American deaths could not be equated on a one-to-one basis with Iraqi deaths.

Instantly, President Bush declared that 9-11 was an act of war (making it the first act of war perpetrated by nineteen civilians) / the actions of al-Qaida now threatened the world's only superpower. No terrorist group could have asked for greater prestige

An exclusive Jewish state founded on fundamentalist claims (and nothing gets more fundamentalist than a twentieth-century imperialism founded on 'divine' promises about real estate made three thousand years back) was bound to evoke its alter ego in the Islamic world.

It is doubtful if Indian, Polish, Pakistani, Egyptian, Fijian, Japanese or French mercenaries of the United States will receive a warmer welcome in Iraq than American troops. This 'internationalization' is only likely to broaden the conflict, possibly in unpredictable ways.

But Africa can be ignored; the deaths of a million Africans in the Congo do not merit the attention given to one suicide bombing in Tel Aviv. Africa can be ignored because its troubles do not affect vital Western interests; at least not yet.

At the beginning of the twentieth century the Muslims constituted barely a tenth of the world's population; today that share exceeds one fifth, and continues to rise. Moreover, unlike the Chinese or Hindus, the Muslims occupy a broad swathe of territory from Nigeria, Senegal and Morocco in the west to Sinjiang and the Indonesian Archipelago in the east.

America does not easily stomach anti-war protestors once it starts a war. War is serious business: and it must have the undivided support of the whole country once the killing begins.

At the Minersville police station, officers lectured the two teens about the Bible's condemnation of homosexuality and threatened to tell Wayman's grandfather that Wayman was gay. After the 18-year-old Wayman was released from police custody, he went home and shot himself in the head.

But I ask you to remember three important things about freedom: Sept. 11, Sept. 11 and Sept. 11.


The Bushies just did that, gave away millions upon millions in taxpayer dollars to their buddies, and didn't even bother to disguise what they were doing.
The Bushies seem to be taking the 2004 presidential election for granted. They don't seem to care what the people think. They act like the fix is in and they know it.

White House officials instructed the agency to be less alarming and more reassuring to the public in the first few days after the attack.

"Support the troops," they say ...
support our fraggers
bring em home.

Defense attorney Larry Becraft of Huntsville, Ala., said Kuglin decided mandatory payment of income taxes "did not apply to her."

Attorney General John Ashcroft today accused the country's biggest library association and other critics of fueling "baseless hysteria"
haha ha ha ha