adolf giuliani caught saluting der fuerher exemplifies how wrong things go when one Invests loyalty in party, leaders or nation instead of the constitution. political parody: not to be taken seriously (well not the picture anyway)
adolf giuliani caught saluting der fuerher exemplifies how wrong things go when one Invests loyalty in party, leaders or nation instead of the constitution. political parody: not to be taken seriously (well not the picture anyway)
an opportunity to make a real difference in the way iraqis perceive the us was lost tuesday. while theres always hope of recovery--and id love nothing more than for that to happen--id guess at least some of the potential will never be realized when spc jeremy sivits apologized for his relatively minor role in the abuse of iraqi detainees at abu ghurayb prior to pronouncement of sentence, he not only said he was sorry--he sounded sincerely contrite. "I'd like to apologize to the Iraqi ...
how do fundamentalists and others who refuse to accept the possibility of evolution because it contradicts a literal interpretation of divinely revelated or inspired literature explain away the reality of previous ice ages? i dont recall anyone in any version of the torah or old testament mentioning polar ice incursions....yet they certainly occured.
about 2 weeks ago, i began receiving spam pushing a new scam. usually the subject heading reads something like: experts predict voting machine stock is a sure winner. i rarely do more with obvious spam than delete it unread but curiosity finally overcame common sense and i decided to see what they were selling. i truly could not have been more shocked to discover the originators were the olsen twins of the whitehouse...jenna and barbara bush here is the text of their pitch our nam...
when citizens of the united states of america express dismay, concern or outright disagreement with administration policies, philosophy, point of view or implemenation thereof, they are almost certain to find themselves and their observation dismissed out of hand as anti-american, unamerican or both. it happens regardless of the validity, incisiveness or evidence provided in support. yet nothing is more essentially american than citizens contributing to the free exchange of ideas. the re...
whether one supports kerry, has no opinion about him or would prefer he be run thru a woodchipper, it is important the decison be made on the basis of accurate information. i just finished reading a post in which kerry's testimony before the senate was reported as follows: he told the senate that he or other soldiers “personally raped, cut off ears, cut off heads, taped wires from portable telephones to human genitals and turned up the power, cut off limbs, blown up bodies, randomly...
an article in saturday's la times (4/7/04) headlined fallouja's fighters trade weapons, not allegiances , staff writer alissa j. rubin focused on the us-sanctioned fallouja brigade which was forming up as insurgents donned uniforms they worn as soldiers in the pre-invasion iraqi and prepared to serve once again under orders from several of saddams former commanders. near the end of the article, some of the men who, for three weeks previous, had managed to successfully resist marines ...
last nite (4/9/04), the cbs news magazine '60 minutes' broacast two segments that qualify (in my opinion) as 'must viewing' for americans (id also recommend them to the rest of the world, of course). one of them was a profile of hugh thompson, the heroic helicopter pilot who--with the support of his 2 crew members--put himself in harm's way to stop a 1968 massacre of unarmed non-combatants by us troops at my lai in vietnam. (the 'scoop' part of this post's title alludes to a brief recoun...
as awareness of abuses at abu ghurayb prison spreads, the public chorus calling for defense secretary donald rumsfeld to resign has grown louder and more emphatic to the point where its difficult to tell the content of a news broadcast from those 'gotta go, gotta go, gotta go right now' bladder medication commercials. i can certainly understand the outrage--i've been very critical of rumsfeld since he was first appointed--but this is a moment in history when it behooves us to forego r...
a news item that appeared on the al jazeera english language website entitled "israeli lessons for the us in iraq" (datelined 4/7/04) speculated the us had adopted or been taught israeli techniques for interrogating detainees. according to the article's author, "tens of thousands of Palestinians" who've been detained and interrogated in israeli prisons and detention centers perceive a "striking similarity" between their experiences and abuses being reported at abu ghurayb. abd al-razzaq-...
on first consideration, this may seem like a difficult argument to make, but let's not forget self-preservation has motivated even the lowliest single-cell parasitic organisms to develop amazingly successful defensive strategies. with that in mind, it shouldnt surprise anyone that the president has done the same thing on a considerably less grand scale. here are two examples: 1. on july 2, 2002, the whitehouse informed the rest of the world that the United States would not sign...
maybe im terminally naive. or maybe im just too gullible. if so, that would explain why, as a young boy, i so easily believed everything i read, heard and was told about america and the american way even though the way things happened around me was frequently, disturbingly, even disappointingly different. i remember very clearly watching early morning news broadcasts while getting ready for school (i had just begun second grade), and seeing crowds of furiously angry adults trying t...
"Balance, diversity, creativity - these are the elements of Republican equation. Republicans agree, Republicans agree heartily to disagree on many, many of their applications, but we have never disagreed on the basic fundamental issues of why you and I are Republicans. This is a party, this Republican Party, a Party for free men, not for blind followers, and not for conformists. Back in 1858 Abraham Lincoln said this of the Republican party - and I quote him, because he probably coul...
Welcome! i had planned to kick this off with breath-taking revelations and incisive commentary, but the account creation process put a serious crimp in my immediate schedule. i apologize profusely. be assured: daily screed production commences tomorrow!