This Isn't America - Paul Krugman

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By PAUL KRUGMAN

03/30/04 "New York Times" -- Last week an opinion piece in the Israeli newspaper Haaretz about the killing of Sheik Ahmed Yassin said, "This isn't America; the government did not invent intelligence material nor exaggerate the description of the threat to justify their attack."

This Isn't America - Paul Krugman

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1. Oops, I meant to post this in Commentary....

feel free to move.

[Cooley Hurd]

2. Hi 0rion

I moved this to GD for more exposure - it's an excellent article by the Krugman!

Thanks! :hi:

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3. the most dishonest, conniving, cut-throat bunch of thieves ever

"And there are many other cases of apparent abuse of power by the administration and its Congressional allies. A few examples: according to The Hill, Republican lawmakers threatened to cut off funds for the General Accounting Office unless it dropped its lawsuit against Dick Cheney."

what a mindset which sits around and plots on how to back-door, mislead, steal ... sickening ... as are those populace and media allies selling this country down the river

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6. And THIS is how they know us now.

This is a BETTER, SAFER world because of what we did in Iraq? WHAT are they smoking?

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4. Great article! Thanks for posting. Looks like yet another title to add

to my reading list as well. From the article:

Where will it end? In his new book, "Worse Than Watergate," John Dean, of Watergate fame, says, "I've been watching all the elements fall into place for two possible political catastrophes, one that will take the air out of the Bush-Cheney balloon and the other, far more disquieting, that will take the air out of democracy."

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5. The New Face of Power in America....

....and the people eat it up. They love this kick-ass, fuck-u-up attitude.

Man...is this country fucked or what?

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7. Krugman alerts us to the forthcoming "Clarke is a Gay Perv" smear.

Fuckin' shameless, bottom-feeding creeps.

But other journalists apparently remain ready to be used. On CNN, Wolf Blitzer told his viewers that unnamed officials were saying that Mr. Clarke "wants to make a few bucks, and that his own personal life, they're also suggesting that there are some weird aspects in his life as well."

This administration's reliance on smear tactics is unprecedented in modern U.S. politics — even compared with Nixon's. Even more disturbing is its readiness to abuse power — to use its control of the government to intimidate potential critics.

ON EDIT: For the interested, Wonkette has some info on this as well:

http://www.wonkette.com/archives/my_big_gay_national_security_team_014443.php

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8. This would dovetail nicley into a gay witchunt...GOP bigotry

....this would play well into the GOP whipping up of homophobia for political purposes.....

And, I can believe this admin is homophobic enough to do this, too...