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Flash!: George Bush Promises to invade Cuba!
BREAKING:
Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq
FOCUS:
Embedded Reporters Filmed Unguarded Explosives at Al Qaaqa
FOCUS:
Iraq Explosives Story Detonates Under Bush Campaign
FOCUS:
Rights Group Warned U.S. of Munitions Cache
Look at the happy, liberated corpses: 100,000 Iraqi civilians
dead, says study
FOCUS:
Marc Ash | African America to the Rescue
FOCUS:
Tom Harkin on George Bush and the Draft
FOCUS:
Bruce Springsteen | No Retreat, No Surrender
100,000
Excess Iraqi Deaths Since War
James
Baker's Double Life by Naomi Klein
Indymedia
websites knocked offline, sparking charges of censorship
FOCUS:
FBI Investigates Halliburton's No-Bid Contracts
FOCUS:
Julian Bond: Suppression "Worse Than in 2000"
Please help us
canvas Scott County!
BREAKING:
New Florida Vote Scandal Exposed
Conflicted
Evangelicals Could Cost Bush Votes
FOCUS:
Former Guantanamo Detainees Sue Rumsfeld over Torture
FOCUS:
Scott Galindez | Stand Up and Be Counted
Secret
Changes Made to Military Law Post 9/11
The
Road to Abu Ghraib
Bush Relatives voting for Kerry!
Tell George Bush; "see ya
later!"
How
John Kerry Exposed the Contra-Cocaine Scandal
FOCUS:
David Thalheimer | Why I'm Voting Against My Commander in Chief
Woody
Harrelson speaks out
Detainees
Secretly Taken Out Of Iraq
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FOCUS:
Howard Dean: Why I am Voting for John Kerry
Some
Fear Ohio Will Be Florida of 2004
Why
America Has Waged a Losing Battle on Fallujah
American Revolution continued...
by david vanthournout 10/20/04
49
Iraqi Army Recruits Executed
Jonathan
Schell | Invitation to a Degraded World
Des Moines Register Endorses Kerry: "Senator John F.
Kerry is a wise and decent man who has the makings of a fine president."
12/25
Smaller City Papers Support Kerry Too, as In this Stinging
Critique of Bush in the Quad City Times (Iowa and Illinois), Which Supported
Bush in 2000, But Not in 2004.
It was Richard Nixon, that scoundrel's scoundrel, who resisted
the temptation to mount a court challenge to the Illinois result because he
felt the country couldn't take it. Imagine longing for the days when we had
Republican leadership as principled as Nixon's.
Bubbie vs. the
GOP <
flash animation This is really funny
Bubbie is Back! < flash animation
The Not so funny Jon Stewart or crossfire gets real... < Video
US rejects world calls to join
Russia in ratifying Kyoto pact
Not-So-Curious
George (Bush)
FOCUS:
Registrations Changed to Republican Without Consent
KBR wants our service people to "ride shotgun" for
them
An Open
Letter To Ralph Nader by David C. Korten Oct. 21 2004
(editors note: Ralph, you will never win the presidency now. We will never
elect you knowing you had the bad judgment to run in 2004. We could forgive
you for not understanding the differences between Gore and Bush in 2000....
but not Kerry and Bush in 2004...
'Sleeping with the Enemy': U.S. Troops Mistrust Iraqi Soldiers
9/11
Mom: An Open Letter to George W. Bush
also see; Energyindependence.net
US has at least 9000 prisoners in
secret detention
BREAKING:
GOP Moves to Crush Ohio Vote
Bush Supporters Misled
If the vote were today, Kerry might
win
Christian
Fundamentalist Metaphor (with revision)
Radio Free TO for Wednesday 27 October 2004 -- 4 Interviews:
- John Zogby looks at the "New" battleground voters.
- Ohio Congressman Sherrod Brown draws the line on voter intimidation.
- Florida Democratic Spokesperson Allie Merzer reports more of the same.
- And another Republican for Kerry speaks out.
http://truthout.org/multimedia.htm
The TO Overview
William Rivers Pitt: 'Bush Could Have Four Appointments to the High Court'
http://www.truthout.org/overview.htm
t r u t h o u t | 10.31
Republicans Pressed To Halt Voter-Suppression Efforts
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104A.shtml
Soldier: 'Bush Administration Dead Wrong in Iraq'
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104B.shtml
Whistleblower Says Halliburton Contract Abuse Blatant
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104C.shtml
Legal Battles Loom in Seven Key States
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104D.shtml
John Cory | The Undecided Question
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104E.shtml
The Los Angeles Times | Guantanamo Stonewall
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104F.shtml
Environment Could Prove Decisive in Senate Races
http://www.truthout.org/environment.shtml
The Battle for Democracy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104H.shtml
Norman Solomon | Democracy Requires Real Journalism
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104I.shtml
Mark Morford | Get Out and Vote and Scream
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104J.shtml
Andrew Young | Dismantling The Dream
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104K.shtml
Jack MacMillan | Lucky George: What Ashley Doesn't Know
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104L.shtml
Bruce Springsteen | No Retreat, No Surrender
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104W.shtml
Tom Harkin on George Bush and the Draft
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104X.shtml
Eight U.S. Marines Killed, Nine Wounded in Iraq
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104Y.shtml
Embedded Reporters Filmed Unguarded Explosives at Al Qaaqa
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103104Z.shtml
t r u t h o u t | 10.30
William Rivers Pitt | Osama's Election Editorial
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004A.shtml
News Video Is at Center of Storm over Iraq Explosives
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004B.shtml
Halliburton Contracts Bypassed Objections
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004C.shtml
Mideast Experts: Hope, but Don't Expect, Easy Transition
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004D.shtml
Jonathan Chait | For Bush, Too Late for Honesty
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004E.shtml
A Tie? Expect 'Stark Raving Mad Chaos' for a Month
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004F.shtml
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. | The Worst Environmental President in U.S. History
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004G.shtml
Sylvie Kauffmann | The Battle for Democracy
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004H.shtml
IRS Investigating NAACP for Criticism of President
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004I.shtml
Robert Scheer | The Man Behind the Oval Office Curtain
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004J.shtml
Register-Guard | Bush Refuses to Acknowledge Dire Situation
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004K.shtml
Springsteen Brings Out 80,000 to Cheer Kerry
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004L.shtml
A Look at Lawsuits, Voting Problems
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004R.shtml
A Messed-Up Voting System
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004S.shtml
Poll Watchers to Crowd Voting Venues
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004T.shtml
Ashcroft Seeking Control of Voting Rights
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004U.shtml
Eyewitness to Looting of al Qaqaa Explosives Cache
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004V.shtml
Marines Poised to Storm Fallujah and Ramadi
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004W.shtml
Video Shows U.S. Troops at Iraq Weapons Cache
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004X.shtml
Marc Ash | African America to the Rescue
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004Y.shtml
FBI Investigates Halliburton's No-Bid Contracts
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/103004Z.shtml
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EMINEM, ANTI-HERO
Davina Baum, AlterNet
With a new video proudly declaring war on Bush, Eminem steps
into the political fray, perhaps the least likely -- and
most effective -- generational leader imaginable.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20345/
THE WIMP FACTOR
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
The author of a new and timely book reveals how American
politics is shaped by a cultural definition of masculinity
that is based on disavowing all things feminine.
http://www.alternet.org/mediaculture/20343/
PERMANENT EVOLUTION
Liz Langley, AlterNet
Florida's electoral landscape is a shape-shifter. Trying to
get a bead on it is like being the lead character in
'Memento.' Whatever you knew a minute ago, just forget it.
Something else is happening now. And now. And now.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20338/
TRICK OR VOTE
T. Eve Greenaway, Chinyere Tutashinda, WireTap
By going door-to-door in costume, offering up treats, voting
tips and directions to polling places, this year's
trick-or-voters will also be spreading the word: there has
never been a better time to make politics fun.
http://www.alternet.org/wiretap/20334/
A SOLDIER SPEAKS: ROBERT SARRA
Lakshmi Chaudhry, AlterNet
A death in Iraq transforms a nine-year Marine veteran from a
soldier into an anti-war activist.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20337/
FROM THE PEN TO THE VOTING BOOTH
Dr. Ernest Drucker, Dr. Ricardo Barreras, AlterNet
Ex-felons' votes could be decisive in another close election
this November.
http://www.alternet.org/rights/20333/
More Rights & Liberties: http://www.alternet.org/rights/
TASTING THE VINE OF SOULS
Dara Colwell, AlterNet
Used traditionally for visionary experiences, ayahuasca has
become the chosen cocktail of contemporary urban seekers.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20329/
GOD ON THEIR SIDE
Jeannette Cooperman, AlterNet
"When people think of the relation of Christianity to
the political scene, they think of the right rather than
the left," says one expert. A look at the rise in
evangelism that's tipping the country Republican.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20328/
A COUNTRY ON THE VERGE OF AN ELECTORAL MELTDOWN
Andrew Gumbel, The Independent UK
Voting machines have already begun to break down,
accusations of systematic voter suppression and fraud are
rampant, and thousands of lawyers have flocked to court to
cry foul in half a dozen states.
http://www.alternet.org/election04/20323/
THE DOPER VOTE
Jules Siegel, AlterNet
Orthodox leftists seem to be incapable of understanding the
size and intensity of the anti-drug war movement. Do they
think these people don't vote?
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20269/
PORTRAIT OF A FREE MAN
Ellis Henican, AlterNet
Tony Papa, once a victim of New York's harsh Rockefeller
laws, painted his way out of prison. Now he's working to
change the law that locked him up.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20331/
TASTING THE VINE OF SOULS
Dara Colwell, AlterNet
Used traditionally for visionary experiences, ayahuasca has
become the chosen cocktail of contemporary urban seekers.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20329/
COLOMBIAN QUAGMIRE
Bill Weinberg, The Nation
Since 9/11 the focus of 'Plan Colombia' has quietly shifted
from counternarcotics to 'terrorism.' Now Washington is
escalating this long, bloody war.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20297/
THE NEXT FIX
Jacob Sullum, Seed Magazine
Just as antismoking activists compare tobacco to crack and
heroin, the hopes of nicotine 'vaccine' promoters move
easily from cigarettes to illegal drugs.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20288/
IMAGINING PROHIBITION'S END
David Borden, DRCNet
A new report outlines a model for a post-prohibition,
regulatory system of drug control.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20330/
October 30 2004
Kerry camp vs. Fox News: Angry over on-air remark, adviser
threatens a ban
Beyond al Qaqaa: Vast amounts of weapons-related material
missing, official says
James Roosevelt Jr.: 'What is a war president?'
David Corn: 'Reign of terror: The low
points of flimflam George's four years'
Les Payne: 'Bush is selling his version of '1984''
James Cusick: 'Does anyone outside the US want W as leader of
the free world?'
James C. Moore: 'Bush's tactical lying'
Morgan Southwood: 'Magic 8-ball: Dumbing down of political
discourse in America'
Sylvester Brown Jr.: 'If Bush wins again, I fear for America'
Jeff Milchen: 'Cheney wants corporate regulation ... of
citizens'
Maureen Dowd: 'Will Osama help W.?'
Bart Whiteman: 'Osama, my pajama'
G. Jefferson Price III: 'God's messenger'
Robyn E. Blumner: 'To Bush, courts don't matter'
Sherry F. Colb: 'Racially-based suppression of the
African-American vote'
Saturday, 30 October 2004
Bin Laden video sparks campaign fireworks
Bush campaign hurt by missing arms and Halliburton inquiry
Richard Reeves: 'To begin with, Bush is a fool'
Guy Reel: 'Upon a second viewing of Fahrenheit 9/11'
Peter Lee: 'Brave new world'
Scott C. Smith: 'Four more years?'
Harold Meyerson: 'Voting rights being treated as a musty
liberal ideal'
Dan Payne: 'Who will win? Kerry by a hair'
Andrew Greeley: 'For God's sake, vote him out'
Chris Suellentrop: 'One nation under Bush'
The
Bushies' campaign pitch follows their usual backward logic: Because we have
failed to make you safe, you should re-elect us to make you safer," By
Maureen Dowd. "Because we haven't caught Osama in three years, you need
us to catch Osama,,,,"
Bush
Let Terrorists Get Hands on Chemical Weapons Through His Negligence. More
Weapons Storage Sites Were Raided After the Invasion of Iraq. Anybody Who
Votes for Bush for President is Condemning America to National Insecurity.
GOP
Advisor Calls Osama Tape "A Gift." Can They Get Any More Disgusting?
A senior GOP strategist added, "anything that makes people nervous about
their personal safety helps Bush." Fight Terrorism; Vote Bush Out of
Office. 10/31
Car
Bomb Near Fallujah Kills 8 Marines. Are Our Soldiers Being Killed with High
Explosives Stolen from One of Several Sites Bush Left Unguarded After the
American Invasion? Think About It, And Then Vote for Someone Who Will Protect
Our Soldiers, Kerry.
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George W.
Bush is the GOP BuzzFlash Hypocrite of This Young Century, Endangering Our
National Security at Every Turn
Remember
in the 3rd Debate, Bush Lied About Saying, "I'll repeat what I said: I
truly am not that concerned about him." As You Watch New Osama Tape,
Remember Bush said, " I don't know where he is ... I just don't spend
that much time on him really."
So
a Tape of OBL Proving that Bush Has Failed to Protect Us From OBL is the
October Surprise, Instead of Capturing Him? And the American Public are
Supposed to Turn to Bush, Who Was Outmatched by OBL, to Protect Us? Jim Jones
Must be Laughing from Hell.
GOP
Theft of the Election 2004, Ohio: Phony Letters Sent to Democratic Voters
Telling Them Incorrectly That They are Ineligible to Vote 10/30
Josh Marshall on the OBL Tape:
Kerry Should Stay on the Offensive as White House Shamelessly Spins Bush's
Failure to Capture OBL 10/30
October 30
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
If ever there was a sign of Bush's failure to fight Al-Qaeda, it was the
"October Surprise" of a gloating bin Laden videotape emerging late
on a
Friday afternoon. Bush had promised in 2002 to get bin Laden "Dead
or
Alive" -- and he failed. After he failed to get bin Laden again, at
Tora
Bora, Bush claimed that bin Laden wasn't that important anyway.
Now bin Laden is back, when he should be behind bars. And Karl Rove
thinks bin Laden's reappearance should HELP Bush. Yes, Rove is relying
on
primal, irrational fear to push undecided voters into the Bush
"Kool-Aid-Jim-Jones" camp of voters. Rove is hoping people are
get such a
Halloween fright that they will vote for Bush, even though Osama's tape
only emphasizes Bush's failures.
Remember when everybody thought that the October surprise was that Bush
would produce Osama in chains? But we miscalculated on that one.
That
would assume that Bush could actually succeed at something besides
stealing an election. And, indeed, with just a videotape of a boastful
Osama to air, the Bush Cartel has sealed four years of failure with a nail
that exemplifies their ineptitude at protecting us.
The Kerry camp was, no doubt, prepared for worse. They shouldn't let up.
The tape only emphasizes that Bush, as Kerry noted in the debates, took
his eye off the ball and let Osama get away. Bush was too preoccupied
with Cheney's dream of controlling Iraq's oil and creating an American
military presence to shore up Saudi Arabia by building bases in Iraq. So
Osama slipped out the back door.
In the meantime, Osama is still out there, planning terrorist attacks.
Our tinhorn Texas sheriff failed spectacularly. He is, to adapt his own
words, a catastrophic success at bungling the war against terrorism.
On November 2nd, we have the chance to elect a new sheriff.
And then, maybe Osama won't be popping up to give us Halloween frights.
Because Osama and Bush need each other to shore up their political bases.
John Kerry will take care of Osama.
He's combat tested and he won't get distracted by Neocon delusions that
have led America into a nightmare of death for our soldiers and 100,000
Iraqis -- and a national debt that we will be paying off for years to
come.
Osama won't like John Kerry, because Kerry doesn't need Osama to stay in
power. Bush does.
A BUZZFLASH EDITORIAL
Saturday evening headlines
Bush
Failed to Get His Man, Osama, And Now the Terrorist is Back. A BuzzFlash
Editorial.
Hold
Off Reacting to Osama's Tape? I Think Not
GOP
Advisor Calls Osama Tape "A Gift." Can They Get Any More Disgusting?
A senior GOP strategist added, "anything that makes people nervous about
their personal safety helps Bush." Fight Terrorism; Vote Bush Out of
Office. 10/31
Kerry
Says U.S. United on Terror, Hits Bush 10/31
Bush's
Legacy of Taking His Eye off of Osama And Sending Our Soldiers to Fight for
Oil: 8 Marines Dead in Iraq; Car Bomb Kills 7 -- And Then There are the
100,000 Iraqis Dead. And Bush Couldn't Bag Osama, Despite His Tin Texas Cowboy
Threats. 10/31
Chris Floyd: 'Heart of Darkness: The Bush cult and American
madness'
THE WORLD ACCORDING TO A BUSH VOTER
Jim Lobe, AlterNet
A new survey reveals that Bush supporters choose to keep
faith in their leader than face reality.
http://www.alternet.org/waroniraq/20263/
ICE AIN'T NICE: A CAUTIONARY DRUG TALE
Peter Gorman, AlterNet
Is ice, a highly refined form of methamphetamine, really as
bad a problem in the Midwest as recent reports say? One
thing is for sure: the stuff is hard to shake once you
start.
http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/20249/
More DrugReporter: http://www.alternet.org/drugreporter/
College
Students Favor Kerry by a Landslide, According to Harvard Poll. Huge Campus
Voter Turnout Expected.
Frank
Rich: "The O'Reilly Factor for Lesbians." A Must Read.
Paul
Krugman on the GOP Theft of the Election 2004: Jeb Just Keeps Barreling Away
at Disenfranchising Minority Voters, As the Pro-Bush Media Spins the Polls in
His Favor to Make It Look Inevitable That He Will Win, When He's Actually in
Big Trouble 10/22
(Movies, events, gatherings etc.)
CNN
spun poll numbers for Bush
FOX carried
more of Bush's speech, less of Kerry's than other cable stations
Conservatives
equated Mary Cheney's sexual orientation with abortion, adultery, alcoholism,
and now obesity
'If this isn't genocide, what is?' IOL: Independent Online Oct 19 2004
Gaurdian Unlimited Special Reports: Global Warming
The Shadow Pentagon
Private contractors play a huge role in basic government workmostly out of
public view (Commentary, 9/29/2004)
Making
a Killing: The Business of War Series
Media
that Matters
www.optruth.org
Is
Karen Hughes Calling Pat Robertson, a Man of God, a Liar? Sure Sounds Like It.
You Can't Tell the Fools from the Knaves in the Bush Cartel.
Must Read:
Sucking Democracy Dry 10/21
GOP
Theft of the Election 2004: Why is the Bush Campaign Illegally Registering
People as Republicans Against Their Will? It's Happening Around the Country.
Is This to Run Up the Republican Registration so Electronic Vote Counts Can be
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Enron Chief Ken Lay to Face Two Criminal Trials
http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/102104Z.shtml
Focus:
Sinclair Abuses of FCC Rules Nothing New
U.S.
still has 480 nuclear bombs deployed in Europe
Media obsession with Kerry's Mary Cheney remark overwhelmed coverage of
Bush falsehood on bin Laden
http://mediamatters.org/items/200410190001
The media has devoted enormous attention to Senator John Kerry's reference
to Mary Cheney, Vice President Dick Cheney's daughter, as a lesbian during the
October 13 presidential
debate. Yet President George W. Bush's false claim from that same debate
-- "I just don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin
Laden" -- has received less than half as much media attention.
(Bush's debate claim is false because he said of bin Laden on March 13, 2002: "I'm
truly not that concerned about him.")
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Below
on the right you'll see the values that conservatives have been touting for
the last 30 years... On the left you'll see the values that we as progressives
embrace. These are the simplest most descriptive terms we can use to describe
our particular worldview as suggested by Linguistics professor George Lakoff.
|
Progressive Values |
Conservative Values |
Stronger America
Broad Prosperity
Better Future
Effective Government
Mutual Responsibility
Nurturant Parent Morality
|
Strong Defense
Free Markets
Lower Taxes
Smaller Government
Family Values
Strict Father Morality
|
I believe America is at it's strongest when we deal honestly
and openly with diplomacy as a member of the world community. We are all of
the human family, one strand in the web of life. Military might does not make
right.
Broad prosperity rather than free markets which are a myth.
Proper regulation has always been important in preserving the commons. Without
them corporations would rule every aspect of our lives....
Taxes are the dues we pay as Americans for a wonderful society
and fantastic standard of living (however degraded this may be due to recent
terrible decisions made in the Whitehouse). It is a myth that you or I could more wisely
spend our money as individuals. We cannot protect the commons or send people
to space or build the internet, or the interstate highway system or even think
about the future
possibility of free education or universal healthcare as individuals.
Effective government rather than smaller government.
strict father morality, pursuing your own self interest in a
dangerous world. Loyal only to family and aligning oneself only with others
that reflect your worldview. Domestication which becomes auto domestication
(they call it self discipline)
On the other hand you have mutual responsibility. We each
share a responsibility to future generations. Our society is as good as we
ourselves make it. We have a responsibility to help build community. When free
markets cross the line from competition to exploitation all of our communities
suffer.
A strong America will be a leader in democratic values. a
country which values democracy will act multi-laterally building an honest and
open international consensus. This will allow us to promote our values by
living up to them and respecting the rights and the diversity of the human
community.
A safe America will be an America that respects other Nations
and international law. If we build strong community relationships we will have
fewer enemies and our enemies fewer recruits.
If we want our society to act democratically, we need to
educate our children that way (see; www.sudval.org
), we need our workplace to be democratic, then we might be able to expect our
foreign policy to be democratic as well.
Many of us blindly accept the direction this country is
taking. Meanwhile a significant portion are actively pursuing a course toward
totalitarian theocracy. Strict father thinking (fear activates the strict
father programming) and the politics that this narrow worldview perpetuates,
through manipulation of our basest fears. Trivializing our dissent and
manufacturing a "consensus" around the never ending "war on
terror". The proper re-humanizing re-framing would be to fight terrorists
by fighting poverty and by eliminating the root causes of terrorism which are
hopelessness, desperation, exploitation and lack of meaningful dialogue.
You cannot argue for your own freedom without simultaneously
arguing for universal freedom for all of life not just narrowly for Americans
or even just humans. At an environmental level we depend entirely upon the
diversity of life for our future stability. Diversity is stability.
Nurturance = Democracy, strong sense of community, fair
markets, fairness, honesty, communication, diplomacy, prosperity,
peace...
Strict Father Morality = Authoritorianism, weak, overly
propagandized, groupthink community, corporatism, totalitarianism, classism,
militarism, rationing, war.
If you think that we are not rationing right now, where is the
money we need for healthcare, education, environmental protection, housing and
jobs?
Peace now
Crow
(scroll down for more news)
Luntz
Speak! How Republicans consistently word issues to trick working class
Americans into voting against their own interests...(or how the Republicans
greenwash a load of crap for Americans to swallow) Frank Luntz's Double Think
Tank!
Our Answer???
deeeeeproooooograaaaaaammmmmm......
"Don't
Think of an Elephant!"
UC Berkeley linguistics professor George Lakoff talks
about how transforming the language of politics can help win the good fight.
And in his introduction to Lakoff's book, AlterNet's
executive editor Don Hazen acquaints us with the master
of the art and science of political framing. (Bart
Nagel photo)
also see: Framing
the issues: UC Berkeley professor George Lakoff tells how conservatives use
language to dominate politics
and: Linguistics
professor George Lakoff dissects the "war on terror" and other
conservative catchphrases
Professor Lakoff filed daily dispatches
about the language used in the major speeches of the Republican National
Convention.
August
30: All terror, all the time
August
31: Pull yourself up by your bootstraps if you can afford the boots
September
1: Red-meat night frames Kerry
September
2: Freedom, liberty, freedom
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