all day sun
the left-leaning snowman drops
his M&M smile
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Thursday, April 25, 2013
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Downtown after lunch, while walking toward City Hall ...
clouded sun
office workers sneaking
a smoke break
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First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku: Summer
clouded sun
office workers sneaking
a smoke break
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First posted in The Four Seasons of Haiku: Summer
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Haiku 081109a third call
as the sun sets
a loon alone
Photo courtesy of Greg Harp @www.pbase.com
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Recently, we read the following column:
New Straits Times: "Why Arroyo seeks an Obama audience " by W. Scott Thompson
“WHY is the 14th president of the Philippines, Gloria Arroyo, going to Washington for a 30-minute meeting with the water-walking American president? The easy answer is that she's tried four times so far to meet him, to get some burnish off his shine, to help with her rock-bottom image back home.
“She even all but broke into a prayer breakfast in Washington to which heads of state were not invited (other than the host president), in hopes of a meeting. She flew all the way from Dubai on hearing of the breakfast, got herself attached to a congressional delegation, and then didn't get even a minute with Barack Obama.
“She reportedly chewed out the Philippine ambassador for not being camera-ready to show the folks back home how close she came....
“Everyone in Manila is hoping that's the real reason why Obama is receiving Arroyo. She just refuses to commit to ending her term next June peaceably. Oddly, the American embassy thinks she won't make a fuss (something small like martial law, locking up all the opposition, for example) and they may know things that I don't. Or they are asleep on the job.
“There's good reason for her to want to linger at the palace, where she also spent four teenage years during her reformist father's presidency. Believed to be the most corrupt president in Philippine history, according to popular polls, Arroyo knows she can be slapped with multiple criminal charges the minute she surrenders immunity.
“And not just in Manila but elsewhere, like San Francisco, where she and her husband reportedly own properties, and injunctions can be laid against questions of laundered money.
“Now what does Obama know about all this? The president might only get a 15-minute briefing from an assistant secretary in these circumstances, because the president already has a feel for Southeast Asia. But one thing he's sure to hear about is a CIA report alleging that her husband bagged a vast amount of money in the Middle East, intended for Filipino development, and promptly handed over half of it, for safekeeping, to his brother, a congressman.
“He forgot that his sister-in-law is a Phil-Am Californian, where property is divided 50-50 in case of divorce. So what did the wife do? According to this report, she sued for divorce, leaving the ‘First Gentleman’ with the choice of going after the money and thus revealing its source, or just writing it off. But that's just for starters.
“Obama will know of the report of a highly regarded jurist, Phillip Alston, that the almost 1,000 ‘disappearances’ of non-governmental organisation workers and journalists (‘extra-judicial executions’ is the term he used) in the provinces didn't pass the straight-face test at the palace; that nothing like this could have happened without some blessing from on high.
" ‘Soldiers don't go around killing civilians just for the hell of it,’ an elder statesman in Manila commented -- and he's a retired general at that. ‘They'd only do that if pushed from the top.’
“Obama, of course, is concerned with terrorism, and there's revolution still in the Muslim parts of Mindanao, with long arms reaching into al-Qaeda. And the Philippines is an important and long-time ally of the US. But to argue that this is why Obama is seeing Arroyo doesn't pass the straight-face test either. Not for a 30-minute meeting; not even a ‘working visit’.
“What's happened is that, in contrast with Indonesia where high-level prosecution of corruption is moving steadily forward along with the economy, the Philippines is being dragged lower and lower: its place on the world corruption index has fallen precipitously, there's an atmosphere of impunity at the top, and investors are running scared....
“No president has ever had lower popularity ratings. But Arroyo is safe from impeachment by a compliant House of Representatives. Everyone's willing to let her sit out her term, if only because everyone is tired of ‘people power’ in the streets.
“But if she breaks ranks and declares martial law on some trumped-up reason (like the recent bombings, widely believed to have been planted to condition the population) or finds another way to trump the constitution, everyone will once again pour out into the streets -- and this time it will be bloody.”
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And we thought:
… Four calls to President Obama, and none returned?! And Ms. Arroyo won't stop calling? It does look like she's desperate for some “Obama magic” to rub off on her. But for what purpose?
Makes one wonder whether it’s to get the U.S. President's blessing for some plan to help extend her term as President beyond 2010. Or his support in arranging some kind of immunity from multiple criminal charges if she does decide to step down next year. Or possibly support for a “safe haven” arrangement in the U.S. as a political exile…
Friday, July 24, 2009
Haiku 072409
gravediggers
wait for the sunset
blackbirds watch
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Recently, we read the following:
Washington Post: “Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform” by Dan Eggen
“As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation under consideration by his Senate Finance Committee.
"At the table on May 26 were about 20 donors willing to fork over $10,000 or more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including executives of major insurance companies, hospitals and other health-care firms….
“As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Chairman Baucus (D-Mont.) has emerged as a leading recipient of Senate campaign contributions from the hospitals, insurers and other medical interest groups hoping to shape the legislation to their advantage. Health-related companies and their employees gave Baucus's political committees nearly $1.5 million in 2007 and 2008, when he began holding hearings and making preparations for this year's reform debate….
“Top out-of-state corporate contributors included Schering-Plough, New York Life Insurance, Amgen, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield; individual executives such as Richard T. Clark, chief executive and president of drugmaker Merck, have also made regular donations. Most of these companies, particularly major insurers, strongly oppose a public insurance option, which is favored by President Obama and top House Democrats but has not received support from Baucus's committee….
“Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the Public Citizen advocacy group, said the continued fundraising by Baucus during the health-care debate is ‘very troubling…’
“During an interview earlier this year with the Missoulian newspaper, Baucus said that ‘no one gets special treatment.’ He added: ‘Your word is your bond back there.’ “
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And we thought:
…. Sen. Baucus’ word may be his bond, but he appears to be bonding with the wrong crowd. He’s playing a dangerous game with health care and health care-related firms and lobbyists who obviously have started a death watch over genuine health care reform legislation. It’s big-money politics as usual.
Who really cares about the health care needs of the poor, the middle class, the old and the children? It doesn't look like Sen. Baucus is one of them….
gravediggers
wait for the sunset
blackbirds watch
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Recently, we read the following:
Washington Post: “Industry Cash Flowed To Drafters of Reform” by Dan Eggen“As liberal protesters marched outside, Sen. Max Baucus sat down inside a San Francisco mansion for a dinner of chicken cordon bleu and a discussion of landmark health-care legislation under consideration by his Senate Finance Committee.
"At the table on May 26 were about 20 donors willing to fork over $10,000 or more to the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, including executives of major insurance companies, hospitals and other health-care firms….
“As his committee has taken center stage in the battle over health-care reform, Chairman Baucus (D-Mont.) has emerged as a leading recipient of Senate campaign contributions from the hospitals, insurers and other medical interest groups hoping to shape the legislation to their advantage. Health-related companies and their employees gave Baucus's political committees nearly $1.5 million in 2007 and 2008, when he began holding hearings and making preparations for this year's reform debate….
“Top out-of-state corporate contributors included Schering-Plough, New York Life Insurance, Amgen, and Blue Cross and Blue Shield; individual executives such as Richard T. Clark, chief executive and president of drugmaker Merck, have also made regular donations. Most of these companies, particularly major insurers, strongly oppose a public insurance option, which is favored by President Obama and top House Democrats but has not received support from Baucus's committee….
“Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for the Public Citizen advocacy group, said the continued fundraising by Baucus during the health-care debate is ‘very troubling…’
“During an interview earlier this year with the Missoulian newspaper, Baucus said that ‘no one gets special treatment.’ He added: ‘Your word is your bond back there.’ “
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And we thought:
…. Sen. Baucus’ word may be his bond, but he appears to be bonding with the wrong crowd. He’s playing a dangerous game with health care and health care-related firms and lobbyists who obviously have started a death watch over genuine health care reform legislation. It’s big-money politics as usual.
Who really cares about the health care needs of the poor, the middle class, the old and the children? It doesn't look like Sen. Baucus is one of them….
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
Haiku 042909
small puddles
i skip over sunlight
and bits of sky
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Recently, we read the following:
Associated Press: “Israeli official: Swine flu name offensive to Jews, Muslims”
"The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
"Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the refe'ence to pigs is offensive to both religions and 'we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel. Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
"Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identified first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it 'Mexican' and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
"Two Israelis who recently visited Mexico have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu. Health authorities have not yet confirmed whether they actually have the virus…."
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And we thought:
…. Two things: (1) Why would a mere reference to “swine” be considered offensive by Mr. Litzman? Apparently, it’s simply a term intended to describe a new strain of flu, presumably picked up from swine. Except for Mr. Litzman himself, no one else has been reported making any sort of connection between “swine flu”, on the one hand, and Judaism and Islam, on the other.
And (2) why would Mr. Litzman oppose the use of “swine flu” but, in the same breath, propose that it be called the “Mexican flu”? You wonder whether he thinks it’s not okay to offend Jews and Muslims, but it is okay to offend Mexicans. Hope that was not what he really meant. Otherwise, his perspective on this matter really seems narrow-minded and silly. It looks like he doesn’t care about anything else beyond his bit of the sky.
On the other hand, maybe Mr. Litzman was just kidding.
Anyway, it shouldn't hurt to pause and at least be open-minded about the religious and cultural concerns of others. We need to realize that, really, the sky is bigger than what we see from our part of the world....
small puddles
i skip over sunlight
and bits of sky
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Recently, we read the following:
Associated Press: “Israeli official: Swine flu name offensive to Jews, Muslims”
"The outbreak of swine flu should be renamed "Mexican" influenza in deference to Muslim and Jewish sensitivities over pork, said an Israeli health official Monday.
"Deputy Health Minister Yakov Litzman said the refe'ence to pigs is offensive to both religions and 'we should call this Mexican flu and not swine flu," he told a news conference at a hospital in central Israel. Both Judaism and Islam consider pigs unclean and forbid the eating of pork products.
"Scientists are unsure where the new swine flu virus originally emerged, though it was identified first in the United States. They say there is nothing about the virus that makes it 'Mexican' and worry such a label would be stigmatizing.
"Two Israelis who recently visited Mexico have been hospitalized with symptoms of the flu. Health authorities have not yet confirmed whether they actually have the virus…."
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And we thought:
…. Two things: (1) Why would a mere reference to “swine” be considered offensive by Mr. Litzman? Apparently, it’s simply a term intended to describe a new strain of flu, presumably picked up from swine. Except for Mr. Litzman himself, no one else has been reported making any sort of connection between “swine flu”, on the one hand, and Judaism and Islam, on the other.
And (2) why would Mr. Litzman oppose the use of “swine flu” but, in the same breath, propose that it be called the “Mexican flu”? You wonder whether he thinks it’s not okay to offend Jews and Muslims, but it is okay to offend Mexicans. Hope that was not what he really meant. Otherwise, his perspective on this matter really seems narrow-minded and silly. It looks like he doesn’t care about anything else beyond his bit of the sky.
On the other hand, maybe Mr. Litzman was just kidding.
Anyway, it shouldn't hurt to pause and at least be open-minded about the religious and cultural concerns of others. We need to realize that, really, the sky is bigger than what we see from our part of the world....
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Sunday, April 19, 2009
Haiku 041909
winter sun
brown spruce needles
facing south
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Recently, we read the following:
Huffington Post: “Tea Party Fallout: Independents Turned Off, Some GOPers Worried” (by Sam Stein)
“It's been two days now since angry conservatives hosted a series of tea parties across the country, and the fallout has some Republicans nervous. While the anti-tax sentiment of the protests may have been sincere, the images pulled from the events have often been offensive, embarrassing, or politically problematic. It is a development that has tripped up the GOP before. The rallies outside McCain-Palin events included some of the same bile that was seen at the tea parties: charges of fascism, terrorism and other malicious criticisms leveled at Barack Obama. And it did the Republican ticket little good in its efforts to bring moderate voters to the cause.
“Not everyone sees the connection. But some Republicans and Independents do view the fallout between the tea parties and the McCain-Palin rallies in a similar way: bad for the GOP. ‘It is not clear-cut that the tea-party phenomena helps the GOP, unless they have a specific measure or policy (like Prop. 13 in 1978, and income tax cuts after that) to coalesce around,’ said Steven Hayward, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute….
“Of course, because the series of nationwide tea parties were geared towards a specific day (Tax Day), the political ramifications of the events seem naturally limited. ‘Those tea parties will be long forgotten by, oh, say tomorrow,’ said Stu Rothenberg, of the Rothenberg Political Report...."
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And we thought:
…. Sam Stein’s piece says what we think about the Republican-instigated “tea parties”: bad for the GOP. The Republicans need to remember from whom Obama inherited the mess and backwardness that the country is now in: the Bush-Republican administration of the last eight long years. The long Bush-Republican winter of gross incompetence.
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, McCain and Obama presented to the American electorate their respective programs of government. Each expounded on how he intended, in various fronts, to bring the U.S. out of the deep rut to which George W. Bush had driven the country. On 4 November 2008, three million more American voters chose Obama and his program over McCain and his.
It’s only been three months since Obama assumed the Presidency. If he and his team don’t get the country moving forward, as promised -- in education, health care, energy, and the economy – then give them the boot in 2012. Meanwhile, the majority of the American people gave Obama and his team a decisive mandate last November. For now, the democratic, i.e., American, way is to let them settle in and govern in the next four years….
winter sun
brown spruce needles
facing south
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Recently, we read the following:
Huffington Post: “Tea Party Fallout: Independents Turned Off, Some GOPers Worried” (by Sam Stein)“It's been two days now since angry conservatives hosted a series of tea parties across the country, and the fallout has some Republicans nervous. While the anti-tax sentiment of the protests may have been sincere, the images pulled from the events have often been offensive, embarrassing, or politically problematic. It is a development that has tripped up the GOP before. The rallies outside McCain-Palin events included some of the same bile that was seen at the tea parties: charges of fascism, terrorism and other malicious criticisms leveled at Barack Obama. And it did the Republican ticket little good in its efforts to bring moderate voters to the cause.
“Not everyone sees the connection. But some Republicans and Independents do view the fallout between the tea parties and the McCain-Palin rallies in a similar way: bad for the GOP. ‘It is not clear-cut that the tea-party phenomena helps the GOP, unless they have a specific measure or policy (like Prop. 13 in 1978, and income tax cuts after that) to coalesce around,’ said Steven Hayward, a scholar at the conservative American Enterprise Institute….
“Of course, because the series of nationwide tea parties were geared towards a specific day (Tax Day), the political ramifications of the events seem naturally limited. ‘Those tea parties will be long forgotten by, oh, say tomorrow,’ said Stu Rothenberg, of the Rothenberg Political Report...."
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And we thought:
…. Sam Stein’s piece says what we think about the Republican-instigated “tea parties”: bad for the GOP. The Republicans need to remember from whom Obama inherited the mess and backwardness that the country is now in: the Bush-Republican administration of the last eight long years. The long Bush-Republican winter of gross incompetence.
During the 2008 Presidential campaign, McCain and Obama presented to the American electorate their respective programs of government. Each expounded on how he intended, in various fronts, to bring the U.S. out of the deep rut to which George W. Bush had driven the country. On 4 November 2008, three million more American voters chose Obama and his program over McCain and his.
It’s only been three months since Obama assumed the Presidency. If he and his team don’t get the country moving forward, as promised -- in education, health care, energy, and the economy – then give them the boot in 2012. Meanwhile, the majority of the American people gave Obama and his team a decisive mandate last November. For now, the democratic, i.e., American, way is to let them settle in and govern in the next four years….
Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Haiku 040109
noisy geese
tail the sunset --
a quiet pond
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Recently, we read the following:
In breaking news, hereisthecity.com: "Ex-Wall Street CEOs Lead G20 Protesters"
“A group of disgruntled former Wall Street CEOs led protesters and stormed the barricades in London early Wednesday.”
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And we thought:
.... One wonders what was going in the minds of these Wall Street discards…. Read the article to the end.... Happy April Fool's Day! ....
noisy geese
tail the sunset --
a quiet pond
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Recently, we read the following:
In breaking news, hereisthecity.com: "Ex-Wall Street CEOs Lead G20 Protesters"
“A group of disgruntled former Wall Street CEOs led protesters and stormed the barricades in London early Wednesday.”
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And we thought:
.... One wonders what was going in the minds of these Wall Street discards…. Read the article to the end.... Happy April Fool's Day! ....
Tuesday, March 31, 2009
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Haiku 032509
in the shade
a stubborn bank of ice
doting father
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Recently, we read the following:
Associated Press: "UN says 1 million in Sudan won't get food aid from May"
“More than one million people in Darfur will not get their food rations starting in May if Sudan and the United Nations can't fill gaps left by the expulsion of more than a dozen foreign aid groups, a joint U.N.-Sudanese assessment team said Tuesday….
"Sudan expelled 13 foreign aid organizations and closed three local ones this month after the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur. Sudan's government refuses to have any dealings with the court and has accused the aid groups of collaborating with its case. The groups deny it, and they warn of a humanitarian crisis in Darfur without their presence….”
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And we thought:
…. President al-Bashir expelled the foreign aid groups for allegedly reporting on the atrocities he’s perpetrated against the people of Darfur. Such a convenient excuse! Most of the world, in fact, know that Al-Bashir stubbornly wants the people of Darfur dead or gone -- one way or another. And now, he will have someone else to blame....
in the shade
a stubborn bank of ice
doting father
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Recently, we read the following:
Associated Press: "UN says 1 million in Sudan won't get food aid from May"
“More than one million people in Darfur will not get their food rations starting in May if Sudan and the United Nations can't fill gaps left by the expulsion of more than a dozen foreign aid groups, a joint U.N.-Sudanese assessment team said Tuesday….
"Sudan expelled 13 foreign aid organizations and closed three local ones this month after the International Criminal Court in the Netherlands issued an arrest warrant for President Omar al-Bashir for war crimes and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur. Sudan's government refuses to have any dealings with the court and has accused the aid groups of collaborating with its case. The groups deny it, and they warn of a humanitarian crisis in Darfur without their presence….”
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And we thought:
…. President al-Bashir expelled the foreign aid groups for allegedly reporting on the atrocities he’s perpetrated against the people of Darfur. Such a convenient excuse! Most of the world, in fact, know that Al-Bashir stubbornly wants the people of Darfur dead or gone -- one way or another. And now, he will have someone else to blame....
Monday, March 16, 2009
Haiku 031609
icy puddle
the squirrel jumps on
the sun
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CNN.com: "Cheney says Obama's policies 'raise the risk' of U.S. terror attack"
“Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the Bush administration's economic record, the invasion of Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists, warning that reversing its anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's ‘State of the Union,’ Cheney said the harsh interrogations of suspects and the use of warrantless electronic surveillance were "absolutely essential" to get information to prevent more attacks like the 2001 suicide hijackings that targeted New York and Washington.
" ‘President Obama campaigned against it all across the country, and now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack,’ he said.
“Critics said the Bush administration's ‘alternative’ interrogation techniques amounted to the torture of prisoners in American custody, while the administration's warrantless surveillance program violated federal laws enacted after the Watergate scandal. Since taking office in January, Obama has announced plans to close the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to halt the military trials of suspected terrorists there, and to make CIA officers follow the Army field manual's rules on interrogations….”
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.... One wonders: is there a policy to investigate allegations of war crimes having been committed in the course of the war in Iraq? Maybe an investigation to see if criminal charges are warranted -- shudder -- against Cheney, Bush, and other officials for torture, treason, and war profiteering?
Remember that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to begin with? Remember the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo black holes where alleged terrorists were detained without charges, for indefinite durations, and periodically and systematically tortured? Remember U.S. citizen-soldiers being cavalierly sent to war without proper armor and protective gear -- how can the Bush officials betray our own soldiers?
Remember Blackwater and Halliburton, Cheney's employers before he became vice-president, and how they flourished and cornered billion-dollar contracts in Iraq during the war? Aren't these enough to warrant charges of war crimes or at least to trigger further investigation of those apparently accountable? .... Just kidding =)
icy puddle
the squirrel jumps on
the sun
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CNN.com: "Cheney says Obama's policies 'raise the risk' of U.S. terror attack"“Former Vice President Dick Cheney on Sunday defended the Bush administration's economic record, the invasion of Iraq and the treatment of suspected terrorists, warning that reversing its anti-terrorism policies endangers Americans. In a wide-ranging interview with CNN's ‘State of the Union,’ Cheney said the harsh interrogations of suspects and the use of warrantless electronic surveillance were "absolutely essential" to get information to prevent more attacks like the 2001 suicide hijackings that targeted New York and Washington.
" ‘President Obama campaigned against it all across the country, and now he is making some choices that, in my mind, will, in fact, raise the risk to the American people of another attack,’ he said.
“Critics said the Bush administration's ‘alternative’ interrogation techniques amounted to the torture of prisoners in American custody, while the administration's warrantless surveillance program violated federal laws enacted after the Watergate scandal. Since taking office in January, Obama has announced plans to close the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to halt the military trials of suspected terrorists there, and to make CIA officers follow the Army field manual's rules on interrogations….”
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.... One wonders: is there a policy to investigate allegations of war crimes having been committed in the course of the war in Iraq? Maybe an investigation to see if criminal charges are warranted -- shudder -- against Cheney, Bush, and other officials for torture, treason, and war profiteering?
Remember that there were no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq to begin with? Remember the Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo black holes where alleged terrorists were detained without charges, for indefinite durations, and periodically and systematically tortured? Remember U.S. citizen-soldiers being cavalierly sent to war without proper armor and protective gear -- how can the Bush officials betray our own soldiers?
Remember Blackwater and Halliburton, Cheney's employers before he became vice-president, and how they flourished and cornered billion-dollar contracts in Iraq during the war? Aren't these enough to warrant charges of war crimes or at least to trigger further investigation of those apparently accountable? .... Just kidding =)
Monday, March 9, 2009
Haiku 030909
winter dawn --
the faint sun shines on
peeking buds
Photo by R. Venkatesan
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Recently, we saw:
CNN.com: "Worst year for jobs since '45"
"....A sobering U.S. Labor Department jobs report Friday showed the economy lost 524,000 jobs in December and 1.9 million in the year's final four months, after the credit crisis began in September...."
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And we thought:
... while Merrill Lynch -- outrageously -- hands out bonuses to its executives and officers who should have received pink slips instead. When did the edict pass that failed governance should be rewarded? ....
winter dawn --
the faint sun shines on
peeking buds
Photo by R. Venkatesan
***************
Recently, we saw:
CNN.com: "Worst year for jobs since '45"
"....A sobering U.S. Labor Department jobs report Friday showed the economy lost 524,000 jobs in December and 1.9 million in the year's final four months, after the credit crisis began in September...."
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And we thought:
... while Merrill Lynch -- outrageously -- hands out bonuses to its executives and officers who should have received pink slips instead. When did the edict pass that failed governance should be rewarded? ....
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