What's the Plan, I Must Have Missed It

So exactly what is the plan? Someone forgot to clue me in. I have heard the President Bush say things like, "we can't give up or lose any of our freedoms to the terrorists". And that is fine, it is all good with me. But then the President turns around and starts wiretapping (spying on) hundreds of thousands of American citizens, without any warrants or court oversight, without even telling members of Congress (except a couple) or any Congressional oversight, and saying he is granted this authority in the Constitution. Huh? Now ya lost me. So we are not going to let the terrorists take our freedoms, we are going to let Bush? Hmmm. It is an OK plan I guess, but can we not think of one better? I think we can, I hope we can. And the President claims he has the authority under the Constitution to break and disregard the Constitution, are you kidding me? And the extremely horrible part is, there a lot of morally reprehensible SELF-PROCLAIMED "Conservatives, who support this Constitution breaking and freedom taking by the Executive branch of the federal government, and put their party over their country. Please wake-up my fellow American citizens. I mean c'mon, really, it is not that hard to see. But then again a recent poll shows 51% of you all support the President breaking the Constitution, the law, and taking your freedoms away. A brilliant bunch of people that 51% must be, I tell you. It would be extremely funny and laughable, if it were not so serious.

Paul Bremer's Book and Other Stuff

Paul Bremer, our former liar in Iraq- or I mean our former head of the former CPA-, has just realesed a new book in which he makes very clear just had big, how bad, and how opposite the truth the lies were that he was publicly telling all of us, American citizens, while he was head of the CPA. Wolf Blitzer just played an interview with Bremer in which Bremer says that the Administration planned effectively, that we had enough troops, and that we did not need anymore troops. That was obviously a lie because he writes in his book that at the time he told both Donald Rumsfeld and Condi Rice that we did not have enough troops and that we needed more. When confronted with his old clip from that time saying, we had and have enough troops, his response was even more disturbing- he said that he has been in government long enough to know that you tell your bosses exactly what you think but you keep that between you and them, and in public (interviews, press conferences) you support whatever your bosses are doing, and if you cannot support them because you disagree too strongly then you resign. Really? Interesting, to say the least. So, what he is saying is that you tell your bosses what you think, you publicly lie to the American people- even when our soldiers lives are at risk- and the only time you reveal what was really going on is if you are writing a book and need to make money. Interesting concept and a very moral approach. At least he seems to hold the same moral code as his party leaders. He also said in a Wolf Blitzer interview at the time that, Iraq's aftermath was not choatic and we were fully prepared. Again though, in his book he says that, it was extremely chaotic and we were not prepared at all for Iraq's aftermath. What a good-hearted, honest guy. I am sure glad and feel lucky that we had him, as one of Bush's chosen government leaders, representing us abroad. This book writing, truth telling is typical of folks coming out of this administration. It happened with Colin Powell, it happened with Paul O'Neill, now it is happening with Paul Bremer. Some folks did not lie to the public and did just what Mr. Bremer suggested and either resigned or were fired for speaking the truth. General Eric Shinseki was fired for telling the truth about how many troops were needed, Richard Clarke resigned over the utter incompetence of this Administration, and Michael Scheuer- former head of the CIA's Bin Laden Unit- resigned over the incompetence of the Administration and a strong disagreement with their ridiculous plan to attack Iraq. Meanwhile you have Vice President Cheney and CIA leaking national security jeapordizer Karl Rove out trying to get out their blatantly false, stupidly simplistic talking points on the reason's why they broke the law and disregarded the Constitution, and also trying to paint Democrats into a corner with their way off base political rhetoric, that is in the disguise of "protecting Americans" and defending America's "national security". American's should have seen through this deplorable strategy in the 2004 elections, but I think they are well aware of it now and hopefully they can see around it and vote against it, putting our country before their party.

I Do Not Understand

I just do not understand. Do Republicans really believe that the President is keeping us safe from and readily prepared for a terrorist attack? First, just because we have not been attacked since 9-11 probably has nothing to do with any of the Constitutional breaking, illegally spying on Americans, and the disappearance of civil liberties imposed by the President, even though he claims that we have not been attacked because of his law breaking. Second, and nobody should disagree with this, how could we be prepared for a terrorist attack when we were not even prepared to hurricane Katrina and it was announced hourly for five straight days before it hit. This administration showed their utter incompetence when Katrina hit and they could not even respond for days. Then to top it off, instead of apologizing for their incompetence, they actually tried to shift blame onto the state and local government. How convenient. The sad part is, is that a lot of right-wingers were in agreement with this utter nonsense. Let me say upfront that of course the state and local government deserved some of the blame, but they did not deserve nearly as much blame as the federal government, and they did not come out try to shift blame to the federal government. On the other hand the federal government did run a marketing campaign to try and shuffle blame by leveling attacks at local and state politicians. Also to the right-wingers who agrred with this nonsense, I wonder if they would say the same thing if they were hit by one of the worst natural disasters in American history. I wonder if they would blame their local and state government, instead of the federal government. I guess that would all depend on which party is in control of the federal government and what party controls their state and local governments. So shady to put party before country but it is typical of the right-wingers. I guess in the right-wing mind every city, from the smallest to the largest, better be fully prepared on their own to deal with any and all natural disasters and terrorist attacks. I guess they would also argue that our federal disaster programs, like FEMA, are not for helping our American citizens in a disaster or attack, but they are merely just a decoration or a mirage to make Americans feel safe but they do not need to help any of our fully prepared city's. Gimme a break. It also intrigues me to wonder what these same people would be saying if President Clinton was doing the exact same things that President Bush is doing. I bet they would be singing a completely different tune.

The Irony of Democracy

Have you ever considered the irony of us, at this time- with this President, trying to spread Democracy? We do not even have a Democracy here at home anymore. U.S. CITIZENS have been locked-up for years with no charges filed or being brought, without being able to speak to anybody- including their family or even A LAWYER. Do you remember the diversion of any high ranking blame for Abu Ghraib? Do you remember how this administration said "it was just few rogue soldiers" and "we do not condone torture"? Now, think about how much audacity it has to take for this administration, at this time, to be fighting the US Senate in order to allow tortue. Just a few rogue soldiers huh? Now, imagine how shameful it is to only punish, and throw all blame, on the soldiers who were following orders; orders from all the way up to the President. Very patriotic, I must say. How are there people in our country who do not see this and still support Bush? Aside from this, if any military official speaks out against this President, the Iraq War, or even so much as tell the truth about the number of soldiers and equiptment they need then they are fired (see General Shinseki). Is this the Democracy we are spreading? We now have our President illegally wire-tapping American citizens and not only that but also claiming he has this authority under our Constitution. So the President is now using our Constitution to take away our citizens Constitutional rights, how convenient. Oh, and the President says the Constitution is what gives him the power to bypass laws that he does not like, and officially try to keep it a secret. Is this the Democracy we are spreading? The President does not look for qualifications, other than being his loyal friend, in appointing extremely important government positions. I mean he tried to appoint Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, and I think everyone remembers the consequences of having his Arabian Horse Judging crony as Head of FEMA (see Hurricane Katrina). Michael Brown did nothing, except eat at restaraunts and send e-mails referring to himself as a "fashion god", while people were hurt, starving, dehydrating, and dying. What a good hearted guy, and a great Bush appointment. Do you remember Bush saying, "You're doing a heck of a job Brownie, keep up the good work". The "good work" of sitting back doing nothing, while thousands of poor people suffered. Is this the Democracy we are spreading? How about the corrupt Republican political establishment and their conections with Jack Abramoff. Jack Abramoff, Tom Delay, Ralp Reed (the great moral Christian), were stealing money from American-Indian Tribes in order to fund Republican campaigns for Congress. Now that is some really ethical, moral, democratic stuff to be doing, right? How about Representative Duke Cunningham having to resign over his scandals with money. How about Scooter Libby (and Karl Rove) leaking the identity of a CIA operative- ruining her career, putting countless people in direct danger (all of her contacts and assetts worldwide), giving tips and information to everyone about what jobs and fronts CIA operatives use, and irrepairably damaging our Nations National Security - all because the CIA operative's husband exposed the President as a liar. Is this the kind of Democracy we are spreading? I have so much more to discuss, but I will leave it here for now and ask you who read this to think about it.