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Editorial: Bush A Coward August 16, 2005
The President of the United States, who lacked the courage to serve his country during the Vietnam War, has once again shown his cowardice. Scores of brave American soldiers have given their lives since he went on vacation a couple of weeks ago. And yet, when the mother of one of our war dead — Cindy Sheehan, whose son Casey was killed awhile back in Sadr City — showed up at his Texas ranch asking to speak to him, he didn’t even have the cojones to (…)

by sparosnare
The trek began early Sunday morning - a decision to drive 181 miles to support Cindy Sheehan, a courageous mother who lost her son in the Iraq War. She has taken a stand against the war, and against those who lied to justify the war, right outside the gates of George Bush’s ranch. She’s camped out in a ditch, literally, waiting for the President to speak with her. Waiting for him to take 10 minutes and answer her questions.
So there we were - two cars, two adults, 3 kids (…)

Suppose you were an idiot... And suppose you were a member of Congress... But I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
THE DIALOGUE
What shameful toads you are! Yes you, our elected lawmakers. Yes you, the folks we sent to Washington in our names. Yes you, the most spineless, cowardly and craven Congress people in history. Yes you, the most bullied, gutless and shameful herd of legislators ever elected. And you know exactly who you are.
Where in hell is your integrity? Where in hell is your (…)

CRAWFORD, TX — President George W. Bush is "mulling options" for a possible military strike against Cindy Sheehan, said one of his top political aides.
"Cindy Sheehan’s actions over the last few days are the same sorts of things that terrorists would do. I count her protest to be an attack against my poll numbers," said President Bush.
Earlier today, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz urged the President to bomb Mrs. Sheehan.
"Let her eat bombs," exclaimed the World Bank (…)

WASHINGTON, The refusal of Bush to withdraw troops from Iraq, in spite of the pain of families who have lost their sons in the war is today highlighted by U.S. media.
Confronting the increased casualties and a fall of support for the war, Bush said that it was too soon to talk of withdrawal, The New York Times reported.
CNN for its part, reported Friday after an analysis of the situation that the Iraqi crisis is weighing heavily in the minds of United States citizens regarding the 2006 (…)

by Wayne Besen
In 2004, a group of gay activists took over Cato Island, a small sand bar in the Coral Sea off the northeast coast of Australia. They planted a rainbow flag on the beach and declared it the world’s first gay kingdom in protest of anti-gay legislation in Australia. When I originally read this news story I got a good laugh while I drank my morning coffee.
After a recent spasm of anti-gay violence in several countries, I’m no longer chuckling. The merits of founding a nation (…)

Release Cuban Five or Face Nuremberg, says Fidel Castro
Havana, Aug 15 (AIN) President Fidel Castro said that true justice in the Cuban Five case will only occur when the men - considered national heroes on the island- are released and return to Cuba.
During an encounter Saturday in Havana with the mothers, spouses and children of the five Cubans imprisoned in the US for trying to prevent terrorist attacks against the island, Fidel Castro praised the decision made by three judge (…)

by Uri Avnery
A picture engraved in memory: Ariel Sharon in the Knesset. Around him the storm is raging. The Members rush about, shouts ring out from all sides. The Member on the podium waves his arms, denounces and curses him. Sharon sitting at the government table. Alone. Immovable. Massive and passive. No muscle in his face is moving. Not even the nervous tic of his nose, that was once his trade-mark (and that many people considered a kind of lie-detector). A rock in the raging sea. (…)

by Mary MacElveen!
To My Fellow Americans,
As you have read my past pieces on my blog, I always choose blue as my font color. But, today, I am using black because it mirrors how I see Bush’s soul. I wrote the below piece for Democrats.com on May 27, 2002 to put down my feelings how I viewed Pres. Bush back then.
Many more events have transpired since I wrote this piece such as the “Bush War” in Iraq, but what has remained constant is the narcissism that I do see within this (…)

Activists Protest the War, Or Protest the Protesters
By Michael A. Fletcher
CRAWFORD, Tex., Aug. 13 — Barbara Cummings was home in San Diego Monday, listening to an Air America radio broadcast, when she heard the tale of a woman who was coming here to join Cindy Sheehan in her growing protest against the war in Iraq.
The woman on the radio had a son who had signed on for a second tour of duty in the Army after losing his job. In two weeks, he is scheduled to ship out to Iraq. Cummings (…)