OK, let me get this straight.
"We" have an Administration that lets Blackwater USA, a GOP-linked private contractor with apparently thuggish tendencies, draw Billions out of the U.S. Treasury to provide protection for American diplomats and civilians- most of whom would not have been there if we didn't invade the nation that attacked us on 9/11 and didn't have WMD.
And, some would charge, kicks the shit (or worse) of Iraqis who do barely more than give them a dirty look.
At the same time, "we" have an Administration headed by a President who is threatening to:
Make cuts to Social Security in the name of financial prudence.
Veto a bill that would fund health insurance for as many as 10 million uninsured kids by raising taxes on tobacco.
Almost beyond belief but tell that to Daniel E. Smith, vice president of the American Cancer Society. Yesterday Smith said: "The choice is simple: Are you for kids? Are you for tobacco companies? Mr. President and Congress, we hope you side with the kids."
Well, for all his talk about "family values," Bush seems to care more about supporting well-connected private contractors in Iraq rather than making lives better for millions of our most vulnerable citizens.
Vulnerable citizens, young and old.
Mr Levitt said repeatedly that it is an ideological difference that's in play. Bush thinks that it's one step towards government takeover of health care which is socialize medical, and they can't let that happen. They have to let the 'free markets' handle it like the Medicare part D.
The mind blowing thread here? Most of America either doesn't give a fuck or are just too plain stupid to recognize a nasty diaper when they see it.
The Current Administrations mantra for the 21st Century: Fuck You if you're not a Republican bigwig or one of our Corporate Sponsors.
Oh yeah, and the world is ours.
THIS is the "privatizaton" so lauded by the Republicans since Reagan.
THIS is the "pride and joy" of
Lindsay Graham
Joe Lieberman
Steny Hoyer
BLUE DOGS
DLC
and all the other WAR HOGS.
All the Senate and House have to do is PULL THE PLUG ON THE ATM MACHINE that's hardwired into the Pentagon.
ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS CHANGE PRIORITIES.
If they don't - they will pay dearly.
Blackwater and tobacco companies can make political contributions.
Kids can't.
Next question.
The timing on this bill is such that it is moving through the pipeline ahead of SCHIP, and it seems to me that having them move in this order takes some focus off of the impending SCHIP veto. As his second veto on "budgetary" grounds, it seems like Bush gets a little bit of cover that he would not receive if the bigger veto were just out there all by itself.
What I read is that dams will override, and kids will not, and I wonder if that makes Congress look like politics as usual, and Bush look principled.
Potsmuggler???????
The Dems have the goods on these Neo-Conquerors and their cohorts. The LAW takes time.
Blackwater and THOUSANDS like them are needed because Rumsfeld cut back on ARMOR and TANKS and tried to build a,,, Nintendo,,,, army.
Without Blackwater, who would protect Cheney when they goat us all into rioting in the streets, claim authority to declare Martial Law and suspend the tatters of the Constitution.
My plan?
VOTE!
VOTE as if our nation depended on it.
VOTE for the world our children SHOULD HAVE.
VOTE for people who do NOT need private armies.
VOTE for folks that LOVE America.
VOTE for democracy and the RULE of LAW!
VOTE for people who are ashamed of TORTURE.
VOTE for people that do NOT hide under the bed.
VOTE for people that want the world to LIVE.
VOTE for folks that do not fear our Courts.
VOTE for people that honor Judges.
VOTE for American principles, ideals, free speech, liberty, privacy, self-determination and freedom of worship.
VOTE!
Just my opinion
All the best
Knute (Neo-LIB)