[IMC-NYC-Editorial] WARJONE$: DEBAIT THE HOOK~Life Recu$al / 1st Ink: SAN FRANCISCO BAY GUARDIAN

Sat Oct 2 10:52:27 PDT 2004

  "You got that right, Karl...
uh-huh...Dick's furious at the very idea of it...problem is, what do we say to this "Recu$al bullshit..."I'm-not-even-going-dignify-that-with-an-answer" I think'll work for me, but then presented as an "Oath of Martial Office" --to the whole damn War Cabinet...uh-huh...I KNOW they're gutless wonders, the Media by & large...and thank God for that...but what if one of those "major-league assholes" asks like, "what do you think of the CONcept of that Question"...how can we say we disagree with it?  And if we "agree" with the premise, we're "cornered"...they'll ask us to open our portfolios from here on. How can we say "NO"...I mean, with us carryin' so much hot water for no-bid Defense Contractors...it's...it's like banana peels underfoot...someone's bound to give the wrong answer...or...well, an unconvincing one...move on this, Boy Genius...I know it's in you to come up with something we can all "use"...and this too, I hear is comin at us: what I stand to gain personally from the
 elimination of the Estate Tax.  Tens o' millions.  Would I give it up...to stand above "conflict of interest"...

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Trail Mix    
Sept 29--Oct 5 2004

Artist General's Warning: Recu$al question could be bad for Bush's political health Michael Masley has a question. It's a question he's been trying to get someone to ask for two years, and time is now running short to ask it. It's a good question, and if there were any justice in the world or democracy left in this orange-alerted country of ours, then Jim Lehrer would ask George W. Bush the question during the presidential debate Sept. 30. 
The question is this: Will you agree never to accept any personal profits flowing from any military action you authorize or promote? Masley has been harassing journalists all over the country, trying to get them to ask it of Bush and the rest of his war cabinet, as well as John Kerry and anyone else running for an office that lets him or her participate in decisions likely to put foreigners on the receiving end of an American bullet or bomb. 
For a Berkeley resident who makes his living as a street musician, Masley has a surprisingly long reach, spending up to 40 hours a week online, mining sources of information, and sending out entertaining and incisive e-missives under his "Artist General" nom de plume. The guy turns phrases in ways that cut to the heart of important issues, just as his question does. 
If the question does get asked, Masley thinks Bush might do his deer-in-headlights impression, or that he'd dodge it or lie in a way that might touch off more media interest in the issue. After all, Vice President Dick Cheney has profited handsomely from actions he took as Poppy Bush's secretary of defense, most notably deciding to outsource many military functions and then becoming CEO of Halliburton, which then got the no-bid contracts to do that work. 
Who knows, maybe mainstream journalists might even begin questioning why a war cabinet of Texas oilmen lied their way into occupying some of the most oil-rich regions of the world. Or maybe that's asking too much. (Steven T. Jones) 

http://www.sfbg.com/38/53/x_trail_mix.html

"JOURNALIST HELEN THOMAS CONDEMNS BUSH ADMINISTRATION" 

                               --MIT Tech Talk / Sarah H. Wright 11/06/02

 "Remind the politicians you interview that you pay them, that they are public servants. Remember every question is legitimate. And don't give up. There's always a leak. There's always someone who's trying to save the country..."  

http://web.mit.edu/newsoffice/tt/2002/nov06/thomas.html 

  T R U E  or  F A L S E  

"The nation has learned over the years that it cannot entrust federal power and tax dollars to officials who can profit even indirectly from business ties while serving in the government."    

                    --NY Times (editorial 12/3/02)  

ARTIST GENERAL'S WARNING: Roll Over Dover~Old dogs, Old trick$...

...Warfair, Chickenhawks & Cakewalk$ don't mix.

Morally-loaded Question Seeks 

Media Champion(s)

(4th Estate Omission Creeps, King Georgie Tory/Toadies / Democracy Surrender Monkeys: 

Need Not Apply)

                              TAKIN' US TO WAR?  

WHOA!  YOU FORGOT TO RECU$E YOURSELVES!

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GOPeteredPrinciple at No-Little-People_Otta-Uniform_GOD&COUNTRYclub.DEVIL'NDETAIL$ 

THE LEA$T YOU CAN DO
IS DISOWN POSSIBLE WARFUTURE$

SO BOLD 
IN YOUR EXERCISE OF FATAL AUTHORITY

(A Boardroom War-Cabinet ~Deep in Corporate Culture, each so Different, yet all $o...Fungible)

ARE YOU NOW AFRAID to PERMANENTLY FORFEIT ACCE$$ TO FUTURE PERSONAL "WARFALL"?

IF NOT, THEN ANSWER THE RECU$AL QUESTION, YES OR NO...

IS YOUR ANSWER GIVEN AT POSSIBLE POLITICAL/PORTFOLIO PERIL?

SO WHAT...IT'S DEMOCRACY, STUPID.  

(THIS NATION IS NOT YOUR KINGDOM... GOT IT?)

IF YOU OBJECT TO THE QUESTION (IN EFFECT AN OATH OF MARTIAL OFFICE) THEN WILL YOU EXPLAIN WHY?

WILL YOU "OPEN THE BOOKS" OF YOUR SOPHISTICATED PORTFOLIA ON DEMAND, FOR QUALIFIED PRIVATE EXAMINATION~AND AGREE THAT ANY PROFIT CONNECTED TO ANY WAR ON YOUR WATCH BE SURRENDERED, ON DISCOVERY OR EXPOSURE, TO VETERANS BENEFIT GROUPS, COLLEGE FUNDS FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE FALLEN, ETC?

IF NOT, WILL YOU EXPLAIN TO AMERICA WHY NOT?

                SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  --Rob Morse 11.3.2
Berkeley street musician Michael Masley has appointed himself "the Artist General." [http://ArtistGeneral.com] He is an accomplished player of the large hammered dulcimer and was grand marshal of the How Berkeley Can You Be Parade... "Patriots for a Fair Contract with America" [http://LieJinx.com] asks "Martial Planners"... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/03/MN19057.DTL

                SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE  --Rob Morse 11.3.2
Berkeley street musician Michael Masley has appointed himself "the Artist General." [http://ArtistGeneral.com] He is an accomplished player of the large hammered dulcimer and was grand marshal of the How Berkeley Can You Be Parade... "Patriots for a Fair Contract with America" [http://LieJinx.com] asks "Martial Planners"... http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2002/11/03/MN19057.DTL

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