NP? worth reading

[pynchonoid]

[...] "We are at the gravest of moments," Byrd said in
an Op-Ed piece in the New York Times. "We must not
allow any president to unleash the dogs of war at his
own discretion and for an unlimited period of time."
[NYT, Oct. 10. 2002]

Byrd lost the argument, as Congress – less than a
month before elections – gave Bush the powers he
demanded. Bush carried the day after tilting the
public debate with misleading arguments repudiated
even by his own intelligence services.

In Bush's brave new world, Americans are finding the
meaning of democracy changed. Rather than a system
based on the decisions of an informed electorate, Bush
and his followers seem to be envisioning – and
implementing – a future in which they engineer
acquiescence by misinforming a frightened people.
[...] "

...read it all at
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2002/101502a.html






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