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"The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag." -- Kin Hubbard
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Stop making war, globalizing poverty, and trashing our Constitution
America to D.C. -- Democrats included: We're mad as hell and you're not listening!
Also in this issue:
- THE E.COLI LOOPHOLE
- WHY NOT HEALTH CARE FOR ALL?
- BOOTING BUSH'S BUDDIES
- VIDEO: Voting with your dollars
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March's Lowdown
Giving corporations more power to buy politicians of their choice
"For too long," wailed the senator in a heart-tugging cry for justice, "some in this country have been deprived of full participation in the political process."
Mitch McConnell, the Republican leader of the U.S. Senate, has never been mistaken for a bleeding-heart liberal, so you can rest assured that his anguish over inequality did not concern the disenfranchisement of minorities or poor people--or any kind of people, for that matter. No, it is the tragic political deprivation faced by America's corporations that moved Mitch to such an outpouring of woe.
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BOOTING BUSH'S BUDDIES
Whew--it's getting lonelier and lonelier at the top for George W, as his "Coalition of the Willing" buddies keep getting bumped off.
In country after country, warmongering heads of state who joined in Bush's Iraq disaster are being rejected by the home folks. Jose Maria Aznar lost in Spain, Silvio Berlusconi was defeated in Italy, Tony Blair was booted in England, and now John Howard has been tossed out as prime minister of Australia. The Coalition of the Willing has become a Coalition of the Defeated!
Howard's loss was especially galling for Bush, for he had traveled all the way down under in September to campaign for the Aussie PM. Calling Howard a "man of steel," George tried to bolster his campaign with rosy reports of progress in their shared war, even declaring at one point, "We're kicking [butt] in Iraq."
Apparently, Bush is even less credible there than he is here, for it was Howard's butt that got kicked. His Liberal party received its worst election thrashing in its 63-year history, and Howard suffered the added humiliation of losing his own district--the first time since 1929 that an Australian PM has been voted out both as head of state and as a member of Parliament. It was a total meltdown for the man of steel.
To add to Bush's pain at losing his "steadfast" ally, the guy who administered the butt-kicking, Labor party leader Kevin Rudd, not only campaigned against the war but also announced that he would withdraw all Australian troops from Iraq by July of next year.
That's four heads of state down--and Bush to go--before we bring all of the troops home.