Flush Bush in 2004!Postings and commentary on the downfall of a dummy... (And on what's really important for our future!)More on Israel and Palestine...- February 5, 2004 As somewhat of a follow-up to my recent post regarding Israel and Palestine ("On the life and death of Rachel Corrie") I want to highlight several recent articles from The Electronic Intifada. The first, "The bittersweet lives of Palestine's children", is heart-wrenching, a simple recounting of the simple goings-on of one family—but a family living out its life in what anyone who takes the time to look can only describe as very distressing conditions...parents and...http://radio.weblogs.com/0131587/categories/flush/2004/02/05.html#a114 How absurd: the US Dept of Education is making an ass of itself!- February 5, 2004 So Bush can lie all he wants, take us into a perposterous war based on lies and falsified evidence, make all kinds of promises he fails to keep, but a FedEx courier makes a mistake, and 30 top students from Berkeley don't get to compete for Fullbright awards! What a farce! Punishing the students for a mistake that is the fault of FedEx andor Berkeley is totally unfair and wrong. Where is the sanity! Fuck the Bush administration! Arrgh! The New York Times Missed Pickup Means 30 College Students.http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/05/education/05DELI.html?ex=1391317200&en=c8aa7584b0ce2... Same-sex couples seek religious unions- February 4, 2004 As the right-wing ever more loudly and vehemently spews its obnoxious anti-gay rhetoric about "God's will" and "Biblical law" and "sin" and "decency" and "tradition" and the "moral fabric of America"...and on and on, more quietly, and ultimately more spiritually and more faithfully, dozens and hundreds and thousands of same-sex couples are choosing to declare their vows to one another in religious ceremonies. Sometimes they do so...http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/30/national/30MARR.html?ex=1390798800&en=b191b52b592579... Today's kids: "Live and let live"- February 4, 2004 It's not always the case, but today I love teenagers! :) The children are our future...la..la..la... grin (Note: Right now this is on the linked website, but I'm not sure how long it will be there, so I've downloaded it, so it will always be here on this blog.) January 22nd, 2004: What are your thoughts on same-sex marriages "Anybody should be able to do anything they want." Cassandra, 13 "If they're happy, they can get married if they want. Who cares" Stephanie,...http://www.ypp.net/streeters_qanda.asp More on US soldiers in Iraq: an interview- February 4, 2004 O2- I want to talk about this and tell people how bad it really is in Iraq. It is a complete fucking slaughter and it is only going to get worse. The attacks in the last month or so have been meticulously well planned and executed. We are seeing a level of sophistication that the chain of command did not ever expect. Many of the officers knew that they were going to be dealing with well trained Iraqi army and militia units. There might or might not be outside support and insurgents, but I know.http://indypgh.org/news/2004/01/12330.php Budgets of Mass Destruction- February 3, 2004 New York Times Budgets of Mass Destruction February 1, 2004 By Thomas L. Friedman It should be clear to all by now that what we have in the Bush team is a faith-based administration. It launched a faith-based war in Iraq, on the basis of faith-based intelligence, with a faith-based plan for Iraqi reconstruction, supported by faith-based tax cuts to generate faith-based revenues. This group believes that what matters in politics and economics are conviction and will — not facts,...http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/opinion/01FRIE.html?n=Top%2FOpinion%2FEditorials%20and%2... |