Blatherskite

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I am a Children’s Librarian living in the Portland, Oregon area. When I am not Children’s Librianing I like to play with cameras and film. I also like playing the ukulele, knitting, sketching, and hiking.

Tag: President Bush

  • Bush Gets ‘F’ in Civil Rights

    t r u t h o u t – Marjorie Cohn | Bush Gets ‘F’ in Civil Rights The draft report finds: “President Bush does not speak about civil rights initiatives often, but when he does he promotes the faith-based program more than any other. He has presented the initiative as an end to discrimination…

  • Cheney’s Avalanche of Lies

    t r u t h o u t – William Rivers Pitt: Cheney’s Avalanche of Lies “I spent Tuesday evening watching the debate, and then writing about it. When I was done, I went to the website Dick Cheney told Americans to visit in order to get the truth about Kerry’s record. Cheney said we…

  • Iraq had no WMD: the final verdict

    Guardian Unlimited: Iraq had no WMD: the final verdict President George Bush now admits that stockpiles have not been found in Iraq but claimed as recently as Thursday that “Saddam Hussein had the capability of making weapons, and he could have passed that capability on to the enemy”. The draft Duelfer report, according to the…

  • Far graver than Vietnam

    Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Far graver than Vietnam “We have a growing, maturing insurgency group,” he told me. “We see larger and more coordinated military attacks. They are getting better and they can self-regenerate. The idea there are x number of insurgents, and that when they’re all dead we can get out…

  • Great American Shoutout

    Great American Shoutout Have a shoutout party! At the moment of GW’s speech at the RNC next week (On September 2nd, 2004, at approximately 10 pm), open the window, go out on your front porch, and shout, “fuggedaboudit!” or some other, more appropriate shout of dissapproval that works for your region. 🙂 Fun! Here are…