Harvey Wasserman

Dear Harvey Wasserman, thank you, thank you, thank you! I couldn't have said it better myself :-)

http://www.commondreams.org/views04/0512-04.htm

I am also writing to introduce you to Harry Braun, the ONLY presidential candidate who has a clean renewable energy plan that will Stop the Oil wars, create 10 million jobs within five years, utilizing his Phoenix Project (a combination of wind, solar and hydrogen energy). (See below).

Thank you again for saying what needs to be said!

Sue Hecht

http://www.phoenixproject.net/

Harvey Wasserman is NUTS

I guess his column draws readers and that's what you want.  I see him undermining the morale of our troops and the resolve of Americans in this war on terrorism, a war that we did not start.  Put any U.S. President in prison....NEVER HAPPEN !

I won't waste any more time reading his radical hatred and condemnation of America's past, present and future.

Never forget 911.

Thanks, Lorne W. Gustafson

Senseless

Energy advisors helped fund governor's campaign

One of the many missteps that led to the unraveling of Gray Davis' decades long political career was the way in which the former governor of California handled the state's energy crisis. Sure, Davis may have publicly vilified energy companies such as Enron for ripping off the state and manipulating the market, but he operated under a veil of secrecy behind the scenes, refusing to allow anyone outside his administration to scrutinize his so-called solutions to the crisis.

An alternate proposal

Mr. Harvey Wasserman wrote an article with the title: Put George W. Bush in Prison.

My response to that would be:
Put George W. Bush in Prison? Certainly Not! This is what he deserves:

George W. Bush and his neocon colleagues should visit an Iraqi town of their choice so that they can be greeted there with flowers. In order to ensure that the floral reception that is their due is accorded to them with no let or hindrance, these intrepid leaders of the free world should visit Iraq free of any secret service guard. Again, in order to make sure that these harbingers of democracy and freedom are greeted in Iraq with nothing other than flowers, the Iraqi town that they choose to receive their well-earned reward in should be searched throughly for guns, knives, or other kinds of weapons of mass (or individual) destruction. In short, there should be nothing in this Iraqi town that kills quickly or painlessly. Let Bush discover for himself with what passion he is loved in Iraq, and how exquisitely delicate and fragrant the flowers that Iraqis want to greet him with are.

USA, Narcissism & Follies aux Beaucoup

A personality disorder is a deeply ingrained, maladaptive, and inflexible pattern of thinking, feeling, and behaving that significantly impairs an individual's social or occupational functioning.

Personality disorders are pronounced accentuations of personality traits. Personality disorders are associated with failures to reach potential.

Collectively, the USA suffers from pathological Narcissistic Personality Disorder (NPD).

The Diagnostic Scholastic Manual IV Ed. is the psychiatric bible. To be certified NPD, one must meet 5 of the criteria. The USA scores nine out of nine.

1. A grandiose sense of self-importance. To be specific, the grandiosity is that of hubris. Hubris is that unique form of inflated ego that believes itself to be one with the Gods. To exemplify, the USA refers to its’ historical westward expansion and usurping of lands as ‘Manifest Destiny”.

2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance... SUPER-POWER.

3. Believes that USA is "special" and unique ...

4. Requires excessive admiration

Agreeing with Bin Laden

Though I am utterly opposed to his methodology, I am in total support of Bin Laden’s three demands on the U$A.

One is to end the bombing of Iraq. For eleven years, Britain and the U$A, without UN mandate, have been bombing Iraq. This deliberate, continued bombing of water and sewerage infrastructure has resulted in the needless death of over 500,000 Iraqi children (UNICEF). In 1990, there were zero cases of cholera per 100,000. Today the figure is more than 1400 people getting cholera per 100,000 and that’s only the cholera.

Two is for the U$A to take a more even-handed approach in the Israeli / Palestinian crisis. A good starting point would be getting behind UN resolution 242 which Israel blatantly disregards. UN resolution 242 calls upon Israel to get their collective ass out of the occupied ‘terrortories’. Instead, Israel continues to usurp land from the Palestinians imprisoning them in their own homes.

Greenlights for torture

So there were WMDs in Iraq after all. They're called digital cameras. Partly because of them the United States faces one of the most humiliating defeats in imperial history. But there's also a clear paper trail. Not just the long and copiously documented record of U.S. torture, with many of its refinements acquired by the CIA from the Nazis after World War II, but the more recent lineage of encouragement.

            By early November 2001, public opinion here in the United States was being softened up for the use of torture. At the start of November, the Washington Post published a piece by Walter Pincus citing FBI and Justice Department investigators as saying that "traditional civil liberties may have to be cast aside if they are to extract information about the Sept. 11 attacks and terrorist plans." Pincus reported that "alternative strategies under discussion are using drugs or pressure tactics, such as those used occasionally by Israeli interrogators."

The coming backlash against outrage

Looking at visual images from U.S.-run prisons in Iraq, news watchers now find themselves in the midst of a jolting experience that roughly resembles a process described by Donald Rumsfeld: “It is the photographs that gives one the vivid realization of what actually took place. Words don’t do it. ... You see the photographs, and you get a sense of it, and you cannot help but be outraged.”

     Yet, unlike most of us, the defense secretary has a vested interest in claiming that the grotesque real-life images have nothing to do with U.S. policies. In Iraq, Rumsfeld has reaffirmed, “I am convinced that we are doing exactly what ought to be done.” Under the circumstances, it would be astonishing if he said anything different. But hopefully most Americans are more willing to consider implications of the fact that the U.S. government has been operating chambers of horrors that run directly counter to America’s self-image as a righteous military force.

     In the weeks ahead, we’ll be encouraged to turn away from information surfacing about imprisonment and interrogation techniques

Bush the torturer must leave office

The torture at Al Ghraib is a direct reflection of George W. Bush's moral character, his political beliefs and his military abilities.

Those images streaming out of Iraq reflect the true face of George W. Bush. Until he resigns or is removed from office, there is no way to begin removing the stain on the American character.

This is not about Donald Rumsfeld or a few "bad" soldiers in the field. Nor is it merely about "softening up" detainees to extract information about terrorism.

At their core, these outrages are gratuitous and psychotic. They stem directly from the morals and character of the man now occupying the Oval Office. The beheading of a young American represents the inevitable beginning of a horrific blowback. The spin that somehow Bush operatives are above such behavior, and had nothing to do with provoking it, is tragic nonsense.

The ultimate statement was made by Bush himself when he was governor of Texas. The Texas prison system has a tragic history of sadism and brutality. But Bush dragged it to new depths.

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