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July 23, 2002 Kevin Carson takes down David Horowitz but good….. The rantings of David Horowitz at FrontPageMagazine represent the typical neoconservative ideals. Apart from his hatred of all things peaceful, Horowitz has spent some time attacking Noam Chomsky. The legitimacy of his criticism is analyzed and refuted by Kevin Carson. After demonstrating the weakness of Horowitz's attack, Carson explains what is so wrong about neoconservatives. Living in Gaza City A tale of an occupied city and the death, poverty and the pain that follows the conflict. The human side of war, always pushed aside for the political, is exposed in Jennifer Loewenstein's gripping account. An excuse for growth Rep. Ron Paul, a man of peace in a Congress of homicidal warhawks, explains what passes for the reasoning behind the Patriot Act: "We're told this is necessary to fight the unending war on terror, but in truth the federal government has been seeking these powers for years. " Essentially, he succinctly explains that the "we're at war" excuse is an empty reason for the centralization of power. For more on this, see Randolph Bourne. The failure of centralization The Citizen Corps, the TIPS program and possible domestic
military action will create a country of spies, bureaucrats and
centralized power fighting terrorism which has yet
to be defined. Moreover, says
Alan Bock: "By concentrating attention on something other than
legitimate threats it [TIPS] might even make the success of the next
terrorist attack attempt more likely." Reality test The invincibility of the US military and its strategies is put to the reality test. The various "what ifs" sketched out here should frighten even the neocons (except for Max Boot, of course). Take one well-agitated Middle East, mix in nukes, stir in oil, and bake till the American economy melts down. Why do they hate it? You just knew they were looking for an excuse to stick their noses into the Internet, and now they have one. Cyberspace, the final frontier of human freedom, is being invaded by – you guessed it! – the State, and it isn’t going to be pretty. Indeed, things are getting pretty ugly our there, but the beauty of the technology is that it’s always at least one step ahead of the feds….. Uh - oh You know what this means .... another enemy, another spoke on the axis of evil and another domestic spy program to woo the public. It appears that he has some fear to work with. Although the election is still some time away, Bush better get a war or two going or that approval rating won't reach "adequate" levels. Anthrax update Time.com better start reading Antiwar.com, the premier site for updates on the Anthrax scares. The FBI is supposedly involved in the "largest operations in the bureau's history" yet the answers are so close. Specifically here and here.. oh yeah here too. Archives: 7/15/02 7/16/02 7/17/02 7/18/02 7/19/02 7/20/02 7/22/02 Mike Ewens is a senior at Washington University in St. Louis. Apart from his full-time student status, he is actively involved in the campus libertarian/conservative newspaper, College Libertarians and inner city tutoring programs. Economics and mathematics occupy his academic time, while his intellectual curiosity is further satisfied with political theory and foreign affairs. He is currently working as a summer intern with Antiwar.com. Contact him for information regarding bringing Justin Raimondo and other speakers to your campus. |