Remember when Bush met with top Republican leaders and Trent Lott said the following? “No, none of that,” Lott told reporters after the session when asked if the Iraq war was discussed. “You’re the only ones who obsess on that.
We don’t and the real people out in the real world don’t for the most part.” Who did you think we were, scumbag? Eat your words now!
you re the only ones who obsess on that Posted by anjali under quotes , religion , press this , iraq , war and health From Lott: Bush barely mentioned Iraq in meeting with Senate Republicans, by CNN s Ted Barrett: WASHINGTON (CNN) President Bush barely mentioned the war in Iraq when he met with Republican senators behind closed doors in the Capitol Thursday morning and was not asked about the course of the war, Sen. No, none of that, Lott told reporters after the session when asked if the Iraq war was discussed. You re the only ones who obsess on that.
We don t and the real people out in the real world don t for the most part. Lott went on to say he has difficulty understanding the motivations behind the violence in Iraq. It s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what s wrong with these people, he said.
Why do they kill people of other religions because of religion? Why do they hate the Israeli s and despise their right to exist? Why do they hate each other?
Why do Sunnis kill Shiites? How do they tell the difference? They all look the same to me.
The mere fact that an actual Senator in the United States Senate can say this and not be ripped out of his post and shamed is infuriating. Iraq, torture, these are the moral issues of our time, these are the issues that a majority of Americans are so very concerned with right now. Obviously this is not the first assasine, racist, anti-human rights, ignorant comment this dude has made, let alone actions he has taken, but FOLKS, Lott has been in Congress for THIRTY-THREE YEARS.
This guy, and so many others in his position (white republican senators or congresspeople) are so out of touch with reality it s bizarre. THIS is exactly why I m so pissed at Dems in general (and looking for some good new blood in and outside of the party, at this point i ll vote for anyone who has principals and has a track record, whether republican, democrat, green, libertarian, etc). We ve had opportunity after opportunity (as if God herself handed them personally to us) to shame these racist, anti-human rights, anti-AMERICAN, war-mongering folks and we have done NOTHING in response (I m talkin *we* as in the party of Dems, i m not putting down the amazing work that so many individuals and organizations are doing).
How do we use these pieces of fodder to our advantage? Someone on another blog suggested taking these words or video and playing them on ads at election time to show that (many) republicans don t actually care about the war, or that they don t have a basic college education. Any other creative ideas?
We need to capitalize on their bullshit while we can. And to the rest of the world, I m sorry that Lott thinks he can say things like I think it s hard for Americans, all of us, including me, to understand what s wrong with these [Iraqi] people. He didn t speak for me, nor did he speak for the majority of the country.
And he needs to go to high school, or college, wherever they teach world politics 101. Ok, so much else to report on hopefully I ll get a few minutes to blog a bit over the weekend. I ve got much to write about Ani Difranco in concert, Massive Attack in concert, a sweet new weekly spoken word event just blocks from my house, and a reportback from 1 year post hurricane katrina that I went to tonight (including exciting discussions on movement-building among brown and black people).
lost limbs and lost lives. Posted by anjali under iraq , war and health THE seconds just before a life is smashed are filled with ordinary things. On the morning of Sept.
15, 2005, Muaad Hadi was on his way to a wedding. The highway was hot and crowded. His mind was filled with thoughts of work.
Shortly after 10:30 a.m., a convoy of police cars drew up behind the minivan of guests.
Hadi, a 26-year-old Shiite, told the driver to pull over. As he spoke the words, an explosion, meant for the police, punched through the van and changed his life forever. If wars had faces, the one in Iraq would look like Mr.
Open and hopeful at the beginning. Creased with disappointment as years passed. He and the other Iraqis from Baghdad pictured here are victims of fighting that has come from all directions in the last three years.
They pay the price of the war with their arms and their legs. The toll is far higher for Iraqi civilians than for American soldiers. They account for 70 percent of all deaths.
Then, on that day in September, 12 bombs went off like popcorn all over Baghdad, scattering lives and punching holes in families. Hadi could barely see for the smoke. The air smelled of gasoline.
A friend he had been sitting beside was dead. His legs would not work. He was missing his left hand.
A stranger placed him in the back of a police truck, along with the bodies of the dead. Ten months later, he spends his days lying on a narrow bed with a blue sheet in his mother’s living room in Shuala, a poor Shiite neighborhood. He must be helped to the bathroom.
The woman he wanted to marry has moved on. She never told him she didn’t want him, but “I sensed what she wanted to say,” he said, his voice urgent and sad. from The Instant When Everything Changed, by Sabrina Tavernese, in the NYTimes.
This is a reminder to myself to never forget the daily human toll of this war. And that more than 70% of those who are dying are Iraqi civilians. Yes, let s bring our troops home, yes we should never forget the now thousands of american soldiers who ve died in this war, but we canNOT afford to forget that most of the people dying or being maimed (physically or emotionally) are Iraqi civilians.
Accompanying the article is a photoseries by Farah Nosh who photographed and documented stories of Iraqi civilians who had lost limbs in the war. There s a link to it from the article. the angriest song i ve ever written Posted by anjali under beats , iraq Thom Yorke, lead singer of Radiohead, has an album out with his personal music (i was going to say solo but he mentioned that he doesn t like using that term).
Lindsay points out the BBC article with some backstory on his track Harrowdown Hill , and how Yorke states that it s the angriest song he s ever written. Wiki, Wiki, Wikipedia has more on David Kelly, the subject of the track here. Don t walk the plank like I do You will dispensed with, when you ve become Up on Harrowdown Hill, Where you used to go school That s where I - That s where I m lying now Did I fall or was I pushed?
Did I fall or was I pushed? And where s the blood? Where s the blood?
Can you see me when I m running? Can you see me when I m running? I can t take the pressure, No one cares if you live or die They just want me gone, they want me gone The rest of the tracks are equally brilliant, less angry, but definitely beautiful and political.
He supposedly just used a laptop and his voice (many sounds reminiscent of radiohead s album Kid A ). So there s hope for my laptop music experiments (though there s no hope for my voice, i ll have to do without that ) And now my brother and I are blasting some unreleased tracks from his upcoming (july release) album, Eraser, throughout the house. (of course we ll the album when it comes out too).
A New Day for Iraqis Posted by anjali under iraq I ve been following Riverbend s commentary as an Iraqi woman experiencing the various Iraqi wars. Her writing really moves me and has served as one of my constant reality checks about what s going on in Iraq. Check out her blog Baghdad Burning.
Her latest post, from last week, is about Zarqawi s death, here s a bit of it: So Zarqawi is finally dead. It was an interesting piece of news that greeted us yesterday morning (or was it the day before? I ve lost track of time…).
I didn t bother with the pictures and film they showed of him because I, personally, have been saturated with images of broken, bleeding bodies A new day for Iraqis is the current theme of the Iraqi puppet government and the Americans. Like it was A New Day for Iraqis on April 9, 2003 . And it was A New Day for Iraqis when they killed Oday and Qusay.
Another New Day for Iraqis when they caught Saddam. More New Day when they drafted the constitution… I m beginning to think it s like one of those questions they give you on IQ tests: If New is equal to More and Day is equal to Suffering , what does New Day for Iraqis mean? How do I feel?
To hell with Zarqawi (or Zayrkawi as Bush calls him). He was an American creation- he came along with them- they don t need him anymore, apparently. His influence was greatly exaggerated but he was the justification for every single family they killed through military strikes and troops So now that Zarqawi is dead, and because according to Bush and our Iraqi puppets he was behind so much of Iraq s misery- things should get better, right?
The car bombs should lessen, the ethnic cleansing will come to a halt, military strikes and sieges will die down… That s what we were promised, wasn t it? That sounds good to me. Now- who do they have to kill to stop the Ministry of Interior death squads, and trigger-happy foreign troops?
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