From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #385 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Friday, September 8 2000 Volume 02 : Number 385 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Fri, 1 Sep 00 04:56:44 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: FCC Public File Auto-FAQ This "FAQ" is auto-posted once a month via cron triggered script, and may be triggered off by hand from time to time in between if the info is requested by someone, such as when the House recently voted down the AW Ban and the Media threw a hissy fit. The purpose of this FAQ is to inform people what they can do about Media generated lies and misinformation. While the FCC only handles Broadcast Media, (TV and Radio), some of these techniques will work for magazines and newspapers too. If I've missed something, or you find errors, let me know and I'll add/fix it. 1.a. Send letters of complaint to the Station Manager every time it happens with all the time, details, other info, and your complaint(s). 1.b. Send an additional copy for their FCC (Federal Communications Commission) Public file. 1.c. Send an additional copy to the FCC itself, in case they don't put it in their Public file. 2.a. Send a letter of complaint to their Station Owner as per above, with copies as per above (1.b and 1.c). 3. Send copies of their replies to you along with yours to them to their FCC Public file, so that it gets nice and fat, again, with copies to the FCC itself. 4. If you can afford it, send all corespondence by Certified Mail with Return Receipt Requested. Send a copy of the Return Receipt with everything that goes to the FCC itself, so that they will have additional evidence if the Station is cheating on their Public File. 5.a. Go to the Public Library and look up "Standard Rate and Data Services" (SRDS) "Directory of National Advertisers." It is found in many major Libraries (in the business/reference stacks), and lists EVERY current advertiser, who the players are at both the company and advertising agency(s), and the appropriate telephone and fax (and probably E-Mail by now) addresses. If your Library doesn't have it, it can be requested. Otherwise you can watch their commercials for a few days to a week, listing all their advertisers. There are other references that have the addresses for the nation's business headquarters too. look them all up and pass the addresses and phone/FAX numbers etc., around so that everyone can bitch to the sponsors. IF enough people do that, it'll get back to the Station. Tell them if the Station continues their nastiness you'll _consider_ changing to brand(X), (otherwise they'll just write you off as a loss). 5.b. The above, (5.a.), can be a lot easier and less time consuming if you're dealing with a newspaper's or a magazine's ads, as they are right in front of you for the listing. 6. If they put on something good or even just more reasonable, call and compliment them on it, but do _not_ send any kudos to their FCC file, or write to them about it. That way they have to keep it up and hope, as there is nothing good in the file or in writing that they can show the FCC to justify their Station's License. 7. Federal Communications Commission, Complaints and Compliance Division Room 6218, 2025 M Street NW Washington, D.C. 20554 FAX: 202-653-9659 FCC Attn: Edythe Wise - -- An _EFFECTIVE_ | The _only_important_difference_ between Nazi-ism, Fascism, weapon in every | Communism, Communitarianism, Socialism and (Neo-)Liberalism hand = Freedom | is the _spelling_, and that the last group hasn't got the on every side! | Collective brains to figure it out. -- Bill Vance - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 00 11:58:47 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: SOS - Save Our Scouts (fwd) On Sep 2, RichSlick@aol.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] PLEASE FORWARD FAR AND WIDE TO HELP SAVE OUR SCOUTS The following web site has been up and running for about 24 hours. 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Lady Liberty Phone: (702) 649-6808 CHECK OUT MY NEW WEB SITE! http://ladyliberty-2000.tripod.com [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 00 15:11:43 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Gore and the 'Hillbilly Mafia' (fwd) On Sep 3, RichSlick@aol.com wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] Recd From: hrothenb@bcpl.net (Howard Rothenburg) =20 =20=20 September 1, 2000 =20 Gore tied to 'Hillbilly Mafia' =20 Radio host who investigated connection faces legal threats =20 By Patrick Poole =A9 2000 WorldNetDaily.com =20 \ =20 A Nashville radio talk show host investigating alleged corruption on the part of rural Tennessee's so-called "Hillbilly Mafia" has uncovered suspicious business dealings between members of the group and Vice President Al Gore. =20 The allegations have, in turn, led to a series of threats and legal tactics by one member of the group against the radio station in an attempt to silence the talk show host. =20 Phil Valentine, the afternoon host for Nashville talk station WLAC first talked about the "Hillbilly Mafia" story on his show late last week. =20 "Almost two decades after Al Gore left Tennessee for Washington, why does he keep associating with low-lifes like this, one of which is trying to beat a racketeering rap?" Valentine asked. =20 Valentine's investigation has centered around Wilson County Sheriff Terry Ashe, currently facing allegations in a civil racketeering case of having used his position as sheriff to harass and intimidate his political rival, Dewey Lineberry, and using his powers to damage Lineberry's real estate business. =20 According to federal court documents submitted in the civil racketeering case, the "Hillbilly Mafia" is an informal organization of Tennessee business and elected officials who operate near Gore's hometown of Carthage, Tenn. =20 Critics say the group's members use their influence and positions to engage in illegal or legal-but-questionable activities by harassing and threatening business competitors and political opponents alike. =20 In a filing for the racketeering trial, Ashe admitted to keeping 140 head of cattle on Al Gore's Carthage, Tenn., farm, which serves as surety for a $71,000 negative balance on a joint investment account held by MAC Farms, a venture owned by Ashe and fellow "Hillbilly Mafia" members Monty Mires and Jimmy Comer, at the Gore-owned Community Bank of Carthage. =20 The mere mention of cows raises eyebrows in rural Tennessee political circles. In their book, "Prince Albert: The Life and Lies of Al Gore," David Bossie and Floyd Brown relate how Gore's father, Al Gore Sr., during his tenure as a U.S. senator, used to host cattle auctions for lobbyists and other influence peddlers at the Carthage family farm. While the cattle would be purchased at staggering prices, the cattle would always remain on the farm to be sold again at the next auction. =20 After Valentine brought up the alleged connections between the "Hillbilly Mafia" and Gore, Ashe began calling station officials to pressure them to clamp down on Valentine. =20 The station was reluctant to interfere, which prompted Ashe to contact his attorney to subpoena audio recordings of the programs and any related documents, even after Valentine allowed Ashe to come on his show to give his side of the story. =20 But Valentine told WorldNetDaily that he suspected the legal tactics were designed to obtain information about his confidential sources that have given him documents and other information related to his investigation. =20 "They are clearly trying to get at my sources, which I am never going to divulge. Ashe and his goons can subpoena us all day long, but we're not going to allow our contacts to be subjected to the abuse that the Hillbilly Mafia is able to inflict," Valentine said. "We'll be glad to give them copies of the show, but we are not going to let these thugs intimidate us or the folks who were brave enough to come forward with this information." =20 Ashe's attorney, Rebecca Demaree, confirmed for WorldNetDaily that she had subpoenaed WLAC for the audio recordings of Valentine's comments about the racketeering trial and for any documents related to the case. =20 In the on-air interview with Valentine last week, Ashe admitted to the group's bovine business arrangement with Gore. =20 "Well, sure I have cows on Al Gore's farm. Al's an old friend of mine. I've been trying to sell him cows for years," Ashe said. =20 But Ashe vigorously denied in his interview that the racketeering trial is moving ahead. =20 "Now, the judge hasn't allowed anything to go forward. It has not been upheld to go forward to trial, so again your information is wrong," Ashe said. =20 Demaree, his attorney, told WorldNetDaily that U.S. District Judge Robert Echols had dismissed some of the charges alleged in the racketeering lawsuit, but that additional charges are still being investigated while Lineberry's attorneys conduct discovery on the claims. Because the matter is still pending, she couldn't comment specifically about the case. =20 Ashe is also accused of conspiring to cover up the beating and hospitalization of an underage female high school student allegedly assaulted by one of Ashe's deputies, by threatening and conducting regular surveillance on the girl. When the girl was called recently as a witness in an unrelated slander case against Ashe, she refused to testify for fear of reprisals against her and her family. Those allegations are also part of the forthcoming racketeering trial. =20 When Valentine asked about his alleged participation in covering up the girl's beating, Ashe flatly denied any involvement, "If I'd done that, I should have been prosecuted." =20 One Wilson County elected official, who spoke to WorldNetDaily anonymously for fear of retaliation by Hillbilly Mafia members, said that threats and intimidation are common methods used by the group to cover up their questionable business dealings. "The members of the Hillbilly Mafia get sloppy in how they handle their affairs because they are confident in the protection that Gore would give them if they got into a jam," the informant told WorldNetDaily. "These guys are known for getting into trouble, so they have to resort to threatening everyone and everybody to keep it from getting out. But it seems like that policy is finally catching up with them." =20 The informant claimed to have been personally subject to threats made by one Hillbilly Mafia member, Monty Mires -- one of the business partners in the MAC Farms venture that keeps the herd of cattle at Gore's farm. =20 Another source, also speaking anonymously out of fear of retribution, claimed to have been subjected to the group's threats, as part of a pattern of intimidation, and added that the group operates under the presumption of Gore's protection. =20 Despite what he sees as the intense pressure that Gore and his "old friends" can bring to bear on the radio station and his family, Valentine vowed to stay on the case. =20 "The people I've talked with in Wilson County are very much aware of the Hillbilly Mafia, and it's apparently a very real and very dangerous organized criminal element. And it's not only the sheriff, but several other Gore business associates who are alleged members," Valentine said. "Now, I couldn't care less who the people of Wilson County choose as their sheriff, but I believe the American people have a right to know who their vice-president is in business with." =20 As reported in WorldNetDaily, Valentine was part of a quartet of Nashville talk radio personalities who took on Gov. Don Sundquist last June after Sundquist attempted to push an unpopular state income-tax proposal through the legislature, prompting massive tax protests. =20 Another alleged member of the Hillbilly Mafia, Wilson County Road Superintendent Steve Armistead, also has close ties to Gore, having stood on the platform with the vice president during his speech to the Democratic National Convention held in Los Angeles two weeks ago. =20 According to several sources, Armistead was also involved in difficulties that Gore had with a rental home on his Carthage property earlier this year. When Armistead failed to perform the repairs that Gore had promised the renters would occur, the renters moved out of the home. WorldNetDaily reported that as a result of Gore's failure to resolve the problems with the property, the Tennessee Republican Party came to Gore's rescue and assisted the family in its move from Tennessee to Lima, Ohio. =20 Valentine said he is surprised the repeated scandals of the Clinton administration and Gore's own political history haven't prevented him from having business dealings with such questionable associates. =20 "You would think that with the difficulties that Bill Clinton has had in recent years from his shady Arkansas connections, Al Gore might have learned something, but apparently he hasn't," Valentine told WorldNetDaily. "You only need to look at the cast of characters involved in the Hillbilly Mafia and the curious business dealings they continue to have with Gore to see that America might be in store for more of the same under a Gore administration. Is anybody in his campaign seeing these problems?" =20 Gore campaign officials did not return repeated requests for comment. [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Sun, 3 Sep 00 15:10:41 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: FATAL BLINDNESS (fwd) On Sep 03, Rich Martin wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] From the Home of Rich & Peggy Martin Grand Prairie, TX 75050 RichSlick@aol.com It's nice to be important, but it's important to be nice. _______________________________________________ INTRODUCTORY COMMENTARY What do you call a country where the govt owns=20 everything, communist or fascist? =20 Rich Martin Editor of Slick ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ FATAL BLINDNESS =20 =20 The immoral and reckless indifference of so much of the =20 American public to statists obliterating freedom in one area after=20 another brings to mind the quote attributed to Protestant=20 minister Martin Neimoller, who reflected upon Germany=E2=80=99s fall=20 to the Nazis: "In Germany they came first for the Communists,=20 and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then=20 they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I=20 wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I =20 didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they=20 came for Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a=20 Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one=20 was left to speak up."=20 =20 If you are like most Americans, you didn't bother to notice that =20 when statists came for the owners of "public buildings," violating=20 the property rights of these owners, that, in principle, your=20 rights were undermined, undermining what you may do in your=20 own home. You didn't speak out because you are not an=20 owner of one of these "public buildings."=20 =20 When statists came for the owners of tobacco companies, =20 infringing on their right of ownership and restricting their=20 freedom of speech, you didn't speak out because you are not=20 one of the owners of a tobacco company or you are not a=20 smoker or you consider smoking to be an evil which must be=20 wiped out at all costs, even at the cost of your freedom, your=20 freedom to follow your own judgment.=20 =20 When they persecuted and imprisoned innocent individuals for =20 "abuse," you didn't speak out because you were not the one =20 being persecuted.=20 =20 When they imprisoned those individuals for disturbing the =20 "wetlands," you said nothing because you thought it would never =20 affect you, oblivious to the fact that your backyard is a =20 "wetland."=20 =20 When they searched, without warrant, the private property of =20 business owners, you said nothing because these were only =20 business owners and you are not a business owner. =20 When they seized property without due process, you said nothing because it wasn't your property being seized, even though it could=20 be and will be tomorrow.=20 =20 When they imposed arbitrary fines, you said nothing because =20 you were not the one victimized.=20 =20 When they kicked in the door of the home of someone =20 suspected of drug possession and killed the innocent owner, =20 you said nothing because your loved one was not the one killed =20 and because you believe anything goes when it comes to fighting=20 drug use.=20 =20 When they drove an innocent man to suicide in their attempt to =20 collect taxes never owed them, you said nothing because the =20 victim was not someone you knew and valued.=20 =20 When they bullied television network executives into accepting=20 a ratings system, you said nothing because you are not an=20 owner of a television station.=20 =20 When they, in the name of children, came for the producers of =20 children's television programs, making it criminal to express =20 certain ideas, you did not speak out because you believe =20 anything can be sacrificed in the name of children, even though =20 these children will not be free when they become adults.=20 =20 When they suspended the right to trial by jury for accused =20 "deadbeat dads," you said nothing because you are not a =20 deadbeat dad.=20 =20 Even though you oppose socialized medicine, when they passed =20 legislation further regulating doctors, you said nothing,=20 dismissing it as only a "small step," perhaps hoping it would not=20 affect you in your lifetime, hoping that "somehow" it would not=20 result in socialized medicine.=20 =20 When they got you to accept the idea that your money is not =20 yours, that they may forcibly take "your" money and dictate to =20 you how much you may keep for your own needs, you said =20 nothing because you consider taxation to be a necessary evil.=20 =20 When they came for the online news organizations, you said=20 nothing because you are not a user of online services. =20 =20 And when they and their evil finally come for you and they=20 will, if America continues down this road to hell will there be=20 enough left who will care about your plight, will there be=20 anyone left to speak out for you, to defend you?=20 =20 You already know the answer: there won't be, if this country=20 continues to sink into the cesspool of statism, if most Americans=20 continue to maintain an indifferent silence about freedom's=20 decline. And if you are one of those who have said nothing,=20 then your silence and the logic of your bad premises will finally=20 avenge themselves on you in practice when they finally come=20 for you.=20 =20 (From the final paragraphs of Chapter 7 of FATAL=20 BLINDNESS, by Fulton Huxtable.)=20 [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 5 Sep 00 09:32:30 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: [ConfHeritageAlert] U. S. Congress Bill H.RES. 466 to Condemn ALL Confederate Flags (fwd) On Sep 05, Josephine Bass wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] >Everyone, >Priority One >There is now a bill before Congress to condemn EVERYTHING we hold dear. >Please go to this link to click off a message to your U.S. Rep. after >reading >below and send your U.S. Rep. a similar short message. > >http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd/ > >My message was sent to: > >>U.S. Rep. Johnny Isakson > >***************************** > >Copy of message text follows: > >***************************** > > > >Rep. Isakson, > >You probably don't remember that we were > >members with you long ago in the Cobb County Realtors Assc. in 1965 >when you came in from the University of GA. > > > >Usually our U.S. Representatives are not involved in Statewide >Heritage attacks, but this time you will be drawn into it if it gets out of >committee. >This is H.RES. 466 > >which is filled with errors in it's statements of fact. > > > >This bill will be totally unacceptable to anyone who studies history >or promotes saving our unique heritage and honors those who died > >when sent to war by our great State of Georgia. Please do what you can >to represent us Georgians who will always honor our Grandfathers. > >Sincerely, > >Elijah S. Coleman > >HRES 466 IH > >106th CONGRESS > >2d Session > >H. RES. 466 > >Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the >continued display of Confederate flags. > >IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES > >April 6, 2000 > >Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi (for himself, Mr. HILLIARD, Ms. >MILLENDER-MCDONALD, Mr. JACKSON of Illinois, Mrs. MEEKS of Florida, Mr. >OWENS, Ms. CARSON, Ms. KILPATRICK, Ms. JACKSON-LEE of Texas, Mrs. JONES >of Ohio, Mr. CLAY, Mr. WYNN, Mr. PAYNE, Ms. BROWN of Florida, Mr. DIXON, >Mr. RUSH, Mr. MALONEY of Connecticut, Mr. CUMMINGS, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. DAVIS >of Illinois, Mr. TOWNS, Mr. MEEKS of New York, Ms. MCKINNEY, Mr. WEXLER, >Ms. LEE, Mr. FROST, Mr. FILNER, and Mr. RANGEL) submitted the following >resolution; which was referred to the Committee on the Judiciary > >--------- > >RESOLUTION > >Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with regard to the >continued display of Confederate flags. > >Whereas in his 1861 speech entitled `Slavery the Cornerstone of the >Confederacy', Alexander H. Stephens, the Vice President of the >Confederate States of America stated, `The prevailing ideas entertained >by [Thomas Jefferson] and most of the leading statesmen at the time of >the formation of the old constitution, were that the enslavement of the >African was in violation of the laws of nature; that it was wrong in >principle, socially, morally, and politically. . . . Our new government >is founded upon exactly the opposite idea; its foundations are laid, its >corner-stone rests upon the great truth, that the negro is not equal to >the white man; that slavery --subordination to the superior race--is his >natural and normal condition'; > >Whereas article 1, section 9, clause 4 of the Constitution of the >Confederate States of America provides that `[n]o bill of attainder, ex >post facto law, or law denying or impairing the right of property in >negro slaves shall be passed'; > >Whereas article 4, section 3, clause 3 of that Constitution provides >that `[i]n all such territory the institution of negro slavery , as it >now exists in the Confederate States, shall be recognized and protected >by Congress and the territorial government'; > >Whereas the pledge of allegiance to the Confederate flag states, `I >salute the Confederate Flag, with affection, reverence, and undying >devotion to the cause for which it stands'; > >Whereas the first, second, and third official Confederate flags, the >Confederate Navy Jack, and the Confederate battle flag are all direct >representations of the Confederacy and its documented advocacy of the >subordination of people of African descent through the perpetuation of >the slave trade; > >Whereas many white supremacist groups recognize the inherently racist >implications of the flag and frequently use it as a historically >significant representation of their present day desire to strip >nonwhites, frequently through wanton acts of violence, of the rights >guaranteed them by the United States Constitution and relegate them to >the position of noncitizens and, in some cases, nonhumans; > >Whereas the State of Georgia has introduced legislation to remove the >Confederate flag from its official State flag; > >Whereas the Civil War is the most divisive domestic insurrection in our >shared national history and continues to be a culturally polemic issue >among many segments of the American population; and > >Whereas the Confederacy was defeated in its attempt to destroy the >United States of America by tearing the Nation apart: Now, therefore, be >it > >Resolved, That the House of Representatives does not support, condone, >or encourage the use or display of the first, second, or third official >Confederate flag, the Confederate Navy Jack, or the Confederate battle >flag (more commonly know as the `Southern Cross') for any reason other >than as a historic reminder of the secession of the Confederate States, >which prompted the violent, bloody, and divisive Civil War, and of the >Confederacy's flagrant disregard for the equality of all Americans in >accordance with the United States Constitution and in the eyes of God. > >************************************************************************ >* >Elijah Coleman, Georgian >http://www.southernmessenger.org/ >"May any Grandson who fails to honor these Southern Patriots >who sacrificed everything and lost, meet a different hereafter, >for he would not be worthy of their reception." ESC [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 14:24:04 -0500 (CDT) From: Paul M Watson Subject: Gore flunked out of Grad school, Bush got MBA (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- http:/www.freerepublic.com=20 Gore's Dubious School Record=20 News/Current Events Opinion (Published) Keywords: BUSH, GORE, MEDIA Source: Boston Globe Published: 7 September 2000 Author: Jennifer C. Braceras Posted on 09/08/2000 10:35:05 PDT by Straightarrow=20 THIS STORY HAS BEEN FORMATTED FOR EASY PRINTING - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------= - ----- Gore's dubious school record By Jennifer C. Braceras, 9/7/2000=20 When will the liberal media stop treating left-wing ideology as a proxy for intelligence? For months the press has questioned the intellect of Republican candidate George W. Bush, while describing Al Gore as ''serious,'' ''intellectual'' - even ''wonkish.'' The basis for the media's unfair attacks on Bush's intelligence is his 30-year-old Yale College transcript (purloined last fall and published by The New Yorker). Yet The Washington Post's subsequent revelation of Gore's unimpressive academic record has done little to alter the media's false portrayal of Gore as ''the smartest kid in the class.'' It is a record that is worth reviewing, if only to debunk the myth of Gore as a serious student. Gore's undergraduate transcript from Harvard is riddled with C's, including a C-minus in introductory economics, a D in one science course, and a C-plus in another. ''In his sophomore year at Harvard,'' the Post reported, ''Gore's grades were lower than any semester recorded on Bush's transcript from Yale.'' Moreover, Gore's graduate school record - consistently glossed over by the press - is nothing short of shameful. In 1971, Gore enrolled in Vanderbilt Divinity School where, according to Bill Turque, author of ''Inventing Al Gore,'' he received F's in five of the eight classes he took over the course of three semesters. Not surprisingly, Gore did not receive a degree from the divinity school. Nor did Gore graduate from Vanderbilt Law School, where he enrolled for a brief time and received his fair share of C's. (Bush went on to earn an MBA from Harvard). But whereas the liberal press has described Bush's college days as a time of misspent youth, media accounts of Gore's undergraduate years are grossly fawning. (The New York Times: ''As Mr. Bush was frolicking around Yale, a young man named Al Gore was studying at Harvard''; ''Harvard nurtured the part of [Gore] that is in love with the world of ideas.'' The New Republic: ''At Harvard, Gore set himself formidable intellectual challenges.'') And then there is the laughable October issue of Psychology Today. As part of a cover story entitled, ''Gore and Bush on the Couch,'' the magazine reports the results of a spurious ''analysis'' of 10 of the candidates speeches and/or interviews. The authors claim that the study ''verifies'' the popular stereotype that ''Bush is not as deep a thinker as Gore.'' Two pages later, readers will be shocked - shocked! - to learn that the magazine's (no doubt scientific) study of the candidates' facial gestures reveals that Gore is the ''more serious, constrained, controlled, weighty, ponderous, [and] dominant of the two candidates.'' More ponderous, perhaps =2E.. but, please, spare me the pop psychology. Biased reporters, however, are not the only ones to blame. Indeed, the vice president himself has cultivated this genius persona (one of many). Thus, he did not correct PBS News anchor Gwen Ifill when she referred to him as a graduate of Vanderbilt Law School. Even more significant was the line in Gore's convention acceptance speech in which he stated, ''I know my own imperfections. I know that sometimes people say I'm too serious, that I talk too much substance and policy.'' Poor Al, he's just too smart for the job. Of course, the stereotyping of conservative candidates as dumb and liberal candidates as ''brilliant'' is nothing new. During the 1950s, the media lionized Democrat Adlai Stevenson as an intellectual, while ridiculing Republican Dwight Eisenhower as an ineffectual simpleton. Back then, the members of the press knew full well that Stevenson attended Harvard Law School and, yet, had not received a degree. But the media gave Stevenson a pass. (Sound familiar?) Had resourceful journalists investigated, they might have learned (as we now know from Stevenson's biographer John Bartlow Martin) that Harvard Law School Dean Erwin Griswold had hidden Stevenson's transcript in a locked cabinet in his office. What was he hiding? Stevenson, the so-called ''thinking man's candidate,'' had, in fact, flunked out of Harvard Law. In the end, neither intellect nor academic performance is an especially important criterion by which to judge our presidents. Ronald Reagan and Harry Truman were no scholars, but they rank among the best presidents in our country's history. And what about many liberals' favorite president - Franklin Roosevelt? Social, popular, and famously unserious as an undergraduate at Harvard, FDR had an undistinguished academic record. Yet, later in life, Roosevelt's charisma and his ability to persuade, compromise, and lead helped him to become a ''reformer with results.'' This election is not an I.Q. test; it is about which candidate has better judgment. And that is why, despite the media's love affair with the celluloid image of Al Gore the policy-wonk, it is the affable, authentic, and sensible Bush who would make the better leader. Jennifer C. Braceras is an attorney and research fellow at Harvard Law School. Her column appears regularly in the Globe. This story ran on page A15 of the Boston Globe on 9/7/2000. =A9 Copyright 2000 Globe Newspaper Company. - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2000 15:56:26 -0500 From: larry ball Subject: [Fwd: 50 cal rifle] This is a multi-part message in MIME format. - --------------BECE07F943AC4EAE60AC21EC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit - --------------BECE07F943AC4EAE60AC21EC Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: by pigeon (mbox lball) (with Cubic Circle's cucipop (v1.22 1998/04/11) Fri Sep 8 16:24:28 2000) X-From_: majordom@mainstream.net Fri Sep 8 08:17:07 2000 Return-Path: Received: from fs1.mainstream.net (fs1.mainstream.net [206.97.102.4]) by pigeon.inebraska.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA16807 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 08:17:05 -0500 (CDT) Received: by fs1.mainstream.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id JAA18681; Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:16:38 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <200009081316.JAA18681@fs1.mainstream.net> Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 09:16:00 EDT From: ASSETNJ@AOL.COM To: Multiple-Recipients-noban@mainstream.net Subject: 50 cal rifle Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" MIME-Version: 1.0 Precedence: bulk Reply-To: noban@mainstream.net X-Divvy-no: 2 X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 Divvy: 2 God, I LIKE this guy! SUBJECT: .50 Caliber Rifles David Wayne Case - Posted: 09.05.00 DATE: 14 May 1999 TO: Rep. Henry Waxman FROM: David Wayne Case SUBJECT: .50 Caliber Rifles CC: Rep. Mark Sanford, Rep. Robert Barr, Sen. Strom Thurmond, Sen. Ernest Hollings NUMBER OF PAGES: I (Including cover page) I have become aware of your furtive attempt to infringe upon my ownership of my Barrett rifle. I am a former Captain USMC, state marksmanship champion, NRA member, member of the Fifty Caliber Shooter's Association and an avid hunter of deer and hogs. To my knowledge, no .50 caliber rifle has ever been used in the commission of a crime. My rifle cost $6,750. The telescope on the rifle cost $4,500. The ammunition I most often shoot costs @ $4.00 per round. While I tell you this, understand that what I'm trying to tell you is that I would be an idiot to spend $11,000 on a rifle to risk losing it in the legal aftermath of its illegal use. Get the hell out of my personal life and go play kissy face with Diane Feinstein, Barney Frank, Charles Schumer and those other leftists. I am now an investment banker and make $400,000 per year. I also have a Harley Davidson motorcycle and several cars with V-8 engines. Are you next going to tell me I don't NEED a V-8 engine ... don't NEED such a heavy, powerful motorcycle ... don't NEED a house with five bedrooms ... don't NEED a wife with such large breasts...don't NEED a dog with such sharp teeth and so on? This kind of "Chicken Little" reactionary noise is entirely useless. I am going to notify every legislator in my food chain that they need to take you behind the Capital and beat the crap out of you. CC: Sen. Trent Lott Sen. Orrin Hatch Sen. 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Basically, you have a police state when you have a large central government power structure that tells the people what to do. In a police state, you are required to do certain things - and you are prohibited from doing most anything else. You live in fear of failing to do what's required, and of being caught for doing something that's not allowed. Aren't all governments like that? No. The Founders' vision was a government that protected the rights of individual citizens to life, liberty and property. They built a nation of laws that established the rules of the game in which free people function and interact voluntarily. That means freedom in the home, freedom in the marketplace, freedom in your backyard. A society with a limited government, whose job is to keep the peace among free people, is not a police state. What does CCOPS do? CCOPS has one broad purpose: to oppose the formation of police states anywhere in the world. It especially focuses on the United States and North America, because that is where CCOPS is based. Opposing police states and preventing them from arising are powerful ways to protect every individual's rights to life, liberty, property and the pursuit of happiness. Why was CCOPS formed? CCOPS is not limited to charitable or educational functions, so CCOPS can advocate or criticize legislation and political candidates. While JPFO remains dedicated by law to its vital educational purpose, CCOPS can charge onto the battlefield on many issues without legal concerns forced upon us by the government. CCOPS bought its freedom from government control by giving up the tax exempt charitable/educational status. People have clamored for JPFO to take positions on political issues and candidates, but JPFO must not do that. CCOPS can - CCOPS will. Does America need CCOPS? Absolutely yes. At this moment CCOPS is gathering together the data showing how America's society and government are taking on the qualities of a police state. Speech codes. Political correctness. Persecution of disfavored minorities. Central government dictating the details of the lives and conduct of private citizens. Agencies developing technology and arming agents to track, snoop, restrict, license, tax, regulate, register and harass the citizens. Campaigns of coordinated disinformation. Destruction of core values that support individual liberty by engines of the state. CCOPS changes the way people see the problem. Most Americans don't know anything about the Bill of Rights. Showing that government edict or program violates the Bill of Rights doesn't seem to excite too many Americans. But whether they consider themselves leftist or rightist, nearly all Americans will understand when CCOPS unmasks a "police state policy." And that's exactly how CCOPS can generate public outrage - and action. 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