Dr. Bryan K. Blanchard, former president of Berkshire Community College, has recently assumed his duties as a Councilor-at-Large for the municipality of Gardiner, ME. Bryan entered into the race this past fall as a new-comer to politics in Gardiner; stunningly, he duplicated the success seen by Pittsfield’s Tricia Farley-Bouvier when she was first elected to the Pittsfield City Council in 2003, garnering the highest amount of votes of any candidate on the municipal ballot, including the mayoral victor.
Bryan and I became friends during the second half of his administration at BCC. Some may recall that Bryan’s departure was marked by controversy with regard to the Board of Trustee’s handling of his termination. The charges levied against him--charges easily dismissed one after the other by myself and Bryan during prior executive (private) sessions of the Board--couldn’t be made to sound legitimate behind closed doors and were made to sound even worse in the open. As one prominent Republican remarked, BCC’s Board (BEING itself a majority-appointed Board of GOP-affiliation) had conducted itself like a kangaroo court, and added his dismay over the terrible decision to let go such a capable man.
Bryan’s true legacy here in Berkshire County will probably never be known, as both myself and certain others were made to wear a muzzle regarding the truth of the matter.
But enough about that--though it pains me not to delve deeper even to this day--it’s Bryan’s current public endeavors I’m happy to discuss today. In a municipality I believe to be smaller even than North Adams, Bryan garnered some 1,600+ votes in his at-large race. As Bryan’s tally constitutes a 100% total voters, the next at-large candidate to cross the finish line trailed Bryan by about 11 points, the same difference separating the newly elected mayor from Bryan in voter appeal.
In a private phone conversation, Bryan related to me that he is receiving very warm receptions among his new colleagues and constituents for his “floated” proposals regarding educational innovations for the city.
What was and still is Berkshire County’s loss seems to be Gardiner, Maine’s gain!
Saturday, February 17, 2007
Saturday, November 11, 2006
Five For Fighting
Berkshire 5FIVE & five5
11 November, 2006
11 November, 2006
HIGH FIVE
1. The (incomplete yet satisfying) victory real progressive values achieved with the voters this past Tuesday by way of the representatives and leaders they chose to govern.
2. Seeing the longtime Central Berkshire Registrar of Deeds Mary K. O’Brien be able to finish her official public career on her own terms. But Lord knows that only means good things in terms of all the extra time she can spend being one of the county’s best & brightest Democratic leaders.
3. Marge Ware is writing a book!!! And further advancing her status as a skilled and valuable member of the area’s literati, no doubt about it.
4. Pittsfield’s Ward 4 city councilor Mike Ward's (elected ‘05) execution of a successful and proactive program of constituent service & engagement. The resident's opinions are constantly solicited, discussion is promoted, and information updates relevant to the ward 4 community is distributed frequently and shared transparently.
5. Berkshire Living Magazine's hiring (freelance-style) of local photographer Timothy M. Kushi. Mr. Kushi was commissioned on account of his stunning and unique signature style--a style best described as refreshingly candid due to its status as a "captured moment" achieved organically rather than manufactured artificially like a "staged image" Sears Portraits might produce.
LOW FIVE
1. Observing a perhaps very unhealthy display of community & social priorities on the part of those in Ward 4 who, with excessive passion, are opposing the development of a new HospiceCare center on Williams St. in Pittsfield.
2. Seeing the CPA initiative’s unfortunate (though not totally unexpected) defeat at the polls during its first time on the ballot (I'm hoping to see a return--A former Pittsfield mayor's pre-election cautions to me about initiatives like the CPA needing several years to gain approval seem to have proven accurate).
3. Triplex Cinema owner Richard Stanley’s use of the disturbingly named and pain-inflicting “Mosquito” noise device built to neutralize public riots but used by Stanley as an appallingly abusive means of clearing out any and all young people that happen to be in the vicinity of the theater at night.
4. Paul Boulais’s embarrassingly pointless and immature column in the Eagle’s 413 section this past Thursday. The column is ostensibly about faith and questions of the supernatural, but it self-terminates and ends up communicating nothing but a willingness to waste column inches. As well, when compared to the 413's intention to engaging young adults' interests, it results in miserable failure; it provides no stimulus for critical thinking and ended up serving as an example that excuses the intellectually easy way out of comples issues.
5. The consequences of Dion Robbin-Zust and his tragicomic vanity campaign for state senate--or, more accurately, the potential damage he may have inflicted on the term and concept “progressive”. As well, the possibility should also be considered as to the set-back he’s probably precipitated with regard to how county voters will view future independent or third-party candidates--whether they’re credible or not… And if Dion is the image they’ll recall, no independent will have a shot at even convincing voters he or she knows how to tie their shoes.
SYKE!!!
1. The (incomplete yet satisfying) victory real progressive values achieved with the voters this past Tuesday by way of the representatives and leaders they chose to govern.
2. Seeing the longtime Central Berkshire Registrar of Deeds Mary K. O’Brien be able to finish her official public career on her own terms. But Lord knows that only means good things in terms of all the extra time she can spend being one of the county’s best & brightest Democratic leaders.
3. Marge Ware is writing a book!!! And further advancing her status as a skilled and valuable member of the area’s literati, no doubt about it.
4. Pittsfield’s Ward 4 city councilor Mike Ward's (elected ‘05) execution of a successful and proactive program of constituent service & engagement. The resident's opinions are constantly solicited, discussion is promoted, and information updates relevant to the ward 4 community is distributed frequently and shared transparently.
5. Berkshire Living Magazine's hiring (freelance-style) of local photographer Timothy M. Kushi. Mr. Kushi was commissioned on account of his stunning and unique signature style--a style best described as refreshingly candid due to its status as a "captured moment" achieved organically rather than manufactured artificially like a "staged image" Sears Portraits might produce.
LOW FIVE
1. Observing a perhaps very unhealthy display of community & social priorities on the part of those in Ward 4 who, with excessive passion, are opposing the development of a new HospiceCare center on Williams St. in Pittsfield.
2. Seeing the CPA initiative’s unfortunate (though not totally unexpected) defeat at the polls during its first time on the ballot (I'm hoping to see a return--A former Pittsfield mayor's pre-election cautions to me about initiatives like the CPA needing several years to gain approval seem to have proven accurate).
3. Triplex Cinema owner Richard Stanley’s use of the disturbingly named and pain-inflicting “Mosquito” noise device built to neutralize public riots but used by Stanley as an appallingly abusive means of clearing out any and all young people that happen to be in the vicinity of the theater at night.
4. Paul Boulais’s embarrassingly pointless and immature column in the Eagle’s 413 section this past Thursday. The column is ostensibly about faith and questions of the supernatural, but it self-terminates and ends up communicating nothing but a willingness to waste column inches. As well, when compared to the 413's intention to engaging young adults' interests, it results in miserable failure; it provides no stimulus for critical thinking and ended up serving as an example that excuses the intellectually easy way out of comples issues.
5. The consequences of Dion Robbin-Zust and his tragicomic vanity campaign for state senate--or, more accurately, the potential damage he may have inflicted on the term and concept “progressive”. As well, the possibility should also be considered as to the set-back he’s probably precipitated with regard to how county voters will view future independent or third-party candidates--whether they’re credible or not… And if Dion is the image they’ll recall, no independent will have a shot at even convincing voters he or she knows how to tie their shoes.
SYKE!!!
Monday, September 25, 2006
Reveille for Unity!
THE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY RACE IS OVER!
The results are in--and now it's time for unity.
The results are in--and now it's time for unity.
STATE SENATE:
Ben Downing
A young Pittsfield native with background education and good work experience relevant to the office he seeks, Ben is the Berkshire's Democratic nominee for state senate. He ran in a field of tough competition before winning, and he has big shoes to fill once he wins--and he will--the general election in November. Both my own candidate choice during the primary, Margie Ware, and I are supporting Ben for victory!
GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL:
Tom Merrigan
In a squeeker, he has beaten Peter Vickery for the Democratic nomination to Governor's Council. Personally, I will miss Peter, who I think is a valuable member of the party and esp. the Massachusetts progressive movement. Nonetheless, Tom Merrigan is qualified for the job he is running for and deserves the help of everyone whose interested in keeping Democratic judicial ideals in Massachusetts.
GOVENOR:
Deval Patrick
Last but definitely not least, Deval stole the show in the Dem. primary race for Governor and is going to need everyone's help--those who have given it already and those who gave it to other Dems--in overcoming Massachusetts' 16 year legacy of Republican governorships, so he can go on and restore the corner office to progressive values, intelligent direction, and a leader's commitment to Massachusetts residents.
Friday, September 22, 2006
More Photo Posting - Vain pageantry?
Because I am bored and don't have anything else I want to post right now, and since I have hundreds and hundreds of the photos I've taken all piled up, I'm just gonna post more because it's easy.
Also, thanks to John of Last Visible Blog for the encouraging boosterism.
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Photo Posting
A little out of character, I thought I'd just do something simple and post some of the photographs I've taken of friends from around the Berkshires...
1 Deja Londono at Springside Park
2 Rhonda Serre, then candidate for State Rep., speaking with voters at the Polish Community Center
3 Sara Laplant, sitting in my car as we wait for a friend to join us.
4 Peter Arlos, fmr. Pittsfield City Councilor (longest serving), on North St. during one of our old lunchtime chats at the Digital Blend Cafe.
5 Sen. Andy Nuciforo, gathering his thoughts during a debate with his 2004 challenger, Dawn Taylor Thompson.
6 Colleen Surprise Jones, very prolific, talented, and accompished Pittsfield artist & friend - at a get-together of mine in my old Greystone suite.
7 Sara Laplant again - waiting once again for a mutual friend to join us for some out-and-about time.
8 Ellen Kushi, my grandmother, enjoying the view of Pittsfield's downtown while visiting my ol' Greystone penthouse in Oct. '05
9 Katie Cyr, finishing a stretch in our old office at BCC.
10 Bethuny Terrill, relaxing by the corner windows and smoking a cigarettes after helping me move things.
1 Deja Londono at Springside Park
2 Rhonda Serre, then candidate for State Rep., speaking with voters at the Polish Community Center
3 Sara Laplant, sitting in my car as we wait for a friend to join us.
4 Peter Arlos, fmr. Pittsfield City Councilor (longest serving), on North St. during one of our old lunchtime chats at the Digital Blend Cafe.
5 Sen. Andy Nuciforo, gathering his thoughts during a debate with his 2004 challenger, Dawn Taylor Thompson.
6 Colleen Surprise Jones, very prolific, talented, and accompished Pittsfield artist & friend - at a get-together of mine in my old Greystone suite.
7 Sara Laplant again - waiting once again for a mutual friend to join us for some out-and-about time.
8 Ellen Kushi, my grandmother, enjoying the view of Pittsfield's downtown while visiting my ol' Greystone penthouse in Oct. '05
9 Katie Cyr, finishing a stretch in our old office at BCC.
10 Bethuny Terrill, relaxing by the corner windows and smoking a cigarettes after helping me move things.
Sunday, September 17, 2006
Letter writer takes aim at Hodgkins' record.
Critically eyeing Hodgkins' record - If opponents won't, voters will!
In Saturday's op/ed pages of the North Adams Transcript, writer Justin Wilson called on people to look past Chris Hodgkins' campaign rhetoric and remember some of the unpopular positions he's had that aren't included in his bombastic boosterism.
Justin himself recalls "when [the North Adams community was] working to sustain the dream of Mass MoCA, and then Southern Berkshire Rep. Chris Hodgkins voted against our community's dream." He adds, a bit rueful, that Hodgkins "...had to be 'convinced to support' the world class museum which has been the cornerstone of our renaissance."
I will venture to say that the point Mr. Wilson was trying to make is that Hodgkins, for whatever reasons, disregarded the efforts of those in North Adams who were trying to realize a project that would eventually make them one of Berkshire County's most valuable tourist attractions and one of America's cutting edge locations for contemporary art. Since being completed, MassMoCA, like Mr. Wilson says, has become the primary component to North Adams' revitalization, but wouldn't have ever happened had Hodgkins' view won out or his vote mattered (which they rarely did in the latter days of his career).
Mr. Wilson goes on, highlighting another perspective one might take on Hodgkins' prideful spin to his contrarian opposition to then Speaker Finneran, and shows how this perspective views the possible consequences of Hodgkins' style and what that might mean in light of our county's need for Boston-bucks:
It hasn't been common to see Mr. Wilson's style of critical analysis be applied to Chris Hodgkins during this campaign. Perhaps those of us who have felt a little let down by this lack of analysis can take comfort in that old saying, "Better late than never!"
In Saturday's op/ed pages of the North Adams Transcript, writer Justin Wilson called on people to look past Chris Hodgkins' campaign rhetoric and remember some of the unpopular positions he's had that aren't included in his bombastic boosterism.
Justin himself recalls "when [the North Adams community was] working to sustain the dream of Mass MoCA, and then Southern Berkshire Rep. Chris Hodgkins voted against our community's dream." He adds, a bit rueful, that Hodgkins "...had to be 'convinced to support' the world class museum which has been the cornerstone of our renaissance."
I will venture to say that the point Mr. Wilson was trying to make is that Hodgkins, for whatever reasons, disregarded the efforts of those in North Adams who were trying to realize a project that would eventually make them one of Berkshire County's most valuable tourist attractions and one of America's cutting edge locations for contemporary art. Since being completed, MassMoCA, like Mr. Wilson says, has become the primary component to North Adams' revitalization, but wouldn't have ever happened had Hodgkins' view won out or his vote mattered (which they rarely did in the latter days of his career).
Mr. Wilson goes on, highlighting another perspective one might take on Hodgkins' prideful spin to his contrarian opposition to then Speaker Finneran, and shows how this perspective views the possible consequences of Hodgkins' style and what that might mean in light of our county's need for Boston-bucks:
- "Additionally, Mr. Hodgkins continues to espouse his legislative record. I also recall that he put his own personal agenda and his self-inflated view ahead of the needs of his own constituents.
- At this critical juncture of continued economic needs, I would suggest his previous short sided approach will not benefit all of our communities."
It hasn't been common to see Mr. Wilson's style of critical analysis be applied to Chris Hodgkins during this campaign. Perhaps those of us who have felt a little let down by this lack of analysis can take comfort in that old saying, "Better late than never!"
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Revelations from Greenfield...
The Greenfield Recorder today threw out a report today that disrupts the integrity of recent statements made by state senate candidate Chris Hodgkins, revealing that Hodgkins hasn't been exactly honest when it comes to making statements about his job history...
UNFORTUNATELY, in tackling his Veolia Water company involvement, it misses details at the heart of the matter, some of which are, WHAT exactly did he try to DO while working for them, and why was he given the job in the first place? It couldn't have been to do with his intimate knowledge regarding rural public water systems (which it's safe to assume he doesn't really have). More realistically, isn't it possible that it was really a euphemistically titled lobbying assignment given to him in order that he exploit the public trust the people of Lee had in him, in order so that Veolia could bag a 20yr contract for the towns water system?
Oh, well. Perhaps one should just assume these questions will never be raised by Sept. 19th, esp. since they haven't been raised yet and today is Sept. 13th!
But the Greenfield Recorder's report, for what they did investigate, is reproduced below in its entirety:
It's interesting that a matter so trivial as whether or not Margie is legitimately considered an alumnus of Williams College was made an enormous issue, with all sorts of questions being raised about her integrity and trustworthiness. THE TRUTH was that Margie was in no way misleading, but actually UNDERstating the significance of her time at Williams as she was specially chosen to be part of a small group of women allowed into Williams for the first time in its history.
Whereas the ABOVE "scandel" received considerable amounts of exchange, news reporting, and letter writing combined, I am doubtful that this new Hodgkins matter will ever make it further into the Berkshires from where it sits--useless to most voters--in Greenfield.
UNFORTUNATELY, in tackling his Veolia Water company involvement, it misses details at the heart of the matter, some of which are, WHAT exactly did he try to DO while working for them, and why was he given the job in the first place? It couldn't have been to do with his intimate knowledge regarding rural public water systems (which it's safe to assume he doesn't really have). More realistically, isn't it possible that it was really a euphemistically titled lobbying assignment given to him in order that he exploit the public trust the people of Lee had in him, in order so that Veolia could bag a 20yr contract for the towns water system?
Oh, well. Perhaps one should just assume these questions will never be raised by Sept. 19th, esp. since they haven't been raised yet and today is Sept. 13th!
But the Greenfield Recorder's report, for what they did investigate, is reproduced below in its entirety:
State Senate candidate Hodgkins not CEO
By RICHIE DAVIS, Recorder Staff
When he introduced himself to a crowd at a candidates’ night last week in Ashfield Town Hall, state Senate candidate Christopher Hodgkins said he was ready to head back to Beacon Hill.
“I served in the House for 20 years. I left there of my own accord. I served as a top CEO and executive of a Fortune 500 company, and like the song goes, ‘Is that all there is?’”
No, there was more. Geoffrey Precourt, a former Fortune magazine editor, was in the audience and had never heard of Hodgkins or — after quizzing him at evening’s end — the company where he said he’d worked.
In fact, Hodgkins was not a CEO, but rather a vice president and regional manager of Veolia Water New England, a division of Veolia Environment, “the largest environmental services company in the world.” A corporate spokesman says Hodgkins never served as a chief executive officer, or CEO.
The parent company of Veolia Water New England, is listed on the Fortune Global 500 Index for 2005. Veolia Environnement of France is Number 160.
Hodgkins, who is in a field of five Democratic contenders seeking the Berkshire-Hampshire-Franklin Senate seat in Tuesday’s primary, said in a telephone interview that he was named president of the New England division shortly before he left the company. At one point, he added, “I was CEO of the division.”
A spokeswoman for Veolia Water North America, Christie Kaluza, said Hodgkins managed the Northeast Region for the company “for a very short time,” leaving the position as general manager and vice president of the region in March 2005.
Asked if that post could be construed as being a CEO, she laughed and said simply, “No.”
She said that the regional general managers were told in February 2005 that they would be named presidents of their respective regions under a reorganization, but that Hodgkins left the company before assuming the new position.
The company provides business and industry with expertise and equipment to deal with water and wastewater problems.
Each of its four regions is considered an independent entity with its own profit center, she said, and Hodgkins managed operations and new development for the New England region, overseeing existing contracts with municipalities and developing new projects.
Precourt, who attests to having no special interest in the Senate race, said the candidate’s statement was “appalling. The guy’s lying. He misled the people.”
When asked about his Ashfield remark, after several attempts to construe his role as “CEO of the division,” Hodgkins said, “I definitely misspoke. If there’s confusion about this, I apologize. I never meant to mislead anybody.”
A lifelong Lee resident, Hodgkins served as a state representative from Lee until 2002. After that he represented Veolia in its bid to take over the Town of Lee’s water and wastewater systems in 2004, and after leaving the company, continued to represent the firm as a private consultant.
Although Hodgkins described his past jobs, including “former teacher, EMT, cop, volunteer firefighter,” he did not mention that he was also a registered statehouse lobbyist in 2005.
In addition to towns in Berkshire and Hampshire counties, the Senate seat Hodgkins seeks serves the Franklin County towns of Ashfield, Conway, Charlemont, Hawley, Heath, Rowe and Monroe.
--END Greenfield Recorder Report HERE--It's interesting that a matter so trivial as whether or not Margie is legitimately considered an alumnus of Williams College was made an enormous issue, with all sorts of questions being raised about her integrity and trustworthiness. THE TRUTH was that Margie was in no way misleading, but actually UNDERstating the significance of her time at Williams as she was specially chosen to be part of a small group of women allowed into Williams for the first time in its history.
Whereas the ABOVE "scandel" received considerable amounts of exchange, news reporting, and letter writing combined, I am doubtful that this new Hodgkins matter will ever make it further into the Berkshires from where it sits--useless to most voters--in Greenfield.
Contributors Favor Ware 2nd, Hodgkins 4th
The financial reports of the Democrats running to replace Sen. Andy Nuciforo are in, and the results defy early predictions that the primary campaigns alone would cost participants around $200,000.00 to stay competitive.
It also provides insight into who among the candidates is most favored by political donors.
If you discount loans made by candidates to their own campaign accounts, Margie Ware is the 2nd candidate most favored by grassroot political contributors at $36,265.00, with Chris Hodgkins ranking in 4th at $13,000.00. This places Chris just above John Zelazo, Zelazo coming in last and being the person considered by almost all concerned in the political community as a non-candidate due to his political history (or lack thereof), his total lack of a campaign organization, and his very low name recognition throughout the county.
The results spell either trouble or good fortune for the Democrat who emerges from Sept. 19th as the party nominee to challenge Matt Kinnaman, the only Republican in the race:
Overall, and again discounting ALL candidate loans, the four competitive Democrats (leaving out Zelazo) have raised a combined $114,639.00. The lone Republican has raised a total of about $47,000 with a little more than $27,000.00 remaining as of Sept. 1, the date of the filing.
If Democratic contributors have been especially compelled to invest more money in their personal favorite during the partisan primary campaign, this might mean overall that contributors whose candidate lost won't be willing to donate as much or anything at all to the Democrat who did win and who beat their own candidate. This would leave the Democratic nominee in an even more challenging atmosphere as many political observers expect the state Republican party to put everything they can into Kinnaman's campaign; the GOP knows open senate seats are rare and this seat in particular was in the past held by prominent Republicans for long periods of time.
However, things don't necessarily have to be so bleak. If all Democratic candidates keeping a reserve of primary cash in their accounts with the expectation of winning--but who then lose--would donate the maximum amount from their accounts to the winner's account, things would look better. As well, if all the losing Democrats would pledge to support the winner and further pledge to help fundraise for the winner, and unity be achieved, the future would look a bit more promising.
It also provides insight into who among the candidates is most favored by political donors.
If you discount loans made by candidates to their own campaign accounts, Margie Ware is the 2nd candidate most favored by grassroot political contributors at $36,265.00, with Chris Hodgkins ranking in 4th at $13,000.00. This places Chris just above John Zelazo, Zelazo coming in last and being the person considered by almost all concerned in the political community as a non-candidate due to his political history (or lack thereof), his total lack of a campaign organization, and his very low name recognition throughout the county.
The results spell either trouble or good fortune for the Democrat who emerges from Sept. 19th as the party nominee to challenge Matt Kinnaman, the only Republican in the race:
Overall, and again discounting ALL candidate loans, the four competitive Democrats (leaving out Zelazo) have raised a combined $114,639.00. The lone Republican has raised a total of about $47,000 with a little more than $27,000.00 remaining as of Sept. 1, the date of the filing.
If Democratic contributors have been especially compelled to invest more money in their personal favorite during the partisan primary campaign, this might mean overall that contributors whose candidate lost won't be willing to donate as much or anything at all to the Democrat who did win and who beat their own candidate. This would leave the Democratic nominee in an even more challenging atmosphere as many political observers expect the state Republican party to put everything they can into Kinnaman's campaign; the GOP knows open senate seats are rare and this seat in particular was in the past held by prominent Republicans for long periods of time.
However, things don't necessarily have to be so bleak. If all Democratic candidates keeping a reserve of primary cash in their accounts with the expectation of winning--but who then lose--would donate the maximum amount from their accounts to the winner's account, things would look better. As well, if all the losing Democrats would pledge to support the winner and further pledge to help fundraise for the winner, and unity be achieved, the future would look a bit more promising.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Unfortunately, it's nonsense.
I received this chainletter from a former work colleague of the Moscow Ballet--I was surprised by the content, considering the impressions I had of said colleague regarding her political understandings.
I will try and reconstruct the gist of the letter below:
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Look at the black patch under the U.S.
The patch says "Doing the work of" The flags are
This SHOULD be on the front cover of Time, Newsweek, etc.
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It's unfortunate to consider the very real possibility that this soldier has been used unwittingly for the perpetrators obvious intentions of stirring up nationalist resentment--and a sort even MORE absurd than that of the normal emotional feelings generated by nationalist ideology--against the very countries who opposed the war to begin with for now not having invested a major military involvement themselves!
There are several disturbing factors here:
1. The number of unfounded presumptions on the part of both the individual soldier and the creator of the e-mail for actually believing a portion of the burden America is suffering is actually the unattended slack of the international community.
2. What these presumptions--and the underlying ideology responsible for them--do in terms of radically restricting the scope of this soldiers' ability to objectively analyze his situation, and correctly identify those entities that flag is "doing the work of." What should follow that patch is the seal of the U.S. Presidency, a Halliburton corporate logo, and perhaps a big picture of Donald Rumsfeld's face.
The rest of the letter is one huge guilt-trip that, like most chainletters, warns of some grave consequence arising from the users decision not to forward the message. SpeciaL in this chainletter are details of the consequences, expressed quite authoritatively by the writer: "I BETTER NOT HEAR OF ANYONE BREAKING THIS ONE OR SEE [IT'S BEING] DELETED!" And then it goes on to contain images of yellow ribbons and such, and basically links by implication the sentiments of the letter's message with the only way one can support the troops; in other words, regarding its message on the details of international responsibility for the U.S.'s unilateral war of aggression, anyone disagreeing simply must not or cannot in any way be in support of the troops.
It's pretty sick garbage.
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