In times of old, The Furies protected Mother Right. If a mother (or any woman) was harmed, The Furies swooped down and took their vengeance. They were one of the last vestiges of a world that existed before the patriarchy. When we feel righteous anger, it is The Furies who are calling out to us to make what is wrong right again.

Monday, September 22, 2003

Top 10 Censored Stories...and 1 More Reason Americans Are So Well-Loved All Over the Planet 

Project Censored's list of Top Ten Censored Stories is out. As usual, the list is stunning and infuriating. Unfortunately, I am no longer surprised by what this administration does. I am surprised that more people are not rising up and screaming, "Enough is enough!" Here's the list:

1. The Neoconservative Plan for Global Dominance

2. Homeland Security Threatens Civil Liberties

3. US Illegally Removes Pages from Iraq UN Report

4. Rumsfeld's Plan to Provoke Terrorists

5. The Effort to Make Unions Disappear

6. Closing Access to Information Technology

7. Treaty Busting By the United States

8. US/British Forces Continue Use of Depleted Uranium Weapons Despite Massive Evidence of Negative Health Effects

9. In Afghanistan: Poverty, Women's Rights and Civil Disruption Worse then Ever

10. Africa Faces New Threat of New Colonialism

The 15 runners-up are:

#11: U.S. Implicated in Taliban Massacre
#12: Bush Administration Behind Failed Military Coup in Venezuela
#13: Corporate Personhood Challenged
#14: Unwanted Refugees a Global Problem
#15: U.S. Military's War on the Earth
#16: Plan Puebla-Panama and the FTAA
#17: Clear Channel Monopoly Draws Criticism
#18: Charter Forest Proposal Threatens Access to Public Lands
#19: U.S. Dollar vs. the Euro: Another Reason for the Invasion of Iraq
#20: Pentagon Increases Private Military Contracts
#21: Third World Austerity Policies: Coming Soon to a City Near You
#22: Welfare Reform Up For Reauthorization, but Still No Safety Net
#23: Argentina Crisis Sparks Cooperative Growth
#24: Aid to Israel Fuels Repressive Occupation in Palestine
#25: Convicted Corporations Receive Perks Instead of Punishment

And in an unrelated bonehead story ....Drunken U.S. soldiers apparently mistook a rare Bengal Tiger in the Iraq Zoo for an Iraqi civilian, and they shot and killed it. The tiger was identified as a terrorist when it injured a soldier who was feeding it through the bars of its cage. So here's the question: who was stupider? The guy who killed the tiger or the guy who was feeding the tiger? Yee-haw! Good ol' boys really rock, don't they?
Posted by: Kim Antieau / 9/22/2003 08:12:00 PM
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