If You Heard A Loud Sound, It's The Other Shoe Dropping
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I keep thinking back to the Spring of 2000. George W. Bush was already a shoe-in for the GOP presidential nomination and he was about to begin his 'search' for a running mate. Listening to his father, the former president, he called on old family friend Dick Cheney to help with the search. To my surprise, but not with a shock, the person that Dick Cheney found to be the perfect running mate for the future Village Idiot, was....DICK CHENEY!!

They even had to go to court THEN because Cheney was, as was Bush, a resident of Texas, and the law states the two on the ticket cannot be from the same state. And they needed a very 'friendly' judge to say it was alright for Cheney to suddenly change his address back to Wyoming and allow it to be a legal move....which of course, he did.

Anyway, as soon as that was done, I warned EVERYBODY that would listen to me to "watch your gasoline prices" if these to jokers were accidently elected...which of course, the did....well, OK they were CHOSEN by the Supreme Court.

9/11 gave this bad ventriloquist team all of the excuses they needed to start the ball rolling on Operation "Today America, Tomorrow the World"!!

Oil and gasoline prices have been on a tear ever since their inauguration. But what was the BIG picture really all about? What was the target of this evil scheme against the American people?

Well, fellow Democrats, we are now living thru the dropping of the other shoe. It started with American oil companies, at this late date, being allowed to work the Iraqi oil fields for the first time in decades, since THEIR biggest roadblock for over 3 decades was, in fact, Saddam Hussein, who while raving against the US....lost his head....literally.

And NOW, once again at THIS late date, the sudden answer to the HUGE increases in oil and gas must be more off-shore drilling and of course, ANWAR! Forget about the fact that the only effect will be MORE profits on the bottom lines of those who bought both the governorship of Texas, but the US presidency......BIG OIL!! No help for Americans or their decaying lives and economy.

There is an honest belief within all of the voices....in my head....that the possiblity exists for SOME price corrections after the November elections. Why, you might ask? Well, the loudest of the voices in my head says it is because Big Oil, OPEC, and the Bush and Cheney families in particular, are taking full advantage of the situation of White House control, to pad their profits and bank accounts BEFORE an unfriendly Democratic administration takes over the government and world leadership. After that, they will need to try to build new bridges to replace those they have BURNED over the past 8 years!!

9/11 would have only been a small blip on the price of oil, by itself. It was the American coup d'état of an Arab dictator that DIDN'T do business with us, that started the price gouging and the market speculation and manipulation of the price of crude oil!

There are still many Democrats who want Bush and Cheney impeached for their crimes. But it is way too late for that. However, I believe they could BOTH, along with Rumsfeld and some others, be tried in an international court for CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY!!

Oh, dammit........I am sorry.......Phil Gramm thinks I am just WHINING again...........

Reader Comments
  
Whiner vs Lolli-gager
By Letitrip Jul 14th 2008 at 2:38 am EDT
I'd rather be a whiner, than a lolli-gag-er.
Whiners get things done, lolli-gagers are good for swiftboat and gag reflexes.
  
Yes, the Hague would be a good
By Jacob Clark Jul 14th 2008 at 3:13 am EDT
place for a court proceeding, should that be necessary. Very thought provoking post, Cato! 5-stars! I hope a lot of people read this one.
  
Thanks for sharing
By Liz Jul 14th 2008 at 9:12 am EDT
Thanks Cato for an intelligent post. I agree with all your points except impeachment. I don't think it is too late. They still have 6 months left and I think (not sure about this) but once impeachment charges are officially sent to the Senate for consideration that puts Bush in limbo and ties his hands in terms of initiating certain actions (as I said my statement needs further research). At the least impeachment would call everyone's full attention to the crimes that he has committed.

And as you pointed out, there is no statute of limitations for war crimes so there is some hope that someday Bush, cheney, Rumsfeld, Kristol and the other neocons who orchestrated the Iraq War will be tried in an international court for what they did.

As long as Bush sits in the White House he is not a lame duck but a mighty duck. (Colber said that)

I liked your humorous reference to Gramm (or is that Grim?) LOL Will you please keep on whining and may millions of Americans join you.
  
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5*'s!
By charctine Jul 14th 2008 at 10:55 am EDT
I agree wholeheartedly. I too, believed that if Gerorge Bush got elected gas prices would go up, Although I never imagined that they would reach $4/gal. I knew in my heart that he would lead us into a war and ruin the economy, but I could have never foreseen just how bad it would eventually come to be. I never imagined all of the dirty tricks he would pull and actually get away with once he was in office (and that he would actually have 2 terms to do it in!). I tried to tell people that voting for a man because he seemed like he was a guy you could have a beer with was a bad idea. Now 7 years later, I am not sure that all of the damage that he has done to this country can ever really be reapaired. But I am sure it won't be done in one term of the next President, no matter who it is. We need to vote not only with our feelings about a candidate, but with the FACTS about the candidate. We cannot afford another mistake! That being said, I want Bush, Cheney, Rove, etc. to be held accountable for thier criminal and immoral actions. I want it sooner rather than later. America needs to send a message that this kind of thing will no longer be tolerated.