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trinityvixenAnd more profanity. The inner liberal is now very much the outer liberal and the GLOVES ARE OFF.
From the New York Times:Rock Stars Announce Swing-State Tour
A bunch of artists having a concert for a group called America Coming Together is to receive the proced and, yes, the ubiquitous MoveOn will be on hand and sponsoring the tour. The motive is political, calculated, and God, I hope it works. The Bush administration, just like with Fahrenheit 9/11, have no way to counter this in a reasonable manner. There is just no way for them to address high-profile and popular artists who, quite simply, refuse to be brain-washed by the Bush government any longer and want a change. The tour is called Vote for Change. The artists are performing for free--seeing as the Bruce makes close to $40 million when he tours, that's saying something--and it's something they believe in, that they believe will help make a difference and raise awareness.
The Bush backers have no way to counter this positively, so they skip over the moderate approach--singing for change and to get people to consider, just consider, a change in government--and go right to conspiracy. That's right, MoveOn is eeeeeevil and this whole thing is just a scheme of the radical left. Now, come on, I gave the Republicans credence over the Clinton's when Hillary said there was a right-wing conspiracy, but I have to believe in a vast left-wing conspiracy because Bush says so? Here's an excerpt from the article that got my blood boiling:
Mark McKinnon, the media director for the Bush campaign, said, "We think it's unfortunate these particular fine musicians have decided to affiliate with a hate-filled fringe group like MoveOn.'' Republicans have complained about a video briefly posted on MoveOn's Web site in December likening Mr. Bush to Hitler.
Hate-filled? As opposed to the regime that's terrified us into believing that every side-ways look someone of a different race gives us is an imminent threat to our person and country? Hate-filled? As opposed to the rest of the world's perspective on the USA because of what this regime has done in the name of 'routing out terrorism'? We're not popular folks, we just aren't. And "hate-filled" doesn't come close to describing terrorists' feelings when they think about the US. Read the 9/11 Commission's highlights and you'll see that Bush's rule with an iron hand approach to Iraq and Afghanistan (hey, remember Afghanistan? We fucked up royally there; we blew the concrete chance at nipping leaders of Al Qaeda so we could capture Saddam to soothe the Bush family's bruised ego from the early 90s) has RUINED good opinions of the US where there were some and sent already abyssmal opinions further south of the hate border.
Contrast that with a bunch of musicians who say, "It's not just about the war on terror. It's about the health-care system in the US, it's about years of environment conservation being flushed away to make it easier for big businesses to make bigger profits for CEOs (Ken Lay, anyone?), it's about suspension of civil rights for supposed terrorist suspects, and, yes, it is about war in Iraq. About Iraq taking close to a thousand US men and women for the wrong reasons, the selling out of our troops as the same government pretends that they honor them. You do not send these people to die ill-equipped, mis-informed, nearly friendless, into hostile territory and have the right to say, 'I support our troops.'" YOU JUST DON'T, okay?
From the New York Times:Rock Stars Announce Swing-State Tour
A bunch of artists having a concert for a group called America Coming Together is to receive the proced and, yes, the ubiquitous MoveOn will be on hand and sponsoring the tour. The motive is political, calculated, and God, I hope it works. The Bush administration, just like with Fahrenheit 9/11, have no way to counter this in a reasonable manner. There is just no way for them to address high-profile and popular artists who, quite simply, refuse to be brain-washed by the Bush government any longer and want a change. The tour is called Vote for Change. The artists are performing for free--seeing as the Bruce makes close to $40 million when he tours, that's saying something--and it's something they believe in, that they believe will help make a difference and raise awareness.
The Bush backers have no way to counter this positively, so they skip over the moderate approach--singing for change and to get people to consider, just consider, a change in government--and go right to conspiracy. That's right, MoveOn is eeeeeevil and this whole thing is just a scheme of the radical left. Now, come on, I gave the Republicans credence over the Clinton's when Hillary said there was a right-wing conspiracy, but I have to believe in a vast left-wing conspiracy because Bush says so? Here's an excerpt from the article that got my blood boiling:
Mark McKinnon, the media director for the Bush campaign, said, "We think it's unfortunate these particular fine musicians have decided to affiliate with a hate-filled fringe group like MoveOn.'' Republicans have complained about a video briefly posted on MoveOn's Web site in December likening Mr. Bush to Hitler.
Hate-filled? As opposed to the regime that's terrified us into believing that every side-ways look someone of a different race gives us is an imminent threat to our person and country? Hate-filled? As opposed to the rest of the world's perspective on the USA because of what this regime has done in the name of 'routing out terrorism'? We're not popular folks, we just aren't. And "hate-filled" doesn't come close to describing terrorists' feelings when they think about the US. Read the 9/11 Commission's highlights and you'll see that Bush's rule with an iron hand approach to Iraq and Afghanistan (hey, remember Afghanistan? We fucked up royally there; we blew the concrete chance at nipping leaders of Al Qaeda so we could capture Saddam to soothe the Bush family's bruised ego from the early 90s) has RUINED good opinions of the US where there were some and sent already abyssmal opinions further south of the hate border.
Contrast that with a bunch of musicians who say, "It's not just about the war on terror. It's about the health-care system in the US, it's about years of environment conservation being flushed away to make it easier for big businesses to make bigger profits for CEOs (Ken Lay, anyone?), it's about suspension of civil rights for supposed terrorist suspects, and, yes, it is about war in Iraq. About Iraq taking close to a thousand US men and women for the wrong reasons, the selling out of our troops as the same government pretends that they honor them. You do not send these people to die ill-equipped, mis-informed, nearly friendless, into hostile territory and have the right to say, 'I support our troops.'" YOU JUST DON'T, okay?
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Date: 2004-08-05 08:24 pm (UTC)I know that he hates this planet. He lets his cronies poison it, rip up forests and parks, and suffer none of this 'ozone' nonsense about it. I know that four more years of the oil baron president could mean Alaska, possibly the most beautiful place in America and definitely one of the most beautiful in the world, would have a big ugly oil-pipeline scar down its middle where its caraboo and rainforest used to be. No, Bush hasn't said he'd do this recently, but it's a possibility. The man went to war for Iraq's oil and his pride--do you really think a bunch of trees and some funny-looking, over-large deer stand a chance? Hannity, of Fox News fame, says mercury poisoning, so bad that 1 in 6 women are so badly poisoned their children could have severe developmental problems as a result, is a hoax.
I know Bush sold out my country's soldiers. I've already said why, I've already said why he cannot claim without violating the commandment against bearing false witness (of his own religion) that he supports these troops. Ask how Halliburton treats them. Ask if they're equipped as they ought to be. If the Bush daughters were there, the war would have been over before it started. But they're not. They have the privelege not to be because they're not from a poor town or a small one (most of the soldiers serving are from towns with less than 20,000 people). Bush is as good as a deserter. Kerry at least went to war. If he found out after that it wasn't the right war, that he went and risked his life for the wrong reasons, he has that right. It's not selling out to change one's mind. It's selling out to send soliders to die for the wrong reason and then slashing their benefits and pretending to be their champion.
I know that Kerry isn't these things. I know that I can't just vote for the not-Bush. And now, thanks to some heavy reading, I'm not. I'm voting for a man who has the courage to change his mind while being a politician. If he can do that, see the nuance, make retractions where he errs, that's the man for me. America can do better. What a perfect slogan. It wraps it all up for me: we're not doing the best, but we can try for more; if something goes wrong, we'll do our best to put it right; even if it's great, there is always room for improvement. A man with integrity, a man who knows the horrors he asks his soldiers to face, a man who lets other people put their names on bills he drafter because they were retiring without bills to their names. Pride without hubris. That's worth voting for as much as Bush is worth voting against.