Darke Musings

The United States will suffer a devastating terrorist attack! The loss of life will be significant and it will hit at the heart of the nation. It will not break the nation however. As Londoners learned during the blitz a people's resolve is often made stronger by such ordeals. I can make such an... Sign in to see full entry.

It's only a matter of time before they capture Saddam Hussein. He has been allowed to run on a very short leash. Now, at just the right time his line will be brought up short and the Butcher of Baghdad will be ours. Now what will we do with him? It's one thing to depose a brutal dictator. It's... Sign in to see full entry.

America's children are being left out in the cold. 670 pages of law and a terrible little poison pill grace the Bush administrations, "No child left behind" law. In the guise of being progressive on education and caring for all of America's children. Did you know that America's public secondary... Sign in to see full entry.

Raven issues a warning! I am tired of dancing around about this issue. Frankly I am shocked that it has to be restated time and time again. I know everyone is tired of Bush bashing and the law of diminishing returns is having an effect here. We waited all through the senile presidency of Ronald... Sign in to see full entry.

Unforgivable. Despite what Tony Blair thinks free people everywhere will not forgive him for his lies and transgressions. What George Bush and Tony Blair do not seem to get through their thick skulls is that you cannot just arbitrarily destabilize governments for your own actions. Would we favor it... Sign in to see full entry.

If you listen very carefully you can still hear the sounds of their cries even over the whistles of the trains. Millions of people exterminated because of intolerance and fear and control. This is the ultimate legacy of fascism. We de-nazified Europe after World War 2, though it's easy to change... Sign in to see full entry.

The president must be impeached. Without any further delay. The congress must appoint a special prosecutor to examine the conduct of the recently concluded Iraq war. It is now crystal clear that we cannot believe the torrent of self-congratulatory lies coming out of the white house. George Bush just... Sign in to see full entry.

4 billion dollars. What could 4 billion dollars buy? Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld has posted the cost of the US occupation of Iraq as 4 billion dollars a month. Additionally 79 Service personal have been killed. 791 Service personal have been wounded in combat operations and 251 injured in... Sign in to see full entry.

Soon we will hear the words again; "The President has been shot!" The end of the drama is coming clear now. The haunting portrayal of a president offered by George Bush the younger has only one possible conclusion. Whether he reaches it in his first term of office or gets into term number two may... Sign in to see full entry.

Why is the US government spending 200 million dollars over eight years to make sure that the US communications system is "assured, survivable and enduring?” The LA Times ran an article by William M. Arkin, on July 6th entitled A New Nuclear Age. In this article we read how the US government is... Sign in to see full entry.