Buchannan: WorldNetDaily: Israel's isolation ... and ours: "'Israel has a right to defend itself,' said President Bush. And against whom was Israel defending itself at dawn on Monday?
A half-blind and deaf paraplegic being wheeled out of a mosque after prayers, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was struck by missiles that blew him to pieces. In carrying out the assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Ariel Sharon used a U.S. Apache helicopter gunship. Thus, in Islamic eyes, we are passive accomplices in the killing.
Instantly, protests erupted in Mosul and Basra. Ayatollah al-Sistani, the Shiite leader on whom we depend for a peaceful transfer of power in Iraq, was enraged: '[T]his morning, the occupying Zionist entity committed an ugly crime against the Palestinian people by killing one of their heroes, scholar-martyr Ahmed Yassin.'
Sharon's defenders say the sheik had sanctioned terror attacks on innocent Israelis. But why did Israel not then seize him, expose his complicity in murder, and put him in prison, as Israel had before? Why convert this crippled old sheik into a martyr-saint? Why enhance the prestige of Hamas?
Has the killing made Israel more secure? If so, why were Israeli buses deserted all week? Has it made us more secure? Why then were the travel advisories issued to Americans in the Middle East? Why are U.S. embassies shutting down? How does inflaming the Islamic world against us advance the president's goal of persuading the world that Islam is not America's enemy?
President Bush must begin to realize that his blind solidarity with Sharon, who has shown himself contemptuous of America's interests in the larger region, is among the greatest crosses we have to bear in the war on terror.
A year after the fall of Baghdad, Bush's men are boasting of his triumphs � the overthrow o"
29.3.04
Buchannan: WorldNetDaily: Israel's isolation ... and ours: "'Israel has a right to defend itself,' said President Bush. And against whom was Israel defending itself at dawn on Monday?
A half-blind and deaf paraplegic being wheeled out of a mosque after prayers, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was struck by missiles that blew him to pieces. In carrying out the assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Ariel Sharon used a U.S. Apache helicopter gunship. Thus, in Islamic eyes, we are passive accomplices in the killing.
Instantly, protests erupted in Mosul and Basra. Ayatollah al-Sistani, the Shiite leader on whom we depend for a peaceful transfer of power in Iraq, was enraged: '[T]his morning, the occupying Zionist entity committed an ugly crime against the Palestinian people by killing one of their heroes, scholar-martyr Ahmed Yassin.'
Sharon's defenders say the sheik had sanctioned terror attacks on innocent Israelis. But why did Israel not then seize him, expose his complicity in murder, and put him in prison, as Israel had before? Why convert this crippled old sheik into a martyr-saint? Why enhance the prestige of Hamas?
Has the killing made Israel more secure? If so, why were Israeli buses deserted all week? Has it made us more secure? Why then were the travel advisories issued to Americans in the Middle East? Why are U.S. embassies shutting down? How does inflaming the Islamic world against us advance the president's goal of persuading the world that Islam is not America's enemy?
President Bush must begin to realize that his blind solidarity with Sharon, who has shown himself contemptuous of America's interests in the larger region, is among the greatest crosses we have to bear in the war on terror.
A year after the fall of Baghdad, Bush's men are boasting of his triumphs � the overthrow o"
A half-blind and deaf paraplegic being wheeled out of a mosque after prayers, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was struck by missiles that blew him to pieces. In carrying out the assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Ariel Sharon used a U.S. Apache helicopter gunship. Thus, in Islamic eyes, we are passive accomplices in the killing.
Instantly, protests erupted in Mosul and Basra. Ayatollah al-Sistani, the Shiite leader on whom we depend for a peaceful transfer of power in Iraq, was enraged: '[T]his morning, the occupying Zionist entity committed an ugly crime against the Palestinian people by killing one of their heroes, scholar-martyr Ahmed Yassin.'
Sharon's defenders say the sheik had sanctioned terror attacks on innocent Israelis. But why did Israel not then seize him, expose his complicity in murder, and put him in prison, as Israel had before? Why convert this crippled old sheik into a martyr-saint? Why enhance the prestige of Hamas?
Has the killing made Israel more secure? If so, why were Israeli buses deserted all week? Has it made us more secure? Why then were the travel advisories issued to Americans in the Middle East? Why are U.S. embassies shutting down? How does inflaming the Islamic world against us advance the president's goal of persuading the world that Islam is not America's enemy?
President Bush must begin to realize that his blind solidarity with Sharon, who has shown himself contemptuous of America's interests in the larger region, is among the greatest crosses we have to bear in the war on terror.
A year after the fall of Baghdad, Bush's men are boasting of his triumphs � the overthrow o"
Buchannan: WorldNetDaily: Israel's isolation ... and ours: "'Israel has a right to defend itself,' said President Bush. And against whom was Israel defending itself at dawn on Monday?
A half-blind and deaf paraplegic being wheeled out of a mosque after prayers, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was struck by missiles that blew him to pieces. In carrying out the assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Ariel Sharon used a U.S. Apache helicopter gunship. Thus, in Islamic eyes, we are passive accomplices in the killing.
Instantly, protests erupted in Mosul and Basra. Ayatollah al-Sistani, the Shiite leader on whom we depend for a peaceful transfer of power in Iraq, was enraged: '[T]his morning, the occupying Zionist entity committed an ugly crime against the Palestinian people by killing one of their heroes, scholar-martyr Ahmed Yassin.'
Sharon's defenders say the sheik had sanctioned terror attacks on innocent Israelis. But why did Israel not then seize him, expose his complicity in murder, and put him in prison, as Israel had before? Why convert this crippled old sheik into a martyr-saint? Why enhance the prestige of Hamas?
Has the killing made Israel more secure? If so, why were Israeli buses deserted all week? Has it made us more secure? Why then were the travel advisories issued to Americans in the Middle East? Why are U.S. embassies shutting down? How does inflaming the Islamic world against us advance the president's goal of persuading the world that Islam is not America's enemy?
President Bush must begin to realize that his blind solidarity with Sharon, who has shown himself contemptuous of America's interests in the larger region, is among the greatest crosses we have to bear in the war on terror.
A year after the fall of Baghdad, Bush's men are boasting of his triumphs � the overthrow o"
A half-blind and deaf paraplegic being wheeled out of a mosque after prayers, Sheik Ahmed Yassin was struck by missiles that blew him to pieces. In carrying out the assassination of the founder and spiritual leader of Hamas, Ariel Sharon used a U.S. Apache helicopter gunship. Thus, in Islamic eyes, we are passive accomplices in the killing.
Instantly, protests erupted in Mosul and Basra. Ayatollah al-Sistani, the Shiite leader on whom we depend for a peaceful transfer of power in Iraq, was enraged: '[T]his morning, the occupying Zionist entity committed an ugly crime against the Palestinian people by killing one of their heroes, scholar-martyr Ahmed Yassin.'
Sharon's defenders say the sheik had sanctioned terror attacks on innocent Israelis. But why did Israel not then seize him, expose his complicity in murder, and put him in prison, as Israel had before? Why convert this crippled old sheik into a martyr-saint? Why enhance the prestige of Hamas?
Has the killing made Israel more secure? If so, why were Israeli buses deserted all week? Has it made us more secure? Why then were the travel advisories issued to Americans in the Middle East? Why are U.S. embassies shutting down? How does inflaming the Islamic world against us advance the president's goal of persuading the world that Islam is not America's enemy?
President Bush must begin to realize that his blind solidarity with Sharon, who has shown himself contemptuous of America's interests in the larger region, is among the greatest crosses we have to bear in the war on terror.
A year after the fall of Baghdad, Bush's men are boasting of his triumphs � the overthrow o"
22.3.04
A quick look at Rice’s NYT op-ed:
“The seriousness of the threat was well understood by the president…”
Not true: Bush said, "I knew he was a menace and I knew he was a problem," Bush said of Osama bin Laden in a Dec. 20 interview with The Washington Post. "I was prepared to look at a plan that would be a thoughtful plan that would bring him to justice, and would have given the order to do that. I have no hesitancy about going after him. But I didn't feel that sense of urgency."
“We committed more funding to counterterrorism [before 9-11]…”
Not true: Internal FBI budget records clearly slashed the funding for counterterrorism. As late as 10-12-01 Ashcroft refused to allot money for the 75% of the FBI’s budgetary requests. When Ashcroft inherited the Justice Departments, the agency, per Reno’s order, held counterterrorism as the highest priority. In all of Ashcroft’s directives pre-911, counterterrorism wasn’t to be considered one the “top seven priorities.”
“We pushed hard to arm the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle so we could target terrorists with greater precision.”
Not true: At the end of Clinton’s term, Bin Laden had been located three times in Afghanistan, plans were held until the presidency could be passed to Bush. Bush ordered the cruise ship that waited with cruise missiles to “stand down.” Instead, an armed Drone would take him out. This effort to take him out was thwarted by interagency quibbling over mission leadership. Bin Laden played in the gun sights, while the administration tried to decide who gets to pull trigger. The White House denies these accounts, claiming the technology to outfit a Drone wasn’t fully operable. However, armed Drones were deployed on 9-12-01 to patrol the U.S. borders.
“The seriousness of the threat was well understood by the president…”
Not true: Bush said, "I knew he was a menace and I knew he was a problem," Bush said of Osama bin Laden in a Dec. 20 interview with The Washington Post. "I was prepared to look at a plan that would be a thoughtful plan that would bring him to justice, and would have given the order to do that. I have no hesitancy about going after him. But I didn't feel that sense of urgency."
“We committed more funding to counterterrorism [before 9-11]…”
Not true: Internal FBI budget records clearly slashed the funding for counterterrorism. As late as 10-12-01 Ashcroft refused to allot money for the 75% of the FBI’s budgetary requests. When Ashcroft inherited the Justice Departments, the agency, per Reno’s order, held counterterrorism as the highest priority. In all of Ashcroft’s directives pre-911, counterterrorism wasn’t to be considered one the “top seven priorities.”
“We pushed hard to arm the Predator unmanned aerial vehicle so we could target terrorists with greater precision.”
Not true: At the end of Clinton’s term, Bin Laden had been located three times in Afghanistan, plans were held until the presidency could be passed to Bush. Bush ordered the cruise ship that waited with cruise missiles to “stand down.” Instead, an armed Drone would take him out. This effort to take him out was thwarted by interagency quibbling over mission leadership. Bin Laden played in the gun sights, while the administration tried to decide who gets to pull trigger. The White House denies these accounts, claiming the technology to outfit a Drone wasn’t fully operable. However, armed Drones were deployed on 9-12-01 to patrol the U.S. borders.
WSJ.com - Government Accounts of 9/11 Reveal Gaps, Inconsistencies
How is it that Bush had the FAA on its highest state of alert inresponse to fears of a terrorist hijacking, yet didn't think a jet crashing into the WTC had any connection, and so continued reading books to children?
Nor Rice, or Cheney, or Rumsfield? The official story is that wasn't until the second plane that they knew we under attack
How is it that Bush had the FAA on its highest state of alert inresponse to fears of a terrorist hijacking, yet didn't think a jet crashing into the WTC had any connection, and so continued reading books to children?
Nor Rice, or Cheney, or Rumsfield? The official story is that wasn't until the second plane that they knew we under attack
9/11: Internal Government Documents - - Center for American Progress
Perhaps the Donkey Machine isn't as worthless as it has appeared throughout Bush's presidency. Six weeks ago, ols unvetted facts regarding wide descrepcancies in Bush's military record and the strings he pulled to keep his soft skin out of Vietnam finally reached TOP 40 news charts. Now, it seems the widely documented failures of pre-911 Bush are finally getting some print.
No matter how low the hum of Clinton's counterterrorism efforts, the facts leave no question these efforts were further deemphasized by the Bush administration.
Inspite of the fact that every relevant federal agency was on its highest state of alert "in decades" in the weeks leading up to 9-11, Bush never convened agency heads inspight of CIA Director's Tenet's urging. In fact, Bush took a vacation, and then extended it while those in the know were bracing for a massive attack on American soil.
While, Janet Reno held counterterrorism as the Justice Department's top concern, Ashcroft cut funding and lowered counterterrorism to a non priority.
The ships of the coast of Pakistan waiting to bomb Bin Laden through the sites of Drone surveillance were orderd to stand down. Plans to have him killed by an armed Drone languished for months while the CIA and Pentagon wrangled over who gets to pull the trigger.
Republicans wish to castigate Clinton for laxadazical handling of terrorism. Okay. However, it can not be denied that Bush did signifigantly less.
Perhaps the Donkey Machine isn't as worthless as it has appeared throughout Bush's presidency. Six weeks ago, ols unvetted facts regarding wide descrepcancies in Bush's military record and the strings he pulled to keep his soft skin out of Vietnam finally reached TOP 40 news charts. Now, it seems the widely documented failures of pre-911 Bush are finally getting some print.
No matter how low the hum of Clinton's counterterrorism efforts, the facts leave no question these efforts were further deemphasized by the Bush administration.
Inspite of the fact that every relevant federal agency was on its highest state of alert "in decades" in the weeks leading up to 9-11, Bush never convened agency heads inspight of CIA Director's Tenet's urging. In fact, Bush took a vacation, and then extended it while those in the know were bracing for a massive attack on American soil.
While, Janet Reno held counterterrorism as the Justice Department's top concern, Ashcroft cut funding and lowered counterterrorism to a non priority.
The ships of the coast of Pakistan waiting to bomb Bin Laden through the sites of Drone surveillance were orderd to stand down. Plans to have him killed by an armed Drone languished for months while the CIA and Pentagon wrangled over who gets to pull the trigger.
Republicans wish to castigate Clinton for laxadazical handling of terrorism. Okay. However, it can not be denied that Bush did signifigantly less.
9/11: Internal Government Documents - - Center for American Progress
Perhaps the Donkey Machine isn't as worthless as it has appeared throughout Bush's presidency. Six weeks ago, ols unvetted facts regarding wide descrepcancies in Bush's military record and the strings he pulled to keep his soft skin out of Vietnam finally reached TOP 40 news charts. Now, it seems the widely documented failures of pre-911 Bush are finally getting some print.
No matter how low the hum of Clinton's counterterrorism efforts, the facts leave no question these efforts were further deemphasized by the Bush administration.
Inspite of the fact that every relevant federal agency was on its highest state of alert "in decades" in the weeks leading up to 9-11, Bush never convened agency heads inspight of CIA Director's Tenet's urging. In fact, Bush took a vacation, and then extended it while those in the know were bracing for a massive attack on American soil.
While, Janet Reno held counterterrorism as the Justice Department's top concern, Ashcroft cut funding and lowered counterterrorism to a non priority.
The ships of the coast of Pakistan waiting to bomb Bin Laden through the sites of Drone surveillance were orderd to stand down. Plans to have him killed by an armed Drone languished for months while the CIA and Pentagon wrangled over who gets to pull the trigger.
If Republicans wish to castigate Clinton for laxadazical handling of terrorism. Okay. However, it can not be denied that Bush did signifigantly less.
Perhaps the Donkey Machine isn't as worthless as it has appeared throughout Bush's presidency. Six weeks ago, ols unvetted facts regarding wide descrepcancies in Bush's military record and the strings he pulled to keep his soft skin out of Vietnam finally reached TOP 40 news charts. Now, it seems the widely documented failures of pre-911 Bush are finally getting some print.
No matter how low the hum of Clinton's counterterrorism efforts, the facts leave no question these efforts were further deemphasized by the Bush administration.
Inspite of the fact that every relevant federal agency was on its highest state of alert "in decades" in the weeks leading up to 9-11, Bush never convened agency heads inspight of CIA Director's Tenet's urging. In fact, Bush took a vacation, and then extended it while those in the know were bracing for a massive attack on American soil.
While, Janet Reno held counterterrorism as the Justice Department's top concern, Ashcroft cut funding and lowered counterterrorism to a non priority.
The ships of the coast of Pakistan waiting to bomb Bin Laden through the sites of Drone surveillance were orderd to stand down. Plans to have him killed by an armed Drone languished for months while the CIA and Pentagon wrangled over who gets to pull the trigger.
If Republicans wish to castigate Clinton for laxadazical handling of terrorism. Okay. However, it can not be denied that Bush did signifigantly less.
18.3.04
Buchanan On Terrorists and Freedom Fighters: "Saddam's Iraq did not threaten us, did not attack us, did not want war with us, did not have weapons of mass destruction. Yet, we attacked, invaded and occupied Iraq. And when Iraqis attack our troops, we call it terror and we call them terrorists"
17.3.04
An Open Letter to Mel Gibson:
Are you too steeped in your own old school Catholic theology to recognize you own prejudices?
Whenever the first accusations of anti-Semitism arose, you had in me a sympathetic supporter. That harsh charge is leveled far too easily these days in the name of tolerance.
Having been raised in a fundamentalist Zionist church I am very familiar such accusations. Many accuse the church of anti-Semitism simply for acting on Christ’s command to go unto all the world and spread the good news. Many feel a faith that Jews receive salvation through conversion akin to Jew bashing. For these reasons my hunch was to consider the charges against you unwarranted. We can’t sacrifice authentic religious expression on apolitically correct altar.
But something happened on the way to the theatre, Mr. Gibson.
Given Christianity’s bloody history of persecuting Jews, including its complicit approval of the treatment of Jews in the first half of last century, I do understand why some might harbor concern for a dramatization of the verses forming the underpinnings Christinity’s historic anti-Semitism. Therefore, at least an ounce of empathy for the reasonable worries of the Jewish community were in order.
Instead, what you delivered were flippant denials of anti-Semitism intended to deflect questions not resolve issues.
Meanwhile, your Dad used the smoldering controversy as a platform to spew backwoods diatribes, flatly denying, for instance, the holocaust ever existed: Where did are those Jews go if they didn’t end up in a gas chamber? They’re all in New York, you fool. [paraphrase]
When you finally sat down for a formal interview with Reader’s Digest you were given a softball question, an opportunity to address the accusations swirling around your movie: “Do you believe in the holocaust?” Your response is beyond belief.
You tepidly distanced yourself from your father’s stance: “A lot of people died in World War II, some of them were Jews in concentration camps.”
Easy Mel, keep your hood on. I’m only kidding, but my ears did prick up. I found it curious that you defended yourself with a position with which even your father couldn’t argue with rather than taking the opportunity to alleviate some valid concerns of the community.
One concession you did make was to remove the words: “Your people are cursed for all time.” However, you didn’t cut it out of the movie really, just erased the subtitles, leaving the words to be heard in Aramaic. You recognized the inflammatory nature of those words, yet allowed them to be fester in the tender box that is the region that understands Aramaic.
When you were asked about the deleted subtitle you flimsily replied: “All Jews aren’t cursed for all time.” [your emphasis]
I went to the theatre to see a movie acclaimed for eloquently documenting humanity’s tendency to fall prey to our worst tendencies, a movie that asks the question: Can we be saved?
Having some time waiting for the “Fog of War” to begin, I popped in to have a gander at your movie. I entered a scene familiar to all such movies: Pilate, the reluctant executioner, bless his heart, listening to the mass of Jews call for Jesus’ death.
What are the odds, I thought to myself, of catching the most controversial scene. Twice as good as the chances should have been. For in your non-Biblical version, Pilate initially spares Jesus’ life; instead Jesus suffers fifteen movie minutes of being beaten to a nearly skinless pulp. Jesus is then paraded before another angry, hungry crowd. Once again the horde of blood thirsty Jews chant for his crucifixion.
I hadn’t read the Bible since that redhead in Florida, and even I recognized you were using artistic license to stake a very strange editorial position.
I had your back when you didn’t want to trade Biblical accuracy for politically correct accommodations. From the same heart, I detest that accuracy being traded for unwarranted amplification of those one or two versus that our religion has historically used to fuel flames of hate.
Disturbed, I left the theatre, sitting down in an empty matinee, waiting for the lights to dim in the “Fog of War”.
One more than thing, Mr. Gibson. Before writing this letter I went back and read Matthew to make sure I hadn’t forgotten a second scene of Jews clamoring for the death of Christ, and I noticed something else.
About your little comment about a curse not being on all Jews for all time…
I don’t know what your daddy taught you in Sunday school, but the Bible doesn’t condemn any Jews for any time. The Bible reads that Pilate said “His blood be on us, and on our children”.
See? Those aren’t God’s words, they’re the executioner’s. However let’s pretend for a moment the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit possessed Pilate, making his word the Word:
He said “we.” He said “we.”
He words hold true for both the gentile and the Jew.
We are all cursed. We are all sinners.
We are all awash in his blood.
That blood is not a curse of justice but a promise of grace.
Are you too steeped in your own old school Catholic theology to recognize you own prejudices?
Whenever the first accusations of anti-Semitism arose, you had in me a sympathetic supporter. That harsh charge is leveled far too easily these days in the name of tolerance.
Having been raised in a fundamentalist Zionist church I am very familiar such accusations. Many accuse the church of anti-Semitism simply for acting on Christ’s command to go unto all the world and spread the good news. Many feel a faith that Jews receive salvation through conversion akin to Jew bashing. For these reasons my hunch was to consider the charges against you unwarranted. We can’t sacrifice authentic religious expression on apolitically correct altar.
But something happened on the way to the theatre, Mr. Gibson.
Given Christianity’s bloody history of persecuting Jews, including its complicit approval of the treatment of Jews in the first half of last century, I do understand why some might harbor concern for a dramatization of the verses forming the underpinnings Christinity’s historic anti-Semitism. Therefore, at least an ounce of empathy for the reasonable worries of the Jewish community were in order.
Instead, what you delivered were flippant denials of anti-Semitism intended to deflect questions not resolve issues.
Meanwhile, your Dad used the smoldering controversy as a platform to spew backwoods diatribes, flatly denying, for instance, the holocaust ever existed: Where did are those Jews go if they didn’t end up in a gas chamber? They’re all in New York, you fool. [paraphrase]
When you finally sat down for a formal interview with Reader’s Digest you were given a softball question, an opportunity to address the accusations swirling around your movie: “Do you believe in the holocaust?” Your response is beyond belief.
You tepidly distanced yourself from your father’s stance: “A lot of people died in World War II, some of them were Jews in concentration camps.”
Easy Mel, keep your hood on. I’m only kidding, but my ears did prick up. I found it curious that you defended yourself with a position with which even your father couldn’t argue with rather than taking the opportunity to alleviate some valid concerns of the community.
One concession you did make was to remove the words: “Your people are cursed for all time.” However, you didn’t cut it out of the movie really, just erased the subtitles, leaving the words to be heard in Aramaic. You recognized the inflammatory nature of those words, yet allowed them to be fester in the tender box that is the region that understands Aramaic.
When you were asked about the deleted subtitle you flimsily replied: “All Jews aren’t cursed for all time.” [your emphasis]
I went to the theatre to see a movie acclaimed for eloquently documenting humanity’s tendency to fall prey to our worst tendencies, a movie that asks the question: Can we be saved?
Having some time waiting for the “Fog of War” to begin, I popped in to have a gander at your movie. I entered a scene familiar to all such movies: Pilate, the reluctant executioner, bless his heart, listening to the mass of Jews call for Jesus’ death.
What are the odds, I thought to myself, of catching the most controversial scene. Twice as good as the chances should have been. For in your non-Biblical version, Pilate initially spares Jesus’ life; instead Jesus suffers fifteen movie minutes of being beaten to a nearly skinless pulp. Jesus is then paraded before another angry, hungry crowd. Once again the horde of blood thirsty Jews chant for his crucifixion.
I hadn’t read the Bible since that redhead in Florida, and even I recognized you were using artistic license to stake a very strange editorial position.
I had your back when you didn’t want to trade Biblical accuracy for politically correct accommodations. From the same heart, I detest that accuracy being traded for unwarranted amplification of those one or two versus that our religion has historically used to fuel flames of hate.
Disturbed, I left the theatre, sitting down in an empty matinee, waiting for the lights to dim in the “Fog of War”.
One more than thing, Mr. Gibson. Before writing this letter I went back and read Matthew to make sure I hadn’t forgotten a second scene of Jews clamoring for the death of Christ, and I noticed something else.
About your little comment about a curse not being on all Jews for all time…
I don’t know what your daddy taught you in Sunday school, but the Bible doesn’t condemn any Jews for any time. The Bible reads that Pilate said “His blood be on us, and on our children”.
See? Those aren’t God’s words, they’re the executioner’s. However let’s pretend for a moment the divine inspiration of the Holy Spirit possessed Pilate, making his word the Word:
He said “we.” He said “we.”
He words hold true for both the gentile and the Jew.
We are all cursed. We are all sinners.
We are all awash in his blood.
That blood is not a curse of justice but a promise of grace.
16.3.04
Jews For Jesus Executive Director Susan Perlman Fixes Everything "She added that blaming Jews, or anyone else, for killing Jesus is a non-issue because 'He didn't stay dead.' Perlman asked, 'How can you be blamed for killing someone who is alive?' "
8.3.04
Calpundit: "In one revealing case, Bush & Co. intervened at the precise moment that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention was set to consider once again lowering acceptable blood-lead levels in response to new scientific evidence. The Administration rejected nominee Bruce Lanphear and dumped panel member Michael Weitzman, both of whom previously advocated lowering the legal limit. Instead, Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson appointed William Banner--who had testified on behalf of lead companies in poison-related litigation--and Joyce Tsuji, who had worked for a consulting firm whose clients include a lead smelter. (She later withdrew.) Banner and another appointee, Sergio Piomelli, were first contacted about serving on the committee not by a member of the Administration but by lead-industry representatives who appeared to be recruiting favorable committee members with the blessing of HHS officials."
3.3.04
The tip of America
The democratically elected Aristide was pushing away from his IMF/WTO pimp daddy, and loses office by force. That's the American way.
Just ask Chavez, the sole South American leader who hasn't completely bent over for a Globalotomy and is under constant threat of an American-supported coup.
If your too busy to follow the money trail, just reference the tacit approval Bush gave to the Chavez coup after its supposed success. (Supposed because Chavez had stashed an army beneath the palace he was holed up in, defeating in the end those who surrounded him, defeated those who had taken control of democratic Venezuela, shredded its constitution and disbanded its parliament.) I know this is an unfocused entry, but I get so tired of God's Blessed America propping up dictators and undermining democracies because it benefits the factory owners.
[Star].
The democratically elected Aristide was pushing away from his IMF/WTO pimp daddy, and loses office by force. That's the American way.
Just ask Chavez, the sole South American leader who hasn't completely bent over for a Globalotomy and is under constant threat of an American-supported coup.
If your too busy to follow the money trail, just reference the tacit approval Bush gave to the Chavez coup after its supposed success. (Supposed because Chavez had stashed an army beneath the palace he was holed up in, defeating in the end those who surrounded him, defeated those who had taken control of democratic Venezuela, shredded its constitution and disbanded its parliament.) I know this is an unfocused entry, but I get so tired of God's Blessed America propping up dictators and undermining democracies because it benefits the factory owners.
[Star].
The other half of the island
"The result was the fastest growth rate in Latin America last year, 8.3 percent, fueled by a huge influx of foreign investment, which benefited only the small minority of Dominicans in the upper crust of society. According to one press account: “The rich have grown richer, while corruption remains endemic and prostitution, drug trafficking and illegal boat journeys to the United States are on the rise.” Especially unpopular was the outgoing government's decision to privatize the state-run sugar and electrical power industries. The Dominican Republic has been plagued by power blackouts, with many families enduring outages of 12 hours a day, while electricity bills have soared."
"The result was the fastest growth rate in Latin America last year, 8.3 percent, fueled by a huge influx of foreign investment, which benefited only the small minority of Dominicans in the upper crust of society. According to one press account: “The rich have grown richer, while corruption remains endemic and prostitution, drug trafficking and illegal boat journeys to the United States are on the rise.” Especially unpopular was the outgoing government's decision to privatize the state-run sugar and electrical power industries. The Dominican Republic has been plagued by power blackouts, with many families enduring outages of 12 hours a day, while electricity bills have soared."
Want to understand Haiti?
I do. I don't yet. But here is the start. The Haitian situation so resembles many third-world, post globalization economic situations, I figured the IMF was involved somehow. Lo and behold.
""The IMF forced Haiti to open its market to imported, highly subsidized U.S. rice at the same time it prohibited Haiti from subsidizing its own farmers," declares the Web site of Global Exchange, one of the Third World advocacy groups organizing the Washington protests. 'Haitian farmers have been forced off their land to seek work in sweatshops, and people are poorer than ever.'- April 2000
Par for the course.
I do. I don't yet. But here is the start. The Haitian situation so resembles many third-world, post globalization economic situations, I figured the IMF was involved somehow. Lo and behold.
""The IMF forced Haiti to open its market to imported, highly subsidized U.S. rice at the same time it prohibited Haiti from subsidizing its own farmers," declares the Web site of Global Exchange, one of the Third World advocacy groups organizing the Washington protests. 'Haitian farmers have been forced off their land to seek work in sweatshops, and people are poorer than ever.'- April 2000
Par for the course.
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