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posted by gr8fuldaniel | 8:54 PM
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Saturday, February 05, 2005
SATIRE...Way 2 FunnyThe 2005 State of the Union Address: Complete Transcript of President Bush's Speech to Congress and the Nation - WHITEHOUSE.ORG
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 11:03 AM
Ward Churchill's Essay and Statement: Updated...AgainProf. Churchill is standing tall in adversity. Thank You for displaying the obvious so eloquently. Bravo!
Here are a couple of talking points.
* It is not disputed that the Pentagon was a military target, or that a CIA office was situated in the World Trade Center. Following the logic by which U.S. Defense Department spokespersons have consistently sought to justify target selection in places like Baghdad, this placement of an element of the American "command and control infrastructure" in an ostensibly civilian facility converted the Trade Center itself into a "legitimate" target. Again following U.S. military doctrine, as announced in briefing after briefing, those who did not work for the CIA but were nonetheless killed in the attack amounted to no more than "collateral damage." If the U.S. public is prepared to accept these "standards" when the are routinely applied to other people, they should be not be surprised when the same standards are applied to them.
* It should be emphasized that I applied the "little Eichmanns" characterization only to those described as "technicians." Thus, it was obviously not directed to the children, janitors, food service workers, firemen and random passers-by killed in the 9-1-1 attack. According to Pentagon logic, were simply part of the collateral damage. Ugly? Yes. Hurtful? Yes. And that's my point. It's no less ugly, painful or dehumanizing a description when applied to Iraqis, Palestinians, or anyone else. If we ourselves do not want to be treated in this fashion, we must refuse to allow others to be similarly devalued and dehumanized in our name.
Here are a couple of talking points.
* It is not disputed that the Pentagon was a military target, or that a CIA office was situated in the World Trade Center. Following the logic by which U.S. Defense Department spokespersons have consistently sought to justify target selection in places like Baghdad, this placement of an element of the American "command and control infrastructure" in an ostensibly civilian facility converted the Trade Center itself into a "legitimate" target. Again following U.S. military doctrine, as announced in briefing after briefing, those who did not work for the CIA but were nonetheless killed in the attack amounted to no more than "collateral damage." If the U.S. public is prepared to accept these "standards" when the are routinely applied to other people, they should be not be surprised when the same standards are applied to them.
* It should be emphasized that I applied the "little Eichmanns" characterization only to those described as "technicians." Thus, it was obviously not directed to the children, janitors, food service workers, firemen and random passers-by killed in the 9-1-1 attack. According to Pentagon logic, were simply part of the collateral damage. Ugly? Yes. Hurtful? Yes. And that's my point. It's no less ugly, painful or dehumanizing a description when applied to Iraqis, Palestinians, or anyone else. If we ourselves do not want to be treated in this fashion, we must refuse to allow others to be similarly devalued and dehumanized in our name.
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 7:06 AM
The 9/11 WTC Collapses - An Audio-Video Analysis: " The largest of these core columns were 18'x36', with steel walls 4' thick near the base and tapering in thickness toward the top, and was anchored directly to the bedrock."
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 6:02 AM
Thursday, February 03, 2005
House Committee on the Judiciary, Democratic Members The latest News from Conyers, fixing our broken election system.
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 11:42 AM
Monday, January 31, 2005
Misappropriation of HAVA funds by Ohios BlackwellRaw Print | Democrats demand criminal investigation of Ohio's Blackwell
posted by gr8fuldaniel | 2:47 PM
