So where would you hide 80,000 people … if you had 80,000 people to hide? The answer to that question could be answered by the White House, since it has done a superb job of maintaining a moratorium on the media coverage of detainees since the leaks regarding widespread abuse in American prison camps hit [...]
Posted on December 28th, 2005 by admin
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Former Secretary of State Colin Powell has sided with the Bush Administration in defending the government’s need to spy on the American people ad nauseam without oversight or authorization. It’s interesting that Powell was one of the quietest Secretaries of State in my lifetime. He relinquished his post and quietly slipped into oblivion … until [...]
Posted on December 26th, 2005 by admin
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Well, well, well …
It is apparent the Iraqis aren’t too pleased with our brand of electoral process. We have been told that the election in Iraq was the quintessential process that served as a benchmark of success in the U.S. invasion of that nation. Today, we see hundreds of thousands of Iraqis demonstrating in the [...]
Posted on December 23rd, 2005 by admin
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Abuse of the public’s trust is not limited to president Bush, although he and his administration have committed their fair share of abuse. The Patriot Act, which the Senate just extended (as anyone with knowledge of Politics 101 might have guessed), isn’t necessary for the defense of this country, as Bush inaccurately asserts. It is [...]
Posted on December 22nd, 2005 by admin
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There truly is no doubt that the United States has a far superior military than Iraq. Moreover, no one doubts that we can destroy every town, village and hut in every desert of Iraq.
But is that how we define victory?
Thus far, the president has sung the same refrain, constantly whistling the tune of victory or [...]
Posted on December 19th, 2005 by admin
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