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Articles
APRIL
2004
I Will Not Shut Up
April 30,
2004 · Dick and George, don't look for
me to shut up any time soon. I've got battalions of dogs in
this fight, and I take the loss of even one of them personally.
In spite of what you two seem to think, American military
are not trained to die, but to live. By
Sheila Samples
The "Liberal Media"
Fails to Strike Again!
April 30,
2004 · The "rule of law." We know it
applies to presidential blowjobs, worthy of a Constitutional
crisis when lied about. But the secret, perhaps illegal, expenditure
of $700 million of tax payer money to prepare for a war which
hadn't yet been approved by the branch of government constitutionally
mandated to do so is, apparently, just another one of those
things not worth worrying about for the "liberal media." By
Brad Friedman
The Invisible Patriot
April 29,
2004 · The GOP machine is currently engaged
in a despicable smear campaign against John Kerry. Nothing
new. They did the same thing to John McCain and Max Cleland,
men who served their country, fought in war, and gave of mind
and body. The GOP has no use for such men, especially when
they fail to toe the party line or meet the GOP definition
of "true Americans." By
John Cory
Colin Powell Unleashes
Preemptive Strike
April 29,
2004 · My friends, In the past week,
a great deal of controversy has stemmed from what I said,
or did not say, to the journalist Bob Woodward in preparation
for his book, Plan of Attack. Let me be frank. It is
frustrating for a public figure such as myself to have his
carefully chosen words turned upside-down in the national
media. Satire
by Randolph Lewis
B.D. Shows His Hair
April 29,
2004 · Doonesbury, whose author is a
favorite target of conservative watchdogs moaning about the
so-called liberal media, recently offered the first sacrifice
of a comic strip character in the alleged cause of Iraqi Freedom.
By Kevin
Dawson
Preview: Transcript
of Bush/Cheney Testimony Before 9/11 Commission
April 28,
2004 · A special sneak preview transcript
of George W. Bush and Dick Cheney's joint testimony before
the 9/11 Commission. Satire
by Bernard Weiner
A Question of Patriotism
April 28,
2004 · I have no doubt that George W.
Bush loves America. Why wouldn't he? It isn't everyone who
can live the life he's led and still end up in the White House,
even if it was through the back door. What's not to love?
Yet it takes much more than an appreciation of one's priviledged
status in life to deserve the top position in our government.
There is the question of patriotism - a quality that always
places the best interests of the people ahead of all other
interests. By Joe
Fields
Ann Coulter vs. Arabs
April 27,
2004 · Conservatives do a lot of whining
about how liberals are always quick to label conservatives
as "racists" or "homophobes" or "stupid." These assessments,
at least for me, are based on what I hear coming out of a
conservative's mouth, or what they write. By Scott
C. Smith
Your War, Our Dead
April 27,
2004 · It's easy to teach literature
these days. Not a day goes by that the White House doesn't
illustrate some folly of the abuse of power, an obsessive
literary theme for thousands of years. By Luciana
Bohne
Sovereignty With Strings
Attached
April 27,
2004 · One of the definitions of sovereignty
is "freedom from external control." George W. Bush's hypocrisy
is all the more blatant when he tells the American people
that our military fought and are still fighting in Iraq because
we want to give the Iraqi people freedom and democracy. In
fact, he is now demanding that the Iraqis can only have partial
democracy and basically no sovereignty over their own country
until he says so. By Richard
A. Stitt
A Little Cold
April
24, 2004 · Suddenly it all makes sense,
doesn't it? All those people who've been dismissing the Bush
administration's handling of Iraq and the economy, who've
been denouncing Bush and Cheney as incompetent and stupid,
aren't being proven right by what's happening. They're being
proven to be short-sighted. By Pamela
Troy
Bush Spends Millions to Lie
to America
April
24, 2004 · Because his own record is
such a disaster, George Bush has spent over $50 million dollars
to spread lies about John Kerry.
By Todd Smyth
Bush Makes Earth Day Appearance
April 23,
2004 · In a departure from years past,
President George W. Bush celebrated Earth Day this year by
appearing before a Houston audience of oil and oil-services
business leaders at a campaign fundraiser. Satire
by David Albrecht
The Day I Was Asked to Feed
an Elephant
April 23,
2004 · On April 21, I finally became
part of the establishment. At least the Republican National
Committee believes I did. I received a letter from Ed Gillespie.
The Ed Gillespie. Chairman of all the Republicans.
By Walter
Brasch
Bring it On - Bring Back
the Draft
April 23,
2004 · On first pass, many of my fellow
liberals might recoil at the thought of a draft. As the father
of five sons, two of which are at draft age and another quickly
approaching, it is certainly not my wish to see them drafted
to serve as pawns in Bush's oil war. And that is just the
point. By Dan
Gougherty
Shallow Throat to Dems:
"Time to Go for the Jugular!"
April 22,
2004 · When I got the coded call from
Shallow Throat, I was worried. The last few times we'd talked,
the highly-placed GOP mole in the Bush Administration was
extremely frightened, fearing imminent discovery, so I thought
something bad might have gone down. By Bernard
Weiner
Fifth Column
April 22,
2004 · It's 2007, and two rich, white,
conservative Republican women are discussing truth, justice,
and the American Way over $25 lattes at Starbuck-buck-bucks...
Satire
by Eddie Ruff
The Original Trifecta
April 21,
2004 · What is The Original Trifecta?
It is the three forces primarily responsible for George W.
Bush's ascendancy to power, as well as the setting of policy,
both foreign and domestic. By David
Fitts
Ornithology 101
April 21,
2004 · For avid bird watchers, here are
some interesting and rare species that can be observed almost
year-round (except for occasional migrations to undisclosed
locations). By Richard
A. Stitt
What Tax Cut?
April 21,
2004 · Any long-term financial benefit
anticipated from the Bush tax cuts has likely gone right out
the window to the rising cost of health insurance and out-of-pocket
medical expenses. By Evelyn
Pringle
The Good Soldier
April 20,
2004 · Colin Luther Powell is a good
soldier. Few know just how good, because Powell is a walking
dichotomy - very adept at showing only his illuminated side
to moonstruck supporters. Americans who so generously bestow
political capital upon Powell are either unaware of, or do
not believe, the deadly murkiness of his dark side. By Sheila
Samples
Bush Tax Cuts Hurt Nation's
Security
April 20,
2004 · While Bush mesmerized us with
tax cuts in one hand, the other hand was busy cutting federal
funding to states, forcing them to negate income tax relief
by raising property and sales taxes. And those remedies still
haven't been enough to make up the difference in federal funding.
By Joe
Fields
A Tale of Two Bushes
April 20,
2004 · I think Bush could make a tape
recording of himself snoring loudly, play it back for conservatives,
and have the conservatives remark about how "articulate and
on message" the president was in his snoring. By Scott
C. Smith
United States to be Exported
April
17, 2004 · Following years of American
employers exporting jobs overseas, the Bush administration
announced today that all 50 of the United States will be auctioned
and shippped abroad under a new international trade policy.
Satire
by Art Howard
Don't Treat the General
Election Like a Primary
April
17, 2004 · Kerry was not the first choice
for all of us, but Bush was not the first choice for many
who still support him and understand what a general election
is. We have two choices now, and the gap between them this
time is wider than usual, not narrower. By
David Swanson
The Two Elephants
April 16,
2004 · America's rapidly growing oil
consumption is obscenely out of proportion with its percentage
of the world's population. But even worse, American military
actions, foreign policy, and environmental policy have all
been hijacked by this addiction, wildly twisted onto a self-destructive
collision course by the contortions necessary to feed a reckless
dependency on oil. By Nancy
Waterman
Up, Up, and "B.S. Away!"
April 16,
2004 · The Silicon Valley scientist-friend
who introduced me to "B.S. Away" several months ago invited
me to visit again for a second tryout of his new truth-spray
invention. After watching Condoleezza Rice's slip-and-slide
performance before the 9/11 Commission, and the U.S. military
spin on the unraveling events in Iraq, I couldn't resist.
By Bernard
Weiner
Like Spinning Plates
April 16,
2004 · Lately it seems that every time
we hear about a scandal in the Bush Administration, we've
barely had an opportunity to inspect, much less digest, the
one before it. Could that be part of the plan? To create so
much static from so many nefarious acts that not one can be
focused on long enough to hold anyone's interest, nor hold
anyone accountable? By Jack
Frost
It's the President, Stupid
April 16,
2004 · At his recent press conference,
George W. Bush denied being driven by polls. But it was more
than a coincidence, in the face of flagging public opinion
and pressure by members of his own party, that Mr. Bush chose
this week to grace members of the press with his presence.
By Joe
Fields
The Ultimate Failure
April 15,
2004 · With the rapidly approaching anniversary
of his ignominious display on the deck of the USS Abraham
Lincoln of ego run amuck, one thing has become brilliantly
clear: George Bush is as much of a failure as a "war
President" as he has proven to be in everything else
he's ever attempted. By Michael
Shannon
Facing the Music
April 15,
2004 · The time has come to forget fanciful
visions of vindication or even redemption, and view the Iraq
situation as it is, a pile of bleached bones and a river of
blood whose nature has been decided, but whose magnitude is
still, for now at least, under our control. By Raul
Groom
Investigating Condi's Claim
About the Aug. 6 P.D.B.: 'Warning' or 'Historical Information'?
April 15,
2004 · An investigative reporter nominates
and confirms three people to his "Independent Commission"
to determine the difference between warnings and historical
reports. Satire
by Marc Grobman
Cheney and Scalia Protest
Too Much
April 15,
2004 · If Dick Cheney wins the legal
battle to keep the records of his energy policy meetings secret,
the Supreme Court will effectively be saying that oversight
of the executive branch is limited to only what a president
and vice president decide to permit. Such a decision would
represent one more blow in the Bush administration's assault
on American democracy. By Evelyn
Pringle
Unclear on the Concept
April 14,
2004 · The White House has prevarication
through misinformation, subterfuge by photo-op and purely
partisan lying down to a fine science. They think that works
- and it does, on the part of the population that simply won't
think for themselves. By punpirate
Bush's Quiet War
April 14,
2004 · With the war in Iraq, the 9/11
hearings, and the economy, the media have little time and
space left for other important issues. While it is imperative
to underscore the ramifications of Bush's disastrous foreign
policy, there is another war that his administration is waging,
which many feel has as much or more cause for concern. It
is the war against our environment. By Joe
Fields
Gay Marriage: What Are Conservatives
Afraid Of?
April
10, 2004 · Republicans are so threatened
by the possibility of gay marriage that they're ready to amend
the Constitution. And let's be honest, some of the more vocal
Republican voices speaking out against gay marriage do not
exactly have a great track record with this institution. Newt
Gingrich comes to mind. By Scott
C. Smith
If Bush Is So Weak, Why Is
He So Strong?
April 9,
2004 · The primary rule in any contest
is "know your adversary." Study his strengths and
his weaknesses. Strengths can, judo-like, be turned against
the foe. Weaknesses, if skillfully exploited, can subdue the
enemy. This is especially true when the enemy is himself unaware
of his own weaknesses. By Ernest
Partridge
Rambling Rice
April 9,
2004 · Condoleezza Rice faces a tough
interrogation at the September 11 Commission hearing. Can
she provide the answers to the questions that are on everyone's
lips, or will she explode under the pressure? Satire
by Larry S. Rolirad
The Truth Hurts
April 9,
2004 · When Senator Ted Kennedy said
that Iraq is George Bush's Viet Nam, he struck a nerve. The
Republicans have been squealing like stuck pigs ever since.
The truth hurts. Obviously the reasons for the two wars were
different. What is not different is that we are once again
trying to force our way of life on people who don't want it.
By Vicky
Davis
A Question for Condi
April 8,
2004 · Under its agreement with the White
House, in order to have Rice testify the Commission is forbidden
to ask any administration official to testify in any future
public hearings. So if any of the Commission members wants
any White House official to speak to the country about what
happened on 9/11, he or she better ask those questions today.
By Allan
Wood
Where Was the U.S. Focused?
April 8,
2004 · Did the Bush administration make
terrorism an equal priority? The diminishment of Clarke's
position to a sub-cabinet position would argue that they did
not. Did the Bush administration know that terrorism was a
growing problem? There certainly were warnings. By Tab
Julius
More Questions for the 9/11
Commission
April 8,
2004 · What, exactly, was the longtime
head of Saudi Arabia's secret police doing in the United States,
while fifteen young Saudi professionals were carrying out
their attacks? Did Ms. Rice, or anyone in national security,
even know that he was in the United States? And why was he
allowed to leave just days after 9/11? By Margie
Burns
Bush Scandals Are Roiling:
Turn Up the Heat!
April 7,
2004 · As John W. Dean, President Nixon's
counsel, titles his new book: It's Worse Than Watergate.
Far, far worse; most of the Nixon crimes involved trying to
cover up a scandal, but the Bush Administration has turned
its extremism into permanent national policy, with horrifying
consequences. By Bernard
Weiner
An Easter Sermon
April 7,
2004 · The fundamentalist brand of Christianity
boils down to an ecclesiastical winnowing process where only
the select few can get into heaven. Fundamentalists view God
as a Donald Trump figure, who at the end of our life says,
"You're Fired," and sends most everybody to hell. Fortunately
for most of us, that's not the kind of Christianity practiced
by Jesus Christ himself. By Jeffrey
Ritchie
Life Imitates Art in the
State of Bush
April 7,
2004 · What do George Orwell, Jack and
the Beanstalk, westerns, and professional wrestling all have
in common? Bzzz. Time's up. The answer is that you will find
elements of these artforms and more in the Bush administration.
By Joe
Fields
The Beginning of the End?
April 6,
2004 · Dismissing the events of the past
weekend in Iraq will be nothing more than whistling past the
graveyard. As anyone with eyes, both on the ground in Iraq,
or reading a newspaper or watching television anywhere else
can plainly see, this is the manifestation of the nightmare
scenario for the American occupation. By Michael
Shannon
If Royko Were Here...
April 6,
2004 · I often wonder what Chicago's
late, great Mike Royko would think about Dick Cheney. Cheney
is literally snickering up his sleeve at the direction he's
managed to steer the independent (sic) 9-11 Commission, to
effectively cover up what he and others in the administration
knew beforehand. By Sheila
Samples
Bush Signs Unborn Victims
of Securities Fraud Act
April
3, 2004 · Surrounded by Wall Street brokers,
anti-abortion activists and SEC attorneys, President Bush
today signed into law a measure, popularly known as "Madison's
Law", making corporate crimes affecting the unborn federal
offenses. Satire
by David Albrecht
The Bush Administration:
What, Me Ethical?
April
3, 2004 · Bush promised a new era in
Washington, with an administration dedicated to meeting high
ethical standards. On Jan. 22, 2001, Bush urged his new staff
to avoid "even the appearance of impropriety" and to conduct
themselves with humility and civility "at all times." The
road to hell is paved with good intentions, right, George?
By Scott
C. Smith
Iowa … Iraq … Kansas
… Why Statehood Makes Sense
April
3, 2004 · Iraq, by most measures, is
a mess: car bombs in Mosul, anti-American demonstrations in
Karbala, very bad hummus in Tikrit. The democratization of
this war-torn country could take decades if we follow the
current course. But there is another way. Satire
by Phil Lebovits
Defeating George Bush's Assault
on American Jobs
April 2,
2004 · You don't have to go far to realize
that an economy tenuously on the rebound for Wall Street is
very much in the dumps on Main Street. Just check out the
proliferating dollar stores and paycheck loan providers that
both owe their existence to far too many of us being too poor
to shop at "real" retailers or to go through a month without
running completely out of money. By Dennis
Rahkonen
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