Archive for December, 2003
George Bush is an enemy of freedom and democracy. The foundation of freedom and democracy is access to information that concerns the public. PBS is airing a show about how Bush and his administration are working against that goal.
I love living in Victoria, but stories like this give me pause. Everyone who lives here has felt the frequent little quakes we enjoy every few months. There was even one that made me think I was dead. I was on the 20th floor, sitting at my desk when the computer monitors started shaking and the building swayed. That was scary. I remember feeling disappointment. Anyway, that turned out ok. Now there is good evidence that we are regularly destroyed…regularly in geological terms. This is a disaster area with a 500 year period. Hope I’m long dead when the next big one hits. Read on if you care to, or can stomach it.
George Bush poured fuel on the flames of the Iraq contracts dispute yesterday with a sneering dismissal of a suggestion by the German Chancellor that the decision to bar Germany, France Russia and Canada from bidding might violate international law.
“International law? I’d better call my lawyer,” the American President joked in response to a reporter’s question at the White House.
