Changing the subject accomplishes two things. It makes Martin Gibson the center of attention and it scatters the intellectual capital of the list participants. He feels no compulsion to follow reasonable rules of discourse when debating the issue at hand. We've hashed this failing of his a lot of times before, and anyone who challenges his lack of actual knowledge or uncivil approach to the current debate is met with a barrage of name-calling.

Meanwhile, Bush is trashing what little "good name" the U.S. had in the world and relies on zealous pinheads like MG to keep people off balance. Bush tramples the rights of citizens because his actions allow corporations and those who already have undue influence to benefit further. "Civil rights" are discretionary in Bush's cabal. Either MG can't think for himself or he's tied in with a group or organization who receive unfair benefits based on Bush policy. And come to think of it, Israel is one of those organizations that receives unfair benefit from the Bush administration.