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kyburgSo Clinton said something. And now Rice is saying something.
Okay, so maybe what Clinton said was newsworthy - not the fact that he actually spoke, okay?
Ditto Rice.
"Yes I did."
"No you didn't."
Is not a legitimate discourse - or newsworthy.
I am interested in actions - not political posturing or empty rhetoric. I am also terribly aware that we have now killed more of our own people in Iraq than were killed on 9/11. And in the case of Iraq? It won't take years of forensic lab work on body parts or investigative work on the part of a task force to verify the deaths. The names, faces and lives have a paper trail miles wide, and lifelong to see.
Ending with flag-draped coffins we're not allowed to see or acknowledge in any way. That's criminal. These people gave their lives for something they truly believed was necessary - you can't see a single thing about 9/11 without seeing the lives that were lost.
Iraq? I see a significant increase of "In Memory Of" decals on cars around here - and graves in the cemetary where Cliff was buried for people just old enough, the right gender and in some cases, their friends have put pictures of them together with their letters at graveside - and only one of them is in uniform. You tell me.
I don't need either Fox News or Air America to tell me which way the wind's blowing, okay? And don't even try to fool me with the stupidity at the gas pump, okay? I've got a memory longer than six months. Spare me.
I'm not a Democrat. I was raised by Republicans. But I can tell you this - I remember when shit happened during Clinton. It didn't last eight years.
Gee. Wonder why.
OH - and go ahead. Discuss the Thai situation. I dare you. Better THINK before you open your mouth - and have done your homework. No, democracy is not dead in Thailand. They're just getting rid of the people who saw it as a free ride to more riches than they deserved.
Okay, so maybe what Clinton said was newsworthy - not the fact that he actually spoke, okay?
Ditto Rice.
"Yes I did."
"No you didn't."
Is not a legitimate discourse - or newsworthy.
I am interested in actions - not political posturing or empty rhetoric. I am also terribly aware that we have now killed more of our own people in Iraq than were killed on 9/11. And in the case of Iraq? It won't take years of forensic lab work on body parts or investigative work on the part of a task force to verify the deaths. The names, faces and lives have a paper trail miles wide, and lifelong to see.
Ending with flag-draped coffins we're not allowed to see or acknowledge in any way. That's criminal. These people gave their lives for something they truly believed was necessary - you can't see a single thing about 9/11 without seeing the lives that were lost.
Iraq? I see a significant increase of "In Memory Of" decals on cars around here - and graves in the cemetary where Cliff was buried for people just old enough, the right gender and in some cases, their friends have put pictures of them together with their letters at graveside - and only one of them is in uniform. You tell me.
I don't need either Fox News or Air America to tell me which way the wind's blowing, okay? And don't even try to fool me with the stupidity at the gas pump, okay? I've got a memory longer than six months. Spare me.
I'm not a Democrat. I was raised by Republicans. But I can tell you this - I remember when shit happened during Clinton. It didn't last eight years.
Gee. Wonder why.
OH - and go ahead. Discuss the Thai situation. I dare you. Better THINK before you open your mouth - and have done your homework. No, democracy is not dead in Thailand. They're just getting rid of the people who saw it as a free ride to more riches than they deserved.
