The Attorney General will be demoted to private

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, is slowly being burned to a crisp by the political firestorm surrounding him. His days are numbered. This is a case of political patronage gone very bad. We have a person in high office who is obviously unable to cope with the difficulties of the job, and will soon be a footnote in the history of the times.

Let us not be too quick to condemn this poor fellow. Let us remember that the voters of the United States put into power the incompetent that appointed his pal Alberto to be head of the Justice Department.

In a democracy, the blame is eventually laid at the feet of "We the People".

 

For the sadly departed

John Donne
Meditation 17
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee..." 

Massacre at Virginia Tech

In the aftermath of the horror and tragedy of the Virginia Tech massacre, what will be done? In the long run, not a damn thing. There will be endless weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, beating of breast and strident pontificating by the talking heads. After the dust has settled and the din has become quiet, we will be back to business as usual. Any homicidal lunatic will be able to legally purchase high power weapons, and use them to kill and maim his fellow citizens.

 

We live in a culture of violence and death. You doubt that? Just look around. Television, rap lyrics, foreign policy, the tragedy of Iraq. What more do you need to see?

 

It's only a matter of time until the next tragic massacre brought about by the easy access to high power weapons. Mark my words.

Don Imus

"The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones."
William Shakespeare in Julius Caesar

So let it be with Imus

"Support" the troops

The Pentagon has extended the length of a tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan from 12 months to 15 months, and also a shorter turnaround time after home duty. The unfairness of this new policy is staggering.

There is still a sizable percentage of United States citizens who support the Bush-Cheney war. Why is there no clamor among these folks to re-instate the draft? What better way to "support the troops" than to provide them with more warm bodies to patrol the mean streets of Baghdad?

Do you suppose that the spectre of "the draft" would make more pacifists out of the warmongers? Hey, it's worth a try!

 

Imus

Ignorant

Moronic

Ugly

Stupid

spells IMUS

More climate and Dubya

There are probably 2 reasons for Bush's attitude on climate change, one political and one religious.

Politically, there's big money to be had from the fossil fuel producers, coal and oil. He can't turn his back on that.

There may be a primary reason, and that is his fanatic evangelicalism. Armageddon and apocalypse are part of his belief system. That being the case, why take any measures against global warming? It would be contrary to God's will.

There's a message here. NEVER put a religious fanatic in a position of great power.

Climate Calamity And Dubya

 

 

Report predicts climate calamity All continents face drought, starvation, rising seas, panel says Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer What, me worry?

 

 

Karl Rove, evil man

http://www.artofbonsai.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9497#9497

Protesters Confront Karl Rove

POSTED: 1:08 pm PDT April 4, 2007

UPDATED: 1:09 pm PDT April 4, 2007

WASHINGTON -- White House adviser Karl Rove was confronted by more than a dozen protesters who blocked his car and threw things as he tried to leave a speaking engagement at American University, officials said.

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The Joseph Goebbels of the Republican (Nazi) Party got a close-up and personal view of how he is hated in this country.

The sooner we are rid of  him and his ilk, the sooner we will be back on the road to restoring democracy to our country, and practicing the principals of peace.