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Behind A Smoke Screen Of High-profile Female Appointees And Soothing Slogans, George W. Bush Is Waging War On Women.

The United States Of America Is Still Run By Its Citizens. The Government Works For Us. Rank Imperialism And Warmongering Are Not American Traditions Or Values. We Do Not Need To Dominate The World. We Want And Need To Work With Other Nations. We Want To Find Solutions Other Than Killing People. Not In Our Name, Not With Our Money, Not With Our Children's Blood.

The Pyramids Were Built For Pharaohs On The Happy Theory That They Could Take Their Stuff With Them. Versailles Was Built For Kings On The Theory That They Should Live Surrounded By The Finest Stuff. The Mall Of America Is Built On The Premise That We Should All Be Able To Afford This Stuff. It May Be A Shallow Culture, But It's By-god Democratic. Sneer If You Dare; This Is Something New In World History.

The Impulse To Make Ourselves Safer By Making Ourselves Less Free Is An Old One ... When We Are Badly Frightened, We Think We Can Make Ourselves Safer By Sacrificing Some Of Our Liberties. We Did It During The Mccarthy Era Out Of Fear Of Communism. Less Liberty Is Regularly Proposed As A Solution To Crime, To Pornography, To Illegal Immigration, To Abortion, To All Kinds Of Threats.

Sometimes I Think Texas Exists As A Reality Check For Those Who Might Wander Too Far Toward The Precious.