Laura Doesn't Count
Rothschild, Matthew
Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Laura Doesn't Count According to Bob Woodward, George Bush says he won't leave Iraq even if the only ones remaining who agree with him are Laura and their dog...
...And I was impressed by everyone's concern about our democracy, and their dedication to do something about it...
...Editor's Note Matthew Rothschild Laura Doesn't Count According to Bob Woodward, George Bush says he won't leave Iraq even if the only ones remaining who agree with him are Laura and their dog Barney I think that's a lie, too...
...Zinn reminded us that change erupts at unpredictable moments, even during the gloomiest of times...
...But Bush said no, listening instead maybe to Barney and to that other White House canine, Dick Cheney...
...If we knew our history, Zinn said, we wouldn't be fooled by a President who peddles fear, since that's what happened in the face-off against the Soviet Union, during Vietnam, and with Reagan's wars in Central America...
...I was pleased to see more than 100 people show up, including Barbara Ehrenreichs sister, Diane Alexander, who lives nearby...
...This spring, Debra Juchem hung two signs on her building...
...Every picket line we walk, every protest we join, helps bring about change...
...Bush needs to revise his manifesto of stubbornness: He won't leave Iraq, even if the only ones remaining who agree with him are Barney, Cheney, and Henry the K. He'd do better to listen to Laura...
...I don't know about Barney, but Laura's view doesn't seem to carry much weight...
...Woodward reports that after the 2004 election, the First Lady, along with then-Chief of Staff Andy Card, wanted to get rid of Rumsfeld...
...The city ordered her to remove the signs, claiming they were too large...
...Soldiers, he said, are mistaken when they say they are going off to Iraq to fight for our country...
...Howard Zinn offers another one of his profound articles to us this month: on the futility of war, and the necessity to abolish it, once and for all...
...For his part, Cheney listens to Henry Kissinger...
...Subscribers Milt and Donna Francis kindly invited me out to Colorado on September 16 to give a talk on impeachment in the neat little town of Salida, population 5,500, elevation 7,000...
...The other said, "Stop the Iraq War Now...
...Juchem and the ACLU of Colorado threatened to sue, and the city backed down, so I was able to admire the signs when I drove by...
...That's no reason to give up hope...
...One said, "Kill one person and it's MURDER, kill thousands and it's FOREIGN POLICY...
...They are going off to Iraq to fight for Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and Halliburton," Zinn said...
...The issue of the Iraq War has seized Salida...
...Unfortunately, the council voted it out of order...
...Cheney told Woodward that Kissinger is the person he consults with most on the job, and that Bush values Kissinger's advice a great deal, too, inviting him to the White House once a month or so...
...We were fortunate to have Zinn in Madison on October 5, when he came to town to give a lecture on the lessons of history in an age of hysteria...
...For sponsoring it, Young said, he has faced "threats of retribution...
...And if we knew our history, Zinn said, "we would understand that everything we do is important...
...We're in one of those times now...
...If we knew our history, Zinn said, "we would understand the fundamental fact that the interests of the government and the interests of the people are not the same...
...Juchem and other activists then prevailed upon City Councilman Hugh Young to introduce a resolution on October 2 demanding an end to the Iraq War...
Vol. 70 • November 2006 • No. 11
