Happy Hold-Your-Nose-and- Vote-for-the-Least-Repugnant-One Day!
Can’t you just feel the democratic love! I can’t wait to find out whether I’ll be “represented” by Erskine Dole or Elizabeth Bowles.
Author: Ruby Sinreich
He shore do talk funny for a “spokesman”
The New York Times, November 4, 2002:
The White House today rejected an offer from North Korea to open negotiations over the North’s newly disclosed nuclear weapons program, with its spokesman saying there could be no talks until the program was dismantled.
“North Korea knows what it needs to do,” said the White House spokesman, Ari Fleischer. “It needs to dismantle its nuclear program and honor its treaty obligations.”
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In the statements, the North Koreans said they would also be willing to consider international inspections of the uranium facilities.
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North Korea has acknowledged that the uranium-enrichment program is a violation of a 1994 agreement with the United States, but it has insisted that it was the United States that first violated the accord through a series of actions, including its failure to deliver two civilian nuclear power plants that were promised under the accord.
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[Fleisher said] “North Korea in 1994 entered into a quid pro quo, and it’s inappropriate for North Korea to say that we will walk away from our quid and ask for more quo. They entered into an agreement, they should abide by the agreement, and that’s why we’re working in concert with our allies.”The North Korean Mission to the United Nations, the North’s sole diplomatic post in the United States, had no immediate comment in response to Mr. Fleischer’s remarks.
Prolly ’cause them remarks don’t make no damn sense! As far as I can tell, the entire Bush administration speaks in tongues.
Spot on
…and funny as hell:
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Stop the monkey
“…your one-stop agitprop shop for progressives who want to spread the word and be heard.” Visit stopthemonkey.org to download “Not Dole!” flyers and watch the voting tips quicktime movie.
Well put
A Palestinian artist created a small replica of the Statue of Liberty with her torch upside down, standing over the rubble of the Palestinian Authority’s destroyed headquarters.
More info @ Ha’aretz and The Guardian.
Happy Halloween!
Konnichiwa. I’m going as a geisha.
A real halloween scare
I love Boondocks.
The price of oil
Billy Bragg wants folks to download and share this new anti-war song.
Senator Helms’ Lonely Hearts Club
Jesse Helms will soon step down from 30 years in the Senate, and to mark the occasion, Internationalist Books and Community Center is throwing him the mother of all retirement parties. Come one, come all, to “Senator Helms’ Lonely Hearts Club,” a celebration and benefit for the Internationalist. Join us at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro on Monday, Oct. 28, starting at 9 p.m., for music, dancing and revelry.
The event will feature special appearances by veteran anti-Helms crusaders and the musical stylings of Jackie O. Pillbox (torch songs), Brother Reade (hip-hop) and Dynamite Brothers (hot rock). In addition, we’ll hear from Veteran anti-Helms crusaders, such as Cynthia Brown, and have choice Helms art and memorabilia for sale. To top it all off, we’ll take turns swinging at a piņata full of condoms. The event will be MCed by Ruby Sinreich and Mork Doroson,a nd there will be door prizes.
Advance tickets ($10) are available at the Internationalist–so stop by the store and pick up some for you and your friends. Senator Helms may not make it to the party, but we hope you do. For more information, call the store at 942-1740.
It’s an Indytater Best Bet!
I always hoped he would be president.
Minnesota Senator Paul Wellstone died in a plane crash today. I think it’s safe to say he was the most progressive member of the U.S. Senate. This is a real loss to the nation.
• Alternet
• New York Times
• CNN