March 02, 2005

Politically Incorrect Movie Reviews
Constantine
By RadioFree Rocky D

I bet if you peeked into Keanu Reeves' closet you'd find only basic black – and perhaps that other guy who played Bill … or was it Ted - I forget. Based on the comic book Hellblazer (which, incidentally is the online moniker of many a computer geek), Constantine is a jumble of outtakes from The Exorcist and The Matrix sewn together into one wacky yet unimpressive package. Largely dependent upon special effects and glaringly miscast, Constantine begs the question: Will we ever again go to the multiplex theatre and not see a move based on a comic book action hero?
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Democracy Is Not Freedom (and We Are Not the Government)
By Jacob G. Hornberger

President Bush and his neoconservative supporters were practically teary-eyed on election day in Iraq. No longer did it matter that the weapons of mass destruction that had been used to scare the American people into supporting the war didn’t exist. Or that thousands of U.S. troops and tens of thousands of Iraqis were now dead or maimed. Or that the Pentagon and CIA had plunged America into a shameful orgy of torture and sordid sex acts. Or that billions upon billions of dollars of U.S. taxpayer money were being frittered away, even while the value of the dollar continued to plummet in international markets. (Read the rest here)

George W. Bush Fails to Learn from
Jimmy Carter’s Naive Human Rights Policy
By Ivan Eland

In trying to find a rhetorical justification for invading the sovereign nation of Iraq, President George W. Bush stumbled via the back door into the “spreading democracy” rationale. Yet this rhetoric—which is at the same time both idealistic and opportunistic—is leading to policies that are far reaching and have counterproductive consequences worldwide.

When no weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq and the 9/11 commission and others dismissed any operational connection between Saddam Hussein and al Qaeda, a desperate Bush administration latched onto the war rationale of “making Iraq and the Middle East democratic.” The idea was that a newly free Iraq would put pressure on neighboring autocracies, such as Iran, Syria and Saudi Arabia, to liberalize their governance. (Read the rest here)

Libertarian Commentary on The News
By Nathan A. Barton © 2004

Ah, March: Spring, Saint Patrick's Day, the Ides of March, winds, and so much more. Too bad we still have government around to spoil things... you don't suppose those March winds could bring April patriots who would bring May freedoms? At least that's my opinion - not necessarily anyone else's (but I can hope!).
Actually, we WILL start with good news about falling governments.

Good News!
Lebanon: Government quits
San Mateo Daily Journal
"With shouts of 'Syria out!' 25,000 protesters massed outside Parliament in a dramatic display of defiance Monday that forced out Lebanon's pro-Syrian prime minister and Cabinet. Minutes after Prime Minister Omar Karami announced he was stepping down, jubilant demonstrators -- shouting, waving flags and handing red roses to soldiers -- demanded that Syrian-backed President Emile Lahoud bow out, too, and pressed on with their calls for Syria to withdraw its troops from the country." (03/01/05)

Well! Good news. I know that someone will form another one, but what an opportunity! And in a country that has a significant (if not majority) Muslim population! Now, will the Syrians withdraw, or will a public uprising be necessary - not an Palestinian-style terror war using children suicide-killers, but a true rising of the people? I know, I hoping more than I should, but the opportunity is there! (Read the rest of the Commentary here)

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