As little use as I have for republicans, would the dems be any different? I think it is a disservice to all childhood sexual abuse survivors to make this a partisan issue. With all the scandals coming out, maybe it is time to 1) do a complete housecleaning and bring ALL our sick secrets into the open 2) figure out why adults have such an unhealthy need to prey on children in the first place. Otherwise we are just going to stay stuck in this sick rut forever. I am not a sexual abuse survivor, but I was raised by someone who was molested as a child. Her generation could not talk about it, so it affected every part of her life. She never healed. Then there is the tragedy of those innocent Amish girls, murdered because some disturbed individual couldn't deal with his feelings. Will gloating and rejoicing that is was the depravity of the conservative reps that got exposed this time really help the situation. I am sure no one will listen, but I say we call on ALL politicans, church and business leaders to seek the help they need for the sake of future generations. A clean slate is the only hope for the future!
As those not so paranoid conspiracy theorists say "Who is the silence protecting?"
After years of negociation, all French detainees have eventualy been delivered to the French justice. They expect a verdict next May 2007. Without much fear - not because they're fearless hardcore killers but because most of them are not so dangerous misfits.
The judgement was supposed to be delivered last September the 27th but there is another case within the case : some detainees have been interviewed by French agents during their stay. The interviews were normal but to a certain point : in the legal void of this twilight zone, they are by definition illegal.
So these agents are likely to be prosecuted too. At least, there is an investigation on how the case was made... which is exactly the kind of investigations the Bush Administration don't want on their home turf (even if that turf actually belongs to a former US puppet called Fidel Castro - by the way, funny how US puppets tend to turn nasty : Fidel, Saddam, Osama, Noriega...).
Anyway. I wonder when the President of the United States and his head of "Justice" will answer for their own attacks on the values that used to make America respected.
And I don't think the Dems played it smartly by passing the UnPatriot law : they keep following the Rove agenda and roadmap instead of shifting gears and planes. Wake up, lads : the first step out of this mess is the total respect of the core values of your country. You cannot expect any good decision otherwise. Don't answer to their question "are you with us or against us ?" , just be yourselves.
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Stephane MOT -
http://e-blogules.blogspot.com
Evan Naseem is not a democracy activist. He was jailed for doping. I think it would be better if you speak the truth though he was killed brutally by the police in the Maldives.
This week's "Living on Earth" (10/2/06) added to NPR's record of, shall we say, nuclear greenwashing disingenuity?
In an interview with Bruce Gellerman, Dr. Helen Caldicott thoroughly debunked the purported environmental friendliness of nuclear generators, enumerating all the up-front greenhouse gas costs of uranium mining, refining, and enrichment, not to mention the distinctly environmentally unfriendly problems of reactor accidents and radioactive waste storage. (For extra effect, she kicked Patrick Moore squarely in his metaphorical butt, pointing out that even Greenpeace disowned him.)
Caldicott's voice had hardly faded from the air when Gellerman turned to a candy-coated interview with Weather Channel "Climatologist" Heidi Cullen. (I'm not questioning whether Cullen has a credential; just pointing out that in her professional role, she is an info-tainer not a scientist.) Without the slightest demurrer, Gellerman allowed Cullen to insinuate that "a nuclear power plant being built in a small town in Georgia" was "an alternative energy option" to greenhouse gas-producing, climate-altering, fossil fuel-fired power plants.
As little use as I have for republicans, would the dems be any different? I think it is a disservice to all childhood sexual abuse survivors to make this a partisan issue. With all the scandals coming out, maybe it is time to 1) do a complete housecleaning and bring ALL our sick secrets into the open 2) figure out why adults have such an unhealthy need to prey on children in the first place. Otherwise we are just going to stay stuck in this sick rut forever. I am not a sexual abuse survivor, but I was raised by someone who was molested as a child. Her generation could not talk about it, so it affected every part of her life. She never healed. Then there is the tragedy of those innocent Amish girls, murdered because some disturbed individual couldn't deal with his feelings. Will gloating and rejoicing that is was the depravity of the conservative reps that got exposed this time really help the situation. I am sure no one will listen, but I say we call on ALL politicans, church and business leaders to seek the help they need for the sake of future generations. A clean slate is the only hope for the future!
As those not so paranoid conspiracy theorists say "Who is the silence protecting?"
After years of negociation, all French detainees have eventualy been delivered to the French justice. They expect a verdict next May 2007. Without much fear - not because they're fearless hardcore killers but because most of them are not so dangerous misfits.
The judgement was supposed to be delivered last September the 27th but there is another case within the case : some detainees have been interviewed by French agents during their stay. The interviews were normal but to a certain point : in the legal void of this twilight zone, they are by definition illegal.
So these agents are likely to be prosecuted too. At least, there is an investigation on how the case was made... which is exactly the kind of investigations the Bush Administration don't want on their home turf (even if that turf actually belongs to a former US puppet called Fidel Castro - by the way, funny how US puppets tend to turn nasty : Fidel, Saddam, Osama, Noriega...).
Anyway. I wonder when the President of the United States and his head of "Justice" will answer for their own attacks on the values that used to make America respected.
And I don't think the Dems played it smartly by passing the UnPatriot law : they keep following the Rove agenda and roadmap instead of shifting gears and planes. Wake up, lads : the first step out of this mess is the total respect of the core values of your country. You cannot expect any good decision otherwise. Don't answer to their question "are you with us or against us ?" , just be yourselves.
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Stephane MOT -
http://e-blogules.blogspot.com
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Yes, thanks for pointing out my error. I have corrected the original post so that it now refers to Naseem as a prisoner not "democracy activist".
Evan Naseem is not a democracy activist. He was jailed for doping. I think it would be better if you speak the truth though he was killed brutally by the police in the Maldives.
This week's "Living on Earth" (10/2/06) added to NPR's record of, shall we say, nuclear greenwashing disingenuity?
In an interview with Bruce Gellerman, Dr. Helen Caldicott thoroughly debunked the purported environmental friendliness of nuclear generators, enumerating all the up-front greenhouse gas costs of uranium mining, refining, and enrichment, not to mention the distinctly environmentally unfriendly problems of reactor accidents and radioactive waste storage. (For extra effect, she kicked Patrick Moore squarely in his metaphorical butt, pointing out that even Greenpeace disowned him.)
Caldicott's voice had hardly faded from the air when Gellerman turned to a candy-coated interview with Weather Channel "Climatologist" Heidi Cullen. (I'm not questioning whether Cullen has a credential; just pointing out that in her professional role, she is an info-tainer not a scientist.) Without the slightest demurrer, Gellerman allowed Cullen to insinuate that "a nuclear power plant being built in a small town in Georgia" was "an alternative energy option" to greenhouse gas-producing, climate-altering, fossil fuel-fired power plants.
Nathaniel Wander
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