Wednesday, March 01, 2006
In Other News
IN other news, republicans have failed for years to actually secure our borders, as the Bush Administration fast-tracked the Dubai Ports deal for no explicable reason despite security concerns and despite the fact that the Dubai company was in violation of U.S. law by boycotting Israel, our alleged ally.
Things are not looking good for the beleaguered members of the Vice President’s Office. Rumors are circulating that Dick, whose approval rating has been a radioactive 18% for the last year or so, might resign soon. Whether or not he does, it must be hard to be as universally reviled as he is, though why half of his base dislikes him when they approve of the president is beyond me or any sane person to understand. His former lieutenant, Scooter, is getting a stern rebuke from the judge presiding over his case. No fishing expedition for you, Scooter. You must now try very, very hard to forget….forgeeeeet…..
Gitmo and similar abuses continue to swim about in the psyche and the courts.
Lindsay Graham, joining a long list of republican congresspeople who have unforgivably abdicated their responsibilities as representatives and human beings, made it clear recently that not only should the president have the power to spy on Americans on American soil without a warrant, he actually wants to help. Thank you, South Carolina, for sending this man to congress to represent you. From the state that fired the first shot in the Civil War, from the home of racism in America, comes men like Lindsay Graham. You know, I have some friends and family who say that South Carolina is a damp, fetid den of racists, sexists, unreconstructed secessionists, and knuckle-dragging hillbillies. Every year you prove them right.
In the laugher of the day, John Bolton is leading the charge at the U.N. to oppose reforms to the Human Rights Commission. The United States, whose administration has flaunted the opinions of Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, The U.N. Human Rights Commission, and world opinion repeatedly over the last five years now wants to make sure that other countries that flaunt human rights standards don’t get a chance to sit on the committee.
Do you honestly think that the world will follow our lead when our leadership has done what it’s done over the last five years with regard to international law and human rights?
# posted by BitterHarvest @ 6:58 PM 
