To reward our country for half of it's population voting in willful ignorance, Bush has now rolled out a bunch of election-delayed stuff. The most impressive of which is this, fiscally conservative president, boosting the nation's credit card limit by 500 billion dollars. The blame it on the wars, but fail to mention expenses like the multi-billion dollar corporate welfare bill they passed earlier this year.
Then there was Fallujah. Which was obviously delayed until after the election as it's sure to make this months American death toll the highest so far and rival even the entire major combat phase total.
Then there was the FDA loosening the testing regulations on the nation's beef supply. If you were eating beef before now, I would think twice about it now. In addition the EPA just de-listed chemicals from the harmful list. So if you were breathing air before now, I would think twice about that now.
One nice thing about all of this is that we can be absolutely sure of the blame for all of this. Unlike Vietnam which was shared between both parties. The blame for the failure of Iraq lies totally on the shoulders of president Bush. And believe me, it is already a failure. The failure to find weapons of mass destruction. The failure to even properly secure the weapons we did find. The failure to stop the looting. The failure to involve the Iraqis early on in the development of their government. The failure to build a meaningful or lasting coalition. The failures at Abu Ghraib.
This administration has been in complete control of the government since it's inception and look where it has gotten us. We are involved in a deepening quagmire of a useless unecessary war. While at the same time our real enemies are gaining in number because specifically because of our actions in that war. We failed to kill, or even capture, or even find the man who perpetrated the worst attack on American soil in our history.
And that's just the administration. The man himself is worse. Bush is arrogant, ignorant, and incompetent.
Unforunately I know how this could all get worse, and it's going to. Bush is running towards the destruction of this country and his willfully ignorant fan base couldn't be happier.
Posted by jherr at November 19, 2004 07:13 AMI'm guessing that the self-imposed news boycott is over now?
What's the story on the triple stabbing near your house--any good scoop?
Posted by: eigga49 at November 19, 2004 01:13 PMIt's been over for a couple of days, but I didn't really feel like talking. Everything has gotten very scary. This four years is going to be much worse than the previous four.
One thing that is particularly appalling in the voter disenfranchisement and how little white America cares about that. The polling numbers in some of these districts were incalculably off and there is no outcry about it. Basically the position of the average Republican is, voting is ok, as long as you vote Republican. If we take away your right to vote and you are a Democrat it's your own damn fault. Which is just more justification for my belief that Republicans really believe more in the one-party system than in a true Democracy. Because Democracies are about getting a variety of ideas and creating real discourse. Republicans find that notion abhorrent.
As to the triple stabbing. No news.
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