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Adlai'd Brains
Honorable people can differ on which points of Secretary of State Powell's U.N. address were persuasive, and how persuasive they were. But Adlai E. Stevenson III's invidious comparison between Powell's speech and his father's famous Cuban Missile Crisis showdown at the U.N. is one of the most opportunistic complaints I've seen in a long time. I had thought the main difference between the two speeches is that people are (rightfully) a little more skeptical of high-tech gee-whizzery now than they were back in old '62, but here's another interesting perspective, courtesy of a New Republic article from November 17, 1962: "Not only the nonaligned but many Westerners doubted (in private) whether any Soviet rockets really were in Cuba," Philip Ben wrote. "Mr. Stevenson's photos did nothing to convince them. They were convinced only by Khrushchev's admission."
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Lefty|2.8.03 @ 10:34AM|#
For a good laugh:
http://www.nealpollack.com/cgi-bin/blog/do.cgi/200302050920/permalink
Barney Gumble|2.8.03 @ 11:33AM|#
How come arial photographs haven't improved? And this is from planes that have been flying over these sites unopposed for YEARS.
Lefty|2.8.03 @ 11:46AM|#
Now for something serious. Here's a piece I picked off Libertarian.org. Before you do that, though, I want you to think of what a Libertarian is. Someone who thinks like you? Looks like you? Grew up in a little/big town like you? Is white or brown? Wipes his ass with his right hand or left?
I truly don't know what a leftist, rightist, centrist or libertarian or anarchist or atheist or baptist or muslim is. I really don't give a shit. But this makes sense.
"everyone should be free to do as they choose, so long as they don't infringe upon the equal freedom of others.
Human interaction should be peaceful, voluntary, and honest. It is never acceptable to use physical force to achieve your goals. The only time force is acceptable is when you are defending against force.
This might not seem very radical. After all, your parents probably taught you not to cheat, steal or pick fights -- in other words, not to use force against others. What sets libertarians apart is that they don't make any exceptions to this principle -- not even for governments."
Judith Levine|2.9.03 @ 1:37AM|#
Well--Nikita didn't always convince trendy lefties. He 'fessed up that the Rosenbergs were indeed spies, but some just didn't want to believe him.
|2.9.03 @ 4:03AM|#
The reason the satellite photos are of the same quality as those from the sixties is because the spooks don't want to reveal exactly how sophisticated current satellite surveilance is. If the spooks reveal that say, they can see through a foot of cement, then the enemy will just cover everything with two or more feet of cement.
Lefty|2.10.03 @ 11:38AM|#
Here's one of the photos Powell finally shared with the world last week. It's dated July, 2002. Why did we sit on it for 7 months?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/030205/168/37b3t.html&e=16&ncid=1047
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