Mark Dayton's Minipax
The senator from Minnesota announced in February of this year he will not seek reelection. Dayton was first elected in 2000 after a lengthy career in public life in Minnesota's liberal Democratic politics. Dayton served as an aide to former Sen. Walter F. Mondale, and was state auditor for four years in the 1990s. He says now the "money chase" or fundraising is distasteful, which surely it is to anyone with a conscience but I'm not buying that reason. More likely he recognizes his stand on issues may get him wellstoned.
The senator voted against the Iraq War resolution in October 2002 which authorized Bush to use military force, if necessary, to disarm Iraq. He was also the senator who closed his Capital Hill office in October 2004 citing fear of "a possible terrorist attack that could harm his staff or visitors." At confirmation hearings for Condi Rice he accused her and other Bush officials of "lying to Congress, lying to our committees, lying to the American people" in the run-up to the war in Iraq.
For a moment I thought Dayton might possibly be the closest thing I could find to an honest politician. Imagine that. Then the senator does this : before leaving the congressional sewer he proposed this week the Department of Peace. Another noble sounding idea which will do little more than create a departmental beauracracy to extract funds from the public trough. The idea coincides with the 44th anniversary of JF Kennedy's creation of the Peace Corp. How much peace has the Peace Corp created?
"... from the roof of Victory Mansions you could see all four of them simultaneously. They were the homes of the four Ministries between which the entire apparatus of government was divided. The Ministry of Truth, which concerned itself with news, entertainment, education, and the fine arts. The Ministry of Peace, which concerned itself with war. The Ministry of Love, which maintained law and order. And the Ministry of Plenty, which was responsible for economic affairs. Their names, in Newspeak: Minitrue, Minipax, Miniluv, and Miniplenty."
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I am glad to hear that some politicians are at least trying to speak out against the Bush Administration's policies even if it is a half-hearted attempt. And he very well might have reason to fear for his safety from our Orwellian Government.
However, it is funny how you never really hear anything about that on the news. MAybe one day people will realize that our government are masters of propaganda and they shouldn't believe everything the hear on "Faux News" but I am not going to hold my breath.
Even if Americans were hit in the face with the truth they would just ignore it while proudly marching behind the banner that Americans so proudly display:
IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH
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