"There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. ..."

[rodeodance]

I missed this article earlier and many others have.
But, these lyrics sure do tell the truth.




http://news.yahoo.com/s/krwashbureau/20050824/ts_krwashbureau/_bc_galloway_column_wa;_ylt=AuxLzI2aKOiU6RuSIXcW_2Ws0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MjBwMWtkBHNlYwM3MTg-


There's something happening here'

By Joseph L. Galloway, Knight Ridder Newspapers Wed Aug 24,12:44 PM ET

WASHINGTON - Old-timers could be forgiven this week if they hummed a few bars of "For What It's Worth," Buffalo Springfield's 1966 anti-war tune. The one that begins, "There's something happening here. What it is ain't exactly clear. ..."

The air of unreality only seemed to thicken as George W. Bush, dogged by opponents of his war in Iraq at the gates of his beloved Texas ranch, hit the road for a pair of speeches aimed at bolstering support for that war and shoring up his sagging poll numbers.

There was a time when August brought a blissful if hot and humid peace to the nation and its capital. Congress stayed home until after Labor Day, and the republic was safe for a brief spell. Presidents went golfing or drove their speedboats off Maine or even walked around Key West in coat and tie and Panama hat.

Not this week. Not during these Dog Days. A heretofore confident if not cocky White House is on the defensive and the spin patrol has been deployed in force to tell America that this is no time to think about quitting the fight against the evildoers in Iraq. No time to think about getting our troops out of the quicksand that's taken the lives of 1,873 young Americans.
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[rodeodance]

1. yah gotta wonder--what WHERE they actually thinking>?

.....Even amateur practitioners of the art of public relations said that if the president had just invited Sheehan in for a sympathetic talk, a cup of coffee and a hug all of this might have been postponed, at least for a while.

Where was his spinmeister Karl Rove? What were they thinking? When the White House did react, it was to set in motion a counter-demonstration of pro-war Republicans assigned to show the flag in Crawford and the ranch, and another group to patrol Sheehan's home state of California......

[liberal N proud]

2. Like everything else they thought the media whores would just

sweep the story under the rug.
They thought they could just shoo her away and she would go home and shut up.
Guess what, George and KKKarl, America is awakening again.

[BlueJac]

3. I hope so

[rodeodance]

4. maybe--and along with that--it is just a few protesters down the road.

[yorkiemommie1]

5. read and rated

... " Stop, children, what's that sound
Everybody look what's going down "...

buffalo springfield

[katty]

6. bush&cohorts are arrogant to the core-protestors are

just another pocket of useless pains in the ass to him, little people that actually pay their taxes.