Current mood: aggravated
Happy Halloween everyone. So, you know what the scariest thing I can think of today is? The Republicans still control the White House, Congress and the Supreme Court. If that's not enough to get your spine crawling and cause you to run, screaming and gibbering, to the Canadian border, than I don't know what is.
So, let's go over our current president's track record, shall we... In 2000 George W. Bush's party tampered with the election process and STOLE the victory away from Al Gore. And Gore and the Democrats were too spineless to go to the mat fighting this. Since the Democrats rolled over so easily, the Republicans tampered with the election in 2004 and STOLE another victory for the repulsive George W. Bush. You have to give those RED ELEPHANT'S points for balls.
When "W" took office in 2000, Bill Clinton had left him with an ENORMOUS Budget surplus (I apologize for not having the exact number before me, but it was in the billions). Currently we have an ENORMOUS Budget DEFICIT (also in the billions).
Say what you want about Bill Clinton, but it was on George W. Bush's watch that the WORST TERRORIST ATTACK in U.S. history occurred on our soil. Now, after 9/11, it was an appropriate move to attack Afghanistan, the Taliban stronghold. We had the support of the U.N. The sympathy and good will of most of the world. But Bush did a half assed job in Afghanistan so that he could commit the majority of our forces to an attack on Iraq. A country that had NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ATTACK ON 9/11!! And he did this WITHOUT GLOBAL SUPPORT!!!
yeahbuhWHAT?!
And how did George W. Bush and his cronies convince the U.S. people that this would be a wise course of action? HE LIED TO US ABOUT WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, TAKING CRUEL ADVANTAGE OF THE FACT THAT WE (the United States of America) HAD JUST BEEN ATTACKED BY A FANATIC ENEMY!!! Using FEAR and DECEPTION to JAM this war down our throats! Just as they used FEAR and DECEPTION to STEAL two elections!
Anyone else see a pattern forming here?
So now we are trapped in a Vietnam like morass with no end in site and both American and Iraqis casualties piling up. And we have no real exit strategy. You know, folks... There was one other president who invaded Iraq. And although he is not one of my favorite people, I'll give him this, he was wise enough not to go into Baghdad. Why? Because he KNEW that this would happen. This mess that we are in today. And who was that man? Why, it was George H.W. Bush, father of our current president. Before committing our country to this tragic war, did George Jr. consult his father, George Sr.? Of course not. He's a monosyllabic, marble-mouthed, imbecile with delusions of godhood. A half-wit who is only concerned with the richest segment of the population.
As Exhibit A, I offer up this administration's responce to the Katrina disaster. If a hurricane of that magnitude had hit Kittybunkport, Maine, do you think the government would have dragged it's feet getting aide to that area? No fucking way!
Listen, this isn't information that most of you don't already know. I realize that it seems like we can do very little to change the state of the world. But this is not true. Next week we have an opportunity to wrest control of congress from the Republicans. Now, as I've mentioned, the Democrats are far from perfect, but they are a damn site better than the Republicans, and this is just the start of wining back the country from a party that is taking away our civil liberties by increments. And there are some bright lights on the horizon. Democrats who could take the White House in 2008 (I've got my fingers crossed for Barack Obama).
This is not the time to give up. This is not the time to roll over. The Republicans are FINALLY on the ropes and we need to press the advantage. So, for the love of our warm and fuzzy God, if you are a Democrate, or even if you just hate the Republicans, vote next week!
The fate of the Country is at stake.
BUMP!
That was the sound of me falling off my soap box.
