Bring On the Elections
During this last week, I encountered an old friend who recently returned from a tour in Iraq. With any luck, he'll not be redeployed again to Iraq; he's somehow convinced he won't. Now the Army Reserves wants him to relocate to a base where he'll train others to fight relying upon his own expertise as survivor of horrific experiences in a war that simply cannot be won.
Ya know what he said about our efforts in Iraq? He said, "We've got no business there. Our military's not trained to do police work, we're trained to fight. If they let us, we could clean it up quickly ..." [but the size of our forces on the ground is far smaller than what is needed to get the job done.] He also described what so many of us have been hearing about: inadequate protective gear; insane missions involving racing humvees through ciity streets, running down pedestrians, not daring to stop for risk to their own lives of facing Iraqi guerillas who increasingly dominate in the region.
Of course during the same week when I saw the old friend, Iraq was suddenly eclipsed with Republican scandals: from tawdry-but-villainous sexploitation of youth, to a reconciling of truth with those lies leading up to this war. Bob Woodward finally unleashed his journalism with the "State of Denial" that unravels the deceptive, republican support of his first two books about the Bushies. George (Senator Macaca) Allen struggles with ceaseless ill-effect to cleanse himself of his inner impulses to offend non-dominant others - "out damn spot!," failing miserably to dignify his own family's minority status ("just had a ham sandwich" and "Mom makes great pork chops!") Mark Foley - that sick, sick puppy - needs major treatment involving blood testosterone levels primarily, and perhaps alcohol secondarily. Our House leadership's mired in their inadequate management of certain knowledge of Foley's compulsive appetite for boys in the congressional page program.
Wow. Then, continuing this week-long expose, Bill Moyers's program Capitol Crimes, running on PBS during the same week as part of a three episode series "Moyers on America", expertly laid out the story about the Abramoff scandal which arguably points to an extraordinary number of Washington players: Tom Delay, Bob Ney, Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Michael "YOU IZ DA MAN" Scanlon, and many more good, Christian Republicans - not to mention Mr. Bush himself.
"Hot Tub Tom" Delay wows us all with righteousness and faith in his lord and savior Jesus Christ, whom he makes visible to the world through his mug shot from his Texas jurisdiction. "I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing, and the picture. And my prayer was basically: 'Let people see Christ through me. And let me smile.' Now, when they took the shot, from my side, I thought it was the fakiest smile I'd ever given. But through the camera, it was glowing. I mean, it had the right impact." http://www.slate.com/id/2139263/
Oh yes, Delay's sincerity's truly eye-moistening. A nurse friend of mine used to say "it would gag a maggot!"
Hallelujah, the Freedom Tide's Risin'!! It won't get better than this. Bring on the Elections - NOW!
Ya know what he said about our efforts in Iraq? He said, "We've got no business there. Our military's not trained to do police work, we're trained to fight. If they let us, we could clean it up quickly ..." [but the size of our forces on the ground is far smaller than what is needed to get the job done.] He also described what so many of us have been hearing about: inadequate protective gear; insane missions involving racing humvees through ciity streets, running down pedestrians, not daring to stop for risk to their own lives of facing Iraqi guerillas who increasingly dominate in the region.
Of course during the same week when I saw the old friend, Iraq was suddenly eclipsed with Republican scandals: from tawdry-but-villainous sexploitation of youth, to a reconciling of truth with those lies leading up to this war. Bob Woodward finally unleashed his journalism with the "State of Denial" that unravels the deceptive, republican support of his first two books about the Bushies. George (Senator Macaca) Allen struggles with ceaseless ill-effect to cleanse himself of his inner impulses to offend non-dominant others - "out damn spot!," failing miserably to dignify his own family's minority status ("just had a ham sandwich" and "Mom makes great pork chops!") Mark Foley - that sick, sick puppy - needs major treatment involving blood testosterone levels primarily, and perhaps alcohol secondarily. Our House leadership's mired in their inadequate management of certain knowledge of Foley's compulsive appetite for boys in the congressional page program.
Wow. Then, continuing this week-long expose, Bill Moyers's program Capitol Crimes, running on PBS during the same week as part of a three episode series "Moyers on America", expertly laid out the story about the Abramoff scandal which arguably points to an extraordinary number of Washington players: Tom Delay, Bob Ney, Grover Norquist, Ralph Reed, Michael "YOU IZ DA MAN" Scanlon, and many more good, Christian Republicans - not to mention Mr. Bush himself.
"Hot Tub Tom" Delay wows us all with righteousness and faith in his lord and savior Jesus Christ, whom he makes visible to the world through his mug shot from his Texas jurisdiction. "I said a little prayer before I actually did the fingerprint thing, and the picture. And my prayer was basically: 'Let people see Christ through me. And let me smile.' Now, when they took the shot, from my side, I thought it was the fakiest smile I'd ever given. But through the camera, it was glowing. I mean, it had the right impact." http://www.slate.com/id/2139263/
Oh yes, Delay's sincerity's truly eye-moistening. A nurse friend of mine used to say "it would gag a maggot!"
Hallelujah, the Freedom Tide's Risin'!! It won't get better than this. Bring on the Elections - NOW!
posted by Andrea | 11:41 AM
3 Comments:
Andrea, you amaze me, and I admire you for your boldness to speak out against some of the insanely corruptness of our so-called government "by and of the people!" the sad part is that due to all the corruption, people no longer have any confidence in those who are appointed to represent them and are starting to view politicians as just a bunch of scandulous fools! then apathy takes over and that can be dangerous!
Hey ruthrap!
Thanks for your comment - not sure though how amazing it is to speak "boldly." Many no doubt think me a fool who likes to walk in fast-moving traffic!
Daily I'm inspired to blurt my desperate hope for change. Sometimes I'm encouraged, sometimes fearful...
So good to know there's folks like yourself out there, and who I know will say a prayer for me and for this marvelous country that we call home. Americans are such a good people - and lately, a good people that has truly handed the reins to a scoundrel. May we rouse ourselves in time to turn the tide.
Solidariy is a source of courage and strength. Thank you for that.
Nice job. Seems like the tide just might be turning, but my cynicism says they'll hold both houses. Probably won't win enough in reality, but if it's close at all, just you watch the election shinanigans kick in.
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