Pie Chart City

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/30/cnn.poll.iraq/index.html

These kinda remind me of 1KRT pies. Scary colors though,
olive/tan/crimson/burntsienna, desert war colors. I think the burntsienna
makes us think of Saddam Hussein's hairy chest but I can't be sure.

I think stopping the attack on Iraq could be a very good art-political
mission for netart to attempt. The point would be to try to get people to
protest heavily to delay any attack until after the '04 US elections. Yes
there is danger in waiting but also danger in not waiting. I just get dirty
vibes about letting Bush have his war. Only massive public opinion change
in the US can delay it.

I was thinking about the election also. Florida had been called for Gore at
9 pm election day, and I was positive Gore would win. I heard in on the
radio and only later found out they'd done an about face and called it for
Bush. I heard it from Jim Lehrer who looked about as confused as a human
primate can be, as if something extremely unreal had happened and the words
"Bush has won" were just not comfy one bit for him.

Perhaps the people who know about this stuff know for sure that the world
will die if the US does not invade Iraq. Yes I see the valid threat of
terrorism, but if I were a terrorist I would not be fucking around with
weapons of mass destruction because little body-bombs and other DIY shit is
easier and works just as well. If Iraq wanted to give nerve gas to
terrorists, why haven't they done it already? Because if they did it would
be a bad move.

What is historically horrid is when the war party starts a war that doesn't
need to happen. History is full of these cases. In this manner military
interests are able to hijack history. I still think Bush stole the
election. I say let McCain or Gore attack Hussein in '04 if they see fit,
and if Bush wins a real election then he can do it.

I agree that urgency is urgency but false urgency is how missteps are made.

So I would fully support a massive "No Iraq Till '04" artpolitic movement.
Conservative war parties are made up of those who believe the worst of
people and history, and when they take over, those who think otherwise are
sorta ass-out.

However there are only about five minutes left to prevent the attack.
Apparently Powell's against it but Cheney and Rumsfeld want to do it WITHOUT
Bush's prior approval even, much less Congress's. Everything is already
mobilized so the only option is massive public outcry, sufficient to give
opponents in Congress some, how do you say, grappes.

http://www.cnn.com/2002/US/08/30/cnn.poll.iraq/index.html

Max Herman

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