Thursday, January 23, 2003

A Week To Remember QUOTE OF THE DAY "Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Hunger is a weapon of mass destruction. Homelessness is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor health care is a weapon of mass destruction. Poor education is a weapon of mass destruction. Discrimination is a weapon of mass destruction. Let us abolish such weapons of mass destruction here at home. Let us use hundreds of billions of our tax dollars, which some would cast upon Iraq in bombs and warring troops, instead for the restoration of the American Dream, to rebuild our economy and to expand opportunities for all." - - U.S. Representative Dennis J. Kucinich RHINO HERE: Most American's Don't Support War On Iraq & Are Critical of shrub's Record on Economy It's official! shrub's approval rating is 15 points lower than Bill Clinton's was at the time of his impeachment. Yesterday's Washington Post reported results of a Post/ABC News poll that shows support for going to war plummeting and criticism of the shrub gang's financial policies climbing. See the article at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23564-2003Jan21.html CNN & Time conducted a poll that had shrub looking so bad, they scrubbed their own poll. http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob.htm MP3 Audio Collage of January 18 Rally Against War Now Downloadable The folks at WhatReallyHappened.com have compiled an outstanding audio collage of the speeches from last weekend's "Rally Against War With Iraq". (mp3 player required) http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/DCJan18.mp3 Anti-war PAC "MoveOn" Had An Excellent Week http://www.moveon.org The anti-war political action committee MoveOn was hard at work the last few weeks organizing, not for the huge protests this last weekend, but for a different set of actions this last week. In the last 7 days... - - They gained 100,000 new members. - - Last weekend they launched a TV ad campaign carrying the "Let the Inspections Work" message and in addition to the paid spots, it also aired on virtually every major TV news show. George Stephanopoulos showed it to Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld and grilled him on the dangers of war. It was also broadcast and discussed on news programs in Australia, Pakistan, Russia, and Japan. - - On Tuesday, they held constituent meetings at local Congressional offices around the country. Attended by a total of 9,000 American citizens, facilitated by 800 local MoveOn volunteers all overseen by 12 regional coordinators, they delivered their "Let the Inspections Work" petition to legislators with over 310,000 American signers. My Senator's (Diane Feinstein) segment alone, was over 8,000 pages long. The meeting participants urged their Senators and Congresspeople to sign onto a "Dear Colleague" letter to the President, asking him to let the inspectors do their jobs and abide by the UN process. - - They held press conferences in 12 major cities that generated front-page stories on the new breadth and tactics of the anti-war movement. Local TV & radio covered the events, from the Denver Post to Pacifica Radio. An effective effort by a great organization. I urge you to join them if you haven't, and support them if you can. http://www.moveon.org/support.html "Win Without War" Coalition Gears Up For January 29th Day Of Action The "Win Without War" Coalition is a partnership of mainstream civic organizations against the war. They are calling for a day of local action on January 29th. Events being organized by member organizations will be organized by some of these groups in your community on the 29th. listed at: http://www.unitedforpeace.org Members of the coalition include American Friends Service Commitee, Business Leaders for Sensible Priorities, Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Global Exchange, Greenpeace, Leadership Conference of Women Religious, NAACP, National Council of Churches, National Organization for Women, NETWORK, New England Health Care Employees Union (part of SEIU), Physicians for Social Responsibility, Sierra Club, Sojourners, Tikkun Community, TrueMajority, United Methodist Church General Board of Church & Society, Us Foundation, Veterans for Common Sense, Women's Action for New Directions, and Working Assets. . Meanwhile this last week, shrub and company have, more than ever, shown their hands, and they are dirty. THE BOTTOM LINE today is a column predicting that we'll be able to look back and see that this week was a turning point for the nation. The writer thinks the natural outcome will be a one term bush, just like his daddy. 8:03:11 AM    comment

Bush's Waterloo Week BuzzFlash.com Reader Commentary by Richard J. Smolnicky, 1/22/03 History will record that the week of January 12-18, 2003, was the beginning of the end of George W. Bush's presidency. It was the week that Bush abandoned all pretense of being either compassionate or conservative and, instead, revealed himself to be the elitist, right wing extremist that his critics always feared him to be. It will also be known as the week where Bush's actions guaranteed him only a single term in office. First, Bush continued trying to sell another raid on the U.S. Treasury on behalf of the wealthy as an economic stimulus plan... ...Next, Bush went on a crusade to appeal to all of the Trent Lott fans out there by filing a brief against the University of Michigan because the school uses race as one of many criteria when considering applicants for law school. Bush's position is simply a thinly veiled ploy to prevent minorities from access to higher education.....the ultimate in hypocrisy for George W. Bush, a man who attained every position he ever held in life by the use of his family connections... ...And, finally, Bush made a pitch to overrule states' rights in the area of tort law by capping the amount of recovery in a lawsuit for anyone victimized by a dangerously negligent doctor or hospital. That action must surely please Bush's insurance company campaign contributors... READ THE ENTIRE COLUMN AT: http://www.buzzflash.com/contributors/03/01/22_Waterloo.html "RHINO'S BLOG" is the responsibility of Gary Rhine. (rhino@kifaru.com) Feedback, and requests to be added or deleted from the list are encouraged. SEARCH BLOG ARCHIVES / SURF RHINO'S LINKS, AT: http://www.rhinosblog.info RHINO'S OTHER WEB SITES: http://www.dreamcatchers.org (INDIGENOUS ASSISTANCE & INTERCULTURAL DIALOG) http://www.kifaru.com (NATIVE AMERICAN RELATIONS VIDEO DOCUMENTARIES) Articles are reprinted under Fair Use Doctrine of international copyright law. http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.html All copyrights belong to original publisher. 7:54:04 AM    comment

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