Dennis Loo Letter to NYT: “Let Us Not Go Down in History As Infamously Standing Silent in the Face of Grave Crimes…”
Bush and Cheney would not have been able to carry out their crimes against humanity without the mass media and Congress permitting them to do so. When the Times had the information that the White House was spying on us all it sat on the information for a year before publishing it. When Bush and Cheney stole the 2000 and 2004 elections the Times didn’t mention that the exit polls showed that the elections were fraudulent. Indeed, the Times coverage didn’t even bring up the subject of exit polls in its coverage.
While I am pleased that you are editorializing – in essence – against the high crimes and misdemeanors of this criminal gang, why aren’t you calling for their impeachment? If you were mute when the last two elections were stolen, why should we have any confidence that EVEN IF a Democrat does get the most votes in ’08 that the election won’t be stolen once again and the Times won’t be mute once again?
None of the major candidates for president have called for the repeal of the Military Commissions Act or the Warner Act. None of them have committed to pulling the troops out of Iraq by even the end of their first hypothetical term. Clinton, Obama and Edwards have all endorsed a military attack on Iran. None of them have called for impeaching Bush and Cheney. Nancy Pelosi, we now know, knew for years about the spying and the torture and said nothing.
In times such as these, the American people must speak up and make their sentiments known, acting independently as THE PEOPLE. Let us not go down in history as infamously standing silent in the face of grave crimes the way the “Good Germans” allowed the Nazis to carry out their atrocities.
Wear orange – a ribbon, wristband, bandana, and so on – daily. Its wearing is a sign of solidarity with those our government imprisons and tortures. Its wearing means that you stand against torture and tyranny. The time for private grumbling is over. The time for speaking out and acting is here.
(dennisloo.blogspot.com)
Link to NY Times Editorial http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/31/opinion/31mon1.html