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 work on it any more this afternoon – here’s the first stab at the first stanza.:<\/p>\n
\nSpeaking to the fearful souls
\nMore simple than himself
\nInflection rise at sentence-end<\/p>\nLike the reiteration of the obvious
\n to the thickheaded
\n – when he deceives us.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\nMeanwhile, here are a couple of things that Washington blocked the public from knowing…<\/p>\n
– The President’s Daily Briefing from the 9\/11 Commission
\n– Documents related to the leak investigation
\n– Cheney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s influence in Halliburton deal
\n– Cheney\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Energy Task Force deliberations
\n– The true cost of the Medicare bill
\n– John Bolton\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s secret intercepts
\n– Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse report<\/p>\nKeep an eye on what is witheld. What is absent is important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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…<\/p>\n