All okay today
The US presidential campaign is a sham of misdirected attention and failure of engagement on critical issues; America is directing a campaign of mayhem in Iraq; the US puppet government in Haiti is collaborating with a UN force to harass, shoot, arrest, and destroy a pro-democracy movement (mainstream news is totally unreliable for learning anything about this); and oil is peaking around $55 per barrel while the presidential campaign seems oblivious.
But for just a short while, please let me celebrate with all the Red Sox partisans up here in New England. Let us savor the moment!
The Red Sox beat the Yankees!!
I love this photo that ran above the fold in the Bangor Daily News this morning, partly because two players I greatly admire who once were members of my hometown Minnesota Twins are featured in the photo. One is ace defensive infielder Dougie Mientkiewicz, the other is Señor Octubre aka David Ortiz. Oritz destroyed the Yankees with two consecutive walk-off hits in games 4 and 5 of the 7-game series, 3 home runs and 11 rbis. Go home Yankees and your a-rod — it’s gonna be a long, cold winter for you! Good Luck to the Sox in the World Series.
October 21st, 2004 at 19:06
Great pic, great nite. Bask in the glow, DB, then go read this short interview w/Kerry in Rolling Stone if you have time. I think we’ve got the right guy.
http://tinyurl.com/3qnuw
October 21st, 2004 at 20:22
Yes, good interview. And I will hold John Kerry to his committment to the truth in Deep Blade Journal. One thing that troubles me though — and I do understand the politics — is Kerry’s promise to “win” in Iraq. As I have been posting for some weeks now, I’d like to know what he means by “committed to success ["winning"] in Iraq”. What, we take down all opposition, run a sham election, put in a puppet government, control the oil, and place military bases in the manner the current Pentagon envisions “success”?
The 10-year plan for energy idependence from the Mideast is attractive. But I’m concerned about it. I have no doubt Kerry is serious and that this is what he wants to do. It would be good, refrreshing. Global tension would ratchet down a notch. We very much need that and I am willing to give Kerry that “fresh start.”
But does this mean that US foreign and military policy will evolve away from oil infrastructure protection — clearly the direction it is taking now?? Read this posting in TomDispatch to see what I mean.