I remember hearing W say in a speech that if someone isn’t doing anything wrong, why are they hiding.. or being deceitful… or something like that. It might have been about Iraq before the war, I really don’t remember. Comment if you have the exact words or occasion. What really stuck with me was the look on his face, the tone of his voice, the petulance – and I’m working on a poem about it. I don’t have time to…
GEORGE H.W. BUSH: “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious of traitors.†[Speech at CIA, 4/26/99] See video at the Think Progress Blog
From the American Progress Action Fund newsletter – Yesterday, Rep. Henry Waxman revealed that DeLay slipped “a $1.5 billion giveaway to the oil industry, Halliburton, and Sugar Land, Texas†into the energy bill. The provision was “mysteriously inserted” into the text of the energy bill “after the conference was closed, so members of the conference committee had no opportunity to consider or reject this measure.” DeLay has launched an assault on the democratic process. Write your representatives and demand this…
The Energy Bill is bad. Bad bad bad naughty boys put it together with instructions from their bosses in the energy industries, especially oil of course. The bill, which looks like is it about to be passed while we argue about somewhat diversionary issues, would speed oil drilling off of the California, Florida, North Carolina, and other coasts. It would allow oil companies to pollute rivers and drinking water with toxic wastes, giving them a whole lot more money to…
Not in Our Name is trying to launch an initiative for November 2, 2005 called “The World Can’t Wait – Drive out the Bush Regime.” They envision mass outpourings of popular protest on the anniversary of the “re-election.” Politics as usual isn’t going to work, and dependence on semi-magical “leaders” in the Democratic party or elsewhere doesn’t appear to be a good option either. Silence and paralysis are irresponsible – what you will not protest and fight you will be…
Torture is a contradiction of our historical national values. In addition, we undermine our national security and are in violation of our own laws when we allow it. Informants will not come forward if they cannot trust us not to treat them fairly under international law. We do not get accurate information with torture – ample historical precedent teaches us that those who are tortured will say anything to make it stop. After a couple of years of imprisonment, what…