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Articles
NOVEMBER
2001
So
Much for 2001
November 30, 2001
The
21st century was supposed to be the dawning of a bright new
era. Instead, it is a throwback to the worst of dark secrets,
evil oppressions, witch-hunting hate, and outright lies in
our history.
by The (Original) Die Hard
Is
Freedom Really Free?
November 30, 2001
Freedom is more than politics, yet politics
puts a heavy burden on our freedom. by kder
Protection
from Whom?
November
30, 2001
The vast new powers the federal investigators
were granted in the Counterterrorism Bill and the autonomy
U.S. Special Forces have been given in Afghanistan raise red
flags on the issues of civil liberties and the democratic
process. by Tommy
Ates
Suspicious
Minds
November 29, 2001
The bad policy that has allowed John Ashcroft to
unconstitutionally detain an untold number of "suspected terrorists,"
and the potential for abuse, hit home with me in a big way
over the Thanksgiving weekend.
by HippieGypsy
Trained
Monkeys
November 29, 2001
America
has fallen victim to itself, to its economy and government.
by Brian Leitner
My
Flag is Bigger than Your Flag
November 29, 2001
A ridiculous incident underscores the new warped
meaning of "patriotism."
by Nathaniel D. Shelby
The
Daily Whopper
The
Thought is not Enough
November 28, 2001
Ashcroft is worried about blacklisting the detainees
now. He's worried that if he says who they are, that it'll
violate their right to secrecy.
by Jeremiah Bourque
Welcome
to Imperial America
November 28, 2001
People
have compared George W. Bush's power grab to the rise of the
National Socialists in 1930s Germany. But I believe the correct
historical precedent is much older - the fall of the Roman
Republic.
by Jerald Cumbus (JCMach1)
Where
Did All the Peaceniks Go?
November 28, 2001
There won't be any massive peace movement. At least
not attached to this war.
by Raeefa Shams
Time
To Move On?
November 27, 2001
The American public is thinking about knocked down
buildings and anthrax letters. They're not going to revisit
chadville.
by birdman
The
Daily Whopper
Preemptive
Admission of War Crimes
November 27, 2001
Rumsfeld's stated intent is in direct, open, glaring,
and grievous violation of the Third and Fourth Geneva Conventions.
by
Jeremiah Bourque
A
Peek Inside Bush's Personal Diary: Notes on the War
November 27, 2001
Bin Laden�s boys gave me the green light to go
full-speed into the presidency, and to pass whatever Armey
and DeLay and the guys wanted.
by Bernard Weiner
The
Velvet Banana, Part Four: The Velvet Dicator
November 26, 2001
The fourth and final part of this series tracing America's
descent from velvet coup to banana republic. by Jack
Rabbit
What
Hobbits Can Teach America
November 26, 2001
With the impending release of the new film The Fellowship
of the Ring, I thought it would be important to explore how
this material is relevant to us in America today. by Jerald
Cumbus
How
to Scare TV Show Sponsors and Influence People
November 26, 2001
Run out today and pick on the CNN sponsor of your choice!
by Tyler
Durden
Move
On! Nothing to See Here...
November 24, 2001
Like a broken record, Ari Fleischer repeats over and over
again that "America has moved on." by Paul
Winkelmann
The
Velvet Banana, Part Three: An Attack on Freedom
November 24, 2001
The third in a four-part series documenting America's descent
from velvet coup to banana republic. by Jack
Rabbit
Evil
Dewars
November 24, 2001
Bush fights the war on alcoholism. by no
no
Hey
Ann! Bill Asked About You...
November 24, 2001
Is it me, or does Ann Coulter act like a jilted girlfriend
whose only mission in life is to stalk the guy she had a secret
crush on? by Quene
Kimber
The
Velvet Banana, Part Two: The Era of Good Stealings
November 23, 2001
The second in a four-part series documenting America's descent
from velvet coup to banana republic. by Jack
Rabbit
Negative
Effects of Patriotism
November 23, 2001
We must remember the basics of freedom, or we aren't really
patriots. by Drudge
Jr.
The
GOP Art of War
November 23, 2001
It would appear that Republicans actually like
being out of power, and when they get in they don't know what
to do with themselves.
by John Garza
The
Velvet Banana, Part One: The Coup d'etat of 2000
November 21, 2001
The first in a four-part series documenting America's descent
from velvet coup to banana republic. by Jack
Rabbit
The
Inside Story (AUDIO:
Requires RealPlayer)
November 21, 2001
Meet Our Man on the Inside - Democratic Underground's
investigative reporter - as he grabs an exclusive interview
with First Lady Laura Bush. Click here
for the transcript.
Note that this audio broadcast requires RealPlayer.
The
Velvet Banana, Part One: The Coup d'etat of 2000
November 21, 2001
The first in a four-part series documenting America's descent
from velvet coup to banana republic. by Jack
Rabbit
Who's
Got it and Who Doesn't?
November 21, 2001
I'll always think about firefighters, especially FDNY, as
authentic real life heroes to honor and admire. by Rick
Kropp
Women's
Rights: Don't Take Them for Granted
November 20, 2001
Are women's right being taken for granted in the United States,
and will they slowly erode in an era of do-nothing complacency?
by Richard
Prasad
The
Daily War Watch
Awe-Inspiring,
Historic Damage to the Nation
November 20, 2001
This will be the final War Watch.
by Jeremiah Bourque aka J B
The
Roots of Terrorism, Dick Blows Up, and the Ashcroft Slime
Trail Watch
November 20, 2001
Dispatches from America's New War. by Warren
Pease
Punk
Politics
November 20, 2001
In recent years conservatives could stock a virtual
Punk Hall of Fame.
by birdman
Oil,
Ashcroft & Arafat: Behind the Magic Screen
November 19, 2001
Magicians rely for their success on the trick of
distraction. We're looking at what they want us to look at,
but the real action is elsewhere.
by Bernard Weiner
The
Relevance of the NORC Florida Recount
November 19, 2001
No matter what the report revealed, the awful truth is that
Mr. Gore could never have prevailed in Florida. by Ramsey
They
Call That a Win? I Call it a Crime!
November 19, 2001
I thought that this was America, where if a vote
was legal, it was to be counted. And to not count a legal
vote was a crime.
by Purely Gorista
Our
Gravest Threats
November 17, 2001
In this time of urgency, our greatest threats,
those against our liberties, are receiving little fanfare
and even less media attention.
by Eric Munoz
Does
Anyone Take This Woman Seriously? Vol. 2
November 17, 2001
This week, professional harpy Ann Coulter shares
with us her belief that Native Americans aren't really people,
slavery is excusable, and Americans hold a monopoly on civility.
by Why
Can
you Say Corporate Welfare?
November 17, 2001
For those of us who get their news from sources
other than Fox news, this is exactly what it appears to be
— a quid pro quo from the Bush administration to big
business.
by Frederick H. Winterberg III
My
Letter From Al Gore
November 17, 2001
To my many DU Friends, I wanted to share this with you all
the letter I recently received from Al Gore. by
Crewleader
Will
We Be Safer?
November 16, 2001
While I am taking the politically safe and seemingly
"patriotic" position on these new laws, will they
make my family and me safer?
by Rick Kropp
I'm
Mad As Hell
November 16, 2001
You want to know what's unpatriotic? Not giving
a rat's ass about last year's election results.
by Lefty Dal Vero
When
Good Things Happen to Bad People
November 16, 2001
Nothing fries me more than to see thoroughly corrupt
people getting everything they ever wanted.
by Dave Conroy
GOP
Anger at President Gore's War Actions
November 15, 2001
WASHINGTON, DC - The Congressional Republican
leadership today harshly criticized President Gore's war policies
in Afghanistan.
by Bernard Weiner
An
Open Letter to the Democratic Leadership
November 15, 2001
A strategy for the future.
by Christopher A. Harrison
Let's
Roll!
November 14, 2001
Let's ask what we can do for our country, not what
other people are doing to us.
by Smokey Sojac
The
Desperate Plight of our Overtaxed Corporations
November 14, 2001
Even though I may seem lifelike, I�m actually a
corporation, which means I�m turning handsprings over the
exuberant largesse shown by my employees in the House of Representatives
and the White House.
by Anonymous
Where
is Their Conscience?
November 14, 2001
The economic stimulus bill recently proposed by
Rep. Thomas and the Republicans goes against the values and
beliefs most Republicans say they share.
by Dave Milam
A
Hidden Hand?
November 14, 2001
Are we now seeing a dark underbelly of our country
that has always been there, but was hidden deep and rarely
glimpsed by our citizens in years gone by?
by Margaret Shanks
Darwin,
Dolts and Baseball
November 13, 2001
Throwing strikes in the land of the brain-dead.
by Warren
Pease
Patriotism
of the Pharisees
November 13, 2001
This native New Yorker-turned-Texan has opted for
a subtler, yet more powerful display of patriotism in light
of the attacks on his homeland.
by Daniel K. H. Cortese
Still
Angry Over Election 2000
November 13, 2001
Whatever may happen in coming years, it is our
responsibility to ensure that the public never forgets about
what happened in Florida.
by J. Carlos Jiacinto
The
Lessons of Limbaugh
November 13, 2001
We will provide the other side of the story. We
are the "balance."
by Ken Alford
Gore
Won
November 12, 2001
The point of the NORC recount was to determine
once and for all who really won Florida. On that, the
recount leaves little doubt.
by The Editors
The
War Has Been Bungled
November 12, 2001
Military objectives are not being achieved, allies
are destabilized and the criminal we must pursue successfully
masquerades as a hero and a prophet.
by Jack Rabbit
Life
on the Home Front in the War Against Terror
November 12, 2001
Wartime life in America, away from the Afghan Front,
can be very wierd.
by John Chuckman
Sucking
Up to the Right Never Works
November 10, 2001
The right is becoming increasingly bold in their
demands. Now the slightest deviation from a right-wing agenda
is greeted with a vicious, vociferous attack.
by Morris Smith
Current
Events Quiz
November 10, 2001
In this time of crisis, it�s important that every
American citizen takes this handy current events quiz, and
then keeps the results to themselves.
by Smokey Sojac
Build
a Maginot Line in the Sky
November 10, 2001
(and other ways Bush can balance isolationism with trillion
dollar tax cuts and a "War on Terrorism")
by Ted Westervelt
God
vs. God
November 10, 2001
In this so-called war our enemy is not terrorism.
The enemy is fundamentalism, both religious and political.
by W. David
Jenkins III
The
Afghan Two-Step
November 9, 2001
Location: the desolate Afghanistan desert. Two
of Osama Bin Laden's lowly Taliban warriors gather up dropped
USA food parcels... by PJ McIlvane
George
W. Bush Owes Me a Kiss
November 9, 2001
This past year has unfolded like a recurring nightmare,
only it's not sleep that you are afraid of, it's waking up
that is the terror. by Robert
C.
An
Open Letter to my Congressman
November 7, 2001
I would like to thank you for the outstanding job
you did in passing the Republican version of the Airport Security
Bill. by
Richard J. Roman
Trust
Us
November 7, 2001
Patriotic Americans, Your love of country can be witnessed
coast to coast by the flags you wear on your sleeves.
by Terry Vanden-Bosch
The
Windmills of War (According to the Faux Network)
November
7, 2001
And as usual, the Swiss "deny all knowledge of anything,
at anytime, anywhere." by
AJA
Ari
Fleischer and the Truth Police
November 6, 2001
What would happen if Ari Fleischer had to tell the truth?
by Allen
Hope
Thoughts
on the Rapture
November 6, 2001
I'm thinking about three showers a day should do the trick
for Saint Pete to smile upon me. by AJA
The
Next Election
November 6, 2001
I doubt that George W. Bush will be re-elected
in 2004.
by Hyphenate
Why
Republicans Suddenly Love the Federal Government
November 5, 2001
The national security system in airports proved to be
an abysmal failure on September 11. by
Ted Westervelt
Play
the Groupthink Game
November 5, 2001
Is the Bush administration suffering from groupthink?
Play this fun game to find out!
by RoadRunner
Does
Anyone Take This Woman Seriously?
November 5, 2001
Ann Coulter is not only utterly without talent, she is also
exceptionally vile.
by Why
The
Daily War Watch
The
Trouble With Censorship
November 3, 2001
The point of censorship is almost never to actually save lives.
It is to prevent embarrassment. by
J B
Bush's
Bouncing Checks
November 3, 2001
Credibility is like a bank account, and George
is in the red. by Dave
Conroy
What
Happened to Sacrifice?
November 3, 2001
Today, the idea seems to be to give people what
they want and not have to pay for it with taxes.
by Dave Milam
Concerts,
Flags and Heroes
November 3, 2001
When I did my four years in the military I had
no concept of enlisting for the purpose of heroism.
by John Garza
Damn
the Torpedos, Get Strangelove on the Horn
November 2, 2001
Today's Wolfe Awards for actions contributing to the death
of satire go to Steve Buyer of Indiana and Ron Paul of Texas.
by Warren
Pease
Asking
the Tough Questions
November 2, 2001
Who has benefited from the criminal disasters of
September 11?
by Ian Lohr
A
Job Well Done
November 1, 2001
It is thanks to you, Mr. Bush, that I am interested
in politics today. by
Mark W. Brown
George
W. Bush: Born Again, Again?
November 1, 2001
Bush is starting to sound like a man who's found
a new religion.
by Lefty Dal Vero
The
Great Bumpkin
November 1, 2001
We have become Linus. We're maintaining an irrational
belief in something that just plainly isn't there. by
birdman
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