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Yet Another Witness Refutes The frame-Up Of Mumia Abu-Jamal!
by STEVE ARGUE Sunday, May. 04, 2003 at 6:51 PM
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Free Mumia Abu-Jamal!

Yet Another Witness Refutes The frame-Up Of Mumia Abu-Jamal!

By STEVE ARGUE
Under oath, and with a man�s life on the line, hospital security guard Priscilla Durham testified that she heard Mumia Abu-Jamal yell out as he lay bleeding in the hospital, "I shot the motherf---er and I hope he dies."

In the original police report by Officer Gary Wakshul, who was with Mumia the entire time through his arrest and medical treatment, Wakshul stated, "during this time the Negro male made no comment." Yet Gary Wakshul stated later that he heard Mumia confess that night. Gary Wakshul didn't "remember" this confession until almost three months after Mumia's arrest when prosecutor McGill met with police asking for a confession. Officer Wakshul absurdly stated that he didn't think the confession was important at the time he wrote his original report. Despite the importance of this evidence a jury has never been allowed to hear Wakshul�s original report.

Security guard Priscilla Durham�s testimony has now been refuted by yet another eyewitness. The half- brother of Priscilla Durham, Kenneth Pate, filed a declaration through Mumia�s lawyers in the U.S. Court of Appeals and in the Third Circuit Court last week stating that, �I read a newspaper article about the Mumia Abu-Jamal case. It said Priscilla Durham had testified at Mumia's trial that when she was working as a security guard at the hospital she heard Mumia say that he had killed the police officer. When I read this I realized it was a different story from what she had told me.�

Instead Kenneth Pate asked her, �"Did you hear him say that?� [I shot the motherf---er and I hope he dies.] " Priscilla answered, "All I heard him say was: 'Get off me, get off me, they're trying to kill me."

In the affidavit Kenneth Pate also states, �She said that when the police brought him in that night she was working at the hospital. Mumia was all bloody and the police were interfering with his treatment, saying �let him die.� Priscilla said that the police told her that she was part of the "brotherhood" of police since she was a security guard and that she had to stick with them and say that she heard Mumia say that he killed the police officer��

This is only the latest testimony that comes together to prove that Mumia Abu-Jamal is a political prisoner and the victim of a government conspiracy to frame him and put him on death row in 1981.

The frame-up trial of Mumia 21 years ago included the testimony of three eyewitnesses (Veronica Jones, William Singletary, and Robert Chobert) who later said they were threatened, coerced, or made promises by the police to get them to give false testimony against Mumia.

Facing protest and international pressure in support of framed political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal Federal Judge Yohn threw out Mumia�s death sentence on December 18th 2001. Judge Yohn's ruling, while possibly sparing Mumia the death penalty, did not overturn Mumia's conviction or grant him a new trial based on new proof of his innocence.

This decision is under appeal by the State of Pennsylvania, which is trying to reinstate Mumia�s death penalty sentence. In addition, political pressure is being applied by Pennsylvania Governor (D) Ed Randel for the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal. Ed Randel, a racist Democrat Party leader, promised the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal when he ran for governor.

Mumia�s attorneys have also appealed Yohn�s ruling and continue to fight to have the evidence heard and Mumia freed.

In earlier sentencing Mumia had been given the death penalty largely based on arguments that he had been a member of the Black Panther Party. This sentencing, based on political beliefs, was in violation of Mumia's 1st Amendment rights. Former membership in the Black Panther Party was used against Mumia effectively. This is largely because of the way the Black Panther Party was falsely portrayed in the corporate media while the FBI, working with local police departments, carried out a systematic campaign of murder and frame-ups against the members of the Black Panther Party in 1969 and 1970 killing 39 members.

While Mumia Abu-Jamal survived that period of bloody political repression in American history, he was later framed up for a 1981 crime he did not commit.

As a freelance journalist Mumia exposed the murderous police brutality and political repression carried out by the police against the MOVE organization in Philadelphia. That murderous repression was then directed at Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1981 when the Philadelphia Police shot Mumia, beat him, and interfered with his medical treatment. Failing to murder Mumia in the street and in the hospital the Philadelphia Police and DA then framed him on the false charge of murder on Police Officer Faulkner.

In May of 2001 Mumia's attorneys dropped a legal bombshell by submitting into court a sworn affidavit that contains the confession of Arnold Beverly to the murder that Mumia is accused of committing.

The new evidence that both state and federal courts have refused to hear include the confession of Arnold Beverly who states in his sworn affidavit, "I shot Faulkner at close range." Beverly also states very clearly, "Faulkner was shot in the back and in the face before Jamal came on the scene. Jamal had nothing to do with the shooting."

Arnold Beverly's confession is corroborated by eyewitness statements and forensic evidence. Beverly says he was wearing a green army jacket the night he shot Faulkner. William Singletary was there the night of the shooting. He says he saw a man shoot Faulkner and it was not Mumia. He also states that the actual killer was wearing a green army jacket.

Four eyewitnesses, including two cops, put a man wearing a green army jacket on the scene. Five eyewitnesses described a man fleeing the scene the way Beverly describes he did. Mumia of course was not running anywhere, he was lying on the ground with a bullet in his chest.

According to Arnold Beverly, Mumia arrived on the scene after Beverly had already shot Faulkner. Beverly says that Mumia was then shot by an arriving officer. The prosecution claims that Mumia was shot by Faulkner in self defense as Faulkner laid on the ground dying. Yet Beverly's story does fit with forensic evidence and the report of a cop at the scene that night. The cop stated that Mumia was shot by an arriving officer. The downward trajectory of the bullet into Mumia's chest also makes it physically impossible for Faulkner to have shot Mumia from the ground. In fact five hours after the shooting a police medical examiners report states that Mumia "was shot subsequently by arriving police reinforcements."

On every level Arnold Beverly's sworn confession to a capital offense is in fact backed up by evidence, while the prosecutions version of events is not. This, however, has not been cause enough for the prosecution to reconsider pushing for the execution and jailing of an innocent man. Instead they have successfully argued in court that the new evidence was not brought forward in a timely manner.

Ramona Africa spoke on this point at demonstration of 3,000 for Mumia on August 17th 2001 stating, "Judge Dembe has said she wants, in three weeks, some briefs to determine whether or not it's too late to prove his innocence, whether or not this information comes too late. We're saying it's never too late! What is she talking about, too late?� We aint interested in legalities. We're interested in what's right. Slavery was legal, but that wasn't right! Apartheid was legal but that wasn't right! The murder of Shaka Sankofa down in Texas, despite his innocence, was legal but that wasn't right! We don't care about legality. We care about justice and what is right."

In State court Mumia's attorney, Eliot Grossman put forward important legal arguments on why the 60-day limit should not apply to Beverly's confession, which was first made in 1999. He pointed out that Mumia's former, and fired, legal team of Leonard Weinglass and Dan Williams misinformed Mumia that they were investigating Arnold Beverly's confession when in fact they never had any intention of presenting it for evidence. Williams makes this point clear in his new book "Executing Justice" where he states that he doesn't believe the Beverly confession and that he doesn't believe the police would ever frame up an innocent man. These attorneys allowed the 60-day time line to expire without Mumia's permission or knowledge.

Mumia fired Weinglass and Williams after Williams betrayed attorney client confidentiality in May 2001 by publishing the money making book, "Executing Justice," purported to be an insiders account of Mumia's case. The publication of the book at a critical time in Mumia's appeal process shows that Williams was not looking out for Mumia's legal interests. Weinglass also knew the book was coming out, but did not inform Mumia. This, like their treatment of the Arnold Beverly confession, was a betrayal of the interests of their client and shows that they were not adequately representing him.

In federal court Judge Yohn has ruled that Beverly's confession is inadmissible citing the Anti-Terrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act signed into law by Bill Clinton in 1996. The act, among other things, sets a time limit of one year for death row inmates to present new evidence. Yohn echoed the prosecution by falsely stating the "petitioner chose not to present his claim to the state court or even to this court until May 2001."

Yohn's chilling decision also cited the infamous 1993 Herrera decision that proof of innocence is no bar for execution.

These rulings and statements of both Judge Dembe and Judge Yohn, along with those of Judge Sabo before them, are in effect saying that an American capitalist court of law is no place for evidence proving innocence.

On September 4th of last year Terri Maurer-Carter, an official court stenographer in the courts where Mumia was framed, came forward with more information on the state of mind of Judge Sabo during the trial. She states in an affidavit submitted last year, "Judge Sabo and another person were engaged in conversation. Judge Sabo was discussing the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal. During the course of that conversation, I heard Judge Sabo say, "Yeah, and I'm going to help them fry the n______." There were three people present when Judge Sabo made that remark, including myself."

Judge Sabo presided over Mumia's original frame-up trial, but he didn't just do that. He came out of retirement to rule against Mumia at subsequent appeal hearings on whether or not Mumia got a fair trial. At these hearings Sabo ruled that Sabo had not violated Mumia's legal rights by denying him legal representation of his choice and denying him the right to attend his own trial.

Judge Sabo also ruled for the prosecution against the admissibility of the testimony of a key eyewitness in the original trial, Veronica Jones, who stated that she was coerced through threats from the police into giving false testimony against Mumia in the original trial. Jones was a prostitute who says that the police threatened her with prison on warrants and of taking her children away if she didn't say what the police wanted. She was later arrested off of the witness stand on a petty warrant while she told the truth testifying at a hearing for a new trial for Mumia. This testimony was important evidence of the fact that a frame-up had taken place. Yet Sabo did not allow a new trial based on this information or any of the other evidence brought forward.

In addition Judge Albert Sabo barred Mumia Abu-Jamal from his own trial claiming that Mumia was barred for being disruptive. Yet court records have now revealed that Sabo barred Mumia from his trial at the request of Mumia's incompetent and now disbarred defense attorney at the time, Anthony Jackson. This court appointed attorney made his request on the grounds that Mumia was about to fire him and would if Mumia wasn't barred from the trial. Sabo's granting of Jackson's request was a clear violation of Mumia's right to legal representation of his choice and of his right to be present at his own trial.

Another key ingredient missing in the prosecution's case against Mumia is a motive. Beverly's confession, however, does contain a clear motive. Beverly states, "I was hired, along with another guy, and paid to shoot and kill Faulkner. I had heard that Faulkner was a problem for the mob and corrupt policemen because he interfered with the graft and payoffs made to allow illegal activity including prostitution, gambling, drugs without prosecution in the center city area."

The entire chain of police command that "investigated" Mumia have in fact since been removed from the Philadelphia police force for corruption. At the time Faulkner was killed in December 1981, the FBI was involved in at least three investigations of the police in the center city area for corruption including extortion and bribery connected to the mob, prostitution, after-hours clubs, and gambling in the center city area. Targeted in the FBI investigation were Inspector Alphonzo Giordono, the senior cop at the scene of Faulkner's shooting, James Carlinini, head of homicide, and John DeBenedetto, head of the division where Faulkner worked.

Witnesses and informants in the FBI investigation were murdered. This included a witness who testified against DeBenedetto in 1983.

Police concern that Faulkner may have been an FBI informant could easily have led to his murder. Donald Hersing who was a source for the FBI at the time testifies in an affidavit for the defense that the Philadelphia cops were very concerned about possible FBI informants at the time. In a similar situation the LAPD Rampart cop who blew the whistle on police corruption and murder in LA was released from prison in 2001. He immediately went into hiding out of fear for his life from fellow officers.

Attorney Eliot Grossman stated at a press conference, "Mumia Abu-Jamal was in the wrong place at the wrong time when a hit was in progress on a police officer causing problems interfering with police corruption." But for the Philadelphia police he was at the right place at the right time. Mumia had exposed the murderous police violence used against the MOVE organization. Corrupt police officers used the opportunity to kill two birds with one stone.

What we do makes a difference, however. The government's attempt to murder Mumia Abu-Jamal in 1995 was halted by mass protests, including 10,000 people in Philadelphia, and international support. Those actions stopped Mumia�s execution within days of it being scheduled to take place. Continued support for Mumia Abu-Jamal in the streets will be necessary to keep Mumia alive and to free him.

Mumia has sat on death row for the past 21 years, removed from his family. Yet he now stands out as an uncompromising voice for the oppressed and exploited. Many have called him the voice of the voiceless.

The many prominent supporters of Mumia Abu-Jamal include the European Parliament, Nelson Mandela, the Japanese Diet, the Congressional Black Caucus, The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sam Jordan, Leonard Peltier, and many unions in the United States and around the world.

In addition, Mumia Abu-Jamal has been made an honorary citizen of Paris by the French City Council. That honor was last bestowed on Pablo Picasso in 1971.

Mumia stands up for unions, against war, against racism, for equality for gays and lesbians, for the poor, and against the many injustices of the so-called criminal justice system. Mumia speaks up on many of the issues ignored, lied about, or glossed over by the corporate media and the corporate politicians. We need Mumia, yes we need him alive, but we also need him free. Yet all of the evidence shows that Mumia won't get justice in America's courts unless we turn up the heat.

For protests, teach-ins, and strikes (like the west coast 1998 longshoreman�s strike for Mumia) to: Free Mumia Abu-Jamal! Do not reinstate the death sentence for Mumia! All new evidence should be heard! Abolish the Racist Death Penalty! For a socialist revolution in the United States to free all political prisoners and charge the police for their crimes!


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more info
by ~ Monday, May. 05, 2003 at 6:56 PM

http://www.danielfaulkner.com/

Please, everyone go there and read through the "Myths" section. Much of what is said here is disproven. Just a couple quick thing:

Veronica Jones, William Singletary, and Robert Chobert have not changed their testimony at all, and make no claims of being coerced. Chobert still doesn't have his drivers license, despite the Mumia camps claims that he got the license in exchange for his testimony. Jones didn't witness the shooting as she was 200+ feet away, around a corner, and behind a building. You're probably thinking of her claim that Cynthia White received police protection for her testimony. That would ignore the fact that White was arrested multiple times after giving her testimony. As for Singletary, one needs only read the 1995 court transcripts to see why he was ignored.

Mumia's conviction or grant him a new trial based on new proof of his innocence.

What proof of his innocence? The multiple conflicting alternative stories the defense has made? The Arnold Beverly story? The guy who claims Faulkner shot Mumia after he was already dead?

Mumia?s attorneys have also appealed Yohn?s ruling and continue to fight to have the evidence heard and Mumia freed.

Again, what evidence? Most of what you've mentioned was heard in 1995. The rest was deemed so unbelievable by both the courts AND Mumia's own defense team as to not even be admitted.

In earlier sentencing Mumia had been given the death penalty largely based on arguments that he had been a member of the Black Panther Party.

This is so false as to be obscene. The prosecutor did not mention the Black Panther Party once during sentencing, Mumia was the one turning the trial into a political circus. Go read the transcript before you ever talk about this case again. The only time the prosecutor even mentions Mumia's "politcal" beliefs is in rebuttal to a defense witness who claims Mumia was not violent. The DA then read something Mumia wrote which showed a rather violent side. (specifically, "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun", paraphrased of course)

This sentencing, based on political beliefs, was in violation of Mumia's 1st Amendment rights. Former membership in the Black Panther Party was used against Mumia effectively.

If it was used effectively, it was used by Mumia. He was the one who insisted on bringing up his political views non-stop (to the point the Judge ruled he couldn't represent himself any longer.)

Failing to murder Mumia in the street and in the hospital the Philadelphia Police and DA then framed him on the false charge of murder on Police Officer Faulkner.

So the 5 witnesses who saw Mumia shoot Faulker and gave signed statements <30 minutes after the shooting all helped frame a man they didn't know, gave identical accounts of the crime without talking to each other, and figured "eh, let's frame him just in case the cops don't kill him." If the cops didn't think he did it why would they frame him for it? You think they'd rather have Mumia in jail than a real cop-killer?

In May of 2001 Mumia's attorneys dropped a legal bombshell by submitting into court a sworn affidavit that contains the confession of Arnold Beverly to the murder that Mumia is accused of committing.

A legal bombshell so filled with holes and lies even Mumia's old attorneys (whom he fired just before May) refused to even run with it. Not only does everything Beverly say contradict the prosecution AND defense witnesses, it goes against all the physical evidence available!

William Singletary was there the night of the shooting. He says he saw a man shoot Faulkner and it was not Mumia. He also states that the actual killer was wearing a green army jacket.

Singletary also claims he saw a police helicopter before the shooting (the cops didn't have a helicopter in 1981) and that Faulkner shot Mumia after Beverly shot him in the face and he was dead. Oh, and that Faulkner spoke to Mumia after he was dead.

Five eyewitnesses described a man fleeing the scene the way Beverly describes he did.

Actually, two of those witnesses saw a man fleeing in the opposite direction Beverly claims to have fled. Another 1 of them (assuming you're counting like most Mumia supporters) actually said "The man shot the cop and then ran that way, he didn't get more than 30 feet before he fell down tho." Most Mumia supporters leave out that last part, as it doesn't fit their perfect story. Also, even the defense experts agree Faulkner was killed instantly by the gunshot to the head. So how would Faulkner shoot Mumia after Beverly already killed him? Oh, and how did Beverly get away, Mumia show up and get shot, and William Cook (Mumia's brother) just stand there all in the < 40 seconds it took for the backup officers to arrive?

On every level Arnold Beverly's sworn confession to a capital offense is in fact backed up by evidence, while the prosecutions version of events is not.

Have you read the trial transcript? I have. Beverly's story would mean 30+ people all unrelated and most having no ties to the police conspired to frame a man none of them knew (sorry, but mumia was hardly a "famous award-winning journalist", he was an unemployed talk radio host who was driving a cab) and they all decided to do this in less than 30 minutes. Oh, and they managed to get Mumia's gun to shoot Faulkner with, then Faulkner shot Mumia after he had died. It just so happened that Mumia's brother was at the the scene and even he jumped into the conspiracy by refusing to testify on his brother's behalf! It's also important that all these people supposedly conspired to frame Mumia for no reason at all! None of them have benefitted from this!

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DIRECT ACTION TIME PUSSIES
by Prodigal Yunzer Monday, May. 05, 2003 at 8:02 PM

Why don't you revolutionary anarchists storm the "Bastille" where they hold this Mumia? Come on strike a blow for the revolution! You think the State can stop the mighty will of the masses? Aux armes, citoyens! Go get em, losers.

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Response to po-po liar
by Steve Argue Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 at 3:16 AM

�Veronica Jones, William Singletary, and Robert Chobert have not changed their testimony at all, and make no claims of being coerced.�

While I don�t have the time to go through all of your lies, I�ll take your first. These witnesses did change their testimony and did say they were coerced. Veronica Jones and William Singletary can be seen doing so on the HBO special �Mumia Abu-Jamal, A Case For Reasonable Doubt�, a video that can be rented in many video stores.

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FREE MUMIA!!! GO DO IT YOURSELF
by Prodigal Yunzer Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 at 8:08 AM

You know all it would take is one hijacked Abrams tank and you could free Mumia! Where is your fighting spirit?

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steve
by ~ Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 at 9:58 AM

These witnesses did change their testimony and did say they were coerced. Veronica Jones and William Singletary can be seen doing so on the HBO special �Mumia Abu-Jamal, A Case For Reasonable Doubt�, a video that can be rented in many video stores.

Jones has admitted being so high on drugs throughout most of the 80's that she can't even remember what really happened. She hasn't given any proof that she was coerced. It's also VERY important to remember that she claims she was coerced into not mentioning she saw "someone" running sometime after the shooting. Presumably 200+ feet away and around the block where she was, completely out of sight of the shooting. Oh, and where she was would mean if she did see the shooter running she would contradict Beverly testimony. You should also know that in addition to claiming she was offerred a "deal" to change her testimony she also denies having taken the deal.

Singletary is insane. His testimony is so unbelievable as to be almost funny. He not only claims to have seen a police helicopter (the philly PD didn't have one in '81) but also claims the Faulkner didn't die after being shot in the head. Even the defense experts agreed that Faulkner was dead instantly when that bullet hit him. Singletary couldn't even keep his stories straight in 1996, he contradicted himself every 2 minutes in those hearings.

As for Robert Chobert, I still fail to see where he has changed his testimony. I just reread his 1996 testimony and he didn't say he was coerced. All he said was he asked the DA for help getting his drivers license back, but he also admits he didn't expect the DA to help and it didn't alter his testimony at all. It would be kind of hard to, since his testimony matches the statement he gave 20 minutes after the shooting. Do you honestly think that 20 minutes after watching a human being brutally gun down another 20 feet in front of him he thought "hey, maybe I can swing this to get my license back!"?

And now my final point...all these witnesses who have supposedly changed their stories have been heard by the courts! How is that unfair? The courts have ruled they aren't believable (and who wouldn't?) It probably doesn't help that a lot of these "new" witnesses Mumia's camp has dug up contradict each other, themselves, physical evidence, and basic laws of physics. So please, take the time to go through all of my "lies" so I can continue to discredit you. Or at least take the time to read the trial transcripts before you even try to talk about this case. Mumia had a fair trial, was found guilty by his peers, and was sentenced fairly (despite what Yohn claims) Personally I think what Yohn ruled is the smartest thing to happen yet in the case, because now if he gets life in prison the anti-dealth penalty groups will stop supporting Mumia and he can just rot in prison for the rest of his life. Maybe then people will actually look at the evidence and realize the man is guilty.

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Freaks !
by .................. Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 at 12:42 PM

Mumia did it, and deserves to fry. He's a no good murderous bastard. Everyone who supports his release becomes an accomplice.

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A million Mumias
by - Tuesday, May. 06, 2003 at 1:09 PM

Guilty? If more people would show that kind of initiative towards the police, our problems here would be over very quickly...

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Police Initiative? Big Talk, Do Something
by Prodigal Yunzer Wednesday, May. 07, 2003 at 10:47 AM

Jail guards are wanna be cops who are too stupid to become cops (if you can imagine that). Your implication is that people need to "take initiative" - well I have CALLED YOU OUT twice above, and do it again.
Go on big talker anarchist, DO SOMETHING! Break Mumia out why don't you? You have all sorts of Lottery of Life winner millionaires who support Mumia- how hard would it be to bribe a few dozen shitbirds and procure an old M-60 tank from the Reserves and go take your direct action? How hard would it be to defeat donut munching "correctional officers" with all your tremendously intelligent and enlightened anarchist comrades at the hustings? Just pop that prison gate like a zit and get Mumia to Cuba. Who cares how many of you would die? Wouldn't it be worth it to stick it to the Man?
Nah, lets find out what kind of drugs we can score, see who we can exploit for shelter and food, and continue to post the festering pustulence that poses for anarchistic thought on the board. You candy ass cowards make me sicker than the Virtuecrats who fill that prison where actual criminal Mumia lives with dumbasses who were too stupid to avoid the Just Us system.
I have lived in big cities since escaping my suburban Pittsburgh roots, and I assure you that I have mapped out my fire zones at each new residence waiting for you "revolutionaries" to grow a pair and take to the streets, but its not gonna happen ever. So few of you have even tasted your own blood on the playing fields. I guess I'll never live the dream of Darwinian natural selection via sharpshooting from my personal defilade.
So stop talking about it. Mumia is going to fry, and not one of you would be willing to take a deep bruise to your shin to stop it. Cowards.

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You tell 'em bro !
by 2balls Wednesday, May. 07, 2003 at 3:01 PM

You go, Prodigal ! Coward activists talk a good game, but when it comes down to it--they're losers. I laughed like mad when that one dude suggested that more folks take Mumia like action against the cops. (ie, kill them ?! What kind of shit is that ?! ) Betcha he wrote that message from a coffee shop, on the laptop his parents bought for him so he could work on his MFA. The bottom line is coffee shop revolutionaries have no guts. I say bring the noise you anarchist freaks ! Start your revolution... The Po Pos will be ready for ya, and if they need a little covering fire-- I'd be happy to oblige.

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C'mon, Prod
by A. Crybaby Wednesday, May. 07, 2003 at 7:29 PM

Conditions are not ripe for the use of such tactics. Shit's just not bad enough, yet. The above are activities best not undertaken on a full stomach or with no memory of an empty one. However, while the deserter in chief plays army and misquotes scripture for what appears to be his WWF audition tape, his band of former Nixon gophers and Iran-Contra flunkies are treating the US the way holy-rollers treat a Golden Corrall buffet line, on a Sunday. Perhaps they are stocking up for the highly-anticipated Rapture? Well on our way to the seven letter word defined by the American Heritage Dictionary as a system of government marked by centralization of authority under a dictator, stringent socioeconomic controls, suppression of the opposition through terror and censorship, and typically a policy of belligerent nationalism and racismN' Shallah, 4 years of Bush-Rumsfeld will do the trick. Perpetual war don't come cheap. It reminds me of the furniture stores that have "going out of business sale" signs up for 25 years. I am amazed at the looting that the neo-conservative visigoths have managed since the 9/11 Reichstag fire. 20 to 1, Cheney's bluffing about staying on. The Crocodile loves TV, and has his own aspirations for the big seat, having lost primaries before. Ol' Dick doesn't have the "heart" for 2008, and he draws alot of heat.
Direct confrontation with a militarily superior force? Not this mother's son. Tank money from the genetic powerball set that Bill "Inside Edition" O'Reilly fawned over from '89 to '95 but now pretends to loathe? Yes, even them durn Dixie Chicks. Unfortunately, those pampered apologists with the money and the ironic fetish for state socialism think that throwing a paper machine into the street is violent. Perhaps the best way to secure that kind of hardware would be to convince the US government we are some kind of violent extremist group and then the money and weapons start rolling in. Worked for Saddam, the Afghan "freedom fighters" and every Central American rapist who murders union orgainzers for Coca Cola. Get me an SOA diploma.I think they are so loose with their cash in prizes to overcompensate for failing to heed Dulles' advice and get Ho Chi Min on board. To make matters worse, the blew it to not upset the evil French. Perhaps we could sell ourselves as a guerilla force willing to oust the French from Canada?
Patience.

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KICK THEIR ASS TAKE THEIR GAS
by Prodigal Yunzer Thursday, May. 08, 2003 at 10:23 AM

We gave Saddam what weapons? Nothing, jocko. Not one damn thing. Saddam was a client of the Soviet Union, I'm certain you remember them, no doubt fondly. Saddam got no weapons from us ever. We did show him satellite intel two or three times that proved that he was about to allow his army to walk into the mother ot all ambushes. We did that to prolong the war between Iran and Iraq. I guess that makes our entire nation a "hypocrite" using the addled nonreasoning that makes Bill Bennett somehow less credible on evidence that he legally gambled, but not to me. I have the burden of an education that included syllogistic logic.
The same people who snort at USMC discoveries of a "pesticide factory" in the desert and say that this is not WMD evidence are the same ones who say "we gave Saddam anthrax" when what the US did was not regulate an agricultural spores company from sending a few dozen petri dishes of cultures to anyone who ordered them. Tell me one biological weapon that was not invented by and manufactured in a pesticide science lab/factory?
Crybaby, our country was born in the poverty that you feel is necessary to foment revolution. As a world traveller, certainly you can note that the utter absence of a class system makes the tried and true tactic of class envy difficult here. I look for the USA to open a new frontier somewhere to restore hope in the average American if the moribund world economy continues to drag. I suggest that we buy Siberia- they are Eskimos who were unlucky to be on the wrong side of the straits. The deal would cash flow with the natural resources exploitation that we could implement. Ninety years of glorious socialist labor only produced one two track rail link across the entire region, and a "road" that you'd have to see to believe, its almost as bad as Chateau Street.
So, as I suggested, the so called conditions you wait for will never avail themselves. Stop talking about it, its hysterically funny, akin to dissing the school bully only when he is not around.

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