Monday, February 2, 2004

Shrub's Honor & Integrity FEATURED ARTICLES - MoveOn.org's CENSORED SUPER BOWL AD - Democratic Party Chief Attacks Bush on Military Record, NY Times - Where's the Apology?, by Paul Krugman, NY TIMES QUOTE OF THE DAY "The governors of the world believe, & have always believed, that virtue can only be taught by teaching falsehood, & that any man who knew the truth would be wicked. I disbelieve this, absolutely & entirely. I believe that love of truth is the basis of all real virtue, & that virtues based upon lies can only do harm." - - Bertrand Russell KNOW YOUR HISTORY - JANUARY 2nd 1848 -- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends US war with Mexico. After invasion by peace-loving US, Mexico cedes parts of California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, Colorado & Texas Mexico to the U.S. 1931 -- First US citizens "repatriated" from the nation as Los Angeles Chicanos are deported to Mexico. As the Depression worsens, public officials across the Southwest decide it's cheaper to send legal residents back to Mexico than carry them on welfare rolls. During the decade's first four years, over 400,000 Mexican-Americans, many US citizens living here as long as 40 years, are "repatriated". Some families, as a result, are split because a father or mother or both are considered alien, but the US-born children will be allowed to stay. 1970 -- England: Philosopher/activist Bertrand Russell dies in Penryndeudraeth, Merioneth, 3 years short of 100. His War Crimes Tribunal was instrumental in providing a world forum which could not be ignored (even by US media), revealing US lies & atrocities perpetrated during the Vietnam War years. http://www.mcmaster.ca/russdocs/russell.htm A RHINO TIP:  MoveOn.org's CENSORED SUPER BOWL AD During yesterday's Super Bowl, ads sponsored by beer companies, tobacco companies, the Bush White House and male sexual stimulant producers were seen, but not MoveOn.org's winner of their "Bush in 30 Seconds" ad. CBS refused to air it. For more info on the censorship,  go to: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-05.htm To check out the ad and ask CBS to air ads like this one, go to: Child's Pay RHINO HERE: Following up on ABC's Peter Jennings' attempted lambasting of General Clark for not shutting Michael Moore up for saying shrub was a deserter, yesterday, on 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' , chairman of the Democratic National Committee Terry McAuliffe attempted to clear up the misunderstanding by calling the President, not a deserter, but was simply AWOL. shrub's military record is surely an issue that should be used against him in this year's presidential campaign. Democratic Party Chief Attacks Bush on Military Record By KIRK SEMPLE, NY Times, February 1, 2004 Terry McAuliffe, chairman of the Democratic National Committee, caustically attacked President Bush today on his military record, as the party's presidential candidates campaigned in most of the seven states that will hold primaries or caucuses on Tuesday. Mr. McAuliffe criticized President Bush on his attendance for National Guard service during the Vietnam War. The comments delineated a line of attack that Senator John Kerry, the front-runner in the campaign and a decorated war veteran, may adopt should he be the party's nominee and face Mr. Bush in a one-on-one race. "I look forward to that debate when John Kerry, a war hero with a chest full of medals, is standing next to George Bush, a man who was AWOL in the Alabama National Guard," Mr. McAuliffe said in an interview on the ABC News program "This Week." "George Bush never served in our military in our country. He didn't show up when he should have showed up. And there's John Kerry on the stage with a chest full of medals that he earned by saving the lives of American soldiers. So, as John Kerry says, `Bring it on!' " Mr. Bush was in the Air National Guard in Texas from 1972 to 1973, but... MORE: http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/politics/campaign/01CND-CAMP.html McAuliffe on 'This Week with George Stephanopoulos' Transcript, February 1, 2004 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/politics/campaign/TEXT-MCAULLIFE.html?pagewanted=2 LOADS OF REPORTING ON THE SHRUB AWOL STORY AT: http://www.awolbush.com Official military documents regarding George W Bush are here: http://users.cis.net/coldfeet/document.htm Details of those documents are in an article here: http://www.tompaine.com/feature.cfm/ID/3671 Numerous articles on Bush AWOL/Deserter from Michael Moore's site are here: http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/message/index.php Bushwatch articles on Bush AWOL are here: http://bushwatch.org/bushgate2.htm On Saturday, the Rhino happened to channel surf into the wife of General Clark campaigning in South Carolina and was most impressed by her eloquence & passion. She made the point that when Republicans speak of family values, they routinely leave out some of the most important ones, like, job, housing & health care. Then there's the fake republicans, meaning the shrub gang (fiscal responsibility? NOT!) whose most repeated campaign promise was to bring back honor & integrity to La Casa Blanca. As the lies continue to be uncovered, no one is resigning nor being fired; nay not even an apology. On this subject, today's RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE by Paul Krugman writes "So where are the apologies? Where are the resignations? Where is the investigation of this intelligence debacle? All we have is bluster from Dick Cheney, evasive W.M.D.-related-program-activity language from Mr. Bush- and a determined effort to prevent an independent inquiry." 8:23:49 AM    comment

RHINO'S BOTTOM LINE - Where's the Apology? Where's the Apology? by Paul Krugman, NY TIMES,  January 30, 2004 George Bush promised to bring honor and integrity back to the White House. Instead, he got rid of accountability. Surely even supporters of the Iraq war must be dismayed by the administration's reaction to David Kay's recent statements. Iraq, he now admits, didn't have W.M.D., or even active programs to produce such weapons. Those much-ridiculed U.N. inspectors were right. (But Hans Blix appears to have gone down the memory hole. On Tuesday Mr. Bush declared that the war was justified - under U.N. Resolution 1441, no less - because Saddam "did not let us in.") So where are the apologies? Where are the resignations? Where is the investigation of this intelligence debacle? All we have is bluster from Dick Cheney, evasive W.M.D.-related-program-activity language from Mr. Bush - and a determined effort to prevent an independent inquiry.  True, Mr. Kay still claims that this was a pure intelligence failure. I don't buy it: the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace has issued a damning report on how the threat from Iraq was hyped, and former officials warned of politicized intelligence during the war buildup. (Yes, the Hutton report gave Tony Blair a clean bill of health, but many people - including a majority of the British public, according to polls - regard that report as a whitewash.)... READ THE REST AT: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0130-04.htm "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. Tell a friend about Rhino's Blog 6:46:54 AM    comment

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