Busy Bees Bashing Republicans

Wow, the lumps just keep coming.

First, Donald Rumsfeld gets fired.

Next, Ken Mehlman, head of the RNC quits and gets outed on Larry King.

John Bolton is on his way out the door.

Wait a minute, this gets better, or worse, depending on your political affiliation.

A lawsuit will be filed next week in Germany seeking criminal prosecution of Rumsfeld, former CIA director George Tenet, U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and a whole host of Bush buddies. Who knows where this lawsuit will go, but German's have war crime trial experience and it's not just Americans who are hopping mad over the out-of-control administration.

What's next? Impeachment?

CNN Announces Rumsfeld's Resignation

Wow...can this day get any better?

CNN just announced that Donald Rumsfeld, Secretary of Defense, has hit the skids. He's gone. Vamoose.

Hasta la vista, baby!

The story has now been posted on CNN.

Why War Fails

I've oft maintained that if Americans knew historical truths, and not the text book mythologized versions taught in schools, our country would be a better place. Certainly, politicians wouldn't be able to conjure up past ghosts for rhetorical purposes.

For eye opening history, read The People's History of the United States by Howard Zinn. You can read excerpts here and here. Better yet, order a copy through your local library or bookstore and you'll gain insight into many of today's societal ills.

Which leads me to this recent article by Zinn, Why War Fails. He brings historical perspective to the Iraq failure and reminds us that these war moves have been pulled time and again. Like bullheaded, ignorant children, politicians continue putting our hand on a hot stove. We get burned and our children die. The politician playbook doesn't change, it's passed from generation to generation.

Here's another recent article, The Disneyfication of War Allows Us to Ignore Its Real Savagery, written by George Monbiot, shows us how war has been trivialized into entertainment.