The face of our future...?


If we U.S. citizens do not oust Bush and the NeoCons from power and replace them with leaders willing to address the root causes of terrorism--the war between Israel and the Palestinians, dire poverty throughout much of the Third World, the out-of-control arms industry, the widening gulf between the globe's haves and have-nots, the proliferation of despotic, repressive regimes, and so on--this will become our daily reality.

And it will increasingly take place on U.S. soil.

Don't believe me? Look at Israel. If ever there were a lesson against using force to respond to terrorism, Israel is it.

Yet what other response does Bush offer?

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia, May 13 — The death toll rose to at least 90 today in the three suicide attacks against residential compounds and a business in the Saudi capital, according to news reports quoting the State Department.

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Mr. Bush called the bombings "despicable acts committed by killers whose only faith is hate." The crowd of 7,000 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds roared its approval when he said, "The United States will find the killers, and they will learn the meaning of American justice."

And people applauded....

The U.S. electorate's mindless adulation of Bush more and more evokes images of Nazi Germany's devotion to Hitler.

If we don't stop the Republican juggernaut, we are all going to learn the bitter meaning of "American justice."

Lessons continue apace in San Diego: ballooning government budget deficits; massive lay-offs of school administrators, teachers and others; libraries cutting their hours; social services disappearing; businesses closing. And all we hear from Washington are drums of war and tax-cuts for the wealthy.

Complete story of the Saudi Arabian bombings here.