Lisa ThomasWrite "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING!Sat Sep 21 22:46:35 2002208.152.73.211Write "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING!"Lisa Thomas" wearingpurple@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:07 PM> For the past few days I have been writing one short> sentence on everything I can find:> > "We are being lied to."> > I've spent dozens of hours thinking about the shape of> this sentence. Said only once or even a dozen times,> it's mild and generates very little. But in> abundance, I think it is a POWERFUL statement.> > The word "lie" may well be the single word that> brought President Clinton down. Though I personally> think it was the sex itself that people found most> offensive, they CLAIMED it was because he lied. > People get pretty prissy about the "evil" of a lie. I> also think that the Republicans' completely> innaccurate use of the word against Al Gore cost him> many, many thousands of votes. It was wrong, yes, but> the word carries clout.> > I believe that if we can find one unifying line to> cover the country with, it can help to unify us. I> think it must be somewhat inoffensive, dead serious,> and non-contentious. Putting this sentence in passive> voice seems to serve the latter purpose. We are, of> course, referring to a myriad of perpetrators - Bush> himself, the cronies, the media.> > Rose (fringefolk Rose) already has some stickers and> is ordering bumper stickers, simple black and white> ones with the line.> > The thing that the entire protest movement lacks is> unity. In ActionTODAY we've discussed that and> actually began from that stance. Our power (if we> have any) would grow exponentially with unity. So I> propose that we start in this direction, with these> concrete things:> > 1. Write "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING. Make> it a monosyllabic single word that becomes a HOUSEHOLD> word. Leave that wisp of mystery with it - I think> that bolsters it. In conversation, we have choices of> which way we can direct it - corporate crimes, the> war, taxes, etc.> > 2. Begin tying black ribbons around our trees, our> wrists, our car antennas. This idea originated with> Matilda's yellow ribbons, but it seems that many of us> associate the yellow ribbons too much with the blind> patriotism that comes with war. It might be effective> if we could tip the ends of our black ribbons with red> (blood), but it would take away the simplicity of> simply tying black around everything.> > 3. Try to work with our friends in other groups to> begin looking at us all as autonomous parts of a> whole, the whole being "The Bush Resistence." There> was a time when I thought we shouldn't use Bush's> name, but he is going so far, in so many ways that I> think the entire goal of ALL of us now is STOP BUSH> more than any individual thing.> > With his "Pax Americana" he is in the process of> becoming not just the dictator of the U.S. but of the> entire world. The fact that this has happened is> overwhelming enough; the fact that this is happening> with a man who most likely could not have identified> Iraq from Iran from Afghanistan on an unmarked map two> years ago, a man who never held a real job until he> was elected Texas governor - this is the nightmare we> must either hide from or deal with.> > I would greatly appreciate feedback, though I'll be> gone for a couple of hourse. (Offspring has company.)> > Thank you,> Lisa> =================================================Evidence Contradicts Bush 9-11 Denialshttp://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22A.evidence.911.htm Intelligence Flaws Anger Families http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22B.anger.families.htm War With Iraq, the Ultimate Wedge Issue http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22C.wedge.issue.htm Republicans Block Homeland Security Vote in Senate http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22D.gop.block.htm U.S. Abandons Germ Warfare Accord http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22E.germ.accord.htm Hillary Rodham Clinton | Helping the Jobless http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21E.hillary.jobless.htm Paul Krugman | The Vision Thing http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21F.krug.vision.htm Lynn Landes | Elections In America - Assume Crooks Are In Control http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21G.landes.crooks.htm Oil Security Sham: New Energy Bill Changes Will Increase Oil Demand http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21H.oil.sham.htm Federal Judge Holds Gale Norton in Contempt http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19A.norton.compt.htm Bush Left Scrambling to Press Case on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19B.bsh.scram.irq.htm Bush Administration at Odds with U.N. Over Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19C.bsh.Media With a New Book http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18B.wrp.nu.book.htm Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18C.iraq.planned.htm Iraq Agrees to Weapons Inspections, Bush Administration Skeptical http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18D.iraq.ok.insp.htm In a Switch, U.S. Pilots Attack Targets That are More Damaging to Iraq's Air Defenses http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18E.new.targets.htm Confrontation at Sea as Nuclear Ships Near England http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18F.nuc.ships.htm SEC Will Investigate Bush Friend and Former GE CEO Jack Welchhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17C.iraq.insp.htm Saudis Vow Support for the UN on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17D.saudis.un.htm Gore Turns Up Heat on Bush Administration http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17E.gore.heat.htm Is 'Groupthink' Driving us to War? http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17F.groupthink.htm TIME | Scott Ritter: Person of the Week http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14A.time.ritter.htm James Ridgeway | Bush Pulls a Grieving Nation Into War http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14B.vv.grief.2.war.htm U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Address on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14C.annan.iraq.htm Paul Krugman | Stocks and Bombs http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13B.usa.tdy.iraq.htm Nicholas D. Kristof | Security and Freedom http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13C.kris.freedom.htm Alisa Solomon | Things We Lost in the Fire http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13D.solomon.fire.htm Biden Calls Unilateral Military Action 'The Single Worst Option' http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13E.biden.iraq.htm Ha'aretz | Against an Evil Axis http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13F.haaretz.axis.htm Bernard Weiner | An American Jew's Open Letter to Hanan Ashwari: Is Mideast Peace Still Possible? http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11A.bw.ashwari.htm Loss of Civil Rights Worries Families of 9-11 Victims http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11B.family.911.htm Not singing to the choir... — Ed Williams, Sat Sep 21 23:41
Lisa ThomasWrite "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING!Sat Sep 21 22:46:35 2002208.152.73.211Write "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING!"Lisa Thomas" wearingpurple@yahoo.com Sent: Saturday, September 21, 2002 4:07 PM> For the past few days I have been writing one short> sentence on everything I can find:> > "We are being lied to."> > I've spent dozens of hours thinking about the shape of> this sentence. Said only once or even a dozen times,> it's mild and generates very little. But in> abundance, I think it is a POWERFUL statement.> > The word "lie" may well be the single word that> brought President Clinton down. Though I personally> think it was the sex itself that people found most> offensive, they CLAIMED it was because he lied. > People get pretty prissy about the "evil" of a lie. I> also think that the Republicans' completely> innaccurate use of the word against Al Gore cost him> many, many thousands of votes. It was wrong, yes, but> the word carries clout.> > I believe that if we can find one unifying line to> cover the country with, it can help to unify us. I> think it must be somewhat inoffensive, dead serious,> and non-contentious. Putting this sentence in passive> voice seems to serve the latter purpose. We are, of> course, referring to a myriad of perpetrators - Bush> himself, the cronies, the media.> > Rose (fringefolk Rose) already has some stickers and> is ordering bumper stickers, simple black and white> ones with the line.> > The thing that the entire protest movement lacks is> unity. In ActionTODAY we've discussed that and> actually began from that stance. Our power (if we> have any) would grow exponentially with unity. So I> propose that we start in this direction, with these> concrete things:> > 1. Write "We are being lied to" on EVERYTHING. Make> it a monosyllabic single word that becomes a HOUSEHOLD> word. Leave that wisp of mystery with it - I think> that bolsters it. In conversation, we have choices of> which way we can direct it - corporate crimes, the> war, taxes, etc.> > 2. Begin tying black ribbons around our trees, our> wrists, our car antennas. This idea originated with> Matilda's yellow ribbons, but it seems that many of us> associate the yellow ribbons too much with the blind> patriotism that comes with war. It might be effective> if we could tip the ends of our black ribbons with red> (blood), but it would take away the simplicity of> simply tying black around everything.> > 3. Try to work with our friends in other groups to> begin looking at us all as autonomous parts of a> whole, the whole being "The Bush Resistence." There> was a time when I thought we shouldn't use Bush's> name, but he is going so far, in so many ways that I> think the entire goal of ALL of us now is STOP BUSH> more than any individual thing.> > With his "Pax Americana" he is in the process of> becoming not just the dictator of the U.S. but of the> entire world. The fact that this has happened is> overwhelming enough; the fact that this is happening> with a man who most likely could not have identified> Iraq from Iran from Afghanistan on an unmarked map two> years ago, a man who never held a real job until he> was elected Texas governor - this is the nightmare we> must either hide from or deal with.> > I would greatly appreciate feedback, though I'll be> gone for a couple of hourse. (Offspring has company.)> > Thank you,> Lisa> =================================================Evidence Contradicts Bush 9-11 Denialshttp://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22A.evidence.911.htm Intelligence Flaws Anger Families http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22B.anger.families.htm War With Iraq, the Ultimate Wedge Issue http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22C.wedge.issue.htm Republicans Block Homeland Security Vote in Senate http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22D.gop.block.htm U.S. Abandons Germ Warfare Accord http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.22E.germ.accord.htm Hillary Rodham Clinton | Helping the Jobless http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21E.hillary.jobless.htm Paul Krugman | The Vision Thing http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21F.krug.vision.htm Lynn Landes | Elections In America - Assume Crooks Are In Control http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21G.landes.crooks.htm Oil Security Sham: New Energy Bill Changes Will Increase Oil Demand http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.21H.oil.sham.htm Federal Judge Holds Gale Norton in Contempt http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19A.norton.compt.htm Bush Left Scrambling to Press Case on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19B.bsh.scram.irq.htm Bush Administration at Odds with U.N. Over Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.19C.bsh.Media With a New Book http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18B.wrp.nu.book.htm Bush Planned Iraq 'Regime Change' Before Becoming President http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18C.iraq.planned.htm Iraq Agrees to Weapons Inspections, Bush Administration Skeptical http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18D.iraq.ok.insp.htm In a Switch, U.S. Pilots Attack Targets That are More Damaging to Iraq's Air Defenses http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18E.new.targets.htm Confrontation at Sea as Nuclear Ships Near England http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.18F.nuc.ships.htm SEC Will Investigate Bush Friend and Former GE CEO Jack Welchhttp://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17C.iraq.insp.htm Saudis Vow Support for the UN on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17D.saudis.un.htm Gore Turns Up Heat on Bush Administration http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17E.gore.heat.htm Is 'Groupthink' Driving us to War? http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.17F.groupthink.htm TIME | Scott Ritter: Person of the Week http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14A.time.ritter.htm James Ridgeway | Bush Pulls a Grieving Nation Into War http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14B.vv.grief.2.war.htm U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan's Address on Iraq http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.14C.annan.iraq.htm Paul Krugman | Stocks and Bombs http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13B.usa.tdy.iraq.htm Nicholas D. Kristof | Security and Freedom http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13C.kris.freedom.htm Alisa Solomon | Things We Lost in the Fire http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13D.solomon.fire.htm Biden Calls Unilateral Military Action 'The Single Worst Option' http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13E.biden.iraq.htm Ha'aretz | Against an Evil Axis http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.13F.haaretz.axis.htm Bernard Weiner | An American Jew's Open Letter to Hanan Ashwari: Is Mideast Peace Still Possible? http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11A.bw.ashwari.htm Loss of Civil Rights Worries Families of 9-11 Victims http://www.truthout.org/docs_02/09.11B.family.911.htm
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