Steve Young's excellent idea: Democrats SHOULD DEMAND the Bush admin. APOLOGIZE for THEIR poor jokes, humiliating of generals, horrible policies...
Steve Young's dozen (almost) ideas for "Democrats DEMAND Bush Apologize!" editorial actually serves to document the fundamental equation in today's American politics: except for the horrendous violence, brutality, and horrific cost(s) of the Iraq war, the Republicans DOMINATE the media and political discourse, and it is THEY who determine what is and is not an issue or outrage these past few years.
As the HBO documentary "Hacking Democracy" just reminded us, even presidential candidate JOHN KERRY, mobilized with an army of lawyers, THREW IN THE TOWEL on the very MORNING AFTER election 2004, despite (according to the documentary and other sources) Kerry's KNOWING that many electronic vote totals for Bush in that election were, to say the least, suspicious. (The documentary mentions Kerry himself citing, in a telephone conference call, opti-scan voting machines in Arizona reporting totals consistently, always for "Bush majorities", even in fiercely Democratic districts.)
What America now needs most are LEADERS who fulfill an OPPOSITION function to unchecked, nearly MONARCHIAL powers of ONE-PARTY RULE - the same monarchial abuses enumerated in the Declaration of Independence (Namely, warrantless arrests, and courts answerable only to a distant, totalitarian royal authority, and not to the local coumunities). America needs an opposition party that makes "DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY" a working concept and not just a distant ideal or a cheap political slogan.
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Get the "Where's the Apology" Commericials Ready and Run 'Em Through Tuesday! (21 comments )
Steve Young
11.02.2006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-young/get-the-wheres-the-apol_b_33151.html
Within any problem lies an answer, so said Einstein.
Kerry botches a joke about Bush. Republicans demand an apology to the troops and their families.
A problem for Democrats? Only if they don't seek the answer inside the problem.
The answer? Republican want to call for apologies when defaming our troops, let's get this party started.
COMMERCIAL #1
Run Bush's hysterical search for WMD at the White House Press Corp Dinner.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #2
Run Rumsfeld's "Go to war with the army you have, not the one you want."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
[Even more pointed, Rumsfeld DISMISSING and HUMILIATING Army Chief of Staff Gen. Shinseki, for demanding TRIPLE the number of troops for the Iraq war that Rumsfeld was allocating.]
COMMERICAL #3
Run Cheney's "The insurgency, if you will, is in its last throes."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #4
Run John Boehner's "We''ll beat (Kerry) to death."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #5
Run Bush's "Brownie, your'e doin' a heckuva job."
[video, bodies floating in flooded streets, and camera crews going to Superdome house of horrors, with NO federal disaster officials in sight]
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #6
Run Cheney's "We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #7
Run George Tenet getting the Medal of Freedom from George Bush.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #8
Run Wolfowitz testifying how the war wouldn't cost us anything.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #9
Run Rumsfeld saying that he couldn't see the war going past six months.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #10
Run photos of the flag-draped coffins of our young heroes we're not supposed to see.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
Got any more? Let's pile 'em up, I'll add them to the list and we'll ship the bunch of 'em to the DNC.
If they don't use them, then they do have a problem.
Steve Young is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" www.greatfailure.com
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WE VOLUNTEER:
#11. Video of Abu Ghraib torture and sadism photos; photos of documents of "torture" generals being promoted, Videos of female privates being tried in KANGAROO COURTS for "abuse" while the Vice President and President BOAST of their torture powers... WHERE's THE APOLOGY for SHAFTING PRIVATES for the consequences of FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS, Mr. President?"
As the HBO documentary "Hacking Democracy" just reminded us, even presidential candidate JOHN KERRY, mobilized with an army of lawyers, THREW IN THE TOWEL on the very MORNING AFTER election 2004, despite (according to the documentary and other sources) Kerry's KNOWING that many electronic vote totals for Bush in that election were, to say the least, suspicious. (The documentary mentions Kerry himself citing, in a telephone conference call, opti-scan voting machines in Arizona reporting totals consistently, always for "Bush majorities", even in fiercely Democratic districts.)
What America now needs most are LEADERS who fulfill an OPPOSITION function to unchecked, nearly MONARCHIAL powers of ONE-PARTY RULE - the same monarchial abuses enumerated in the Declaration of Independence (Namely, warrantless arrests, and courts answerable only to a distant, totalitarian royal authority, and not to the local coumunities). America needs an opposition party that makes "DELIBERATIVE DEMOCRACY" a working concept and not just a distant ideal or a cheap political slogan.
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Get the "Where's the Apology" Commericials Ready and Run 'Em Through Tuesday! (21 comments )
Steve Young
11.02.2006
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steve-young/get-the-wheres-the-apol_b_33151.html
Within any problem lies an answer, so said Einstein.
Kerry botches a joke about Bush. Republicans demand an apology to the troops and their families.
A problem for Democrats? Only if they don't seek the answer inside the problem.
The answer? Republican want to call for apologies when defaming our troops, let's get this party started.
COMMERCIAL #1
Run Bush's hysterical search for WMD at the White House Press Corp Dinner.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #2
Run Rumsfeld's "Go to war with the army you have, not the one you want."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
[Even more pointed, Rumsfeld DISMISSING and HUMILIATING Army Chief of Staff Gen. Shinseki, for demanding TRIPLE the number of troops for the Iraq war that Rumsfeld was allocating.]
COMMERICAL #3
Run Cheney's "The insurgency, if you will, is in its last throes."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #4
Run John Boehner's "We''ll beat (Kerry) to death."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #5
Run Bush's "Brownie, your'e doin' a heckuva job."
[video, bodies floating in flooded streets, and camera crews going to Superdome house of horrors, with NO federal disaster officials in sight]
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #6
Run Cheney's "We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators."
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #7
Run George Tenet getting the Medal of Freedom from George Bush.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #8
Run Wolfowitz testifying how the war wouldn't cost us anything.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERCIAL #9
Run Rumsfeld saying that he couldn't see the war going past six months.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
COMMERICAL #10
Run photos of the flag-draped coffins of our young heroes we're not supposed to see.
Ending Graphic: Where is the apology?
Got any more? Let's pile 'em up, I'll add them to the list and we'll ship the bunch of 'em to the DNC.
If they don't use them, then they do have a problem.
Steve Young is author of "Great Failures of the Extremely Successful" www.greatfailure.com
=======================================
WE VOLUNTEER:
#11. Video of Abu Ghraib torture and sadism photos; photos of documents of "torture" generals being promoted, Videos of female privates being tried in KANGAROO COURTS for "abuse" while the Vice President and President BOAST of their torture powers... WHERE's THE APOLOGY for SHAFTING PRIVATES for the consequences of FOLLOWING YOUR ORDERS, Mr. President?"
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