Emerging Democracies
Ivins, Molly
Small Favors Molly Ivins Emerging Democracies Asource of wonder, my boy Bush. Our goal in Iraq," says he, "is victory" Representative John Murtha, showing a somewhat firmer grasp of reality, said,...
...This theoretically commits us to support emerging democracies, which is grand when they emerge, but forcing them out is not working well...
...This is not like Serbia, where we can aim for bridges and railroads...
...C'est la vie...
...And believe me, a lot of people think 60,000 votes in Ohio were switched, between the voting machines, the crazy partisan secretary of state, and the unconscionable waiting lines in Democratic voting areas...
...Molly Ivins writes in this space every month...
...Air war" and Iraq do not fit together...
...Three years later, the planes roared out of Baghdad to bomb the shit out of some Sunni villages sixty miles north...
...The most egregious instance of the stupidity of the Electoral College was in 2000, and it helped the R's...
...we're paying good money to try to rebuild it...
...And when we kill a lot more people, we're going to make a lot more insurgents...
...We no longer want to destroy the country's infrastructure...
...The great thing about making electoral law as perfect as we can is that it's the ultimate what-goes-around-comes-around...
...I do like the idea of supporting democracy however, and recommend we try it here in the U. S. of A. A good place to start: Do an end-around the Electoral College...
...For months the media have been reporting that the Air Force is particularly uncomfortable with the idea of a bombing campaign because it doesn't want the Iraqis calling in and positioning the strikes...
...This is insane...
...Another potentially hopeful development is the Texas redistricting case...
...So much for the most famous photo-op of the war, Bush on an aircraft carrier out of San Diego saying, "Major combat operations in Iraq have ended...
...A switch of 60,000 votes in Ohio would have thrown the entire election to John Kerry, despite the fact that George Bush was three million votes ahead nationwide...
...but "What planet are they on...
...The Iraqi parliament could barely convene...
...There is no way to conduct a bombing campaign in a village...
...True, if the Supreme Court reverses the appalling Texas plan, the person most likely to benefit is the one who replaces Tom DeLay That district would get back a slew of Republican voters DeLay gave away when he was riding high...
...Her latest book is "Who Let the Dogs In...
...Who are we punishing here...
...But look at 2004...
...That's what happens when you support emerging democracies, like the U.S.A...
...Just like the farmers and the cowboys, do-si-do-ing up a storm...
...In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed...
...This is a project your R's and your D's can join on...
...Meanwhile, we have the new Bush "strategery" plan, same as the old one...
...In March, Shiites and Sunnis were killing one another in the streets of Baghdad...
...There are no targets except for little houses and the little houses next to them...
...Amaze us, wouldn't it...
...To all this, Bush said, "By their response over the past two weeks, Iraqis have shown the world that they want a future of freedom and peace...
...It's no longer a question of "What were they thinking...
...The Air Force seems to think Iraqis will take advantage of the situation to call in hits on their sectarian opponents...
...There's nothing to aim at but people...
...And the U.S...
...Thinking about the collateral damage in this case just makes you want to lay your head down and moan...
...started a huge bombing campaign...
...Our goal in Iraq," says he, "is victory" Representative John Murtha, showing a somewhat firmer grasp of reality, said, "The only people who want us in Iraq are Iran and Al Qaeda...
...For those who aren't feeling quite up to tackling world peace or who live in red states where it's hard to find a demo for impeaching Bush, I recommend this effort to instruct each state's electors to vote for whichever candidate gets the most popular vote...
Vol. 70 • May 2006 • No. 5
