METERMILL - POLITICAL ARTICLES, PICS, & LINKS
"The President is merely the most important among a large number of public servants.
He should be supported or opposed exactly to the degree which is warranted by his good conduct or bad conduct,
his efficiency or inefficiency in rendering loyal, able, and disinterested service to the nation as a whole.
Therefore it is absolutely necessary that there should be full liberty to tell the truth about his acts,
and this means that it is exactly as necessary to blame him when he does wrong as to praise him when he does right.
Any other attitude in an American citizen is both base and servile.
To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President,
right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.
Nothing but the truth should be spoken about him or any one else. But it is even more important to tell the truth,
pleasant or unpleasant, about him than about any one else."
- President Theodore Roosevelt, 1912
"If we don't stop extending our troops all around the world in nation-building missions, then we're going to have a serious problem coming down the road."
George W. Bush - Oct. 3, 2000
- Former Powell Aide Says Bush Policy Is Run by 'Cabal'
By Brian Knowlton, New York Times
- "This administration threatens to do more damage to our environmental protections than any other in U.S. history."
Don't believe it? Here is Bush's record
- Bush's terrible environmental record
Another timeline of what G.W. Bush has done to systematically undermine three decades of environmental protection and progress.
- The Unfeeling President
By E.L. Doctorow
- US relied on 'drunken liar' to justify war
By Edward Helmore, The observer
- Presidential Panel: Intelligence agencies 'Dead Wrong' on Iraq WMDs
By Katherine Shrader, Associated Press Writer
- Intelligence Commission Letter
Text of the letter to President Bush that accompanied the commission report.
- Homeland Insecurity
NYTimes article by Thomas Friedman
- Welcome to Doomsday
New York Review of Books article by Bill Moyer
- A Blow to the Rule of Law
NYTimes editorial on Terri Schiavo
- Bush's Budget Lies
The Nation, Michael Moss
- Many Missteps Tied to Delay in Armor for Troops in Iraq
New York Times article by Michael Moss
- Just Say No
New York Times article by Paul Krugman
"The important thing to remember is why the right wants privatization. The drive to create private accounts isn't about finding a way to strengthen Social Security; it's about finding a way to phase out a system that conservatives have always regarded as illegitimate. And as long as that is what's at stake, there is no room for any genuine compromise. When it comes to privatization, just say no."
- W.'s Stiletto Democracy
New York Times article by Maureen Dowd
- It's Called Torture
New York Times article by Bob Herbert
- Scientists feel stifled by Bush administration
CNN - AP article - February 21, 2005
- Our Friends, the Torturers
New York Times article by Bob Herbert
- El Salvador-style 'death squads' to be deployed by US against Iraq militants
Article by Roland Watson, The Times
- Is the U.S. Organizing Salvador-Style Death Squads in Iraq?
Democracy Now transcipt
- Alan Greenspan "acknowledged private accounts have no effect on providing long-term solvency" to the Social Security system
Report from CNN/Money
- Wildlife scientists feeling heat
Article by Zachary Coile, Chronicle Washington Bureau
- Bush's Budget: Winners and Losers
Various insights and comments on Bush's 2005 Proposed Budget
- Bush's bad math
San Francisco Chronicle Editorial on Bush's 2005 Budget
- Do The Math On Dubya's Social Security Reform
Article by Harley Sorensen of sfgate.com
- What I Heard about Iraq
A brilliant article on Iraq by Eliot Weinberger
- Don't Know Much About Algebra
OP-ED article on Condoleezza Rice by Maureen Dowd
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Movie - War Corporatism is the new Fascism
Cool movie on the military industrial complex and the New American Century
- 100 Facts and 1 Opinion
The Non-Arguable Case Against the Bush Administration
By Judd Legum of "The Nation"
- Why this elction matters for the future of our country
from "The Nation"
- Movie - How to you run a GOP convention on a record of failure? (gopconstrm.mov 5.1MB)
- From Dream to Nightmare
By Bob Herbert, Op-Ed Columnist for The New York Times
- “Still, we have not seen such systematic distortion of intelligence, such manipulation of American opinion, since the War in Vietnam”
- John Brady Keisling - Career US Diplomat 27-Feb-03
- Bushisms
A long list of dumb quotes and verbal blunders by Dubya.
- Addiction, Brain Damage and the President:
"Dry Drunk" Syndrome and George W. Bush
By Katherine van Wormer
- George W. Bush's Resume
By Kelley Kramer
- Willful Ignorance
By David Corn, Washington editor of The Nation
- Crimes Against Nature
Rolling Stone article by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
A damning essay on the Bush Administration's environmental atrocities.
- Scientific Integrity in Policymaking
An Investigation into the Bush Administration's Misuse of Science
Original report by The Union of Concerned Scientists,
a group of 60 influential scientists, including 20 Nobel laureates
- Scientists Say Administration Distorts Facts
NY Times article by James Glanz, Published: February 19, 2004
- The Junk Science of George W. Bush
The Nation article by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. February 19, 2004
Outstanding and powerfully researched.
- Thank you, President Bush
An open letter of praise for President Bush, by Paulo Coelho.
- Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam
Delivered by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, April 4, 1967
This has direct relevance in light of America's current foreign policy.
- Of Rumor and Reality
By Colonel Daniel Smith, USA (Ret.) | April 30, 2004
- Is America Becoming Fascist?
Political essay by Anis Shivani (Harvard)
- Squeezed to death
Half a million children have died in Iraq since UN sanctions were imposed.
Guardian article by John Pilger
- American Prospect
Edgy political comic strip.
- Mark Morford, SF Chronicle Columnist
Funny & irreverant political and social commentary.
- Misleader.org
A daily chronicle of Bush Administration distortion.
- 9/11/01: Where Was George?
Article from "The Nation"
- Pics of Bush looking stupid
- The 1,000 Fighting Styles of Rumsfeld
Drunken Temple Boxing, Sleeping Dragon Technique, and more!
- Bumper Mentality
By Stephanie Mencimer, Washington Monthly
Have you ever wondered why sport utility vehicle drivers seem like such assholes?
- TheObjectivist.com
Objectivism and Ayn Rand
- more coming soon...
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