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Farenheit 9-11

I just came from seeing this film and YOU MUST SEE IT.

Sure, me seeing the movie is like the converted listening to another sermon. And there’s no doubt it is one-sided and slanted. Even I thought of responses to some of the statements Michael Moore makes. Yet the last 30 or so minutes […]

What if?

I’ve previously ruminated about “what if” Bush had taken a different approach after 9-11 instead of squandering the opportunities it presented. Farai Chideya makes an excellent point on AlterNet:

Progressives/left/liberals/you-name-it must move beyond the politics of opposition, where what’s bad for America is good for the President’s foes. We cannot rely on America’s fortunes continuing […]

The Great Dissipation

Many of us are incensed by the Bush Administration’s lies. (See below and almost any other liberal blog). Still, as sad as it is to admit, we’ve known since at least the 1960s that lying is part and parcel of American politics. While Bush and crew clearly rank up near the top in the audacity […]

The road from 9-11

With the anniversary of 9-11 tomorrow, we have been and will continue to be deluged with efforts to justify what we have done since then by invoking images and memories of that horrible day. Unfortunately, as a forthcoming book points out, the road from there to here is one paved with lies. Of all the […]