The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
The Federal Impeachment Process: A Constitutional and Historical Analysis
Cowboy Republic: Six Ways the Bush Gang Has Defied the Law
United States v. George W. Bush et al.
The Genius of Impeachment: The Founders' Cure for Royalism
Articles of Impeachment Against George W. Bush
The Impeachment of George W. Bush: A Practical Guide for Concerned Citizens
The Case for Impeachment
Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney
George W. Bush versus the U.S. Constitution: The Downing Street Memos and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retribution, and Cover-ups in the Iraq War and Illegal Domestic Spying
Verdict and Findings of Fact
Impeach Bush: A Funny Li'l Graphical Novel About the Worstest Pres'dent in the History of Forevar
Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Admin- istration
The Twilight of Democracy: The Bush Plan for America
UVA Does Iraq
By David Swanson
As an alumnus of the University of Virginia, I receive its magazine in the mail, a magazine that always makes me question how I can have received as good an education at UVA as I think I did, when the people who produce this magazine seem not to have received the same. The Summer 2008 issue contains an article called "Stories from Iraq", which contains not a single story of a single Iraqi, coincidentally the exact same number of campus peace organizations in existence at UVA. Instead, we get the stories of alumni, and most of them could have been written from summer camp - except that letters home from summer camp usually include complaints. Judging by the article UVA Magazine has concocted, this "war" is going so well, and its main purpose of training Americans in a variety of job skills and esteem boosting progressing so well, that it'd be a shame to ever end it.
Alumnus #1 got shot at by evil terrorists but captured them alive. Alumnus #2 is a doctor over there to save people's lives (by people, we of course mean Americans). Alumnus #3 works very very hard and goes to church and risks his life bravely. Alumnus #4 was part of the invasion of Iraq way back when, and he enjoyed it because being in Kuwait had been so unpleasant. (No word on whether he ended up enrolling in archery class or swimming lessons.) Alumnus #5 reconstructed Iraq and imagines that it would be really nice if he could look back and say he'd actually reconstructed anything. Alumnus #6 was minding his own business when some people who lived in the country attacked his troops. He found destroying those people "exhilarating" and he in fact "felt a visceral satisfaction unlike any I had ever known." (Plus he got high marks in human skull carving 101.) Alumna #7 was touched when an Iraqi woman thanked her for her help. Alumnus #8 went to Auja searching for "Saddam, among other things." (Other things? No shit? What other things might those have been? Not the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION that escaped mention in this whole embarrassing piece of propaganda that might as well have been written by Pentagon employees? Oh wait.) Alumnus #9 ...
Well read the rest yourself. Skimming through, it appears to get worse and worse. And all of these no doubt heavily edited tales come from people with words like Captain, Colonel, Major, and Lieutenant in front of their names. Apparently none of them KILLED anyone who had flesh or blood (although alumnus #6 did destroy some enemies). Apparently none of them have any thoughts on why in the hell we're spending our granchildren's money to continue occupying a distant country with ever worsening violence, while 80 percent of the people who live there (people who almost completely escaped notice in this article) have long said that the United States should get out and go home. Apparently none of these people learned from UVA's honor system any particular wisdom in the area of honor.
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Events at UVA
I've been invited to a number of UVA events and am always dismayed to see the so called popular professors speaking to groups about the American way of government - and they are shockingly uncritical of the Bushes. One professor even just wrote a book about the Bushes which was funded by one of the think tanks on campus. Just drivel designed to keep the students from doing any critical thinking.
So critical thinking means
So critical thinking means they adhere to ONE way of thinking...namely the one YOU agree with?
Sometimes words fail us
I wonder how Thomas Jefferson would feel about the activities of his university. Propaganda and uncritical thinking does not seem fitting and proper coming from a institution like UVA. But ya have to admit there are a lot of preppy kids there.
4Peace
That's why I went JMU...
UVA has been, ever since I can remember, the preppy business school of Virginia. I grew up in Lynchburg and have spent some time on the campus of UVA. The peace movement isn't as popular as it was before Kerry and Pelosi stuck knives in our backs. People became disenchanted after that. Figured what was the point if both parties were in on the scam. VCU and Richmond have a growing peace movement. I would have hoped that UVA would have someone there who is willing to step up.