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Thursday, August 26, 2010
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Sad + Alarming + Can't put this thought together
I find it it terribly sad. I find it incredibly alarming. As details trickle in about today's horrific shooting at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial, I am struck by another tragedy just a couple weeks ago — the tragic killing of Dr. George Tiller.
Acts of hate. Acts of cowardice. These two murders are very different, from an ideological point of view of course, but they are alarmingly similar in too many ways to list.
At their root, though: These are acts of domestic terrorism, and should be treated as such.
Please understand that I am not one to use the word terrorism without thinking it through. I do not attribute it to just any crime. I do not simply attribute the moniker to crimes of intolerance, crimes based on religious views, hate, or bigotry. Even though these are often the defining characteristics of such acts. I do, however, find that acts of terrorism are rooted in an ideology gone terribly astray. An ideology, at its surface, that may seem to have no malice. But eventually, on it's fringes attracts the most dangerous type of subscriber. An individual or group of individuals who would impress upon us all their agenda through the most savage means possible: By preying on the innocent.
As a last thought:
I am also alarmed that the same DHS report (issued in April) that has been demonized as a useless act of partisan zealotry warned of acts of domestic terrorism by these very fringe elements in this country. Maybe we should start paying attention to rabid ideology within our borders.
Acts of hate. Acts of cowardice. These two murders are very different, from an ideological point of view of course, but they are alarmingly similar in too many ways to list.
At their root, though: These are acts of domestic terrorism, and should be treated as such.
Please understand that I am not one to use the word terrorism without thinking it through. I do not attribute it to just any crime. I do not simply attribute the moniker to crimes of intolerance, crimes based on religious views, hate, or bigotry. Even though these are often the defining characteristics of such acts. I do, however, find that acts of terrorism are rooted in an ideology gone terribly astray. An ideology, at its surface, that may seem to have no malice. But eventually, on it's fringes attracts the most dangerous type of subscriber. An individual or group of individuals who would impress upon us all their agenda through the most savage means possible: By preying on the innocent.
As a last thought:
I am also alarmed that the same DHS report (issued in April) that has been demonized as a useless act of partisan zealotry warned of acts of domestic terrorism by these very fringe elements in this country. Maybe we should start paying attention to rabid ideology within our borders.
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Wednesday, May 20, 2009
Rachel + Lt. Col. Victor J. Fehrenbach
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Friday, May 8, 2009
Wednesday, May 6, 2009
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
John + Cliff May + Full Interview
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | M - Th 11p / 10c | |||
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Thursday, April 23, 2009
Shepard Smith + Torture + Good For You
Good for you, Shep. Damn right, I said it!
And even better than the above clip is his righteous indignation in a later program, here.
And even better than the above clip is his righteous indignation in a later program, here.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Rachel + Philip Zelikow + Torture
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Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Friday, April 17, 2009
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Friday, March 13, 2009
Keith + Hersch v. Cheney + Covert Assassination Ring
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Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
Friday, January 16, 2009
Krugman + Forgive and Forget? + Op-Ed
"Let’s be clear what we’re talking about here. It’s not just torture and illegal wiretapping, whose perpetrators claim, however implausibly, that they were patriots acting to defend the nation’s security. The fact is that the Bush administration’s abuses extended from environmental policy to voting rights. And most of the abuses involved using the power of government to reward political friends and punish political enemies."
Read the entire piece here.
Read the entire piece here.
Waterboarding + Torture + Finally
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Thursday, January 15, 2009
Keith + Jail
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