Let's Bring Back the USSR!

It seems the Right Wingnuts really need a boogey man and when they lost the USSR as the US version of the "Great Satan", they set about finding a new one. In their desperation, they chose Muslims and the Islamic religion. It doesn't matter that the vast majority of Muslims are peace loving types who simply want to work hard, put food on the table and live a blessed life. That makes no difference to the Culture of Hate that needs something, anything to feed on.

Cal Thomas recently wrote "

From the rapid construction of mosques and Islamic schools across the country -- many of which are financed by Saudi Arabia -- to the use of front organizations as conduits to channel money to terrorist groups abroad, a "fifth column" has been opened in the United States.
For those unfamiliar with the term "fifth column," it usually refers to a group of people who are assumed to have loyalties to countries other than their own, or who support some other nation in war efforts against the country they live in.

So, now those who practice Islam are "fifth columnists" (Cal had to define the term to his readers. I guess it's not enough that they know how to read?)

So, to Cal Thomas, every Muslin is a potential traitor to the US! Why does this remind me of WWII and the movement to place Japanese living in the US in "internment camps"? The assumption then was that because they were of Japanese ancestry, they must be in league with the Japanese government. Likewise, just because some Muslim extremists are acting out politically, they must all be terrorists. Gosh, this means that all Christians are religious fundamentalists intent on overthrowing the US government for their version of Old Testament "sharia"!

I wish we had the USSR back again. At least the wingnuts had an enemy that was identifiable and quantifiable. I don't like their recent choices at all!

-devon

U.S. quietly declares war on Iran.

This will be short and to the point. I have no love for Joe Lieberman. He is was a DINO when he claimed to be a democrat, now he's a IINO. The man, like a 3 year old trying to reach a candy bar, has been BEGGING for us to make war on Iran.
Well, he's snuck in the amendment in recent legislation, which now has authorized us to take "Armed intervention to the regime of Iran, using tools of the military."

You know why he's doing this patheticness. Because he KNOWS he's not getting re-elected. Still, the damage has been done.
It's off to war we go! Again! Can I kill myself yet?

-Matt

Bushism of the Month: "Childrens do learn"

Childrens do learn, but Bush do not. From Reuters:

"Childrens do learn," Bush tells school kids

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Offering a grammar lesson guaranteed to make any English teacher cringe, President George W. Bush told a group of New York school kids on Wednesday: "Childrens do learn."

Bush made his latest grammatical slip-up at a made-for-TV event where he urged Congress to reauthorize the No Child Left Behind Act, the centerpiece of his education policy, as he touted a new national report card on improved test scores.

The event drew New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Education Secretary Margaret Spellings plus teachers and about 20 fourth and fifth graders from P.S. 76.

During his first presidential campaign, Bush -- who promised to be the "education president" -- once asked: "Is our children learning?"

On Wednesday, Bush seemed to answer his own question with the same kind of grammatical twist.

"As yesterday's positive report card shows, childrens do learn when standards are high and results are measured," he said.

The White House opted to clean up Bush's diction in the official transcript.

Bush is no stranger to verbal gaffes. He often acknowledges he was no more than an average student in school and jokes about his habit of mangling the English language.

Just a day earlier, the White House inadvertently showed how it tries to prevent Bush from making even more slips of the tongue than he already does.

As Bush addressed the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday, a marked-up draft of his speech briefly popped up on the U.N. Web site, complete with a phonetic pronunciation guide to get him past troublesome names of countries and world leaders.""

-Matt

Sen Ted Stevens (R-AK) caught in FBI sting

The Republican Senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens has been caught in FBI sting. No further details at the moment.

-Matt

Iran Assault Plans

I think the words "Here we go again" are most appropriate.

The question I have to ask is, what are we gonna do to STOP it this time?
When will protests not be enough for us to stop the crimes of this Bush regime?

I don't have the answer, but it's worth asking....

-MAtt

Ron Paul Make Sense?

I came across this...

http://www.care2.com/news/member/544256115/461413

It's a great message! I was all set to say "I made a mistake" when I called him a "crackpot" but then the fantasy wore off and common sense came into play.

See. Ron speaks a great line... "Let's make it all real simple..." (like it was in 1850). There was no "big gobment". There were no foreign wars. There were few constitutional questions. There was a gold standard and we only printed as much money as we had in gold. There was no federal income tax and no IRS. There was no "welfare" (even to corporations)! The states generally did what they wanted and the federal government just stood around looking pissed.

Here's the problem, Ron. This is 2007 and slavery is no longer legal. The globe is so small that an astronaut circled it in a matter of minute. Commerce is world-wide and global now. We chat via the internet with people who don't even live in the same hemisphere with us! The Civil War decided that it was not a question of "State's Rights" anymore. We have been the United States of America --- a Federal Republic --- for over 150 years! There are Constitutional issues that are still being debated as times move forward (aka "Progress") and there will always be issues that must be decided by the Supreme Court. It's hardly time to shut it down.

Ron would like us to remain stuck in the past but, trust me, the past ain't all it's cracked up to be! I'm just over a half century old and even I recall separate drinking fountains, bathrooms, and waiting rooms for white and "colored". I recall white sheriffs who ruled entire counties like fifedoms. I recall state governors who barred the door of black students trying to attend schools and state govenments blocking free elections (worse than Florida and Ohio!). I recall the Federal Government having to post National Guardsmen to protect the rights of citizens against state despotism. I recall people being denied jobs and education because of race and sex!

Sure, I'd like to go back to some point in the past. I'd be younger, healthier and a lot smarter. Perhaps I'd meet Ron Paul and convince him that America is not such a bad place that we have to put out the chonological anchor to some other century.

He's well meaning. He's a doctor and surely would like to cure all our ills. But putting our head in the proverbial sand won't accomplish much. After all, Ron, like many other Repugnicans is running on the platform that we should get rid of the Federal Government. I question the sense of electing someone to lead the Federal Republic who wants to destroy the Federal Republic!

So, as much as Ron almost seems sensible, he's hardly that. He's contrarian and anachronistic. As President, he'd be almost as bad as Bush! Naive and demented! I guess I was right then after all in my initial assessment. He's a "crackpot".

Repugicans Find a Way Out for 2008!

From MSNBC.com and Associated Press:

ORLANDO, Fla. - A Republican political consultant and two other men were found dead in a home in an apparent double-murder and suicide, authorities and relatives said.
Authorities have not determined a motive for the deaths of Ralph Gonzalez, 39, his roommate, David Abrami, 36, and a friend, Robert Drake, 30.

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Maybe more Repugnican "consultants" will take this way out to avoid the 2008 debacle!?

Perhaps a "lover's triangle"? It's imaginable. After all, the most notorious "closet queens" in history are Repugnicans!

Next it'll be Rudy and Mitt having a tiff and bitch slapping each other to death?

-Devon