None But the Brave

that Musharaff may've slip bin Laden slip from Tora Bora accidentally on purpose. JP http://welcome-to-pottersville.blogspot.com/

That's the key, not only to our taking back Congress, but to the impeachment of President George Bush and, subsequently, getting him tried at the International Court of Criminal Justice for his crimes against humanity. So if we don't end the Iraq war, nothing's going to change, and what difference then, Democrat or Republican. As if it's possible to tell them apart now?

I'm in my mid-50s and I've never been witness to such a depressing state of affairs as that which Bush & Co. has foistered upon us over these past six years...And this, you might remember, from the man who pledged during his first presidential campaign to "restore honesty and integrity to the Oval office". This is by far and away the worst six year period that I've ever had to endure during my entire lifetime. So much negativity and misery has been compressed into such a short period of time as to leave one feeling baffled, bereaved and bereft. I've survived three decades of the Cold War, eight years of Vietnam, and seven years of Nixon and his Watergate. And, yes, I also survived that wretched, mean-spirited, despicable attempt by a group of power-hungry, steroidal Republicans, buoyed by a menacing, predatory and frenzied corporate media, to remove from office an authentically elected, real people's choice, Bill Clinton -- one of our most popular presidents in recent history. Bill's sin was to have had the outrageous audacity to lie about a simple, personal and private affair. How grossly depressing that soap opera became. All of the above, of course, served to test the strength, resiliency and endurance of America, its people, and its principles. And none - NONE - have ravaged us so as these past six years under George W. Bush, and his bevy of ravenous sycophants occupying the Republican controlled House and Senate. And let us not forget to pay equal tribute to a largely ubiquitously compliant corporate media whose sponsors have happened to have profited greatly by this unseemly, sordid relationship. Never before has a social and political environment become so deeply toxic, so layered with lies, deceit and a blatant and arrogant misuse of power so as to shock one's senses. This period under Bush's rule has become such a soul-sapping, depressing burden that tests our spirit and the limits of our political endurance. How much longer must we endure this onslaught of so-called "compassionate conservatism"? How many more lies and misdeeds and costly misadventures must America suffer before the light of truth washes over us with its healing power and restores our sanity? There is so much harm and neglect that our cherished system has had to endure over these past six years. Certainly, our Founding Fathers would be shocked and dismayed by the outright ignorance and callous disregard by our so-called "leaders" for those sacred, foundational principles and beliefs that so elegantly and valiantly set us apart from the rest of the world. Sadly, freedom and liberty are being too quickly sacrificed -- purportedly to protect us from a threat from what amounts to a comparatively small group of ill-equipped, desert terrorists -- small when juxtaposed against the threat of our principal Cold War adversary from the 50s, 60s, 70s and 80s -- the Soviet Union, a political entity who possessed, along with us, the real and unimaginable power -- the demonstrated capability -- to deliver in a single momentary instant of pure insanity a "mutually assured destruction" (MAD) -- the immediate and total annihilation of our society and civilization in general -- a war, by the way, in which we managed to prevail without having sacrificed so much as a single freedom or personal liberty. Today, our system of checks and balances which valiantly withstood the battles and severe challenges of time as outlined above has, under the dubious auspices of George W. Bush, been so shaken and throttled by a particularly singular and myopic group of power-hungry miscreants whose sole motivations apparently derive from a type of personal code that is characterized by an unbridled and insatiable greed for power and personal aggrandizement. It is no wonder that we, as a people, have become outraged over the audacity, arrogance and insensitivity of this politically corrupt group of amoral thugs. To use a medical metaphor, we must purge the system of these impurities so as to restore that which sustains and nourishes. Lets do just that in the upcoming mid-terms and in the next presidential election. It will make us feel good.

Try the Canadian version. Past Prime Minister, Martin, signed a deal with rumsfeld, a bi-national agreement(NorthCom) that gives the US the right to send troops to occupy Canada for any reason. This agreement, apparantly, includes the star wars missal system, which martin declared he was against having. Mexico is included in the deal. . Harper has signed a "trade agreement" that demands that Canada MUST sell 67% of its' oil to the US. In the works now is a new lumber agreement that will allow the US to keep almost $1billion dollars of the over $5billion in illegal tarrifs that have been collected. Almost a half billions dollars to be paid to bush directly. Guess what this will be used for. No one has said if this was bush's condition or a throw away by Harper. . And you thought that the NAFTA agreements only screwed you, think again. You may have problems in Iraq, but bush and company have almost annexed canada without firing a shot! . Kranky Canuck

The only fear I have at this time is that of One Party Rule. The name of the party is irrelavant other than it happens to be Republican at this time in the USA. I am non-partisan, and will vote the Democratic ticket this time--I've never voted party line before. My priority is to give the Democrats sopena power to uncover the truth. Undo as much of the Republican damage as possible, and strive to clean up both parties. Cleaning up the parties will require the rank-and-file of both parties to get involved and take charge on the local level. Maybe the reason I feel no immediate fear of terrorism is that I no longer watch tv, and read the paper with scepticism. I also take the time to seek out original documents and read them for myself. Then I go back over what the administration is saying. Fool you once, shame on them. Fool you twice, shame on you. Fool you thrice, Helloooooo?

I think Rove and the GOP are talking only to insiders. I doubt that any of us fear any particular politician- we just rightfully lump them all into a pile of people who hate America and are doing their absolute best to send our Nation down the drain. "To vote Democratic is to be brave" is silly. The best decision is to vote every last politician out of office and bring in an entirely new group and maybe in that group there will be a few Americans who love our Nation, close our borders and bring our military home. The GOP has to be voted out and so do the Dems. Every single politician and even if you can rationalize how great your favorites are- which they aren't otherwise you wouldn't feel so awful.

I think it needs to be said that the curious juncture of multiple references to Hitler and Nazis are indications that this is part of a larger plan to skew the elections via fear, hate and fear again. Is this a Rove tactic writ large against the media background? It seems quite clear to me that this needs to be thrown back into their faces as it has been done somewhat to Rumsfeld and I hope it will be done to George W. Bush.

I agree that the Democrats all our only choice to end this madness. I am a Democrat, but I do not believe that all Democratic politicians have done all that they could do to oppose and end these policies of discord and waste. With Democrats in power, it will not be a panacea, but neither will it be a disaster. In stark terms, to vote Republican is to accept fear as constant in your life, to vote Democratic is to bring reasonable governance back into the body politic and reduce the brazen cries of fear mongering afflicting the us all. I refuse to buy into that fear and resent those telling us we need to be fearful.

What absolutely astounds me is this new "nazi rhetoric" which first rumsfeld used in a speech and then bush. If these so-called self proclaimed historians want to really know what the nazi's did then all they would have to do is read what rove's counterpart in the nazi party had to say at the Nuremberg Trials after WWII. Quote: ..."Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of their leaders. This is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked, and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same in every country." Hermann Goering speaking at Nuremberg Trials after World War II. Does this sound familiar?

I don't think most Americans are as afraid of terrorists as we once were. Gradually the truth is penetrating the veils of propaganda, so the fearmongering has to be ramped up in response. It's a desperate tactic by a failed dictator-wannabe who fails at everything. He will fail at tyranny when more Americans see that HE is the enemy of freedom and HE is the terrorist in our midst. Know your enemy, America.

Hitler and Stalin had the industrial and military might of nation states behind them. What does bin Laden have? Maybe W has forgotten, but if FBI administrators had listened to their field agents and connected a few dots, 9/11 may have been a thwarted terrorist plot, too. If the same idiots are still in charge, I question if we are any safer today than five years ago. Is is interesting that recent foiled plots were foiled by foreign governments. Supposedly, this government has foiled plots, but they never seem to have enough evidence to prosecute the perps. So much for being the most powerfl nation on the planet. Bush's rhetoric of fear is a smokescreen for a foreign policy devoid of substance. Talk is cheap. It's time for results.

The line between Republican and Democrat is razor thin. For every Feingold, there are a dozen Liebermans. I can be proud of Illinois for Dick Durbin and Barak Obama, but neither one is loud enough on the Senate floor to amount to a real opposition. Being unhappy with BushCo is not enough, one must be angry. One must be fighting mad. I have watched with growing horror as the Dems roll over again and again and again. Who in government is fit to be president? If the choice is Hillary, we might as well drop the pretense of being a republic and openly declare ourselves a fascist state. We're already there, might as well stop fooling ourselves. Corporate rule is all that matters. Greed is the god we trust. We have the government we deserve. We can get a better government only when we struggle to become better people.

All of us are afraid of something. We can choose to stand and face the fear or run and hide under the bed hoping that someone else will protect us. I make no claim to being brave. I have been afraid of a myriad of things my whole life. But I was fortunate enough to have parents that taught us that fear is something common to all, nothing to be ashamed of unless we give in to it. So frightened and trembling I have ususally faced my fears. I am ashamed as an American that so many others do not. This hysterical fear-mongering bunch seems to believe that Americans are frightened little cowards. Please let them be wrong! If this truly is the "land of the free and the home of the brave" then these Rovian fear tactics will no longer fall on fertile ground. If we allow our fear to dictate our actions we will have betrayed our country far more than any spy or enemy ever did or could. "In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly." ---- Coleridge

I think one key difference between FDR and King George is this. FDR was a leader. Bush is a ruler. tseving -Surviving Bush one day at a time http://tomcatsbox.spaces.live.com