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...more fantasy than fact. Bruce Garver Murrieta, California, U.S. Candid Comparisons It took only a few false reports about WMD for the Bush Administration to invade Iraq because of fears of an imminent threat. So why is nothing being done to resolve Sudan's Darfur crisis [Oct. 4], a proven humanitarian catastrophe? Perhaps it is because that tragedy does not pose any immediate danger to the U.S. and the rest of the developed world. Peace negotiations, U.N. convoys and delegations to assess the nature of the genocide are not the solution for Sudan. What is the difference between the Iraqi...
...near the gushing policy love from Democrats that the Republican base gets from their party. And to be fair, this is not even entirely the Democrats’ fault. Black voters have honestly allowed their votes to be given away like free iPods. Every election season, a parade of proven vote pimps roll through black churches to recite Hallmark card versions of Martin Luther King speeches and promise that our good Democratic friends will not forget the partnership forged in the civil rights era and that only they can protect us from the terrifying racism of the Republican party...
MCCAINIACS Because McCain has run before, he has a large national base from which to build a campaign. After Bush and Cheney, the Arizona Senator is the party's best-known face and has a proven appeal to Democrats and independents. "John McCain is positioned to be the front runner. Period," says Scott Reed, who managed Bob Dole's 1996 presidential...
...these CDs was deemed relevant to today’s rock soundscape; the other found its content position in the throw-away bin without much fanfare. Needless to say, the youth brigade of the DFA won the day, and “What is Hip?” was proven a rhetorical question, if not with the answer its distributors intended...
...made available as study tools before the mid-term and final. Rumors that stockpiles of funny footage sit in the Prep Room in the basement of the Science Center—also labeled “Collection of Hysterical Scientific Instruments”—could not be proven. Send more tips to fm@thecrimson.com...