Meanwhile in the USA

Readers:

I have been away for a week in the countryside. We'll catch up here shortly with analysis and comment on the events here in Bolivia these past few days, and there is much to report.

Meanwhile, as our Bolivian colleagues travel the US speaking out against the shroud of impunity that the Bush administration has offered their former President (Gonzalo Sanchez de Lozada), here is a reflection on the impunity currently enjoyed by the President of the nation they are visiting.

If we measure things by death toll alone, the numbers racked up by George Bush surpass those of Goni by totals almost icomprehensible:

Number of Iraqi civilian ceaths since Bush launched war: 43,800

Number of US soldiers killed since Bush launched war: 2,737

Jim Shultz

"Let's Impeach the President"
by Neil Young

Let's impeach the president for lying
And leading our country into war
Abusing all the power that we gave him
And shipping all our money out the door
He's the man who hired all the criminals
The White House shadows who hide behind closed doors
And bend the facts to fit with their new stories
Of why we have to send our men to war

Let's impeach the president for spying
On citizens inside their own homes
Breaking every law in the country
By tapping our computers and telephones
What if Al Qaeda blew up the levees
Would New Orleans have been safer that way
Sheltered by our government's protection
Or was someone just not home that day?

Let's impeach the president
For hijacking our religion and using it to get elected
Dividing our country into colors
And still leaving black people neglected
Thank god he's cracking down on steroids
Since he sold his old baseball team
There's lot of people looking at big trouble
But of course the president is clean

Thank God