Monday, January 13, 2003Rep. Dennis Kucinich on Iraq and the Economy:
You cannot separate war from the economy. You cannot separate war from America's future, from its role in the world and its ability to meet the needs of our own people here at home.
We need to ask the questions: Why does America have hundreds of billions to ruin the health and take the lives of innocent people in Iraq but no money to provide health care for all Americans?
Why would America spend hundreds of billions to retire Saddam Hussein, but no money to protect the retirement security of its own people?
Why does America have money to blow up bridges over the Euphrates River in Iraq, but no money to build up bridges over the Cuyahoga River in Cleveland?
11:42:29 PM 
Sealing the Well. Until it is sealed, the Mideast conflict will remain a well for the "thoughts of mass destruction" that will energize anti-American groups in the Arab world. By Thomas L. Friedman. [New York Times: Opinion]:
Then why is George Bush so intensely disliked? In part, it's because people feel the president and his team have stopped talking to the world. They only growl at it now. But the biggest factor remains the Bush team's seeming indifference to making any serious effort to solve the Israeli-Palestinian conflict when so much killing is going on. The administration's refusal to apply any creative imagination to defusing this conflict, and even belittling it while calling Ariel Sharon "a man of peace," has embittered the Arab public. This now clouds everything we do here: Invading Iraq is cast as a war to protect Israel. Democratization is cast as a way to punish the Arabs.
10:22:44 PM
Despite the fact that Bush says that war is far from inevitable... US accelerates Gulf build-up. The US orders its second major deployment of troops in 24 hours, as it begins to build a force for a possible attack on Iraq. [BBC News | World | UK Edition]
8:26:48 PM
The Triumph of Hope Over Self-Interest. Why middle class Americans vote like rich people. By David Brooks. [New York Times: Opinion]
8:25:57 PM
