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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (9014)	4/3/2004 2:03:13 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Clarke and the Media Failures of 9-11 mediachannel.org

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (9014)	4/3/2004 10:48:52 PM
From: Ron	Respond to of 20773

Yes, the US military is "outsourcing" a lot of it's own work these days. The civilians who were unfortunately killed at Fallujah, were recently retired military, who came back as taxpayer-supported consultants. It is a shame they were ambushed and killed, but for all intents and purposes, they were fulfilling a military mission. Next, I wouldn't be at all surprised to see the U.S. "outsourcing" more military/policing duties around the world to paid mercenaries. After all, lots of third world folks work cheap. The United States, for many years had no use for mercenaries. In part, because a group of mercenaries called "Hessians" from Germany, comprised a large part of the British Army sent to put down the American Revolution. You don't hear much about the Hessians in the history books. pbs.org americanrevolution.org

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (9014)	4/4/2004 3:35:59 PM
From: Ron	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

An election worth watching: Inglewood, CA- April 2- A majority of city council members in this suburban Los Angeles community opposed construction of a new Wal- Mart Super center in town. So the retail giant mounted a public ballot box initiative to bypass the town government, and proceed with construction. Residents will vote on the issue Tuesday, in a campaign which has deeply divided residents. Opponents claim Wal- Mart paid off people to sign petitions and get the issue put to a vote, a charge the Bentonville, Arkansas giant denies. Wal-Mart has waged ballot-box battles from Eureka to Calexico in California. But Inglewood's Measure 04-A is the firm's first use of the state's initiative process to bypass city government and ask voters to approve construction of a shopping center the size of 14 football fields. Opponents say that a win by Wal-Mart would set a precedent for corporations to exempt their big development projects from government review by putting them on the ballot. "This is creating a sovereign nation exempt from all the laws every other business in Inglewood is subject to," said Danny Feingold, a spokesman for Los Angeles Alliance for a New Economy. Peter Kanelos, Wal-Mart's spokesman, said the project would comply with city and state environmental, fire and other building standards. Kanelos said his company sought the ballot measure because the Inglewood City Council voted to ban construction of "big-box" stores, like Wal-Mart's superstores. sacbee.com