Wednesday, September 11, 2002
Tuesday, September 10, 2002
"Nearly 170 million people probably have been murdered by governments in the 20th Century, 1900-1987; over four-times those killed in combat in all international and domestic wars during the same years. What are the statistics of this global bloodbath and what governments have done this? What about the United States?" --20th Century Democide
Monday, September 09, 2002
"I do not understand this sqeamishness about the use of gas. I am strongly in favour of using poison gas against uncivilised tribes." --Winston Churchill
Saturday, September 07, 2002
"A candidate in Sweden's general election has called for
pornography to be broadcast on television every Saturday to encourage people to have more sex..." "I want erotica and porn on television every Saturday and all day,"
she said
"Conservatives are fond of telling us what a
wonderful, happy, prosperous nation this is. The only thing that matches their
love of country is the remarkable indifference they show toward the people who live in it. To their ears the anguished cries of the dispossessed sound like the
peevish whines of malcontents. They denounce as "bleeding hearts" those of us
who criticize existing conditions, who show some concern for our fellow
citizens. But the dirty truth is that there exists a startling amount of
hardship, abuse, affliction, illness, violence, and pathology in this country..."
Thursday, September 05, 2002
"This administration is the most secretive of our lifetime,
even more secretive than the Nixon administration..."
"We are moving from a right to know to a need to know society"
"We are moving from a right to know to a need to know society"
Wednesday, September 04, 2002
"Police are asking businesses to voluntarily participate in a program to take customers' fingerprints if they pay by check."
Tuesday, September 03, 2002
"America thinks it must control the world," said Saddam Hussein, "America thinks if it controls the oil of the Middle East then it will control the world"
"By destroying Iraq, America thinks it could control the oil of the Middle East and force the prices it wants on clients like France, China, Japan and other countries of the world," One reason for the continuation of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iraq since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he added, was to "prevent former Soviet Union countries from cooperating economically with Iraq."
(Thanks to Mike)
"By destroying Iraq, America thinks it could control the oil of the Middle East and force the prices it wants on clients like France, China, Japan and other countries of the world," One reason for the continuation of U.N. sanctions imposed on Iraq since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait, he added, was to "prevent former Soviet Union countries from cooperating economically with Iraq."
(Thanks to Mike)
Monday, September 02, 2002
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