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May 13, 2008
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“Through 17 debates this year, roughly 1,500 questions have been asked of the two parties’ presidential candidates. But only a small handful of questions have touched on the candidates’ views on executive power, the Constitution, torture, wiretapping, or other civil liberties concerns…. Only one question about wiretapping. Not a single question about FISA…. Not one question about renditions. The words ‘habeas corpus’ have not once been spoken by a debate moderator. Candidates have not been asked about telecom liability…. No moderator has asked a single question of a single candidate about whether the president should be able to order the indefinite detention of an American citizen, without charging the prisoner with any crime.”
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Bernard Weiner:
NEW: "Shock Doctrine" Spin in U.S., Burma and Beyond. How the Bush Administration deceived us into invading Iraq, how the Burmese junta is delaying the delivery of aid to its devastated citizens, how resource-shortages abroad are being exploited by multinational corporations -- all these resonate with Naomi Klein's "shock doctrine" and "disaster capitalism" theses.
REPRISE: Slicing Away Liberty: 1933 Germany, 2006 America. We must be wise enough to learn the lessons offerred by the past. Clearly, Bush is not Hitler and contemporary America is not Germany in the 1930s. But there are disquieting parallels that compel our scrutiny. To ignore them is to risk history's wrath. (First published February 21, 2006)
Ernest Partridge:
NEW: Some Unsolicited Advice for Barack Obama. A Memo to Barack Obama: The American public is overwhelmingly behind you on the issues. It despises the Bush Administration, its lies and criminality. In a fair, open and lawful contest, your election in November would be virtually assured. However, you are opposed, not only by the Republican Party and its candidate, but also by the Justice Department’s voter suppression efforts, the corporate media, and the voting machine industry. So, despite appearances to the contrary, yours is an uphill struggle.
REPRISE: Karl Rove's Playbook: Some Tactical Reflections. The GOP “playbook” is no secret. It may be found in the accumulated history of campaign strategies employed with great success by evil political geniuses from Donald Segretti and Lee Atwater in the Nixon and Bush-I eras, to Karl Rove in our own time. And sure enough, as the new presidential election campaign begins, the same GOP tricks are in play. And yet, the Democrats have apparently devised few defenses or counter-strategies. Instead, unable or unwilling to learn from past mistakes, it appears that they are about to repeat their past debacles. (From March2, 2004).
April 29, 2008
NEW: Ernest Partridge's Blog: On Libertarianism: Two Objections with Rebuttals. Two anonymous critics complain that (a) I employ the fallacy of "appeal to authority," and (b) that that I condone the illegitimate imposition of force by governments. I reply that (a) appeals to authority are inescapable, and (b) imposition of constraint upon individuals to the benefit of the general public is legitimate, if consented to by the public.Bernard Weiner's Blog: The Holding-One's-Nose-While-Voting Dilemma. In November, should progressives who aren't enamored of the Dem nominee swallow hard and vote for that candidate -- because s/he isn't McCain -- or should progressives vote for Nader or McKinney or Gravel? In a heated exchange of letters, here is an updated version of the every-four-year dilemma. Hold your nose or go for more political purity? (April 15, 2008)
