"But the world isn't like that"

[Doug Millison]

At 9:14 AM -0700 10/16/02, David Morris wrote:
>And if his claims weren't silly enough his latest multiple personality
>resurgence puts all his claims completely over the top.


They're not my claims, "Morris" -- in case you didn't notice (and you seem
not to have noticed that I've associated my name with my
pynchonoid at yahoo.com account from the start) I'm pointing you and our
fellow P-listers to articles to read and evaluate for themselves.

Criticize the messenger, if you must, but that won't detract from the
message.  Bush & Co are pushing an insane war program, and I'm proud to be
one of the many people around the world who's working to stop it.

Here's some good news, echoing some past posts of your own "Morris", that
were critical of Ashcroft:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A32306-2002Oct15.html

"The American Civil Liberties Union plans to announce today a $2.5 million
media campaign aimed at the aggressive anti-terrorism policies of the Bush
administration and Attorney General John D. Ashcroft -- the largest such
effort in its 80-year history.

Dubbed the "Campaign to Defend the Constitution," it will include rallies,
legislative lobbying and television ads on major networks in New York, Los
Angeles, Washington and other markets, the group said.

The campaign, launched shortly before the Nov. 5 elections, appears to be
the first concerted public relations effort by critics of the
administration's anti-terrorism tactics. The small coalition of groups
opposed to the government's anti-terror tactics has focused primarily on
the courts.

"We perceive a real need to reach out to the American public and inspire
discussion and debate on these issues," said Anthony D. Romero, ACLU
executive director. "This campaign is really a response to the statements
of John Ashcroft and the policies of John Ashcroft's Justice Department."

Civil liberties advocates and liberal critics have protested guidelines
issued by Ashcroft after Sept. 11, 2001, that give authorities broad new
powers to conduct surveillance in domestic terror probes. Critics have also
objected to the investigations and detentions of foreign nationals that
have occurred in almost complete secrecy.[...]


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