Year: 2004

2004-08-17 Richard Moore (Contributed by William Bowles) http://www.williambowles.info/venezuela/ven_dem.html http://www.vheadline.com/readnews.asp?id=22431 Venezuela’s Democracy is an example for the world to follow by Katherine Lahey 15/08/04 VHeadline special correspondent Katherine Lahey writes: With so many missions, Bolivarian circles, and grassroots community and governmental organizations on the ground carried out by the people, it’s hard to imagine how anyone … Read more

2004-08-10 Richard Moore Bcc: misc. mentioned parties ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION ________________________________________________________ HARMONIZATION IN THE MICROCOSM * A very promising gathering in Michigan In June of this year, twenty four diverse “opinion leaders” were invited to a conference … Read more

2004-08-09 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION: WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT Introduction A brief history of humanity ___________________________________________ THE STORY OF AMERICA 1650-1918: The rise of an imperial power 1918-1970: Pax Americana and collective imperialism 1971-2001: The Neoliberal Project 9/11/2001: The New American Century begins ___________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION We the … Read more

2004-08-08 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080804W.shtml Unmasking of Qaeda Mole a U.S. Security Blunder-Experts By Peter Graff Reuters Saturday 07 August 2004 London – The revelation that a mole within al Qaeda was exposed after Washington launched its “orange alert” this month has shocked security experts, who say the outing of the source may have set … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– To: “mer” <•••@••.•••> Organization: Mid-East Realities – www.MiddleEast.Org From: “MER FLASHBACK” <•••@••.•••> Subject: Killing Iraq Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 07:54:32 -0400 _______ ____ ______ / |/ / /___/ / /_ // M I D – E A S T R E A L I T I E S / /|_/ … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: William Bowles Subject: Iraq: US General captured by Resistance; fighting rages in ar-Ramadi 03/08/04 http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/gen_captured.html News and opinions on situation in Iraq 03/08/04 US General captured by Resistance; fighting rages in ar-Ramadi. www.freearabvoice.org/Iraq/Report/report109.htm In a dispatch posted at 4:40pm Tuesday, Mecca time, the correspondent of Mafkarat al-Islam in ar-Ramadi reported … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: William Bowles Subject: Iraq: As the Media Takes Its Lenses Off – Iraq Explodes Once Again Into Full War 05/08/04 Date: 05/08/2004 http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/full_war.html News and opinions on situation in Iraq 05/08/04 As the Media Takes Its Lenses Off Š Iraq Explodes Once Again Into Full WarŠ (TMPress International – New … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> To: “Global Network” <•••@••.•••> Subject: PENTAGON DEVELOPS DIRECTED ENERGY WEAPONS Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 14:07:27 -0400 http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=624&ncid=753&e=1&u=/ap/20040801/ap_on_sc/directed_energy_weapons Pentagon Looks to Directed-Energy Weapons Sun Aug 1 By Michael P. Regan, AP Business Writer A few months from now, Peter Anthony Schlesinger hopes to zap a laser beam … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 09:46:28 -0700 To: •••@••.••• From: “Sunshine” <•••@••.•••> (by way of Alan Rycroft <•••@••.•••>) Subject: Justice.int– Coalition forces imprison Iraqi children Sent: Monday, August 02, 2004 8:42 AM Sunday Herald http://www.sundayherald.com/43773 Revealed: coalition forces imprison Iraqi children By Neil Mackay BRITISH forces are arresting children in Iraq … Read more

2004-08-06 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/080604E.shtml They Knew… By David Sirota and Christy Harvey In These Times Wednesday 03 August 2004 Despite the whitewash, we now know that the Bush administration was warned before the war that its Iraq claims were weak. If desperation is ugly, then Washington, D.C. today is downright hideous. As the 9/11 … Read more

2004-07-27 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: Bill Blum Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 23:39:02 EDT Subject: Re: A promising new movement! To: •••@••.••• Richard, my friend, I never cease to be surprised at how you can be so brilliant in your historical and political knowledge and analysis and at the same time be such a mushy … Read more

2004-07-22 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION ________________________________________________________ THE HARMONIZATION IMPERATIVE * Adversarial systems and liberal democracy IfWe the People are to respond effectively to our Transformational Imperative, then we will need to do so by means of … Read more

2004-07-22 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION: WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT Introduction A brief history of humanity ___________________________________________ THE STORY OF AMERICA 1650-1918: The rise of an imperial power 1918-1970: Pax Americana and collective imperialism 1971-2001: The Neoliberal Project 9/11/2001: The New American Century begins ___________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION We The … Read more

2004-07-21 Richard Moore Friends, Sorry to be so slow with the next chapter. Shouldn’t be too much longer. A temporary lull in my energy level. The first item below is about Allawi, our new stooge in Iraq. He seems to be a carbon copy of Saddam. Saddam was put in power by the CIA because … Read more

2004-07-15 Richard Moore 15/07/2004, Joe Ferguson wrote: >Hey Richard, > >I noticed your use of “Roger” instead of “Michael”

2004-07-15 Richard Moore Friends, Fahrenheit 911 isn’t being released in Wexford, but a friend got me a bootleg DVD and I gave it a viewing last night. It’s an amazing piece of work, quite at a different level of cinematic artistry than Roger’s previous efforts. I’ve read several reviews of the film, but none of … Read more

2004-07-14 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 07 Jul 2004 08:49:16 -0400 To: •••@••.••• From: Lorenzo Hagerty <> Subject: Re: subscriber comments rkm> In learning to take responsibility for self governance, personal transformations will occur–but they do not need to occur in advance, and they are very unlikely to occur in advance. This seems to be … Read more

2004-07-09 Richard Moore Friends, Several of you have sent in follow-up comments to the last two ‘dialog’ postings. Those will be posted tomorrow. Meanwhile, I’d like to say a few things about the recent transfer of pseudo-sovereignty to Iraq. The transfer of sovereignty is so obviously fraudulent that one almost wonders why there are bothering … Read more

2004-07-07 Richard Moore Friends, It occurred to me after sending out that last posting that I wanted to say something more about the role of GW Bush in our recent and soon-to-be history. Bush has done the job he was sent in to do, and now he is expendable. The neocons articulated the elite agenda, … Read more

2004-07-07 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Robert E. Reynolds” To: <•••@••.•••> Subject: Re: some good news from the Supreme Court… Date: Wed, 30 Jun 2004 05:39:40 -0400 I realize that most of the media is playing this as a victory for civil rights, but is it? The administration had two victories: l. The Court upheld the … Read more

2004-07-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: Evelyn Date: Mon, 5 Jul 2004 10:56:56 EDT Subject: Re: Beware the Liberal War On Terror To: •••@••.••• O.K. Now I am really confused. You mix the good guys in with the bad guys, and where do we go from here? I agree with your premise that the “war on … Read more

2004-07-05 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Sat, 03 Jul 2004 16:38:23 -0400 From: “Charles D. Johnson” To: undisclosed-recipients:; Subject: Fwd: Beware the Liberal War On Terror Happy 4th !!! This piece is interestingly critical of Bill Moyers – uncommon in my experience. To agree with much of this you should at least be accepting of the … Read more

2004-07-04 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: •••@••.••• Date: Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:36:13 EDT Subject: Nader chats with Pat Buchanan — good read! To: undisclosed-recipients:; —————————————————————— June 21, 2004 issue Copyright © 2004 The American Conservative Ralph Nader: Conservatively Speaking The long-time progressive makes a pitch for the disenfranchised Right. Ralph Nader recently accepted Pat Buchanan’s … Read more

2004-07-03 Richard Moore ——————————————————– http://www.williambowles.info/guests/embedded_patriots.html http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040712&s=greider 24/06/04 ‘Embedded Patriots’ by William Greider The most intriguing story in Washington these days is a subterranean conflict that reporters cannot cover because some of them are involved. A potent guerrilla insurgency has formed in and around the Bush presidency-a revolt of old pros in government who strike from … Read more

2004-07-01 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION ________________________________________________________ THE TRANSFORMATIONAL IMPERATIVE AND WE THE PEOPLE * Civilization in crisis Civilization, and humanity, are now facing the most severe crisis of survival that either has ever faced. The unbridled … Read more

2004-06-30 Richard Moore Friends, The U.S. Supreme Court seems to be restoring a bit of Constitutional law, in response to the attempt by the current administration to implement a Gestapo regime complete with concentration camps and torture chambers. I wonder why it took the justices so long to get around to such a fundamentally important … Read more

2004-06-27 Richard Moore Folks, The “Liberation of Baghdad” posting was very interesting, if it indeed was inside strategic information from the Iraqi resistance. This next piece, following on the same date, from the Washington Post, confirms that the resistance is operating with a new level of organization that “resembled those once employed by the Iraqi … Read more

2004-06-27 Richard Moore Friends, In February, as I posted at the time, I visited several groups of activists and writers on the West Coast. I met Jim Rough, inventor of Dynamic Facilitation, Tom Atlee of the Co-Intelligence Institute, and had the privilege of dialoging with them and the people they work with. It was a … Read more

2004-06-25 Richard Moore Friends, Here’s some insider info from the Iraqi resistance. rkm ——————————————————– http://www.williambowles.info/iraq/baghdad.html ‘The liberation of Baghdad is not far away’ By Alix de la Grange 06/24/04 “Asia Times ” – BAGHDAD – On the eve of the so-called transfer of sovereignty to the new Iraqi caretaker government on June 30, former Saddam … Read more

2004-06-23 Richard Moore Friends, Could this be the beginning of such a tribunal, timed to go on the air just before the election? -rkm “No date for a trial has been set, but Womack told reporters he did not believe it would begin before October…” ——————————————————– http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/062204B.shtml Judge: Abu Ghraib Prison May Not Be Destroyed … Read more

2004-06-19 Richard Moore Friends, Below is the latest draft chapter of my book in progress. It is a complete rewrite of the earlier chapter 1, which was called the Evolution of Civilization. This new version will remain at the beginning of the book, but I’ve moved its companion Overview chapters to the end. The new … Read more

2004-06-11 Richard Moore Note: I’ve decided to split one of the earlier chapters into two chapters. That is why this next chapter is numbered 7 instead of 6. -rkm ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore Part II : THE STORY OF AMERICA … Read more

2004-06-09 Richard Moore Friends, I’ve been tracking news reports and the noose is clearly tightening around Bush and the neocons. I was about to post a summary, along with some comments, when Brian sent me this piece by Michael Ruppert. I have problems with some of Ruppert’s claims about 9/11, but I think he’s done … Read more

2004-05-31 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore Part II : THE STORY OF AMERICA ________________________________________________________ Chapter 5: 1945-2001: PAX AMERICANA AND COLLECTIVE IMPERIALISM * The postwar regime: Pax Americana and Bretton Woods As mentioned in the closing of the previous … Read more

2004-05-27 Richard Moore ——————————————————– From: “Chris Shaw” To: •••@••.••• Subject: RE: More media indicators of coup… Date: Thu, 27 May 2004 08:47:37 -0700 Hard to be sure, overall, but I have some ardent Bush/war supporters in my extended family in Ohio. They still seem to support the insanity, but have drifted over into mysticism in … Read more

2004-05-27 Richard Moore Friends, The below items are all from mainstream channels in the US or UK during the past week. The URLs are given for the full articles, along with the first few paragraphs giving the main conclusions. The neocons must feel like Noah when the flood began, except that they may be doubting … Read more

2004-05-25 Richard Moore ___________________________________________________________ GLOBAL TRANSFORMATION : WHY WE NEED IT AND HOW WE CAN ACHIEVE IT (C) 2004 Richard K. Moore Part II : THE STORY OF AMERICA ________________________________________________________ Chapter 4: 1650-1945: THE RISE TO GLOBAL DOMINANCE * 1650-1776: Colonial prosperity and the movement for independence The British colonies in America were largely self-governing. … Read more

2004-05-23 Richard Moore ——————————————————– Date: Wed, 19 May 2004 19:24:18 -0400 (EDT) From: •••@••.••• Reply-To: •••@••.••• To: •••@••.••• Subject: Re: about those torture photos… Thanks, Richard! For putting into words, with URLs no less, what a number of us have been intuiting. ——— Fred, The photos had been bothering me from the beginning, and I … Read more

2004-05-21 Richard Moore Friends, In our previous posting, I theorized that a power struggle is going on at the highest levels of the US establishment. I was led into that investigation by the unusualness of the torture photo publication, and the rapid sequence of developments that followed. As I reviewed current news items, the case … Read more

2004-05-19 Richard Moore Friends, When I first saw those torture photos, with the grinning female GI, I knew something unusual was coming down. The torture itself was of course not news. We’ve already seen numerous reports of prisoners being tortured, beaten to death, and murdered in Iraq and Afghanistan. I’ve published some of those and … Read more