Cheri Montagu's Profile

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San Francisco Bay Area, CA

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katyakakrin

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In my own words

Although a "child of the sixties" who is possessed of "San Francisco values", I differ from most of my contemporaries in two ways. First of all, I am not optimistic concerning the future. I believe that the complexities of modern technology are driving us inexorably toward bureaucratic despotism. In fact, they have already given birth to an embryonic bureaucratic state within a state in which power is held not by elected officials but rather the intelligence community, above all the CIA. It ...[more]

Interests

When I am not engaging in research and writing, I enjoy growing bamboo (have published two articles on the subject in the journal of the American Bamboo Society)and tending my Japanese garden. I hate modern technology and would like to return to the horse and buggy days. I collect samurai swords, and am saving up to buy an antique carriage and hopefully, one day, an Arabian horse for riding. I love Nature and wildlife of all kinds and decry its destruction. I am also fascinated by the physical aspects of the natural environment, the tectonic processes which lead to earthquakes and volcanoes, and the Earth's electromagnetic field.

PSYCHIATRY AND POLITICAL OPPRESSION, August 11, 2008 This is a very dangerous book. It is not what its title suggests-- it is not about the reduction of funding for mental health services, a legitimate matter for concern. It is about the struggle of patients and ex-patients to free themselves from the forced treatments which the authors favor... Read More

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Wish List (updated 9/27/2007)

1. Ghost Plane: The True Story of the CIA Torture Program by Stephen Grey

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