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Irony Watch
A large chunk of the marble has fallen away from the facade of the United States Supreme Court building in Washington DC. The marble was right above the inscription near the top of the building saying, "Equal Justice under Law."
Insert your own remarks ________________ .
"It's all a facade..."
David Swanson has posted an interesting diary on dailykos about a candidate running for the MI 11th District seat against a Republican incumbent. The candidate's name is Tony Trupiano.
Here's an excerpt from David's diary...
Tony Trupiano has had a national radio audience for over a decade as host of the Tony Trupiano Show, through which he has developed a powerful voice on behalf of working people. It's no surprise that unions have begun endorsing him a year before the election.
Tony held a "Take Back the House" rally last Monday. It was the first event of his campaign, and "the best part," he said when I spoke to him on Saturday, "was the Q & A." One of the questions that someone asked Tony was what three pieces of legislation would be the first he would introduce.
The first that Tony named was a bill to restore value to the federal minimum wage. He never got to the third, because the second issue he named received such a huge response that the conversation took a new turn. That second issue was impeachment.
"The crowd went crazy," Tony said, "I mean the crowd absolutely went nuts. Some people who are consulting for the campaign said they cringed when I said impeachment, but when they saw how the crowd reacted they breathed easier. You know, we shouldn't be afraid of impeachment. Impeachment is there for a reason. If the President has not lied to us, if he is innocent of all of these charges, give us a chance to investigate. Impeachment is a non-partisan idea. It is the way to hold the government accountable."
Of the current Congress, Trupiano said, "They have blindly let this man lead, and he has led us into disaster. It is time we had the truth!"
I told Tony that his words were music to my ears. But, I said, I'd spoken to some Democratic candidates who said they could not support impeachment because they need to appeal to moderates. Before I could suggest my own rather lame response to that position, Tony spoke up with a better one.
"Let me address that," he said. "What is more moderate than exploring the truth? Is there really partisanship in truth? Common-sense, middle-of-the-road people are not ambivalent. That candidates would say that is an insult to their constituents. We're not after the President, we're after the truth."
read the rest here and check out the links that David included...
http://www.dailykos.com/hotlist/add/2005/11/28/8523/7985/displaystory//
Also be sure to give David's diary a "recommend" if you feel so moved.
"EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER EXTREME DURESS"
"It's all a facade..."
Ding ding ding...we have a winner.
Nice one, Madame.
But I would not feel so all alone, everybody must get stoned.
Its a sign from God