Passionate About Bush

Last night my wife and I were at the Salty Dog at Quincy Market in Beantown. We were probably the "seniors" in the crowd at the bar. The bartender, a young man around twenty, overheard some passionate remarks from my wife about how this administration makes her want to go live in another country. This young man told us he was going to move to France if Bush and his cronies get re-elected.

My purpose of telling this tale is that it really gave me some hope that there is a rarely-polled, very large block, of voters out there that intend to reverse the damage created in the 2000 election fiasco. For all the 20 somethings that may stumble across this, do get out and vote (regardless of your affiliation). The country needs you and, in turn, perhaps we can keep you here, on our soil, to pursue the course you have set for yourself rather than drafting you for futile pursuits abroad. Get out and vote in November. It may be up to you since it seems that 50% of the rest of us are clueless.

Neo-cons and the Polls

I just read where a Gallup poll has the current administration is up in the polls by 13% over the challenger. Jesus people...do you really think the current administration is doing a great job? Don't you wonder how they can soil a decorated Vietnam vet and get you to believe that GW was really fulfilling his committments to the Air National Guard? Now that you know something's fishy, do you really think it doesn't matter what someone did thirty years ago? How convenient for you. Talking about flip flopping.

I guess my bigger concern is what America is turning into. Are we really so arrogant to think that we can affect the very way other societies think by using force to overthrow governments...no matter how evil...and without the rest of the free world behind you? Because, this is what this administration's major objectives are- turn the rest of the world into societies just like ours. You know, America is a good, hard working, sometimes ethical place but its far from perfect. If you don't believe me, look at the real statistics.

Bush and Typewriters

Can't you just envision the backroom discussions going on in this administrations back rooms?

"Just put doubt out there that these documents are fake. Our good old lemming constituency 'll take if from there!"

"Jesus George, how much pot were you smok'n? Was it cool fly'n around in billion dollar jets buzzed?"

"It was the best high. But we gotta do something about this. Don't we have any "experts" on the rolls that we can call in to discredit this? Hell y'all, this could ruin me!"

What I'm concerned about is that John Kerry isn't enough of a brawler to take this new information and run with it. You know, after the document is discredited, the republican stance will turn to, "well, why are we focusing on things that happened 35 years ago?" And, for certain, all of our neocon friends will immediately begin parroting back the mantra in order to keep their views well justified in their own minds.

Look people...Bush is a dolt. He and his buddy Chenney have more DUIs between them than most drunks. Bush is clearly a flip flopper and a dangerous, now religious zealot to boot. Today we add down and outright liar to his resume which, we all probably already knew but, like with WMD, we were looking for real proof. It will be very interesting to see how this administration handles this one. As I said, I'm sure the argument, which David Brooks already began seeding on The News Hour last night, will be to "forget and forgive the past. The only thing that matters is the current administration's record and whether we want more of the same."

Well, let's see David...soaring deficits...suffering middle class...high prices...poor healthcare...legal machine guns...wealthier top 2%....poorer bottom 10%...a jesus freak with a fake twang in the oval office...alienated global alliances....thousands of Americans dead in some god forsaken place for revenge sake....no consistent foreign policy...highest unemployment rate in 75 years....most pro-religious policies in 50 years...embarrasing figure head...ineffective staff...organizational changes that no one can figure out or administrate...billions of our tax dollars wasted on HomeLand Security...all but killed social security with rampant deficit spending....and no real proof that we're any safer. I could go on but what would the point be?

You heard my prediction on the "Mouth". We'll just have to wait and see. Another predicition I'll make is that, if Kerry doesn't take off the gloves on this one and capitalize on it, then he's a goner.

Serena

If you watch sports, and especially tennis, last night's match between Capriatti and Serena Williams was a travesty of officiating. There are simply no words to describe how bad the calls were, five or six in all, all against Serena. Still, Serena handled the entire situation with the dignity of a truly great champion. As she put it, she was robbed.

We take these kinds of things lightly but we would do well to remember that this is her livelihood and the money involved isn't trivial. Call it what you like, a series of misfortunes, bad calls or a conspiracy but Serena won't advance to the next round and these calls probably cost her thousands. The umpire apologized but it never should have happened in the first place. Evidently, there needs to be some other check in the system.

The Anti Dem

Zell Miller...there is absolutely no way a "declared" democrat could possibly support this administration. Sorry Zell but you need to switch parties.