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Monday, February 06, 2006

Leonard Peltier...three decades of freedom denied

Posted by Mickey Z on 02/06 at 05:39 AM
  1. Hi Helga, from yesterday´s post of yours, the American empire didn´t begin with the acquisition of the Philippines, it began with the acquisition of America. I´m not laying the blame by Americans for this, for those who run the country are about as American as sauerkraut.

    Posted by Owen  on  from Batcelona 02/06  at  07:07 AM
  2. “...What you do is who you are...”, I like that Mickey, I also like your scales of justice.

    Good morning Owen and all MZ’ers. I just signed the petition. Yep, Owen, there is not much that is “American” in America.
    I just received a Google Alert. Someone is calling for my execution on a web site. They say that I should be “drawn and quartered”. It’s OK. For every message like that, I get a thousand of support. In the USA if you oppose killing, threats are sure to follow.

    Posted by RMJ  on  from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 02/06  at  09:18 AM
  3. It’s horrible news Rosemarie but it simply shows that what you stand for and your actions do indeed make a difference and threaten the establishment of bloodthirsty sociopaths.

    Posted by Keir  on  from The Hague 02/06  at  09:39 AM
  4. Leonard Peltier’s treatment is like a number of others.  Natives simply don’t rank very high on official lists of priority.  At least in Canada that is changing, albeit slowly. We shall see what our new regime brings to the table.

    RMJ: it’s great to hear that you’re receiving support from previously unknown places. As for this ‘bloodthirsty sociopath’ who’s calling for your torture - I checked it out and he does seem like a nutjob.  I find it interesting that he gives no basis or reasoning for his indictment, he probably wouldn’t be able to answer the question and so didn’t bother to ask himself before running off at the mouth onto his keyboard. (Mudge - some of your fellow Texans unfortunately fulfill all the stereo types! Luckily we have you to balance the scales in that regard)

    Posted by Amelopsis  on  from Canada 02/06  at  10:02 AM
  5. Well, Rosemarie, you must be doing something right!  You struck fear in someone’s feeble excuse for a heart.  The folks that lash out violently in defense of a system that is taking advantage of them...it’s a shame they’ll never appreciate that sublime irony.

    Posted by Cart  on  from near Warshington DC 02/06  at  10:12 AM
  6. And speaking of Vermonters…

    http://tinyurl.com/cafgz

    Posted by Cart  on  from near Warshington DC 02/06  at  10:20 AM
  7. Hello Owen, RMJ, Keir, Empress, and Cart. It finally feels something like winter here. I’m running around a bit but will try to sit down for a while here later.

    RMJ: Can you post the link you’re talking about? Or e-mail it to me if you’d rather not give it too much attention.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 02/06  at  12:38 PM
  8. Only the eighth - must have got in early!  Thanks for that clarification, Owen, and thanks for another illuminating post, Mickey.  Have heard about Peltier but don’t know much about him.

    And hi, Rosemarie, Amelopsis, Keir and Cart.  Horrible news indeed, Rosemarie - hope that death threat is only a ‘prank’.
    Last night I watched ‘Fight Club’ - brilliant performances from Messrs Pitt and Norton and from Ms Bonham Carter but .. a bit too violent for yours truly.  I would not want to be at the receiving end of that violence, is all I want to say for now.  A fascinating film, though - now I have to read the book.
    Ciao on a rather cold February morning (it is 6:12 am on a Tuesday morning and is going to warm up) ..

    Posted by Helga Fremlin  on  from Daylesford, Australia 02/06  at  02:12 PM
  9. Good day Helga, you remind me that last night on the ‘news’ I saw a report about teenagers and their backyard wrestling get togethers. Not only do these kids all speak as though they were dropped on their noggins as toddlers, they presented no logic for their get togethers other than recreation, and they are not wrestling at all..it is a fight club of sorts! They’re beating each other with 2x4’s and smashing fluorescent bulbs on one another, landing on nails, thumb tacks, etc.  If there’s a Tyler Durden in the bunch, he kept quiet during the bit I saw. Disturbing, to say the least

    Posted by Amelopsis  on  from Canada 02/06  at  02:28 PM
  10. Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Don’t worry about me. I am so small, I don’t make a good target. I sent the link with the threat to Mickey, and will send it to anyone else who wants it. I didn’t want to give that site free advertising here.

    Cart, Thanks for that Vermont link. There are quite a few of those Impeachment Resolutions going around up here. I just signed one on Saturday. Most of them are non-binding resolutions. One purpose of them is to get our Socialist Congressman Bernie on board and get him to offer an Impeachment resolution. He will be running for the Senate so possibly has concerns about not wanting to alienate any voters. The mind of a politician is usually fairly easy to diagnose. They base most of their decisions on the number of votes that it will gain or lose for them.

    Posted by RMJ  on  from Churchill 4 Prez Hdqts 02/06  at  02:31 PM
  11. most punks that make threats are spineless worms. i have a old web page that was on angelfire.com some worm threated me i emailed him back with my home phone and adress told him that mr mossberg and gluck were waiting for him. iam still waiting for him five years later.if anybody wants to see the web page google revoart keep your powder dry mike c

    Posted by mike conner  on  from rockland 02/06  at  03:45 PM
  12. That angry nutter who wants RMJ filleted is surely transferring some low boiling rage from his poorly read soul and foisting it elsewhere.  The shame is, on that kind of website, I expect the little fucker had people backing him!

    Posted by Chris Wood  on  from Manchester, England 02/06  at  04:21 PM
  13. Hello everyone. I’m really hoping to be more involved here soon. Apartment hunting has us mighty crazed.

    More soon…

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 02/06  at  09:01 PM
  14. I’ll be posting a final vote tomorrow for our next book...so I’m hoping to hear from a wide range of Expendables, okay?

    Good night, all.

    Posted by Mickey Z.  on  from Astoria 02/06  at  10:35 PM

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