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Secretaries General of the U.N.
1 Trygve Lie (Norway)
2 Dag Hammarskjöld (Sweden)
3 U Thant (Burma)
4 Kurt Waldheim (Austria)
5 Javier Pérez de Cuéllar (Peru)
6 Boutros Boutros-Ghali (Egypt)
7 Kofi Annan (Ghana)
8 Ban Ki-moon (South Korea)
Thom, a lot of countries got dragged into WWII, Great Britain was following a policy of appeasement up through 1938. France was even reluctant to do anything that would cause confrontation. More so because these countries had the fresh memory of WWI in mind and were scarred from it. Britain also had, more or less, a guilty conscience of the heavy handed Versailles Treaty. The League of Nations tried, and in some cases was successful in maintaining peace. Its major failure wasn't just the lack of America joining, but also Russia, and Germany was excluded.
I wouldn't say Wilson fought WWI either, he reluctantly entered the United States in 1917, and the majority of our troops didn't get there to participate until late spring of 1918. Our troops were the tipping point for an exhausted Germany, they knew they couldn't withstand the increasing numbers, and agreed to a peace based on Wilson's 14 points. However, America itself didn't do anything so spectacular that it won the war, it just showed up at the end to help deliver the final blow and enjoy the spoils (not that Germany hadn't blundered into inviting this with its return to unrestricted submarine warfare).
N
re: 15: dear Maxrot: THAT's the moral of the story? Huh! I thought the moral was: "Never let a green mouse control your dialysis machine!"
@harry, 12 Monkey's is a great movie, but the pranksters releasing the animals from a zoo was a misdirection, the Government was concentrating on the wrong group as the cause of the plague, and when it came down to it, it was one determined fanatic that engineered and released the devastating plague. Which is nice that you bring up this movie, because I feel that the moral of the story is keep your eyes and mind open, sometimes its the quiet and insignificant that can bring about the greatest change.
N
Steve Forbert has an incredible new song out The Oil Song a ballad for these trouble times:
http://steveforbert.bandcamp.com/album/the-oil-song-2010
I love that there are some newspeople/bloggers who follow up on statements by Republicans like Jeff Sessions and Orrin Hatch. I only wish national news organizations would show this.
I do earn good money from my parttime job as the Bearded Lady at the circus. So I accept it.
Dear Jeanie, from the nose up you look like that beautiful Maggie Rodriguez on CBS. Guess you have a heavy beard, huh?
In 12 Monkeys, pranksters released all the animals from the zoo. I plan to do the same with the legislature.
Did ya'll ever see "12 Monkeys"?
Luckily, I escaped!
You are a funny guy, Harry.
Here in Austin, people ask me why we don't have a zoo. I explain 'cause we have the legislature.
Actually, both of our senators are crazy, which is 100%. And the legislature is not much better.
That's the difference between Arizona and Texas. Arizona has 2 crazies only. :D
Republicants are showing their true character. Its revolting.
N
Not that I want to claim him, but John Kyl is a senator from Arizona, not Texas. Remember, we have 2 crazies here.
There is no hope. In an interview with Naomi Klein regarding Larry Summers and Canads's former finance minister, Paul Martin, our fate was thusly sealed by these two greedheads:
'...their story is that they wanted to make a list of the countries that they would invite into this club, and they couldn’t find a piece of paper, so they found a manilla envelope and wrote on the back of the manilla envelope a list of countries. And by Paul Martin’s admission, those countries were not simply the twenty top economies of the world, the biggest GDPs. They were also the countries that were most strategic to the United States.'
One may access this interview here:
http://www.democracynow.org/2010/6/28/naomi_klein_the_real_crime_scene
No mention of severe beatings or the torturing of independent journalists in corpocracy media. They label protesters as "anarchists". I was once an idealistic activist with much hope for humanity, but we are doomed.
On June 28, 2010 I posted Mary Shaw’s article, http://www.opednews.com/articles/Your-Humanitarian-Work-Cou-by-Mary-Shaw-100628-267.html. I also asked the question, “Is Thom Hartmann targeted for jail?” I said that he is targeted for jail.
Thom Hartmann is a humanitarian and so he is also considered a terrorist. No one should doubt that the goose-stepping neocons see Thom as a terrorist. Why you may ask? Humanitarians want to do what is best for the people and for the common good. Thom does a very good job of informing Numb Nut Americans. Informing human beings is contrary to the will of our federal government, the rich, our corporations, and the devil’s disciples who are overt and rampant in the United States of Hell.
These sources want to keep us begging and stupid. Knowledge is power and anyone who informs us is considered a terrorist because we have now some power. Information is contrary to the goals of the elite and the corporatists who want us to endlessly beg and remain stupid.
Thom needs to sit with Louise and put their home in order as he awaits the gestapo’s knock on the door.
Just keep on runnin for the gates of the city!
This so-called banking reform would add up more income for financial loans.There would be more positive outlook around it. The Arizona Immigration Bill has made many people from numerous different states across the country voice their opinions. Peggy West, Milwaukee County Supervisor, has said that she would understand if this were a state that shared a border with Mexico for instance Texas, but Arizona is quite a ways removed from the border. What I took from that speech is that West does actually agree with Arizona's decision because she would agree if it was a border state, and since Arizona is in fact a border state she must agree with the law. Maybe she should have taken out a cash advance and done some geography research.
Unless Congress adds politicians to the "no call law" list, we will still have tons of calls during the day and evening. Why should politicians be exempt from this law???
Obama is given great credit for health care reform and possibly financial reform. But, I believe that Obama is the best Smoke and Mirrors president or the the best Bait and Switch president or both.
Dear Louise Hartmann,
During this morning's show Thom talked about a book of Republican (history?) explaining how the Republican's saw the middle class (mid-1900's) becoming a problem and moved to block their up-ward mobility. I missed the name...can you please help? C.O. e-mail olsencarl@comcast.net.
ARE WE THERE YET!!!
http://www.opednews.com/articles/Fascism--Are-we-there-yet-by-Donald-100625-394.html