Deference's Articles In Politics
August 17, 2004 by Deference
There is a media storm circling John Kerry and his service. Did he deserve his medals, did he serve honorably, and are the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth (S.B.V.T.) living up to their name? The answer is as murky as the waters in the ‘Nam our Swiftboats (or Patrol Fast-Craft ) patrolled nearly thirty – five years ago. It can only be held as factual as the belief the individual perceives in each dirty whirlpool every one cycles through as their search for the truth leads them. This short...
August 21, 2004 by Deference
This is a fun little jab. Go to www.google.com In the search box, type in "weapons of mass destruction" then click "I'm feeling lucky" I think you'll find it amusing as to what you see (all the links shown are clickable, btw).
September 8, 2004 by Deference
We've all heard of France's (poor) decision to ban head scarves in schools. This policy is a slap in the face to all who believe in a free society. Forget freedom fries, this is something much more important, I can't see any American (or even Frenchie) supporting this poorly devised policy that practically invites terrorism and protest. Oddly enough, there has been little protest beside the action these one hundred young women have offered. What does the JoeUser community think about th...
October 5, 2004 by Deference
“Bush had more substance,” a fellow blogger declared, “He won the debate.” “You are also the only other person besides President Bush and Iyad Allawi that thinks things are going swimmingly in Iraq. “ I retorted, ”Bumper sticker slogans and tired Rovian rhetoric does not for substance make.” After more exchange, it became evident my friend was going to believe only one reality, his prerogative, but his defense of the Iraq war as some shining example of Bush f...
October 12, 2004 by Deference
Fire up those laptops and surf to your local search engine, try “Bush earpiece” in one search session and “Kerry Pen” in the other. Numerous sites will be listed, some showing frame-by-frame stills of Candidate Kerry pulling some mystery item from his pocket and unfolding it on his podium, others will show shots of Bush during the first and second debates with a mystery lump in the back of his jacket. Video hawks all over the world have banded together with partisans ...
November 2, 2004 by Deference
Polls are open for a few more hours, “I voted” stickers are on a number of CMSU student shirts, and predictions of who will win or if Americans will even know abound. Yes, it must be Election Day, 2004. If we miraculously have a decision for the people any time soon, we’ll go in to this Christmas with some expectation of what the New Year will bring. For Bush supporters, a Republican victory might bring comfort that America still wishes to remain as culturally conservative as is possibl...
November 3, 2004 by Deference
If there is one thing proven in this election, it's that American voters want the country to remain as socially conservative as possible. The silver lining in this is that Roe V. Wade might get put on the endangered species list after some new Supreme Court Justices and conservative voices were heard concerning the traditional family unit. It's finally been proven that the culturally conservative vote can turn out and will. One thing that was very interesting about the Bush vote this yea...
November 8, 2004 by Deference
What do you get when you have a Republican President, a Republican controlled Senate and House, and a Supreme Court looking to add another one or two justices to the bench? Americans will see in the upcoming four years what fruits will be yielded from this year’s election. According to President Bush, with his “mandate” of 31% of the voting electorate, those fruits will come in the form of an overhaul of social security wherein money will be diverted from the federal pool to private acco...
November 8, 2004 by Deference
Yes, it's true! If all votes are counted in Ohio, Kerry will win the presidency! Try this link: http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=4201
November 17, 2004 by Deference
I wanted to share this link with all of you. This leads to the directory listing of all the George Bush Shows created by a gifted flash developer. Republicans (especially ep. 7) and Democrats alike should get a kick out of these. The satire provided is excellent commentary and the production is top notch for such a small developing group. Post your comments here! http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/search.php?kind=j&terms=bush%20show
February 27, 2005 by Deference
Many have heard the Bush family makes quite a bit of money in the oil and defense industries. Just to keep everyone up to date on their making a killing off the sp(oil)s of war there is this story re-posted from the LA Times: Company's Work in Iraq Profited Bush's Uncle LA Times | February 24, 2005 WASHINGTON — The Iraq war helped bring record earnings to St. Louis-based defense contractor Engineered Support Systems Inc., and new financial data show that the firm's war-related prof...
March 16, 2005 by Deference
1...IF YOUR GOVERNMENT PASSES LAWS THAT TAKES AWAY YOUR RIGHTS... Laws have been passed that allow full domestic surveillance and imprisonment of Americans without any evidence, secret arrests and imprisonment is within the broad powers our lawmakers willingly signed away (Patriotic Act / Intel Reform Act of '04) 2...IF YOUR GOVERNMENT IMPLEMENTS A NATIONAL ID CARD LINKING YOU TO A FEDERAL DATABASE OF INFORMATION... National ID's linked to all personal information (student, medical, f...
March 22, 2005 by Deference
The BBC finally confirms the dissenting opinion about Iraqi Oil and the "neo-con" agenda. The link below will take you to the article and a link on that page will stream the actual Newsnight video. Very comprehensive and very interesting - you won't see this in the states on our mainstream media networks. Not even a peep. Leave it up to the folks on the other side of the pond to do our media's job for them. All those who thought the administration was there for altruistic purposes (se...
March 22, 2005 by Deference
I cannot believe this debate is still going on - so I'll finally add my two cents. Before I begin I would like to state that I am pro-life and firmly against the idea of euthanasia. Now let's look at the facts: Terry Schiavo is under the guardianship of Mr. Schiavo. Regardless of what one thinks of Mr. Schiavo, he had the most intimate relationship with Terry. If any one person knew or could deduce what Terry would have wanted, this is the person. Terry's parents say Terry would have ...
April 27, 2005 by Deference
With all the campaign rhetoric flying about last year, it was easy for true believers to give Bush&Co. the benefit of the doubt on WMD's in Iraq. Now that lie has finally been put to rest Link for the last time ( all those fake intelligence reports like the "yellow cake being bought from Niger" should have been a clue to the public ), a new Gallup poll has found "Half of all Americans, exactly 50%, now say the Bush administration deliberately misled Americans about whether Iraq had we...