The Intention...

This government was imagined and constructed by men who wanted this country to succeed.

They assumed that it would be run by men who also wanted this country to succeed.

Unfortunately, we have Republicans instead.

Government's War on Lt. Watada

A recent article from Maui Peace Action, concerning the pro(per?)secution of Lt. Ehren Watada, went as follows:

In a case that cuts right to the heart of the First Amendment, a US Army prosecutor has indicated he intends to subpoena Truthout Executive Director Marc Ash, a Truthout reporter, and two of the nonprofit news organization's regular contributors, to authenticate news reports they produced and edited earlier this year that quoted an Army officer criticizing President Bush and the White House's rationale for the Iraq War.

Captain Dan Kuecker, the Fort Lewis, Washington-based Army prosecutor, has stated his intent to compel Ash, Truthout reporter Sari Gelzer, and contributors Dahr Jamail and Sarah Olson to testify at the court-martial of First Lieutenant Ehren Watada. Kuecker is actively seeking the journalists' testimony so he can prove that Watada engaged in conduct unbecoming an officer, directly related to disparaging statements the Army claims Watada made about the legality of the Iraq War during interviews with Truthout and his hometown newspaper, the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, in June.

The article also contained a quote by Kuecker, with which I completely agree. That statement is as follows…

"This information is required as a part of an ongoing criminal investigation and prosecution," Kuecker wrote in that December 10 email to Ash. "Please respond as soon as possible."

This “investigation and prosecution” is as criminal as it gets!!! When a citizen of this country (“government property” or not) is attacked by our own government for refusing to participate in illegal actions, we need to get that government under control! Last I heard, this was a government “of the people”… no matter what those in high offices may wish it to be.

I am proud of Lt. Watada and only regret that I am no longer in the military, so that I could stand at his shoulder as he faces this challenge.

Terrorist Threat, or Free Speech?

What ever happened to Bush's neighbor who fired a gun into the air and threatened the lives of Cindy Sheehan and the other anti-war protesters? When interviewed, Larry Mattlage said he wanted the protesters to know that it was "the opening of dove season... if you know what I mean!"

Now, apparently, threatening the lives of those who disagree with Bush is not a crime in Texas! But, I fully expect the secret service will be knocking on my door for asking the following question: What would happen to me if I were to say, "I'd like to use the bushes for target practice."?

A very benign statement, not even close to the veiled threat of Larry's, but because I don't love Dubbya, I'm sure the shit is going to hit the fan! I'll let you know what happens to me... if I'm not locked away without charges, hearings, or outside contacts, by this illegal administration!

War, for four more?

War has long been known as a prime force for controlling nation states! It controls, not only the internal population, by encouraging violence against those who dare to question the necessity of the "war du jour", but controls external populations who get the shit kicked outa’ them!

War bolsters incomes for the executives of related industries, it allows the government to suspend guaranteed rights and protective laws, it teaches high ranking officials that playing at war is fun (never mind that the board pieces represent somebody else’s loss of life and / or limb), it focuses public scrutiny away from secret, and lucrative, back-room deals between government and big business, and even gives the government legitimacy in hiding anything potentially embarrassing behind the “National Security” shield.

Although I’m sure it had to be pointed out to Dubya, murdering a thousand, or so, young people was a great way to establish himself as the “War President”! It also helped to legitimize the suspension of Constitutional rights for anyone who’s views were intelligent enough to question our invasion. This mass murder was, one of the all time greatest election campaign ploys!

(Just don’t let anyone know that war isn’t all flag waving and heroes. We must keep quiet about the burnt bodies and maimed children. Otherwise, how could this administration sell war as a good thing?)

The main difference in perspective and determination between us and them, is the way we see war. Our war news is more like ice cream and ticker-tape parades (Rah, rah, rah!); their news shows the faces of the dead and the destruction of their sacred places. Now, whom do you think will have a more realistic view of war?

We march into war with our proud national blinders on and are shocked by death; they go to war “knowing” that they are fighting the “devil” for their very souls! Whom do you think will sign up to fight… expecting to die for the common good? Who is more likely to sacrifice himself, and feel he is doing God’s work? Every one of their fighting men and women are fanatics! Our fanatics, only hold the top few spots in our chain of command. “Trickle-Down Cowboy Diplomacy” will never be a match for pure selfless belief in your cause!

THERE IS NO WAY TO STOP TERROISM! Oh, we can stop some of it, but, basically, we are trying to drown those fires in gasoline! The more we “Occupy” other countries, the easier it will be for them to recruit suicide bombers. If 1 out of 100 is successful (and there are thousands), we can lose a city to a dirty bomb. We can find our water reservoirs poisoned. Plagues can spread through population centers. And, with today’s capabilities, plagues can even be tailored to specific ethnicities!

The world is a scary fire that we keep throwing fuel on. Can we do that for four more years and expect to survive?

Trickle-Down Cowboy Diplomacy

It seem that the "mandate" for Cowboy Diplomacy, delivered by questionable election results, has trickled down to the soldiers on the battlefield! It is doubtful that the Marine, who killed the wounded and unarmed Iraqi in the Mosque, did so without believing it would be acceptable! The same can be said for the Abu Ghraib fiasco. And where, pray tell, might these notions have come from?

You guessed it... The Top!

The Repugnicant Party ran, by far, the dirtiest, most ethics free, and underhanded campaign that this country has ever seen! (Although, I have no doubts that I will have to revise this statement in four years.) And, in the previous four years, Bush made it clear that this administration has no respect for: The Geneva Convention, the sovereignty of other nations, the authority of the United Nations, world opinion, our own Constitution and Bill of Rights, basic human rights, or the citizens of this (or any other) country!

With such blatant disregard, by our "leaders", for established rules of conduct, is it any wonder that our children soldiers, at the front, display the same bankruptcy of ethics and contempt for human decency? They are simple doing what they believe is expected of them by their "superiors"! Even without the "piss-poor" examples, set by those in command, it is ludicrous to put young men and women in an insane situation, such as war, and expect them to continue to act sanely!

I have no doubt that this latest "shoot-em-up" horror is a direct result of subtly expressed expectations from the top! The fire of world hatred, fanned by the winds of arrogance in our cowboy led government, has just received a big splash of gasoline! And, sadly true to form, an inexhaustible supply of gasoline is waiting in the wings to be poured on other fires, with the same moronic expectation that more gas will put them out!

So, until we can unseat our Cowboy Prez from the horse called America, we continue to ride, full speed, toward World War III. But, in this war, we are what the world will attempt rid itself of!

Thanks a lot, Dubya!

Four More Years... of Global Warming!

As we head into the New Dark Ages, I anticipate irreversible damage, not just to our country, but to the world! We have a "leader"(God, forgive me for this use of that term.) who not only refuses to listen to science, but actively undermines any research which might find facts contrary to the "fakts" (fake facts) he has decided to believe in. George is, apparently, quite comfortable with his head in a warm dark-brown place. If he doesn't want to deal with a problem like Global Warming, he just denies its existence and, POOF!, no more problem. (Just don't buy any "beach front" property, in the near future!)

Dubya and cronies have never had any allegiance to truth, so why should scientific facts have any effect on their preconceived opinions?

An article from Wired News entitled: "Science Braces for Second Term", can be found at:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65693,00.html/wn_ascii
The article goes on to mention the problems in four key areas, stem-cell research, global climate change, renewable-energy research and science education. All are under attack in Bush's "War on Science"!

After four more years of Bush's "Head up the Ass" position, many of the best scientists will have gone to other, more sensible countries, to continue their research. In the process of destroying our country, he is alienating the very people we need to repair the damage!

If there IS an America, four years from now, the new Prez will have an incredibility hard road to hoe, if he expects to pull us back from the brink of chaos! I think it would be a hoot to see a “Repugnicant” take the job and have to try and pontificate upon the great job that G. W. Idiot had done!

Civil War or World War III, your choice!

We are all watching while "President Moron" takes a few more steps to insure that the next World War starts on his watch! He insists that another thousand, or so, young American lives be tossed on the fires of war through his reckless actions! With his newly acquired mandate to keep on being stupid, I would bet that he can snuff the next thousand lives a lot quicker than he did the first thousand!

But, BE PROUD! These lives aren't wasted; these lives are being traded for corporate profits and that is good for this country! By insuring the deaths of thousands of young men and women and insuring that favored businesses thrive... "President Dopey" is creating jobs!

With these dead men and women abandoning their jobs in increasing numbers, a whole new set of workers will have jobs available to them. Also, with corporate war profits soaring and tax kickbacks filling the pockets of the elite, more jobs will be created! These privileged few will need more jewelry, Roles Royces, yachts, designer clothes, French Villas, etc. and somebody has to make these items! OK, most of these are made overseas, but this country will definitely need more taxi drivers to take these richer business owners to the airports and cruise ships!

(Is anyone getting the point?)

Now that we have made a big mistake in this election, the only alternative to World War III is the removal of G. W. from the White House! Unfortunately, assassination is out. Not because it is wrong, but because it would put the fascist Cheney at the top... without a buffer of stupidity in the figurehead! Likewise, a new election would probably be as useless as the recent one. Less than half the population of the US exercised its right to vote and a mentally challenged 20% of the population was enough to put Dubya at the wheel!

Even seceding from those parts of the U.S. who consider an idiot a great leader and starting a new country, would not put us far enough away, physically, to avoid the radioactive fallout that will occur when the rest of the world brings the war here!

No! What is needed now is a Civil War that would replace the entire administration with non-fascist and non-moronic leadership! You might even start looking into a militia to join! But join quickly, before this benevolent administration breaks down your door (all under the pretext of "National Security", of course) and seizes the weapons that the Bill of Rights allows you!

I don't know what the future will bring, but I do know that "staying the course" will be disastrous! We are being driven down the Highway by a mentally impaired egomaniac who has decided that this is the road to be on, to "stay the course"... never mind all the "BRIDGE IS OUT" signs we are speeding past!