It's all about the propaganda. Heads on spikes, humiliating the enemy, creating a boogeyman to scare the little children in footed jammies who called themselves Bush-huggers.
Link here.
Leaders perforce establish the tenor of their times, whether it be a "peace and prosperity" outlook, like Clinton's and Carter's, or the aggressive, fake macho, feckless, reckless, "gloves off," anything-goes outlook of Lawless George Bush.
When torture is ok, then massacres become ok. And all the rest.
See more here.
Noted Middle Eastern scholar, in an interview, reveals the dark side (surprise, surprise) of Bush's (idiotic) foreign policy (sic) in the Middle East -- that it will increase authoritarianism there and supress democratization for decades to come.
Full story here.
French fries, freedom fries. French toast, freedom toast. Danish pastries, Roses of Mohammed pastries. It's all much of a muchness. Or--is it? Is freedom of speech WORTH all that (pardon my neologism) "FREEDOMINESS"?
More here.
OK, sure, so he can't get blood out of a stone, but Cheney sure can get an apology out of the guy he himself shot, while not offering an apology to his very own victim.
Big Dick. Whatta sweetie.
More here.
http://nobloodforhubris.blogspot.com/2006/02/more-revolting-aspects-of-cheneys.html
Like the gift that keeps on giving, the Abu Ghraib atrocities just won't go away. Here, more on the latest images to be released. Graphic. Telling. And no surprise. It's hurling time, again.
Tell me--why can't these people distinguish right from wrong?
Here, the story of a VA nurse being politically harrassed and intimidated by her superiors for having practiced her constitutionally-protected right to free speech. She was investigated for sedition (no I'm not making this up) for the horrid crime of having had a letter to the editor critical of Bush published in a local paper.
"Everyone is Afraid to Criticize Islam" Bush is having a hard time standing up for free speech, either at home or abroad. Dutch politician Ms. Ayaan Hirsi Ali, on the other hand, stands up for it even though her stance endangers her own life.
Interview here.
Recent comments
11 weeks 6 days ago
1 year 23 weeks ago
1 year 25 weeks ago
1 year 26 weeks ago
1 year 26 weeks ago
1 year 26 weeks ago
1 year 29 weeks ago
1 year 30 weeks ago
1 year 30 weeks ago
1 year 30 weeks ago