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Wednesday, March 03, 2004 So what are we to believe? Did now former Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide resign to save Haitian lives or was it a coup orchestrated by the U.S? Decide for yourself: Democracy Now! has reported two U.S Senators and the US Ambassador to South Africa received word from Aristide and his wife that the US was forcing them out. The New York Times reported today that he left after a "shove" from the U.S. and that Haiti is in near anarchy; read here. If you ask me, sounds like Bush gave him the boot. We've sent down 450 marines to act as...well, peace keepers, I guess, although they aren't acting playing the part if they are. They don't have orders yet to stop the burning of Haitian art from Port-au-Prince museums or to tell Guy Philippe, the self-proclaimed leader of the rebels, that he is, in fact, not the "chief" of Haiti. To quote the Times article, '"Col. David H. Berger, the Marine Corps commander here, said his troops would not act as police officers. "I have no instructions to disarm the rebels," he said.' Well then. In other news, outside of Kerry up and quitting, he's the man we are going to have to throw our energy behind to dethrown George II. I just hope Kerry has the political savvy and longevity to stand up to 8 months of heat from the Bush camp. With a campaign that long, the public may just become immune to any negative ads. Just what we need, more reasons for the American people to tune out. Hopefully both camps will realize hardcore campaigning is a waste of resources. All I know is, if I have to, I'd go to the deep south to help campaign for Kerry if it would remove Bush from office. That FMA supporting bigot has to go. A note on his support of the Federal Marriage Act. Aside from NASCAR dads and devout Catholics, who is going to support him on that??? This week's Economist wraps it up nicely, "So at last it is official: George Bush is in favour of unequal rights, big-government intrusiveness and federal power rather than devolution to the states." Check out the full article. It provides an excellent summary of the case for gay marriage and the faults in Dubya's argument. How about some music? Two tunes from the new Mark Lanegan band EP, 'Here Comes That Wierd Chill'. Mark has one of my favorite voices in rock. I'm convinced he is the love child of Tom Waits and a bottle of Ezra Brooks. Mark Lanegan Band - Skeletal History Mark Lanegan Band - Wish You Well purchase the album here posted by ezruh sellof at 1:23 AM 0 comments |
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