There seems to be a nasty trend

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Well the hole seems to be getting deeper. This week's news has not left me smiling.

The Homeland Security Act passed and will most likely be law soon. This does not bode well for our Constitution. Even William Safire is yelling about the loss of privacy You are a suspect and the Time/UK publishes US to set up"big brother" citizen database

Dennis Kucinich (US Congressperson) let's the cat out of the bag about our role in Hussein using chemical weapons agains the Kurds The bloodstained path

Came across an older article about the plan to destroy Iraq's fresh water supplies through the sanctions from Gulf War 1 The secret behind the sanctions

The power companies are getting their monies worth from the Republican's and Bush E.P.A. says it will change rules governing industrial pollution (This article is in the NY Times.

There was also a report in the Times about Ashcroft's big win with the secret FISA tribunal of the Supreme Court which overturned an appeals court ruling that barred the Justice Department from using foreign intelligence surveillance rules for domestic investigations.

I keep waiting with baited breath for a huge outcry from the people, but so far there isn't much except from the usual suspects - a term that takes on a whole new meaning in light of the above.

I did a presentation this week on US Hegemony - our open claiming of our willingness to claim the empire. It examined the Nuclear Posture Review, the National Security Strategy of the U.S. - 2002, Total Information Awareness System, and the use of force against Iraq. If you are interested, it is available as a PowerPoint document at http://spot.pcc.edu/~rwolf/wolfwrite/hegemony_show.ppt

If that link doesn't work, just select my webpage link (in the sidebar) then the Writings and Presentations by Dr.Wolf link in the left column of home page.

Enough for one post.

Posted by rowan at December 2, 2002 10:44 AM | TrackBack | Printable Version | [eMail this article!] |