Margaret Atwood has written an open letter to America.
Keith Olbermann has written an accurate and rather scathing indictment of Donald Rumsfeld.
It begins:
"The man who sees absolutes, where all other men see nuances and shades of meaning, is either a prophet, or a quack. Donald H. Rumsfeld is not a prophet.
Mr. Rumsfeld’s remarkable speech to the American Legion yesterday demands the deep analysis—and the sober contemplation—of every American. For it did not merely serve to impugn the morality or intelligence -- indeed, the loyalty -- of the majority of Americans who oppose the transient occupants of the highest offices in the land. Worse, still, it credits those same transient occupants -- our employees -- with a total omniscience; a total omniscience which neither common sense, nor this administration’s track record at home or abroad, suggests they deserve."
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Lee, thanks for these links. As it happens, I got the editorial about Rumsfeld earlier today in an email from a friend. The Atwood piece is good too. I've loved her poetry for years, have also really liked the couple of her novels I've read (The Handmaid's Tale and Bodily Harm).
I saw Atwood on T.V. a few weeks ago, in one of the segments of the Bill Moyers seven-part series Beyond Faith and Reason on PBS. It was a great interview, lots of talk about the rise of right-wing religious fanaticism in the U.S.
Lyle, I hope that Rumsfeld piece by Olbermann gets circulated and that something comes of it. Thanks for your comments. I only heard the first portion, but I read the entire piece online. It's hard to fathom just how illegal and unethical his actions are.
Michael, I agree, it was pretty powerful. I wonder how much more damage Rumsfeld can do before Bush's term ends, and I hope it's minimal. He's a very scary and dangerous person.
Margaret Atwood's first Selected Poems was one of the first books of poetry I ever bought and read all the way through.
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