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When the CIA recieves adverse publicity for its crimes, it is portrayed as either a rogue agency or a bumbling agency making all sorts of stupid mistakes. It is neither! It is an extremely successful agency for its mission, which is to keep the poor powerless and disorganized and a source of very cheap labor for the multinational corporations. --Gary Sudborough
While Pipes agreed with Wisse that Jews historically have been weak, he argued: "We are not powerless anymore...
...that you cannot walk through it without some trace of its shabby residue getting caught on your clothes, your papers or your ambition. But Out There was the last place where this woman could talk with her daughter. Now, it seems, she watches helplessly over a transformation she feels powerless to prevent...
...tried modifying his antiabortion stance. He called for a "declaration of tolerance" in the G.O.P. platform's pro-life plank. "That's non-negotiable," he said, but quickly caved in to the party's hard-line antiabortion forces. Dole appeared unsure of what he believed and, even worse, seemed powerless to achieve what he wanted even when he knew what it was. To win over the party's most conservative activists--and it is they who largely controlled the nomination process--Dole bent himself out of shape. As a moderate, mainstream Republican in the mold of his hero, Dwight Eisenhower...
...than 5%? If our society were committed to full employment at a living wage, it would make sense to end welfare for able-bodied people. But where is the concern of Congress for those pushed into a job market that cannot support them? Instead of targeting the poor and powerless in making budget cuts, why doesn't Congress look to the wealthy and powerful? Why not set time limits for the billions of dollars in subsidies and tax breaks that constitute corporate welfare? RICHARD BARSANTI Western Springs, Illinois...