Letters to the Editor
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Bucky
Missed that, didn't get to my counterpunch email yet today.
F*cking depressing, and irritating as hell innit? A rhetorical question, of course.
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-- bamage
Yes, it is damn depressing. I sometimes feel like there is no hope.
Our path seems so obvious to me; "live and let live". What part of voluntary cooperation among humans is so scary to everyone?
(same with "drug war" or "war on crime")
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Well the problem is...
...we're compelled to force people into voluntary cooperation w/ each other.
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The FISA battle wasn't over, it was rescheduled for a more convenient time...
They've been working the seamy side of Congress since the democrats 'won' the last time and now some cleverly worded bill will come out and be voted on in the dark of night and then the conversion to the dark side will be complete.
We won't have ANY rights to be private from our government but they and those that run it are ensconced in privacy that would make anyone jealous. Especially when you take into account that the vast majority of the media and coddled 'journalists' are in on it up to their necks.
Being a dictator, a 'god among swine' is a damn good job. It's great to be the king...
Now watch this drive...
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The beatings will continue ...
... until moral improves!
:-)
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Exactly!!!
BB As much as I would love to see any ad targeting Carney for his alliances, I fear it may be too late. Carney ran in the PA Democratic primary unopposed. The two Republicans running in their primary were remarkable only for their vying as to who was the most conservative, a word featured prominently in all of their advertisements.
Clearly, Carney's opponent would be no better. But at least he'd be a Republican, and so his support for such things would be less significant than Carney's.
What Democrats like Hoyer and Carney count on is that you will never challenge them or fight against them because you'll be afraid that, by doing so, you'll weaken them and help flip the district to the Republicans. They need to know that this fear won't protect them or else they have no reason to do anything but take you for granted and ignore you.
The Democrats have a large margin in the House. It's going to get larger this year. The benefit of a campaign of this sort and the message it sends (and the potential to change behavior) vastly outweighs the risk that it will end up defeating a single bad Democratic House member and replacing him with one bad Republican.
I've wondered that myself concerning the Michigan governor elections.
I was told to my face by Jennifer Granholm herself that she was very sensitive about the environment and she ran on a n environmental platform and also the fear of what RNC tool Dick DeVos would do.
Well, after the elections it looks like we know what DeVos would have done. Same as Jennifer...
She is pushing 7 new coal power plants. She is pushing a reduction in the Department of Environmental Quality power to enforce environmental laws in Michigan and has just ok'ed a cesspool of toxic waste in my neighborhood. (I will never vote for a 'moderate democrat' again)
We know what the repubicans will get us. We can't be afraid of a republican getting the office when the gutless coward democrats can't be trusted to do the right thing.
I sat for a while before the election wondering who to vote for as Jennifer had started her turn to the dark side already. I almost voted for DeVos. Now I see little difference.
If these people want in office, they have to be held accountable! No excuses!
It might be hard but if Carney and other democrats want the job, they'd better act like the party that they claim to represent. (And I sure hope that November turns a whole bunch if the republicans and the DINO's out on their asses)!!!
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LWM
Blame FISA? Here's what the wingnuts are sending around:
Do you Remember 1987 ?
Thought you might be interested in this forgotten bit of information.........
It was 1987! At a lecture the other day they were playing an old news video of Lt.Col. Oliver North testifying at the Iran-Contra hearings during the Reagan Administration.
There was Ollie in front of God and country getting the third degree, but what he said was stunning!
He was being drilled by a senator; 'Did you not recently spend close to $60,000 for a home security system?'
Ollie replied, 'Yes, I did, Sir.'
The senator continued, trying to get a laugh out of the audience, 'Isn't that just a little excessive?'
'No, sir,' continued Ollie.
'No? And why not?' the senator asked.
'Because the lives of my family and I were threatened, sir.'
'Threatened? By whom?' the senator questioned.
'By a terrorist, sir' Ollie answered.
'Terrorist? What terrorist could possibly scare you that much?'
'His name is Osama bin Laden, sir' Ollie replied.
At this point the senator tried to repeat the name, but couldn't pronounce it, which most people back then probably couldn't. A couple of people laughed at the attempt. Then the senator continued. Why are you so afraid of this man?' the senator asked.
'Because, sir, he is the most evil person alive that I know of', Ollie answered.
'And what do you recommend we do about him?' asked the senator.
'Well, sir, if it was up to me, I would recommend that an assassin team be formed to eliminate him and his men from the face of the earth.'
The senator disagreed with this approach, and that was all that was shown of the clip.
By the way, that senator was Al Gore!
Also:
Terrorist pilot Mohammad Atta blew up a bus in Isr ael in 1986. The Israelis captured, tried and imprisoned him. As part of the Oslo agreement with the Palestinians in 1993, Israel had to agree to release so-called 'political prisoners.'
However, the Israelis would not release any with blood on their hands, The American President at the time, Bill Clinton, and his Secretary of State, Warren Christopher, 'insisted' that all prisoners be released.
Thus Mohammad Atta was freed and eventually thanked us by flying an airplane into Tower One of the World Trade Center .. This was reported by many of the American TV networks at the time that the terrorists were first identified.
It was censored in the US from all later reports.
If you agree that the American public should be made aware of this fact, pass this on.
Do Not Break - it is 6 years strong
This is why I always say I love YOU....
T his has not been broken since 9/11/01, please keep it going...
This has been kept alive and moving since 9/11. In memory of all those who perished this morning; th e passengers and the pilots on the United Air and AA flights, the workers in the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, and all the innocent bystanders. Our prayers go out to the friends and families of the deceased.