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"America is a Nation
with a mission...We
have no desire to
dominate, no ambitions
of empire. Our aim is a
democratic peace...
with a mission...We
have no desire to
dominate, no ambitions
of empire. Our aim is a
democratic peace...
...a peace founded upon
the dignity and rights of
every man and woman."
Washington DC 01.20.04
the dignity and rights of
every man and woman."
Washington DC 01.20.04
A recent report by a United Nations
commission recommends sweeping
changes in the way aid to African nations
is administered, calling for a reduction of
the role played by the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund. The
report, issued by the UN Conference on
Trade and Development, depicts an
unstructured amalgam of aid agencies
and programs, often operating at
cross-purposes, in a process that has
become unduly politicized. With
international commitments to
dramatically increase aid, the UNCTAD
report proposes the formation of an
independent fund, which would
distribute aid multilaterally.
The World Bank and IMF, the dominant
organizations in packaging aid and loans
to developing countries, have been
criticized for imposing conditions on
commission recommends sweeping
changes in the way aid to African nations
is administered, calling for a reduction of
the role played by the World Bank and
the International Monetary Fund. The
report, issued by the UN Conference on
Trade and Development, depicts an
unstructured amalgam of aid agencies
and programs, often operating at
cross-purposes, in a process that has
become unduly politicized. With
international commitments to
dramatically increase aid, the UNCTAD
report proposes the formation of an
independent fund, which would
distribute aid multilaterally.
The World Bank and IMF, the dominant
organizations in packaging aid and loans
to developing countries, have been
criticized for imposing conditions on
assistance that serve to advance the
strategic goals of the United States and
certain multinational corporations.
According to the UNCTAD report, in
addition to the inefficiency of the
administration of African aid, “There are
also very clear signals that security
concerns and energy politics are again
shaping the policy debates on aid and
development.” The report concludes
that the World Bank and IMF “have not
lived up to expectations and are not
suited to administering doubled aid.”
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz
has emphasized the institution of strict
anti-corruption measures for recipient
nations, and his priorities have drawn
criticism from many in the international
aid community. Last month, Britain
threatened to withhold payments of
more than $90 million from the World
strategic goals of the United States and
certain multinational corporations.
According to the UNCTAD report, in
addition to the inefficiency of the
administration of African aid, “There are
also very clear signals that security
concerns and energy politics are again
shaping the policy debates on aid and
development.” The report concludes
that the World Bank and IMF “have not
lived up to expectations and are not
suited to administering doubled aid.”
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz
has emphasized the institution of strict
anti-corruption measures for recipient
nations, and his priorities have drawn
criticism from many in the international
aid community. Last month, Britain
threatened to withhold payments of
more than $90 million from the World
Bank to protest the conditions
placed on loans and grants by the
Bank. Wolfowitz was the deputy to
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
during preparations for the invasion
of Iraq.
Total international aid to Africa since
1980 has exceeded $500 billion, but
structural and administrative
problems have consistently
undermined the effort. African
nations need to average eight
percent annual growth to meet
current UN development targets.
The author of the UNCTAD report,
Richard Kozul-Wright told the
Guardian, “Many of the aid
increases over the last 40 years have
been wasted as flows are dogged by
unpredictability, conditionality, and
politicization.” its all true
placed on loans and grants by the
Bank. Wolfowitz was the deputy to
Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld
during preparations for the invasion
of Iraq.
Total international aid to Africa since
1980 has exceeded $500 billion, but
structural and administrative
problems have consistently
undermined the effort. African
nations need to average eight
percent annual growth to meet
current UN development targets.
The author of the UNCTAD report,
Richard Kozul-Wright told the
Guardian, “Many of the aid
increases over the last 40 years have
been wasted as flows are dogged by
unpredictability, conditionality, and
politicization.” its all true
Town leaders in a northwestern Chicago
suburb have proposed an ordinance that
would make it illegal to hire or to rent
housing to undocumented aliens and
would establish “English” as the official
language in the township.
The Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act,
if passed by supervisory officials in the
Chicago bedroom community of
Carpentersville, IL, would impose fines
of up to $1000 on landlords who rent
housing to undocumented workers and
threatens local businesses who hire or
otherwise “aid and abet” what the
proposal terms “illegal immigrants” with
the revocation of their business licenses.
Approximately 40 percent of the total
population of Carpentersville is Latino.
Town commissioner Judy Sigwalt
said, describing the proposal,
suburb have proposed an ordinance that
would make it illegal to hire or to rent
housing to undocumented aliens and
would establish “English” as the official
language in the township.
The Illegal Alien Immigration Relief Act,
if passed by supervisory officials in the
Chicago bedroom community of
Carpentersville, IL, would impose fines
of up to $1000 on landlords who rent
housing to undocumented workers and
threatens local businesses who hire or
otherwise “aid and abet” what the
proposal terms “illegal immigrants” with
the revocation of their business licenses.
Approximately 40 percent of the total
population of Carpentersville is Latino.
Town commissioner Judy Sigwalt
said, describing the proposal,
“this is not a racist thing.”
Village Trustee Paul Humpfer, who
heads the audit and finance commission
in Carpentersville, said that he modeled
the law on a proposal that was recently
codified as law in Hazelton, PA. The
iniative is being promoted by a coalition
of anti-immigrant groups that include the
border patrol vigilante squad known as
the “Minute Men”. The proposal has
previously been considered in other
Illinois communities.
Humpfer told the Northwest Herald
that he was “tired of shuffling the issue
(of illegal immigration) off to the federal
government." The town's mayor
reminded the trustees that enforcement
of federal immigration laws “is up to
federal officials.” its all true
Village Trustee Paul Humpfer, who
heads the audit and finance commission
in Carpentersville, said that he modeled
the law on a proposal that was recently
codified as law in Hazelton, PA. The
iniative is being promoted by a coalition
of anti-immigrant groups that include the
border patrol vigilante squad known as
the “Minute Men”. The proposal has
previously been considered in other
Illinois communities.
Humpfer told the Northwest Herald
that he was “tired of shuffling the issue
(of illegal immigration) off to the federal
government." The town's mayor
reminded the trustees that enforcement
of federal immigration laws “is up to
federal officials.” its all true
The Congressional Research
Service has reported that
President Bush has, over the past
five years, attempted to extend
the constitutional authority of the
executive branch of government
by attaching so-called signing
statements to more than 750
laws that he has signed.
In the signing statements that he
has appended to legislation, such
as the prohibition on torture that
was passed by Congress in 2005,
Bush has asserted that he, as
president, is not restricted by the
new laws and can ignore them.
Bush has appended such
statements to more than one in
ten laws that he has enacted.
The Congressional Research
service, a federal agency that
provides analysis for members of
Congress, found that Bush has,
unlike previous presidents,
“employed these instruments in
an attempt to leverage power and
control away from Congress” in
the effort to establish “broad
assertions of authority as a
constitutional norm.” The CRS
advised members that Congress
should take back its role of
crafting legislation by instituting a
“robust oversight regime” so that
it may “more effectively assert its
constitutional prerogatives and
ensure compliance” by the
president with federal statutes.
The CRS said that although there
is a “long historical pedigree” for
presidents to attach statements
to the laws that they enact, such
statements “do not have legal
force or effect.” its all true
Service has reported that
President Bush has, over the past
five years, attempted to extend
the constitutional authority of the
executive branch of government
by attaching so-called signing
statements to more than 750
laws that he has signed.
In the signing statements that he
has appended to legislation, such
as the prohibition on torture that
was passed by Congress in 2005,
Bush has asserted that he, as
president, is not restricted by the
new laws and can ignore them.
Bush has appended such
statements to more than one in
ten laws that he has enacted.
The Congressional Research
service, a federal agency that
provides analysis for members of
Congress, found that Bush has,
unlike previous presidents,
“employed these instruments in
an attempt to leverage power and
control away from Congress” in
the effort to establish “broad
assertions of authority as a
constitutional norm.” The CRS
advised members that Congress
should take back its role of
crafting legislation by instituting a
“robust oversight regime” so that
it may “more effectively assert its
constitutional prerogatives and
ensure compliance” by the
president with federal statutes.
The CRS said that although there
is a “long historical pedigree” for
presidents to attach statements
to the laws that they enact, such
statements “do not have legal
force or effect.” its all true
A public relations company that was
involved in a controversial Pentagon
program to pay media outlets to
publish positive stories about the
activities of US occupation forces in
Iraq has received a new federal
contract for media services in the
country. The Lincoln Group, a
Washington, DC-based firm, will be
paid $12.4 million over two years to
monitor print and broadcast media
both in Iraq and abroad, and to
prepare talking points and speeches
to be delivered by American
personnel. The program is intended
to “build support” among various
constituencies for Pentagon
objectives in the Middle East.
Public interest group Source Watch
reports that in addition to Iraq, the
Lincoln Group has worked for the US
government in Lebanon, Afghanistan,
Colombia, and Indonesia.
The company describes itself as a
“strategic communications and public
relations firm providing insight and
influence in challenging and hostile
environments.” its all true
involved in a controversial Pentagon
program to pay media outlets to
publish positive stories about the
activities of US occupation forces in
Iraq has received a new federal
contract for media services in the
country. The Lincoln Group, a
Washington, DC-based firm, will be
paid $12.4 million over two years to
monitor print and broadcast media
both in Iraq and abroad, and to
prepare talking points and speeches
to be delivered by American
personnel. The program is intended
to “build support” among various
constituencies for Pentagon
objectives in the Middle East.
Public interest group Source Watch
reports that in addition to Iraq, the
Lincoln Group has worked for the US
government in Lebanon, Afghanistan,
Colombia, and Indonesia.
The company describes itself as a
“strategic communications and public
relations firm providing insight and
influence in challenging and hostile
environments.” its all true
The US Congress has passed legislation
that satisfies the Bush administration’s
demand to create a system for trying
detained terror suspects in military and
CIA detention centers around the
world.
Although the Military Commissions Act
of 2006 proposed by Congress meets
the requirements set by the Bush
administration for such trials, critics of
the proposed law contend that the
system agreed to by legislators violates
requirements of international law and
does not meet the standards for fair
trials established in the US Constitution.
An analysis of the legislation performed
by www.redstatupdate.net reveals that
that satisfies the Bush administration’s
demand to create a system for trying
detained terror suspects in military and
CIA detention centers around the
world.
Although the Military Commissions Act
of 2006 proposed by Congress meets
the requirements set by the Bush
administration for such trials, critics of
the proposed law contend that the
system agreed to by legislators violates
requirements of international law and
does not meet the standards for fair
trials established in the US Constitution.
An analysis of the legislation performed
by www.redstatupdate.net reveals that
the new law would give exclusive authority
to the president to determine who can be
arrested, detained and tried by the
commissions. The act allows suspects,
including US citizens, to be permanently
detained without being charged with a
crime. Under the new law, the president
is empowered by Congress to create a
new classification of “alternative”
interrogation tactics that could violate
international standards that guard against
torture.
The law disallows detainees from
challenging their captivity in a court of law
and retroactively bars victims of torture at
the hands of US agents from prosecuting
the torturers or seeking legal redress or
to the president to determine who can be
arrested, detained and tried by the
commissions. The act allows suspects,
including US citizens, to be permanently
detained without being charged with a
crime. Under the new law, the president
is empowered by Congress to create a
new classification of “alternative”
interrogation tactics that could violate
international standards that guard against
torture.
The law disallows detainees from
challenging their captivity in a court of law
and retroactively bars victims of torture at
the hands of US agents from prosecuting
the torturers or seeking legal redress or
or compensation for their suffering.
The law also allows the Secretary of
Defense to amend the act or further
restrict the minimal rights of
detainees at his discretion based upon
what the act refers to as any
“practical need”.
Defenders of the act say that the
president needs the new and
expansive powers granted under the
MCA 2006 because the detainees
who are being held without charge in
prison camps around the world want
to “cripple our economy and discredit
the principals we hold dear-freedom
and democracy.” its all true
The law also allows the Secretary of
Defense to amend the act or further
restrict the minimal rights of
detainees at his discretion based upon
what the act refers to as any
“practical need”.
Defenders of the act say that the
president needs the new and
expansive powers granted under the
MCA 2006 because the detainees
who are being held without charge in
prison camps around the world want
to “cripple our economy and discredit
the principals we hold dear-freedom
and democracy.” its all true
The White House moved to block the
publication of a document prepared by
government scientists linking increases in
the incidence and intensity of hurricanes
to climate change, according to a report
in the current issue of the journal
Nature. Government officials have
denied that the report was censored for
political reasons, calling it an internal
document not meant for release. The
possibility of global warming and higher
average seawater temperatures leading
to stronger and more frequent
hurricanes has become a focus of debate
after last year’s unusually violent tropical
storm season.
According to the report in Nature, a
panel convened last February by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to explore the
relationship of global warming to
changing patterns of tropical storms
completed a draft of its findings
confirming the link and forwarded it to
their supervisors at NOAA and the
Commerce Department. The results
were to be part of a press release
scheduled for the start of the hurricane
season in May. Instead, the panel’s
chairman received instructions from
department officials to withhold his
publication of a document prepared by
government scientists linking increases in
the incidence and intensity of hurricanes
to climate change, according to a report
in the current issue of the journal
Nature. Government officials have
denied that the report was censored for
political reasons, calling it an internal
document not meant for release. The
possibility of global warming and higher
average seawater temperatures leading
to stronger and more frequent
hurricanes has become a focus of debate
after last year’s unusually violent tropical
storm season.
According to the report in Nature, a
panel convened last February by the
National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration to explore the
relationship of global warming to
changing patterns of tropical storms
completed a draft of its findings
confirming the link and forwarded it to
their supervisors at NOAA and the
Commerce Department. The results
were to be part of a press release
scheduled for the start of the hurricane
season in May. Instead, the panel’s
chairman received instructions from
department officials to withhold his
report, pending revisions to make the
document “less technical.” The report
was never made public.
The incident is the latest in a series of
apparent attempts by the Bush
administration to interfere with
government scientific agencies in pursuit
of political objectives. Last month,
Salon.com obtained e-mails through a
Freedom of Information Act request
that show, according to the website,
“that the White House was, in fact,
controlling access to scientists and
vetting reporters.” Earlier this year,
reports surfaced of administration
attempts to restrict media access to
NASA climate specialist Jim Hansen,
whose view is that human activity is a
primary cause of global warming.
In a statement responding to the
Nature article, Democratic Senator
Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey said,
“The administration has effectively
declared war on science and truth to
advance its anti-environment agenda ...
The Bush administration continues to
censor scientists who have documented
the current impact of global warming."
The NOAA has denied White House
involvement in its decision. its all true
document “less technical.” The report
was never made public.
The incident is the latest in a series of
apparent attempts by the Bush
administration to interfere with
government scientific agencies in pursuit
of political objectives. Last month,
Salon.com obtained e-mails through a
Freedom of Information Act request
that show, according to the website,
“that the White House was, in fact,
controlling access to scientists and
vetting reporters.” Earlier this year,
reports surfaced of administration
attempts to restrict media access to
NASA climate specialist Jim Hansen,
whose view is that human activity is a
primary cause of global warming.
In a statement responding to the
Nature article, Democratic Senator
Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey said,
“The administration has effectively
declared war on science and truth to
advance its anti-environment agenda ...
The Bush administration continues to
censor scientists who have documented
the current impact of global warming."
The NOAA has denied White House
involvement in its decision. its all true
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