Today is an amazing day. One that I thought I would never see. It is just too unbelievable to ever expect to see.

The New York Times and Boston Globe, two MAJOR American newspapers, have published editorials calling for the overthrow of the Bush Administration.

Unbelievable.

They didn't call for the American people to have a violent revolution, and the call was a bit oblique. It isn't Revolution Now! But it is certainly real.

First Bob Herbert, in the New York Times says this ...

Truth And Deceit

Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon, drunk with power and insufficiently restrained, took the nation on hair-raising journeys that were as unnecessary as they were destructive. Now, in the first years of the 21st century, George W. Bush is doing the same.

Congress and an aggressive press ultimately played crucial roles in bringing the truth about Vietnam and Watergate to light.

A similar challenge exists today. We'll see how it plays out.

Mr. Herbert declares Bush to be the performing the same actions as Nixon, and states that the press and congress need to play a "crucial role" just like they played when Nixon was driven from office.

Next, Joel Cohen, writing in the Boston Globe says this ...

Democratic Savoir-Faire

It struck me that the French, not for the first time, were collectively rejecting their rulers. The rulers, understandably, are not amused.

I saw a magnificent process in motion -- a people asserting their own intrinsic and inalienable sovereignty.

All this made me think about the recent history of the United States. What would have happened if, like the French, Americans had risen up after the falsified election and judicial coup d'état of 2000? Or before the deceitful run-up to the Iraq war? Why did we go along instead of standing up for simple justice?

Indeed, how much better off would we all be if we had risen up against our rulers? Clearly, it is a case where the saying "Better Late Than Never" is fully applicable.