Right Voices

Here are some quotes from Ralphie’s latest rants and raves – - these indeed have earned him “Smack of the Week”.

“Not enough Americans are rolling up their sleeves as active citizens and as a result, they are watching their country be hijacked by giant corporations and their political allies in Washington,’ he says. ‘With 9/11, the politicians have seen a political advantage. We are moving away from democracy and into a plutocracy. This is an extremely serious condition.”

“The president has lied to the American people,” he exclaims. “We were misled, or worse, about Saddam Hussein’s possession of weapons of mass destruction, his ties to al-Qaeda, his threat to the rest of the world. This is an impeachable offence. Now the president is emphasising the ‘liberation of the Iraqi people’ because that’s the only reason left. Everything else has been shown to have been phoney. More people are getting killed and injured every day while his propaganda enriches corporations and the president’s friends, not to mention his re-election campaign. But as long as he beats the drum of war and struts as a wartime president, he’s able to camouflage what is essentially a losing presidency and inoculate himself from impeachment.”

Furthermore, Nader believes that the US — and, perhaps, the UK — teeters on the brink of its own regime change. “There has to come a time when people say ‘Are you exaggerating the war on terrorism? Are you exaggerating the terrorist threat?’ Iraq? It’s in Bush’s interests to keep saying that there are terrorist cells here and there. But no Democrat has asked if there are al-Qaeda cells all over the United States and if they are suicidal and they are funded and they hate us, why hasn’t anything happened?’ he says. ‘If whistle-blowers start leaving the Pentagon or the CIA, he is going to be in serious trouble. If Tony Blair gets in more serious trouble, then the trouble is going to spill over here. They are one step away from serious political disaster. That step is if the parents of the troops killed over in Iraq convene for a news conference and accuse them (Blair and Bush) of costing their sons’ lives, they’ll be in serious trouble.”

A regime change? I wonder if John Kerry’s speech writer moonlights for Ralphie.

I think Ralphie is definitely overstepping when he says everything has been shown to be phony. Really? Did I miss a major news event? Was there a full out investigation plus a ruling and I missed it?!

And for Ralphie to even make a statement trying to cast doubt about terrorist cells being in the United States. Did he miss the reports of the arrests that have taken place?

Then to go on about if there is indeed al-Qaeda cells in the states and they are suicidal and funded and hate us then why hasn’t anything happened. Ralphie, wasn’t 9/11 enough for you?