Wednesday, September 08, 2004
Interesting articles: "What if Bush Wins" by a panel of 16 writers
Washington Monthly
From John Ashcroft's lips to God's ear
Kiss Your Rights Goodbye
by Gary Indiana in the Village Voice August 23rd, 2004 4:45 PM
Washington Monthly
From John Ashcroft's lips to God's ear
Kiss Your Rights Goodbye
by Gary Indiana in the Village Voice August 23rd, 2004 4:45 PM
Tuesday, September 07, 2004
These articles on the police actions during the Republican conventions should give ALL Americans pause. It this the "freedom" and democracy we are so proud of??
The Rise of the Homeland Security State
Fortress Big Apple, Revisited By Nick Turse
Lockdown Manhattan
By JoAnn Wypijewski on September 3, 2004
Commentary:Being arrested by the NYPD is no picnic
By SHAWN MACOMBER Guest Commentary The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sun
Judge orders immediate release of 470 protesters
Guantanamo on the Hudson
by Sarah Ferguson for The Village Voice: September 2nd, 2004 6:45 PM
The Rise of the Homeland Security State
Fortress Big Apple, Revisited By Nick Turse
Lockdown Manhattan
By JoAnn Wypijewski on September 3, 2004
Commentary:Being arrested by the NYPD is no picnic
By SHAWN MACOMBER Guest Commentary The Union Leader and New Hampshire Sun
Judge orders immediate release of 470 protesters
Guantanamo on the Hudson
by Sarah Ferguson for The Village Voice: September 2nd, 2004 6:45 PM
Saturday, August 28, 2004
Need clarity this November? I suggest taking the Quizes by by Paul Slansky from the New Yorker's "Shouts & Murmers" section.
Friday, August 27, 2004
It's clear that the leadership (at the top..... Bush and cronies) has been instrumental in distroying any world wide believe in American honor and decency. Any good done by the American citizens (especially the soldiers, etc) has been offset by the Bushites "evil" behavior.
Case in point... excellently summarized by Helen Brown... the leadership into Abu Graibe atrocities..
Time for Rumsfield to Resign - Reports Place Blame At Top Levels
by Helen Brown POSTED: 4:30 pm CDT August 27, 2004
"The origin of the scandal traces back to Feb. 2, 2002, when President George W. Bush abrogated the Geneva Conventions requiring humanitarian treatment of prisoners. Bush declared that those rules didn't apply to the U.S. war against terrorism. Bush has been scrapping our international agreements since he came into office, but for this one he has paid dearly in terms of just plain decency. When he canceled the Geneva accords, the U.S. focus was in Afghanistan, where American forces were rounding up al Qaida and the Taliban suspects.Later that year, in December, Rumsfeld authorized ruthless interrogation practices against detainees rounded up in Afghanistan and held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those approved practices included the use of dogs to terrify prisoners, forcing prisoners into prolonged, painful stress positions, stripping them naked, solitary confinement, shaving them and hooding them.The train then completely left the tracks after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, where American military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison adopted the same interrogation tactics used in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay."
Case in point... excellently summarized by Helen Brown... the leadership into Abu Graibe atrocities..
Time for Rumsfield to Resign - Reports Place Blame At Top Levels
by Helen Brown POSTED:
"The origin of the scandal traces back to Feb. 2, 2002, when President George W. Bush abrogated the Geneva Conventions requiring humanitarian treatment of prisoners. Bush declared that those rules didn't apply to the U.S. war against terrorism. Bush has been scrapping our international agreements since he came into office, but for this one he has paid dearly in terms of just plain decency. When he canceled the Geneva accords, the U.S. focus was in Afghanistan, where American forces were rounding up al Qaida and the Taliban suspects.Later that year, in December, Rumsfeld authorized ruthless interrogation practices against detainees rounded up in Afghanistan and held at the U.S. Navy base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Those approved practices included the use of dogs to terrify prisoners, forcing prisoners into prolonged, painful stress positions, stripping them naked, solitary confinement, shaving them and hooding them.The train then completely left the tracks after the U.S. invasion of Iraq, where American military personnel at the Abu Ghraib prison adopted the same interrogation tactics used in Afghanistan and at Guantanamo Bay."
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