It is a time of freedom and fear, of Gaia and of borders, of many paths and the widening of
a universal toll road, emptying country and swelling cities, of the public bought into
privacy and the privacy of the public sold into invisible data banks and knowing
algorithms. It is the time of the warrior's peace and the miser's charity, when the
planting of a seed is an act of conscientious objection.
These are the times when maps fade and direction is lost. Forwards is backwards now, so we glance sideways at the strange lands through which we are all passing, knowing for certain only that our destination has disappeared. We are unready to meet these times, but we proceed nonetheless, adapting as we wander, reshaping the Earth with every tread. Behind us we have left the old times, the standard times, the high times. Welcome to the irregular times. Congresswoman Tubbs Jones Opposition Statement on Going to War with Iraq Thursday October 3, 1:30 pm ET WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Congresswoman Stephanie Tubbs Jones today announced concerns surrounding President's Bush's reason for the United States to go to war with Iraq. "The debate over whether or not President Bush should go to war with Iraq speaks to the questions that have yet to be answered, not only to Members of Congress, but also to the American people," said Rep. Tubbs Jones. EXCERPT: "Question #1: Have we completed the war on terrorism? The answer is 'No.' "Question #2: Does the United States have a military plan? The answer is 'No.' "Question #3: If the United States is to go to war with Iraq, do we know how long it will last? The answer is 'No.' "Question #4: Has there been any assessment for the American people on how much a war on Iraq will cost our economy? The answer is 'No.' "Question #5: Does the Bush Administration have any idea of the human loss expected in a war with Iraq? The answer is 'No.' "The bottom line is that the Bush Administration has No plan, and it is for this reason that I oppose the United States going to war with Iraq." Return to the Irregular Times Main Page
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