Three Important Links
By now, many of you have probably already read the Carl Bernstein piece in the current Vanity Fair, the one in which he calls the Bush maladministration "...perhaps the most disastrous five years of decision-making of any modern American presidency," but just in case you haven't, here's a link. Check it out. It's obvious that Bernstein, half of the investigative team that helped bring down Nixon, has not turned into a pampered, elitist tool like his one-time partner Bob Woodward.
Then there's this essay from The American Prospect by Robert Dreyfuss detailing the secrecy and scary power wielded by the Office of the Vice President -- the real power behind the throne, as if anyone is surprised by that -- which claims that "(m)ore often than not, from policy toward China and North Korea to the invasion of Iraq to pressure for regime change in Iran and Syria, and on issues from detentions to torture to spying by the National Security Agency, the muscle of the vice president’s office has prevailed." And can you imagine anyone worse being in charge? Well, with the possible exception of the man who allegedly is in charge, I mean.
Finally, there is this post put up by Bernard Weiner on The Crisis Papers that pulls no punches at all in calling for an accountability moment from the Most Dangerous Chief Executive Ever. It starts out like this:
"The essence of Bush&Co. strategy, from January 2001 to today, can be boiled down to this: We'll continue doing whatever we want to do until someone stops us.
"So, if you're wondering whether the U.S. will back off from attacking Iran, or whether corporations will no longer be given the ability to dictate Administration environmental policy, or whether domestic spying on U.S. citizens will cease, or whether Scalia might recuse himself on cases he's already pre-judged -- if you still harbor any or all of those illusions, forget about it.
"Since Bush&Co. openly carry out the most reprehensible crimes, with nobody being able to prevent them from moving on to even worse atrocities, it's almost as if their unconscious is screaming out for a political intervention, reminiscent of that old plea from a tormented serial-killer: 'Stop Me Before I Kill Again!'"
And then it gets nasty and confrontational.
All of theses pieces I've linked to are rather lengthy, but well worth the time it takes to read them. Thanks to my many email correspondents (hello, Irene and DrLaniac!) for bringing them to my attention. I hope they command your attention as well.
Then there's this essay from The American Prospect by Robert Dreyfuss detailing the secrecy and scary power wielded by the Office of the Vice President -- the real power behind the throne, as if anyone is surprised by that -- which claims that "(m)ore often than not, from policy toward China and North Korea to the invasion of Iraq to pressure for regime change in Iran and Syria, and on issues from detentions to torture to spying by the National Security Agency, the muscle of the vice president’s office has prevailed." And can you imagine anyone worse being in charge? Well, with the possible exception of the man who allegedly is in charge, I mean.
Finally, there is this post put up by Bernard Weiner on The Crisis Papers that pulls no punches at all in calling for an accountability moment from the Most Dangerous Chief Executive Ever. It starts out like this:
"The essence of Bush&Co. strategy, from January 2001 to today, can be boiled down to this: We'll continue doing whatever we want to do until someone stops us.
"So, if you're wondering whether the U.S. will back off from attacking Iran, or whether corporations will no longer be given the ability to dictate Administration environmental policy, or whether domestic spying on U.S. citizens will cease, or whether Scalia might recuse himself on cases he's already pre-judged -- if you still harbor any or all of those illusions, forget about it.
"Since Bush&Co. openly carry out the most reprehensible crimes, with nobody being able to prevent them from moving on to even worse atrocities, it's almost as if their unconscious is screaming out for a political intervention, reminiscent of that old plea from a tormented serial-killer: 'Stop Me Before I Kill Again!'"
And then it gets nasty and confrontational.
All of theses pieces I've linked to are rather lengthy, but well worth the time it takes to read them. Thanks to my many email correspondents (hello, Irene and DrLaniac!) for bringing them to my attention. I hope they command your attention as well.
posted by Generik at 10:54 AM
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