Word: patriotism
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...Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There is no outrage because pollsters tell us our country is evenly divided politically, and the officeholders who should take a stand on those issues...
...years later, Wong did appear in the adaptation of a Pearl Buck novel, The Patriot, on Orson Welles' Campbell Playhouse (successor to his Mercury Theatre on the Air), supported by future Citizen Kane co-stars Ray Collins and Everett Sloane (as Chiang Kai-shek!). Wong played Peony, a servant in the house of the mandarin-turned-revolutionary I-Wan (Welles). Again she gets star billing; again she has a small role...
...Gonzales [Jan. 17], Joe Klein wondered why there was no outrage over the abuse of detainees at Abu Ghraib, Guantánamo and elsewhere or over Gonzales' complicity in the Bush Administration decision to use severe physical interrogation techniques. A similar apathy was the response to the excesses of the Patriot Act, the question of immigrant rights, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's ineptness and arrogance, the need for affordable health insurance and, most tragic, the endless slaughter in Iraq. There is no outrage because pollsters tell us our country is evenly divided politically, and the officeholders who should take a stand...
...panel’s criticism of U.S. actions, “there’s no question [Chertoff] is conservative,” said Executive Director of the Belfer Center Juliette N. Kayyem ’91, noting Chertoff’s prominent role in crafting the controversial USA Patriot...
...Jenkins didn't deserve the leniency he received. His maltreatment by the North Koreans should not be used as an excuse. It was Jenkins' own actions that led him to the "hell" of North Korea. The U.S. has just let a man who is far from a patriot get off lightly. At least Jenkins has decided to live in Japan; the U.S. has no room for traitors. Bradford Paik Beaverton, Oregon...