“Ezona njini zisebenzayo [zoxolo lwesizwe] ngamaphepha oluntu… [Urhulumente ocinezelayo] uhlala [egcina] uhlobo lomkhosi omileyo wababhali beendaba abathi, ngaphandle kokujonga inyaniso okanye oko kufanele ukuba kufana nenyaniso, [baqulunqe] nithi ke emaphepha, niyibhale emaphepha, intoni enokubalungiselela abalungiseleli. Oku kwanela kwinkitha yabantu abangenayo indlela yokwahlula ubuxoki kwiziqendu zokwenene zephephandaba.”
–Thomas Jefferson ukuya kuGK van Hogendorp, Oktobha 13, 1785.
Ukuba umntu "googles" uThomas Jefferson kunye "nenkululeko yokushicilela" omnye ufumana iwaka leengcaphuno ezivela kumongameli wesibini, umbhali weSibhengezo seNkululeko, kunye nomseki weYunivesithi yaseVirginia. UMnu Jefferson wayeqonda ukubaluleka kokuba ne-press yamahhala njenge "estate yesine" yokuhlola kunye nokulinganisa kwi-Federal Government. Inkxalabo yakhe yokuba ukunqongophala koshicilelo olukhululekileyo kungakhokelela kwingcinezelo kwaye imeko esikuyo ngoku ngokumalunga nelinye lamasebe karhulumente libe namandla kakhulu kunamanye yayicace kakhulu, ukutsho okona kuncinci.
EUnited States namhlanje, sinamajelo eendaba alawulwa ngamaqumrhu, ubukhulu becala, alawulwa ngamanye amaqumrhu afumana inzuzo emfazweni. I-NBC iphethwe nguMbane oMkhulu ongumxhasi omkhulu wemfazwe (eyayifudula ilulwaphulo-mthetho olunohlwaywa ngokuxhonywa). Amajelo eendaba eenkampani asemngciphekweni omkhulu ngokugcina inja ehlala e-Iraq idada phezu kwenqanawa yombuso yaseBushCo engaphumelelanga.
Ukungaphumeleli kunye nemvelo ye-sycophantic ye-press ngokubhekiselele kwi-Bush Regime yi-legion, kodwa u-Dick Cheney usandul 'udliwano-ndlebe nguWolf Blitzer kwaye endaweni yokubuza i-Vice-commander kwisela malunga nokudibanisa kwakhe kwinkampani enenzuzo yemfazwe, i-Halliburton; okanye ukukhululeka kwakhe ekunyuseni imikhosi engakumbi ukuya e-Iraq xa wayenokugxothwa izihlandlo ezi-5 ngexesha lemfazwe yaseVietnam; okanye indlela awathi ngayo uvukelo-mbuso sele ikwixesha lokugqibela; okanye indlela i-ofisi yakhe eqhagamshelwe ngayo ukuphuma kweValerie Plane, uBlitzer wabuza uDastardly Dicky malunga nokukhulelwa kwentombi yakhe. Ingcuka yaphantse yalila luloyiko xa umphathi woonodoli wamhlasela ngokubuza loo mbuzo.
Ngaphandle koshicilelo lwasimahla, enye into ekucingelwa ukuba ijongwe kunye nokulinganisela ekunciphiseni amandla olawulo kumagunya awo afanelekileyo omgaqo-siseko yiCongress. Ngevoti yayo yokuqala yokunika uBloody George igunya lokuhlasela ilizwe elingenabungozi kunye nokuqhubeka nokondla uBloody George imali yegazi ayidingayo ukuze aqhubeke nokubulala kwaye angakulungelanga ukugxeka uBushCo ngenxa yolwaphulo-mthetho olunxamnye noluntu, iCongress iye yayilahla indima yayo ekubhengezeni imfazwe kunye nokubuyisela. kwingcinezelo. Ngubani onokwenza umsebenzi onzima amanye “amafa” awubalekayo?
Ngempela-veki, thina bantu, sasisiya kwimatshi neendibano ngamakhulu amawaka. Ukusuka kwimiboniso bhanyabhanya abathe ekugqibeleni basophula ukuthula kwabo baye kwiintsapho zasemkhosini, iintsapho zeGold Star, iiVets, kunye namanye amatsha ntliziyo angenalo “ulusu kumdlalo” sivele kumakhulu amawaka. Abanye bethu baqokelele imali yebhasi kwaye bahlala abantu aba-5-6 kwigumbi ngalinye ukuze bahlawule uhambo. Sasiphethe imiqondiso yokuyila size sicule okanye sicule ngoxa simatsha. Abanye bethu abakhange bathule iminyaka.
Sifuna ukubeka iNkongolo, abeendaba, kunye nesebe elilawulayo kwisaziso ukuze sibabonise ukuba siya kuba ziitshekhi kunye neebhalansi ezifunwa nguMad King George kunye nabanye kakhulu ngelixa sisenesizwe esisikhathaleleyo. Thina bantu siyi-Fifth Estate kwaye sibhengeza ukuba siya kuba ngabavukeli boxolo ukuze sisindise abantu base-Iraq kunye nokuzisa imikhosi yethu ekhaya kwaye ibone i-BushCo ivalelwe ngenxa yokubulala kunye nobuqhophololo babo.
"Ndiqinisekile ukuba ingqiqo yabantu iya kuhlala ifumaneka njengowona mkhosi ubalaseleyo."
-Thomas Jefferson, ngo-1787
Ngoku sisodwa.
Masinike iCongress isibindi esifunekayo ukuze ekugqibeleni yenze into elungileyo.
UCindy Sheehan ngumama kaSpc. Casey Sheehan owabulawa kwimfazwe yobugrogrisi kaBush nge-04/04/04. Ungumseki kunye nomongameli we Iintsapho zeGold Star zoXolo kunye neCamp Casey Peace Institute. Ungumbhali weencwadi ezintathu, kuquka Uxolo Mama, yaye Mongameli Bush othandekayo (Iincwadi zezibane zeSixeko / i-Media Series evulekileyo).
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