You are such a clown. I was just watching you, and you said something that cracked me up horribly. You were talking about the uprising in Burma, and the totatilatiarin methods that the Burmese government was using to stop it. Then you asked your half wit correspondent in Bangkok weather or not Democracy has been killed entirely in Burma. That's funny, because Democracy always exists. As long as there is a group of people who live in the same vicinity, they are living in a democratic fashion. There government on the other hand can be what ever they allow to be there government. If the government is totalitarian then it is the choice, if not by default of the people living under the dictator. The Burmese are exercising there democratic abilities by marching, and then by eventually, as I hope they will, overthrowing the government. 

Democracy must be earned, as the Burmese are doing at the at this very moment, It can not be given by god sent purveyors of "freedom". It must be earned. This is the fundamental error of the Neo- Con movement in Iraq. We seem to think that we can "make" democracies. And in doing so we are fulfilling our role in the world. We can not do that, no one can do that.

Democracy must be earned, through the collective will of the people, not of military might of an outside force. We can not "win" as the bush administration puts it in Iraq, because our "success" depends on the will of a people who don't necessarily like us. We need to give them there space by pulling our influence out.

I have been following the plight of Senator Larry Craig and his wide stance. It is funny that he was arrested in the MIA (Minneapolis International Airport) a place that I ride past on the light rail almost everyday now on my way to work. But that is not the whole of it. He is standing in a long line of social conservatives waiting to use a stall (he he). The man who has championed 'family values Legislation' has some one who is the very person who he is trying to marginalize!  HA! I can gloat about all of the others, the televangelist, and the congressmen who had a thing for the congressional pages.

Lets start at the beginning. He went in to a bathroom stall that was known for solicitations of gay sex. That's why the cop was there. Craig then used a signal, which my gay neibor tells me is called Tap Tap Slid, which is supposed to be unmistakable as to not have any 'embarrassing accidental encounters'.  He was then detained, and questioned, at which point he whips out his business card, as if that would get him off the line automatically, it didn't, He then trys in a pathetic attempt to pass tap tap slide of to his wide stance. It was kind of sad listening to him lie.

 

A month later Senator Larry Craig Pleads guilty, and tells no one, probity not even his wife. But he also didn't tell his constituents. WOW! This is amazing, he is now a convicted criminal, and is not doing any thing about it!! And those people lambaste Clinton.  It gets better.

 

He holds a press conference, and as it starts, he says: "Thanks for coming OUT". I am laughing my ass off. A week later he gets half an ounce or two of wisdom, so he decides that he INTENDS to resign. But he only intends to resign he actually wont, he still thinks that he is not gay. This is possibly the greatest and most public case of denial I have ever seen. Next he will blame his being gay on his wide stance.

 

Now I guess some one will say Why is it such an outrage that a republican makes a moral misstep when democrats do it all the time (I read Ann Coulters articles) I know precisely what those people will say. Now let's look at it this way, the social conservative agenda makes no room for human fault, the Christianity that the claim to defend is far more forgiving. They seem to have this ideal, and when some one breaks from the idea, they are damaged- goods. So if one of there own does the human thing and breaks from that ideal, what happens is that every one is surprised. We expect people to practice what they preach, even politicians. The social conservatives have dug them selves in to a hole, a dark dingy hole with lots of bathroom stalls. The liberals don't have this problem because they say (and I am quoting bill Clinton here): "I have a problem that my family and I need to deal with". They by default leave out the implication that they have sinned against god and are therefore a disappointment to the nation, Just a disappointment to there families.

 

So you all know a bulletin was sent around about a protest at Mrs. Engerbretsens funeral. She was as you all know one of the victims of the bridge collapse, which the members of an Iowa Baptist church attribute to gods wrath. The members of Westboro Baptist church seem to think or belive that any calamity is some for of judgment from god for gays and Catholics.

 

This all stems from, I think (because this is not the form of Christianity I grew up with), that little incident at Sodom and Gomorrah. God got angry (we think, due to a long line of oral tradition) because the citizens of Sodom were Butt fucking (hence then term sodomy). So god sent down the angel of death and wiped out the two cities and turned them to salt.

 

Now keeping this in mind, I wonder why San Francisco has not been so thoroughly eaten by the ocean, but there inconsistencies aside, these people are funny! I think that god put idiots such as these on the earth for to make and example. People with horrible taste are here to remind us of who has good taste.

I visited there sight, it was interesting, considering that they claim that god hates the world (direct quote), man am I feeling salty (a throw back to Gomorrah). He hates us so much that he uses his infinite power to caules mundane catastrophes and deaths in a low impact war. Its not that I wish to decrease the impact of these terrible things, but for crying out loud people, is that all he can do!!! The all powerful god can not seem to exact his vengeance, or is a little impotent in his delivery.

 

I browsed through there web sight, and found these porly written songs set to the tune of patriotic songs, or worse composed by the righter (I don't know what's worse but there both pretty bad).  Its even worse that there press release had a treat at the end, it was as though they enjoy the pain and suffering of other people, this is also indicative of some kinky little things consenting adults like to do in there spare time, but enough about leather.

 

Looking further at there web sight I realized that they have an unusually heavy emphasis twards shock tactics. Being a theatre guy my self, I know and have a great deal of respect for those methods, and because of this I know that they are only good for getting attention. These people thrive off of the coverage they are getting. They are empowered by all of the people who shout out and chase them around and make extra noise at the funerals that they are crashing. In there minds they think that they are succeeding if people turn and shout them down. It empowers them, and strengthens there resolve.

 

So what do we, the good citizens of America, do about the theological half wits?

 

Nothing.

 

Absolutely nothing.

 

Why?

 

 Because doing any thing to counteract what they are doing will encourage them. Its like the little boy who cries wolf because he was lonely. If we ignore them, then eventually they will loss interest like an eight year old. So we can sit and watch them protest in horrible taste and snicker, laughf or what ever show of amusement comes to you, but not so loud they might hear it.

 

Thanks Hanna for bringing my attention to my kicks for the week.

Well, I am home at last from a four day trip up north.

 

My thinking about my Iraq war election theory is causing me to get depressed, after all it is far to plausible. The idea that bush is prolonging the war simply to smear the democrats is making me want to drink. Now i know why Hunter S. Thompson has so many habits, it may be the only way he could deal with such debauchery.

 

I turn the tv on and flip around, and land on pat Robertson. Yes that creep. Some how I get the feeling that they feel as though they, themselves were fighting ak-quita with there mindless blather.

 

I had realized that I had almost forgotten about every ones psychopathic god woman that the sixth congressional district of Minnesota had elected to represent them in the house. I remember the election, although when it was at its peak I was performing and out of touch with most every thing, including sleep and alcohol. But I do remember that she laid her self out flat to be pounded and stamped on by Patty Weterling whom she was running against, and yet she was still elected. I remember that we all were somewhat surprised. I remember watching the news, and seeing Michele say that she was chosen by god, in a church no less. This almost cost her campaign for legal reasons. Then it struck me, St. Cloud, home of the psychotically conservative and the stupid apathetic is at the northern tip of the sixth. That could and probably is the major reason she was elected. They ate up the god babble like breakfast.

 

Now watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUHhX76AShs

I remember riding through St. Cloud how oppressively pro bush it was. I remember driving past the church of atonement (a Baptist church? Eather way they are creepy). I heard of a christain band whom refuses now to perform in St. Cloud. A friend of mine who did the booking for this band told me that the congregation made the performers come out and pray with every one before the show. Now it is common knowlage that you do not do that to any performer. They have there little safe place back stage for a damn good reason, and you do not desecrate that holy territory, unless your there for sex.

 

Now I realize that every state has community like this, even Iowa, a critical state in the primaries. I would have to do some research as to how aggressive the religious populations in the swing states are…

 

Romney is leading Iowa. This might flag the streighnt of the religus right, as well as there activity. But, this is not entirely indicative of any thing. I wish I could travel to talk to people down there.

 

But it is even more interesting that the Bible belt is poling with Giuliani in the lead. They don't care about democrats down there, and it would be pointless to poll for states that vote republican on a regular basis.

 

Any way, It is odd that they are taking a man whom by all rights is a traitor to the Social conservative cause. He has been divorced multiple times and his wife has the same history, and to put the final nail in the coffin he has given mony to planed parent- hood (the anti- Christ to the religious right). It would interesting if Romney started to become more aggressive with the war on terror, but I would assume this would come later after Giuliani has run out of steam. Id say by September Mitt Romney would come out with a very strong pro- army, defense stance, and really start to shave away points from The former New York mayor.

So the shit is hitting the fan for McKain. He is losing support, and fast for basically turning him self in to a baby bush. He got burned for his support of the troop surge, and as a direct result lost a great deal of campaign funding. This is funny because his republican friends on the forge policy comities and the  armed forces comities are diving the republican platform on the war like rats off a sinking ship. Mean while, bush is isolating him self even more from his party.

 

More depressingly, the democratic front runner  hillory Clinton is leading all of the other candidates in funds from lobbyists (423,148$). She is followed by Republican Sen. McCain (261,975$) the failing supporter of the troop surge. What does this mean? Could this mean that the people who want us to stay in Iraq, the same people who got bush elected, also want Hillary Clinton to win?? Sick. And as Hunter S. Thompson said:

 

There is no such thing as paranoia, its all real.

 

Now on to the candidates, it is come time for me to come out of the closet and support some one. I have resisted doing so for quite some time, but now I will and explain my self in depth.

 

I now hear by support Barak Obama for president, and John Edwards for Vp. I know that my not supporting Hillary is a little unpopular, but bear with me loyal readers.

 

Hillary Clinton has sold out. Yes, she has whored her self out to the special interests as early as 1995. She was paid by pharmaceutical/ insurance lobby to keep quiet on the health care reform bill, this does not impress me. In fact I resent that. Furthermore, she is being funded by the same people who funded bush, and that really can not be good. Finally as I mentioned before, she leads the field in campaign contributions from lobbyists: People whom are infamous for not really representing the American public, after all they support the lost caules of the McCain Camp. Hillory did not loose my support because she is a woman, but rather because she has the same creepy baggage that Bush has.

 

Why obama? Good question my loyal reader. He has clean hands and is surrounded by honest people. That, and he is capable of the public diplomacy that bush would never try. And although he has little political experience, that matters precious little in the grand scheim of things. If he is smart enough, and I believe he is, he well bring a fresh angle and new blood in to the political arena. This excites me. I also believe that he is far more electabel, because he can energize the youth vote. If he gets the Nomination, the collage age groups will love him and could be motivated to actually get out to vote. This demographic has failed in the past because they were mobilizing for old political dinosaurs like John Kerry or Al Gore or even Ed Muski (1972). He has the 'rock and roll' factor that Hillary lacks and an honesty that she severely needs.

I have had a sudden burst of enlightenment. John Kerry was doomed. His presidential campaign doomed from the beginning. The big wigs in the democratic party had probably come to the conclusion that winning the election would bring the crap that the republican party is getting down on the heads of the democrats. This would not be wise, they would rather wait until the bush administration was forced to pull out.

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HOLY SHIT!

 

My conclusion is that every person who loves the democrats should hop the fence for the year, vote in the primary's for Jon Paul. Then vote for the man during the general election. He could take the blame, and he is the only one who might be able to do something about this mess.

 

Ohh…..

 

I have ignored the democratic candidates long enough. Although there platforms are more similar as a result of the war being primarily republican. Some of the candidates them selves have very poignant differences.

 

Hillory Clinton, the wife of Bill Clinton, has finally decided to run for president. This is the time when the democrats decided to bring there big shooters in to the frey, to elect hopefully some one who has a real chance of election. Hillory Clinton was elect able during the 04 elections, but didn't for reasons I stated above. Now she is coming out swinging, And hard. It is her time in the sun. But I am a little weary of her candidacy. She had originally voted on the ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Iraq resolution, and is still having trouble getting past that. It may come back to bite here in the ass, but she is almost guaranteed the presidency if she gets the nomination, but I am weary of weather or not she really want to big seat.

 

Barak Obama is the same, because the republicans have gone to ground, is as well has a really great chance of getting elected. He, is running and trying to separate him self  from most political candidates by attempting to appear as a kinder nicer politician. This, for me at least is a breath of fresh air. He seems to embody the American dream with this air of determination and vigor that most of the other political dinosaurs don't have.

 

John Edwards, Is one out of two of the candidates who voted against the second Iraq funding resolution. This act of political theatre is some how still overshadowed by the now infamous four hundred dollar haircut. That hair cut is the one that left me asking HOW ON EARTH CAN A HAIR CUT SO BORING COST 400$ DOLLARS! That aside, a lot more has been orbiting the Edwards camp. John Edwards wife had announced that she swung farther to the left on the gay marriage debate. This is after John Edwards has declared that he was personally opposed to the idea to gay marriage. This is basicly the Edwards campaign saying that they can have it both ways, and try to earn the affection of both sides of the debate. We are clever aren't we? The Edwards camp seems to have a master of the political theatre. Just recently they sicked Mrs. Edwards on every body's favorite anorexic psychopath/ MSNBC pundit. She accused Ann Coutler of lowering the political dialog. I am not sure if the botox sustained blow hard has replied yet, but it should be interesting.

 

Some one ponted out that this is t he first time in almost twenty years that there is a fresh group of candidates. This really exiting, it has been the incumbent, or his VP, versus a brash group of hopefuls.

 

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Up until now I have considered Paris Hilton to be some great social joke, perhaps the ultimate unintended satire of our age, but now I absolutely hate that sad excuse for a woman! A few months ago, she was pulled over for diving under the influence, perhaps that is her normal state, but regardless she had been drunk while driving. Usually you loose your license for that, and she did. That didn't stop her though. A month later she was picked up for DUI but this time with out a license. This was a violation of her parol and as punishment she was sentenced to thirty week in prison. Her sentence started three days ago and just ended TODAY!!!!M

 

This is outrageous! She got out for a medical condition, witch was unspecified, but probably has to do with the little red bumps that are appearing around her mouth. There are so many other prisoners who probably have far worse medical conditions whom have to stick it out! Why cant ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />Paris?

 

What we need it to demand justice for all even the privileged, bratty, booze drenched, drug addled, sexually incompetent,  Intellectually deprived, and by virtue of birth, airess to millions. She is not special. I ask you all how is she different from a common whore?

Now in the age of cynicism, our culture has come to questioning scientific progress with religious ideas. The terrifying thing is that one is quantifiable, and the other unquantifiable. It is more terrifying when the unquantifiable is becoming a part of public policy. Faith is being politicized, and taken from the realm of the personal.

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It has become important for candidates to speak about there faith. As if there faith would some how affect there ability to lead, as Mitt Romney so delectably put it: "I am an American running for president". But then he went on to appease the religious right by saying that he is no different from in actuality from other religious. He is doing a dangerous dance. On one hand he wants to prove to separate his ability to lead and legislate from his religion, but at the same time he can't separate him self from religion for fear of loosing supporters. He is fun to watch. This might come to a head when they reach the floor of the Excel Energy center during the GOP convention in ..:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" />St. Paul.

 

This brings me to some interesting thought. I consider Atheism a form of religion, after all it is a belief in no belief, or it is a belief in no god. None the less it is still a belief. Being Christian does not a good man make; just ask some of the popes in Dante's hell. And what does this have to do with being president?

 

Now I wish to speak of the Republican debate tonight. I must first confess that I am more interested in the republican primaries, not because I have any investment in the candidates, but because it is more interesting. There is more political ferment, that is to say there ideas are so diverse. Ron Paul on one hand could run as a Democrat easily, except for his small (by small I mean absolutely consuming) tendency towards small government. John Huckibee is a former Baptist minister, and otherwise would be the poster boy for the religious right, but nobody knows who he is. It is fascinating watching them struggle and scratch away at each other in the attempt to catch the lead. The polar opposites that you find in philosophy

 

There was an alleged attempt by a few men to bomb JFK air port. The candidates, at least the hawkish ones, are at a loss to not mention it. I find the timing of this plot funny, considering that is during an election year and the fact the it was three old men and a drug dealer with an immunity deal makes it so much more suspicious. Something smells here. None of these men are younger then fifty years old. Obviously these men don't fit the profile of a serial bomber no less a terrorist.

 

There photos of the alleged bombers: http://www.wnbc.com/slideshow/news/13447517/detail.html

 

No-name Tom Tankerino, every body favorite Xenophobe has been quoted as saying Some parts of Miami (Little Havana) is like a third world country. When asked what it means to be an American, it was funny when he jumped at the opportunity to paint the immigrant community as unwilling to assimilate. I love the part where he describes a threat with in the American language, through mandated multilinguial public documents. Now I find this amusing because he is describing some existential threat to the American culture. As though, American culture isn't a patchwork of so many other cultures and languages. Most other candidates, Notably McCain and Romney are jumping to shoot him down, or cut away from him with different ideas.

 

Watching the CNN broadcast of the debate, I couldn't help but notice the technical difficulties due to the lightning. Most of the audio glitches happened while Giuliani was talking.   

At a certain point, as political as my blogs are, I must discuss the candidates. Now bear with me because I will be thorough, although I will list every notable candidate I will pass some over just on the lack of merit they have, as well as the fact that nobody knows about some.

That aside, I will start with the republicans in order of popularity:

 

RUDY GIULIANI: The former Mayor of New York is an interesting candidate. He leads the polls with a 36% approval rating.  He has bi-partisan support primarily for leading New York out of the proverbial gutter while not shipping all of the bums to Jersey. That aside, he was rather left leaning, that is until he announced his candidacy. After that he adopted rather out of necessity for him self the social conservative line. This is already coming back to haunt him after it was discovered that he had made contributions to Planed Parenthood. Social conservatives don't trust him, and history shows that it is there trust that is the hardest to keep. Now I can not talk about politics and not talk about Iraq. He has a partial approach to the conflict, but will try to ride strong on this security platform. After all his name is synonymous with 9/11 he is yet to show any real plan. It is too early to expect one, but it will have to come by July. My belighf is that he might split the floor when a fiscally strong moral conservative decides to run. This will make St. Paul interesting in '08.

 

JOHN MCKAIN: He is a man of many contradictions. A long time ago, he was one of the few republicans whom apposed the bush administration, until this year. He then began to support the 'Bush Troop surge'. This Troop surge in Iraq is highly unpopular on both sides of the political spectrum. It is not a secret that most every one has been tiring of the current state of affairs in Iraq. This means that it is only the Neo- Con Hawks that will support him. This is loosing him points in the poles and removing any chance he has as a serious contender.

 

MIT ROMNEY: He is a case. He is the only presidential candidate whom is a Mormon. This automatically splits the social conservatives whom he needs to run properly. Half of the social conservatives would rally around his hard line approach to morality, and half of them will run on the fact that he is a latter-day saint. He has made a serious turnaround towards the moral conservatives, but this does not impress the hard right. After all they value loyalty over every thing else. He did have a Bush like conversion moment, but this wont impress a lot of people because it was not towards born again Christianity, but towards Mormonism which is not viewed as Christian by some. His inability to dominate a base will only drag points away from the other contenders.

 

FRED THOMPSON: This is amusing; one of the leading candidates in the polls isn't even running. He is a Ronald Reagan like figure, an actor as well as a politician, he is a fiscal conservative, but holds little sway in the moral conservative community.  There is a massive campaign to draft a candidacy form this man, unfortunately he seems to be reluctant, or he is biding his time while McCain and Giuliani hack each other to peaces, but his presence at the GOP convention in St. Paul is still up in the air. He probably will do much better in the poles if he actually announced his cadency. Most experts believe he won't run. 

 

RON PAUL: a favorite amongst Libertarians. Is of no real concern to the top contenders, accept for the fact that he is going after Giuliani with a dull hatchet. During the last Republican debates he had made a bold claim, for a republican, by stating that the united states provoked 9/11. Giuliani had to take offence to that. Ron Paul rebutted by giving the former New York mayor a reading list supporting his statement. Giuliani is yet to rebuttal, although it would probably be in the form of yet another reading list, or Giuliani could simply say that that Paul is delusional. This may work, because his view point is not a popular one.  No one wants to feel responsible for the disaster. No one really wants to be blamed for it for fear of being lynched, so every one will want to maintain the delusions that keep us warm and happy, as well as keeping Ron Paul out of the White House.  

 

Tomorrow, I will right one about the democratic contenders. I apoliges about the some of the republican contenders I missed, but in the long run I belive that they will not be missed, unless something happens. Then I will devote a whole blog to that.

 

I appreciate your patience loyal readers, and hope to hear your input, after all I am only one man and my prospective although wide is still limited. In other words please comment.

I am hearing a great deal about terrorism again. I thought it was the job of the FBI to worry about that, not civilians. Now I was looking at the repubican presidential candidates that run on a strong "security" platform. This platform is only valid if people are feeling insecure, and such insecurities must be revealed or pointed out on a regular basis as to not let us forget about them. Some candidates actually remind me of Joe McArthy, The mindless crusader against communist and people with foreign sounding names like Ilia Kazan, or Zero Mostel. The fact of the matter is that he constantly reminded us of what we need to fear.

A great American, whom we all know, once said: THE ONLY THING TO FEAR IS FEAR ITS SELF. As of this moment some of you are allowing your fear to consume your thoughts.

What does a smart man do when some one calls fire in a crowded theatre?  Does he go dashing to the exits only to find him self trampled in a mad rush of humanity, Or does he sit down, if only for a second, and find a better way out.

The only thing that is scary at the moment is these reminders of acts that wildly dressed men welding Ak-47s have inflicted on the world. And even though there blind hatred is only channeled through there religion, we become scared of Islam in general not the men whom misuse or do not understand the faith.

The same is true with what you call Islamo- fascism. You must understand the roots of it, and based off of what you just said, you obviously don't. You first must understand the conditions that create such an entity. How would a religion that allowed Cashus Clay (Mohammad Ali) to dodge the draft as a pacifist be used to such violent ends.

The idea of Convert or Die was not coined by first used by the Muslims. But it was first said by Pope Benidict XI during the Thirteen Hundreds shortly before the Spanish inquisition. Islam is not the only violent religion. Eric Rudolph, the Olympic bomber, Had Christian convictions (A self described catholic). Had laughed at an abortion clinic nurse whom he almost killed (there goes the sanctity of life). This guy was part of a radical organization that attempted to enforce all of the churches social issues with bombings. Islam does not have a monopoly on such violence.

Now one can not say that the actions of Eric Rudolph reflect the ideology of the catholic church.  As one can not say the actions of Osoma Bin-Laden reflect the ideologies of Islam. To rephrase, do not confuse the problem with Islam, with Islam's problem.  One can ask how people can become violent and blow them selves up. One can ask how the passage describing the 40 virgins could be misused, or misunderstood. What would cause a man to want to change his conditions? Why would people subscribe to such tactics? No ideology is entirely cold blooded. These men obviously have nothing to live for. They aren't really well educated, and they have a lot of time on there hands. What would create this situation? Would it be an economic policy that does a better job of moving natural recourses and money out of third world countries? These people are poor, and are feeling robbed, and need to vent anger, and it might be understandable if you were in such conditions.

One must first understand that it is possible for Islam to co- exist with other religions. It has happened before. It can happen again, but the road to this happening is really reconciliation, not war, and not paranoia.

Now Joe McArthy has a great deal of relevance in this conversation. I bring him up because he instilled fear, an irrational fear of communists whom would stop at nothing to eat the babies of good American families (I exaggerate, but not much). He would remind us again and again what we should hate and fear. This sounds too much like bush. He can not go on a campaign run or make a speech and not bring up the imminent pearl that the good citizens of the United States are in, and with out people like him we will be eaten alive by the comi- cannibals (again a slight exaggeration). This would not instill confidence in the American public, and this would not lead us down the rational road, considering that fear is the most irrational emotion in the human psyche. Any one who takes advantage of this human weakness is a coward, a pitiful man whom can not appeal to real intellect. Men like him should be treated as the bums on the street ranting about the end of the world, with sever distain.

I have sat down and looked around and am taking the safe exit out of the theatre. I wish every one else would take my example and approach the problem of radical terrorism in a calm and mature fashion. We do not need to scream for war, but in reality we need to talk, and discus. It is not the easiest way but it is the best way, and it is the fastest way of resolving things.

Dear readers,

 I was browsing my bulletins, an activity that I neglect doing far to often, but likewise, I came in to a message from Barak Obama's official MySpace Account.

It goes as follows:

"Friends and fellow supporters,

By picking up a pen and signing his name to the bill passed by the House and Senate, George Bush could end the war in Iraq. It is vital that as many people as possible realize just how simple ending this war could be. Here are some more ways you can help get the message out"

What we fail to mention is that the lack of a signature can also set America on the road to ending the war. After Bush Veto's the Iraq funding bill It is only a matter of congress not approving anything that that does not have an exit strategy of any kind included. Ergo funding will be cut off. No body really wants to be the one to cut the umbilical to the Bush war baby, but it is being called for more and more by the American public. Congress has successfully hog tied the president in to ending the war weather he likes it or not. It is only a matter of time before we are out of Iraq. This I greet with great optimism, knowing that none of my relatives or loved ones, or friends will get drafted, or sucked in to a conflict where there is no end.