A letter to the editor in my local newspaper, the Charlottesville Daily Progress, has persuaded me to rethink the truly remarkable accomplishments of President George W. Bush and inspired me to join the movement to erect a Bush Memorial on the National Mall.
The letter, published on February 9th, was from David H. Edmunds of Albemarle County and listed just nine of Bush’s good deeds, beginning with this one:
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I had a great time on Nicole Sandler’s radio show this morning. check out her blog with a podcast link at the bottom.
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By David Swanson
From the pains Democrats take to out-argue and/or to compromise with the fringe minority party called the Republicans you’d think no other course of action was available, specifically you’d have to assume that the filibuster — the power of senators representing 11 percent of us to block all work by the House and Senate — is written in stone. In reality, 51 senators could eliminate the filibuster or change the number of votes required to use it. This nation
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By David Swanson
If we can move beyond torture, do we not have a responsibility also to think for a moment about the obvious fact that torture is not the cruelest thing we do? Torture offends us, in part, because the torturer is not at risk, but neither are most pilots dropping bombs. And how exactly does the risk taken by ground troops mitigate the suffering of those they wound, kill, and terrorize? Hanging someone by the wrists offends us, and yet we might rather have it done to us than be
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An open public forum in Charlottesville, Va., on Monday, February 23rd at 6:30 p.m. in the Lane Auditorium of the Albemarle County Office Building, 401 McIntire Rd.
How can we guarantee healthcare for all?
What can you do to help?
Admission: free
Parking: free
Healthcare in case of injury: you’re on your own, for now
SPEAKERS:
Donna Smith, California Nurses Association, seen in Michael Moore’s “Sicko”
Steve Cobble, Progressive Democrats of America
Dr.
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That little dork who came up to the shoulderpads of the players as he flipped the coin to begin the Super Bowl, that pathetic genocidist whom Admiral Fallon famously derided as an “ass-kissing little chickenshit,” that hero to morons capable of intimidating small children and Congress members, General David Petraeus is now opposing the decision of our president to do exactly what we elected him to do and get out of Iraq within 16 months. Treason is the only word for it. General Betray
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By David Swanson
In the ordinary course of things in Washington, D.C., and on television, there are two separate conversations. In one conversation, everything that the government spends money on (schools, transportation, police, etc.) must be trimmed back to save money. In the other conversation, the expenses of wars and the military must be unquestioned. After what he said this week on ABC, it will be interesting to see whether Congressman
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By David Swanson
I’m fairly sure that the step that would most strongly deter future crimes by high officials in Washington would be criminal prosecution and incarceration of Bush and Cheney. At the federal level, that means asking the attorney general to appoint an independent prosecutor. And, of course, Bush and Cheney did not act alone — others on their team should be in prison too.
But what role does this leave for Congress? How can any separation of powers be restored? How can
