โMainjini othandiza kwambiri [kukhazika mtima pansi] ndi mapepala a bomaโฆ Boma [lopondereza] nthaลตi zonse [limakhala] gulu la atolankhani amene, mopanda kulabadira chowonadi kapena chimene chiyenera kukhala chowonadi, [kuyambitsa] ndi kuika mu mapepala chirichonse chimene chingatumikire atumiki. Izi zikukwanira ndi unyinji wa anthu amene alibe njira yosiyanitsa zabodza ndi ndime zowona za nyuzipepala.โ
-Thomas Jefferson kwa GK van Hogendorp, Oct. 13, 1785.
Ngati "google" Thomas Jefferson ndi "ufulu wa atolankhani" amapeza mawu ambirimbiri ochokera kwa pulezidenti wachiwiri, wolemba Declaration of Independence, ndi woyambitsa yunivesite ya Virginia. Bambo Jefferson anamvetsa kufunika kokhala ndi makina osindikizira aulere monga "gawo lachinayi" la macheke ndi miyeso pa Boma la Federal. Zodetsa nkhawa zake kuti kusowa kwa makina osindikizira aulere kungayambitse nkhanza komanso momwe tilili panopa ponena za nthambi imodzi ya boma kukhala yamphamvu kwambiri kuposa ina inali yodziwika bwino, kunena zochepa kwambiri.
Ku United States lero, tili ndi zoulutsira nkhani zomwe zimayendetsedwa ndi mabungwe omwe, makamaka, olamulidwa ndi mabungwe ena omwe amapindula pankhondo. NBC ndi ya General Electric yemwe ndi wopindula kwambiri pankhondo (yomwe inali mlandu wolangidwa ndi kupachikidwa). Ofalitsa nkhani zamakampani ali pachiwopsezo chachikulu pakusunga kuti agalu a Iraq azigwira ntchito pa sitima yapamadzi ya BushCo yomwe yalephera.
Zosakwanira ndi chikhalidwe cha sycophantic cha atolankhani ku Regime ya Chitsamba ndi legion, koma Dick Cheney posachedwapa anafunsidwa ndi Wolf Blitzer ndipo m'malo mofunsa Wachiwiri kwa mkulu wakuba za kugwirizana kwake ndi kampani yonyansa yopindulitsa nkhondo, Halliburton; kapena kukhala womasuka ndi kukwera kwa asitikali ochulukirapo kupita ku Iraq pomwe adasiya 5 panthawi yankhondo yaku Vietnam; kapena mโmene ananena kuti zigawengazo zinali mโmapeto ake; kapena momwe ofesi yake idalumikizidwa ndi kutuluka kwa Valerie Plane, Blitzer adafunsa Dastardly Dicky za mimba ya mwana wake wamkazi wamwamuna. Nkhandweyo inangotsala pangโono kulira ndi mantha mkulu wa zidole uja atamuukira chifukwa chofunsa funso ngati limeneli.
Kupatula atolankhani zaulere, china chomwe chikuyembekezeka kuwunika ndikuchepetsa mphamvu zaulamuliro kwa olamulira ake oyenera ndi Congress. Ndi voti yake yoyamba yopatsa a Bloody George mphamvu yolanda dziko lopanda vuto ndi kupitiliza kudyetsa a Bloody George ndalama zamagazi zomwe akufunikira kuti apitilize kupha komanso kusafuna kutsutsa BushCo pamilandu yolimbana ndi anthu, Congress idasiya ntchito yake polengeza nkhondo ndi kubwezeretsanso. mu nkhanza. Ndani angachite ntchito yolemetsa imene โmagawoโ ena akuizembera?
Kumapeto kwa mlungu, ife anthu, tinapita kukaguba ndi misonkhano mwa zikwi mazanamazana. Kuchokera kwa akatswiri akanema omwe asiya chete kukhala mabanja ankhondo, mabanja a Gold Star, Vets, ndi ena omenyera ufulu omwe alibe "khungu pamasewera" tidawoneka mazana masauzande. Ena aife tinapeza ndalama za basi ndikukhala anthu 5-6 pachipinda chilichonse kuti tipeze ulendo. Tinkanyamula zizindikiro za kulenga ndi kuimba kapena kuimba pamene tikuyenda. Ena a ife sitinakhale chete kwa zaka zambiri.
Tikufuna kuyika Congress, atolankhani, ndi nthambi yayikulu kuti tiwawonetse kuti tidzakhala macheke ndi miyeso yomwe Mad King George ndi ena onse akufunikira kwambiri pomwe tidakali ndi dziko loti tizisamala. Ife anthu ndife Fifth Estate ndipo tikulengeza kuti tidzakhala ankhondo amtendere kuti tipulumutse anthu aku Iraq ndikubweretsa asilikali athu kunyumba ndikuwona BushCo akumangidwa chifukwa cha kupha ndi ziphuphu.
"Ndikukhulupirira kuti malingaliro abwino a anthu adzakhala nthawi zonse kukhala gulu lankhondo labwino kwambiri."
-Thomas Jefferson, 1787
Pakali pano ndife tokha.
Tiyeni tipatse Congress kulimba mtima komwe ikufunika kuti pamapeto pake ichite zoyenera.
Cindy Sheehan ndi mayi wa Spc. Casey Sheehan yemwe adaphedwa pankhondo yachigawenga ya Bush pa 04/04/04. Iye ndi co-founder ndi pulezidenti wa Mabanja a Gold Star for Peace ndi Camp Casey Peace Institute. Iye ndi mlembi wa mabuku atatu, kuphatikizapo Mtendere Amayindipo Wokondedwa Purezidenti Bush (Mabuku a City Lights/Open Media Series).
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