Man, talkin' 'bout them dang ol' weapons, man, dang ol'...MISSIN', man!
No WMD...they just ain't out there. Spectacular! Well done! But hey, we've shown the world that no one fucks with America! NO ONE! Get it? Got it? Good!
There is reason to be hopeful, though...
The Democratic Party is finally starting to wake up to the fact that their blind obedience to walking-on-eggshells/perpetual-test-marketing "centrism" is political suicide. George Lakoff, a cognitive scientist at UC Berkeley, has recently written what will probably be the new progressive manifesto, "Don't Think of an Elephant." His main point is that progressives must frame their issues in terms of moral values (and not just in response to the 2004 election outcome). In recent articles and interviews, I've seen and heard Ted Kennedy and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois speak in similar terms. Obama is already viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, and doesn't come off as someone who will do the bidding of pharmaceutical companies, insurance firms, and predatory lenders.
Also, how about a big up to Barbara Boxer for standing with the Congressional Black Caucus to challenge the electoral college certification? Sure, it wasn't going to overturn the election results, but the point was to officially voice concerns about the alarming number of irregularities on the biggest political stage in America. Predictably, a group of reactionaries went haywire in response. I think Boxer's web site has the official report on Ohio's election-day shenanigans...the URL, I believe, is http://boxer.senate.gov, but if I'm wrong, just Google her.
If you think there's some fishiness behind the whole CBS spate of firings, you're not alone. Check out www.gregpalast.com to read Greg's commentary on this issue. He broke the story in 1999 of Dubya's preferential National Guard treatment during the Vietnam War-- the error that Mary Mapes and the others at CBS made in not verifying the authenticity of the "Killian" memo does not invalidate the larger story by any means. In any case, Greg Palast will give you the rundown. A great read, by the way, is Greg's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." My favorite investigative journalist...
R.I.P. Artie Shaw (1910-2004)...I found his commentary to be one of the most enjoyable and insightful aspects of the Ken Burns "Jazz" documentary.
There is reason to be hopeful, though...
The Democratic Party is finally starting to wake up to the fact that their blind obedience to walking-on-eggshells/perpetual-test-marketing "centrism" is political suicide. George Lakoff, a cognitive scientist at UC Berkeley, has recently written what will probably be the new progressive manifesto, "Don't Think of an Elephant." His main point is that progressives must frame their issues in terms of moral values (and not just in response to the 2004 election outcome). In recent articles and interviews, I've seen and heard Ted Kennedy and Senator Barack Obama of Illinois speak in similar terms. Obama is already viewed as a rising star in the Democratic Party, and doesn't come off as someone who will do the bidding of pharmaceutical companies, insurance firms, and predatory lenders.
Also, how about a big up to Barbara Boxer for standing with the Congressional Black Caucus to challenge the electoral college certification? Sure, it wasn't going to overturn the election results, but the point was to officially voice concerns about the alarming number of irregularities on the biggest political stage in America. Predictably, a group of reactionaries went haywire in response. I think Boxer's web site has the official report on Ohio's election-day shenanigans...the URL, I believe, is http://boxer.senate.gov, but if I'm wrong, just Google her.
If you think there's some fishiness behind the whole CBS spate of firings, you're not alone. Check out www.gregpalast.com to read Greg's commentary on this issue. He broke the story in 1999 of Dubya's preferential National Guard treatment during the Vietnam War-- the error that Mary Mapes and the others at CBS made in not verifying the authenticity of the "Killian" memo does not invalidate the larger story by any means. In any case, Greg Palast will give you the rundown. A great read, by the way, is Greg's "The Best Democracy Money Can Buy." My favorite investigative journalist...
R.I.P. Artie Shaw (1910-2004)...I found his commentary to be one of the most enjoyable and insightful aspects of the Ken Burns "Jazz" documentary.
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