Richard Holbrooke served under four democratic administrations beginning with Lyndon Johnson. Acclaimed for his pursuit of peace and love of America, he is known for brokering a peace accord with Bosnia in 1995. However, he is lesser known for his involvement in providing weapons to Indonesias army, which killed 1/3 of the population in East Timor. He also played a key role in aiding South Korea against a pro-democracy uprising. It seems his morals are back and forth, sometimes left, sometimes right. He is well known and respected amongst corporate media, and was a prominent democratic supporter of the war in Iraq. Now, as he passes away at age 69, his final words to his Pakistani surgeon were, "You’ve got to stop this war in Afghanistan."
quote from Democracy Now!
Tuesday, December 14, 2010
Friday, December 10, 2010
Wikissassination
Regarding Julian Assange and Wikileaks, a Fox analyst Bob Beckel says, "We’ve got special ops forces. I mean, a dead man can’t leak stuff. This guy’s a traitor, a treasonous, and he has broken every law of the United States. The guy ought to be—and I’m not for the death penalty—so if I’m not for the death penalty, there’s only one way to do it: illegally shoot the son of a bitch."
This crude, down home, completely unprofessional and disturbingly accurate sentiment expressed by Mr. Beckel is shared by many U.S. Politicians and companies. If Mr. Assange were to be illegally assassinated, the outcry would surely be strong. But would it be enough? How much control do the big companies really have?
quote from Democracy Now!
This crude, down home, completely unprofessional and disturbingly accurate sentiment expressed by Mr. Beckel is shared by many U.S. Politicians and companies. If Mr. Assange were to be illegally assassinated, the outcry would surely be strong. But would it be enough? How much control do the big companies really have?
quote from Democracy Now!
Tuesday, December 7, 2010
Criminal Negligence
Kate O'Beirne, an MSNBC pundit and editor of the right wing magazine National Review, was quoted making this statement during a republican panel discussion last week:
"The federal school lunch program, and now breakfast program, and I guess in Washington, D.C., dinner program, are pretty close to being sacred cows. Broad bipartisan support. And if we’re going to ask more of ourselves, my question is, what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana? I just don’t get why millions of schoolchildren qualify for school breakfasts, unless we have a major widespread problem with child neglect. You know, I mean, if that many parents are incapable of pulling together a bowl of cereal and a banana, then we have problems that are way bigger than—that problem can’t be solved with a school breakfast, because we have parents who are just criminally—criminally negligent with respect to raising children."
Reading this was rather interesting and comical in a morbid sort of way. I mean, I understand the point she is making about the cereal and, it's nice that she throws in the banana as well. However, what she does not consider is the amount of parents who work before their children are able to get to school. The hot breakfast and lunch program is a great asset of school districts because the truth is that many families are sincerely struggling in this pathetic economy. A parent who doesn't have the opportunity to provide a breakfast for a child before school is not criminally negligent. Not to mention, most cereals are ghastly bad for your children. Watch out for High Fructose Corn Syrup and loads upon loads of sugars. The added in vitamins and minerals are little compensation for this poor breakfast food. Though, keep up the bananas, try the organic ones. Meanwhile, Kate O'Beirne should consider herself criminally negligent for suggesting we shouldn't help provide hungry children with proper meals.
Quote found at Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report
"The federal school lunch program, and now breakfast program, and I guess in Washington, D.C., dinner program, are pretty close to being sacred cows. Broad bipartisan support. And if we’re going to ask more of ourselves, my question is, what poor excuse for a parent can’t rustle up a bowl of cereal and a banana? I just don’t get why millions of schoolchildren qualify for school breakfasts, unless we have a major widespread problem with child neglect. You know, I mean, if that many parents are incapable of pulling together a bowl of cereal and a banana, then we have problems that are way bigger than—that problem can’t be solved with a school breakfast, because we have parents who are just criminally—criminally negligent with respect to raising children."
Reading this was rather interesting and comical in a morbid sort of way. I mean, I understand the point she is making about the cereal and, it's nice that she throws in the banana as well. However, what she does not consider is the amount of parents who work before their children are able to get to school. The hot breakfast and lunch program is a great asset of school districts because the truth is that many families are sincerely struggling in this pathetic economy. A parent who doesn't have the opportunity to provide a breakfast for a child before school is not criminally negligent. Not to mention, most cereals are ghastly bad for your children. Watch out for High Fructose Corn Syrup and loads upon loads of sugars. The added in vitamins and minerals are little compensation for this poor breakfast food. Though, keep up the bananas, try the organic ones. Meanwhile, Kate O'Beirne should consider herself criminally negligent for suggesting we shouldn't help provide hungry children with proper meals.
Quote found at Democracy Now! The War and Peace Report
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