Posthuman Blues

Some Dare Call It Treason: Wake Up America!

"I feel an affinity for the troops over there in Iraq. They are my comrades in arms. I admire their sense of honor and sacrifice. I understand why some of them believe they should be there. They have neither the experience nor the wisdom to see past the lies they have been told. The truth is, they are not over there protecting our freedoms. Our freedoms are not under attack from Saddam Hussein or the remnants of his Baathist party. Our freedoms are under attack by John Ashcroft. They are threatened by John Poindexter. They are trampled by Donald Rumsfeld. They are disdained by Dick Cheney. And they are not even understood by George W. Bush."

Nothing exactly new here. But I agree with every word of it.

Meanwhile . . .

Majority Still Believe in Iraq's WMD, al-Qaeda Ties

"U.S. public perceptions about former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein's alleged ties to al-Qaeda and stocks of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) continues to lag far behind the testimony of experts, boosting chances that President George W Bush will be re-elected, according to a survey and analysis released Thursday."

"Re-elected?" Come again? I don't recall W. ever getting elected. I remember him being installed by the Supreme Court under extremely dubious circumstances. It's ironic that an article on the public's defective memory manages to "forget" the 2000 election debacle.