Tuesday, August 26, the 2008 DNC's Keynote Address was by Gov. Mark Warner of Virginia, followed by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Squared jawed Warner declared that Bush's singular failing was (drum roll please)-- "Torture? War crimes? Crimes against humanity? Mass murder in a war based on lies? Declaring the White House above the law? Felonious spying on all of us? Threatening the use of nukes in yet another unjust war? Runaway corruption and venality? Theocracy? Katrina? Criminal failure to address global warming"
No, no, no, a thousand times no.
Bush's failing was (trumpets please)--not tapping into the creativity and initiative of the American people!
Warner's stirring words--better he'd delivered this in a text message on one of the cell phones he made his fortune in--were upstaged, if we are to believe the media pundits, by Hillary.
Clinton revealed that this election cycle was about "taking back America" and about the "future." The problem, she said, is that Bush and McCain are stuck in the past.
Funny thing about this past (and we should add: present) - the Democrats are a major, indispensable part of that past and present.
They have had the majority in Congress since January 2007. They have been Senators--Clinton, Obama and Biden included - lo all these years.
They have had the ability, the mandate, and the legal and moral responsibility to end the occupation of Iraq, shut down Guantanamo forthwith, put an immediate stop to the barbarity of torture, restore habeas corpus, indict, impeach and imprison the felons who've been openly spying on all of us, plundering the treasury, bankrupting the government, and making a mockery of civil liberties and the rule of law.
But, but, but, Pelosi claims: We've not had enough votes.
No problem, Nancy.
Filibuster it. Hole it up in committee. You're the leaders of Congress. You have the power to do this. The GOP did it when they had the majority.
Besides, since when did crimes against humanity need bean counting to fight? Since when did infamous atrocities need votes to end?
You won't hear any of this from the podium of the DNC. You won't hear it from the mouth of CBS's Katie--I'm glamorous, can't you see?--Couric.
These unpleasant and grotesque facts no one in officious capacity will acknowledge or speak of.
Lewis Carroll's Mad Hatter's Party is nothing compared to this tragi-comedy.
Cal Poly Pomona Sociology Professor. Co-editor/author (with Peter Phillips) of "Impeach the President: the Case Against Bush and Cheney." National Steering Committee Member of the World Can't Wait.
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The monstrous acts of this government can't be wished away and they can't be undone merely by casting a vote. How could it be so easy, after all? It is going to take people taking personal responsibility to right these wrongs and that means people speaking out and protesting - including in their daily lives.
When governments commit terrible injustices and the "loyal opposition" goes along with it and won't do what must be done, then the people must do it.
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Dr. Dennis Loo (39 articles, 1 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 78 comments) on Wednesday, Aug 27, 2008 at 11:05:55 PM
And also missing from that list & worst of all ...
9/11 - the premeditated murder of 3,000 people, planned, executed and covered-up by not only members of this administration but Democrats too.
9/11 has been conspicuously missing from speeches, commentaries and air-ways. Could it be because it's more and more on the lips of the people that powers that be want to squelch anyone opening up that Pandora's Box?
Because if it is revealed who exactly was behind 9/11, not only would this government fall, the landscape of politics across the globe would be fractured and scattered to the winds. Ancient dynasties would be shattered and their names blasted from monuments that were raised in their false honor. Corporations that feed off of human misery would wiped out and armies would be purged. Intelligence agencies ripped apart. Long standing world-wide financial institutions would be split into a thousands pieces. And all of this would cleanse the world of an evil from which springs 99% of all our problems arise.
Could it be that's why it's not being discussed, or even mentioned?
The NIST report comes out and with it's weaknesses exposed will add a substantial number of engineers to the ranks of 9/11 Truthers and as more and more people have the scales fall from their eyes and they see the putrid monster that masquerades as our government we can then start a re-birth. We can bury that evil and build a new world where power can no longer be held in the hands of monsters.
9/11 - the 800lb. Gorilla that is in the DNC dome, the RNC house, and in every person's living room.
It's about time we reconized it.
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Mr M (8 articles, 0 quicklinks, 66 diaries, 2845 comments [654 recommended, 27 rejected]) on Thursday, Aug 28, 2008 at 7:19:27 AM
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