Dick Cheney is bitter and has truly lost his mind. Here’s what he has to say about a fellow Republican, Senator Chuck Hagel:
“Let’s say I believe firmly in Ronald Reagan’s 11th Commandment: thou shalt not speak ill of a fellow Republican. But it’s very hard sometimes to adhere to that where Chuck Hagel is involved.”
The anti-war protests here in Washington, D.C. this weekend reinforced what people throughout this country (including brave Republican leaders like Chuck Hagel) are saying loud and clear: no more war in Iraq and it’s time to come home.
Here’s a clip of DoubleSpeak commentator Ari Melber on MSNBC speaking truth to power about this misguided and criminal war. Please note that Ari is not at an arboretum but rather at a low-budget TV studio in NY where fake plants are all the rage.
Tony Blair announced today that he will resign his post sometime in the next twelve months. The New York Times reports, “The announcement comes a day after an extraordinary procession of eight junior aides resigned to protest Mr. Blair’s refusal to set a date to leave office soon.”
was interrupted by a protestor while addressing a joint session of Congress this morning. The woman, Medea Benjamin was from the group Code Pink. Check out the video at Think Progress.
As a twenty-something, it’s easy to wonder why our generation hasn’t stepped up to the plate the same way our parents did in the 1960s and 70s to protest the war in Vietnam. But how come we haven’t? Do we just not care? Do we express our outrage using the internet and therefore mass demonstrations are unnecessary?
Dotty Lynch has some interesting opinions on this subject that you should take a look at:
I have always hated the explanation that student protests against the Vietnam War were motivated by young men who didn’t want to serve. For one thing, as a young woman who was passionately against the war, I knew that wasn’t my motivation. And most of the male protesters I knew held strong, moral convictions against the war.
But as the war in Iraq rages on I keep asking myself: Where are the young people this time around? Where are the campuses? Where are the new Tom Haydens and Sam Browns and where are the Noam Chomskys, William Sloane Coffins and Daniel Berrigans?
