The count: Gonzales 64, or 71
The previous count: Sampson 122, Lorita Doan 29
The Gonzales hearing did not go quite as I expected. Two weeks of preparation including “murder board” sessions, and still the AG was not up to the task. I believe my expectations were not met because I incorrectly believed saving himself would be his objective.
The Washington Post’s Dana […]
Pacifist, Humanist, Pragmatist — Trying To Make Sense In Aftermath Of Sensless Virginia Tech Shootings
There are plenty of wonderful tributes to the victims, survivors, and their families on the web, both in the MSM as well as Facebook and Myspace. It’s important to understand the human losses this week. Personal stories of the victims make clear the depth of losses in the tragic shootings on the Virginia Tech […]
Gonzales preparing for the performance of his life
It’s worse than sad that the AG needs to “practice” testifying before the main event at the Senate Judiciary Committee next Tuesday. A certain amount of preparation before critical testimony might be expected but 2 weeks worth seems to be for something of a performance rather than an opportunity for clearing the air and truthtelling.
The […]
Impeachment: Bring It On!
It’s a taunt, isn’t it — when the president says to Congressional leaders, summoning them to the White House, after a 4-year war based on lies in which 3,292 U.S. soldiers have died, after Congress has given him everything he wants in a spending bill but included provisions aimed at limiting death and mayhem without […]
King George Issues Summons On War Funding
Arrogance or delusion? From what place in the shrub’s mind comes the audacity to summon congressional leaders to the White House to “discuss” his supplemental war spending bill? His words sound like those of the petulant child demanding ice cream from an indulgent mother. Whatever mother brings, no matter her greater wisdom, will not be […]
How Not To Say Gay
This article will do no good. The right-wing haters are on to us liberal, politically-correct fascists. They use the style guides on how not to be offensive precisely to know how to be as offensive as possible. More defeating still, is that we who care about words that hurt are also largely in the group […]
The Secret Government, Redux
In this 1987 PBS video, Bill Moyers begins, “The secret government is an interlocking network of official functionaries, spies, mercenaries, ex-generals, profiteers, and “super-patriots” who, for a variety of motives, operate outside the legitimate institutions of government. Presidents have turned to them when they can’t win the support of the Congress or the people, […]
A Final Status For Gay Marriage?
It’s amazing to think, given the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations these days, that back when Bill Clinton was president and Arafat was alive, people were talking about the end-game in a Palestine-Israel peace process. Jerusalem was the non-negotiable item that somehow, sometime would have to be negotiated. Ideas were floated. There was an atmosphere of […]
Remembering “The Great Society”
This blogger is taking a break from the news for the weekend. I can’t say I’ve quite managed it, but I’ve at least avoided the usual immersion. In times like these, this moment of peace feels like an indulgence.
I’ve had this text on my desktop for a few weeks, now, with the idea of sharing […]
