tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-312168842011-04-21T20:29:51.614-07:00Wanderings and musings from a brief sojourn on this world.The Sojournernoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31216884.post-1158342232779978912006-09-15T10:31:00.000-07:002006-09-15T10:43:52.806-07:00

John Nichols has written a good article on The Nation about the Democrats being a rubber stamp for the Bush Administration. It's worth a read.

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There will be a civil war in Iraq. Our leaders deny it, maybe they even believe their denials. They certainly exhibited their ignorance of the history and culture of the area when they decided to start the war. It is hard to believe they remain ignorant, but their recent remarks indicate they do.The Sunni and Shi'ite sects have hated each other since shortly after the death of of Mohamed. They

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Democracy is not a gift. You can't "give" democracy to someone. It must be earned. Even here in the oldest, most successful democracy the world has known we are still working to get it right.The American Revolution wasn't supported by the majority of Americans when we declared our independence. After we won it took us a few years to figure out what to do with the new freedom, to come up with a

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For those who bash America -I applaud you. I cheer you. I urge you on.I know that we have succeeded.You do not live under the swastika or the Rising Sun or the Sickle and Hammer.When others could not or would not,We sent hundreds of thousands of our men and women to war.When the call came - they answered.I will go. I WILL go. I will GO. i will go.The fought in the deserts. They fought on the

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