September 21, 2004
kerry for president
ive decided to use my powers for good.
there are less than 8 weeks until the next presidental election.
and realizing this, realizing i have a duty to what i believe is right. and i believe that bush should not be re-elected.
sadly, i have some people close to me that disagree.
and we can debate back and forth until we are blue in the face.
what i want to do is build up a series of (well-respected) links, information and arguments on why bush should not be re-elected.
this should be pretty easy, but i havent seen anything like this done yet.
and i figure if i can change 1 person's mind in the next 8 weeks, that's one step closer.
i know some of you have topics you like, so ill start with an easy one:
the automatic gun ban just expired. though bush claimed he would support it, he didnt raise a finger to stop this. i dont think anyone has ever given a good reason on why citizens need to own uzis. ill give you hunting rifles, even handguns. but uzis for personal ownership?
Posted by tripp at September 21, 2004 08:45 PMComments
Posted by: glynn at September 22, 2004 08:15 AM
Opps. URL is too long for the div and got cut off.
http://www.juancole.com
/2004_09_01_juancole_archive.html#109582366638394
Stick the second line on the end of the first, hehe.
I'd also like to add:
Posted by: glynn at September 22, 2004 01:39 PM
Perhaps this is not of the intellectual calibre that was requested but I recomend the current strip as a valid reson not to endorse the current administration.
Posted by: Anon at September 23, 2004 08:13 PM
The link was http://www.goats.com/archive/040611.html
Posted by: Anon at September 23, 2004 08:22 PM
My good friend, Nonny de la Pena, just wrote and directed a film for the ACLU and Robert Greenwald called Unconstitutional - on the Patriot Act and danger to civil liberties under the Bush administration. It premiered this evening in LA for the ACLU, it will open theatrically in October, but you can purchase a DVD for $20 at
http://www.aclu.org/unconstitutional/
I bought one but I'm giving it to my daughter's high school
Buy one and show it widely-- it's a great place to begin discussion.
Posted by: pweil at September 23, 2004 10:21 PM
http://nx5.salon.com/news/feature/2004/09/16/tsurumi/index_np.html
Former Harvard professor bashes Bush...
Body: This is a re-post from a Philly chat group. An interesting read
from a man with no apparent connections to the Kerry campaign.
Also, here is the CNN article on the professor:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/09/13/bush.professor/
The dunce
His former Harvard Business School professor recalls George W. Bush
not just as a terrible student but as spoiled, loutish and a
pathological liar.
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By Mary Jacoby
Sept. 16, 2004 | For 25 years, Yoshi Tsurumi, one of George W. Bush's
professors at Harvard Business School, was content with his green-
card status as a permanent legal resident of the United States. But
Bush's ascension to the presidency in 2001 prompted the Japanese
native to secure his American citizenship. The reason: to be able to
speak out with the full authority of citizenship about why he
believes Bush lacks the character and intellect to lead the world's
oldest and most powerful democracy.
"I don't remember all the students in detail unless I'm prompted by
something," Tsurumi said in a telephone interview Wednesday. "But I
always remember two types of students. One is the very excellent
student, the type as a professor you feel honored to be working with.
Someone with strong social values, compassion and intellect -- the
very rare person you never forget. And then you remember students
like George Bush, those who are totally the opposite."
..continues.
Posted by: jared at September 29, 2004 06:43 AM
