Yo George
Tori Amos – “Yo George” (Speedbliss bushwacked mix) [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCsojSpdMyw[/youtube]
Sunday Bloody Sunday
Memorial Day is the day to remember those who died in defense of this country. The American dead in Iraq were not defending our country. Their deaths represent an even more significant tragedy. (Broken bottles under children’s feetBodies strewn across the dead end streetBut I won’t heed the battle callIt puts my back upPuts my back up against the wall) They died for causes that no-one has been able to articulate faithfully or honorably. (There’s many lost, but tell me…
So Impeach Gonzales
President Bush won’t fire his long-time friend U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales… he has too much to lose. He’s used to being able to say – “Here’s how I want it to be – you figure out the legal stuff.” On Monday President Bush once again expressed his support: “I stand by Al Gonzales.” He accused Senators involved in the push for a no-confidence vote against Gonzales as engaging in “pure political theater,” despite the fact that many Republicans as…
State of Synchronicity
I have always loved the idea of synchronicity. I heard this song for the first time tonight as I contemplated whether to watch the State of the Union Address: Prodigal son by Jan Gloeckner If you find you keep slipping on your tongue well I got some suggestions to offer you pick one you can tie it round your neck, like a prodigal son but you won’t win the game cause it’s already won could of helped a man who…
US Money Drain
A must-read article by Terry Jones (of Python fame). Yes, they have “made a killing.” Early this year the Bush administration is to ask Congress to approve an additional $100bn for the onerous task of making life intolerable for the Iraqis. This will bring the total spent on the White House’s current obsession with war to almost $500bn – enough to have given every US citizen $1,600 each. I wonder which the voters would have gone for if given the…
Deconstructing Neocon Propaganda on Terrorism
A must read: “The Clash of Civilizations Doesn’t Exist… Yet” by Joshua Holland, AlterNet. Posted September 1, 2006. The neocons who are pushing a Clash of Civilizations are mirror-images of the terrorists that inspire their hyperbolic fear — they are just as irrational and just as great a threat to our security. To the extent that some terrorist groups have recently turned their eyes to us, it’s not a matter of hating our freedoms or our women’s bare shoulders. It’s…