[APR-news] Alternative Press Review - October 7, 2004

Thu Oct 7 18:01:19 EDT 2004

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Thursday - October 7, 2004

Website of the Day - http://www.survivingpeakoil.com/

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=331&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
The "Abiotic Oil" Controversy
By Richard Heinberg

In recent months a few of the many web sites that challenge the official
account of the events of 9/11/2001 have also attacked the idea of peak oil.
I would prefer to ignore this controversy-and there are good reasons for
doing so, as some of these web sites lack credibility on other counts;
nevertheless, as these sites are magnets for large numbers of people who are
just beginning to find their way out of the consensus societal trance, they
appear to be doing some palpable harm. I have received at least a couple of
dozen e-mails from sincere people wanting to know my response to claims that
"peak oil" is a scam, and that oil is actually an inexhaustible resource.
So, once and for all, here is my take on the abiotic oil controversy.

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=329&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
The Hydrogen Economy - Energy and Economic Black Hole
By Alice Friedemann, Culture Change

The energy literate scoff at perpetual motion, free energy, and cold fusion,
but what about the hydrogen economy? Before we invest trillions of dollars,
let's take a hydrogen car out for a spin.

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=330&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
All Out of Volunteers: A Draft in the Air?
By Dave Lindorff, CounterPunch

The Republicans are running like mad away from the rumor that's running like
wildfire around on the web in the form of email and blog messages, that the
Bush administration and the Pentagon have a secret plan to reinstate the
Draft after the election.

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=328&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
RINGS IN THEIR NOSES: NADER ON CHOMSKY, ZINN, GOODMAN ET. AL.
by Richard Oxman

I'm sure that most progressive outlets will not make much of a fuss about
Ralph's historically important characterization of The Left at this
juncture...out of habit. But, nonetheless, he's on the mark. A new mark has
been made with our distinguished progressives agreeing to be led by the
likes of Kerry. It's over. There's officially no more democracy.

http://www.altpr.org/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=327&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0
JUDGING THE INTIFADA
By Hasan Abu Nimah & Ali Abunimah, Electronic Intifada

The fourth anniversary of Israel's violent crackdown on the Palestinian
uprising, which coincided with its latest massacre of Palestinians in the
Gaza Strip, occasioned a number of analyses, many concluding - wishfully -
that the Intifada has been "counterproductive" for the Palestinians, or even
a "failure."

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Beyond the Mainstream Blog

http://beyondthemainstream.blogspot.com/2004/10/dont-believe-hype.html
On Barack Obama: Don't Believe the Hype

We have Mr. Perfect Environmentalist with his progressive street cred who
has no problem lobbing DU-tipped missiles at Islamic countries for the crime
of having a set of leaders that America doesn't like and who refuse to bow
down to the dictates of Imperial America. What I found particularly
interesting is that Obama coolly rationalized pre-emptively attacking
Islamic countries because their religious and cultural views make them less
reasonable and more warlike than the former Soviet Union. Progressives have
come a long way from the days when they argued the Indians were less
reasonable and more warlike than civilized and enlightened Europeans!

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Other articles of interest

http://www.independent.org/newsroom/article.asp?id=1375
War Lies Are Piling Up
Ivan Eland, Independent Institute

Even though a mound of evidence keeps accumulating that the Bush
administration exaggerated the threat to fulfill its obsession to invade
Iraq, administration officials keep standing by-in Goebbels-like repetition
of the "big lie"-the need for war.

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1005-22.htm
Dear Dad, Iraq Sucks

My unit was one of the first to Baghdad. I was so scared. Didn't know what
to think. Seeing dead bodies for the first time. People blown in half.
Little kids with no legs. It was overwhelming, the sights, sounds, fear. I
was over there from Jan'03 to Aug'03. I hated every minute. It was a daily
battle to keep my spirits up. I hate the army and my job. I am supposed to
get out next February but will now be unable to because the asshole in the
White House decided that now would be a great time to put a stop-loss in
effect for the army.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1319853,00.html
The eyes that cannot see beyond Jabaliya and Samarra
By Simon Tisdall, The Guardian

In both Jabaliya and Samarra modern armies with state-of-the-art weaponry
and unanswerable air power attacked residential areas, causing numerous
civilian casualties. In both cases the degree of lethal force used was
grossly disproportionate to the assessed threat. Three US and two Iraqi
battalions - about 5,000 men - were sent against 200-300 insurgents in
Samarra.

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2004/oct2004/deba-o06.shtml
Democrat Edwards backs war, austerity in vice presidential debate
By Bill Van Auken, WSWS

The debate Tuesday night between Vice President Richard Cheney and his
challenger Senator John Edwards underscored the fundamental agreement
between the two big business parties on intensifying the war against the
Iraqi people and continuing the policy of global militarism pursued by the
Bush administration.

http://lefthook.org/Politics/Yu100604.html
It's Not a Debate When They Agree
by Mark Yu, Left Hook

The presidential debate last Thursday night did not offer any new
perspectives on the November election. Kerry criticized Bush for mishandling
the invasion and occupation of Iraq while Bush continued the effort to
portray Kerry as a flip-flopper. They repeated words and phrases that had
been carefully selected by their professional public-relations teams and
designed for maximum impact on the voting population. The whole setup seemed
more like a fusion of two expensive campaign commercials than a dialogue fit
for a truly democratic society.

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NewsWire

http://news.com.com/National+IDs+for+everybody/2010-1028_3-5395386.html
Mandatory national IDs for everybody?

http://newstandardnews.net/content/?action=show_item&itemid=1074
House About to Strip More Civil Liberties in Name of Anti-terrorism

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=891&newlang=eng
Bush's Police State: Expressing anti-Bush opinions can get you in big Secret
Service trouble

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=10&categ_id=2&article_id=9015
American Arabs concerned over FBI's aggressive surveillance 'October Plan'

http://dev.wsws.org/articles/2004/oct2004/indo-o06.shtml
Indonesian editor jailed under repressive libel laws

http://www.enn.com/ch_comm.html?id=18
Mexican Officials Seek to Pacify Indian Group with Promises of Christmas
Trees

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1006-04.htm
US Militarizing Latin America

http://www.commondreams.org/headlines04/1006-07.htm
US Vetoes Resolution Calling for Israeli Halt to Gaza Operations

http://www.socialistworker.co.uk/article.php4?article_id=2654
The six year old held hostage by the US

http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/10/05/1411248
British Detainee Subjected to Torture, Witnessed U.S. Soldiers Commit Murder

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/story.jsp?story=569207
Take them out, dude: pilots toast hit on Iraqi 'civilians'

http://www.realcities.com/mld/krwashington/9842981.htm
Sympathy for al-Zarqawi grows among Iraqis amid U.S. airstrikes

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3720316.stm
Clare Short defends Iraq's insurgents - compares them to French resistance
who battled German occupation

http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2004-10-06-wmd_x.htm
Saddam Hussein ended Iraq's nuclear program in 1991

http://www.americanfreepress.net/html/backdoor_draft.html
Resistance to backdoor draft

http://www.sftt.org/cgi-bin/csNews/csNews.cgi?database=Hacks%20Target%20Homepage.db&command=viewone&op=t&id=86&rnd=672.997896581235
Uncle Sam will soon want your kids

http://stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=24744
Three military academies report drop in applications

http://www.canada.com/businesscentre/story.html?id=63d8831e-c33f-4a28-97e7-40de11281bd2
North America not building up energy reserves fast enough

http://www.nypost.com/news/nationalnews/20005.htm
Home heating bills will $hock

http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=1163232004
The era of cheap gas and electricity is over

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5612507/
Oil prices hit $53 a barrel on supply fears

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=569551
Homes should be left to the sea, warns erosion report

http://www.enn.com/today.html?id=144
Endgame is near for Indonesia's rain forest

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