I do not know any other way to put this: Your President is a liar. He cheats whenever he can. He doesn't even try to hide it. We're not talking Watergate, no Nixon coverup. None needed. We are just sitting back and letting it happen as if it was a soap opera, "That George, I hate him. I wish somebody would put him in his place". Just like the villain on a soap. The Democrats are that weak guy that always gets used, over and over and over again, by the rich evil guy.

Well, it appears that there are a few people who will not go down without a fight. Sen. Robert Byrd (D-WV) will not go quietly as his speech on the Senate floor from yesterday will attest, "The Truth Will Emerge". You need to read the whole thing, but here are a couple of paragraphs to get you started:

Regarding the situation in Iraq, it appears to this Senator that the American people may have been lured into accepting the unprovoked invasion of a sovereign nation, in violation of long-standing International law, under false premises. There is ample evidence that the horrific events of September 11 have been carefully manipulated to switch public focus from Osama Bin Laden and Al Queda who masterminded the September 11th attacks, to Saddam Hussein who did not. The run up to our invasion of Iraq featured the President and members of his cabinet invoking every frightening image they could conjure, from mushroom clouds, to buried caches of germ warfare, to drones poised to deliver germ laden death in our major cities. We were treated to a heavy dose of overstatement concerning Saddam Hussein's direct threat to our freedoms. The tactic was guaranteed to provoke a sure reaction from a nation still suffering from a combination of post traumatic stress and justifiable anger after the attacks of 911. It was the exploitation of fear. It was a placebo for the anger.

What makes me cringe even more is the continued claim that we are "liberators." The facts don't seem to support the label we have so euphemistically attached to ourselves. True, we have unseated a brutal, despicable despot, but "liberation" implies the follow up of freedom, self-determination and a better life for the common people. In fact, if the situation in Iraq is the result of "liberation," we may have set the cause of freedom back 200 years.

It is extemely admirable and brave, especially in this day and age, for Sen. Byrd to make this speech. But he needs help--and by that, I mean assistance. He is the only Democrat doing this and he is often marginalized as a 'crazy old man.' It seems to me, that the most senior Senator accusing the President and his administration of lying would be big news. I just scanned the five majors (ABC, CBS, CNN, Fox and NBC) and the lead story is that the UN has lifted the sanctions against Iraq (more on this below). Four of them are talking about how Iran is now harboring Al Qaeda, the war must go on. The next biggest news is about American Idol. Not one has any mention of Sen. Byrd! This is why an American now has to dig up the news on his own.

Now for the Iraq sanctions article. I believe this paragraph says it all.

The seven-page resolution immediately transfers legal control over Iraq's oil industry from the United Nations and Iraq to the United States and its allies. The oil proceeds will be used to finance the country's reconstruction, the costs of an Iraqi civilian administration, the completion of Iraq's disarmament and "other purposes benefiting the people of Iraq."

I wonder if the OTHER PURPOSES include Halliburton making billions.

I love Molly Ivins. She uses those old time editorial tools like fact and logic.

If you haven't been keeping up with the famous POW, Jessica Lynch, be sure and check this out. Saving Private Lynch: Take 2, this is pure propaganda.


- posted by Mom/Dad @ 7:34 AM