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The government's September 11 victim compensation program is turning out to be the same old routine on three fronts: (1) throw tax money at the problem; (2) the rich get richer and the poor get pennies; and (3) some of the rich who will not get any money (because, quite frankly, they don't need it) are screaming because they will not get richer. More ... On December 2, 2001 in Brattleboro, Vermont, lifetime peace activist and social worker Robert Woodward died in a "bizarre" and "unfortunate" incident after frantically begging a Unitarian Universalist church congregation for sanctuary from the CIA, FBI and police. Having at one point allegedly waved a four-inch penknife at his eye—threatening to take only his own life—Woodward was shot seven times by police. Well, some of us have learned that "protection of the public," sorry to say, means protection from the police. Woodward’s death, scary to say, rings all the bells of political assassination. More ... |
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