Bush vetoed a bill banning "water boarding" - a method of torture during
Spanish
Inquisition....
by David R. Hoffman
By limiting the definition of "morality" to issues
involving human ***uality, religious, business
and political leaders are able to treat their fellow
human beings as sadistically, unjustly or callously
as they want, secure in the knowledge their deeds
will never be labeled "immoral" by the corrupt
power structure.
This reality was evidenced by the fact that while
former President Bill Clinton faced impeachment
proceedings for lying about an extramarital affair,
America's illegally appointed, illegitimate occupant
of the White House, George W. Bush, and his
partner-in-crime Dick Cheney, have never faced
(and most likely will never face) any form of impeachment
or criminal penalties for starting an illegal war whose
costs have been billions of tax dollars and hundreds
of thousands of lives.
Somehow in the eyes of those in power, including
the "Democratic Congress" that many hoped would
be a catalyst for change, such acts apparently do not
rise to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors"
necessary to institute impeachment proceedings. So
while Bush, Cheney and countless other hypocrites
have routinely demonstrated their cowardice by
hawking the Iraqi war, demanding sacrifices of
others that they-through family influence and
deferments-refused to make themselves, House
Speaker Nancy Pelosi has demonstrated the
cowardice of the Democratic Party by refusing to
institute impeachment proceedings against them.
How ironic it is that in America an extramarital affair
rises to the level of "high crimes and misdemeanors"
but the following does not:
1. The use of torture. Where is the moral outrage over the fact that
George W. Bush
recently vetoed a bill banning "water boarding," a torture heralding back
to the days
of the Spanish Inquisition?
2. The use of slave labor for cor****ate profits. Where is the moral
outrage when
thousands upon thousands of American workers are thrown out of work
everyday, while
billions of dollars in profits roll in from child and prison labor, the
maquiladoras
in Mexico, and sweat shops throughout the world?
3. Lack of patriotism. Where is the moral outrage over the double standard
enjoyed by
American cor****ations that abandon their nation or overcharge their
government for
products and services during wartime? After all, average people are
supposed to be
patriotic, and often find themselves ostracized, threatened and condemned
for even
questioning the motives for war. Yet cor****ations that engage in ruthless
war
profiteering, or that leave America during wartime to exploit lax labor
and
environmental standards in other nations, are praised for their business
"a***en."
4. Price gouging. Where is the moral outrage over the price gouging of big
oil
companies, who carry politicians around in their hip pockets, destroying
the
economies of entire nations because the billions they already make in
profit aren't
enough?
5. The protection of cor****ate fascism. Where is the moral outrage over
the fact
that, regardless of what political party is in power, all governmental
institutions,
under the guise (or lies) of promoting "freedom" and "democracy," exploit
their
resources to protect the profits of multi-national cor****ations, awarding
no-bid
"rebuilding" contracts to political cronies, and using the military to
ensure
continued oil profits in Iraq and the abundance of cheap labor in Central
and South
America, while condemning as subversive or anti-democratic, and frequently
destroying, any group or social movement that strives for social, racial
or economic
justice.
Now the cowardice of Pelosi's pansies has come home to roost. The party
that refused
to impeach Bush and Cheney again finds one of their own, New York's
Democratic
governor Eliot Spitzer, caught in a *** scandal. And once again the
Republican Party
feigned "moral" outrage, and threatened to impeach Spitzer if he did not
resign.
So forget the slaughter of innocents, forget the lies that caused
thousands of
Americans to die in an illegal war, forget the exploitation of the workers
and the
millions without health insurance, forget the cowardice of the war hawks
who refused
to serve in the military themselves, forget the undermining of democracy
through
electoral fraud and corrupt Supreme Court justices, forget the fact that
cor****ate
fascism has replaced democracy in America, forget the fact that torture is
now an
acceptable part of American jurisprudence, and forget that every law,
policy and
institution in America is designed to ensure that the rich get richer
while the poor
get poorer. After all, in the eyes of the plutocrats who truly control
America, none
of these things are immoral.
The moral of the story is this: American politicians can do nothing
immoral, illegal
or worthy of impeachment, no matter how vile, unjust or corrupt it may be,
as long as
they keep their clothes on while doing it.
And the fact that Americans continue to permit such a moral to exist is
the greatest
immorality of all.
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I intend to last long enough to put out of business all COck-suckers
and other beneficiaries of the institutionalized slavery and genocide.
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"The army that will defeat terrorism doesn't wear uniforms, or drive
Humvees, or calls in air-strikes. It doesn't have a high command, or
high security, or a high budget. The army that can defeat terrorism
does battle quietly, clearing minefields and vaccinating children. It
undermines military dictator****ps and military lobbyists. It subverts
sweatshops and special interests.Where people feel powerless, it
helps them organize for change, and where people are powerful, it
reminds them of their responsibility." ~~~~ Author Unknown ~~~~
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