Amateur hour in Jo'burg/Yo. Mr. Bond?

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Patrick, I hate to sound stone-dumb(well actually it doesn't bother me) but
are you saying there was NOT a PRONOUNCED reaction to the line about a
country that abuses human rights and ignores international law?  In the snip
I heard Powell has not even named the country but used a phase about a
country, or some countries.  Some news stories made it sound like people
were reacting to mention of Z, but in the part I heard he did not identify Z
and there was no loud reaction until after the international law line.  It
didn't sound like an expression of rage against anything but the total shock
people felt hearing that particular phrase coming out of Bush official
mouth.  I had to wonder if that speech wasn't constructed to illicit such a
reaction if only to make sure Powell's punishment was maximized by Dr.
Strangedick's spin machine.  But plenty of US citizens who could not
sympathize with an anti-capitalist spin could understand the questioning of
a Bush boy condemning a lack of repect for human rights and international
law which is why I would dearly love to here that whole speech.

----- Original Message -----
From: Patrick Bond <pbond at sn.apc.org>
To: <lbo-talk at lists.panix.com>
Sent: Monday, September 09, 2002 4:14 AM
Subject: Re: Amateur hour in Jo'burg/Yo. Mr. Bond?


>
> > Also Patrick, on the audio
> > snippet I heard it sounded as though the real uproar started right after
> > Powel mentioned a country in the area which didn't respect human rights
or
> > follow international law,  then a coupla seconds went by and to me it
> > sounded like stunned silence in reaction to a US official even bringing
up
> > international law at this moment in history, followed by said uproar?
Was
> > that impression mistaken?
> > Paula
>
> Yes, it was an unfortunate confluence of events which I hope Global
Exchange
> will explain in writing. They did heroic work smuggling in anti-Bush
banners
> and held them at the back immediately after Powell began his speech; when
> they were taken down by the cops, a few minutes of light scuffling
> transpired and then the chants "Shame, Bush!" began... by which time,
purely
> by coincidence, Powell had raised Mugabe's abuse of property rights.
>
>