"Reverse course" on THESE, George, and then we'll talk

the wapo, in traditionally head-in-the-sandup-the-butt fashion, is all flushed with excitement over bush's willingness to "change course..."

Bush Shows New Willingness to Reverse Course

just look at their examples...

• fired Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld
  (and installed an equally pandering toady with a better sense for p.r. AFTER the generals threatened to revolt)

• authorized direct talks with North Korea
  (AFTER giving them plenty of time to expand their nuclear arsenal)

• sent more troops to Iraq
  (DESPITE a clear message from the november elections and the vast majority of the american people that they want an end to the war)

• agreed to discuss the contours of a Palestinian state in Middle East peace negotiations
  (AFTER refusing to recognize the palestinian government and starving the palestinian people)

• proposed a tax increase for millions of Americans
  (BUT is still calling for tax cuts to become permanent while CONTINUING to line the pockets of his super-rich cronies)

now, let's quick skip over to the nyt and see what a REAL course change looks like...

• Restore Habeas Corpus

• Stop Illegal Spying

• Ban Torture, Really

• Close the C.I.A. Prisons

• Account for ‘Ghost Prisoners’

• Ban Extraordinary Rendition

• Tighten the Definition of Combatant

• Screen Prisoners Fairly and Effectively

• Ban Tainted Evidence

• Ban Secret Evidence

• Better Define ‘Classified’ Evidence

• Respect the Right to Counsel

oh, and by the way...

• [H]alt the federal government’s race to classify documents to avoid public scrutiny

• [R]everse the grievous harm this administration has done to the Freedom of Information Act

• [C]urtail F.B.I. spying on nonviolent antiwar groups and revisit parts of the Patriot Act that allow this practice

• [A]pologize to a Canadian citizen and a German citizen, both innocent, who were kidnapped and tortured by American agents

• [C]lose the Guantánamo camp

now, THAT'S a list... when i see ANY of those things start to happen, i will take heart... not before...

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