Democracy? The Republicans Have to Be Kidding

It is manifest that the Republicans who condemn other nations for suppressing freedom of speech and freedom of the press are running full speed ahead in attempting to suppress both of these First Amendment rights in the U.S. How hypocritical and crooked can they get? The following reports from The Nation only touch the surface of the extensive abuses of international and U.S. Constitutional standards of proper democratic conduct that are routinely being violated by the Bush administration and the right wing Republicans running wild in Congress. I was just chatting with a neighbor this morning who bears a distinguished Republican surname who tells me that he has switched to the Democratic Party. I suspect quite a few others who have had it with the extremism issuing from Washington may be doing the same by the next general election. They will never learn.

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Ari Berman assails Republicans for smearing the International Red Cross, again.
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/outrage?bid=13&pid=3709

On June 16, the House Appropriations Committee voted to slash funding for public broadcasting by more than $200 million for 2006. The cut--which, if implemented, would affect everything from "Clifford the Big Red Dog" to programming on small news outlets that serve rural and minority audiences--marked a devastating blow for public television and radio. The full House is expected to vote on the proposed cuts as soon as tomorrow.
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