Notes from Another CountryDemocracy is the Theory that the People know what they Want and Deserve to get it good and HardWilliam Safire's Revised Reasons for War- February 12, 2004 The invasion has done nothing to make us "safe". It is a casus belli for militant Muslims to rally round and it is no doubt making it much easier for anti-western, anti-US terrorists to recruit; therefore, it has made us less safe. We are well prepared for a battlefield war so we seek our enemy on a battlefield and amongst Iraq civilians. Waging this war on a battlefield makes the enemy stronger.http://www.peripatetic.com/archives/000355.html Jobs- February 10, 2004 I've got them pink pantied liberals on the run now boy! Ol' CR was in the round room just a minuet ago to tell me about the nuculer weapons problem they got over in that pakistan. Ol Cr says the...http://www.peripatetic.com/archives/000354.html Losing Your Job Overseas is Good for You- February 10, 2004 The movement of American factory jobs and white-collar work to other countries is part of a positive transformation that will enrich the U.S. economy over time, even if it causes short-term pain and dislocation, the Bush administration said yesterday.http://www.peripatetic.com/archives/000353.html The Danger of Nipples- February 4, 2004 Back in the old USA things heated up this week when Janet Jackson's nipple pushed the Iraq war and the announcement of an independent commission to investigate why our intelligence is so... well... unintelligent. Michael Powell, son of Gen Colin...http://www.peripatetic.com/archives/000352.html Jesse Pounds Bush on Budget- February 3, 2004 Budgets, as the president said in his Saturday radio address, are a matter of priorities, of making hard choices. The president's madcap tax-and-borrow policies have run up a staggering $500 billion deficit -- without creating the jobs needed to keep...http://www.peripatetic.com/archives/000351.html |