colin wrote: > i find it odd that people are still so willing to vilify Clinton for > whatever it is thought he did wrong(and I would not defend any wrong doing) > yet no mention is made at all about Bush's disgraceful attitued at the G8 > summit and his attitude to the rest of the world, to women's rights etc. > JNot to mention Bush's lies and deciet about his eductaion and his DUI, and > drug taking etc. The mad even said he had been sober for years yet was > filmed drinkign alchohol recently(tho before he was Pres). One of the reasons we don't hear about these things except in the most broad brushstrokes is that the media ( I mean ALL the major radio, TV and press) in the US is owned by less than 20 mega- corporations who paint a homogenous picture. The vast majority of Americans get their news from television, and your average nightly news show is larded with commercials, sports, entertainment news (read:press releases), cute human interest stories, weather, etc, there is very little room left for anything more than a few video clips and soundbites. But more to your point, I think it is disgraceful that Bush is torpedoing (is that a word?) the global warming talks, and that he has the audacity to link the Star Wars boondoggle to nuclear arms reduction talks. I completely understand when you and others say they feel he is making the world a less safe place. And you are right-to line the pockets of his cronies. Shame on us for letting young Caesar assume the throne-he's obviously not all there. And none of this is in defense of Clinton-he's on his own! RR, unhappy that 60% of our taxes go to the military- proves the cold war was a farce all along, and Eisenhower was right about the military-industrial complex
