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AUGUST
2002
On the 9/11 Anniversary, Dignity
be Damned
August
31, 2002 · As the anniversary
approaches you can tell that the date and the poor people
who died or lost their loved ones that day are going to be
exploited for absolutely everything they're worth. By Mike
McArdle
Amendment Zoning
August
31, 2002 · I admit I did not pay as much
attention as I might have when I took Constitutional Law.
But I'm pretty sure I would have picked up on the concept
of amendment zoning. I also took a class on Zoning and Land
Use, so I think I have a pretty solid notion of what zoning
is supposed to be about. By Doug
Pibel
Is the Trend of Trashing
Textbooks in Texas Going National?
August
31, 2002 · With over 200 social and ecological
science books up for the review this November the Republican-dominated
state board of education and their “flat earth friends” look
to eviscerate topics such as global warming, acid rain and
rampant population growth from textbooks. By John
F. Borowski
The Pen is Mightier
August
30, 2002 · As the Bush warlords
relentlessly drag the U.S. into another "police action" with
Iraq, the question arises: instead of the messy, costly government
subsidized destruction that is military violence, why doesn't
Bush just take over Iraq easy way, that is, the same way he
took over his own country - with crony capitalism? By Brad
Radcliffe
Just Another Right-Wing
Groupie
August
30, 2002 · Well, maybe it's time
to weigh in on Anne Coulter (after better commentators than
I, such as Gene Lyons, have gotten in their very good licks).
She is, after all, such an easy target. How many bleached
blonde pit bulls are there in the world of conservative journalism?
By punpirate
Why this King George is Worse
than the First
August
29, 2002 · For those who love
America, the founders' words are hymns. The country we love
differs from that proposed by the sullied and sordid voices
of those who profess to represent us, as does our notion of
what is ugly and unacceptable. By Maureen
Farrell
Cautious Handling of Realism
August
29, 2002 · When examining politics,
I adhere to the school of Realism. It's a personal curriculum;
my Dad and University taught it, but I basically ignored their
parameters. Base a vital part my world view upon repressive
patriarchal views and stale institutionalized conventions?
As if. By Joseph
Arrieta
Strategic Information
and the Fourth Estate
August
28, 2002 · I have long believed
that the media in general is biased. Not to the Left or Right,
as most people seem to believe and as Bernard Goldberg suggests
in his best-selling exposé Bias - but toward
its own bottom line. By Patrick
Ennis
If This Be War, Let's Win
It
August
28, 2002 · It's been class warfare
for the last twenty years, so it's high time for all of us
to pop up out of our foxholes and recognize that the war is
going worse than it ever was, to roll up our sleeves, and
then win it. By punpirate
Marching in the Streets
August
28, 2002 · Some of my early thoughts
about Bush were that he was a mediocre person from a wealthy
family who had never worked a day in his life. Everything
that he obtained was because of his name and his connections.
Since taking charge he has affirmed my worst fears. By Joan
Healy
The War on America
August
27, 2002 · There are those that
seek nothing less than the total annihilation and remediation
of the ideals, processes and practices of progress. They call
into question the patriotism of those who dare dissent. They
assert that we hate America, the Constitution, life itself.
By MHLovecraft
Trees and Only Trees Can
Prevent Forest Fires
August
27, 2002 · Okay, George, you've
gone too far this time. Pulling out of the Kyoto Protocols?
Bad move, but at least you had some faulty science on your
side. Drilling at ANWR? Nice try, but thank god we have faulty
Tom Daschle on our side. But dissing Smokey the Bear? That,
Mr. President, is way over the line. By
Phil Lebovits
Lynne Cheney's Missing Memo
August
27, 2002 · This memo was found
by writer Christian Dewar. It is suspected that it may have
been 'lost' by a disgruntled, low level worker in the Bush
White House. Experts have determined that it is most likely
genuine. By
Christian Dewar
War with Iraq? Bet on it!
August
24, 2002 · In recent years our presidents
have been given a relative blank check for waging war. The
only remaining check or balance to this practice seems to
be us, the American people. If politicians fear anything,
it is the ruckus or rabble rousing of ordinary Americans.
Why are we so silent on these issues of life and death? By
William R. King
White House Study Finds
Trees Main Cause of Forest Fires
August
24, 2002 · President Bush announced the
results of a secret White House Environmental Study, which
found that the main cause of forest fires turns out to be
trees themselves. By
Gil Christner
As The World Churns
August
24, 2002 · Standing at a podium next
to Donald Rumsfeld on a dusty road with a hot Texas wind blowing
in their faces Bush told us that "Regime change is in
the interest of the world." But the world seems unable
to recognize its own interest. By
Mike McArdle
Poppy's Royal Legacy
August
23, 2002 · The recent defeat of Bob Barr
gives only momentary satisfaction to us Democrats, since he
will no doubt soon be resurrected and magnified, financially
and in positions of power, by his wingnut friends. By John
Garza
Bye Bye Bob Barr
August
23, 2002 · It was a relief to me when
I heard on the news that Georgia representative Bob Barr had
lost the Republican primary in his district. I was not gleeful
because of any malevolent tendencies, but I am hopeful that
the end of Bob Barr also signals an end to the Clinton-bashing
that has defined the Republican Party for more than a decade.
By Kelly
McHugh
Welcome to Amurika
August
22, 2002 · I never intended to be a citizen
of Amurika. I didn't even know where it was the first five
or six times I heard the president talk about it. Then I heard
Chris Matthews droning about Amurika, soon the other talking
heads followed suit, and - finally - I got it. By Diane
E. Dees
Signposts on the Road to
Hell
August
22, 2002 · Once again, let's review.
George Herbert Walker Bush did not take over Iraq because
he had no mandate to do so, from either Congress or the UN.
Nevertheless, there are a great many people in this country
who believe George H.W. wimped out, and that his son, George
W., is going to rectify that oversight. By punpirate
George W. Bush and the Rule
of Law
August
21, 2002 · The importance of the rule
of law under the United States Constitution has been on my
mind a lot lately. That wasn't always true. I'm not taking
it for granted anymore. How can I, when every day it's becoming
more apparent that the man holding the highest office in the
land has little respect for the concept? By Steven
C. Day
Cracks in the Egg
August
21, 2002 · The firestorm of criticism
leveled at the Bush administration over the past several weeks
vis-a-vis Iraq reached a remarkable crescendo last week. Suddenly
those who were doing the criticizing could no longer be dismissed
as unpatriotic, cowardly obstructionists. By Michael
Shannon
The Scandal is Somewhere
Else
August
21, 2002 · I am not surprised by the
recent revelations of corporate lies to investors and tax
collectors. In fact, I would have been shocked if someone
proved this sort of thing wasn't going on. By David
Swanson
Advance Draft of Bush's
Astounding 9/11 Anniversary Speech
August
20, 2002 · We can't attest to this document's
validity, and we have no idea if the speech actually will
be delivered. But the reputed draft certainly leads to interesting
speculations. See what you make of it. By Bernard
Weiner
Perle Handled Propaganda
August
20, 2002 · Richard Perle never met an
aggressive military action that he didn't fall madly in love
with. He is a think-tank-hawk, one of those people who visit
talk shows, work for the American Enterprise Institute, and
make it their job to tell us that we're not pursuing our enemies
with enough ferocity. By Mike
McArdle
Lost in America - One Year
Later
August
20, 2002 · What has happened, in such
a short time, to the basic principles which this country has
stood for over two centuries? I have to wonder how those who
tragically perished almost a year ago would feel about how
their deaths were being used by those without shame. By
W. David Jenkins III
Foolin' Some of the People...
August
20, 2002 · Bush's references to "America"
thinly veil the patriotism theme that got him his 90% approval
rating after 9/11. Won't work this time, Georgie. People are
facing real problems and getting unreal solutions. By
Bob Volpitto
Aborting the Bankruptcy
Bill
August
17, 2002 · Veteran analysts of pork-barrel
legislation should not be surprised how the perpetually divisive
issue of abortion managed to find its way into the pending
Bankruptcy Reform Act. It could do some good to be alert,
though. By
Laurin Suiter (ZombyWoof)
Steve Hatfill Addresses
America
August
17, 2002 · Good afternoon, ladies and
gentlemen. My name is Steve Hatfill. I'm a medical doctor,
a biomedical scientist, an international man of mystery, and
a whirlwind in the sack... By
Jay LeBoeuf
For Want of A Nail...
August
17, 2002 · Just think, if Senator James
Jeffords of Vermont hadn't followed his conscience and left
the Republican party. By Smokey
Sojac
TV to Bush - Get Real!
August
16, 2002 · As a downtrodden peon toiling
in the vineyards of Reality TV here in Los Angeles, I was
horrified by how badly the Bushies bungled their day-long
kissy-face photo-op on C-Span yesterday during the "Waco Economic
Summit." This mock-event was all about television... and it
was bad television. By Rich
Proctor
George At War
August
16, 2002 · Why is George so intent on
going to war with Iraq? Perhaps, since he missed his chance
to show how macho he was during the Vietnam War, he's just
feeling a little guilty. By Joan
Healy
Wacky in Waco: The Summit
That Wasn't
August
15, 2002 · President Bush convened an
economic summit in Waco Texas on August 13th. Far from alleviating
any fears caused by the economic slowdown, it was nothing
more than a conservative echo chamber for Bush's already failed
economic policies. By Richard
Prasad
Sauce for the Goose
August
15, 2002 · While any reasonable American
would now recognize the prescient wisdom in taking the fight
to Bin Laden three years before his successful attack left
3,000 dead at the World Trade Center last September, the Bush
White House can only heap scorn and derision on the former
president. By Brad
Radcliffe
Dissension in the Ranks?
August
14, 2002 · As George W. Bush moves ever
closer to sending troops toward Baghdad to finish what his
father started more than a decade ago, his hawkishness is
receiving criticism from all the usual corners. But it comes
also from at least one unexpected and very prominent corner
- that of outgoing House Majority Leader Dick Armey.
By Patrick Ennis
Blowing the Whistle on West
Nile
August
14, 2002 · DEET, Anvil, and other toxic
pesticides are aggressively promoted to protect the public
from a mosquito bite that appears to be, statistically, less
dangerous than a dog bite or bee sting. In fact pesticides
pose a much greater health hazard than the West Nile virus.
By Lynn
Landes
The Rising Tide of Unfairness
August
13, 2002 · What we need is a progressive-minded
Congress and a leader in the White House who recognizes the
American people's need for economic security and confidence
in people who head our business and political institutions.
By Bob
Volpitto
The Rotten Fruit of Pure
Republicanism
August
13, 2002 · We are currently experiencing
what must surely be an almost "pure" Republican agenda. Virtually
everything is being accepted with minimal revision or even
debate. So what do we get with a "pure" Republican government?
By Jerry
Tyler
Bush's Crusade on Common
Sense
August
13, 2002 · Do you think Western European
countries are anxious to align themselves fully and wholeheartedly
with a leader whose plebeian, religiously antagonistic views
could be interpreted as belonging to them as well?
By David Soriano
Network News: Another Corporate
Rip-off
August
10, 2002 · Since the beginnings of television
the major networks have been given free spectrum space as
long as they performed a public service by broadcasting news
every night. That free ride has long deserved to be over.
By Joseph
Arrieta
Mine all Mine
August
10, 2002 · This week, President Bush
took time from his busy schedule of golf playing and clearing
brush from his ranch in Crawford Texas, to visit those nine
rescued miners. But of course wherever Bush goes, hypocrisy
follows. By
Richard Prasad
Conservative-to-English
Dictionary: Decoding Right-wing spin and con-speak
August
10, 2002 · As a public service to ordinary
Americans, we have compiled this glossary which cracks the
code of the radical right and defines their phrases according
to their actions, as opposed to the lip service they pay.
By fed2dneck
Bush's Resignation Speech
August
9, 2002 · On the 28th anniversary of
Nixon's resignation, we here at Democratic Underground wondered
what George W. Bush's resignation speech might sound like...
By Matcom
National Leadership's
Crawford Vacation
August
9, 2002 · Yes, it's August again and
America's favorite vacationers, the Clark W. Bushwold family
are once more getting ready to hit the road . Only this time
they're headed for the most fun-filled vacation spot of all
Crawford, Texas. By Mike
McArdle
G.W. Vader: 7 Signs the
Farce is With Us
August
8, 2002 · Are we going to point our
death star at nations which look at us funny? If we continue
to violate international law, how long before the United States
is considered a rogue nation? And what will it take for Americans
to realize that President Vader and his Storm Troopers profit
from war? By Maureen
Farrell
Look Ma, I'm an Ideologue!
August
8, 2002 · The right wing would have
us believe that while one child is capable of talking sagely
about these subjects, everyone else's children, including
their own, must be stranded in a sea of ignorance, whether
it is about budding sexuality and the safe exercise thereof,
or the true history of the United States of America and the
basis of our freedoms. By MHLovecraft
Of Members and Markets
August
7, 2002 · Corporate malfeasance. Crashing
stock market. Tropical paradises used for tax avoidance. Shareholders
skinned and 401(K)s shriveled. Terrible happenings all, but
what on earth could have caused these calamities? If you're
a round-the-bend Republican conservative, you subscribe to
a simple theory: Clinton's penis did it. By Mark
W. Trude
If Only
August
7, 2002 · Mr Bush is in a uniquely advantageous
position to take America and the world down a new road. What
it's going to take is the vision to grasp the long-term benefits
to American society as a whole and the guts to implement it.
By Mike
Shannon
The Nightmare Scenario
is Here - Computer Voting with No Paper Trail
August
7, 2002 · As it stands, the integrity
of the voting process in the United States has already been
damaged. Without a paper ballot and absent a voter's ability
to check their selection, computer voting is an invitation
to across the board malfunction and malfeasance. By Lynn
Landes
Weapons of Mass Confusion
August
6, 2002 · Before the election, there
were lies, and the public should have been able to make them
out, with or without the help of the press. After Bush's inauguration,
more lies, especially about the need for a war with Iraq.
By punpirate
Inside Saddam Hussein's
Diary
August
6, 2002 · They couldn't get me under
the last Bush who tried, and it's not going to be any easier
this time. Is it because I'm beloved by my people, who loyally
will resist the American invaders and their British and "Iraqi
Opposition" lackeys? Of course not. I'm no fool. I rule by
power and threat and torture and murder. But I'm still here.
By Bernard
Weiner
Why Search for Jesus?
We've Got Wellstone
August
6, 2002 · I've admired Paul Wellstone's
voting record from afar - he consistently gets 100% approval
ratings from some of the best advocacy groups in the nation,
but I'm ashamed to say I had no idea how admirably this guy
walks his talk. By Joseph
Arrieta
Bush is to Pepsi as Britney
is to Corporate Responsibility
August
3, 2002 · By "media-izing" crimes, threats,
health and wealth with Message Walls, the public can feel
better about the state of things. Words, opinions, positions,
and thought itself can be glamorized in to, quite simply,
a billboard - thus taking the severity and the intellectualism
away from the matter at hand, and turning it all in to a fun-house.
By Zachary
Sire
And the Rich Get Richer
August
3, 2002 · There's no question that stockbrokers
will be better off if Social Security is privatized. Likewise
investment bankers. Same for the Lays and Ebberses at the
top of the pyramid. By Doug
Pibel
Iraq Attack is Back, Jack!
August
3, 2002 · Will Bush II will have the
fortitude to hold off until 2004, or will he get overexcited
and shoot the wad right before the midterm elections? Whether
we send the boys in this October or two Octobers from now,
one thing will still be clear: George W. Bush is the only
person in the entire world who wants this war. By the
Plaid Adder
Rush Limbaugh: The Coal
Miner's Friend
August
2, 2002 · The man who's made a career
out of believing in the benevolence of American business and
touting laissez-faire capitalism as an boon to those at every
level of the economic scale has now adopted the coal miner
as his own. By Mike
McArdle
Rumsfeld "Furious"
Over Surprise Party Leaks
August
2, 2002 · Washington, D.C. - Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld blasted the New York Times,
among other media outlets, for its inopportune reporting of
secret plans to throw Lynn Cheney a surprise birthday party
in the upcoming weeks. By Gil
Christner
20 Things We've Learned
Nearly a Year After 9/11
August
1, 2002 · As we approach the first anniversary
of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it might be useful to see how
far an ordinary citizen's knowledge has progressed one year
on. So here is a list of things we Americans have learned
since last September - some of which might prove useful in
the run-up to the November elections. By Bernard
Weiner
Bill Blasts Back
August
1, 2002 · Maybe it wasn't as heartwarming
as the rescue of the miners in Pennsylvania, or as breathtaking
as a 400 point Dow rally, but Bill Clinton finally spoke out
against what had been a two year smear campaign carried out
by the Bush administration and their minions. And boy, was
it good to hear. By Richard
Prasad
The CoulterGeist
August
1, 2002 · Ann Coulter, like others of
her right-wing ilk, is a hate monger, pure and simple. The
CoulterGeist lives and loves to hate, to froth, to rage against
her enemies, to spew forth mindless belligerence and intellectual
dishonesty, and the people she loves to hate most are her
fellow Americans. By R.
Porrofatto
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