Not to comment on the destruction of democracy is in itself an act equal to or greater than that destruction itself. Democracy is not a right granted by any ruler or god but it is a right that was ripped from the hearts and souls of many rulers and many gods.
Today, we find at least two democratic elections under attack - Israel is attacking the Palestinians because they elected the “wrong” leaders - i.e. those not acceptable to Israel. And the European nations are threatening Iran for the same reason - the Iranian people elected the “wrong” leaders.
It is noteworthy that America is foremost in the countries that have castigated both Palestine and Iran. Are we seeing an establishment by implication of an "approval power" that must be met by all newly elected governments, that power being the American ruling establishment?
Friday, June 30, 2006
Monday, June 05, 2006
Desecration of America
Dear Senator Burr, Dole, Congressman Taylor:
Why is the Congress debating issues like same sex marriage and flag desecration at this time? If you want to debate desecration of the American flag, let's talk about Haditha. We have heard the story of the killings, now let's investigate the real story - the planning of intimidation attacks like this, the countenancing of them and then - when they are inevitably discovered - the real story - the coverup by administration officials.
If the thought of naked people of the same sex getting together on a recurring and intimate basis turns you on, let's talk about Abu Ghraib. Let's hear the American congress talk about Guantanamo or renditions whether extraordinary or not. We want to hear Rumsfeld explain why there are suddenly so many Bad Apples all over the place.
The American public knows that these actions could not come not from a few wayward young boys and girls but have to be specifically planned operations directed from the highest offices in America. I served proudly in the United States armed forces - this is not the same military force that I knew. Instinctively we know that these actions are directed and approved by the Secretary of Defense and the President, and probably now, by the office of the Vice-President.
How much more useless can the Republican Party appear to be than to try to distract the American public with insignificant issues like these two at this time? This appears to be a reflexive response to orders issued by the White House to "keep the natives diverted". Since it has become clear that the Bush Administration will not take ANY steps to alleviate the problems in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the entire Middle-east, it must fall to Congress to take charge of our foreign policy.
I am requesting a personal response from Senator Burr, Dole, Congressman Taylor explaining to me how he/she plans to help move the United States out of the Iraq quagmire and help reinstate our country's honor among the nations of the world. I want him/her to personally explain to me and to the rest of his constituents why he/she thinks these two diversionary debates are more important than Haditha, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, renditions, American torture, global warming, control of nuclear weapons, the American economy, Iran, North Korea, illegal immigration, the collapse of FEMA and the CIA, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the entire middle-east.
Tell me why the congress needs to debate same sex marriage and flag desecration at this time. Tell me - and the rest of us - why the Republican Party is so out of touch with America. One suspects it can no longer be the same old "playing dumb on purpose", one must suspect this borders on treason.
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Why is the Congress debating issues like same sex marriage and flag desecration at this time? If you want to debate desecration of the American flag, let's talk about Haditha. We have heard the story of the killings, now let's investigate the real story - the planning of intimidation attacks like this, the countenancing of them and then - when they are inevitably discovered - the real story - the coverup by administration officials.
If the thought of naked people of the same sex getting together on a recurring and intimate basis turns you on, let's talk about Abu Ghraib. Let's hear the American congress talk about Guantanamo or renditions whether extraordinary or not. We want to hear Rumsfeld explain why there are suddenly so many Bad Apples all over the place.
The American public knows that these actions could not come not from a few wayward young boys and girls but have to be specifically planned operations directed from the highest offices in America. I served proudly in the United States armed forces - this is not the same military force that I knew. Instinctively we know that these actions are directed and approved by the Secretary of Defense and the President, and probably now, by the office of the Vice-President.
How much more useless can the Republican Party appear to be than to try to distract the American public with insignificant issues like these two at this time? This appears to be a reflexive response to orders issued by the White House to "keep the natives diverted". Since it has become clear that the Bush Administration will not take ANY steps to alleviate the problems in Iraq, Afghanistan, and the entire Middle-east, it must fall to Congress to take charge of our foreign policy.
I am requesting a personal response from Senator Burr, Dole, Congressman Taylor explaining to me how he/she plans to help move the United States out of the Iraq quagmire and help reinstate our country's honor among the nations of the world. I want him/her to personally explain to me and to the rest of his constituents why he/she thinks these two diversionary debates are more important than Haditha, Abu Ghraib, Guantanamo, renditions, American torture, global warming, control of nuclear weapons, the American economy, Iran, North Korea, illegal immigration, the collapse of FEMA and the CIA, Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the entire middle-east.
Tell me why the congress needs to debate same sex marriage and flag desecration at this time. Tell me - and the rest of us - why the Republican Party is so out of touch with America. One suspects it can no longer be the same old "playing dumb on purpose", one must suspect this borders on treason.
This message is in the public domain. Feel free to copy, distribute, etc.
Friday, June 02, 2006
His One Shot At Glory.
The real victims of discrimination are those who hear and heed the slurs. Discrimination is really aimed at people who live in fear of those whom they believe are different from themselves. Many of these targeted people tend to be poorer, under educated and generally don’t vote, because the issues which are at stake concern problems about which they know little and in which they are not interested. Too many of them feel themselves to be victims of people in power, and they feel isolated and lost.
Slurs and distortions, whether directed at gays, blacks, immigrants, abortions, gun control, or other issues seem to narrow their choices to black or white, good or evil, intelligence or stupidity. Worse yet, if the slurs and distortions come from someone in power or authority, then those lost and isolated people feel they can become part of a team, and that they have been called to rally around a great cause. Now they not only "understand" these complex issues, they are led to believe they are the last hope of mankind. The fate of the world seems to await their response. Their president and their God now "need" them, and they will obey.
Unfortunately for them, once they have voted, they are no longer needed and slide away back into the great gray void of reality and never know for whom or for what they really voted. The flag and the bible are there to die for and a real patriot would never ask what comes after glory.
© John Womack, 2006. All Rights Reserved.
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