Flush Bush in 2004!Postings and commentary on the downfall of a dummy... (And on what's really important for our future!)An open letter to President Bush- February 26, 2004 The author of this letter, the Rev. Meg Riley, is the director of the Faith in Action office (of the Unitarian Universalist Association) in Washington D.C. An Open Letter to President BushFebruary 24, 2004Dear Mr. President,This morning you felt compelled to introduce an amendment to the Constitution of the United States defining marriage as existing only between one man and one woman.You say that this will create "clarity." I would like you to share this clarity with my first grade daughter...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131587/categories/flush/2004/02/25.html#a151 Nebulous "Threats" to our Nation's Future- February 17, 2004 Same-sex marriage rights seem to be the only thing on my mind right now, but it's not terribly surprising, since it's a major news issue at the moment... For example, earlier today I was visiting with my mom and sister (we had met with my older sister and niece and had a wet weather "fieldtrip" to Ikea, my first time, quite a store), and we went into a Starbucks, so my mom could get some coffee, and I took a look at the local Palo Alto newspaper, and of course it's a font page story that a...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131587/categories/flush/2004/02/17.html#a137 Bishop Spong condemns Bush Administration for lies about Iraq war- February 14, 2004 Jane from Adelaide, South Australia asks: "How did you feel when your daughter joined the Marines and was deployed to Iraq during the war, while you were so outspokenly opposed to that war" Dear Jane, I respect each of our children and trust them to make the proper decisions for their lives. It would not occur to me to try to make my children abide by my convictions or attitudes, even if I could. So I trust them to live as they decide. I opposed the war for lots of reasons that are now, even...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131587/categories/flush/2004/02/14.html#a133 Lesbian couple, together 51 years, married today in SF :)- February 13, 2004 SFGate S.F. defies law, marries gays LEGAL BATTLE LOOMS: City Hall ceremonies spur constitutional showdown, injunction threat February 13, 2004 By Rachel Gordon In a historic act of civil disobedience, San Francisco defied state law and issued marriage licenses to same-sex couples Thursday, a move expected to ignite a constitutional showdown as early as today. A lesbian couple who have been together five decades were the first to marry, followed by 89 other couples who said their vows...http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/02/13/SAMESEX.TMP The 40-day prisoner- February 10, 2004 (from Occupation Watch) Al-Ahram Weekly The 40-day prisoner 8 January 2004 By Karim Gawhary Mohamed spent 40 days in an American prison in Iraq after being arrested in August while driving through the streets of Baghdad. The 44-year-old owner of a small take-away food stall was never a major criminal figure; none would expect his arrest to be announced at a press conference with the words, "Ladies and gentlemen, we got him". But Mohamed's story is a prime example of what prisoners less..http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=2494 The wrong side of history, By Daniel Patrick Welch- February 9, 2004 I've not to date supported a primary candidate. As a radical, leftist, progressive, I would support Kucinich, but it just seems too depressing to put a lot of personal energy into a lost cause...I'm too much of a realist... Early on I looked at some of the candidates' pages, and I liked the ideas of Gephardt and of Dean... I probably wouldn't have given much thought to Clark, having as much distaste as I do for the military, but it means a lot to me that Michael Moore and Madonna have endorsed..http://www.smirkingchimp.com/article.php?sid=14882 Will Tim Russert grill Bush- February 8, 2004 Will Dubya flub his way through or become noticeably entangled in his own lies David Corn of The Nation offers Tim "Eight Questions for George W. Bush"... Tim Russert, the Grand Inquisitor of Sunday morning, is scheduled to have George W. Bush in the witness chair for a full hour on the next Meet the Press. ...This will be high drama, as the nation's politerati--and millions of others--watch to see if Russert gives Bush the hot-seat treatment. There is, of course, much to ask Bush...http://www.smirkingchimp.com/print.php?sid=14857 Please oh please oh PLEASE keep the government out of my bedroom!!- February 7, 2004http://radio.weblogs.com/0131587/categories/flush/2004/02/07.html#a119 Massachusetts court insists upon full equality- February 7, 2004 The dissimilitude between the terms 'civil marriage' and 'civil union' is not innocuous. It is a considered choice of language that reflects a demonstrable assigning of same-sex, largely homosexual, couples to second-class status. For no rational reason the marriage laws of the Commonwealth discriminate against a defined class; no amount of tinkering with language will eradicate that stain. Barred access to the protections, benefits and obligations of civil marriage, a person who enters into...http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/04/national/04CND-MASS.html?ex=1391317200&en=bfa8b37598... U.S. Image Abroad Will Take Years to Repair, Official Testifies- February 5, 2004 Even as Bush-appointed US officials admit that "America's standing abroad had deteriorated to such an extent that it would take many years to restore it", the latest New York TimesCBS News poll finds Americans "supportive of the president's handling of the war against terrorism". What can one conclude but that perhaps Americans truly are as stupid as much of the world thinks we are... sigh Margaret D. Tutwiler...the State Department official in charge of public diplomacy:...http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/05/politics/05DIPL.html |