Today we easily honestly say that might make right? No! The
arbitrary use of the overwhelming power of the United States military against
anyone who dares to disagree or fails to be subservient to the Bush proves that
statement, for obviously, might does make right in the eyes of ignorant
Americans and some of its allies. So let's be honest, even our books and the
sermons are presently being changed reflect the new world order according to
Bush and the far right-wing. Tell your children that when you have the power,
might makes right. That is the learned from the neo conservative right wing
fascist government of the United States of America, so it must be true.
In America we are telling little Johnny and Susie that crime
does pay, and cheaters do prosper, if you have the right connections. It is all
right to lie, be greedy, cheat, and manipulate, if it serves to obtain your
goals. The ends do justify the means, so don't be concerned with what you have
to do to get there, do anything and everything you can think of to grab your
piece of the pie. Obviously, the Bush regime of corporate criminals have
profited immensely from their illicit activities and plan to continue to do so
as they expand their illegal forays into yet to be determined nations. So little
ones can lie to your heart's content, cheat on all those exams, but make sure to
get what you're after. It's the end that counts, not how you got there. Just
emulate your government.
A strange thought about the
President's "War against Weapons of Mass Destruction"
occurred to me while watching a NBA game. The all white male
commentator team calling the game were providing the highly intense,
thoughtful, in-indept analysis of the ongoing action. They seem to
be overly analytical on every play and action in the game, from the
way each player took a shot -- to the rational for taking the shot
-- to the strategy of the coach for approving the shot. They seem to
be struggling to demonstrate the super intellect used in the plan
behind the game. A look, at the teams further showed that all the
players on the first team of both clubs were Black males. It seems
that the white male was trying to over come the fact That they were
under represented on the court.
Yes, football, basket ball, track
and field, etc. are the Black Male arenas of achievement as they are
disproportionaly out performing white males. But in the business and
other institutional leadership positions they have made somewhat
smaller advances. They have not become dominant as they are in
sports. Contrastingly, where performances is most times not so "cut
and dry" white males still hole the "top dog" positions.
Through sometimes deviously rigging the standards of performance by
whites, males white males are the super performers.
Yes , the dominance in sports, and
their gains in other institutions of work and white male position in
the home eroded, the white male though Bush, the mental midget need
to know they were still good at something. That something was "war"
as the world has never seen before. Through the game of all out war
the white male can demonstrate lightning, and thunder or "Shock
and Awe." The dust from Humbees, tanks, Land attack vehicles
carrying surface to surface missals, fire, fog, smoke, sand blood,
death. This is where Iraq came in as a good deal for the over kill
moved to the arena, by the right-wing that is. Even the least
talented white male, bozo, grunt and Barney Fife of the military can
be made a winner and hero in the dominance sport of war. The only
thing that was needed was to justly this major game with a good and
honorable cause. Ah yes,, an action against the "Axis of Evil"
which posses "Weapons of Mass Destruction" aimed at us, the
:""Axis of Good" and "God's Chosen People.
It happened in a poof of smoke and a flash of fire from the
jet plane like a "Popping-Jay" G. W. came out of a Navy jet as if from
the hat of the magic man. After landing on the USS Abraham Lincoln. Getting off
the jet holding a “heads-up-viewer” helmet to his six shooter
shown-down-attack-craft, G. W. then strutted over to the nearest military person
on the deck "popping" a "look-at-me-I-am-the-war-winning-white-male-commander-and-thief"
of the greatest, most powerful, military white ,male dominated group in the
history of the world, or maybe even the universe, or even the havens it self!!!
A terrific political staging and the republican party did not have to spend one
red penny for this multi million dollar political show!!
Today we easily honestly say
that might make right? No! The arbitrary use of the overwhelming
power of the United States military against anyone who dares to
disagree or fails to be subservient to the Bush proves that
statement, for obviously, might does make right in the eyes of
ignorant Americans and some of its allies. So let's be honest,
even our books and the sermons are presently being changed
reflect the new world order according to Bush and the far
right-wing. Tell your children that when you have the power,
might makes right. That is the learned from the neo conservative
right wing fascist government of the United States of America,
so it must be true.
In America we are telling
little Johnny and Susie that crime does pay, and cheaters do
prosper, if you have the right connections. It is all right to
lie, be greedy, cheat, and manipulate, if it serves to obtain
your goals. The ends do justify the means, so don't be concerned
with what you have to do to get there, do anything and
everything you can think of to grab your piece of the pie.
Obviously, the Bush regime of corporate criminals have profited
immensely from their illicit activities and plan to continue to
do so as they expand their illegal forays into yet to be
determined nations. So little ones can lie to your heart's
content, cheat on all those exams, but make sure to get what
you're after. It's the end that counts, not how you got there.
Just emulate your government.
For the Black population these
right-winger neo facist have shown them the standards for Black
success. First, money can and should be able to buy anything and
any person. A "Tom" is not a repugnant individual. He is a
successful Black citizen worthy of the highest respect and
rewards. There is no reward if virtue, solace, morality, and
integrity. The only good Nigger is a "Body Guard" for his
oppressor and an active member of thier Amen conner. Be an
athlete, a rapper, a Bootylicious mama, a performer for the
amusement of the master. Be a good Nigger and when you get
bigger and more educated, be a bigger more educated PhD. nigger
for the master!!
Nothing could be more evil
than the Bush regime and the "embedded media" enables, who mute
out death and destruction in accordance with their hegemonic
desires. . Life is cheap, especially when it belongs to someone
of color it anyway you wish, it's racism, pure and simple. It's
genocide, survival of the richest not the fittest. So my
children, you can see that handing out death to those who oppose
your desires is perfectly acceptable.-Our government says so and
your "Commander-and-Thief" practices it routinely with
the blessing of Congress and the majority of the brain washed
American people. The media. say it is the way to go!
The day when a real
politician/Statespreson will tell another politician ,"You
are deliberately lying with the intent of deceiving the voter"
is the day America has found a great person capable of saving
Democracy!!
No
matter
whether
we
wish
or
not,
but
the
world
changed
on
March
20,
and
the
change
is
irretrievable.
It
was
clear
long
before
the
very
first
attack
at
Iraq
that
this
war
would
go
far
beyond
the
limits
of
a
local
war
in
any
case.
And
the
beginning
of
the
US
aggression
in
Iraq
separated
once
and
for
all
leftists
and
rightists,
globalists
and
anti-globalists,
doves
and
hawks;
they
are
now
on
different
sides
of
the
barricade.
Click
to
continue
article
WHAT
IF
-
-IRAQ
ATTACK
"WAG
THE
DOG"
WAR
THIRD
ACT;
APRIL
1
,
2003
A
SIMILE
By
Dr.
James
A.
Scruggs
America
and
Iraq
threw
their
first
attacks
blows
on
April
1,
2002,
the
day
for
fools.
The
first
activity
was
a
massive
bombing
attack
by
the
US
and
the
"axis
of
good"
dropping
3000
daisy
cutter
20,000
pound
bombs.
On
the
next
exchange
the
Iraqis
fired
twenty
one
Scud
missiles
against
which
the
US
launched
84
Patriot
missiles
interceptors.
Twenty
five
percent
of
the
Scuds
landed
in
the
general
vicinity
of
American
and
"axis
of
good"
troops
and
a
few
on
Israeli
territory.
The
US
declared
that
these
missiles
each
contained
"a"
single
spore
of
Anthrax
making
them
"weapons
of
mass
destruction."
Suddenly
there
was
what
seemed
a
sand
storm
on
all
sides
of
Baghdad.
No,
it
was
sand
kicked
up
by
"axis
of
good"
troops
as
they
raced
away
from
the
vicinity
of
Baghdad,
Iraq!
Click
to
continue
3/1/2003
Part
of
the
BlackPressUSA
Network
Should
white
men
fight
in
Iraq
by
themselves?
by
ALTON
H.
MADDOX
JR.
Originally
posted
2/26/2003
Unless
you
are
a
white
male,
it
is
foolhardy
to
voluntarily
put
yourself
in
harm’s
way
for
a
country
that
is
racist,
sexist
and
xenophobic.
In
times
of
war,
everyone
in
the
military
except
white
males
has
to
be
ready
for
both
enemy
fire
and
friendly
fire.
This
is
the
tragedy
of
attempting
to
be
a
patriot
in
a
land
that
only
values
white
maleness.
Only
white
men
can
be
patriots.
All
others,
at
best,
are
Good
Samaritans
like
Dorie
Miller.
Click
to
continue
REALITY
2003
TRUTH
ABOUT
AUTOMOBILE
ENERGY
SOURCES
AND
POLLUTION
By
Dr.
James
A.
Scruggs
Electric
or
hydrogen
fueled
automobiles
will
not
solve
the
automobile
pollution
problem
and
world
greenhouse
effect
AS
presently
advocated
by
the
US
government
and
the
Automobile
Industry..
When
the
US
leaders
use
either
of
these
options
as
a
way
to
get
us
off
fossil
fuels/oil
they
are
lying
to
the
public.
Even
if
"oil-gasoline-fossil
fuel"
is
left
as
a
part
of
the
energy
production
process/cycle
(Energy
is
never
created
nor
destroyed;
It
is
transformed
from
one
for
to
another).
Click
to
continue
REALITY
2003
TOO
MANY
NON
ESSENTIALS,
LIES
AND
TRUTH
ONLY
SOME
TIMES
By
Dr.
James
A.
Scruggs
Educated
progressives
and
Black
citizens
more
than
any
other
group
has
the
scared
obligation
to
educate
Blacks
other
Americans
on
the
highly
important
and
critical
issues
of
today.
Graduates
from
Morehouse,
University
of
Florida,
Yale,
University
of
Mass.,
Florida
Atlantic
University,
etc.
are
the
blessed
people
who
must
add
their
voice
to
issues
that
are
regularly
being
misrepresented
and
lied
about
by
our
fellow
American
Leaders.
From
the
lie
that
Columbus
discovered
America
to
George
W.
Bush
won
the
presidential
election
2000.
The
truth
is
slain
every
day
and
history
books
will
carry
these
lies
to
all
our
children.
Here
are
a
few
issues
that
are
critical
for
voices
of
truth.
Continue
here
YOU
CAN
BREED
A
PEOPLE
RIGHT!!!
By
Dr.
James
A.
Scruggs
It
is
April
1984
and
I
find
myself
in
a
small
school
district
in
Mississippi.
I
am
here
to
serve
as
Superintendent
of
Schools
in
a
school
district
that
has
had
three
superintendents
I
as
many
years.
During
the
desegregation
period,
Mississippi
decided
to
conform
to
the
separate
but
unequal
laws
in
school
systems
by
splitting
each
district
into
two
parts
making
one
district
run
by
a
Black
person
and
the
other
run
by
a
white
superintendent.
However,
the
Central
School
Board
held
responsibility
for
both
districts,
was
run
by
whites,
and
held
power
over
all
the
funds.
Very
clever
isn’t
it.
Continue
here
BLACK
MEN
"WO
OUT"
AND
"NO
MO
GOOD!!!"
By
Dr.
James
A.
Scruggs
2/2003
I
remember
but
never
really
understood
what
Black
men
and
women
meant
when
they
said
of
a
old
Black
man,
"
He
is
wo
out’"
or
"He
ant’
no
mo
good!!"
My
grandfather
never
really
owned
any
land
but
he
seemed
to
have
an
agreement
to
plant
vegetables
and
keep
hogs
on
many
pieces
of
property
around
the
city
of
Sheffield,
Alabama.
He
had
a
mule
and
wagon
with
wooden
SPOKED
wheels
and
metal
rims
or
bands
where
the
rubber
tired
should
have
been.
At
harvest
time
he
gathered
his
vegetables
and
pork
in
the
wagon
brought
the
food
to
house
where
the
animals
killings
and
vegetable
canning
went
on.
Caned
corn,
beans,
tomatoes,
okra,
etc.
and
pork
smoking
and
cueing,
crackling
cooking,
soap
making
from
the
fat
and
lie.
We
were
poor
but
never
hungry.
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to
finish
article
THE
ECONO-POLITO-RELIGION-INDUSTRIAL-COMPLEX
OR
MONEY
CAN
BUY
ANYTHING
Here
in
2003
man
yet
stands
on
the
threshold
on
a
great
universal
abyss.
This
is
the
abyss
of
ignorance.
The
lack
of
information
and
or
knowledge
is
the
giant
black
void
where
knowledge
of
the
great
natural
universe
lies.
This
is
the
line
where
the
light
is
the
.4
of
one
percent
of
the
matter
in
the
universe
that
man
has
so
far
had
the
tools
and
intellect
to
organize
and
predict.
But
here
stands
man
steeped
in
stark
fear.
He
has
not
considered
that
his
god’s
domain
is
that
of
the
vast
natural
"order"
of
all
things.
It
is
so
profound
that
there
is
no
need
for
him
to
be
preoccupied
with
the
supernatural
and
the
ghosties
and
goblins
created
by
his
mind
to
fill
the
vast
abyss
where
his
understanding
stops.
The
profoundly
ignorant
and
the
mentally
challenged
will
walk
in
the
footsteps
of
those,
who
have
no
will
to
walk
into
this
abyss
to
learn
that
information
that
will
finally
bring
him
face
to
face
with
his
GOD(s),
whoever
they
may
be!!
Click
here
to
finish
article
The Dog Boys, who are they?
This year I have been provided a first hand view of
what is happening to Black Boys as they try to participate in our institutions. There is a
clear importance of the group called, "The Dog Boys." Let me
describe their the characteristics of these "Throw-away-Boys!!". Click here to read article written by J. Alva Scruggs
BE A DOMESTIC
SPY FOR YOUR COUNTRY OR BE A RAT FINK ON YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS
BLACKS
ARE
MORE
VALUABLE
WHEN
THEY
HOLD
ON
TO
INTEGRITY
Dr.
By
James
A.
Scruggs
2/2003
We
all
pride
ourselves
on
having
very
few,
but
very
good
reliable
people
we
call
real
friends.
The
conventional
thought
is
that
good
friends
are
few
and
hard
to
find.
In
hard
times
those
friends,
who
have
integrity,
are
reliable,
have
values
not
for
sale
etc.
will
still
be
your
friends.
I
for
one
have
a
few
friends
like
this
and
do
not
plan
to
take
on
any
more
until
some
one
of
these
dies.
For
Blacks
this
is
very
important
because
we
find
ourselves
regularly
in
situations
in
which
friends
are
needed
as
a
matter
of
life
and
death.
Our
friends
and
leaders
must
have
the
characteristic
of
great
integrity.
It
is
paramount
to
their
mass
responsibility.
click
to
finish
article
WE
PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE
TO
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
AMERICA!!!
By
Dr.
James
A
Scruggs
Here
are
a
few
brief
statements
of
truth
made
by
men
of
wisdom
and
others,
about
things
that
can
only
coexist
exist
under
the
strongest
governance
document
in
the
world
today,
The
Constitution
of
The
United
States!!
The
only
thing
that
keeps
America
from
self
consumption
is
the
greatest
document
in
the
history
of
the
civilized
world
as
we
know
it,
The
Constitution
of
the
United
States,
"Constitutional
Law."
that
is
where
our
patriotism
should
be
placed!!
Scruggs
2002
Click
Here
To
Complete
Article
AMERICA’S
INSTITUTION
OF
ECONOMICS
IS
BECOMING
MORE
POWERFUL
THAN
ANY
OTHER
INSTITUTION
The
intrusion
of
American’s
institutions
into
one
another
is
a
serious
problem.
These
days
there
are
five
(5)
distinct
classic
institutions
in
America,
Family,
Religion,
Education,
Political
and
Economics.
The
demonstrated
ability
of
America’s
institution
of
economics
(e.g.
America’s
case
capitalism),
to
completely
take
over
other
institutions
as
Politics
(The
Tyranny
Of
The
Bottom
Line)
has
opened
the
door
for
other
institutions
to
move
in
on
other
institutions.
CONTINUE
HERE
Civil
Rights
Chief
Warns
White
House
of
Al-Qaeda-U.S.
Muslim
Threat
With
Carl
Limbacher
and
NewsMax.com
Staff
The
head
of
one
of
the
nation's
most
prominent
civil
rights
organizations
has
warned
the
White
House
that
the
rise
of
radical
Islam
within
America's
black
community
could
provide
a
breeding
ground
for
the
perpetrators
of
the
next
wave
of
terror
attacks
against
the
U.S.
In
a
letter
sent
to
the
Bush
administration
on
Friday,
Congress
of
Racial
Equality
Chairman
Roy
Innis
requested
a
meeting
with
Homeland
Security
czar
Tom
Ridge,
Attorney
General
John
Ashcroft
and
National
Security
Advisor
Condoleezza
Rice
to
discuss
what
he
sees
as
the
"clear
and
present
danger"
posed
to
U.S.
race
relations
by
the
rising
tide
of
"non-spiritual"
Muslim
conversions.
Continue
here
WHAT
IS
A
LITTLE
HUMOR!!
THE
WORLD
IS
MADE
SECURE
AGAIN!!!
By
Dr.
J.
Alva
Scruggs
10/19/2002
Poor
misguided
sniper?
Is
he
among
the
cast
of
in
such
right
wing
patriots
as
Oliver
North,
Ted
Bundy,
Jack
Ruby,
McVeigh,
Son-of-Sam?
Is
this
a
sort
of
"fear
Transference?"
The
Iraq
"fear"
the
911
"fear"
the
Korean
""Fear"
the
Muslim
"fear."
Is
it
the
"Black
Person
fear?"
Is
this
cruel
and
heinous
act
a
fear
to
distract
Americans
away
from
the
important
events
of
the
moment.
My
God
he
just
may
be
a
"Black."
This
is
an
election
year!
Political
parties
in
Florida
only
hire
Black
PR
firms
if
they
are
of
the
same
party.
These
two
parties
even
hire
"a"
Black
as
a
"Body
Guard"
to
direct
potential
Black
firms
to
a
dead
end!!!
Click
here
to
finish
article
WHAT
DO
THESE
BLACK
REPUBLICANS
REALLY
WANT
AND
WHO
ARE
THEY? BY
J.
Alva
Scruggs
At
this
extremely
critical
time
strong
Black
change
agents
are
needed
we
see
so
many
Blacks
looking
only
for
personal
gain
rather
than
group
progress.
This
is
especially
dangerous
when
you
look
at
the
republican
party,
its
strength
and
the
anti
Black
stands
it
seems
to
advocate.
Click
here
for
article
Bomb Saddam, Save the G.O.P.
William Rivers Pitt, TruthOut.com
July 30, 2002
Room 295 of the Suffolk Law School building in downtown Boston was
filled to capacity on July 23 with peace activists, aging Cambridge
hippies and assorted freaks. Click here for more
20 Things We've Learned Nearly a Year After 9/11
July 31, 2002
by Bernard Weiner
As we approach the first anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, it might be useful to
see how far an ordinary citizen's knowledge has progressed one year on. So here, in the
way of a summing-up, based on journalistic documentation, is a list of things we Americans
have learned since last September -- some of which might prove useful in the run-up to the
November elections.
Click
here
for
more
"Leafing
through the Bush legacy''
Date: Tuesday, August 13, 2002
Topic: Guest Editorial
By Walter Brasch
Usually it takes years, even decades, for a political leader to develop his legacy.
George W. Bush, over-achiever that he is, has done it in about 18 months. And there's still two and one-half years left for
him to expand that legacy.
ITS NOT BLAIR
THAT IS THE PROBLEM IT IS THE GENERAL STATE OF
INDEPENDENT JOURNALISM!!
By: Dr. J. Alva Scruggs
Today’s sad state of the press and
journalism, especially investigative journalism has finally become a subject
of writers for the corporate media. The two resent (May 2003) articles by
Kathleen Parker, Orlando Sentinel and Brother Leonard Pits Miami Herald both
took on the subject but they both miss the whole point by focusing on the
Black writer Blair and how he may have come to be at The New York Times!
Parker states in part, “As newspaper editors
convened emergency denial-control meetings and minority journalists circled
their wagons, New York Times Executive Editor Howell Raines went ahead and
admitted what was obvious to anyone without a blankie over his head: Of
course it's (the hiring and treatment of Blaire) about race.” Where
Pitts says, “So apparently, Jayson Blair's biggest crime is not that
he cheated and misled. It's that he cheated and misled while black.”
These articles addressing a questionable
Black male reporter working for the New York Times reporter Jayson Blair,
who is alleged to have deliberately written miss leading stories laden with
lies and deception. His articles were not said to be badly written, just
questionable in truth and accuracy. But instead of discussing the over-all
declined state of the general press and the legitimate media’s daily
representations (as of May 21, 2003 this article) of spin, lies, and screwed
stories that have undermine the very base of historical records today, they
limited their monologue to a restricted spectrum as if Brother Blair was a
general representation of Blacks in the world of superior white colleagues.
Blaire is portrayed as a unique rotten apple, without saying that the whole
barrel of white corporate journalism apples were themselves rotten in their
reporting. Richard Hylton, wrote in part (Berkeley Daily Planet
May 21, 2003), “I've watched with disbelief as this scandal
has unfolded and been used by racist commentators as a broad indictment of
blacks in journalism. Supposedly, black journalists are pulling down the
high standards white journalists have built up. I don't know which is more
absurd. . . .”
As things are going there will never be
another Edward R. Murray‘s, “White Paper,” or a John Steinbeck‘s, “Grapes
of Wrath,” Lucius Gantt‘s, “I Talked About The Beast,”
to set the public to thinking about the truth of the society they have
wroth. Blair gave them what they showed him they were doing themselves and
wanted! Mimicking his master is what a “Tom” does best.
A June 6th conversation on the
National Public Radio news show On the Media between host Brooke
Gladstone and guests Bill Falk and Jeremy O'Grady, executive editors of
the American and British editions of The Week, highlighted important
differences between American and British journalism, and, more
importantly, the sad state of affairs currently being experienced by the
American version of the discipline. Jeremy O'Grady, representing
Britain's edition of The Week, remarked that American journalists
display a reverence for the government and are often afraid to question
the official line, while British journalists are more skeptical and
irreverent. As an instructive case in point, O'Grady pointed to a piece
by New York Times columnist Judith Miller that was essentially
sanctioned by the Pentagon: a flimsy article, based entirely on
anonymous sources and Pentagon hearsay, seemingly printed to keep the
hopes alive of those who believe that huge stores of WMD are still going
to be unearthed in Iraq and to buoy artificially the validity of the
Bush administration's rhetoric. To O'Grady, such a story reeked of
professional coziness the likes of which a Brit would never endure.
American journalism also seems to
believe in a theoretical yet attainable state of objectivity and
strictly segregated formats governing the presentation of opinion and
fact -- that, in a way, journalism is more of a science which can be
practiced very exactly, not a profession of inherent bias. The Brit is
less afraid of opinion and more naturally embraces slant and agendas as
part and parcel of the journalistic, historical process surrounding the
recounting of events.
Bill Falk observed: "Here when you enter into the New York Times or the
Washington Post, it's entering into a cathedral. Journalists --
particularly the commentators and the named journalists are the high
priests of the profession, and we worship the truth, and there's this
sense that in our country the truth is a quantifiable, objective deity
that you can put borders around and say 'well, this is the truth and
that's opinion.'"
BY: Lewis H. Lapham : (editor of Harper's
Magazine and author of heater of War, Money and Class in
America, Imperial
Masquerade, The Wish for Kings, Hotel America and Waiting for
the Barbarians.
Editor's Note: This commentary is excerpted from
the commencement
address delivered on May 11, 2003 at St. John's College.
Most of the political arguments going forward in the world at the
present moment are the same ones that enlivened the scaffolds of
Renaissance Italy annals of Imperial Rome -- the old and bitter
quarrel between time past and time future, between the inertia of
things as they are and the energy inherent in the hope of things as
they might become.
The former and more portly faction invariably commands the popular
majority. It is the party of military parades and Late Night with
David Letterman, of Time magazine, Steven Spielberg movies, and the
oil company lobbyists working the halls of Congress.
All of you belong, by definition if not by choice, to the
party of things-as-they-might-become.
All of you belong, by definition if not by choice, to the party of
things-as-they-might-become. Don't underestimate the guile of your
enemies. The servants of the status quo like to say that nothing is
seriously amiss, that this is the best of all possible worlds, that
the wisdom in office, whether at the White House or on the set of
Nightline, brooks neither impertinence nor contradiction.
The authorities rest the case for their assurance on two lines of
false reasoning. First, that the future is so dangerous that only
football captains need apply, that everything is very difficult,
very complicated and very far beyond the grasp of mere mortals who
never have sailed up the Nile with Henry Kissinger. Second, that
because this is the best of all possible worlds, nothing important
remains to be said or discovered. The media have a hand in both of
these deceptions, and I speak from some experience when I say that
the fear of the future sells newspapers and bids up the market for
cheap miracles and expensive cosmetics.
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, May 22, 2003; Page A11
President Bush embarked last night on a packed schedule
of fundraising events
designed to showcase him as commander in chief even as he builds a
record-breaking financial advantage over his future Democratic opponent.
Bush's goal is to collect about twice as much as he did for his last race.
Campaign sources said his fundraising strategy is built for speed so he can
finish most of the events and return to full-time governing just as the
Democratic nominating contest is peaking.
Bush will headline $2,000-a-ticket receptions next month in New York,
Washington, Miami and Tampa, and White House officials said they expect that
pace to continue through the summer and into the fall.
New York-based Russ Baker is an award-winning journalist who
covers politics and media.
Recently, The New York Times got a deserved spanking for running a
seemingly unjustified, strangely sourced article justifying the
administration’s retreat from its claims that Iraq possessed large
stores of frightening offensive weapons. But the spanking came and
went, and the media community missed a chance for some healthy
self-reflection about larger institutional failings in a
success-obsessed, competitive business.
First, the background. On April 21, the Times published a front-page
article from Judith Miller, the paper’s resident expert on chemical
and biological weapons. In it, she passed on supposed claims from a
mysterious source that the only reason coalition forces had failed
to find chemical weapons was because they either were recently
destroyed or existed strictly as precursors that also have civilian
purposes. But she never met, spoke with, or verified the identity of the
"source."
Military waste under fire / $1 trillion missing -- Bush
plan targets Pentagon accounting
Tom Abate, Chronicle Staff Writer
Sunday, May 18, 2003
The Department of Defense, already infamous for spending $640 for a toilet
seat, once again finds itself under intense scrutiny, only this time because
it couldn't account for more than a trillion dollars in financial
transactions, not to mention dozens of tanks, missiles and planes.
The Pentagon's unenviable reputation for waste will top the congressional
agenda this week, when the House and Senate are expected to begin floor
debate
on a Bush administration proposal to make sweeping changes in how the
Pentagon
spends money, manages contracts and treats civilian employees.
The Bush proposal, called the Defense Transformation for the 21st Century
Act,
arrives at a time when the nonpartisan General Accounting Office has raised
the volume of its perennial complaints about the financial woes at Defense,
which recently failed its seventh audit in as many years. Click Here For Complete Article
Winning a war or two goes a
long way toward redefining a man.
David Corn, The Nation. May 2, 2003Viewed on May 7, 2003Click Here For
Full Article
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For What?;
Rhoades Alderson worked on Bill Clinton's 1992 campaign. He is now an
executive
with Trion Communications in Providence, R.I. <
The Democratic Party is like an alcoholic who has just completed a
successful
month at Betty Ford.
Click Here For Full Article
An organization of black public employees suggested Mayor Michael
Bloomberg's decision to lay off city workers was racist,
Click Here For Complete Article
It's the Ideology, Stupid
Bob Burnett, AlterNet May 13, 2003
If you are a regular reader of progressive media outlets like this one, you cannot have escaped the prevailing opinion that the Bush
administration's latest round of massive tax cuts are folly. But is not just the left which finds them bizarre; almost no reputable economist
supports this plan. Joseph Stiglitz, former chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers, described the tax cuts as leading to "reductions in job growth relative to
what they otherwise would be." Speaking to Congress, Federal Reserve Board Chair Alan Greenspan opined that unless there are comparable reductions in
Federal spending, the tax cuts will only add to the deficit, which would promote higher interest rates and depress the economy. Alternet
contributors David Martin, Chris Hartman and Ben Robinson commented that "the only thing this plan 'stimulates' is more economic inequality in the
United States." Even Bush appointee Douglas Holtz-Eakin, head of the Congressional Budget Office, concluded that the proposed tax cuts "might
have either a positive or a negative effect on the economy, but that in either case the effect would be modest."
AWE, SHUCKS WHO IS STILL THE
GREATEST
3/1/2003
Part
of
the
BlackPressUSA
Network
public.
Even
if
"oil-gasoline-fossil
fuel"
is
left
as
a
part
of
the
energy
production
process/cycle
(Energy
is
never
created
nor
destroyed;
It
is
transformed
from
one
for
to
another).
AMERICA’S
INSTITUTION
OF
ECONOMICS
IS
BECOMING
MORE
POWERFUL
THAN
ANY
OTHER
INSTITUTION
WHAT
DO
THESE
BLACK
REPUBLICANS
REALLY
WANT
AND
WHO
ARE
THEY? BY
J.
Alva
Scruggs
WE
PLEDGE
ALLEGIANCE
TO
THE
CONSTITUTION
OF
AMERICA!!!
Political
parties
in
Florida
only
hire
Black
PR
firms
if
they
are
of
the
same
party.
These
two
parties
even
hire
"a"
Black
as
a
"Body
Guard"
to
direct
potential
Black
firms
to
a
dead
end!!!
Bomb Saddam, Save the G.O.P.
Hope For What Might Be 
