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Articles
DECEMBER
2002
2002 Politics Summed
Up for Dumbbells
December
20, 2002 · This past year has been such
a tumultuous, confusing one. I needed help in trying to make
sense of it all. So back I went again to that publishing franchise
for easy-to-understand assistance for dumbbells like me. By Bernard
Weiner
Conservative Cannibals?
December
20, 2002 · Given the current political
climate, who could blame the Democrats for thinking that paying
homage to a segregationist's Presidential candidacy wouldn't
have legs? The real story here is that the corporate media
ran with this story.
By Ted Westervelt
The Republican Code-Talkers
December
19, 2002 · If Trent Lott's now almost
inevitable departure as Senate Majority Leader is to have
any real value to the Republican Party, this must only be
the first stage in releasing the present-day Republican Party
leadership from the stranglehold of southern white bigots
and segregationists. By
Lois Erwin
The Resegregation of America
December
18, 2002 · All the pious hue and cry
over Trent Lott's obvious racism obscures the fact that widespread
belief in the useful fictions of civil rights and upward mobility
facilitates the maintenance of a two-tiered society. By Boyce
Brown
The Resegregation of America
December
18, 2002 · All the pious hue and cry
over Trent Lott's obvious racism obscures the fact that widespread
belief in the useful fictions of civil rights and upward mobility
facilitates the maintenance of a two-tiered society. By Boyce
Brown
Perhaps Gore Made the Right
Decision, After All
December
18, 2002 · I was looking forward to another
battle in 2004, when Gore would show Bush who really won last
time. But after Gore backed down again this week, I’m thinking
maybe he did make the right decision. By Jackson
Thoreau
Newspeak Lives
December
18, 2002 · Liberals who are wondering
just what hit them in the past twenty years, will find much
of the answer in George Orwell's 1984. That classic describes
the tactics that debased the once-honorific word, "liberalism,"
and that misapplied the word "conservative." By Ernest
Partridge
Lott's Racism Exposes our
Own
December
17, 2002 · In the New York Times,
Adam Clymer pointed out that Senator Lott's remarks at Strom
Thurmond's 100th birthday party were at first treated by the
press with "amnesiac calm." This is true, and points to one
of the most distressing things about the whole distressing
mess. By
Jerome Doolittle
What the Media Missed in
Lott's Apology
December
17, 2002 · Lott is lying when he says
he cannot support discrimination or unfairness for anybody.
He has consistently cast votes that fail to protect women
on the job, at home, and in their communities. Likewise, he
has just as consistently voted to deny protection to gay men
and women. By Diane
E. Dees
Shifting Taxes from Rich to
Poor
December
17, 2002 · Bush the Younger is an enabler
of addicts to wealth. Corporations and the top couple of percent
of American families are cheering, but the rest of us should
be worrying about what the next two years will bring, in economic
terms alone. By
punpirate
The Heart and Soul of the
Republican Party
December
14, 2002 · Try as they might to deny
it, the heart and soul of the Republican Party lies in the
belief that there a few chosen ones to whom this country has
been entrusted, and its up to them to set the standards for
morality, economics and foreign policy. The Trent Lott affair
shows once again that they practice and believe in exclusion.
By Ed
Hanratty
Speak Now or Forever Behold
the Pieces
December
14, 2002 · Last week saw the
release of study findings from a Pew survey on international
opinion regarding the U.S. and its policies. One of the most
extensive and comprehensive polls ever undertaken, conducted
in many countries, it revealed dramatic decline in our nation's
standing in global eyes. By
Dennis Rahkonen
The Cayman Islands Surrender:
Progress on the real war on terrorism? Of course not!
December
14, 2002 · The Bushies ignore this part
of the “war” on terrorism: money laundering is more fun to
get away with than to explain. The US corporatist “press”
also ignores this angle: it’s not flashy and hot, it’s boring
and ice cold. Just try making a snazzy news graphic out of
a bank disclosure statement. By
Susan Sigandres
It's All in the Image
December
13, 2002 · The Democratic Party
has effectively alienated and diminished its base. By failing
to oppose Bush's policies that they knew were wrong and would
harm their constituents, they failed to acknowledge the needs
and desires of those within the base, they created a no-win
strategy. By
Ronald Gerughty
Arming Iraq: How George H.
W. Bush and Ronald Reagan helped Iraq Develop their Weapons
of Mass Destruction
December
13, 2002 · The biggest irony
aside from the fact that these men who avoided military service
are so eager to spill blood is that Dubya would not be going
to war in order to destroy Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction
if his father had not enthusiastically sold them to Hussein
in the first place. By Christian
Dewar
A Lott To Be Ashamed Of
December
12, 2002 · Will the news media
and most Democrats will now politely drop this little matter,
as if it had never happened? If a Democrat had made this gaffe,
of course, we'd never hear the end of it. By Barbara
O'Brien
"Shallow Throat": Bush&Co.
Arrogance Will Lead to Their Undoing
December
12, 2002 · The latest news from
"Shallow Throat," the highly-placed GOP mole within
the Bush Administration.
Plain Spoken and Folksy?
Bushit!
December
11, 2002 · Bush has the support
of legions of poorly educated, beer-swilling, shotgun-toting,
pickup-driving good ole' boys who have been duped, through
the magic of sophisticated and expensive marketing, into believing
he's one of them. By Patrick
Ennis
Bush Vows War Over Iraqi
Pets
December
11, 2002 · WASHINGTON, DC. FEBRUARY
16, 2003 - The long-awaited invasion of Iraq moved closer
today with the revelation that Saddam is holding hostage thousands
of household pets belonging to the Evil One's top weapons
experts. The experts themselves, along with their extended
families and especially close friends, defected early this
month to the United States, where they entered the witness
protection program. By Jerome
Doolittle
Help Wanted: U.S. Government
Looking For Qualified Applicants
December
10, 2002 · The current administration
is looking for qualified applicants to fill positions in its
new agencies, departments, task forces, offices, appointments,
organizations and bureaus spawned from the war on terror.
By Carol
Norris
Taking Stock
December
10, 2002 · The political program
of George Bush and the GOP is immoral, factually false, and
contrary to our shared political traditions. If the public
were made aware of this, the House of Bush would collapse.
The problem is getting this message past the filter of lies,
distortions and distractions of the mainstream media. By Ernest
Partridge
Amid Smallpox Outbreaks,
Bush Calls for Calm, Shopping
December
7, 2002 · Referring to the smallpox epidemic
as "a cowardly attack on America by those who hate our freedoms,"
the president spent relatively little time discussing countermeasures
and quarantines. Instead, in a bid to shore up consumer confidence
and slumping financial markets, he urged uninfected Americans
to shop, spend and invest. By David
Albrecht
Bidding Farewell to Senator
Thurmond
December
7, 2002 · Senator Strom Thurmond, the
oldest sitting and longest serving Member of the U.S. Senate,
turned 100 years old this week. And while many in Washington
and his home state of South Carolina have celebrated his milestone
birthday, the rest of us are celebrating his departure. By Rodney
Jay C. Salinas
Bush copies Nixon model
of an Imperial Presidency
December
7, 2002 · His chief advisors, mostly
failed old-dogs from bygone GOP Administrations, are still
trying these subtle variations of the same time-tested, cynical
ploys. The sheer magnitude of this is mind boggling. By Bob
Connors
10 Hopeful Cracks in the
Bush Facade
December
6, 2002 · Rather than dwell on the glass
half-empty scenario, let's search for any hopeful signs that
point to a way out of our current morass. In this glass-half-full
approach, consider these... By Bernard
Weiner
Saddams UnderWar
December
6, 2002 · The UN effort to disarm Saddam
Hussein hit another snag today when UN weapons inspectors
failed to find any weapons of mass destruction in Mr. Hussein’s
underwear drawer. By Mike
McArdle
Osama to Head 9/11 Terror
Probe
December
5, 2002 · President Bush today named
Osama Bin Laden, a polarizing figure who is viewed with suspicion
by some in the West but enjoys great credibility in the Arab
street, to lead an independent investigation into the Sept.
11 terrorist attacks. By Jerome
Doolittle
GATS! Are We Stupid, or What?
December
5, 2002 · GATS proposes to force governments
around the world to privatize basic services any time a corporation
wishes to horn in on those services formerly operated by national
and provincial governments. Water, health care, education,
electricity and other energy services - all are up for grabs
with the latest GATS treaty, as administered by the World
Trade Organization. By punpirate
Everything You Ever Wanted
to Know About Henry Kissinger
December
4, 2002 · Just when you thought George
W. Bush couldn't get more outrageous, he appoints Henry Kissinger
to head the "independent" September 11 investigation. I knew
he was not dead or in jail. But to this American, having him
back in government is like finding maggots in a sandwich.
By Barbara
O'Brien
Christofascism and the
Sanctity of the "Preborn"
December
4, 2002 · Why are fetuses and embryos
more important than non-born again humans outside the womb?
Or, what is it that makes the "pre-born" sacred and the "post-born"
unworthy of unconditional Christ-like love and caring? By Bob
Nichols
A Cause for Alarm?
December 4, 2002 · Most of those who
have been keeping watch on the developments taking place in
our society having been asking "Where is the outrage?" And,
I might add, the question is a good one, especially when one
takes a look at some of the things this Administration has
been doing. By Dennis
Kaiser
The Rash Judgement Show
December
3, 2002 · Hi, this is Rash Chadwick and
this is the Rash Judgment Program on Powertalker 940 AM! I'm
righter than Rush and we do battle every day with the liberals,
the media, and those people who run your children's school
and are trying to turn them into atheist homosexuals. By Mike
McArdle
The "Moron" Incident and
the Growing Rift in Canada-U.S. Relations
December
3, 2002 · As long as the Bush administration
insists on exporting its ultra-conservative world view, it
is not likely that Messrs. Chretien and Bush will be hitting
it off in the near future. By John
D. Briner
Confusion, Corruption and
Chaos
December
3, 2002 · Historians characterize Franklin
D. Roosevelt's first eight years of his presidency as divided
into three parts: Relief, Recovery and Reform. Contemporary
historians will divide George W. Bush's first two years in
the Oval Office also into three parts — Confusion, Corruption
and Chaos. By Bob
Volpitto
New World Odor
December
3, 2002 · I cannot trust the current
administration to safeguard our Constitution and am witnessing
the savaging of our Bill of Rights. I can only ask that you,
my fellow citizens, take heed and bear witness, to speak out
through all of our differences and help stop the madness.
By Bridget
Gibson
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