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...Albuquerque, has proposed to follow in New York State’s footsteps and legalize the forced medication of the “mentally ill.” Given the sordid history of government involvement with “mental illness,” Mayor Martin J. Chávez is leading Albuquerque—and the rest of the country in his wake—down a very slippery slope...
...Chávez (whose other recent proposals include a draconian curfew and a program to take away the vehicle of anyone arrested for—not convicted of—drunk driving) wants to give the state the power to coerce the most vulnerable members of society into taking medicine, supposedly for their own good. Under a New York-style “Kendra’s Law,” the courts can define who is “mentally ill,” and—even before an individual has done anything wrong—force them...
...country and moved cold warriors like former U.S. Marine Lieut. Colonel Oliver North to fly to Managua to campaign against him. The U.S. is concerned that Ortega will become another boisterously anti-American voice of Latin America's new left, which is led by Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez. When Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice met with her advisory committee on democracy promotion last week, Richard Soudriette, president of the Washington-based International Foundation for Election Systems, volunteered that he had just returned from Nicaragua. "Coming from Oklahoma," he told her, "where we're familiar with people who are born...
...Chvez and Chomsky...
...find it ironic that the U.S. made such a fuss over Venezuelan President Hugo Chvez's speech at the U.N. General Assembly, in which he called President George W. Bush the devil [Oct. 2]. At last, Americans have experienced what other countries feel when Bush spouts off. The big difference? Venezuela hasn't attacked anyone...