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A collection
of insightful ruminations, reflections, and rants on the events of
the
day (with the exception of the weekend). We'll collect a week's worth
here and then archive them. Come visit each weekday to see what's
pushing
Barbara's buttons.
August
22, 2003
This
Alabama Ten Commandments fiasco only goes to show how very wise the
forefathers of this country were when they wrote a "separation
of church and state" into the Constitution. While religious
values may be the invisible thread that binds our laws, it is best
to leave it invisible, because once the line is crossed there will
be no end to all the varied interpretations of God's law. Do these
people really want to return to a time when stoning was the justice
meted out for an adulterer?
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IT'S
YOUR MONEY AND HE'S SPENDING IT! George W. Bush is spending your
money so his friends and family will profit. He has no intention
of sharing the "spoils of war" with the Iraqi people
or any one of the esteemed United Nations. He is funneling your
taxes
into rebuilding Iraq by companies of his choosing: Halliburton,
Bechtel, and various holdings of the Carlyle Group. It is a fallacy
to say he cares about American military personnel risking their
lives.
Because of Bush's greed and arrogance, he is not willing to call
on the United Nations or NATO for support in Iraq. He wants to
have his cake and eat it, too. As our soldiers die one by one,
he is off
on
jaunts
to raise more money to aid in a continuance of this reign of terror.
Save Our Soldiers, RECALL BUSH!
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God
help this administration when the American people finally
wake up to the fact that Dumbya has been nothing more than an expensive
farce produced by Karl and mainstream media. Dumbya is inexperienced
and incapable of performing the job he coveted! He had to
lie,
cheat, and steal in order to march on Washington and he had
to lie and cheat to order a march into Iraq. His whole personae
has been a fabrication from the very beginning.
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August
21, 2003
Radical
Repuglicans have a strategy -- Divide and Conquer! Allow Arnold to
believe he has the party backing and say a few nice things to get
his campaign on the road. His celebrity should divide the liberal
vote.
Then, they'll undermine him with a few scandals and questions regarding
his loyalties, and quietly alert the party faithful to follow orders
and vote for the White House choice for governor: an ultra conservative
slime ball. That's the only way the Radicals
can win an election. Karl's tactics
are really quite obvious. Why do you think he sent Mindy to California?
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Mothers
and Grandmothers in America -- if we continue to allow Dumbya
and his administration to misbehave, if we continue to allow
a belligerent, isolationist attitude to prevail within the Repuglican
party,
then get ready to send your sons and daughters to defend a
war
waged
for personal greed and revenge. It's only logical that a
DRAFT will be instituted if America cannot get a strong coalition
of allies. It stands to reason that a "freedom fries" and "bring
'em on" attitude will neither win friends nor influence
anyone. It's time to realize these guys have created an environment
of
death and destruction for our kids.
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August
20, 2003
For
all those who believe sanctions and containment won't work and pre-emptive
war is the answer -- the United States and our allies waged a Cold
War with Russia and the Soviet Union for 50 years, and ultimately
won! The Middle-East has been fraught with pre-emptive wars for 50
years and continues to fight more fiercely than ever!
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Ever
notice how there's always a war when Repuglicans are in office?
Ever notice they need a war in order to claim prowess? From
Grenada to Iraq, the Repuglicans have had to have a war and, if the
current war is a reflection of their abilities, I don't think they
are very good at it.
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August
19, 2003
Mainstream
media has become nothing more than Hypocritical Hype! You know it's
so when you hear FOX spouting "Fair and Balanced," or
when CNN touts, "The News You Can Trust"! FOX is neither
fair nor balanced and the whole world knows that network prefers
to spew moral
rhetoric while promoting salacious scandal. CNN, once a purveyor
of objective 24 hour news, seems to have become the right arm of
the White House's Office of Disinformation. Americans are finding
they
are not getting the truth or the news from mainstream media -- the
airwaves are full of Karl's version of journalism.
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If
another "senior administration official" tells me
that the American lives lost in Iraq are "not really a
significant number," I am going to scream! Any
life lost, in a war waged on lies and under false pretenses,
is one life too
many! Any life lost, because
the jerks in this administration didn't plan for the aftermath
of winning the peace, is one life too many. The lives of our
soldiers are significant and should never become the statistics
of a war
formulated by the fat cats in Washington who sit safely on
their fat asses
in an air-conditioned office perched in a leather chair! These
lives are the sons and daughters of America and they deserve
the respect and recognition they have not received from this
administration.
They do not deserve to become "not really a significant number."
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August
18, 2003
The
current Repuglican catchphrase to eliminate the heat coming from
the blackout: It's a "wake
up call." If I've heard it once, I've heard it a thousand times
over the weekend, coming from Bush and company, right on down
through the ranks. By the way, they've also tried to blame this one
on Bill,
too.
Thank
God someone in the Democratic party anticipated the blame game, and
told the truth about the Repuglican party blocking the Clinton administration's
attempts to pass legislation to upgrade the antiquated grid system.
Alas and alack -- the truth is the Bush administration, along with
the Repugs, ignored the problem for Kenny boy and the rest of the
energy
industry moguls.
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Numbers
don't lie. Someone needs to tell Karl and George that there are
more poor people in America than rich. Every American has the right
to
vote, come November 2004, and the majority of Americans will
not vote to re-elect someone who has made life unbearable and squeezes
pennies from the poor to give to the rich. Call me liberal, call
me a populist, in fact, call me whatever you want, but the numbers
don't lie!
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If,
as the Repugs tell us, deficits are the standard basis for a
RECALL, then we should start at the top, you know, up there where
all America's budget woes started, with George Bush! Is this what
the Repugs under Reagan were talking about when they said it will
have
a "trickle down effect"? At least, under Clinton, Americans
were making enough money to pay their taxes and still enjoy some
of life's pleasures. Now, the majority of us are wondering if we
can pay
for our next meal! |
