September 16 to 29, 2004   •  No 97

• Bad laws and the people who change them by Kevin Potvin It wasn't the unlawful open selling of pot that brought the heat down on Da Kine Café. It was the lawful political dissent expressed in that act that brought out the shields Rich Coleman, solicitor general, opined very prominently that Da Kine proprietors should face the wrath of the law for selling bits of cannabis to medicinal users, but was noticeably silent on the matter of his own boss screaming down Hawaiian highways on the wrong side with triple the legal dose of alcohol in his blood.	Here is what they'll find in Iran by William Kay Talk has increased lately about US interest in taking on Iran in a military showdown. Such a conflict would be far different from whaat American forces found on their rout of Iraqi forces in March 2003. Unlike Iraq, Iran is ready. The Zelzal 2 could hit Camp Bushmaster near Najaf, Camp Anaconda north of Tikrit, or Baghdad's Green Zone with sustained volleys of high-speed 1,200 lb. bombs made of explosives several times more volatile than TNT. Centcom HQ in Qatar, British facilities near Basra, and numerous Saudi oil fields and fuel storage facilities are also within range of the Zelzal 2.
  The Communitarian Capitalist by Michael McLaughlin The key to successful residents buildings is in the social interactions the common space offers. One local builder is experimenting with new forms Hynes began to feel that everyone in the building hated him. “They were sold a bill of goods. They were sold an exciting, sexy lifestyle but were, in fact, being anaesthetised by their surroundings”	Special needs programs are the key by Michael Nenonen POLITICAL SOUL Many fledgling disorders in school-age children, like nonverbal learning disorders, can be mitigated by province-funded interventions, but instead these programs are being cut   The literature suggests that most adults with nonverbal learning disabilities are single, living with their parents or relatives, involved in very few recreational, social and community activities, and suffering from depression and anxiety disorders.
  Bush proves that treason doesn't matter by Kevin Potvin IN CONTEXT War profiteering by Halliburton in particular may be obvious now, but the entire economy of the US profits from the 237 military deployments made in the last 200 years   Eisenhower warned about the US military industrial complex. But it's the entire American economy that is the military industrial complex. The country exists because it has all along made ferocious and constant war on the rest of the world.	Align your behaviour with those of the corporation by Kevin Potvin The problem was never communism. It was size. And that problem is back with a vengeance   “Each company developed a 360-degree feedback process to help leaders understand the extent to which their own behavior matched the desired behavior for leaders in the corporation.” Did Mao ever put it so coldly?
  Politician lies, details at 11 VIEW FROM THE REPUBLIC Sure they lie, and with Iraq, American politicians have shown the ability and the inclination to tell particular big ones. Should we not look back and correct the record about September 11?	Turner's Movies reviewed by Scott Turner The Village and The Bourne Supremacy Letters to the Republic
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