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Articles
JANUARY
2004
Not So Gay Times
January
31, 2004 · You might think with all
these horrifying, amazing, and stunning goings on in the world
that we would be more concerned with really important issues.
But nay, our president, in his State of the Union address,
deemed athletes� steroid drug use and non-heterosexual marriages
two of his top priorities.
By Norma Sherry
The Great Divider
January
31, 2004 · When George W. Bush ascended
to the Presidency he pledged to unite Americans together regardless
of their party affiliations. In the nearly four years of his
presidency Bush has done the exact opposite. By
Bryan M. Russell
Connecting the Dots to
Cheney and Halliburton
January
30, 2004 · Unlike other vice
presidents in recent memory, Cheney wasn't tapped from a role
in government. In fact, after President Clinton's inauguration,
Dick Cheney left his role as secretary of defense and spent
most of the next eight years as the chief executive officer
at Halliburton. Unfortunately, Halliburton's success was in
part dependent on business with Iran, Iraq, and Libya. By Tom
Fairlie
The Making of Osama Bin
Democrats
January
30, 2004 · If Michael Ledeen
of the National Review is any indication this year's
presidential campaign will reach lows heretofore unknown in
politics, casting the contest as one of either being for Bush
or with the terrorists - an idiotic dichotomy supremely suited
to the President's intellectual powers, but wholly abominable
to anyone with half an ethic to their name. By Terry
Sawyer
The Costs of Tough Talk
January
29, 2004 · Americans are all
for peace, except when their politicians are in favor of war.
The history of the United States in the last hundred years
or so is not one of uninterrupted peace, but, rather, has
been one of brief periods of uncertain calm punctuated by
war and a steady determination to expend significant public
funds on weapons and to encourage American businesses to sell
war materiel to as many countries as possible. And yet, we
have rarely embraced any candidate who actually ran on a platform
of avoiding war. By punpirate
Time to Pay the Piper, Mr.
President
January
29, 2004 · There is one area
of great social and political importance where I find myself
in complete agreement with Mr Bush. This is when he calls
for more people, both on the private level as well as the
governmental, to be held to a higher level of accountability
and to take more personal responsibility for their actions.
By Michael
Shannon
Fairness Doctrine, or
Fair and Balanced?
January
29, 2004 · I can't be the only
one who has witnessed firsthand the motions of the right-wing
media juggernaut as of late. As a long time member of the
broadcast world, I have seen the media many come to depend
on for news and information change in many ways. By Broadcast
Democrat
Robert S. McNamara, Colin
Powell & "The Fog of War"
January
28, 2004 · Secretary of State
Colin Powell should be forced to view the new Errol Morris
"Fog of War" film. You may have heard about it: a documentary
interview with former Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara,
plus lots of historical film footage and dynamite audiotape
recordings of Presidents Kennedy and Johnson talking frankly
with McNamara and other advisors about Cuba and Vietnam. By Bernard
Weiner
Judicial Halitosis
January
27, 2004 · While I shudder at
the thought of up to three hard core right-wing ideologues
being appointed in a second Bush term, there is something
scarier. Given the current Republican stranglehold, another
term for Bush would mean a Supreme Court packed with a strong
majority of conservative justices beholden to neo-cons. If
this happens, our country runs the real risk of becoming a
one-party system. By Dan
Gougherty
Ashcroft's Recusal Should
Worry Us
January
27, 2004 · Finally, John Ashcroft
recused himself from the Plame investigation. Some whooped
for joy at the news, thinking that the leaker would soon be
brought to justice. But I think it means exactly the opposite:
Ashcroft recused himself because he knows that the leaker
will never be identified. By bdf
Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick
January
27, 2004 · Every tick of the
clock means that we are an additional $3,541 further in debt
- and that debt is only the debt caused by Bush's war. So
far, the Republican debt for just the Iraq war is a staggering
$97 billion, or $97,824,333,662 to be exact. By Larry
S. Rolirad
Politics, War and Deception
January
24, 2004 · The war in Iraq could have
been justified based on the non-compliance of the Gulf War
Treaty and the defiance of weapons inspections. But that didn�t
happen. It would have required the cooperation of the UN and
NATO and that would have taken too long. By Todd
Smyth
The Bulworth Factor
January
24, 2004 · In real life, there is no
Bulworth, but until now, there has never even been anyone
Bulworth-like. Now we have Howard Dean, who comes the
closest to this ideal that I have ever witnessed in my lifetime,
and that is why he is in trouble. By Diane
E. Dees
Fly Me to the Moon
January
23, 2004 · With the war in Iraq becoming
a bloody stalemate, the search for weapons of mass destruction
turning up a bearded Saddam Hussein and not much else, and
the economy set for yet another rollercoaster ride this year,
President Bush has decided to emphasize a new plan to travel
to the moon and Mars. I'm afraid the only conclusion possible
is thus: George is back on the smack. By Trevor
Seigler
The End of Freedom
January
23, 2004 · The American nation-state
led by the Bush Administration, and the transnational rebel
group led by Osama Bin Laden, has brought to life the artificially
fabricated insanity that Hannah Arendt so dreaded. But the
situation is far worse than she could have imagined. By John
Stanton
The State of the Union is
Straight
January
23, 2004 · We gays and lesbians know
something of bullies. Mr. President. Some of us were scared
of bullies in school. We felt so bad about ourselves we somehow
felt we deserved the second class treatment we were getting.
Well no more Mr. President. We will fight you and we will
win. By dsc
Bush is Not a Fuck-Up
January
22, 2004 · I can read your mind. Right
now, you're listing all the ways you know that Bush has fucked
up and are getting ready to fire off some hate mail. Your
list probably has three failed companies, failed foreign policy,
failed economic policy, disastrous environmental policy, "bring
'em on", and more. But you're wrong. Bush is indeed guilty
of all of that, but he is no fuck-up. By bdf
The Strange Super Bowl
Iowa Caucus Coincidence
January
22, 2004 · The results of Monday's Iowa
Caucuses may have shocked political pundits and observers,
but they could have been accurately predicted by watching
the weekend's NFL playoff games. By Bob
Calhoun
The Gospel According to
George W.
January
20, 2004 · Now hear this! There is no
reason to vote in the presidential election this November.
The race has already been decided. The Reverend Pat Robertson
has heard from God Himself, and God told Pat that George W.
Bush will win in a landside.
By Bill King
Terror Threats, Month Long
Vacations, and Consequences
January
20, 2004 · The sequence of events are
easy to follow and the facts are indisputable. There are no
dots to connect or wild assumptions that need to be made in
order to draw a conclusion. The President was allowed to -
or decided himself to - be on vacation when a terrorist attack
of significant consequence was likely to occur on the united
States. By David
Soriano
PNAC, You've Come a Long
Way, Baby
January
20, 2004 · A timeline of the neo-conservative
Project for a New American Century, from inception to "Mission
Accomplished." By T.
J. Templeton
To mark the beginning of the primary season, the editors
of Democratic Underground solicited articles from our members
in support of the Democratic presidential primary candidates.
Wesley Clark: Mending our
torn country into a nation again
January
19, 2004 · By Jerseycoa
Howard Dean: A fighter who
will show us how to win
January
19, 2004 · By dsc
John Edwards: Helping
others share in the American dream
January
19, 2004 · By DjTj
Dick Gephardt: The fight
for working families is in his bones
January
19, 2004 · By BrewCrew
John Kerry: The singular
qualities and experience to be president
January
19, 2004 · By PeteNYC
Dennis Kucinich: He walks
the talk
January
19, 2004 · By DiamondSoul, Dover, Dweller,
JohnKleeb, Lwolf, Mairead, Rucky, Sweetheart, and Tinoire
Joe
Lieberman: Leading with integrity
This link
goes to the Joe Lieberman website
Al
Sharpton: Fighting for fundamental human rights
This link
goes to the Al Sharpton website
MLK Day is More Than A Dream
January
17, 2004 · "I have a dream."
The words were not just a vision, but an attitude of "life,
liberty and the pursuit of happiness" for all Americans.
But, we had to get there first. By Tommy
Ates
Et tu, Maureen?
January
17, 2004 · As a huge fan of Ms. Dowd�s,
I am disappointed to find out that her views on women and
their role in their husband�s career are no different than
that of the male establishment. That is, that the wife of
a presidential candidate should drop everything and jump to
her husband�s side. By Becky
Burgwin
Bush: "America Must
Probe Uranus"; President Chokes Back Laughter During
Space Policy Speech
January
16, 2004 · President George W. Bush
called for a return to American manned space flight in a speech
before NASA employees and members of Congress. He called for
a permanent space base on the Moon and for an eventual manned
flight to Mars. Satire
by David Albrecht
Why I Support Howard Dean
January
16, 2004 · Howard Dean fit the exact
description of what I felt the Democratic Party needed, and
he has since proven himself to be an even better candidate
than I could have imagined in my wildest dreams. By Mike
Schiller
Four More Years Would
Spell Diaster
January
14, 2004 · A year ago I stopped short
of stating that the symbols of our cherished freedoms were
being usurped as symbols of a tyranny based upon the well
stoked fires of fear. Now I have no doubt. If we allow the
Bush administration another four years to complete their grand
design, we will not recognize this country. By Doug
Snider
The Rise and Fall of Big
George
January
13, 2004 · Why do the talking heads
remain so convinced that Bush can't be beaten? Your guess
is as good as mine. But just as most of the sports reporters
at ringside in Zaire in 1974 thought that George Foreman was
winning the fight against Muhammad Ali - right up until the
moment that he landed on his keister - our intrepid Fourth
Estate interprets every one of Bush's wild, desperate haymakers
as if it were a picture-perfect left hook. By Raul
Groom
Of Near Death Experiences
and Other Thoughts
January
13, 2004 · I am covered, probably for
life, with a health care service. As an active duty member
and soon to be veteran of 20 years of service, I should not
have a problem getting health care for myself and my spouse.
It may not be the finest, but it'll be something. But what
of others? By HawkerHurricane
False God
January
10, 2004 · While religious Conservatives
enjoy thinking it is they who control the destiny of the Republican
Party, the truth is that GOP leaders are using the religious
Right as electoral cannon-fodder. The GOP power structure
will pander endlessly for votes of middle-class Conservative
Christians even as its policies rob them of their economic
and social future. By Andrew
Sarchus
They Must Think Americans
Are Idiots
January
9, 2004 · Why does our president, our
vice-president, our defense secretary and our national security
advisor think that they can lie over and over to our faces
and get away with it? I'm guessing that it's because they
think Americans are really stupid. By
Becky Burgwin
The Devil Made Him Say It
January
9, 2004 · What is happening in our world?
How much useless chatter must the public endure from US media
outlets and maniacal religious pundits such as Pat Robertson
before a public outcry demands accurate meaningful reporting
and commentary on important issues? By
Vincent L. Guarisco
Is it Worth the Risk?
January
9, 2004 · If the Enviros are right about
global warming, we need to change, rapidly. If the neo-cons
are right, then it was a false alarm, and we can conduct business
as usual. But that's the problem: is it worth taking that
chance? By
Andrew Longworth
A
LOOKBACK AT 2003: THE GOOD
A Pat on the Back - Then
Into the '04 Trenches
January
8, 2004 · As we don our political armor
and head out into the electoral trenches, it might be useful
to survey our own strengths. Consider where the liberal/progressive
forces were in January of 2003 and where we are today, one
year later. By
Bernard Weiner
A
LOOKBACK AT 2003: THE BAD AND THE UGLY
Recall the Recall, and Other
Remnants of a Sad Old Year
January
8, 2004 · Odd-numbered years are supposed
to be good for champagne, but this last one wasn't good for
much else. Was 2003 good for you? By
Kevin Dawson
Don't Give Up on the Media
January
7, 2004 · We must not give up on the
media - we must not assume that the media's shameless promotion
of George Bush is immutable - for if the corporate media continues
its present course and repeats its performance of 2000, Bush
has a lock on the election. By
Ernest Partridge
The Karma of Spin
January
6, 2004 · Religious and philosophical
teachings throughout history disparage those who deceive others,
and propose, one way or another, that such deceit will rebound
eventually to the detriment of those who instigated it. Whether
or not one accords with such declarations, be it the Golden
Rule or the so-called Laws of Karma, most people understand
that all actions are somehow answerable in their results...
the greater the moment, the greater the effects. By
Rodger Stevens
What Price Security?
January
6, 2004 · Following the news these days,
one has to wonder where it will all end. We hear of terror
alerts, level orange, "high alert." We hear of armed policemen
on all civil airlines. We hear of draconian measures being
taken in Washington, D.C., like barricades and walls around
our national monuments, Humvees with machine guns pointed
at traffic, and the growing prevalence of surveillance cameras
in public. The question is, at what point will we feel "safe?"
By Frederick
H. Winterberg III
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