================= THE THINKERS REPORT ==================<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The e-mail edition newswire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 23, 2004<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A Publication of HOOD RESEARCH<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Your neighborHOOD RESEARCH group and Think Tank<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1) HOOD RESEARCH IS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2) Online Discussion site for Hood Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3) Legalized Torture the Real Weapon of Mass Destruction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4) 10 Similarities Between the U.S. & Nazi Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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1) HOOD RESEARCH IS COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A TOWN HALL MEETING<\/p>\n\n\n\n
June 28, 2003<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5:30 \u2013 8:00 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Triumph Baptist Church<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2550 S. Liddesdale<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If you are concerned about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Your Personal Safety<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Insurance redlining<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Election Issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u00b7 Other Current Issues<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Come talk to your Legislator and participate in a Hood Research Think Tank Session<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information call 313.931.2700<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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2) Online Discussion site for Hood Research<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hood Research now has the capability to have online discussions regarding issues covered by Hood Research. Go to (http:\/\/www.detropolis.com\/forum\/), see the Hood Research section, and join or begin a discussion. Our first topic, continued from the State of our City forum and still in the news today, the cities financial position. With the economy in Detroit as it is today, why is the city mortgaging the future by selling bonds to pay off today\u2019s debt? This is merely a way to hide the true costs of the past year and push the burden of repaying the debt onto our children. Mortgaging their future. Also, as Detropolis a partner site, please visit its new features and its expanding content. Additionally, Detroit Uncovered has other perspectives and unique information in regards to Detroit and current issues. Hood Research does not control these other sites or their content, but we encourage all to get more information because as out motto states, \u201cPeople would do better if they knew better.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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3) Legalized Torture the Real Weapon of Mass Destruction<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Something sent to Hood Research from the Internet) President Bush and Donald Rumsfeld and his people have now stated that they torture, they intend to torture and that all the work the United States had done over the past century in republican and democratic administrations to eliminate the torture of captured (US) prisoners has been in vain. From an article in the Associated Press, (June 23, 2004 7:52 AM EDT) (Link to full article- http:\/\/hosted.ap.org\/dynamic\/stories\/U\/US_PRISONER_ABUSE? SITE=MIDTF&SECTION=HOME) <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Headline\/Author<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Justice Dept. Repudiates Memo on Torture<\/p>\n\n\n\n
By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The president insisted Tuesday: “I have never ordered torture.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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The above was quoted from the article. Yet in the same article it<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A 2002 order signed by President Bush says the president reserves the right to suspend the Geneva Conventions on treatment of prisoners of war at any time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Does this mean that US citizens might have to fear reprisals if or when<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
United States is attacked such as what happened on September 11? Will<\/p>\n\n\n\n
African<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans or Arab Americans become possible torture subjects if the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
government believes information can be gained from certain people?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Looking at<\/p>\n\n\n\n
the history of this nation, it seems that this is stepping backwards<\/p>\n\n\n\n
and not<\/p>\n\n\n\n
only reducing civil rights but placing the power of Big Brother over<\/p>\n\n\n\n
your<\/p>\n\n\n\n
shoulder by the threat of the use of torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Will torture become a tactic used to get confessions from murders and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
drug<\/p>\n\n\n\n
dealers by your local police department?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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An Aug. 1, 2002, Justice Department memo argues that torture – and even<\/p>\n\n\n\n
deliberate killing – of prisoners in the terror war could be justified<\/p>\n\n\n\n
as<\/p>\n\n\n\n
necessary to protect the United States. The memo from then-assistant<\/p>\n\n\n\n
attorney<\/p>\n\n\n\n
general Jay Bybee also offers a restricted definition of torture,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
saying only<\/p>\n\n\n\n
actions that cause severe pain akin to organ failure would be torture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bybee is now a justice on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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A U.S. judge believes its OK to torture humans. How many other judges<\/p>\n\n\n\n
agree?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Torture, it seems by the actions of the president, is now an assumed<\/p>\n\n\n\n
weapon<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of war. This means that if the strongest nation on Earth must use<\/p>\n\n\n\n
torture for<\/p>\n\n\n\n
its own protection, then the tiniest nation on Earth has the same<\/p>\n\n\n\n
advantage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the $400 billion the US (under President Bush) spends openly on the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
military budget is not enough or even adequate then what is a country<\/p>\n\n\n\n
that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
barely has a GDP of $500 million supposed to do for their defense?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The killing and beheading of Americans in the foreign countries by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
various<\/p>\n\n\n\n
groups are now legalized thanks to the United States under President<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bush.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While we call it terrorism and those guilty War Criminals, those in the<\/p>\n\n\n\n
foreign lands call them freedom fighters, saviors, heroes, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Even Saddam Hussein, which many have said, killed his own people<\/p>\n\n\n\n
including<\/p>\n\n\n\n
relatives, whole villages and others in the name of protecting his<\/p>\n\n\n\n
power can<\/p>\n\n\n\n
be said to be doing it to protect Iraq. It was mass torture that<\/p>\n\n\n\n
resulted in<\/p>\n\n\n\n
many deaths but if he was doing it for the defense of his nation from<\/p>\n\n\n\n
those<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Iraq called terrorists then it must be justified. If the United States<\/p>\n\n\n\n
can do<\/p>\n\n\n\n
it openly then who else will follow our lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing that the leaders of the so-called terrorist organizations are<\/p>\n\n\n\n
well<\/p>\n\n\n\n
educated, will they reach this same conclusion? Will it become open<\/p>\n\n\n\n
season on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Americans? If you get tortured for walking down the street in a foreign<\/p>\n\n\n\n
country, thank President Bush for tortures legalization and<\/p>\n\n\n\n
formalization as<\/p>\n\n\n\n
a method for national defense.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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4) 10 Similarities Between the U.S. & Nazi Germany<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Something sent to Hood Research from the Internet)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1. Both nations were led by men who pursued hidden agendas and sold<\/p>\n\n\n\n
them to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
their citizens by lying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
2. In both cases the vast majority of citizens considered themselves to<\/p>\n\n\n\n
be<\/p>\n\n\n\n
religious, specifically Christian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
3. In both cases the leader sold the idea that the citizens\u2019 \u201cway of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
life\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
was being threatened by another religious\/racial group, and pursued<\/p>\n\n\n\n
some<\/p>\n\n\n\n
organizational strategy which appeared to minimize that group\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n
influence on<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cway of life\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
4. In both cases the citizens were collectively angry at being humbled<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in<\/p>\n\n\n\n
recent decades, and showed some desire to aggravate and even attack<\/p>\n\n\n\n
other<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nations if only to satiate their pride.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
5. Both nations believed in preemptive attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
6. In both cases the business class tended to support war efforts,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
knowing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
expansion would enable their continued wealth, while the lower classes<\/p>\n\n\n\n
were<\/p>\n\n\n\n
used as cannon fodder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7. In neither case would you find consensus among citizens as to why<\/p>\n\n\n\n
their<\/p>\n\n\n\n
nation fought. In each case the leader synthesized different factors<\/p>\n\n\n\n
existing<\/p>\n\n\n\n
in different citizens into a collective support for war \u2013 distrust of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
another<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ethnicity, desire to humble other nations, desire to increase influence<\/p>\n\n\n\n
of<\/p>\n\n\n\n
particular religious beliefs, desire for greater \u201cnational security\u201d,<\/p>\n\n\n\n
desire<\/p>\n\n\n\n
to expand wealth, desire to demonstrate military superiority, revenge against others, and last but not least, blind faith in leaders and desire to trust some paternalistic father figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
8. In neither case were citizens especially bothered during the war by<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reports of systematic detention of innocents, murder of innocents, military targeting of civilian areas, or even murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
9. Both regimes, each led by a small cabal of men, shielded themselves and their motives constantly under a veil of flag-waving and nationalism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10. Neither regime was capable of admitting mistakes or of self-<\/p>\n\n\n\n
reflection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Co-Founders Theo Broughton & Reggie Crawford<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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Always remember (Our Vision),<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“People would do better if they knew better.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
(Another Hood Research Positive Image Project)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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