In These Times

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• • 14 Sep 05
  • 12:20 pm

  Perhaps the lack of genuine enthusiasm is really their own fault. 9/11 was a tragic event for America, but for politicians without a conscience, it was viewed as an opportunity. They had been looking for war with Iraq since the first days of the administration. They capitalized on our fear, manipulated information and used the unity that 9/11 had created to get the war they always wanted -- one that had nothing to do with Iraq. Now that it is well established that there is no connection between 9/11 and Iraq, coupled with the growing consensus that the war itself was …

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• • 14 Sep 05
  • 5:17 pm

  I found it interesting that of the group that did attend, only a small amount were actually from the 9/11 families. The majority of attendees were the military families who came to support the unrelated Iraq war. It's still about ideology...honoring the victims of 9/11 is just window dressing. The march was more about maintaining dwindling support for the war -- and thus the backbone of neo-con political philosophy. That the group was smaller and less boisterous than expected should be regarded as a good sign that the neo-con fervor has abated. With elections coming soon, it will be interesting to …

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• • 15 Sep 05
  • 8:12 am

  GhostRabbit, I wish there were a way to cut out the Dems and Repugs. They have become far too similar in that they seem to serve corporate interests first. The problem is that with the high costs of campaigns, the overriding issue is money. In order to compete you have to outspend the other guy... so you inevitably get what amounts to political prostitution to get the funds needed to merely compete in an election. Of course, once you've taken mass amounts of money from corporations -- they now own you. If you don't do what they ask, you won't get …

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