“Extraordinary witness”

The President of the United Church of Christ was arrested while trying to deliver a pastoral letter condemning the Iraq war to George W. Bush. John H. Thomas was arrested together with Linda Jaramillo, another senior UCC official for failing to leave the “no protest” zone.
Led away from the White House gates with hands [...]

Failing to grasp the situation

Maybe it’s the fact that I grew up in a system with poor checks and balances on the executive.  Maybe it’s a matter of the bizarre becoming normal.
In a post on The Next Hurrah, Marcy Wheeler (emptywheel) comments on Jim Webb asking for Admiral Fallon to testify before the Senate.  She is of the opinion [...]

Rove resigns

Bush’s senior political adviser, Karl “Turdblossom” Rove, has resigned.
It’s always good news to hear that one more of them is gone. Rove has been behind so much of the evil of the Bush administration - his departure gives a sense of relief. In reality, it probably has no effect - Rove was an [...]

Orange Revolution

Over at Demcrats.com they have launched an Orange Revolution (Start Impeachment/Stop the War).  Although the name’s already been taken (remember Ukraine?) I like the idea.
Bob Fertik has an outline of some of the upcoming activities, including sit-ins and calls for people to wear orange on Fridays.  I’m all for impeachment; I still don’t have enough [...]

The destruction of our shared cultural heritage

Western civilisation was was born in Mesopotamia.  The nation of Iraq stood custodian to the shared cultural heritage of the West.  The US sees itself as a pillar of Western civilisation.  We have already seen the Bush administration abandon such cherished ideas as habeus corpus and the ban on torture.  But in a war full [...]