In the case of Eric McDavid:
The FBI spent a year and half creating a crime, entrapping three people in it, charging them with thought crime, and then sent the only one who stood up for himself to prison for nearly 20 years. And their scheme worked. Now it seems they are using Eric's case as a model of how things should be done. If you need proof, don't take our word for it, check out: http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2008/june/ecoterror_063008 (just keep in mind, we have no idea what kind of "cookies" or other such creepy crawlies might be triggered by visiting this site...) Finally, we recently set up a wishlist on Microcosm for Eric. If you would like to send him something, please visit: http://microcosmpublishing.com/wishlist/31412. If you order something from this list, please contact us and let us know what you have ordered so we can be sure it is removed from the list. If you would like other suggestions about books to send Eric, please contact us. For information on other ways to support Eric, please visit his website: www.supporteric.org. homepage: homepage: http://www.supporteric.org All this and more at Sacramento Prison Support. And let's not forget Marie Mason - also the victim of an informant...
Then there's Marie Mason and Sadie (Joyanna Zacher) both have birthdays this month. Please consider sending them a note of support. Marie Mason: link to supportmariemason.org Sadie can be written at: Joyanna Zacher #36360-086 FCI Dublin Federal Correctional Institution 5701 8th St - Camp Parks- Unit E Dublin, CA 94568
Moving right along: Craig Paterson has this in today's Register Guard. Environmentally, the industrial model takes a highly interdependent and diverse ecosystem and converts it into a plantation of uniform structure and age class. The rationale is to speed up the growth in Douglas fir. Yet the litany of unintended consequences (invasive species, disease and insect infestations, soil erosion, overcrowded fire-prone stands, boom-and-bust cycles, etc.) all follow our industrial “management” practices. They sacrifice forest quality and structural integrity for fast growth without understanding the consequences. And check this out if you want more on the subject: Paterson's paper for the National roundtable on Sustainable Forests in DC 2005, go to www.safnet.org, click on 'Publications' and then on 'Perspectives on America's Forests', page 53. As I said: A managed forest is a tree farm. End of story.
- KBOO