[IMC-US] propose feature? Kerik and DHS

Fri Dec 3 09:22:44 CST 2004

Hi all,

NYC is still off IMC-US syndication, for some reason,
but I wanted to propose the below feature for IMC US:

NYC's Kerik Named to Department of Homeland Security

---

Before he joined the NYPD in 1985, Bernard Kerik
served in the U.S. Army and worked as a <a
href="http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz034063980dec03,0,6336366.column?coll=ny-news-columnists">private
security guard</a> for the Saudi royal family, one of
the most repressive political regimes in the world. In
August 2000, Kerik was named Police Comissioner and
charged with repairing relations with the city's
communities of color. It was as Comissioner that
Kerik, <a
href="http://gothamgazette.com/iotw/diallo/">according</a>
to the Gotham Gazette, "defined his masterful
style: presenting a pleasant public face without
actually producing all the data." 

His legacy enhanced after September 11, 2001, Kerik
joined <a
href="http://nyc.indymedia.org/newswire/display_any/55568">scandal-ridden</a>
Dyncorp Inc. in Baghdad in efforts to rebuild the
Iraqi police force after the American invasion.
Kerik's legacy? By most independent estimates the
Iraqi police are grossly incompetent, ridden with
corruption and completely infiltrated by the Iraqi
resistance. Kerik himself <a
href="http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz034063980dec03,0,6336366.column?coll=ny-news-columnists">left</a>
Iraq "after three months for reasons he has never
explained."

In 2002, Kerik joined the board of Taser
International. After widespread <a
href="http://www.indybay.org/news/2004/11/1704371.php">documentation</a>
of the dangers of Taser weapons surfaced early this
year, Kerik dumped his $5.7 million of Taser stock.
<a
href="http://www.newsday.com/news/columnists/ny-nyplaz034063980dec03,0,6336366.column?coll=ny-news-columnists">[Kerik:
Life Not An Open Book]</a>

--- max <max at michiganimc.org> wrote:

> hi-
> 
> I put up these topics a while ago, and indeed they
> are lacking (you'll notice
> that it goes alphabetically and stops abruptly after
> "M").   I would say add
> whatever topics you need as you need them, just let
> the list know when you do
> it.
> 
> max
> 
> 
> 
> Quoting bradley at riseup.net:
> 
> > Hey everyone,
> >
> > i love the ability to create single topic pages
> with features from IMCs
> > all across the US, but i think we should add more
> topics! (! added for
> > excitement) Is there some process for submiting
> topics? or can we talk
> > about this really soon? I'd like to help out.
> >
> > we currently have:
> >
> > Animal Rights
> > Anti-Racism
> > Antiwar
> > DNC Boston 2004
> > Drug War
> > Education
> > Election 2004
> > Energy
> > Environment
> > Gender & Sexuality
> > Housing
> > Independent Media
> > Iraq
> > Labor
> > Media Critique
> > RNC NYC 2004
> >
> > --
> >
> > We need a Capitalism or Anti-Capitalism or
> Globalization or some combo of
> > these terms... something to classify features like
> Looking Back 5 Years at
> > Seattle, etc.... etc....
> >
> > --
> >
> > Also, could we seperate Topics and Actions? Moving
> the DNC and RNC into
> > the actions category. And, (sensitive issue...)
> the link called Iraq seems
> > out of place. How about instead a link called
> International which could
> > have links to stories all over the world. Which
> could be broken down into
> > locations such as Iraq, Iran, Chile, Haiti,
> etc.... or, maybe not Chile,
> > maybe just places without IMCs yet. I think
> Indybay does this really well:
> > http://www.indybay.org/international
> >
> > --
> >
> > Also on my mind are a couple things....
> >
> > Comment on the about us page:
> > http://indymedia.us/en/static/about.shtml
> >
> > Major typo
> > [comment.postedby] ZBT at 07.Nov.2004 17:30
> >
> > At the very top, the Spanish version of the site
> is incorrectly spelled
> > "espanol" when it should be "español" with an "ñ".
> As a Spanish-speaking
> > native, I can say that little things like this are
> very important to get
> > Spanish-speakers to believe that you take them
> seriously.
> >
> > --
> >
> > On a nice note, I saw friend today in santa cruz
> and he said that he has
> > been contacted by people from dc about an article
> they saw on indymedia.us
> >
> > Students, Politicians and Community Members In
> Solidarity with UC Service
> > Workers
> > http://indymedia.us/en/2004/11/2222.shtml
> >
> > My friend said that he now has a large list of
> contacts for people in
> > various parts of the US that have expressed
> support for this cause.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Also, I spoke on the phone today with John
> Anderson of Media Minutes,
> > etc.... about indymedia.us You may have seen the
> email he sent to this
> > list.
> >
> > Anyways, he's a wizard so he should be able to
> craft a nice sound bite or
> > two from our conversation. Media is a five minute,
> weekly segment. There
> > are usually two stories... The audio should be
> posted in a week or so...
> > http://freepress.net/mediaminutes
> >
> > --
> >
> > this email has gone on for quite some time now...
> >
> > thanks y'all.
> >
> > sincerely,
> > Bradley
> >
> >
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