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12/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Think I'm in love."
Think I'm in love.
Of course, not literally - I am spoken for and betrothed and all that (Hi, Sweetie! Love you!!). But you gotta love what this woman has to say.
One kid would always figure out that if he took the mallet and banged and hammered really hard, and forced the peg, even if it splintered or broke, eventually the peg would fit into a hole that did not fit its shape.George W. Bush has been the kid who has forced the square pegs into the round holes. He has beaten and hammered the country and the world. He has used force to break us, and come hell or high water, he is going to bang those pegs into the shapes he wants, even if they are the wrong ones.
In 2004, we have finally, finally reached another election year. As the year unfolds, it will become clear to voters that after four long years of being forced, divided, hammered, and broken, they will have a distinct choice in candidates and the chance to replace the destructive forces of George W. Bush.
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The following are just a few reasons why most Democrats and many Independents think another four years of a Bush administration will be a global tragedy in the making:
Reason Number One: The greatest disaster to ever happen in our country, September 11, 2001, could have been prevented by George W. Bush. He has taken more vacations, more long week-ends, and more taxpayer financed campaign fundraising trips than any President in history. Former Republican governor of New Jersey, Tom Kean, chairman of the independent 9/11 investigating commission said publicly that 9/11 could have and should have been prevented. Why was Bush taking a month off to vacation in Crawford, Texas just prior to 9/11 when he and his national security adviser had been warned repeatedly of its imminence? Why did he fail to alert the American people? Is it too much to ask of the President to stay on the job and not take a month’s vacation if he has been told we might be attacked? Governor Kean promises major revelations in the coming new year, but if his commission raises doubts about the President’s competency, Bush will just take that proverbial mallet and bang away until the will of the people is thwarted and the square peg has fit into the round hole.
Reason Number Two: Bush lied about his reasons for invading Iraq. He squandered the country’s entire stock of global empathy and goodwill following 9/11 by invading Iraq under false pretenses, in violation of international law, and without the approval of most of the world. Bush said Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction(WMD) posed an imminent danger to America, but when no WMD were found, he said we invaded Iraq so we could install democracy there. Bush used 9/11 as a pretense for invading Iraq and repeatedly spoke of Sadaam Hussein and 9/11 in the same breath, as if it was Sadaam Hussein who had orchestrated the attacks on our country. Our efforts should have been concentrated on capturing Osama bin Laden and defeating al Qaeda, but Bush handed victories to the very terrorists he claims to scorn by placing our troops in Iraq. It took 150,000 soldiers, tens of thousands of deaths, and a billion dollars a week to capture Sadaam Hussein. Americans are told the country is safer, but are given warnings of “high alert” for more terrorist attacks. So which way is it? Are we safer? Are we more vulnerable and at a higher risk of another 9/11? Where are the weapons of mass destruction that were such an imminent danger?
More at the link. Go, read, write Cheri an encouraging email. You know the hate-mailers are already on it.
Replies: 4 people speak up
"You know the hate-mailers are already on it."
Especially down here in Memphis, where the Liberal Population has just now risen to 5.
The Memphis Flyer is the Liberal/ Entertainment rag down here. It's editorials and the "Fly on the Wall" section is always fantastic.
This editorial is a gem, and, sadly, not indicative of the population on the main. Here a Baptist church occupies more land than the Germantown Mall, has stadium seating, a fitness center, a running track around the santuary, but no food bank.
Way to emphasize the Compassion there you fundy conservative freaks.
This lady's editorial really gave me hope this morning!
Tony B.
Posted by monkeyfister @ 12/29/2003 08:09 PM NY
and now it looks like hel'l give up on his zelost democratic idea. (for political reasons, of course)
Posted by da lurker @ 12/29/2003 09:34 PM NY
i think i'm in love, too, and i don't even like women that way. damn, that is a great article.
Posted by myküll @ 12/29/2003 10:22 PM NY
I wish I could, but it seems the only thing I can get on that page right now is an insipid holiday greeting. Grrrr
Posted by Furhouse @ 12/30/2003 11:13 AM NY
