“Fear breeds hatred, and Bush’s policies create a lot of both. U.S. citizens like Jose Padilla and Yasser Hamdi disappear into the night, never to be heard from again. A concentration camp rises at Guantánamo. Stasi-like spies tap our phones and read our mail; thanks to the ironically-named Patriot Act, these thugs don’t even need a warrant. As individual rights are trampled, corporate profits are sacrosanct. An aggressive, expansionist military invades other nations “preemptively” to eliminate the threat of non-existent weapons, and American troops die to enrich a company that buys off the Vice President.” – Ted Rall, proud Bush-hater.
THE WEEKLY FISK: I take on Clark and Kerry in Sunday’s depressing Democratic debate.
The Dish 