FalloutStories related to 11 Sept 2001. |
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| NYT Endorses Kerry for President: |
| "There is no denying that this race is mainly about Mr. Bush's disastrous tenure. Nearly four years ago, after the Supreme Court awarded him the presidency, Mr. Bush came into office amid popular expectation that he would acknowledge his lack of a mandate by sticking close to the center. Instead, he turned the government over to the radical right." "We look back on the past four years with hearts nearly breaking, both for the lives unnecessarily lost and for the opportunities so casually wasted. Time and again, history invited George W. Bush to play a heroic role, and time and again he chose the wrong course. We believe that with John Kerry as president, the nation will do better." -- New York Times 17 Oct, 2004 |
| Reckless Administration May Reap Disastrous Consequences: |
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'This nation is about to embark upon the first test of a revolutionary doctrine applied in an extraordinary way at an unfortunate time. The doctrine of preemption -- the idea that the United States or any other nation can legitimately attack a nation that is not imminently threatening but may be threatening in the future -- is a radical new twist on the traditional idea of self defense. It appears to be in contravention of international law and the UN Charter. And it is being tested at a time of world-wide terrorism, making many countries around the globe wonder if they will soon be on our -- or some other nation's -- hit list.' -U.S. Senator Robert Byrd, Feb. 12, 2003 |
| On the road to losing the peace : |
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'It was bad enough for the U.S. to have endured the intelligence failures that led to Sept. 11; it's another thing to know that 18 months, billions of dollars and untold numbers of bombs later that Osama bin Laden and most of his top advisers remain on the loose. This failure ought to be thrown daily in Mr. Bush's face, but he has diverted attention to Iraq, where the United States is about to make a mistake of historic proportions.' -Jeffrey Simpson in The Globe and Mail, 18 Feb 2003 |
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"The most dangerous place in the world is between a mother and her children," the caption reads. "I was illustrating my own mother's willingness to do anything, even something she hated -- my mother is terribly afraid of guns -- to protect her children," said Gauger in an e-mail. "I think America feels the same way about its citizens."
Powerful stuff from a 17-year old.  < 3:02:25 AM>.Salon.com Technology | The media's Islamic blind spot the mainstream American press has largely been ignoring what many experts see as the root cause fueling Islamic terrorism: America's own foreign policy. Even as media executives are publicly defending on-camera displays of flags and patriotic slogans, insisting that these fits of patriotic fervor don't affect actual news coverage, skeptics are charging that the press has so far been studious in avoiding serious examination of past American policy failures, and in questioning Bush's rhetoric. I'm very happy to see this issue coming up at last. I look to the web for alternate viewpoints . . . and to some docs that have been running on CBC and PBS. The article points out that on the bright side the average Joe is much better informed these days: no cries of "communist plot!" < 2:48:00 AM>.Salon.com Arts & Entertainment | What's up with Generation Y? Encompassing more than 70 million people born between 1980 and 1996, Generation Y is, at its core, the largest group of teenagers in American history, dwarfing even its parents, the baby boomers who came of age in the '60s. In the next decade, it will come to represent 41 percent of the U.S. population, according to the Census Bureau. Wow. Have I been living in a cave? I had no idea. Both of my kids fall into this category. < 2:44:35 AM>.Salon.com Life | Emotional rescue Editor's note: We have received dozens and dozens of essays in the days since Sept. 11 from people -- many of whom have never written for publication -- who attempt to apprise us, or their friends, or complete strangers, of new depths or doubts in their thinking, sharp turns in their opinions, incredible longing for change. These are days of personal and public reckoning, of vigorous confession and debate. Good for Salon. And here's a story from a young musician. < 2:34:36 AM>. BBC: Bush sides with the doves. "So far, the evidence is that Secretary of State Colin Powell is winning the policy battle. His philosophy is to build international support, to hold back US forces until they can be used decisively, to focus the effort." Comments.  [Scripting News]
Thank heavens for Colin Powell and thanks to Bush for listening. Credit where credit's due. < 2:31:14 AM>.NewsMax: "Rep. Christopher Shays, R-Conn., warned Monday that the US is vulnerable to nuclear attack by terrorists who may have access to as many as 60 briefcase-sized tactical nuclear weapons now missing from the former Soviet Union." [Scripting News]
Oh man. Someone tell me we're all madly paranoid right now and that this will all just pass. Please. < 1:57:03 AM>.ID Cards Are de Rigueur Worldwide "If we had had national ID cards two weeks ago, it would not have thwarted the terrorists," said Barry Steinhardt, the associate director of the ACLU. "(The terrorists) were in the country lawfully and had identification documents on them. "The instinct is that we can solve all these problems with technology," he said. "That instinct is wrong." The ID of a national ID card creeps me out. It's another example of a poorly thought-out, instant "non-solution" in the wake of an extraordinary situation. |
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