World-News

http://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2006/08/18/18298436.php


Informant: Scott Munson

Freitag 8. September 2006, Region

Polizeimeldungen

Gestern Morgen hat sich auf der A 4 bei Schaffhausen ein Fahrzeug überschlagen. Kurz nach sieben Uhr fuhr ein Autolenker von Thayngen in Richtung Schaffhausen. Bei der Ausfahrt Herblingen wurde der Lenker durch sein vibrierendes Mobiltelefon in der Hosentasche derart abgelenkt, dass er in die Mittelleitplanke prallte. In der Folge überschlug sich das Fahrzeug und blieb auf dem Dach liegen. Wie durch ein Wunder blieb der Lenker unverletzt. Am Fahrzeug entstand Totalschaden, und die Mittelleitplanke wurde erheblich beschädigt. Der Sachschaden beläuft sich auf rund 55 000 Franken. Die Schaffhauser Polizei erinnert daran, dass die Benutzung von Mobiltelefonen während des Fahrens verboten ist. (SHPol)

http://www.shn.ch/pages/artikel.cfm?id=167903 (Auszug)

http://civilrightscoalition.org/campaign/dcvotingrightsact?rk=rpeGLZs1na2PW


Informant: ranger116

The Ivory Coast government resigns after tons of toxic waste from Europe are discharged into the capital's public dumps. Three are dead from toxic fumes, but how the waste came to be discharged remains murky.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806H.shtml

A federal judge ordered Ohio's county elections boards on Thursday to preserve ballots from the 2004 presidential election, a move activists hope will help prove accusations of fraud.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806G.shtml

At least 10 Florida journalists received regular payments from a US government program aimed at undermining the Cuban government of Fidel Castro, the Miami Herald reported on Friday.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806D.shtml

"The USA's mass media constantly tell us how Americans see the 'war on terror.' But the same outlets rarely tell us much about how the rest of the world sees it," writes Norman Solomon.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806C.shtml

Senate Panel to Issue Iraq Intel Report

The Senate Intelligence Committee will release a report Friday on pre-war Iraq intelligence that will confirm that "the Bush administration's case for war in Iraq was fundamentally misleading."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806B.shtml

"The disclosure of suspects' identities is standard operating procedure among justice and law enforcement authorities throughout the United States. Attorneys General, US attorneys, and police authorities regularly call high-profile press conferences to announce the names of people who have been arrested or are under suspicion - though the charges against these people are often later dropped or substantially reduced," writes William Fisher.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806A.shtml

http://tinyurl.com/fcvje



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Watada

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5323512.stm


Informant: NHNE

President Bush urged Congress Thursday to give him "additional authority" to continue his administration's warrantless eavesdropping program. The speech was his latest effort in several days to mark the fifth anniversary of the September 11, 2001, attacks by framing the election-year national security debate to political and policy advantage.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806O.shtml

"The debacle surrounding the Republican victory in 2000 demonstrated to the world that America's electoral process is wide open to abuse," Paul Harris writes, and "America's system of voting is now even more suspect, more complicated, and more open to abuse than ever before."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806L.shtml

Opening briefs were filed before the U.S. Supreme Court last Thursday in a case challenging the Bush administration's reluctance to issue regulations to control global warming. California and 11 other states have joined with environmental groups in a lawsuit they hope will compel the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take action to curb the release of heat-trapping carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases entering the atmosphere.

Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1893.cfm

Last week, Organic Bytes reported on the USDA's announcement that a variety of genetically engineered (GE) rice unapproved for human consumption has contaminated the U.S. food supply. Since then, Japan has banned imports of U.S. rice, while the EU is requiring that all rice imports from the U.S. be tested for contamination. With the U.S rice industry in turmoil, the USDA admits it has no idea how extensive the contamination is. Rice farmers say they don't feel the USDA is adequately monitoring the biotech industry. "This is real money that farmers are losing," said Arkansas Rice Growers Association Executive Director Greg Yielding, who said he has fielded dozens of calls from frantic rice farmers. "It is a big deal. We do not feel that USDA and APHIS have adequate funds or staff to do this job. They can't tell you where anything is even though they get permits for it." Learn more: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1865.cfm



IDIOTS GUIDE TO THE GE DEBATE: As the biotech industry continues to develop new propaganda for convincing the world to stomach it's genetically engineered foods, the debate over the issue seems to be getting as complex as the DNA chains, themselves. You're not alone if you find yourself struggling to explain to your friends why you are leery about genetically engineered foods. Here's a quick and easy-to-understand "Q&A" on GE foods that'll take two minutes to read but will leave you with a lifetime of essential information about this critical issue: http://www.organicconsumers.org/2006/article_1860.cfm

ABOUT THE 2006 FARMER Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service issued updated estimates regarding 2006 farm income. Here are some quick statistics from the report:

* Net farm income is forecast to be $54.4 billion in 2006, down from 2005 by $19.4 billion (a 26% decline).

* Government payments are forecast to decline $6.2 billion.

* The average family farm will generate 86.7 percent of their income from off-farm sources in 2006. In other words, less than 14% of income is generated from the farm, itself.

Source: http://www.ers.usda.gov/Features/farmincome/2006/August/


From ORGANIC BYTES #89

In last week's issue of PR Watch ( http://www.prwatch.org ), author Conor Kenny gave readers some insight into the work ethic of the U.S. Congress in 2006. Pointing out that President Harry S. Truman infamously derided the 1947-1948 Congress as the "Do-Nothing Congress" for meeting for only 108 days, Kenny ponders what Truman would have thought of our modern-day Congress, which is projected to spend only 79 days in session in 2006. "While most Americans returned from their holiday vacation in the first week of January, the House took nearly the entire month off, commencing the session on January 31st," says Kenny. "In February, the House met for only 47 hours, an average work week for many Americans." As the 2006 election season heats up, the Organic Consumers Fund needs your help to build a new Congress that will work hard to bring issues of environmental sustainability and human health to the forefront of American politics. Invite your local candidates to take part in a survey that will help voters determine where they stand on these important issues here: http://organicconsumersfund.org/voterguide.cfm

http://declarationofpeace.org/


Informant: Martin Greenhut

http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=vIKqmNRJ-Rlif-8IZRQH1w..
http://www.aclu.org/

Take action:
http://action.wilderness.org/campaign/teshekpuk



Court Ruling Blocks Alaska Oil Lease Sale

A federal judge issued a preliminary ruling on Thursday that temporarily blocks the US administration's plan to allow oil development in the sensitive wetlands near vast Teshekpuk Lake in Arctic Alaska.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806E.shtml

Under the measure that President Bush proposed on Wednesday, Khalid Shaik Mohammed and other major terrorism suspects would face trials at Guantanamo Bay in military tribunals that would allow evidence obtained by coercive interrogation and hearsay and deny suspects and their lawyers the right to see classified evidence used against them.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

A mobile phone company has admitted a letter concerning its application for a mobile phone mast 150m from a Cornish primary school went out late.

Ericsson Services says there was an error in sending the letter to St Francis School in Falmouth.

Some parents say they have not been given enough time to object, and a decision by Carrick Council is likely to be delayed for another week.

Ericsson Services say councillors have known since July.

Carrick was due to decide on Friday if it could agree the application for the mast at the Falmouth Business Park or would want more detailed plans.

But Mike Dobson, corporate affairs manager for Ericsson Services, said the letter to St Francis had gone off later than planned.

Mr Dobson said a letter was despatched on time to the nearby St Mary's School.

He also said the mast will be safe and will not be pointed at either primary school.

Published: 2006/09/08 09:15:22 GMT

© BBC MMVI

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/cornwall/5326572.stm

"Sabine Christiansen"-Studie von LobbyControl

LobbyControl-Studie „Sabine Christiansen: Schaubühne für die Einflussreichen und Meinungsmacher“

Gestern haben wir in Berlin eine Studie zur Einladepolitik der Talkshow „Sabine Christiansen“ vorgestellt. Die Studie mit dem Titel „Schaubühne für die Einflussreichen und Meinungsmacher - Der neoliberal geprägte Reformdiskurs bei "Sabine Christiansen"“ untersucht die Zusammensetzung der Gäste und Themen der Sendungen von Januar 2005 bis Juni 2006.

Zu den wichtigsten Ergebnissen gehört, dass sich hinter einer parteipolitischen Ausgewogenheit der Gäste aus der Politik ein klares Übergewicht unternehmensnaher und marktliberaler Positionen bei den übrigen Gästen verbirgt. Dieses Ungleichgewicht bleibt für die Zuschauerinnen und Zuschauer zudem im Dunkeln, weil insbesondere bei der Vorstellung von "Experten" nicht über deren Verbindungen zu marktliberalen Denkfabriken, Lobbykampagnen oder Unternehmen informiert wird. Wesentliche gesellschaftliche Gruppen wie Verbraucherorganisationen, politische Nichtregierungsorganisationen oder Bürgerinitiativen tauchen in der Talkrunde höchstens am Rande auf.

Mehr zur Studie und dem „verzerrten Pluralismus“ bei Christiansen: http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/index.php?p=305

Eine Kurzfassung der Studie finden Sie unter http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/download/Christiansen-Schaubuehne_kurz.pdf

Die vollständige Studie (25 S.) können Sie für 5 Euro plus Porto bestellen: http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/index.php/christiansen-studie-bestellen


LobbyControl weist Kritik von TV21 zurück

Die Produktionsfirma von "Sabine Christiansen" TV 21 reagierte auf die Veröffentlichung mit einer Replik, in der sie die Studie als "unsinnig" und "an der Realität vorbei" bezeichnen.

Die Reaktion von LobbyControl auf diese Kritik finden Sie unter http://www.lobbycontrol.de/blog/index.php/2006/09/lobbycontrol-weist-tv21-kritik-zurueck/

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Club der anonymen Meinungsmacher

Eine Studie belegt, wie die NDR-Produktion "Sabine Christiansen" die Reformdiskussion systematisch beeinflusst.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23514/1.html

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Die Welt aus der Sicht von Sabine Christiansen
http://www.jungewelt.de/2006/10-09/033.php

The Free Liberal

09/07/06

Karen Effrem, MD and John Grauerholz, MD discuss mental health screening and the psychiatric government industrial complex." [audio in Flash format]

http://www.freeliberal.com/archives/002279.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Washington Free Press
by Roger Lippman

09/06

The problem: a war that has cost $250 billion (as of May 2006), with no plausible explanation except to gain control of Iraq's oil. Another large appropriation has already passed Congress. Our representatives will support this spending until there is a large outcry against continuing to fund this war. But what if we didn't need the oil? How many new 45 miles-per-gallon Toyota Priuses would it take to displace the oil we used to get from Iraq? Government policy should encourage people to junk their gas hogs in exchange for a new, high-efficiency car...

http://tinyurl.com/pah7w


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Intellectual Conservative
by Winkfield F. Twyman, Jr.

09/07/06

When conservatives fought the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965, and the Housing act of 1968, conservatism lost its moral authority in Black America. Conservatism became stigmatized. African-Americans were not a liberal people in their folkways but liberals stood on the right side of history. And so black teachers like Ms. Walker, Ms. Taylor and countless others downplayed and dissociated themselves from conservative thoughts. At first blush, the stigma of conservative thought made sense. Conservatives opposed commonsense civil rights. Liberals stood on the side of expanding opportunity. And radicals in Black America got more air time than everyday folks. Being a Malcolm X or a Black Panther brought status and prestige at the end of the 1960s. 'Negro Conservatives' like George Schuyler and black college presidents appeared to be on the losing side of the cultural war. The stigma of conservative thought created a moral vacuum...

http://tinyurl.com/frt4g


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://inactivist.org/islamo_fascism


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

CounterPunch
by Marjorie Cohn

09/07/06

With great fanfare, George W. Bush announced to a group of carefully selected 9/11 families yesterday that he had finally decided to send Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 13 other alleged terrorists to Guantanamo Bay, where they will be tried in military commissions. After nearly 5 years of interrogating these men, why did Bush choose this moment to bring them to 'justice?' Bush said his administration had 'largely completed our questioning of the men' and complained that 'the Supreme Court's recent decision has impaired our ability to prosecute terrorists through military commissions and has put in question the future of the CIA program.' He was referring to Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, in which the high court recently held that Bush's military commissions did not comply with the law...

http://www.counterpunch.org/cohn09072006.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Hamdan

Know nothing news

Common Dreams
by Jerry Lanson

09/07/06

No matter how outrageous Bush's assertions, no matter how they fly in the face of the reality of what even his Pentagon is saying about Iraq, the news media dutifully trot after the president, giving him lead play on the news in speech after speech. Whether he's howling about 'cut and run' Democrats or asserting, yet again, that the mire of Iraq is a central battlefield in his War Against Terror (read War Without End), the format of news is predictable: Amplify the president's dire predictions, let him brainwash the public a little bit more, then dutifully -- for the sake balance, of course -- give the opposition a quick soundbite or a few lines to disagree. I realize, like it or not, that George Bush is the president. And, as a former reporter and editor, I know the norms of news: As the holder of the nation's highest official [sic], the president has the luxury of setting the agenda. Fair enough. But saying the same things over and over is not really setting an agenda. It is running a political campaign, one of the few things this president has ever done effectively...

http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0907-34.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Christian Science Monitor
by Pat M. Holt

09/07/06

In the first presidential debate of 2000, George W. Bush emphasized his military restraint. 'I would be very careful about using our troops as nation builders. I believe the role of the military is to fight and win war and therefore prevent war from happening,' he said. That view changed greatly after Sept. 11, when he proclaimed a policy of spreading democracy throughout the world -- even, evidently, if it requires US troops to act as nation builders. The part of the world where he chose to start that campaign, however, was one of the areas least attuned to it by culture and history. This is just one of the many paradoxes that mark Mr. Bush's presidency. Another paradox is that, in the name of spreading democracy abroad, Bush is doing things that tend to destroy it at home. One of the first acts of a scared, compliant Congress after 9/11 was to pass the misnamed USA Patriot Act...

http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0907/p09s01-coop.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Shadow Monkey
by staff

09/06/06

Want hassle-free air travel? The government says you may have to register with them, pay money, and go through a background check to sign up for a proposed new program intended to ease security hassles at airports for individuals. ... The 'Registered Traveler' program would be run entirely by airports, airlines and contractors that would register pre-screened flyers and usher them through security. Homeland Security would oversee the programs at airports, according to an interview with Chertoff cited in USA Today. ... Ladies and gentlemen of America, think about this 'Registered Traveller' program very carefully. Your government is considering asking you to undergo a background investigation to prove that you are not a terrorist in order to have an easier time passing through airport security. Plus, they want you to pay for the privilege. ... Oh, I know the answers to it, but I'll ask anyway: When the h... did the American people lose their will to stand up to their own government and say, 'ENOUGH!' This proposed TSA program is tantamount to your government telling you that it will assume you are a terrorist unless you prove to them otherwise. Where is the outrage at what our government is doing?

http://www.shadowmonkey.net/articles/general/registered-traveller.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://tinyurl.com/eaq27


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1866265,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

AntiWar.Com
by Justin Raimondo

09/08/06

For libertarians, the GOP is a total loss: like the neocons and the old 'Scoop Jackson' Democrats, they are bad on everything, including domestic policy. Today, whatever skeptics of the government's power to effect positive change, at home and abroad, still exist inside the Republican Party are lonely guardians of a nearly forgotten tradition. This is the party of Big Government, and Big Ambitions overseas: in the new Bushian GOP we are witnessing the triumph of 'National Greatness' Republicanism. Gone is the plain, republican cloth coat: in its place GOPers flaunt the imperial purple. Libertarians no longer have any place in the GOP coalition, and any who remain will have long since betrayed their ostensible devotion to liberty. The Republican Party is today hopelessly authoritarian. Maddened by war, its leaders are so corrupted by power and their desperation to hold on to it, that they will resort to any tactic, any subterfuge, no matter how contemptible and/or self-defeating. A good example is their secret funding of the campaign of Democrat Joe Lieberman against their own candidate for U.S. Senate in Connecticut...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=9669


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Unqualified Offerings
by Jim Henley

09/08/06

I had a more cynical thought this week, reading not just the President's remarks but Donald Rumsfeld's. These people are campaigning for the warblogger vote. Right down to the use of variants on 'Islamofascism,' White House rhetoric now matches standard neohawk blogosphere tropes too perfectly to be plausibly accidental...

http://highclearing.com/index.php/archives/2006/09/08/5463


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Guardian [UK]

09/07/06

The head of Europe's human rights watchdog yesterday called for monitoring of CIA agents operating in Britain and other European countries, after President George Bush's admission that the US had detained terrorist suspects in secret prisons. ... The former British Labour MP was scathing about President Bush. 'Why does the US need to keep people in secret prisons? I thought that was settled by Magna Carta. But King John is alive and well and running the USA. There is a smoking gun. We know where it is -- it is in the hands of George Bush. His fingerprints are on the gun...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1867438,00.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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European Watchdog Calls for Clampdown on CIA

The head of Europe's human rights watchdog yesterday called for monitoring of CIA agents operating in Britain and other European countries, after President George Bush's admission that the US had detained terrorist suspects in secret prisons. European lawmakers demanded on Thursday that their governments reveal the location of secret CIA prisons.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090806N.shtml

http://www.zmag.org/sustainers/content/2006-09/07zinn.cfm


Informant: Martin Greenhut

Chicago Tribune

09/07/06

America's prestige among its traditional European allies is in steep decline and shows no sign of rebounding, according to an annual survey conducted by the German Marshall Fund. The number of Europeans who say they would like to see the U.S. take a strong leadership role in world affairs has fallen precipitously, from 64 percent in 2002 to 37 percent today. During the same period, European unhappiness with President Bush has risen from 56 percent to 77 percent...

http://tinyurl.com/z666n


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Le Monde points out that the US president has only come clean with the law in some respects in order to bend it in others, while the Los Angeles Times details the specific concessions in legal procedure the administration plans to wrest from Congress.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706H.shtml



Bush vows to use all anti-terror tools

Denver Post

09/07/06

A day after President Bush acknowledged for the first time that the CIA runs secret prisons overseas, he told an Atlanta audience that he would continue to use all tools available to combat al-Qaeda and terrorists determined to attack the United States. 'I will continue using every element of national power to pursue our enemies and prevent attacks on the United States of America,' Bush said today. The president has said that the CIA has used tough interrogation methods to force terrorist leaders to reveal plots to attack the United States and its allies...

http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_4300067


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Please ask others to help end the seal hunt

I have some great news! I want to share with you an important victory in our efforts to close European markets for seal products, a vital step to end Canada’s commercial seal hunt.

The European Parliament has issued a Written Declaration calling for a ban on the import, export and sales of harp and hooded seal products. IFAW and other groups successfully lobbied more than half of all MEPs (Member of the European Parliament) to sign the resolution which will now be forwarded to the European commission and the Council of Ministers.

A European ban will help reduce demand for seal products and send an important message to the Canadian Government that the European Union wants no part in this cruel hunt.

The import of whitecoat harp seal and blueback hooded seal furs and furskin products (taken from pups younger than 2-3 weeks) was banned in Europe in 1983, but sealers now wait a few days until harp seal pups have moulted their white fur to kill them, with 95% of the seals killed still under three months old. The products of these baby seals are still imported into the European Union.

The declaration states that the last time the annual number of seals now being killed were slaughtered in the 1950s and 1960s the seal population was reduced by two thirds. It also states that on average sealers receive less than 5% of their income from sealing which provides only a few days' work each year.

A number of EU countries (Belgium, Luxembourg and Italy) have already taken steps to ban the trade in seal products, and others (the UK and the Netherlands) are considering their own bans.

Please help us keep the momentum going by Taking Action to end the seal hunt today.
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719465169936594334155565

For the seals,
Signature Fred O’Regan President and CEO

P.S. It’s critically important that we capitalize on this victory by adding new activists to fight for baby seals. This is a great opportunity to show others that we can win this fight with their help. Can I count on you to tell five new people about our efforts to end the seal hunt?
http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?ID=M719465119936594334155565



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=seals

"Unions need to offer a vision of how a just society should be organized. We need to organize for real solutions like fair trade, national health insurance, labor law reform, internal union democratic reforms to re-engage the rank and file, and a multi-year, multi-trillion dollar public works program to create millions of new jobs building an ecologically sustainable infrastructure for our future," writes Howie Hawkins.

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/090706LA.shtml

Will new voting machines cure election headaches or cause them? NOW takes a close look at one Michigan county on Primary Day to see how the new machines are working, but also checks in on other states, including Texas, Iowa, New Mexico, and - you guessed it - Ohio.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706U.shtml

The owner of DataUSA Inc., a company that conducted political polls for the campaigns of George W. Bush, US Senator Joe Lieberman and other candidates, pleaded guilty to fraud for making up survey and poll results. Tracy Costin pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Costin, 46, faces a maximum of five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000 when she is sentenced November 30.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706T.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Lieberman

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/07/health/main1983628.shtml


Informant: bigraccoon

#Die Linkspartei.PDS: Pressemitteilungen

08. September 2006

9/11 und die Linke

Der Parteivorsitzende Lothar Bisky erklärt zum 5. Jahrestag der Terroranschläge von New York und Washington:

Viele Kommentatoren des 11. September 2001 haben Recht behalten. Dieser Tag hat die Welt verändert. Zugleich wurden bereits in der Politik davor angelegte Langzeitfolgen sichtbar. Dieser 11. September hat die Konflikte in den internationalen Staatenbeziehungen forciert. Seither fragt auch die Linke: Was erwächst aus den Trümmern von Ground Zero? US-Präsident George W. Bush und seine Administration antworteten auf die Terroranschläge mit dem "Krieg gegen den Terror". Sie begannen den behaupteten "Kampf der Kulturen" in reale Politik umzusetzen. Der 11. September wurde zu einem Fanal für eine internationale Serie der Gewalt. Den Opfern der Anschläge von New York folgten die Opfer der Terroranschläge von Djerba, Bali, Istanbul, Moskau, Madrid, Beslan, London, Bagdad. Die USA und ihre Verbündeten begründeten mit ihrem Krieg gegen den Terror Angriffskriege gegen Afghanistan und den Irak. Russland legitimierte den Krieg in Tschetschenien. Die traurige Bilanz: zehntausende Opfer und destabilisierte Gesellschaften am Rande des Bürgerkrieges. Die terroristischen Netzwerke existieren jedoch fort. Sie wuchsen nach, wie die Köpfe der enthaupteten Hydra. Fünf Jahre nach 9/11 ist festzustellen: Krieg kann und wird Terror nicht besiegen, im Gegenteil. Krieg ist selbst Terror gegen die Menschen. Ich möchte an diesem Jahrestag unterstreichen: Mit dem 11. September
2001 wurde ein tief greifender Wandel im Zusammenleben der Menschen und Staaten eingeleitet. Die berechtigte Angst der Menschen um ihr Leben und das ihrer Familien wurde nicht nur Kalkül in den Strategien von Al Quaida, sondern in stärkerem Maße als zuvor die Geisel einer Gesellschaftsstrategie der neocons, der neoliberalen Wirtschaftsideologen. Zum Abbau sozialer Sicherungssysteme kommt nunmehr auch die politische Beschränkung der Grundfreiheiten der Menschen. Eingeschränkt werden nicht mehr nur Grundfreiheiten von Einzelpersonen. In fünf Jahren nach dem 11. September wurden die Anti-Terror-Gesetzgebung und die Überwachungsgesetze in Deutschland und Europa auf neue Höhen getrieben. Dabei werden systematisch demokratische und zivilgesellschaftliche Strukturen zerstört. Weder in Deutschland, noch in der EU führt der Abbau des humanistischen und demokratischen Grundkonsenses unserer Gesellschaft zu mehr Sicherheit. Zugleich ist dies kein glaubwürdiges und wirksames Mittel, um die Ursachen von Terrorismus zu beseitigen. Nur mit der Stärkung der Zivilcourage lässt sich menschenverachtendes Denken, welches den Einsatz terroristischer Mittel für legitim hält, stoppen. Dafür wird sich die Linkspartei.PDS weiterhin stark machen. Die politische Linke in Deutschland ist ein fester Bestandteil der Europäischen Linken. Im Gedenken an die Opfer der Terroranschläge von New York und Washington bekräftigen wir: Nein zu Krieg, Nein zu Terror, Nein zum Abbau von Rechtsstaatlichkeit und innenpolitischer Repression im nationalen wie internationalen Zusammenleben der Menschen und Völker. Wir sagen Nein zur Akzeptanz von Vorherrschaft und Gewalt in unseren Gesellschaften. Wir kämpfen für ein lebenswertes Zusammenleben aller Menschen, welches geprägt ist von der gegenseitigen Achtung kultureller, religiöser, nationaler Unterschiede. Deshalb fordern wir den Einsatz der Bundesregierung und des Bundestages, aber auch aller Mitglieder unserer Gesellschaft, sich für friedliche Konfliktlösung auf der Grundlage Wahrung des Völkerrechts einzusetzen. Deshalb bekämpfen wir Armut und soziale Entwurzelung. Eine gerechte Weltwirtschaft braucht Widerstand gegen Rassismus und einen offenen Dialog der Kulturen. Es macht optimistisch, dass am Vorabend des 5. Jahrestages deutlich wird: immer mehr Menschen finden sich mit den gängigen Erklärungsmustern von herrschender Politik und mainstream-Medien nicht mehr ab. Hierzulande und weltweit.

http://sozialisten.de/presse/presseerklaerungen/view_html?zid=33899

http://qwstnevrythg.blog-city.com/the_war_on_terror_goes_domestic.htm


Informant: ronaldnei

Umweltinstitut München e.V. – Newsletter vom 8. September 2006 (Auszug)

Mehrere Tausend Unterschriften gegen die Freisetzung von genmanipuliertem Weizen in unmittelbarer Nähe zu den Anbauflächen einer der weltgrößten Genbanken im sachsen anhaltinischen Gatersleben sind bereits bei uns eingegangen. In der Genbank lagern Tausende alter Weizensorten, die zur Erhaltung immer wieder im Freiland angebaut werden müssen. Jede Unterschrift zählt! Bitte denken Sie dran, die Einwendungen bis Freitag, 15. September 2006 an uns zu schicken! Weitere Infos: http://www.umweltinstitut.org/genweizen

Geplante Neufassung des Gentechnik-Gesetzes:

Offener Brief an den Bundestag Die Agro-Gentechnik darf Umwelt und Nahrungskette nicht kontaminieren! Diese zentrale Forderung stellen 27 Verbände, darunter das Umweltinstitut München e.V. Die Unterzeichner fordern den Schutz der gentechnikfreien Landwirtschaft und legen eigene Eckpunkte zur Neufassung des Gentechnikgesetzes vor. Haftungs- und Anbauregeln sowie das Anbaukataster für Gen-Bauern müssten dabei sicherstellen, dass die natürliche Landwirtschaft ohne Gen-Pflanzen geschützt sei.

PDF-Fassung des offenen Briefs: http://www.umweltinstitut.org/frames/all/m12.htm

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5086/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

According to court documents, clients included the campaigns of President George W. Bush, U.S. Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn, U.S. Rep. Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn. and Bridgeport Mayor John M. Fabrizi.

http://snipurl.com/w2rr


From Information Clearing House

Instead of the irate liberal voice that this country desperately needed since before the first stolen election you have morphed into a “middle of the road” non-threatening platform for more useless commentary.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14878.htm

PRIME Minister Stephen Harper is moving at warp speed to integrate Canada's security, defence and foreign policies with the U.S. and shred our competitive advantage over the U.S. in lumber and wheat.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/westview/story/3667863p-4240686c.html


From Information Clearing House

Not all Americans now
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,31229-2343450,00.html


From Information Clearing House

The United States faced growing opposition on Thursday to its bid to persuade other powers to impose sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme, with China urging dialogue and France signaling room for maneuver.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060907/ts_nm/nuclear_iran_dc_170


From Information Clearing House

The 25,000 civilian contractors in Iraq are an occupying army unto themselves. Some may have engaged in torture -- and, by evident design, they can’t be prosecuted for their crimes.

http://snipurl.com/w2rd


From Information Clearing House

The Pentagon ‘s top uniformed lawyers took issue Thursday with a key part of a White House plan to prosecute terrorism detainees, telling Congress that limiting the suspects‘ access to evidence could violate treaty obligations.

http://www.newsone.ca/westfallweeklynews/ViewArticle.aspx?id=4843&source=2


From Information Clearing House

President Bush's long-awaited plan for military commissions to try foreign terrorist suspects was criticized Wednesday by fellow Republicans who said the proposal, which omits many of the usual safeguards of a military trial, doesn't go far enough to protect prisoners.

http://snipurl.com/w2q6


From Information Clearing House

President Bush pressed Congress on Thursday to approve new military tribunals to try terrorism suspects, a day after he admitted the CIA ran secret prisons overseas where accused militants were detained.

http://snipurl.com/w2pz


From Information Clearing House

Bush administration hawks are getting profit-hungry companies like CACI to do their dirty work in the war zones of the New American Empire. And we're footing the bill.

http://www.alternet.org/story/41314



Calls for more details on CIA prisons

European lawmakers have demanded that their governments reveal the location of secret CIA prisons after George Bush admitted the US held terrorist suspects in jails abroad.

http://snipurl.com/w2r9


From Information Clearing House

Not that it should surprise anyone anymore, but yesterday's stomach-churning Bush speech defending torture contains this little number:
http://www.tnr.com/blog/theplank?pid=36597


From Information Clearing House

More than a year before the invasion of Iraq the CIA devised a plan, codenamed Anabasis, to use Iraqi exile fighters to seize an air base and declare a revolt against Saddam Hussein in the hope that his response would create a pretext for war, according to a book published tomorrow.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14883.htm

We took an interesting phone call today from an official at the Baghdad morgue. We get these calls every day – a daily tally of the violence. But this one was particularly sobering.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/fromthefrontlines/2006/09/what_dropoff_au.html


From Information Clearing House

By Charles Sullivan

Those who know their history will recognize the familiar patterns of Plutocracy at work. That is how the government has always treated the poor, just as it has always exploited the working class and sent them to die in wars not of their making. How could any but the ignorant and foolish dare call this democracy?

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14885.htm

"A torturing nation uses fear, persuasion, and propaganda to secure the assent to torture from society in general and from members of its legal, academic, journalistic, and medical professions." -- Steven Miles, M.D.

Bad Faith and Distortions From the American Psychological Association

By Stephen Soldz

Those psychologists and citizens of goodwill who don’t believe in torture as public policy should cry out with one voice at such indifference to human barbarity. If we fail to act we cannot claim, as did so many Germans, "We didn’t know!"

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14877.htm

By Ray McGovern

Grabbing the headlines today is the fact that Bush has admitted that the CIA has taken high-value captives to prisons abroad for interrogation using “tough” techniques. More telling is the fact that CIA interrogators are not bound by the strictures of the new Army field manual, and that the president is determined to maintain in place detention centers where CIA interrogators can play their trade at his bequest.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14881.htm

http://elequity.com/?p=148
http://www.elequity.com/MuseFiles/neoconpdf.pdf

Schwindende Chancen für Mobilfunker auf UMTS-Steuersegen
http://www.faz.net/d/invest/meldung.aspx?id=32323657

Keine MwSt-Rückerstattung für UMTS-Lizenznehmer
http://www.tariftip.de/News/20813/Keine-MwSt-Rueckerstattung-fuer-UMTS-Lizenznehmer.html

Keine Milliarden-Erstattung für UMTS-Betreiber
http://www.xonio.com/news/news_21852760.html?tid1=7400&tid2=0

Mobilfunker verlieren Streit um UMTS-Steuer
http://www.ftd.de/technik/it_telekommunikation/111088.html

Wohl keine Rückerstattung der UMTS-Mehrwertsteuer
http://www.call-magazin.de/handy_und_mobile_data/news/Wohl_keine_Rueckerstattung_der_UMTS_Mehrwertsteuerid_19527.html

http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/5085/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Bolton

7. September 2006 14:16

Handy-Teens: Fast jeder besitzt eins.

Zwei Drittel der 11- bis 12-Jährigen in Deutschland besitzen ein eigenes Handy. Das ergab eine repräsentative Umfrage des Instituts "Synovate Kids + Teens" in München.

In der Altersgruppe der 9- bis 10-Jährigen gaben 37 Prozent an, sie hätten ein eigenes Handy, bei den 6- bis 8-Jährigen sind es 8 Prozent. Unter den 13- bis 14-Jährigen nennen 89 Prozent ein Handy ihr eigen.

http://www.xonio.com/news/news_21841677.html?tid1=7400&tid2=0

Robert Parry writes, "As Americans go to the polls in two months, they should have one thought fixed in their minds: they will be voting on whether to commit the nation to fighting World War III against large segments of the world’s one billion Muslims. Beyond the cost in blood and treasure, this war will mean the end of the United States as a democratic Republic."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706N.shtml

According to the New York Times, two months before a Congressional election in which voters are expressing serious doubts about the Republicans' handling of national security, Bush admitted yesterday that the Central Intelligence Agency has been secretly holding prisoners, and thus exposes his administration's "miscarriage of justice."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706J.shtml

Nach dem Verunreinigungsskandal bei US-Langkornreis tauchte in Deutschland, Frankreich und England jetzt auch noch illegaler GV-Reis aus China auf.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23496/1.html

US-Präsident Bush bestätigt und rechtfertigt die geheimen CIA-Gefängnisse und die Verhörmethoden

Mit einem geschickten Schachzug versucht die US-Regierung im Wahlkampf, sich als gesetzestreu darzustellen und den Kongress unter Druck zu setzen.

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/r4/artikel/23/23501/1.html

More than 6,000 of you took action on August 23 and told Target to support the No Dirty Gold campaign’s call for responsible gold mining. Thank you for taking action.

Target acknowledged it received your faxes. We are hopeful that Target will soon add its name to the growing list of retailers that have endorsed No Dirty Gold’s goals.

But there's more you can do. You can write a letter to your local newspaper letting its readers know they have the power to change the way gold mining is done. And if you're one of the first 100 activists who notify us that your letter was printed, you will receive a No Dirty Gold t-shirt.
http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/ndg_lte

The editorial section is one of the most-read parts of your newspaper and it offers an opportunity to build awareness in your community about the impacts of gold mining.

We have provided suggested language for your letter. Please adapt it to suit your community and your background. If there is a Target store within the circulation area of your paper, use your letter to urge Target to sign the Golden Rules.

It is usually helpful to relate your letter to topics the newspaper has covered recently. Newspapers generally limit letters to the editor to between 100 and 200 words.

To the editor,

I was shocked to learn the production of a single gold wedding ring generates 20 tons of mine waste on average. This waste contains toxic materials, which often pollute nearby water sources and compromise the environment of local communities that may have had no say in the opening of the mine.

About 80 percent of newly mined gold is used in jewelry. Some jewelers understand this and are calling on the mining industry to clean up its act. These jewelers have endorsed the No Dirty Gold campaign’s criteria for responsible gold production called the Golden Rules.

Many jewelers have not expressed their support for responsible gold production. The next time I visit a jeweler, I will ask if they have endorsed the No Dirty Gold campaign’s Golden Rules. I urge other consumers in this community to do the same.

Alternative text for Target localities: Many retailers, such as Target, have not yet expressed their support for responsible gold production. The next time I’m at a Target, I will ask them to endorse the No Dirty Gold campaign’s Golden Rules. I urge other consumers in this community to do the same.

Sincerely, [Make sure you include your name, address, and telephone number in your letter. Some newspapers verify authorship before printing letters.]

Check your newspaper's letter to the editor requirements in its editorial page or on its Web site. After submitting the letter, please send us a copy and monitor the paper to see if your letter is printed.
http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/ndg_lte


Thank you,

Tim Fullerton
Oxfam America

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Fall is a time of new opportunities and responsibilities for students returning to school. The same is true for the class rings vendor Jostens.

Tell Jostens to support responsibly mined gold.
http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/ndg_jostens

In February 2006, the No Dirty Gold campaign http://act.oxfamamerica.org/ct/07AwXnF1RRFN/ named Jostens one of the eight jewelry retailers lagging behind other retailers in its support for responsible gold production. As students return to campus and Jostens begins its biggest sales season, the company has another chance to show its commitment to the environment and human rights.

Tell Jostens http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/ndg_jostens that the pride class rings signify is undermined by the environmental and human rights costs of irresponsible gold mining. Remind them that it is their responsibility to show it respects the values of the institutions its class rings represent.

As you know, Oxfam America works to end poverty, hunger, and injustice. Tell Jostens http://act.oxfamamerica.org/campaign/ndg_jostens to do its part by endorsing the No Dirty Gold campaign's Golden Rules.

Sincerely,

Tim Fullerton
Oxfam America

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Tell Jostens You Can't Take Pride in a Class Ring Made of Dirty Gold
http://tinyurl.com/v5s79

Sign the No Dirty Gold pledge
http://www.nodirtygold.org/take_action.cfm

Liebe Interessierte bzw. Betroffene!

Habe versucht das neuartige „Krebsgeschwür“ an unseren Hausfassaden zu dokumentieren und publik zu machen. Bitte um Kommentare und Ergänzungswünsche.

Das Problem mit dem Mobilfunk auf der Hausfassade:

Mittlerweile wird in Österreich das Ortsbild mehr geschützt als die Menschen. Einen schönes Beispiel dafür sind die Standorte für Mobilfunksendeanlagen (Handymasten). Diese wurden früher auf Hausdächer oder auf eigens errichtete Sendemasten montiert. Neuerdings werden diese Sender immer öfter auf die Hausfassade geschraubt. Diese Sender sind zwar klein, aber aufgrund der geringen Distanz zum Kopf bzw. Mensch besonders nachteilig. Dies sehr zum Leidwesen der Bewohner und Büromitarbeiter im Raum dahinter.

Hier ein paar Beispiele für einen solchen "Mobilfunk auf der Hausfassade" aus dem 1. Bezirk in Wien:

=> zum Artikel und den Fotos: http://www.wien-konkret.at/wirtschaft/telekommunikation/mobilfunk/mobilfunk-wien-erster-bezirk-hausfassade/

* Crosslinks von http://www.handymast.at/handymasten-wohnen.htm und http://www.schutz-vor-elektrosmog.at/messungen.htm

Mit freundlichen Grüßen

Mag. Robert Marschall
Herausgeber vom Stadtmagazin Wien-konkret:
Internet: http://www.wien-konkret.at



Michael Meyer
michael_meyer_at_aon.at
Risiko Mobilfunk Österreich
Plattform Sozialstaat Österreich - Netzwerk Zivilcourage
A - 5165 Berndorf, Stadl 4
Tel/Fax 0043 - 6217 - 8576

Dr. Eduard Christian Schöpfer, Salzburg

In der Samstagsausgabe der SN vom 8.7.2006 wurde auf die Ergebnisse einer Studie aus den USA hingewiesen, wonach Personen, die mit Handy oder Freisprecheinrichtung telefonieren, vergleichbare Defizite wie Autolenker mit einem Alkoholwert von 0,8 Promille aufweisen. Es überrascht nicht, dass dem amerikanischen Gesetzgeber darauf die Untersagung von Telefonaten mit dem Handy während der Fahrt empfohlen wurde. Sieht man sich die Situation auf Österreichs Straßen an, möchte man meinen, bei uns müsste ein solches Verbot erst gesetzlich eingeführt werden. Dem ist aber nicht so: § 102 Abs. 3 Kraftfahrgesetz (KFG) sieht nämlich ausdrücklich vor, dass dem Lenker das Telefonieren während des Fahrens ohne Benützung einer Freisprecheinrichtung verboten ist.

Laut einer von der Mobilkom Austria in Auftrag gegebenen Studie verwendet nur jeder zweite Handybesitzer, der in seinem Auto telefoniert, eine Freisprecheinrichtung. Dementsprechend hoch ist das Unfallrisiko: Es ist fünfmal höher als jenes von Lenkern, die auf ein Telefonat während der Fahrt verzichten. Ungeachtet dessen ist die für derartige Verwaltungsübertretungen vorgesehene Geldstrafe äußerst bescheiden, sie beträgt sage und schreibe 25 Euro! Das heißt, wenn jemand hinter dem Steuer mit dem Handy am Ohr erwischt wird, kommt er mit diesem Geldbetrag davon – vorausgesetzt, er wird von der Polizei angehalten! Nach der derzeitigen Rechtslage können Lenker, die mit ihrem Handy während der Fahrt telefonieren, nämlich nicht angezeigt werden, solche, die ein anderes Verkehrsdelikt begangen haben – etwa die Überschreitung einer Kreuzung bei Rotlicht – sehr wohl. Dramatisch ist die Situation vor allem für jene Verkehrsteilnehmer, die dem Ganzen schutzlos ausgeliefert sind: Bei Beobachtungen des Kuratoriums für Verkehrssicherheit (KfV) drosselten über 70 % der telefonierenden Fahrer weder das Tempo, noch hielten sie an, wenn ein Fußgänger die Straße queren wollte. Mit Recht fordert das KfV verstärkte Kontrollen der Autofahrer durch die Polizei (sie sind leider Mangelware) und eine Erleichterung der Sanktionierungspraxis für die Exekutive.

Nach ständiger Rechtsprechung des Europäischen Gerichtshofs für Menschenrechte wird durch Art. 2 der Europäischen Menschenrechtskonvention (Recht auf Leben) ein Anspruch jedes Menschen auf Bewahrung seines Lebens sichergestellt und den Staaten aufgetragen, diesen Anspruch durch rechtliche Vorkehrungen zu schützen; ein Auftrag, der sich vor allem an den Gesetzgeber wendet, in bestimmtem Umfang aber auch an die Vollziehung. Die staatliche Schutzpflicht setzt allerdings nicht erst dann ein, wenn der Einzelne von einer vorsätzlichen Tötungshandlung betroffen ist, vielmehr besteht der Schutzanspruch gegen den Staat auch schon gegenüber potentiellen Lebensgefährdungen.

Es wird nun jedem einleuchten, dass die für die Verwendung von Handys am Steuer festgelegte Strafe schwerlich geeignet ist, Autofahrer vom Gebrauch ihres Handys abzuhalten. Nähme der Gesetzgeber seine Verantwortung bezüglich der Bewahrung des Schutzguts Leben tatsächlich ernst, müsste er die besagte Geldstrafe drastisch erhöhen, die Polizei anweisen, verstärkt Schwerpunktkontrollen durchzuführen und auch das Telefonieren per Fernsprecheinrichtung gesetzlich verbieten.

Ähnlich wie beim Ruf der Bevölkerung nach einem effektiven Rechtsschutz gegen gesundheitsschädliche Auswirkungen durch „Handymastenstrahlung“ sind die verantwortlichen Politiker bisher untätig geblieben. Somit stellt sich einmal mehr die Forderung nach der gesetzlichen Einräumung einer Beschwerde wegen gesetzgeberischer Untätigkeit an den Verfassungsgerichtshof. Ferner sollten Politiker generell haften, wenn sie es verabsäumt haben, notwendige Vorkehrungen zum Schutz des Lebens und der Gesundheit der Bevölkerung (hier: der Verkehrsteilnehmer) zu treffen.

Übrigens bestehen gute Gründe für die Annahme, dass § 134 Abs. 3c KFG (er legt das Strafmaß für das Telefonieren mit dem Handy während der Fahrt fest) wegen Verstoßes gegen Art. 2 EMRK verfassungswidrig ist. So könnte etwa der Verfassungsgerichtshof mit der Begründung angerufen werden, diese Bestimmung sei angesichts des darin vorgesehenen geringen Strafrahmens nicht geeignet, das Leben der Verkehrsteilnehmer angemessen zu schützen. Ferner stellt sich die Frage, ob § 134 Abs. 3c KFG nicht auch gegen den in Art. 7 der Bundesverfassung verankerten Gleichheitsgrundsatz verstößt. Es ist nämlich nicht ersichtlich, warum im Bereich des unerlaubten Telefonierens am Steuer andere Maßstäbe gelten sollten wie etwa in Bezug auf das Fahren über die Kreuzung bei Rotlicht (das mit wesentlich höheren Strafen geahndet wird, wobei bereits eine Anzeige genügt), da beides gleichermaßen gefährlich ist und Schutzziel hier wie dort die Sicherheit der Verkehrsteilnehmer ist.

Der Text ist am 29.08 in den Salzburger Nachrichten/ Staatsbürger erschienen


Michael Meyer
michael_meyer_at_aon.at
Risiko Mobilfunk Österreich
Plattform Sozialstaat Österreich - Netzwerk Zivilcourage
A - 5165 Berndorf, Stadl 4
Tel/Fax 0043 - 6217 - 8576

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/2006/09/06/are_the_gitmo_gloves_back_on.php



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

Larry Johnson: "If we had to rely solely on the word of George W. Bush about the progress in the war on terrorism and the value of information obtained from Muslim prisoners in US custody we would be in trouble. Bush's speech today from the White House was both self-serving and misleading. I give the President credit for one thing - he's a great propagandist."

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090706Z.shtml



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

http://www.stopthenorthamericanunion.com/TreasonAbounds
http://www.unitedpatriotsofamerica.com/Home/Popup_Article_Details/Params/objects/2194/default.aspx
http://www.vivelecanada.ca/article.php/20060607222327971
http://www.canadianactionparty.ca/temp/articles/morphosis/part1.asp


Informant: Amy Sasser

From ufpj-news

The Libertarian Enterprise
by Dennis Lee Wilson

09/04/06



The inscription on the Statue of Liberty reads:

'Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me. I lift my lamp beside the golden door.'

What a remarkable open policy! And this is also the chosen symbol of the Libertarian Party! I notice that nowhere does it say 'But only after they have been properly vetted, tempest-tossed some more, and stamped and fully approved for political correctness by the immigration bureaucrats of Amerika's Fascist Government, will they be allowed to actually breathe free and come out of the darkness of tyranny to enjoy the light of liberty...

http://www.ncc-1776.org/tle2006/tle383-20060903-05.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Reason
by Ronald Bailey

In the wake of the 9/11 atrocities, President George W. Bush asserted sweeping powers that no prior president had ever claimed. He ordered indefinite detentions of American citizens, created secret military tribunals, authorized the torture of 'enemy combatants,' threatened to prosecute journalists and others for disclosing national security secrets, and monitored Americans' e-mail and phone calls without warrants. The so-called War on Terror is the justification for this unprecedented expansion of executive authority. The United States is the most powerful nation in the world. In the first century BCE, the Roman Republic was the most powerful nation in the Western world. Does this suggest a worrying parallel? Will history repeat itself? (for publication 09/11/06)

http://www.reason.com/9-11atfiveyears/rbailey.shtml


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Texas Straight Talk
by US Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX)

09/04/06

It's clear that many political and business interests are only too willing to drive people literally out of their homes to make way for the grand schemes of those in power. This is why every American needs to understand that property rights are the foundation of a free society. Without property rights, all citizens live subject to the whims of government officials. When government can seize your property without your consent, all of your other rights are negated. Our founders would roll over in their graves if they knew that the takings clause in the Fifth Amendment was being used to justify unholy alliances between private developers and tax-hungry local governments...

http://www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2006/tst090406.htm


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Salon
by Glenn Greenwald

09/07/06

President Bush acknowledged on Wednesday, for the first time, that the CIA has been holding top al-Qaida prisoners, including Khalid Sheik Mohammed, in secret prisons. Bush announced that 14 such prisoners would be transferred to the Pentagon's custody at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The president also said that those prisoners would be tried before a military commission and, consistent with a Supreme Court ruling in July, would be afforded the protections of the Geneva Conventions. This announcement may appear superficially to constitute a reversal, or even a capitulation, by the Bush administration, but there are significant political benefits to be gained from the White House's maneuver, including election-season pressure on lawmakers to support policies the administration has pursued all along for the 'war on terror'... [subscription or ad view required]

http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2006/09/06/detainees


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

AntiWar.Com
by Thomas Gale Moore

09/07/06

The president has often contended that we must continue the fight until we have achieved victory in the war on terror. However, since we are fighting insurgents, terrorists, and other ad hoc groups, how will be know when we have achieved victory? Unlike World War II, there will be no one to surrender to us. Even if Osama bin Laden were to surrender, an impossibility, it would not mean victory in the war on terrorism...

http://www.antiwar.com/orig/moore.php?articleid=9661


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

LewRockwell.Com
by Ryan McMaken

09/07/06

Relying on the false premise that immigration numbers are at historically unprecedented levels, anti-immigration advocates have managed to whip a sizable portion of the American public into a nationalistic frenzy against immigrants. In general, illegal immigrants are targeted as the more politically acceptable scapegoat, and these immigrants, we are told, come to the United States to do nothing other than steal jobs from Americans, live off the welfare state, inconvenience us with their strange foreign languages, promote bizarre political movements, or simply introduce their inferior foreign ways into our pristine civilization. While many of these arguments made against immigrants are based on little more than pop-psychology and pseudo-science, not all of them are, and we can't conclude that opposition to open borders and unrestrained immigration is necessarily a bad thing. There are good reasons to oppose them...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/mcmaken/mcmaken116.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

BBC News [UK]

09/06/06

President Bush has acknowledged the existence of secret CIA prisons and said 14 key terrorist suspects have now been sent to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. The suspects, who include the alleged mastermind of the 9/11 attacks Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, have now been moved out of CIA custody and will face trial. Mr Bush said the CIA's interrogation programme had been 'vital' in saving lives, but denied the use of torture. He said all suspects will be afforded protection under the Geneva Convention...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5321606.stm



Bush to unveil plans for Gitmo trials

Associated Press

09/06/06

President Bush pushed Wednesday to resuscitate his plan to subject Guantanamo Bay detainees to special trials, a key policy in his anti-terror strategy that was struck down by the Supreme Court. The White House asked television networks for live coverage of Bush's announcement later Wednesday. The president has said he eventually wants to close the Guantanamo prison, as critics and allies around the world have urged. But White House spokesman Tony Snow said the president was not going to announce any such plan Wednesday. 'We want to bring to justice those who are detained there,' Snow said...

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20060906/D8JVDUMG0.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp



http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Guantanamo

Author Sees Science, Religion Saving Environment

Scientist and Pulitzer Prize-winning author E.O. Wilson is out to save life on Earth - literally - and as a secular humanist has decided to enlist people of religious faith in his mission. The Harvard professor sees science and religion as potential allies, as he argues in his latest book, "The Creation: An Appeal to Save Life on Earth."

http://www.truthout.org/issues_06/090606EC.shtml

New research is raising concerns that global warming may be triggering a self-perpetuating climate time bomb trapped in once-frozen permafrost. As the Earth warms, greenhouse gases once stuck in the long-frozen soil are bubbling into the atmosphere at a rate five times faster than originally measured, according to a study in Thursday's journal Nature.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090606S.shtml

Former Illinois Republican Governor George Ryan, who was acclaimed by capital punishment foes for suspending executions in Illinois and emptying out death row, was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years behind bars in the corruption scandal that ruined his political career.

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/090606R.shtml

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Ryan sentenced in graft case

Belleville News-Democrat

09/06/06

Former Gov. George Ryan, who gained international fame as a critic of the death penalty, was sentenced Wednesday to 6 1/2 years in federal prison for steering big-money state contracts to political insiders, using tax dollars for his campaign and covering up corruption. ... Ryan was convicted April 18 of racketeering, mail fraud, tax fraud, filing false tax returns and lying to FBI agents. Convicted along with him was businessman Larry Warner, who was sentenced to just under 3 1/2 years. The sentencing capped an eight-year federal investigation of drivers license selling and other corruption in state government in the Ryan era that has seen 79 individuals charged and 75 convicted...

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

Video

The Big Buy: Tom DeLay's Stolen Congress is the story of one of the most blatant power grabs in American history.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article13803.htm



Lobbying Probe Looks at Payments To DeLay's Wife

The Justice Department's congressional lobbying-and-bribery investigation is looking into whether former House Majority Leader Tom DeLay's wife received money from a lobbying firm for a no-show job, recent FBI interviews indicate.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14865.htm

Diverse organizations are taking a stand to stop the re-nomination of John Bolton as U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations.

http://snipurl.com/w0z6


From Information Clearing House

Democrats need to wake up and realize they have the votes to defeat the Bolton nomination. They’ve been lulled to sleep by the August recess and psyched out by the Republicans' phony show of confidence in Bolton's confirmation chances.

http://snipurl.com/w0z3


From Information Clearing House

07 September 2006

ANGRY parents have staged a demonstration at the building site of a mobile phone mast.

Despite being just two weeks away from giving birth, campaigner Elizabeth Canavan, 35, joined the demonstration to try and stop the T-Mobile mast being erected in Aldersbrook Road, near Aldersbrook Primary School.

She said: "Phone companies talk about acceptable risks but we are not prepared to accept any risks involving our children."

Full story in the Ilford Recorder.

Copyright © 2006 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

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30 per cent of respondents believe the U.S. is the greatest threat to global stability. Iran is second on the list with 23 per cent, followed by China with 15 per cent, Iraq with 14 per cent, North Korea with eight per cent, and Russia with two per cent.

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/13028


From Information Clearing House

A majority of Britons believe that Prime Minister Tony Blair's government should change its foreign policy and, in particular, distance itself from the US to reduce the risk of further terror attacks in the UK, as shown by results of a new poll.

http://www.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-239/0609063429133911.htm


From Information Clearing House

Fascists Under the Bed

By Patrick J. Buchanan

“Islamofascism” should be jettisoned from Bush’s vocabulary. It yokes the faith of a billion people with an odious ideology. Imagine how Christians would have reacted had FDR taken to declaring Franco’s Spain and Mussolini’s Italy “Christo-fascist.”

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14863.htm

Is It Too Late To Turn Back?

Video

Can we still turn this thing around, or is America doomed to follow this administration straight to our country's destruction?

Click here to view
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14870.htm

By James Cooke

After five years of post 9/11 government, U.S. foreign and domestic policy continues to be dominated by the all-encompassing ‘war on terror’. Events have since exposed this so-called war for what it is: a gross propaganda campaign used to suppress civil liberties and launch global war.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14869.htm

By NBC

President George W. Bush on Wednesday said for the first time that some suspected terrorist leaders have been held by the CIA outside the United States in secret locations.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14871.htm

By Michel Chossudovsky

Confirmed by official statements and military documents, the US in close coordination with Britain (and in consultation with its NATO partners), is planning to launch a war directed against Iran and Syria.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14860.htm

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Camp Democracy opened on the Mall in Washington on Tuesday, and will run through September 21st. We need you to come and join us now!

Here's what the Washington Post had to say about us this morning: http://campdemocracy.org/node/234

or http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/05/AR2006090501225.html

PHOTO: Penny Gamble-Williams, a member of the Wampanoag tribe of Massachusetts, performs an opening ceremony at "Camp Democracy." Photo Credit: By Michael Robinson Chavez -- The Washington Post

Check out the schedule of upcoming events: http://campdemocracy.org/schedule

If you live outside of the Washington, D.C., area and you come, we will find you a free or cheap place to stay. But you can make it easier for us by signing up here: http://spaceshare.com/campdemocracy

If you live in the DC area, please offer a bed or couch or floor to people who are acting on behalf of all of us by coming to make their voices heard. Please list any space you have here: http://spaceshare.com/campdemocracy

We are buying radio ads to spread the word. We need your financial assistance. Please contribute what you can: http://www.campdemocracy.org/sponsor

Listen to Pete Seeger's New 60-Second Recording
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/downloads/seeger.mp3

The exciting events at Camp Democracy this coming weekend and through September 21st keep growing. Here's the schedule: http://www.campdemocracy.org/schedule

Camp Democracy Veterans to Lead March

When: Saturday September 9, 2006

What: Silent March and Vigil around the Capitol Building

Why: To remember the fallen and remind Congress and the public of the human cost of the War on and Occupation of Iraq.

Gather at 9 am at 1st and Independence Southwest corner located 1 block North of Capitol South Metro Stop

Step off at 9:30 am end at 10:30 am

All invited


This Is What Democracy Sounds Like

Listen to this 30-second message from Rev. Lennox Yearwood: MP3 http://www.campdemocracy.org/sites/campdemocracy.org/files/downloads/yearwood.mp3 Please ask radio stations to play it as a Public Service Announcement.

And please send us money, so that we can air it as an advertisement on more stations. http://www.campdemocracy.org/sponsor

The Pacifica station in DC, WPFW, recorded this audio for us. Please support them. http://www.wpfw.org

While we are spending billions of dollars to house people in illegal prisons outside the rule of law or human rights, there are 14,000 homeless people in the Washington, D.C., area. Help us stop the closure of the Franklin Shelter! http://savefranklinshelter.com


Listen to Two of the Speakers Who Have Visited Camp Democracy

Rep. Jim McGovern live from Camp Democracy September 6th, 2006 Listen here. http://www.pluggd.com/channel/episodes/voices_of_progressive_democrats_of_america

Rep. Barbara Lee live from Camp Democracy September 6th, 2006 Board member and Congresswoman Barbara Lee reporting live from Camp Democracy Listen here. http://www.pluggd.com/episode/show/rep_barbara_lee_live_from_camp_democracy


CORPORATE MEDIA EXPOSED BY A PROGRESSIVE WHO GOT INSIDE

In his new book, Cable News Confidential: My Misadventures in Corporate Media, Jeff Cohen takes you inside TV news and the conservative biases, timidity and tabloidism that dominate it. Few media critics have been afforded an intimate, on-the-job view of the outlets they condemn, but Cohen -- who founded the media watch group FAIR -- spent years at CNN, Fox News and MSNBC. He was a senior producer at MSNBC's Donahue during the run-up to the Iraq war, and witnessed war-enabling bias and censorship firsthand.

He tells all in a biting, humorous paperback taking aim at the entire rightwing hot-air brigade that Cohen saw up close: O'Reilly, Hannity, Buchanan, Novak, Falwell, etc. (Ann Coulter wouldn't debate him.) The book includes a foreword by Jim Hightower.

MOLLY IVINS says: "Jeff Cohen's dissection of cable TV news is both irresistibly funny and civically painful. It goes from uproarious anecdotes to those that make you wince."

IF YOU LIKED "OUTFOXED," YOU'LL LOVE CABLE NEWS CONFIDENTIAL. The book has won praise from Robert Greenwald, Tim Robbins, Studs Terkel, Bob McChesney and others.

BARBARA EHRENREICH: "A deliciously funny expose." HOWARD ZINN: "Future historians will have this book as a primary text." AMY GOODMAN: "Read this book and fight for change."

HELP MAKE THIS BOOK A BIG SELLER.

EXPOSE THE MYTH OF A "LIBERAL MEDIA."

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Im heutigen Schreiben an Sie geht es maßgeblich um Politik. Die Entwicklung der Europäischen Meeresstrategie-Richtlinie steht an, und diese Chance für den Schutz der Meere wollen wir nutzen.

Beifang: maßlose Verschwendung und Ignoranz

Worum geht es dabei? Die Meere sind weltweit in einer Krise, auch in Europa. Besonders schlecht geht es Nord- und Ostsee und dem Mittelmeer. Die Fischbestände werden skrupellos geplündert mit dem Ergebnis, dass unsere einstigen "Brotfische" Kabeljau (Nordsee) und Dorsch (Ostsee) massiv überfischt sind. Grundschleppnetze zerstören den Lebensraum Meer und nebenbei landen zig Tausende von Meerestieren als Beifang in ihren Netzen. Meist tot werden sie zurück ins Meer geworfen.

Öl- und Gasförderung gefährdet durch ölhaltiges Produktionswasser und Bohrschlämme Seevögel und Meerestiere. Auch Sand- und Kiesabbau setzt den Meeren und seinen Bewohnern zu, indem riesige Mengen Meeresboden abgesaugt werden. Durch zunehmenden Schiffsverkehr steigen Ölverschmutzung, Müll- und Schadstoffeinträge. Zusammengefasst: Die Meere werden leer gefischt, voll gemüllt und vergiftet.

Quelle des Übels ist die kurzsichtige und profitorientierte EU-Meerespolitik; hierbei speziell die Zergliederung der Zuständigkeiten: Die Fischerei wird von der "Gemeinsamen Fischereipolitik" geregelt, der Abbau von Bodenschätzen von der Wirtschaftsabteilung, der Schutz der Meere von der Umweltabteilung und die Schifffahrt von der Internationalen Maritimen Organisation (IMO). Unbeachtet bleibt der Schutz der Meere, wenn es um Planungen und Regelungen zur Nutzung der Ressourcen geht.

Ein gemeinsames Dach für Meeresschutz und -nutzung ist nötig, um die Artenvielfalt zu bewahren und die langfristige Nutzung ihrer Ressourcen zu sichern. Dieser Gedanke steht hinter der Entwicklung der Europäischen Meeresstrategie-Richtlinie, die auch einen rechtsverbindlichen Rahmen schaffen soll.

Greenpeace unterstützt dieses Ziel, jedoch reicht der derzeitige Vorschlag nicht aus. So sind explizit keine Maßnahmen zur Fischerei genannt, obwohl die Kommission anerkennt, dass sie zu den Hauptgefahren der Meeresökosysteme gehört.

"Ölunfall" als Normalfall "Ölunfall" als Normalfall Auch das übergeordnete Ziel, "das Anstreben eines guten Umweltzustandes für 2021", bietet den Staaten alle Möglichkeiten, um sich aus der Verantwortung zu stehlen. Hier müssen Zwischenziele genannt werden, wie beispielsweise die Beseitigung von Pestizideinträgen durch die Landwirtschaft. Vor allen Dingen aber müssen Schutzgebiete eingerichtet werden. Ohne großflächige strikte Schutzgebiete wird sich die Lage der Meere Europas nicht verbessern.

In diesen Tagen gehen die Diskussionen um die EU-Meerestrategie-Richtlinie in die nächste Runde. Jetzt ist es an der Zeit unsere Politiker aufzufordern, sich für eine zukunftsweisende Richtlinie einzusetzen. Die Einrichtung von Schutzgebieten muss dabei wesentlicher Bestandteil sein. Deutschland übernimmt ab Januar 2007 die EU-Ratspräsidentschaft und erhält so die Gelegenheit, die Meeresstrategie-Richtlinie maßgeblich mitzugestalten. Das ist eine große Chance!

Greenpeace ist aktuell mit der MV Arctic Sunrise in Nord- und Ostsee unterwegs, um Umweltsünder aufzuspüren und den Menschen an Land die Zerstörung auf See zu zeigen. Aber das allein reicht nicht aus. Eine wirklich starke EU-Meeresstrategie-Richtlinie braucht die Stimmen vieler Tausender - auch die Ihre. Bitte setzen Sie sich gemeinsam mit uns für den Schutz von Nordsee, Ostsee und dem Mittelmeer ein!

Schreiben Sie direkt an Bundeskanzlerin Angela Merkel.
http://newsletter.greenpeace.de/d/r/808

Vielen Dank für Ihre Hilfe.

Dr. Iris Menn
Meeresbiologin

http://www.mountainsentinel.com/#oilpricemanipulation


Informant: Elizabeth Pfeiffer

DAN GRIMMER

04 September 2006 12:14

Families moving into new houses could find they have an unwelcome neighbour - a 25 metre high mobile phone mast.

Mobile phone firm Three, formerly Hutchison 3G, was to install a mast with dishes and equipment on land owned by Toucan Hire Services in Havers Road, Mile Cross.

Protesters have sent objections to Norwich City Council and say it would be unfair to families moving into new homes being built next to the site.

The area used to be used for industrial purposes and was used by Harmers shoe factory, but in the last couple of years hundreds of homes have been built on the site - with the next set of homes currently being built due to be occupied later this month.

It comes just days after the Evening News reported how Three wants to put up a mast just yards from Eaton Park and families living nearby.

Steve Morphew, Labour leader of the city council, said: “We have got an area which has gone from being an industrial area to being a very nice residential area.

“Putting an 81 foot aerial there might have been fine for what the area used to be, but isn't now. The visual intrusion is the reason we want to object.

“Of course people are concerned about the health implications, but I think we have a strong case against giving planning permission based on the visual impact.

“There is a real sense of unfairness about the people who will be moving into the houses nearby. They won't have had the opportunity to know the mast is proposed.

“It might be some people had done searches on their home before this application was put in and do not know it has been submitted.”

Mr Morphew said he had put in a letter of objection on behalf of about 20 people who live in the homes that have already been occupied on the site.

One of the objectors, a 41-year-old graphic designer, who lives on Junction Road opposite the site of the proposed mast, said he was worried that radiation outfall could be cancerous and the mast would be a blot on the landscape.

He said: “They should put it up on the Sweet Briar Industrial Estate which is not near homes. It will stick out like a sore thumb whenever I look out of my window.

“It is going to tower 30 feet above the trees and will destroy the look of that lovely green space of Anderson's meadow.”

Another objector John Russell, who lives on Drayton Road, said: “I don't like the way that Norwich City Council is going about this. It's inappropriate that they should push this through before the residents move in.

“They should defer it until the residents have been consulted. These families are going to move in and they won't want this big contraction on their doorstep.”

William Comery, spokesman for Ericsson Services Ltd, which is setting up the masts on behalf of Three, said it would be up to the planning authority to decide on the mast.

But he said: “We looked at about a dozen to 15 possible sites in that area and approached various freeholds. This was the only one which came through in terms of meeting our needs, but was also the most suitable in fitting in with the environment.

“It is in a group of industrial units, 50 metres from the road and further away from residential properties.”

The Evening News 'Put Masts On Hold' campaign has called for no mobile phone masts to be installed near homes or schools until they are conclusively proved to be safe.

Are you battling a mobile phone mast application where you live? Telephone Evening News reporter Peter Walsh on 01603 772439 or email peter.walsh@archant.co.uk

Copyright © 2006 Archant Regional. All rights reserved.

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Informant: jensenmk

Sendemast am Kitzelberg beschäftigt Ortsbeirat Rambach: Strahlenbelastung im Stadtteil ist hoch

Vom 07.09.2006

Besorgt hatte sich Ortsbeirat und Bürger angesichts eines Sendemasten an der Kitzelbergstraße gezeigt. Gemeinsam sollte der Magistrat der Landeshauptstadt darum gebeten werden, künftig keine weiteren Sender am entsprechenden Mast installieren zu lassen. Erst im Frühjahr hatte das Gremium die Strahlenbelastung im Stadtteil von einem Sachverständigen messen lassen. Dieser war zu dem Ergebnis gelangt, dass besonders am Kitzelberg eine erhöhte Belastung zu verzeichnen sei. "Sieht man die die gemessenen Werte im Vergleich zu denen in anderen Städten, erscheint der Wert hoch, zumal die gesetzlichen Grenzwerte umstritten sind", erklärte Nissen stellvertretend für alle Fraktionen.

http://www.main-rheiner.de/region/objekt.php3?artikel_id=2514687 (Auszug)

Aufstellen der Antenne vorerst verhindert

Vom 07.09.2006

ten. HARTENBERG/MÜNCHFELD Anwohner des Martin-Luther-King-Parks protestierten gegen die Aufstellung eines neuen Sendemasts für Mobilfunk. Etwa 50 Erwachsene und Kinder hatten sich kurzfristig zu einer Kundgebung vor dem Bauplatz an der Abraham-Lincoln-Straße 1 zusammengefunden. Der Hauseigentümer, die Wohnbau Mainz, hat mit T-Mobile einen Vertrag geschlossen, den neuen D1-Mast auf dem Dach des Gebäudes aufstellen zu lassen. Die erforderlichen Genehmigungen wurden bereits erteilt. Durch ihr Eingreifen verhinderten die Anwohner nun vorerst, dass der Baukran die Antenne aufstellen konnte. Sie fühlen sich im Vorfeld nicht ausreichend informiert. "Lediglich die Bewohner des Hauses wurden während der Ferien benachrichtigt, die Nachbarn haben offiziell nichts erfahren", sagte Olaf Jacobsen-Vollmer, Bewohner der Abraham-Lincoln Straße. Gemeinsam mit anderen Betroffenen forderte er die Wohnbau auf, öffentlich Stellung zu nehmen.

Eine Sende-Antenne mitten in das Wohngebiet zu bauen, stößt bei den Anwohnern auf Unverständnis. "In 100 Meter Entfernung sollte kein sensibler Bereich sein, sagt die Stadt Mainz bei Masten auf ihren Grundstücken", erklärt Anwohner Andreas Münster. "Der Kindergarten ist 130 Meter weg - hier wird auf formalen Kriterien herumgeritten." Überhaupt sollte nach Meinung der Bürger der ganze King-Park als sensibles Gebiet angesehen werden. "Wir sind das kinderreichste Wohngebiet in ganz Mainz."

Bei einer Versammlung im "Parkhaus", dem Versammlungsraum des King-Park-Vereins, besprachen die Betroffenen ihr weiteres Vorgehen. "Verwaltungsrechtlich werden wir kaum etwas erreichen können", meinte Jacobsen-Vollmer. Die Bürger wollen deshalb politischen Druck erzeugen. Aus den Reihen des King-Park-Vereins hat sich eine Arbeitsgemeinschaft der Handy-Mast-Gegner formiert. Sie trifft sich heute um 20 Uhr im "Parkhaus". Auch der Ortsbeirat wird sich in seiner Sitzung am 12. September, 18.30 Uhr, in der Ortsverwaltung, mit dem Thema befassen.

Copyright: Allgemeine Zeitung, Verlagsgruppe Rhein Main

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