Hey Y'all,
I'm a little slow, but it just occurred to me that as a nation we have been here before. The crazy McCarthy crackdown on communism, the post Pearl Harbor attack temporary internment camps of Japanese Americans.
That means we can fix this.
We can get rid of the administration that violates human rights, tortures people, and holds suspects for years without charging them. Restore due process. If we play our cards right we can have the criminals culpable exposed to the real American justice system.
Are you afraid it doesn't work? It's got a couple hundred year track record of missing about thirty percent of the time. Them's good odds where I live.
Please think seriously before you vote. Read your voter's pamphlet, and if your state doesn't provide one; read what the contestants have to say about their position, not what their opponents say about their positions.
Please.
Peace.
Louie
Common, customary, and even habitual. When I hear the words I cringe: "Politics as usual"
Oh, you mean like deciding whether votes count well after they are cast? How about changing your mind about whether people followed the rules?
Like junkies on drugs we keep using the same system expecting better results.
So what is usual that I really fear? Nameless big buck corporate leaders, and foriegn nations controlling my home government!
There is no difference between Mr. Bush, and Mrs. Clinton on any level of "politics as usual".
Slander, misrepresentation, outright lies followed by retractions. Corporate funding. History of questionable legality. Culpable of the war in Iraq.
I imagine her presidency would be politics as usual at best. There might be some new low she could bring us to as well...
This is just my opinion, but the changes that were made in the war effort since Nancy Pelosi became the lead dog in the house have amounted in more American deaths. My point here is that Nancy had to be a Representative involved in the system for a long time to get where she is; And she suggested things would get shaken up if the democrats held majority. When she took office she sat down with George and he pointed out his FBI file on her, said he owned her ass, and has been telling her what to do ever since.
Things would be worse with Hilary Clinton. The idiots who tell our president what to do will have many cards to play on her. I bet she would "stay the course", but in a more "it's not my fault" kind of way.
Obama and Edwards. That is the ticket.
Imagine even wanting to be leader of a nation with a failing economy, it's ass exposed wide in two wars, military stretched thin, massive debt, and lazy population... It's hard to believe we get any applicants at all, or at least it's easy to see why so many of them are criminals.
I guess you wouldn't have to worry about being the worst president ever thanks to George W. Bush :o)
Peace!
Louie
We've all turned out in record numbers (except the black vote in Texas (what's up?)) I think our momentum may unseat McCain, no matter who we pick...
Then I wonder: We are already so screwed, with the Chinese debt, and the two wars...is a military victory possible that compensates the treasury?
Do we need McCain to secure Iraq as a source of hydrocarbons so we can remain dinosaurs into our extinction?
I mean four years later the world is still going to hell.
Does anyone realize george bush's budget cuts defense spending just after he leaves office? Does anyone care that our congress let that criminal submit a budget that makes no sence at all?
SPEAK UP!
love, Peace, and eventually...happiness
Louie
congrats to uno, the first beagle to ever win westminster!! Can you believe what is happening? Our executive branch is playing our legislative branch just like 2003. Someone suggested getting democrats to replace the republicans in congress would change things...
If as president of this great nation you react to a threat and start a war, then during that war elect to begin another war, causing you to lose both wars, several thousand american lives, lot's of cash (and debt), and most of our international friends I think you've done something more than incompetent.
I think Mr. George W. Bush may be found culpable of criminal acts if the legislature decided to investigate and act. But start by shutting his crazy illegalities down, not approving "retro-active immunity"! What is that? Can I get some? None for all america should mean none for nobody. Make that criminal pardon them if he's okay with violating our laws.
I'm actually starting to think my worst nightmare could be true: Nancy Pelosi, John Edwards, Dick Cheney, John McCain...They all work together to plot the sick course so a greedy few can make bank. Or wouldn't someone stand up and say something intelligent like: Impeach the criminal, then prosecute all the criminals fairly under the law.
And again, I didn't swear...but I think this would show more of the compassion I feel and emphasize how wrong things must be.
Can electing Barack Obama make a difference? I hope we get to find out!
Peace!
Louie

imagine my surprise to find this in the february issue of w magazine. hee! while i currently share a domicile with two elderly cats (and one cranky democrat), i cannot make use of this marvelous product: DICK/mcdummy doggy waste bags! tres chic, mais oui? so, for all you dog owners out there, visit dogs4democrats.com, and buy a whole big bag!! then mcdummy & DICK can be both literally and figuratively full of shit! YAY!!!!
Once again Mooncat over at Leftinalabama clued me in, so I dug up a few links to check out what I orginially thought was a joke... What IS it with Republicans and dogs, anyway? First we get Romney and The Amazing Seventy Mile Per Hour Roof Dog, now this!
the following from: http://www.significantblog.com/?p=11150December 17, 2007
Fox Crew Angered That Huckabee Dog Hanging Exposed
Rat Says: Please somebody help me, am I asleep having some kind of nightmare? Is this what Nazi Germany was like? The boy hanged a dog, slit its throat and stoned it to death. He was fired as a camp employee and his dad fired a cop for not helping him sweep this under the rug. What am I not seeing that these Fox reporters are seeing? Then there is the whole other Wayne Dumond nightmare.
More News on Huckabee Son’s Dog Murder
Dec 18th, 2007 by
It seems the mainstream media is finally picking up the article I blogged on Presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee’s son in which he is accused of torturing and murdering a stray dog.
First we heard from Michael Markarian who writes the Animals & Politics blog for the Humane Society Legislative Fund. He has run a post covering more information about the incident and how the only person to receive punishment was NOT the younger Huckabee; it was the man who refused to drop the investigation, the former director of the state police.
Newsweek has come out with their article covering the story.
I just hope voters are seeing the news.
Looks like the lead dog has decided to sniff its butt hole... O shit all the other dogs are following her lead...
After twenty years of pissed off Armenians (and ninety years since the "crime") is this the exact moment when congress has nothing to do but debate the legitimacy of a close ally in the middle east? Nothing else at all to ponder?
Balance your fucking checkbook Nancy. Figure out how this massive new debt gets paid, and we'll (America) select the new president (since you didn't care to hold the current one accountable in your own group...) next year.
Dammit! I hate when my side sucks.
Louie
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