The New American articles from September 2005

The New American archives from September 2005

Globalism and government.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 5, 2005... The July 11 Special Issue of THE NEW AMERICAN is a clear reminder that the globalists and their UN are taking us as far away as possible from the best governing idea--that idea being that government is best that is closest to the people. ...

A coverup.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 5, 2005... Thank you for the Special Edition on the UN. It was most informative and explained much, even to a knowledgeable person. "Disinformation Campaigns" (July 25, 2005, "Letters to the Editor") from Mr. Muhlenberg leaves the information somewhat...

Condi's credentials.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 5, 2005... In the July 25 issue, Thomas R. Eddlem asserts that Condoleezza Rice has no conservative credentials. Notwithstanding her record as a CFR member, neo-conservative, and perjurer, she is a staunch defender of the Second Amendment. She often...

License to kill.(suicide bomber shooting guidelines)
September 5, 2005... "The International Association of Chiefs of Police [IACP], which represents the heads of police departments in the United States and across the world, has issued new guidelines saying that officers who confront a suicide bomber should shoot the...

Servicing the illegal immigrant "community".(INSIDE REPORT)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... In early August, the Mexican Consulate General in Chicago, working in collaboration with U.S. Bank and a private organization called Latino Link, announced it would hold "office hours" at a local mall in Appleton, Wisconsin, "so families can...

Bombing Iran while aiding Beijing.(air assault on Iran)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... "The Pentagon, acting under instructions from Vice President Dick Cheney's office, has tasked the United States Strategic Command (STRATCOM) with drawing up a contingency plan to be employed in response to another 9/11-type terrorist attack on...

No manufacturing jobs in highly touted employment gains.(labor market statistics)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... The Bush administration enthusiastically welcomed recent Bureau of Labor Statistics figures reporting that the U.S. economy created 207,000 new jobs in July. But high government officials ignored what kind of jobs they were. Former Assistant...

Poetic justice?(immigration reform bill)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Arizona Republican Congressman Jim Kolbe is a cosponsor of an "immigration reform" bill that would be tantamount to amnesty for illegal aliens. During the recent House vote on the Central American Free Trade Agreement, which will contribute to...

More about Utah's "Alliance" with Mexico.(Alliances (Government relations) )
September 5, 2005... An alert reader of THE NEW AMERICAN pointed out that the name of Utah Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. no longer appears on the membership roster for the globalist Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), as we previously reported ("Huntsman's Amnesty...

Homeland security czar sees little problem in gathering personal data.(Michael Chertoff )(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... "The average American gives information up to get a [drugstore discount] card that is far more in-depth than TSA's going to be looking at. I actually make the case that giving up a little bit more information protects privacy." Urging...

Law group leader critical of Patriot Act.(QuickQuotes)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... "The ABA position is that some of these provisions [of the Patriot Act] are so invasive of individual liberties that there has to be a sunset provision. They're offensive to democracy." President-elect Michael Greco of the American Bar...

A sour view of the Iraq war.(QuickQuotes)
September 5, 2005... "Messing up other countries doesn't make the world or America safer." Andy Dommen, a musician from Germany, believes the war is a distraction that takes attention away from terrorism.

Once a Castro Backer, he's now completely disillusioned.(QuickQuotes)
September 5, 2005... "I was born and bred with this revolution. But today, what's to celebrate? The words are beautiful, but the reality is something else." After Fidel Castro delivered his annual message to the Cuban people from Havana's Karl Marx Theater on...

GOP Congressman didn't like the administration's CAFTA bullying.(QuickQuotes)
September 5, 2005... "They're pulling out all the stops. They're either promising or threatening. They've done everything they could." Idaho Republican Congressman Butch Otter was one of only 27 members of the GOP who resisted personal lobbying by President...

A strange reason to vote for acquittal.(QuickQuotes)
September 5, 2005... "No doubt in my mind whatsoever that boy was molested, and I also think he enjoyed to some degree being Michael Jackson's toy." Jackson trial juror Eleanor Cook told an MSNBC interviewer that she and a fellow panel member believed Jackson...

He urges conservatives to cease relying on the GOP.(Diane Alden, columnist, grand old party)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... "The tragedy is that conservative Republicans never remember. They never remember that Republicans have sold them out on NAFTA, the Fed, the World Trade Organization, bailouts of the UN, Planned Parenthood subsidies, the National Endowment of...

Lowering healthcare costs: government action--and inaction--in diverse areas of public policy is having a predictable negative effect on the costs (and quality) of American healthcare.(HEALTHCARE)(Cover Story)
September 5, 2005... Healthcare costs are skyrocketing. Most people are frustrated and angry about the state of affairs, and they want something done to rectify the problem. Added to the cacophony of complaints are claims by medical "experts" that the United...

The best healthcare in the world: our healthcare, though impeded by government intervention, is still the world's best. Adopting a single-payer socialized system would lead to shortages, frustration, and failure.(HEALTHCARE)(Cover Story)
September 5, 2005... According to some experts, the American healthcare system is on the brink of failure. "We certainly are in a health care crisis," Marcia Angell, former editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine, told PBS. "If we had set out to...

Manipulating medical study data: studies on new drugs and medical devices are being manipulated by their manufacturers through the use of flawed studies, in-pocket experts, and pressure on the FDA.(Food and Drug Administration)(Cover Story)
September 5, 2005... As everyone knows, doctors prescribe medicines and medical procedures for their patients based upon their knowledge of the best scientific evidence available, evidence gleaned from reading unbiased, rigorously researched articles in prestigious...

Globalist threat to vitamins: bureaucrats attached to the United Nations are seeking to deprive millions worldwide of access to nutritional supplements.(HEALTHCARE)(Cover Story)
September 5, 2005... To be sick or otherwise physically incapacitated is to be dependent and at the mercy of those who can provide needed care. Where healthcare is politicized, the state stands to benefit from an expanding population of invalids or chronically...

Homeless man gives life for woman.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Kelcy Ruiz was a 32-year-old homeless man living on the streets of Miami. His use of drugs had rendered him unfit for regular employment. His only source of self-support came from odd jobs he performed for a woman named Melida Murillo, owner of...

Soldier joins mom's battle for life.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Kurt Shattuck donates his kidney to his mother Angie Shattuck)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Angie Shattuck, who has been a diabetic since childhood, started having kidney problems and high blood pressure when she gave birth to her son, Kurt, 21 years ago. Her condition worsened over the years, and the possibility that she might...

Five-year-old "Lifeguard".(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... Young Collin Bair's mother, Jennifer Bair, took him over to his cousin's house in Cope, South Carolina, on July 8 for a summer afternoon in the sun. Collin and his cousin Cory Kaiser, who is three, paddled around the pool on a float, enjoying...

Taming mankind's ancient foes: despite inherent dangers and entrenched opposition, a handful of men tracked down the sources of yellow fever and malaria, and devised methods to combat their spread.(HISTORY--MEDICAL HEROES)
September 5, 2005... Disaster was bearing down on them. Of this Major William Gorgas was certain. It could be a few scant months away, but more likely only weeks. Perhaps they had only days. It was 1904, and Panama was bustling with excitement and activity as work...

Sorry it came to that.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... A Flint, Michigan, man doesn't like how the media is portraying him after he was forced to shoot a youngster who was threatening him with a gun. Sean Hannosh was working at the Lewis Street Market, a store owned by his brother, on July 21...

Breaking in and breaking out.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... A 71-year-old man used a gun to deter a violent thief. At about 2 a.m. on August 5, the father of the owner of the Deluxe Antique Store, who lives on the premises, surprised a burglar who had just gained entrance to the store by breaking...

Hurricane holdout makes himself at home.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Hurricane Dennis, 1999)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... As hurricane Dennis approached Bonita Springs, Florida, in early July, many local residents left the area and headed for safety, giving looters plenty of opportunity to wreak havoc. One burglar, Davis Weber, took advantage of the evacuation...

Retired police officer defends his home.(James Kimber)(Brief Article)
September 5, 2005... In Lubbock, Texas, a retired local police officer came home to find thieves in his house. James Kimber, the retired officer, arrived at his house on July 28 and noticed that his garage door was ajar. As he entered the house, he retrieved a...

What's wrong with the energy bill.(Correction, Please!)
September 5, 2005... ITEM: After the energy bill passed Congress, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution for August 1 commented: "Any way you look at it--economically, militarily, environmentally, geo-strategically--the energy bill agreed to by Congress represents' an...

The new healthcare system.(VeriChip, RFID human implants)
September 5, 2005... Former Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Tommy Thompson, who served in the Bush administration's first term, recently joined the board of directors of Florida-based Applied Digital. Applied Digital is the owner of VeriChip, the company...

Successful home schooling.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... Kudos to Jodie Gilmore for her article on home schooling in your August 22, 2005 issue ("Keep the Home-school Fires Burning"). Six of our seven grandchildren are home-schooled, and all are doing quite well. The oldest two will be high...

Punishing corruption.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... Thank you for your recent report entitled "Vote-buying and Arm-twisting," about the underhanded methods used to pass CAFTA (August 22 issue). What a sad commentary that our legislators are willing to participate in such corrupt practices. ...

CAFTA debacle.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... I attended a Republican Party picnic in Austin County, Texas, this past weekend. A number of politicians, both national and local, were in attendance. The explanation offered for the Republican "yes" votes for CAFTA was based on "a necessity to...

Forestalling a con-con.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... Your cover story for August 22 on Iraq's constitution shows how fortunate we have been to have forestalled a new constitutional convention in this country. The wording of Iraq's Bill of Rights is illustrative of what we would have faced if the...

Judicial folly.(LETTERS TO THE EDITOR)(Letter to the Editor)
September 19, 2005... With the Supreme Court ruling that the Ten Commandments cannot be displayed in a courthouse unless they are put up for strictly historical reasons, the Justices have removed the underpinnings of the law ("Rulings Not Etched in Stone," August 8...

"Able Danger": dividing the outrage.(World Trade Center attacks, prior warnings, intelligence failure)
September 19, 2005... "The American people need to be told what could have been done to prevent 3,000 people from losing their lives," insists Congressman Curt Weldon (R-Pa.), regarding the revelation that 9/11 ringleader Mohammed Atta and several of his comrades...

States continue to resist NCLB.(No Child Left Behind Act of 2001)
September 19, 2005... There's both good and bad news regarding the reaction of states to the No Child Left Behind (NCLB) Act. The good news is that states continue to resist, and the bad news is that most of them, with Utah being one of the rare exceptions, are...

CFR: Communist China's "Peaceful Rise".(INSIDER REPORT)(Council on Foreign Relations)
September 19, 2005... The September-October issue of Foreign Affairs, the flagship journal of the Council on Foreign Relations, devotes a special section to examining China's economic and strategic posture. The overview offers "Asian perspectives" on China from five...

Shoshone Indians ask for UN intervention.(INSIDER REPORT)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... In an appeal to the UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the Western Shoshone tribe has asked the world body to intervene in a land ownership dispute with the federal government. The Shoshone petition "challenges the...

Border emergencies and amnesty.(INSIDER REPORT)
September 19, 2005... On August 12, New Mexico's Democratic Governor Bill Richardson, describing the situation on his state's border with Mexico as "chaotic," declared a state of emergency. Three days later, Arizona's Democratic Governor, Janet Napolitano, did...

Angry U.S. diplomat shuts down a U.S. consulate in Mexico.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "Some have said that I ordered shutdown [in Nuevo Laredo] to punish the Mexican government for its failure to control violence in the region. And in a sense, that's true, and I've been clear, my primary responsibility as ambassador is the...

College readiness examiners see trouble ahead.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "It is very likely that hundreds of thousands of students will have a disconnect between their plans for college and the cold reality of their readiness for college." ACT chief executive Richard L. Ferguson summarized the results of tests...

A Republican who wasn't pressured to vote for CAFTA.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "We've been in the doghouse for a long time." Because Georgia Congressman Charles Norwood had previously opposed Bush-promoted trade pacts, his spokesman, John Stone, wasn't surprised that neither the White House nor the GOP leadership...

Tolerating "intelligent design" theory brings trouble for an editor.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "They were saying I accepted money under the table, that I was a crypto-priest, that I was a sleeper cell operative for the creationists." After the relatively obscure Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington published an...

Desperate sons of Ecuador perish at start of their trek to U.S.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "Your son was on board and he died, and you have to be strong." An unnamed "coyote" who traffics in human beings told weeping Lourdes Perez that her 18-year-old son was among the 94 who died when their boat made for only 15 passengers sank...

GOP senator sees Iraq quagmire as another Vietnam.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "We are locked into a bogged-down problem not unsimilar--dissimilar--to where we were in Vietnam. The more we stay, the more problems we're going to have." Senator Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a decorated Vietnam veteran, minced no words when he...

Some "wisdom" from the master of obfuscation.(QuickQuotes)
September 19, 2005... "Any onset of increased investor caution elevates risk premiums and, as a consequence, lowers asset values and promotes the liquidation of the debt that supported the higher prices. This is the reason that history has not dealt kindly with the...

20 years of truth! Celebrating The New American's 20th anniversary, the editor of the magazine, who has been involved since its inception, recounts notable events, achievements, and efforts.(THE NEW AMERICAN)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... "A friend of mine showed the April 15th (abortion) issue of THE NEW AMERICAN to three friends at school, all pregnant, all considering abortions," a subscriber in Oregon informed us in May of 1996. "All three changed their minds after reading...

Behind the UN curtain: reflections on covering UN conferences and summits in Cairo, Copenhagen, and UN headquarters in New York City.(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... "Guess what, Gary -- I just got out of jail." A nervous chuckle resounded from the other end of the telephone connection, roughly half the world away. "I can't say that I'm surprised," replied the editor of THE NEW AMERICAN. Actually, it...

OKC bombing: exposing a coverup: The New American has played a lead role in the ongoing efforts by independent investigators to get to the truth about the Oklahoma City bombing.(THE NEW AMERICAN)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... This was a major break in the Oklahoma City Bombing case. I was in Tulsa, Oklahoma, for a meeting with the undercover operative for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) who had penetrated a white separatist commune in rural...

Saving the Constitution: unbeknownst to most people, ten years ago the United States nearly had its Constitution rewritten under the guise of bringing the federal government to heel.(THE NEW AMERICAN)(Cover Story)
September 19, 2005... Twenty years ago I was appointed to lead the Birch Society's effort to preserve the U.S. Constitution. My special assignment came on the brink of a federal constitutional convention (con-con). The Constitution provides for amendments to be...

Iraq's new descent into tyranny.(AHEAD OF THE CURVE)(Correction Notice)
September 19, 2005... ITEM: The New York Times editorial for August 23 under the headline "Iraq's Unsettling Constitution" acknowledged: "The draft constitution given to Iraq's national assembly last night does little to advance the prospect for a united and...

Still a champion.(THE GOODNESS OF AMERICA)
September 19, 2005... John Kenny has been a successful Towson, Maryland, attorney for 35 years. On the morning of June 17, he was walking from his law office to a nearby church to attend the 8:30 service, but he never got to his destination. A flurry of activity...

Teen spots lost hiker.(Peter Frank)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... Peter Frank is a 15-year-old from Pasadena, California, who went on vacation with his family to Hawaii this past July. On a helicopter tour over the lava fields surrounding the volcanoes of Waimea, Peter noticed something unusual on the ground....

Don't agonize; organize! To ensure that a focused effort by knowledgeable people was taken against the loss of constitutional government, Robert Welch created the John Birch Society.(HISTORY--STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM)
September 19, 2005... As veteran readers of this publication are aware, THE NEW AMERICAN is the successor to a magazine begun in 1956 by Robert Welch, the eventual founder of the John Birch Society. Having worked closely with this remarkable individual for many...

Tennessee troubles.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... A couple of senior citizens in Memphis were visited by burglars while they were home. At about 10 a.m. on Tuesday, August 16, Bryant Green, a retired naval officer, answered a ring at the door, but didn't find anyone there. Moments later,...

Withdrawal declined.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Jacob Evans of The Hershey Co. was being robbed)
September 19, 2005... After his shift at Hershey Foods, Jacob Evans of Memphis, Tennessee, drove home--right into a kidnapping. Arriving at home, Evans and a friend riding with him were immediately accosted by two men in their 20s who were carrying guns. The...

One time too many.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... After his pickup truck was broken into three times, a La Crosse, Wisconsin, man was tired of being victimized and had grown vigilant. When it happened again, he was ready, reported the La Crosse Tribune. Brian Sidle got out of bed to get a...

Soft-hearted man shows steel.(EXERCISING THE RIGHT)(theft of stereo equipment )(Brief Article)
September 19, 2005... On August 9, when Chuck Estes of Olympia, Washington, went outside at 4 a.m. to go to work, he noticed that the roof of his wife's convertible had been slashed and that stereo equipment had been stolen. Rather than attempt to rectify the...

Feeding at the transportation trough.(Correction, Please!)(Correction Notice)
September 19, 2005... ITEM: The Los Angeles Times for August 11 reported: "President Bush signed the $286.5-billion transportation bill Wednesday, saying it would ease traffic congestion throughout the country, create hundreds of thousands of jobs and impose...

NBC's paternalism over maternal leave.(Correction, Please!)(National Broadcasting Company Inc.)(Correction Notice)
September 19, 2005... ITEM: Campbell Brown, the co-host of NBC's "Today on Thursday," in a July 28 segment critical of the United States for not requiring paid maternity leave, demanded to know: "Why does the rest of the world get paid leave while morns here race...

I'm okay being middle-of-the-road.(THE LAST WORD)
September 19, 2005... I'm just your average, everyday, middle-of-the-road John Bircher. 1 never would have thought that those phrases "middle-of-the-road" and "John Bircher" would have become popular synonyms, but more and more of my acquaintances --Republicans and...