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Thursday, Aug 05, 2004
I thought it would be good to have a guest blogger, just like those big time blogs sometimes do. From D, a rant on the Republican Loyalty Oath program ...
I Pledge Allegiance* to a Dick
I was driving home ruminating over the "endorsement of Vice Prince Dick and King George" thing. By the time I got home I was pretty irritated about the very concept let alone the reality of their existence. The level of arrogance that these people have is beyond belief. Well I did a little googling to see what the News coverage on this was. Here are some results...
The much read Wyoming Star had this little article..
Some Democrats seeking Cheney tickets had to sign oathDemocracy Now had this little bit on August 2nd ...
Bush Campaign Requires Loyalty Oath to Attend EventI had to dig to find this mention in the Washington Post.
Meanwhile outside Albuquerque, the Bush-Cheney campaign has come under criticism for requiring members of the public to sign a loyalty oath to the President in order to attend a campaign event held at a public middle school. Tickets were limited to past Republican supporters and to people who would sign the pledge. One local Democrat told the Albuquerque Journal "I am furious. This reminds me of communism. I am appalled. This is supposed to be a free country."
Republicans Sign Along the Dotted LineNow maybe my inexperience at digging things up in cyber space accounts for the seemingly light coverage of this despicable policy...I did my google search under liberal press covers loyalty oath....
*al·le·giance
Etymology: Middle English allegeaunce, modification of Middle French ligeance, from Old French, from lige liege
1 a : the obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
Wednesday, Aug 04, 2004
Terror Attack Leaves Over 900 Americans Dead
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Last night I spent some time trying to come up with a new bumpersticker or two, and came up dry. One topic that I pondered was the Chicken-Little Alert that came on the heels of the democratic convention. I couldn't think of anything that I hadn't done already. I don't know that I can surpass the Be Afraid animated GIF.
The other topic is the ongoing loss of life in Iraq. It's hard to distill that topic down to something pithy. The best I could think of is "Well, NOW Iraq is a Danger."
Bush is clearly not keeping the US safe. He's taking Americans out of their civilian lives, shipping them into a hostile environment, and letting them get killed for no good reason. Saddam was contained, and wasn't a threat even in Kurdistan, much less the US. In the end, we're substituting a new Ba'athist thug in place of the old Ba'athist thug, at a great cost in American treasure and blood.
Update: Tom posted on exactly the same two topics.