Top Scoops: Comment & Opinion Digest 28 March 2007

Wednesday, 28 March 2007, 10:34 am
Article: Alastair Thompson

SCOOP COMMENT & OPINION:
Section 59: Anne Else On The Insensibility Of Smacking Enthusiasts
Media: Public Address Radio Is Born!
Scoop Satire: Lyndon Hood Takes An Incoherent Look At The Week's Events
US Attorneys: Evidence Of White House Involvement Piles Up
American Coup & US Attorneys: “Voter Fraud” Prevention Equals Voter Suppression
Nepal: Yet Another Massacre In The Himalayas
Iraq War: US House Votes In Favour Of Ending Iraq War Soonish
MORE SCOOP COMMENT AND OPINION:
Lent 2007: Katya Rivas' Passion Part 17

Section 59: Anne Else On The Insensibility Of Smacking Enthusiasts

- Wilful stupidity is really hard to deal with, but I’m going to try. The Sensible Sentencing Trust has just managed to pull off a difficult feat. In a strong field of stupid statements, its latest one on Sue Bradford’s Bill stands out for its utter idiocy. See... Get It Straight: Repeal Section 59 And Cut Crime [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00458.htm

Media: Public Address Radio Is Born!

- We have a radio show. It is called, with impeccable logic, Public Address Radio, and it will be presented by myself and David Slack at 2pm on Saturday afternoons, starting this week, on Radio Live. It's produced by the Down Low Concept, the creators ... See… Public Address 26/03/07 - Public Address Radio [1] MORE PUBLIC ADDRESS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00453.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00483.htm

Scoop Satire: Lyndon Hood Takes An Incoherent Look At The Week's Events

- Does anyone know what Helen Clark ate when she had lunch with George Bush? And did she bring her long spoon? He called her a "straight-forward honest woman" so probably she called him a "war-mongering maniac" at some stage. Still, it was a weight off my mind when John Key said Helen Clark wasn't actually very close to George W. Bush after all. See... Lyndon Hood: The Week In No Particular Order [1]

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00415.htm

US Attorneys: Evidence Of White House Involvement Piles Up

- Emails released by the Department of Justice over the past two weeks in conjunction with a Congressional investigation into the firings of eight US attorneys show that White House officials have communicated with DOJ staffers about the attorney purge, using email accounts maintained by the Republican National Committee in possible violation of the Presidential Records Act. See... White House Use of Outside Email Accts. Questioned [1] MORE US ATTORNEYS COMMENT:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00482.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00451.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00439.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00481.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00472.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00448.htm

American Coup & US Attorneys: “Voter Fraud” Prevention Equals Voter Suppression

- Michael Collins reports: There’s a new clue to the motivation behind the recent firing of federal prosecutors. Reporters Gordon, Talev and Taylor of McClatchy Newspapers established a likely relationship between the post 2000 hard right turn in civil rights policies at the Department of Justice and the promotion of the new cadre of right wing U.S. Attorneys who support restricting voter eligibility. Karl Rove’s own words on the subject indicate a further connection between recent appointments in nine states where very tight Congressional races were anticipated. See... U.S. Attorney Firings Exposes Rough Justice [1] MORE AMERICAN COUP NEWS & VIEWS:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00474.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00465.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00470.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00444.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00461.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00442.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00441.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00435.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00480.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00446.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00432.htm

Nepal: Yet Another Massacre In The Himalayas

- Those killed in Gaur on Wednesday, March 21, 2007, no matter who they were: Maoists or Madheshis or Pahades, were the children of the same Mother Nepal. The history of Nepal was full of the palace massacres for grabbing power starting in 1846 and ending in June 2001. The palace massacres put Jung Bahadur Kunwar later Rana to power in 1846, and Gyanendra in 2001. Now, the power struggle shifted from the palace to the field but the victims are the same Nepalis called in different names. See... Siddhi B. Ranjitkar: Gaur Massacre [1] MORE NEWS COMMENT FROM NEPAL:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00463.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00462.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00466.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00464.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00429.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00428.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00425.htm

Iraq War: US House Votes In Favour Of Ending Iraq War Soonish

- If you could secretly tell a magic genie "Yes" and receive a million dollars but cause the deaths of a million people you've never met in China, would you say No? This is no longer just a philosophical brain teaser. The U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote Friday morning on funding for a war that has already caused the deaths of possibly as many as a million Iraqis. See... David Swanson: A Measure of Morality in Congress [1] MORE ON THE EFFORT TO END THE IRAQ WAR:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00437.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00433.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00440.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00436.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00473.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00445.htm

MORE SCOOP COMMENT AND OPINION:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00452.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00450.htm
[3] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00449.htm
[4] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00471.htm
[5] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00438.htm
[6] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00469.htm
[7] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00468.htm
[8] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00467.htm
[9] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00447.htm
[10] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00443.htm
[11] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00434.htm
[12] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00431.htm
[13] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00430.htm
[14] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00427.htm
[15] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00426.htm

Lent 2007: Katya Rivas' Passion Part 17

- Pilate was looking for ways to free Me. He was worried because of his wife’s warning and confused between the guilt of his conscience and the fear that the people would initiate a riot against him. In the pitiable state in which I found Myself, he exposed ... See… Katya Rivas: Barrabas Is Set Free [1] EARLIER EXTRACTS FROM THE PASSION:

[1] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00460.htm
[2] - http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0703/S00424.htm

ENDS

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