Darfur

Darfur. What does that mean to you? Or better yet, DOES it mean anything to you?

Here’s an excellent article on what’s happening in Darfur. I was not sold on the Oil for Slaughter version before reading this. I’m still not sold 100%, but David Morse makes an excellent argument.

My belief of the inattentive concern for Darfur, as well as what happened in Rwanda, boils down to pure racism. It may not be an acknowledged racism, but it’s there none the less. Euro-centric folks have always had this paternalistic attitude toward Africa. It was one of the driving factors of the colonialism of Africa in the 19th century. Can you think of another reason for the First World’s lack of concern for the slaughter? Remember the horror of Bosnia? All the while, Rwanda was occurring.

Miscarriage of Justice

All I can say is Oh My God!!! What in the world just happened?? Two illegal aliens steal into this country, are apprehended by a militia group, and according to them:

The immigrants also said that the group gave them cookies, water and a blanket and let them go after an hour or so.

Of course, that was after they may have been roughed up a wee bit . . .

Mancia and Leiva were caught on a ranch in Hebbronville, Texas, in March 2003 by Nethercott and other members of Ranch Rescue. The two immigrants later accused Nethercott of threatening them and of hitting Mancia with a pistol.

But give them the manÂ’s property?!?!?

The immigrants said the ordeal had left them with post-traumatic stress.

Post-traumatic stress? How do they know it wasn't caused by the "coyotes"?

But still, give them the man's ranch???? They're ILLEGAL after all.

Now, I respect Morris Dees for what he did to the Aryan Nation up in Idaho, but to call this “poetic justice” after representing these ILLEGAL immigrants, is a miscarriage of justice

Ted Rall

I’ve NEVER been a Ted Rall fan. Some of his work is just revolting. However…..this article doesn’t leave me much to argue with and that’s disturbing. I still think he’s an ass.

Shame

As the few of you know, I’m in the Healthcare business and THIS is why I HATE insurance companies. I truly feel for these folks.

RU-486

I’ve always been a strong proponent of RU-486 and have NEVER understood Pro-Lifers opposition.  I’m not interested in their moral obligation to women; they’re never on good footing with me anyway. But INDC’s got a great (and lengthy) article rebuffing Michelle Malkin’s feeble attempt at demonizing RU-486 on a logical and statistical level. Well done, Bill.

Clintons Fantasy

I was doing the daily Daou crawl when I came upon this unbelievable nugget from Neal Boortz. I couldn’t believe it at first.

Now, I’ve never been a Clinton basher as I’ve indicated in previous posts. I thought he was alright, but just made some poor choices. Unfortunately, he wasn’t truthful when it came down to “it” and it caused us all grief. But this…

Ex-president Bill Clinton now says he would have taken out Osama bin Laden before the 9/11 attacks – if only the FBI and CIA had been able to prove the al-Qaida mastermind was behind the attack on the U.S.S. Cole.
"I desperately wish that I had been president when the FBI and CIA finally confirmed, officially, that bin Laden was responsible for the attack on the U.S.S. Cole," Clinton tells New York magazine this week. "Then we could have launched an attack on Afghanistan early."
"I don’t know if it would have prevented 9/11," he added. "But it certainly would have complicated it.”
Despite his failure to launch such an attack, Clinton said he saw the danger posed by bin Laden much more clearly than did President Bush.
"I always thought that bin Laden was a bigger threat than the Bush administration did," he told New York magazine.

Bush is renowned for neither apologizing nor acknowledging errors – Stubborn Ass!! But please read this and TELL ME Clinton is NOT living in a fantasy world!!! Where as Bush is a stubborn, principled fool, Clinton is an unprincipled and insecure fool. His credo is “someone like me, please. Anyone?!?”

Moral Vacancy?

Once again, sorry for the lack of posting. I'’m working from home now and having to fight the blahs.

I'’ve been checking out the Daou Report'’s daily stream as usual. Like quite a few, I''m not overly impressed with Mother Sheehan, but donÂ’t doubt her right to protest. I just think this is all rather tacky. She'’s become somewhat of a caricature of herself. I read the newspaper article often quoted by both sides and she did have some rather pleasant comments for Pres Bush which she now recants. But now sheÂ’s out to embarrass him. Tacky. . .

But what has left me aghast is an article on Leiter Reports from E.L. Doctorow. I'’m left almost speechless in its audacity. For Doctorow, profess to "‘know"’ what Bush thinks, feels and means in his actions (or inactions). I'’m not a big fan of Bush, but this is ridiculous . . .

I fault this president for not knowing what death is. He does not suffer the death of our 21-year-olds who wanted to be what they could be. On the eve of D-Day in 1944 General Eisenhower prayed to God for the lives of the young soldiers he knew were going to die. He knew what death was. Even in a justifiable war, a war not of choice but of necessity, a war of survival, the cost was almost more than Eisenhower could bear.

But this president does not know what death is. He hasn't the mind for it. You see him joking with the press, peering under the table for the weapons of mass destruction he can't seem to find, you see him at rallies strutting up to the stage in shirt sleeves to the roar of the carefully screened crowd, smiling and waving, triumphal, a he-man.

He does not mourn. He doesn't understand why he should mourn. He is satisfied during the course of a speech written for him to look solemn for a moment and speak of the brave young Americans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

But you study him, you look into his eyes and know he dissembles an emotion which he does not feel in the depths of his being because he has no capacity for it. He does not feel a personal responsibility for the 1,000 dead young men and women who wanted to be what they could be.

There's more but I just can't... Discourse is lost in America today.