Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 22:56 - Category: Uncategorized Tags: Cuba;
The ‘journalists’ were paid by the US government to manufacture anti-Cuba stories. Hey, nice journalistic principles they have, don’t you think?
Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 16:01 - Category: Unfiled ;
Foley’s lawyer didn’t say which religion, however Foley is Catholic. His lawyer also said Foley is gay, wow, now there’s a shocker.
And the implication of this is…? We should feel sorry for him? That being molested made him gay? What was the point of this press conference?
Here’s a clue. While some who were molested do become molesters, many more don’t, and do not pass on the sickness. I thought the Republican Party was the party of personal responsibility. Guess not.
The best possible thing Foley can do to save himself is shut up for six months.
(Hmmm. Maybe this is an advance warning of stuff yet to come, like a molested page about to go public?)
Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 09:58 - Category: Unfiled ;
The Washington Times has called for Hasfert to resign. Bay Buchanan is furious and wants someone’s head on a pike. The right wing of the GOP is enraged by the Foley scandal and the by now obvious cover-up that’s been going on for years.
The Wall Street Journal tried to slime an excuse - Republicans didn’t want to offend gays hence their silence on Foley. Yeah right, like the right wing bigots in Congressional leadership care much about that particular constituency.
Rep. Tom Reynolds (R-NY) is massively damaged by this. He’s the chair of the RNCC and will probably not be re-elected. His chief of staff is directly linked to the cover-up, and Reynolds has been remarkably bone-headed in handling this.
That’s what’s fascinating here, the reaction of Republicans has been unbelievably stupid and mismanaged. They’re accusing each other of lying, changing stories, and there’s been none of the usual calculated evasions one usually finds in situations like that. Instead, they are running scared. Why?
There must to be more to this than we know. Else why the terrified and bumbling response of the neocons who generally are polished and skilled liars. Yet now, every time they open their mouths, they make it worse. Maybe Foley’s not the only one.
Some hard right blogs say this was a conspiracy, that forces unknown sprang this right before the election quite deliberately in hopes of destroying Republican chances to hold on to both houses. I say, it’s no conspiracy at all, that quite obviously, that’s precisely what’s happened. Considering the petrified response from Republicans, this particular heat-seeking missile may have multiple warheads. and we’ve only seen the first few detonations.
AmericaBlog and TPMMuckraker have massive, excellent coverage as does conservative gay columnist Andrew Sullivan (who renounced Bush et al a while back.)
Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 07:44 - Category: Unfiled ;
He says his White House mole told him.
Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 00:23 - Category: Unfiled ;
The New Zealand Green Party has recently shown quite precisely what not to do. Their new co-leader thinks capitalism is swell, supports the Iraq War, and wants to form coalitions with any party that will have them. How very respectable they’ve become, and how totally de-fanged and pliable too.
This is a far cry from the early days when the Green Party, which started in New Zealand, was a serious and respected force on the Left. The process of co-optation and selling out can take years you know, the paperwork is just enormous! Not to mention all those broken promises and smashed dreams. Ah well, the new leaders can console themselves with the distinct probability that their acquiescence will be well rewarded by the ruling class, just like happened in the US after the 2004 election.
One of the early splits in the Green Party was between between the ‘realos’ who wanted electoral change and compromise vs. the hard line ‘fundies’ who favored activism, getting in the streets and organizing. In the US, the realos won. With the exception of a little tree-hugging, the primary focus of the GP is getting candidates elected. Rarely, if ever, do Greens lead protests.
Once a split like that happens, the party often becomes more moderate. It starts to attract moderates from other parties, and the process accelerates. Too soon, the original impetus is all but gone, replaced by bland apparatchiks interested primarily in self-advancement.
The problem here isn’t the party so much as the organizational structure. There are other ways to organize a party, with structures that not only guarantee a stronger, more cohesive whole, but also protect against being taken over by others.
One such structure is the Leninist concept of democratic centralism. When deciding what to do, all party members have input, and things are decided democratically with a vote. The difference is what comes next. Once the vote is made, everyone is expected to implement it. Those who can’t or won’t eventually leave while the party itself becomes better and more strongly organized as the solid core, the cadre, continues to develop its skills. Thus, in the best sense, the party becomes self-limiting and self-maintaining.
This structure prevents co-optation and infiltrations because the core beliefs remain present and alive. That’s what we need today, groups who keep their core beliefs alive, not sellouts who no longer have anything they believe in except expediency and self-preservation.
Bob Morris @ Oct 3rd 2006 00:08 - Category: Socialism ;
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