In no particular order:
Bill Moyers’ program from last night. I watched it, but unfortunately, my tape ran out. You can see it here. The topic? Impeachment of both Bush and Cheney.
Glenn Greenwald’s post from today. It’s about the latest case of the administration refusing to provide information to Congress. This time it’s regarding Pat Tillman’s death. Not only is the post excellent, but the comment thread — I’ve only read a few pages so far — is worth reading as well. (I got his book in the mail this week, but haven’t started it yet. I probably will tomorrow.)
This post from John Cole at Balloon Juice. He responds to an article by Peggy Noonan. Again, the comment thread is well worth the read. The ones which reflect both on Reagan and the pre-9/11 Bush administration will make you think back. It made me think of how I felt about the so called “peace dividend,” otherwise known as “how do we spend the surplus from the past 8 years fast.” What did you do with your $300? Was it worth it?
Last is a youtube via Crooks & Liars. It’s of a guy accosting Cindy Sheehan on the street. Sheehan walks right up to him and asks, “How many Iraqis in Iraq have you talked to?” The guy, Chris Vucovich, can’t answer. A little later, he shouts that he loves George Bush and may actually be related to him. The end of the video is also quite telling. For me, it puts yet another face on the people who keep Bush’s numbers on Rasmussen Reports at a combined 33% or higher. He’s definitely part of the “strongly approve” 12%.
I have spoken to an Iraqi now U.S, citizen. I have interacted with him for years. He was held in a camp under S.H. He has always, from when I met him, opposed Bush’s war. He knew from the beginning that it wasn’t about righting S.H.’s wrongs.
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Roberto // July 16, 2007 at 12:47 pm |
The youtube video is an extremely interesting document on several accounts. The first is simply Cindy Sheehan’s continuing relevance as a genuine American (read red-white-&-blue) voice. In every situation I have ever seen of her she remains reasonable, sane, normal, and utterly unpretentious. The behavior of the Vucovich yob is sociologically fascinating. He’s 31 (as he tells the world in that one hilarious and revealing moment) and therefore probably 20 years younger than Cindy S. And yet he’s aggressive and rude and patronizing until she walks up to him and with a simple question reduces him to silence. He resumes his hectoring once she’s walking away and then, when his path is (gently) blocked by the trio of Vietnam vets, he responds with sarcasm and incoherent name-calling (apparently, in Vucovich’s Scale, service as a soldier in Vietnam doesn’t balance out with their lack of “love” for George Bush, thus adding up to their “hatred” for their own country). When questioned (politely) about his own non-service he defends himself with a double-whammy of non-sequiturs (at 31 he’s too old for the military & besides, he’s making a lot of money & therefore helping the economy). As Gordon Ramsay would say: Wha…???? When one of the vets playfully offers to accompany Vucovich to the nearest Army recruiting station, The Vuke goes all dsylexic on his own age, transposing 31 for 13 and backs towards his car, whimpering that “y’all just make stuff up”. Truly an embarrassing performance for a grown man.