"Well, becoming radicalized about war and the poor was one reason. I pinned a manifesto on the bulletin board by the elevators when I left talking about the seminary being on a rich Catholic campus and how I needed to be with the poor, right now. I went to the New York City Catholic Worker for a short time after leaving.
Another reason was that on summer break I got my teeth cleaned back home in Norfolk, Nebraska and I wanted to marry the dental hygienist who did such a great job. I guess I just liked clean teeth.
She's at work now, as I sit here drinking coffee."
16. Given the fact that Bush, Cheney, et al are simply pathological symptoms of a deeply diseased socioeconomic and political system which enables their egregious crimes, what do you see as a potential “cure”?
"I have no idea.
Public funding for elections? A viable third party? Ralph Nader?
That’s a good one. I really don’t know."
17. Do you believe that Israel and the United States will launch some sort of military strike against Iran? If so, what form do you think it will take?
"I suspect that we will.
Though I heard maybe yesterday that there were some talks scheduled, but this reminds me so much of the time leading up to the attack on Iraq, it was already planned, but they went through the motions.
That’s part of why I’m going on my trip. I told Ruth, they are going to attack Iran, maybe use nuclear weapons, we have to at least do something."
18. Chalmers Johnson and numerous others have asserted that imperial overstretch and bankruptcy will cause the collapse of the American Empire. Assuming this prediction is accurate, what are some of the things you would anticipate happening as a result?
"I think that is beyond me. Maybe I should think about that, but I don’t."
19. Considering that both Nixon’s and Clinton’s crimes paled in comparison to those of George Bush (and Dick Cheney for that matter) and that the Democrats now control Congress, how do you account for the stagnation of the movement to impeach Bush and Cheney?
I think the Democrats suck, that’s why.
They are frightened. Look on Barcop.com and see the Democrats in pink tutus, that’s why. Hillary and Obama are no cure. They are the same damn thing.
Jason Miller is a recovering US American middle class suburbanite who strives to remain intellectually free. He is Cyrano's Journal Online's associate editor (http://www.bestcyrano.org/) and publishes Thomas Paine's Corner within Cyrano's at http://www.bestcyrano.org/THOMASPAINE/.
