Sunday, September 12, 2004

Your Congress at work

Only 16 votes were cast against a House resolution linking Iraq to 9/11. Only 16.

The sponsor of the resolution, International Relations Committee Chairman Henry Hyde, R-Ill., responded to the critics, saying "there is a direct connection between the war in Iraq and the bombing of Sept. 11."

U.S. troops in Baghdad, added House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, R-Texas, are "fighting the same evil and upholding the same virtues" as the passengers aboard Flight 93 who battled the hijackers or the police and firefighters who lost their lives at the World Trade Center. "It is one and the same conflict," he said.

The introductory section of the resolution noted that "since the United States was attacked" on Sept. 11, "it has led an international military coalition in the destruction of two terrorist regimes in Afghanistan and Iraq."

The resolution extends sympathy to the victims, honors military and civilian personnel for their sacrifices in the war on terrorism, thanks foreign nations that have assisted the United States in that war and vows that the United States will continue to do whatever is necessary to disrupt terrorist activities.
  WaPo article

H.Res. 757



Jesus' General's "inner Frenchman" posted Ani DiFranco poetry regarding the twin tower attacks.

there on the bow of noah’s ark
the most prestigious couple
just kickin back parked
against a perfectly blue sky
on a morning beatific
in its indian summer breeze
on the day that america
fell to its knees
after strutting around for a century
without saying thank you
or please

...and i’ll tell you what, while we’re at it
you can keep the pentagon
keep the propaganda
keep each and every tv
that’s been trying to convince me
to participate
in some prep school punk’s plan to perpetuate retribution
perpetuate retribution
even as the blue toxic smoke of our lesson in retribution
is still hanging in the air

...yes, the lessons are all around us and a change is waiting there
so it’s time to pick through the rubble, clean the streets
and clear the air
get our government to pull its big dick out of the sand
of someone else’s desert
put it back in its pants
and quit the hypocritical chants of
freedom forever


The entire lyrics to Self Evident are in the post.

And Jesus' General's tribute to "dear leader":

I'm going to sit on this chair for the next seven minutes doing nothing. Then, I'll hide out in a motel for a few days.


....hey, do what you want....you will anyway.

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