Mad Dog On A Leash

“We should prepare to go on the offensive. Our aim is to smash Lebanon, Trans-Jordan, and Syria. The weak point is Lebanon, for the Moslem regime is artificial and easy for us to undermine. We shall establish a Christian state there, and then we will smash the Arab Legion, eliminate Trans-Jordan; Syria will fall to us. We then bomb and move on and take Port Said, Alexandria and Sinai.” ~~David Ben-Gurion, May 1948 I have been stunned by many things on the US political scene since I was jerked violently awake... Read article

Shadows On The Wall

“The power of the executive to cast a man into prison without formulating any charge known to the law, and particularly to deny him the judgment of his peers, is in the highest degree odious, and the foundation of all totalitarian government whether Nazi or Communist.” ~~ Winston Churchill And so we sit, shackled by self-imposed chains of fear, captivated by shadowy forms that move discordantly across the walls of our perception. Once again we are eager to accept appearance for reality. The Supreme Court ruling... Read article

Support The Troops

And it’s up against the wall American Muthers, Barbara Bush, who raised her son so well. Now Dubya’s out there smirkin’ in God’s honky tonk, Just kickin’ soldiers’ asses and raisin’ hell. ~~ apologies to Jerry Jeff Walker Once a year, George Bush shows up at Arlington National Cemetery and tells a tightly controlled, thoroughly vetted audience that he ‘preciates the sacrifice of those who volunteered to die “in freedom’s cause.” There, surrounded by silent... Read article

Nature of the Beast

“The demonic appears most terrible when it assumes dominance in some one person. They are not always the most admirable persons, either in mind or in gifts. But a tremendous force goes out from them, and they exercise an unbelievable power over all creatures. It is in vain that the brighter part of mankind tries to throw suspicion on them as betrayers or betrayed; the masses are attracted by them.” ~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe America has lost its way. We are a confused nation, beset on all sides by fear and... Read article

We Are The Deciders

“There is nothing worse than aggressive stupidity.“~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe If it weren’t so dangerously sad, the media gyrations to deflect attention from the sordid mess defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld has made in Iraq would be amusing. But efforts to hide the truth are futile because Rumsfeld is literally surrounded by “stars” — retired general officers speaking publicly about the fatal mistakes Rumsfeld made in his mad dash to “sweep everything up” and dash ... Read article

Thompson’s Dog Won’t Hunt

When I first read the March 31 Capitol Hill Blue headline, “9/11 conspiracy theories don’t pass the smell test,” I thought editor Doug Thompson was pulling an April Fool’s joke on us a day early. Buoyed by Thompson’s well-deserved reputation for being out there first with “damn the torpedoes — full speed ahead” — truth no matter where it takes him, I read avidly to the end of the rant, poised to burst into laughter at his “Gotcha!” punch line. It wasn’t... Read article

9/11 – Eliminating The Impossible

“It is always better to say right out what you think without trying to prove anything much: for all our proofs are only variations of our opinions, and the contrary-minded listen neither to one nor the other.” ~~ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe I said I’d never do it — say what I think about that terrible morning of September 11, 2001. I’ve seen what happens to those who question the elaborate, tangled explanations the Bush administration offers about what happened, how it happened, who did it, and... Read article

With Friends Like These

“They’re blowin’ this town all to hell” — Bo Hopkins in Sam Peckinpah’s “The Wild Bunch” (1969) Senator John Warner (R-Va.) has the unexpected problem of a foreign state-owned company taking over operations at U.S. ports all figured out. The dour, self-righteous chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee announced from the Senate floor on March 9 that Dubai Ports World (DPW), one of seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates (UAE), “has decided to transfer... Read article

The World That Dick Built

This is the guy who pulled the trigger of the gun that fired the round that hit his friend that ruined the hunt and shed some light on the world that Dick built… Four days after blasting 78-year-old hunting partner Harry Whittington in the face, neck and chest with birdshot, vice president Dick Cheney emerged from his fortified bunker to make a snarling, unapologetic taped announcement to Fox News’ Brit Hume that basically amounted to what he did on his own time was his own business. Dick said shooting Harry... Read article

Tale of a Connecticut Donkey

“Every senator in this chamber is partly responsible for sending 50,000 young Americans to an early grave. This chamber reeks of blood…It does not take any courage at all for a congressman, or a senator, or a president to wrap himself in the flag and say we are staying in Vietnam, because it is not our blood that is being shed. But we are responsible for those young men and their lives and their hopes.“~~Senator George McGovern, Sept 1, 1970 Jim Bob came out of the feed store, threw his purchases into the... Read article

Who Will Tell The People

And who will tell the people that free speech is a ruse; The corporations run the country and then they make the news. Is it media or mind control heroic victories or crime? Who will tell the people… that we are living in these times. ~Song by Willie Nelson In his essay on “Character” Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote, “A chief event in life is the day in which we have encountered a mind that startled us.” I’ve had such days, many of them through encounters with Emerson himself, but never have... Read article

You Can’t Go Home Again

January 5th was the bloodiest day in Iraq since Bush’s illegal invasion. As many as 140 were killed, including 11 US servicemen, and many more injured. Bush responded by suddenly summoning all living secretaries of state and defense to the White House for a skull session and photo op on what to do in the Middle East before he is completely overtaken by even more catastrophic success. He’s willing to share the glory, and said he would “listen and take to heart” any suggestions offered, even from Democrats. Except... Read article

Go To The Light

Folks at the White House stay pretty busy these days just trying to untangle the lies George Bush keeps telling every time he opens his mouth. For example, back in April 2004, Bush explained to a cheering audience and an unchallenging press corps in Buffalo about “eavesdropping” on Americans — “When you think ‘Patriot Act,’ constitutional guarantees are in place when it comes to doing what is necessary to protect our homeland, because,” he said earnestly while leaning over the podium,... Read article

Cornered By The Truth

Elwood Bush: It’s 106 miles to Chicago, we’ve got a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it’s dark and we’re wearing sunglasses! Jake Blair: Hit it! Elwood Bush: They’re not gonna catch us! We’re on a mission from God! It was bizarre at first; even amusing in a hideous little way. When George “Elwood” Bush and Tony “Jake” Blair scrambled up on the international stage shortly after 9-11 and broke into their frenzied Blues Brothers routine, I fully expected... Read article

Bobcats in a Brave New World

“Preserving liberty may require the rule of a single leader — a dictator — willing to use those dreaded ‘extraordinary measures,’ which few know how, or are willing to employ.” — Michael Ledeen Goodness gracious! Henny Penny! Since defense secretary Donald Rumsfeld and vice president Dick Cheney teamed up to lead the charge to create a New World Order, the whole universe has become untidy. Very untidy. My friend Bernie says Dick and Rummy’s big plan to take over the world by... Read article

Hey Harkavy!

Remember the “Hey, Mikey” TV commercial with two brothers refusing to eat Quaker Oats’ new Life cereal until their little brother, Mikey, who supposedly “hates everything” tried it first? Well, I’m not saying I get up every morning and yell, “Hey, Harkavy!” to see what’s really happening in the news without all the commercial spin — but I’m not saying I don’t either… Either way, there’s no better place to start your morning than with the... Read article

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