President Bush is out there again, criticizing other countries for doing exactly what he is doing at home. This time it is over the media. He claims it is a terrible thing for nations like China, Egypt, Russia and others to restrict the press, yet he is doing the same thing here and condoning it in Iraq.
From the horse's mouth:
"In undemocratic societies where governments suppress, manipulate, and control access to information, journalists are on the front lines of the people's battle for freedom. The danger journalists face in such repressive States can be great -- and even deadly," he said.
"The United States values freedom of the press as one of the most fundamental political rights and as a necessary component of free societies," he said.
Funny, this democratic society has seen the suppression, manipulation and limited access to information that journalists need to do their jobs here too. Bush and his loyal Administration have been hard at work to control the press (which has controlled itself as well) and get their unfiltered propaganda out to the masses. Bush doesn't care about our freedoms if they get in his quest to win an un-winnable war in Iraq and who knows where the hell else he wants to go (Iran, Syria, etc).
It used to amaze me that he can get up and speak about something to ridicule other countries for limiting freedoms while he is doing the same exact thing here. Now I just want it to be over. I am tired of his hypocritical bullshit and so is most of the rest of the country. We want our democracy back already.
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