I'm going to walk up to people and punch them in their faces.
I'm going to kick them in their crotches.
I'm going to give old people the finger, head butt children and throw immigrants, gays, and evolutionists to the pavement. Ptooey.
I'm gonna go Clockwork Orange because I figure if the administration can continuously operate in overtly sociopathic ways and nobody seems to have a reaction beyond an occasional, milquetoasty "Hey...!", let alone give a full-fledged flying damn, then what the heck am I being so pleasant for? I must be missing something that all these powerful, neatly coiffed men and women seem to know in the marrows of their being, else why would they be so damn, swaggeringly powerful? It's the knowledge that they can get away...with anything! What else could it be? Such callousness could easily be relegated to a character in a Dickens novel who runs over a bubo-encrusted waif in his rococo coach, pausing only to to take snuff while his footman scrapes the remaining bits of ragamuffin out of the spokes.
It's been said that 1984 must be required reading for all fledgling neo-connivers. But clearly they have also taken Art Metrano 101. Art Metrano, '70s actor/comedian/quasi-magician whose signature bit was holding his index finger in the air and singing "da-da-DA-DA, duh-da-duh-DA-DA!" and slamming said finger into his other fist, magically transferring that seemingly well rooted digit onto the previously barren fist on the other hand. It is with as much artistry and technical wizardry that the Bushniks ply their trade, but with significantly less respect for their audience than The Amazing Metrano had. His audience cheered his simplistic audacity and the satire of their own gullibility. Bush's audience seemingly possesses no such irony and are incapable of a ruffle.
It will be a relief to finally shed the burden of decency and politeness. What a colossal pain in the ass it's been following the rules and playing fairly. I'm at last free to be son of a bitch and a lying, scheming cunt! I'm free to be a Republican a lá Bush, the kind of person that drapes themselves in that red, white and blue shmatte and wags a finger at a passerby that has most likely just been dislodged from the anus of a rough trade runaway looking to supplement his income.
And I am told things are getting better in Iraq. See? Clearly, all that negativity pays off. You just have to stay the course.
You always put into words exactly what I feel,but until we have a fair,fact based media(especially talk radio which is 91 percent Rush-like)we will be stuck in this Neocon Crackpot reality.They spin and lie better and then have an enormous echo chamber 24/7.If people look at Goebbels(Hitlers propaganda man)they will see how easily the masses have been manipulated.We need to get smarter,otherwise we will just go mad!
Impeach & try for war crimes.
While there was manipulation of ballot-counting in Florida (2000), and voter-roll fraud (2004), these constituted a small percentage of eligable voters nation-wide who could and SHOULD have taken a few minutes to exercise their Constitutional right and obligation as citizens in a free democracy. By staying home, eligable voters allowed the administration to sieze power.
WE THE PEOPLE have failed by tuning our radios and televisions to sports and entertainment channels, rather than listening or watching news of substance. We read the gossip rags about celebrities rather than the world news pages. We don't demand investigative reporting but rely upon Bill O'Reilly and Rush Limbaugh to tell us what they think, and consider it as truth.
Our laziness, lack of critical thinking, and apathy allowed this sociopathic administration and their corporate allies to seize control of our nation, Constitution, circumvent our legal and civil rights with impunity. If we truly care about issues: be it environmental pollution or global warming, the war in Iraq, our national debt or deficit spending, crumbling infrastructure, under-funded public education, accessible and affordable healthcare, fiscal solvency of the Social Security trust fund, the unfair-regressive taxation system, and soaring fuel prices, then WE THE PEOPLE must act! We must call or write letters to our Congressional representatives, join PAC's and organizations attempting to stem the tide of despotic rule by Bush & Cheney, and sign petitions to have measures put on ballots in local districts and states.
All it takes is some time (to become informed) and effort. Exercise your right to vote before that gets thwarted, too.
Wave your hand slowly across in front of your face with the palm facing you, then repeat,
"These are NOT the droids I'm looking for, move along - move along."
When you have the strength of 'The Force' with you enough to overcome reality and convince yourself, "There is no spoon...", then you TOO can be a ...'neo'-CON.
I'd have to question ANYONE'S patriotism that isn't also VERY frustrated right now, Steven.
All us good Americans is so nice and sweet. We's all luvy dovey, heartland folks, with good morals and strong values. Why, that's why we vote for Republicans. Don't you know about how the sodomites behave in the cities? THOSE are the evil people, who God is always smiting for the behavior you suggest.
Well.
Wait until we get our "Absconding teams" fully on-line (not just for illegals, but all the various people IN America, who don't deserve to be called Americans). Then you will be able to understand real hospitality.
"He's RICH! He MUST be GOOD!"
"His DADDY'S RICH! (repeat above)
"Everybody KNOWS HIM! He MUST be GOOD!"
"He quotes the Bible and prays!He MUST beGOOD!"
"Laura's his WIFE, He MUST be GOOD!"
Nope - he's a pathological dry drunk and arrogant son of a bitch. THAT is what he truly is.....but, if they ADMITTED THAT....then THEY would be the same......
And THAT is what "collective denial" does to otherwise fairly normal people.
THEY WANT TO BE JUST LIKE HIM.
We are a Nation founded on truth, justice and that the rule of law, our Constitution, should prevail.
Absent that, We, the People are without a Nation, just a rudderless ship adrift in a ruthless sea.
Those who actively seek to subvert our Constitution are traitors, and those that swore and Oath to preserve our Constitution and do nothing are complice in the crime.
The puppets are placed in position by the puppeteers pulling their strings, and manipulating the stage for them.
Now (1) what elite group controls our information (and propaganda) sources?
(2) for whose benefit have we shelled out so many tax payer dollars in foreign aid?
(3) what group remains above criticism today -- even after the recent fiascos we have been led into?
Seriously, do you believe that Bush is bright enough to be the leader of this bunch of sociopaths?
Attacking Bush is OK, but get to the real issues behind him. Or when he goes, he will simply be replaced by a clone. A ship isn't greatly damaged when it looses its figurehead. It isn't essential to the functioning of the ship; another -- any other! -- will serve just as well.
It is truly amazing to watch such evil people usurp unbridled power without much of a peep from 'the people.' I am actually nicer these days -- more polite and respectful. Why? Because I have already lost hope for a great peronal experience in this fascist hell-hole. And I look at my countrymen with great pity. I can only see my countrymen as "challenged' on the grandest of scales -- as they sit and not only accept the lawlessness but actually lap it up like fine nectar! How could I ever be cruel to the short-bus kids????!!!
As long as he washes his hand afterwards before he eats something thats fine with me.
How pissed off do we have to get? Can we posssibly make a difference at this point?
MY big question is: have the Clintons sold their souls to the Bushie's control of the electronic voting machines?
Do you have an opinion on the voting machine "issue" (I hate that word, so over-used)...the issue that seems to go away between elections, though it is so achingly critical on polling day?