Yellow Dog

This graduation speech given by Bill Moyers at Hamilton College lays it on the line. But why should Bill apologize for the screwed up world that college graduates are entering into? All of those misguided Bush voters should be the ones apologizing:

"Frankly, I'm not sure anyone from my generation should be saying
anything to your generation except, 'We're sorry. We're really sorry for the mess you're
inheriting. We are sorry for the war in Iraq. For the huge debts you will have to pay for
without getting a new social infrastructure in return. We're sorry for the polarized
country. The corporate scandals. The corrupt politics. Our imperiled democracy. We're
sorry for the sprawl and our addiction to oil and for all those toxins in the environment.
Sorry about all this, class of 2006. Good luck cleaning it up.'"

Pass the Bread

This column in the Tennessean yesterday discusses Senator Bill Frist's biggest hurdle in seeking the Presidency in '08.

Animal experimentation in the name of science and medicine wouldn't necessarily be a problem for Frist, but this quote from his book is just a little too Jeffery Dahmeresque:

"Desperate, obsessed with my work, I visited the various animal shelters in the Boston suburbs, collecting cats, taking them home, treating them as pets for a few days, then carting them off to the lab to die in the interests of science. And medicine. And health care. And treatment of disease. And my project.... bwahahahahaha ha ha..."

--Bill Frist, M.D. (in his bookTransplant)

OK, I added the evil laugh ... in case it wasn't creepy enough.



Kitty-killer label litters Frist resume for president - Nashville, Tennessee - Monday, 06/12/06 - Tennessean.com

As if their policies and practices don't already confirm the corruption that is rampant in the GOP (witness Delay's last day in the Congress, due to his criminal indictment), here's an admission from a Republican, Allen Raymond, who participated in the phone-jamming political scandal in New Hampshire:

"Most recently, Raymond has been in prison. And for that, he blames himself, but also says he was part of a Republican political culture that emphasizes hardball tactics and polarizing voters.

Raymond stressed that he was making no excuses for his role in the New Hampshire case; he pleaded guilty and told the judge he had done a ``bad thing." But he said he got caught up in an ultra-aggressive atmosphere in which he initially thought the decision to jam the phones ``pushed the envelope" but was legal. He also said he had been reluctant to turn down a prominent official of the RNC, fearing that would cost him future opportunities from an organization that was becoming increasingly ruthless.

'Republicans have treated campaigns and politics as a business, and now are treating public policy as a business, looking for the types of returns that you get in business, passing legislation that has huge ramifications for business,' he said. 'It is very much being monetized, and the federal government is being monetized under Republican majorities.'"

It's not just corruption; it's government for sale, bought and paid for by big business. Let the buyer (the consumer) beware.

Fallen star blames self, GOP tactics - The Boston Globe