Artifice, Brutality and Innocence
Deep in the night
While madmen sit up building bombs
And making laws and bars
Theyre gonna slam free choice behind usLast night I dreamed I saw the planet flicker
Great forests fell like buffalo
Everything got sicker
And to the bitter end
Big business bickered
And they call for the three great stimulants
Of the exhausted ones
Artifice, brutality and innocence
Artifice and innocenceOh these times, these times
Oh these changing times
Change in the heart of all mankind
Oh these troubled times– “Three Great Stimulants” Joni Mitchell, 1985
And so the times don’t change, particularly with regard to brutality and artifice.
Brutality: When Bush doesn’t get his way, he just does it anyway, like he did today with his horrible recess appointments. Appointing “Mr. Swift Boat” (Sam Fox) to an ambassadorship should be considered the same as flipping off the American people.
Artifice: Orrin Hatch lies about Carol Lam, claiming she was appointed by President Clinton and served as his campaign manager.
Innocence: 
— from taminsea
Commemorating the 94th soldier from Fort Lewis to die in Bush’s dirty little war. My oldest son is 26 and served at Fort Lewis until his discharge on September 11, 2002. I’m grateful every day that he is not there, sacrificed at the altar of George Bush’s greed, hubris and brutal policies.
Impeachment proceedings should begin now.
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