotchkiss says. 
Monsignor Charles Burns, the former head of the Vatican  secret archives, 
says the story intrigued people in the Middle Ages just as it  intrigues people 
today. "This was almost like an Agatha Christie," he says,  referring to the 
classic mystery writer. 
Burns says there is no evidence and no documentation in the  secret archives 
that Pope Joan existed, no relic of Pope John Anglicus  anywhere. 
And disbelievers can explain away the other clues. The  Bernini sculptures 
were modeled after the niece of the pope; the Vicus Papissa  was named for a 
woman who lived in the area. 
Powerful, Dangerous Women 
Yet even those who laugh at the story of the female pope  agree that the 
story opens a window on the history of women and sex in the  Catholic Church. 
Women were at one time a potent and threatening force in the  medieval church. 
Many scholars say there were many women martyrs in that  era, women who were 
tortured for their religious beliefs. And there were women  who became saints 
while cross-dressing as monks. 
St. Eugenia, for example, became a monk while disguised as  a boy, and was so 
convincing she was brought to court on charges of fathering a  local woman's 
child. She finally proved her innocence only by baring her breasts  in public. 
"There are over 30 saints' lives in which women dress as  men for a variety 
of reasons, and with a variety of outcomes," says Hotchkiss,  who has written 
about these "transvestite nuns." 
Perhaps most threatening to the church were two groups of  women known as 
beguines and mystics, who claimed they could bypass the church  hierarchy and 
communicate directly with God. 
"And they really terrified the church because they went  around saying things 
like 'My real name is God,'" says Malone. "And so  mysticism, then, gave 
these women ... an access to God that was parallel to the  church." 
These powerful women could have inspired a so-called  crackdown by the church 
after A.D. 1000, consolidating its ranks and reaffirming  the rules on 
celibacy among its priests, a requirement that's still  controversial today. 
One school of thought says the story of Pope Joan was  invented as a 
cautionary tale. The lesson to women: Don't even think about  reaching for power or 
you will end up like her -- exposed and humiliated. 
Another school argues that it was the fear of female power  that led the 
church to essentially expunge Pope Joan from history. 
But how do historians explain the enormous purple marble  chair on which 
popes once sat as they were crowned. The chair has a strange  opening, something 
like a toilet seat, reportedly used to check "testiculos  habet" -- or whether 
the pope had testicles. 
David Dawson Vasquez, the director of Catholic University  of America's Rome 
program, says that the Vatican was just using the most  impressive chair it 
had. 
"Because it's elaborate, it's purple. It was the most  expensive marble of 
Roman times, and so it was only used for the emperor,"  Vasquez says. "The hole 
is there because it was used by the imperial Romans,  perhaps as a toilet, 
perhaps as a birthing chair. It doesn't matter if there's a  hole there, because 
you can still sit there and be crowned." 
Others say it was a symbol of the pope giving birth to the  mother church. 
Either way, newly minted Protestants in the 1500s had a field day  making fun of 
the chair, and so it was hidden from view. 
And so the last relic in the tale of Pope Joan is  withdrawn. But Pope Joan 
lives on in some other place, in the shadows of a Dark  Ages legend that is 
terrifying to some and inspiring to others. 
Dec. 29, 2005 
Copyright 2005 ABCNEWS.com
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From: henrietta.corp2 at verizon.net (Jeanine Turner)
Date: Fri Dec 30 15:07:09 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] This Modern World
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From: johnlenonomusic at yahoo.com (Gibson Vendettuoli)
Date: Fri Dec 30 18:09:52 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: Mb-hair Digest, Vol 18, Issue 32
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Good news. Upon further developments, we have recently found that my cousin is alive, thank God!
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From smorais1 at bellsouth.net  Fri Dec 30 15:16:19 2005
From: smorais1 at bellsouth.net (Philip Michael Thomas)
Date: Fri Dec 30 18:09:59 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Fwd: Chinese Proverb
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Michael,
GOOD LUCK AND HAPPY NEW YEAR

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From songsters at earthlink.net  Fri Dec 30 18:03:34 2005
From: songsters at earthlink.net (Debbie Andrews)
Date: Fri Dec 30 18:16:12 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year Campers
Message-ID: <BDF07964-0282-4E48-BE7E-1429900CE796@earthlink.net>

Greg!!

You're probably on your honeymoon - congrats on the nuptuals!!   
Remember the crummy apt building we lived in in DC??  when we were  
doing the show there?  We used to eat frozen Tv dinners & watch  
Johnny Carson after the show.
  I know you ended up doing Berger while I was doing Crissy on B'way  
cause I remember hanging at the Haymarket with you & you giving me  
advice about love & life in the HAiR world!!

Great to hear your voice - pls come to the next reunion - Danny  
Miller has hilarious tales of you!

You're one of my favorite Bergers!! You could make people nervous  
just like Gerry!!

Peace & Love
Debbie Andrews
From bev at beverlybremers.com  Fri Dec 30 18:09:23 2005
From: bev at beverlybremers.com (Beverly Bremers)
Date: Fri Dec 30 18:21:08 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Good News for Gibson - Happy New Year To All!
Message-ID: <20051231020923.BE4D7109995@ws6-4.us4.outblaze.com>

That's great, Gibby! Happy New Year to you and all my lovely Hair compadres!

May you all get what you wish for in 2006 especially good health!

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> Good news. Upon further developments, we have recently found that my cousin is 
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> My family were the victim of a vicious prank, and we intend to set this right.
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From lilacamy11 at yahoo.com  Sat Dec 31 15:08:31 2005
From: lilacamy11 at yahoo.com (Amy Kazan)
Date: Sat Dec 31 15:20:16 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Re: This just hit home
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>My cousin in the service. She's gone. I'm not much
for words >right now.

I am so sorry to hear this:( My prayers are with you
and your family, Gibson


- Amy

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Date: Sat Dec 31 15:21:01 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] Happy New Year!
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I hope the New Year brings happiness, health, and
peace to all of us!

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Date: Sat Dec 31 18:25:26 2005
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Date: Sat Dec 31 20:20:34 2005
Subject: [Mb-hair] My prayer and wishes for your New Year,
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