Indeed! The stories behind Iraqi “insurgencies,” as U.S. mainstream media labels resistance to U.S. occupation, are deemed unimportant. Our media horrified us with the March 31 mutilations, detailing the suspension of the four bodies from a bridge in Fallujah. Denied crucial information about what drove people whom most of us will never meet, in a land most of us will never visit, to this extreme, we were left to draw our own, ill-informed conclusions. Racism is the elephant in the room about which few will speak.
Guild Cinema Vs. Madstone
I've been to the movies more in the last three months than I have in three years (no exaggeration) with the Guild's mixed repertory and new indie approach. The new owners tell me that they're willing to actually lose money on a few low-drawing shows as long as they can balance it with those that do make some bucks. This is because they want some worthy but long unseen films up on the big screen again. That's not only noteworthy but courageous!
I doubt our little burg will ever fully appreciate a movie house like this but I did expect to see a paragraph or two (at least) about it in the Alibi. There's still some folks out here who don't care about what Hollywood has to offer, be it Spider-Man, Nicole Kidman or hacks like Quentin Tarantino.
Letters
Cut And Run
What gives, Greg? Republicans control the White House, the U.S. House and Senate, and a majority on the Supreme Court. The current “spending and tax patterns” are Republican strategies. Now, you cut and run on your own party’s policies.
You have been a loyal and partisan Republican “ditto head,” yet you now criticize the party’s fiscal policy. Are you calling for an end to Bush’s ridiculous tax cuts? If so, please go on record for us now.
It’s this simple: If Bush and the neo-con supply siders are correct, then the reduced tax policies will yield such tremendous economic growth that your fear-mongering about future federal spending is irresponsible.
On the other hand, if Baby Bush’s voodoo economic policy doesn’t work, then you have nobody to blame except your own party. It is now clear that fiscal responsibility is no longer vogue with Republicans. Are you dropping personal responsibility from the party’s platform as well?
Swing Low, Sweet Democrat
Are New Mexico’s polls being purged? Has Katherine Harris moved to New Mexico? Might this same thing be happening in other swing states as well? Ohio? Missouri?
Money Talks
Yes, the campaigners continue to ask for more—from those who have it, out of their tax-exempt benefit, or corporate loophole, or government funded welfare, and from those who don’t—out of their hope for justice, even until it hurts.
All of us can find more worthwhile uses for the money and time saved. For example, humanitarian aid to the refugees in Darfur and Chad from ongoing genocide. And what a win for democracy!
Many Thanks
Lt. Col. “George Garcia,” thank you, thank you, thank you!
Chills ran down my spine, and I was moved to tears by what you had to say. It is because of people like you that my faith in humanity is not completely lost. I wish I could salute you, then hug you. Bless you, Sir!
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