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Bob Wagner

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Seattle - Monday, September 26, 2006
A Personal Update and Some Useful Info About the Republicans

Surgical recovery is going well, you can check the actual gory details up on my website, as I have been keeping track of it myself. http://home.comcast.net/~squeeze002/cellulitis/index.html Of course it will take me a while to recover from the cost, $24,000+ for the hospital, $3,500+ for the surgeons, $98 per clinic visit to the hospital, $20 per liter of dakin's solution, $400+ for wound care supplies.  So it will take some time.  But the cost isn't nearly as awful as it could have been, I mean really, if I had died my family would have needed to figure out what to do with all the fun things I have collected over the years.  But I'm still alive, and going to collect even more so they will have some fun when I'm gone.  Who knows, maybe I'll finally pick up that George W Bush punching bag clown, it would be a nice stress reducer. 

Now on to the rest.  The first rule to remember from now until election day is that anything, and I mean ANYTHING that a Republican says they will do that even sounds the least bit reasonable, reasoned, normal, democratic, intelligent will be LIE.  They are only parroting the reasoned responses to make the less intelligent of the species feel like they are making a good choice by voting for them. 

Now, if you believe that Torture is something that the United States should be doing, Vote Republican.  If you believe that the United States should attack any country that has any oil, or anything that some rich Republican might want to steal, at the whims of the King George, then Vote Republican.  If you believe the United States should sell it's entire military structure, seaports, airports, and most of the transportation systems to the Arabs, then Vote Republican.  If you believe that minimum wage should be $2.30 per hour and work weeks should be no less than 60 hours a week, then Vote Republican.  If you believe that a military draft to support all the wars that have been "suddenly thrust upon us" then Vote Republican.  If you believe that the Constitution and the Bill of Rights are "just goddamn pieces of paper" then, Vote Republican. 

The choice is yours really.  Now, I know there have been some democrats in office lately that have been doing NOTHING but parroting the Republican stick.  But as with Lieberman, the Suckup to King George found out by losing his primary race in his State.  It's time for the Democrats to act like Democrats and do the work they have been voted into office to do and are being paid so well for. 

I have already made my choices for the election choices for November, so there isn't much that some stupid ass Republican will be able to do to change my mind.  I believe wholeheartedly it's time for the Congress to change hands, the investigations to begin in full force, and the indictments to be handed to the guilty parties, up to and including the President and Vice President for crimes against the United States. 

The next month will be a big turn for the United States, as I will not be surprised if King George announces that the United States Military is conducting military action in Iran to destroy Iran's ability to make nuclear weapons and all of that.  As you see, King George doesn't want peace for the Middle East, he doesn't want democracy, he just wants to leave a pile of shit for everyone else to clean up as he skates away Scott Free as he has all of his life.  King George doesn't give a damn how many humans he kills, has killed or is responsible for letting die because of his actions or inactions, he's insulated because of his friends and money.  He's not cared from day one, and finally, finally, Americans are seeing the truth about this King George.  He is no better than the King George that the United States despised enough to Declare Independence of the United States of America.  Maybe, we may have to repeat that process again and begin the process of rebuilding the country from all the damage that has been done by King George and his minions.

OH, just so you know, the week after the election, gas prices will sudden begin to rise, due to some that they will come up with.  Now, King George doesn't have the ability to make gas prices rise and fall, however his buddies do, and they will do everything they can to keep the evil in charge.  Just like Usama Bin Laden did when he released a tape that shot King Georgie's ratings up before the 2004 election.  Usama knew that King George was going to be the best thing that ever happened to terrorism and violence, he's the poster child, the one they use as the reason to sign up.  And of course King George will never get Usama, he's safe, after all, Usama is George's best friend when it comes to giving him the title, "War President", pity that his pea brain didn't understand that the war should be on something that you can defeat, instead of your own people.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

Seattle - Saturday, September 9, 2006
A Personal Update and Something that has a bit of Useful Truth

Well, first an update on my surgical recovery.  Since that is more important to my friends than all the political stuff.  According to the Doctor so far my surgical would is healing very very well ( http://home.comcast.net/~squeeze002/cellulitis/index.html ).  The doctor, nurses and such have been surprised that I've been taking care of this pretty much by myself.  I've had some great help from my neighbor, Corrine, friend Andy and Ed, and the people I work with.  They have been helpful, understanding and supportive through this time of my life.  The Foley was a bit clogged on Friday night and in the course of trying to take some corrective measures it came out.  I'm glad that it did, however, it has been a new adventure in humility when it comes to the complications.  Thank goodness for old people things like incontinence pads and such, they have been quite helpful for sure.  I'm sure that all of this will come out fine, as long as I continue to follow the doctor's instructions, and behave myself with the food, insulin, and the general important stuff of taking care of myself.  I've learned a bit more about myself through this too, and it's a good thing.  One thing, although my friends resisted, I thought it was important to send them a card and such to thank them for their help through all of this.  Saying thank you is not a bad thing, especially when someone swerves off their normal path of life to assist. 

Now onto something that I found very interesting, filled with some very good comments, and a must read for everyone viewing the oncoming onslaught of lies that are hitting and will be hitting the airwaves and other forms of advertising regarding the most important task that any American has to do, Vote.

This speech was given by John Kerry, and although he isn't running for President, he sets a tone that should be the way the Democrats should approach the lies and deceitful ways of the Republicans and even some Democrats have been operating under.  Take the time to read it, as it does indicate that there just may be hope for this country.  There's been a lot of damage done to this country, and the work that needs to be done will be long and hard, but these times should not be forgotten at any time in the future.  The damage done to this country, it's citizens, it's soul by the Republican Neo-Conservatives that believe only in filling their own pockets with money, damned be the consequences to any of those that cannot afford to affect their futures.  It's a bit of a long read, but well worth the time.

Real Security for All Americans
As prepared for delivery for John Kerry
September 9, 2006
Faneuil Hall, Boston

The war on terror that was brought home to the Casey family on a sunny autumn morning that suddenly turned into midnight five years ago, also brought home for all of humanity the stark reality that we are in a fateful contest between forces of evil and hate and the defenders of progress and hope.

The outcome will determine whether our children live in freedom or fear. This is a clash between humanity's best ideals and the darkness of superstition and oppression. And this is not a clash of faiths: the true Islam is a faith to live by, not a call to terrorize and kill.

In this war, the war against terrorism, there is no substitute for victory. I don't know a single American who needs a politician to remind them that we have to win this fight.

On Monday, we will commemorate our largest loss of civilian life on a single day in American history. As we remember the horror, the unforgettable shock, and the pride in those who rushed to the rescue, it is our duty to take account as a nation of where we have come since that terrible moment and where we must go if we are to keep America safe in these perilous times.

Since the beginning, at critical moments in our nation's history, Americans have gathered here at Faneuil Hall to find a better way forward. This is where Americans first agreed on our nation's promise and where they have gathered ever since to help our country keep it.

That is why you and I have convened here four times so far this year -- to chart a new course, for a nation that has been misled on global climate change, misled on health care, misled on fundamental constitutional values, and misled into a war that was based on a lie, a war that can and must be brought to a close.

Donald Rumsfeld -- the man who should have been fired as Secretary of Defense long ago -- Donald Rumsfeld recently gave a low and ugly speech in which he smeared those who dissent from a catastrophic policy, and then spoke of "moral confusion."

Well, there certainly is a lot of moral confusion around these days.

It is immoral for old men to send young Americans to fight and die in a conflict without a strategy that can work -- on a mission that has not weakened terrorism but worsened it.

It is immoral to lie about progress in that war to get through a news cycle or an election.

It is immoral to treat 9/11 as a political pawn -- and to continue to excuse the invasion of Iraq by exploiting the 3,000 mothers and fathers, sons and daughters who were lost that day. They were attacked and killed not by Saddam Hussein but by Osama bin Laden.

And it is deeply immoral to compare a majority of Americans who oppose a failing policy and seek a winning one to appeasers of Fascism and Naziism.

The leaders of this administration have shown in recent days that they will say anything, do anything, twist any truth, and endanger our nation's character as one America in a desperate ploy to survive a mid term election.

But Americans now see through this charade. They know the truth. We have a Katrina foreign policy -- a succession of blunders and failures that have betrayed our ideals, killed and maimed our soldiers, and widened the terrorist threat instead of defeating it.

Every time the administration is down in the polls, every time their political opponents at home appear to gain, they trot out of the fear card, instead of reinforcing in Americans "there is nothing to fear but fear itself," they have nothing to offer but fear itself.

The President wants Americans to believe only one party wants to fight terror. That's a cynical game to try to win an election. I believe we need a game plan to capture and kill Osama Bin Laden, not capture a few Congressional seats.

I believe we need national leadership capable of raising hopes and inspiring trust, not raising fears and demanding blind faith. We need to marshal all our resources -- military, diplomatic, economic, and moral -- and first and foremost always tell the truth to the American people.

That is why on the eve of this midterm election, we Democrats have a unique responsibility to carry our cause into every corner of the nation -- not just to oppose what has failed but to propose a new direction that can restore a bipartisan foreign policy and that can defeat jihadist terrorism once and for all.

In order to change course, we must level with the American people about the magnitude of the challenge: we must face reality so we can change it.

This starts by leveling with the American people about Iraq's true position in the overall fight against jihadism. The President pretends Iraq is the central front on the war on terror. It is not now, and never has been. The truth is, his disastrous decisions have made Iraq a fuel depot for terror -- fanning the flames of conflict around the world.

There is simply no way to overstate how Iraq has subverted our efforts to free the world from global terror. It has overstretched our military. It has served as an essential recruitment tool for terrorists. It has divided and pushed away our traditional allies. It has diverted critical billions of dollars from the real front lines against terrorism and from homeland security. It has unleashed dangerous, pent-up forces of radical religious extremism. It has weakened moderate leaders in the Middle East. It has strengthened and played into Iran's hand. It has diminished our moral authority in the world.

The demagogic drumbeat about fighting terrorists over there instead of here -- even though they weren't in Iraq until we went in, and it's now a civil war we're fighting -- has compromised America's real interests and made us less safe than we ought to be five years after 9/11. The true measure of that is the stark fact that worldwide terrorist attacks are at an all-time high and there are now more terrorists in the world who want to kill Americans than there were at the time of 9/11.

After all the tough talk of "Wanted Dead or Alive," after the Administration bragged and boasted -- they meekly backed off in the mountains of Tora Bora. Osama bin Laden escaped because the administration held back the best military in the world -- our's -- and outsourced the job to local militias. Since then Al Qaeda has spawned a vast and decentralized network operating in 65 countries. Only Dick Cheney could call this a success.

The situation in Afghanistan deteriorates steadily, squandering the sacrifices of our troops and allies in the military campaign of 2002. The Taliban now controls entire portions of southern Afghanistan, and just across the border Pakistan is just one coup away from becoming a radical jihadist state with a full compliment of nuclear weapons. Only Don Rumsfeld could proclaim this a victory.

The Middle East is more unstable than it has been in decades. Our stalwart ally Israel is surrounded by emboldened enemies who talk of wiping it off the face of the earth. Hezbollah flags fly from rooftops in Shiia slums of Sadr City and Iran is rebuilding Southern Lebanon. Only an Administration trapped in its own falsehoods could say we are making progress in creating a new Middle East.

North Korea has quadrupled its nuclear weapons capability, and is defiantly testing missiles that could reach our shores. Iran is moving steadily towards membership in the nuclear club; has expanded its terrorist clientele from Hezbollah to Hamas; maintains thousands of agents in Iraq; and is governed by a fanatic who almost daily calls for Israel's destruction. Only George W Bush could declare this 'mission accomplished.'

The Bush-Cheney policies have limited our power to act decisively and the regime in Tehran knows it. We have over 130,000 American troops in Iraq in the middle of a seething Shiite population that would explode if we moved against Iran. Our troops and our foreign policy are held hostage by the neocon catastrophe in Iraq. Only this White House could name this a plan for victory.

And be forewarned : don't be surprised if they hype the Iranian nuclear crisis come October if all other appeals to fear are failing as the mid-term election approaches.

We have an Iraqi Prime Minister sustained in power by our forces, who will not speak against the Hezbollah terrorists, who will not say that Israel has a right to exist, and who will not condemn the Iranian nuclear program. No American soldier should be asked to stand up for an Iraqi government that won't stand up for freedom and against fear

Here at home, too many things have not changed in the last five years. We learned on 9/11 painful lessons about the costs of a dysfunctional intelligence system marred by bureaucratic infighting, inadequate resources, and faulty analysis. Yet the 9/11 commission recently gave our own government a failing grade on implementing intelligence reforms. Today, our ability to intercept terrorist communications remains in a legal and constitutional limbo.

The Dubai port deal reminded us only a small percentage of cargoes entering U.S. ports are even inspected. Surely if we can inspect cargoes at the Baghdad airport, we can inspect cargoes at the airports in Los Angeles, New York, and right here in Boston.

This is the reality of the world today -- a world more dangerous because of the Bush blunders and a challenge far more complicated than the gruff Cheney sound bites. America deserves -- our safety depends -- on a winning strategy to reverse this dangerous course and make our country more secure.

There are five principal priorities that demand immediate action: (1) redeploy from Iraq, (2) re-commit to Afghanistan, (3) reduce our dependence on foreign oil, (4) reinforce our homeland defense, and (5) restore America's moral leadership in the world. These "5 R's" -- if you want to call them that-- are bold steps Democrats will take to strengthen our national security, and that the Republicans who have set the agenda today resist to our national peril.

We must refocus our military efforts from the failed occupation of Iraq to what we should have been doing all along: tracking down and killing members of al Qaeda and their clones wherever they are. We must redeploy troops from Iraq -- maintain enough residual force to complete the training and deter foreign intervention, so we can free up resources to fight the global war on terror.

Republicans want to wrap this strategy in slogans because they're afraid to debate what it really is: a redeploy-to-succeed strategy -- to succeed in defeating world wide terror, and to succeed in making Iraqis themselves responsible for Iraq.

This is the opposite of the administration's stand-still-and-lose strategy - -a clear alternative from a broken policy of "more of the same." Every time President Bush tells the Iraqis we will "stay as long as it takes," he is giving squabbling politicians there an excuse to take as long as they want. All of us want democracy in Iraq but Iraqis must want it for themselves as much as we want it for them. It's long overdue for the president to realize that no American soldier should be sacrificed because Iraqi factions refuse to resolve their ethnic rivalries and their competing grasp for oil revenues.

At each step along the way, the Iraqi leaders have responded only to deadlines-a deadline to transfer authority to a provisional government, a deadline to write a Constitution, a deadline to hold three elections. So we must set another deadline to extricate our troops and get Iraq up on its own two feet-- a clear deadline of July, 2007 to redeploy our combat troops. Make Iraqis stand up for Iraq -- and bring our heroes home.

We also desperately need something else this administration disdains: diplomacy. Real diplomacy -- a Dayton-like summit of Iraq and the countries bordering it, the Arab League, NATO, and the Permanent Members of the United Nations Security Council. Our own generals have said Iraq can not be solved militarily. Only through negotiation and diplomacy can you stem the growing civil war, and only by setting a deadline to get out can we force Iraq and its neighbors to take diplomacy seriously.

"Staying the course" isn't far-sighted; it's blind. Leaving our troops in the middle of a civil war isn't resolute; it's reckless. Half of the service members listed on the Vietnam Memorial Wall died after America's leaders knew our strategy would not work. It was immoral then and it would be immoral now to engage in the same delusion.

Neither can the Administration pretend that the war in Afghanistan is over or that the peace has been secured. On Thursday the president said we're on the offensive against terrorists in Afghanistan, even as the American NATO commander on the ground showed the opposite is true by making an urgent plea for more troops.

The truth is -- the Bush-Cheney Administration has engaged in a policy of cut and run in that country. This Administration has cut and run while the Taliban-led insurgency is running amok across entire regions of the country. The Administration has cut and run while Osama bin Laden and his henchmen hide and plot in a lawless no-man's land. They cut and run even as we learn from Pakistani intelligence that the mastermind of the most recent attempt to blow up American airliners was an al Qaeda leader operating from Afghanistan -- yes, from Afghanistan. That's right -- the same killers who attacked us on 9/11 are still plotting attacks against America and they're still holed up in Afghanistan.

To avoid repeating the terrible mistakes of the past, we need to send significant reinforcements to Afghanistan: Start with at least five thousand additional American troops --more elite Special Forces troops, the best counter-insurgency units in the world; more civil affairs forces; and more experienced intelligence units. More predator drones to find the enemy, more helicopters to allow rapid deployments to confront them, and more heavy combat equipment to make sure we can crush the terrorists. And more reconstruction money so that the elected government in Kabul, helped by the United States, not the Taliban, helped by al Qaeda, rebuilds the new Afghanistan.

That's how you win the hearts and minds of the local population, that's how you win a war on terror, that's how you show the world the true face of America.

America needs a national policy that understands we are threatened not just by gun barrels, but by oil barrels. The great treasury of jihadist terrorism is mideast oil. We fund both sides in the war on terror every time we fill up our gas tanks. We know how dependent we are on oil, but it's not just us. We must liberate the Middle East itself from the tyranny of dependence on petroleum so that the region no longer feeds restive and rising populations of unemployed young people a diet of illusions and rationalizations paid for by our oil money.

Nothing will change if autocratic regimes keep pumping prosperity out of the ground to pay off a new generation with petrodollar welfare checks. We cannot change this if our oil money is sustaining the status quo. We must end the Empire of Oil.

We can't allow Energy independence to be used as a mere slogan, it has to be a solution. We need a revolutionary set of new policies to promote alternative fuels on a crash basis. This is essential if we are to reverse the tide towards catastrophic global climate change; it is essential to making the United States a leader in vast new opportunities to develop and market clean energy technologies -- but most importantly, energy independence is essential to defeating jihadist terrorism and liberating our country from our bondage to tyrannical, hostile, and unstable regimes.

In June -- here at Faneuil Hall -- I unveiled a comprehensive strategy to break our oil addiction. It begins with an aggressive goal: reduce U.S. oil consumption by 2.5 million barrels of oil a day by 2015.

I envision an aggressive timeline to immediately expand the availability and production of renewable fuels and a new fleet of energy-efficient cars, trucks and SUVs. This strategy invests heavily in renewable energy and efficiency. By clearing the pathways to innovation, investing in our workers and infrastructure, and providing American consumers with broader choices, my energy plan will provide the tools to help move America forward, toward real energy security for the 21st Century.

And to really make America safe, it is imperative that we reinforce our homeland defense-- starting by doing what should have begun two years ago, and fully implementing the 9/11 Commission's recommendations. President Bush this week said that Osama bin Laden and the terrorists plan to target America's 'weak points.' Our weak points -- our borders, our chemical plants, our railways-- are weak because this administration has the wrong priorities. The President's tax cuts for the wealthiest Americans are not only unfair and unaffordable: they are taking from homeland security. What we have today from this White House is a pretense of national security on the cheap -- and it must end.

We must rearm ourselves at home. Hurricane Katrina showed us in the most tragic way that the Department of Homeland Security is woefully unprepared to handle a natural disaster we know is coming a week in advance, let alone a catastrophic terrorist attack that takes America by surprise. In 2004, the 9/11 Commission concluded that the Bush Administration should distribute homeland security funding to cities and states based on risk. Yet the Commission's most recent report card gives the government an "F" because this Administration has cut homeland security funding for the states that need it most -- which happen to be blue states -- while distributing funds disproportionately to the red states that need it least. What should count here is the terrorist target list, not the Republican National Committees' political target list.

To make America safe we must ensure the rapid development and deployment of reliable technologies to detect the secret transport of deadly materials. For $1.5 billion dollars -- less than is spent in a week in Iraq -- we could purchase the equipment to scan every cargo container bound for U.S. ports to ensure that it does not contain any weapons of mass destruction.

At the same time, we must secure the most dangerous of all weapons at their source -- especially in the former Soviet Union -- where far too much nuclear material remains dangerously unprotected. We must enhance FBI counterterrorism capabilities at home-- an effort that is moving far too slowly because of a lack of urgency from this Administration.

And we must put an end to Washington's continued inaction to secure our border. Border security backed by immigration reform is actually one area where sensible Democrats and Republicans have come together to forge a compromise. Unfortunately, this proposal has been held hostage to narrow right-wing political interests while our security hangs in the balance.

We must -- and let me tell you no matter what the White House wants, the Congress will -- reconstitute the Bin Laden unit at the CIA, which the Administration inexplicably disbanded. Maybe they thought that if they weren't looking for Bin Laden, no one would notice that they weren't finding him.

So these are four specific steps that will start us on the right path -- but they alone will not win the war on terror.

Most important, we need to make America be America again. We must restore our moral authority and global leadership by deploying the full arsenal of our national power with smarter diplomacy, stronger alliances, more effective international institutions -- and fidelity to the values we have always stood for as a nation.

We must remember the great lesson of the Cold War when we led the world to confront a common threat. Genuine global leadership is a strategic imperative for America, not a favor we do for other countries. Leading the world's most advanced democracies isn't mushy multilateralism -- it amplifies America's voice, it extends our reach. Working through global institutions doesn't tie our hands -- it gives greater strength and legitimacy to our purposes and dampens the fear and resentment that our overwhelming power sometimes triggers in others.

We need to strengthen international institutions, build alliances that amplify our power and extend the reach of our influence, and remember that even the most powerful nation on the face of the earth needs to make some friends on this planet.

Leadership means talking with countries who aren't our friends. It means engaging directly when our vital national security interests are at stake -- even with countries that we strongly disagree with -- because treating dialogue as a means rather than an end can help us achieve our goals. As John Kennedy once said, "we must never negotiate out of fear but we must never fear to negotiate." If Richard Nixon could send Henry Kissinger to China, surely George Bush can send a real negotiating team to North Korea. If Ronald Reagan could talk to the evil empire, surely we can talk with Iran or Syria.

We must start treating our moral authority as a precious national asset that does not limit our power but magnifies our influence. Only this week did the Administration finally recognize that the protections of the Geneva Convention had to be applied to prisoners in order to comply with the law, restore our moral authority, and best protect American troops. Let me say it plainly: No American president should be for torture before he's against it.

Anyone who understood the conflict we face could never shrug off the imperative of winning the hearts and minds of Muslim moderates.

We must start leading by example. We should never engage in or excuse violations of basic human rights. We must uphold the rule of law in our own conduct. And we should never accept official lying by our leaders. No White House should ever bully the Director of the CIA to make a case he knows isn't true -- and no White House should reward it with the Medal of Freedom.

To restore our credibility with moderates in the Muslim world and to safeguard Israel's place in the world, we must renew the search for a lasting peace in the Middle East. We know from the hard lessons of the past that it won't be easy. But we know from the disasters of the present that it is essential.

I've outlined five specific steps to make our nation safer which I believe stand in stark contrast to the Republicans' failed policies.

So let's have a real debate. Let's give all of us -- Republicans and Democrats alike -- a real "accountability moment" this November.

Let's stand up for what we believe. It is the only way to win. And it is the only way we will be worthy of winning.

Let the President give his speeches attacking the patriotism of his fellow Americans. Let him play the politics of fear. As Democrats, we choose to offer a real plan to attack the terrorists and free Americans from fear.

And then let the people decide.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00 per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00+ per gallon at the gas pump and above.  But that's okay, because BushCo has done it's job by ensuring that the oil companies have more money to do what they want, and buy any politician that is available. 

April 13, 2006 - Now this isn't really surprise news, except for the fact that this isn't a NATIONAL election we are talking about, it's the Senate race for Washington State. 

You see, Maria Cantwell was the ONLY Senator in Washington DC that said, "NO" to the drilling for oil in the Alaska Wilderness Reserve.  It was placed as a little addition to a must pass bill for the budget to run the country, support the troops, etc.  The Republicans have been pushing to drill in the wilderness in Alaska for years, saying that there's plenty of oil up there, but in fact the amount of oil in that area would only supply the United States for about 5 years total, and it will take about 10 years for anyone to see the first drop.  Of course, the Oil Companies love the idea, because it's just cash, cash, cash to them.  Never mind the fact that there has been a huge oil spill from one of the pipelines in Alaska recently, causing unknown damage, much like the Exxon Valdez, except it didn't need a drunk or sleeping captain to spill it, just a lax maintenance program for the pipeline.

That's the general, what's surprising is that I got an email today that stated: 

Taking a courageous stand often has consequences, especially in politics. As you know, big oil supporters are committed to defeating Maria Cantwell for her leadership in protecting the Arctic Refuge and promoting real energy independence.

Today, we will see big oil put their money where their mouth is by hosting a $500,000 fundraiser in Anchorage, Alaska for Maria's opponent. Republican Mike McGavick's big oil patrons know he would be a sure vote in the Senate for drilling in the Arctic Refuge and the rest of their anti-environment agenda.

Today is supposed to be a big day for Mike McGavick's campaign. The huge checks coming in from these oil executives will be a welcome addition to the Republican's campaign warchest, and McGavick will be on hand to collect them personally.

Now, normally this wouldn't be a big thing, but WA State doesn't have a forest of oil derricks littering landscape, with the smells of badly managed oil fields.  And they are usually badly managed, and have that smell of petroleum lurking about.  I know, I'm from Wyoming, I've seen the drill sites that the oil companies leave with those little pumps.  You see them in various publicize pictures where there is grass growing around them, children happily playing, but the majority of them have a smell much like the recycling drum at a gasoline station and are void of every living plant, including sage brush. 

Now, I normally don't watch this stuff, but the idea of a Republican stating his little platform for:

His Lies (Platform):

• Education (Every Child Left Behind) - In Seattle they are closing stores, and that is King County.  If you do a Google Search using " "closing schools" budget" you will find approximately 71,800 pages discussing the closing of schools related to budget reason across the country.  So all this hype about Bush and his Republican buddies being "for education" seems to be the exact opposite when you look at the reality.

• Health Care (for who?) - Employers are cutting Health Care coverage, the plans offered by employers each year become more useless and cover less, and cost more in return.  I don't see that health care will be fixed by the Republicans as they are too busy taking money from the companies that benefit the most from the high health care costs, especially the pharmaceutical companies.  Even Rumsfeld is raking in the money for Tamiflu, the only drug that the US and other countries are hoping to step the Bird Flu disaster, however, so far that Flu strain can only be picked up by humans if they come in contact with bird turds (shit) and it's not airborne.  But I'm sure that Bush and his buddies have a sample so maybe they can make it airborne and use it as a biological weapon, not really something that we talk about, but considering the insanity so far demonstrated by the Bush Administration and their insane followers, it's not entirely out of the question.  The bottom line is:  More people do not have health insurance or any type of health coverage than at any other time in history since the coverage has been available to US citizens, I'm one of those, I don't have health coverage so visits to the doctor or other medical things are going to have to wait until such a time that I don't have any other choice.

• Tax Cuts (more deficits) - So far Bush has cut taxes and screamed about those "evil doers" that would raise taxes.  But the bottom line is that he has cut taxes for the rich in most cases, and right now you are working from Jan 1 to April 29 to pay your taxes and Americans, the average working American, is paying more for taxes annually than they are for food.  Most of the deficit is being bled into the sands of Iraq, maybe soon, Iran, and of course by the money grubbing companies like Halliburton and other Republican connected companies that so far have excelled not in providing a service but have done excellent jobs of over billing and providing sub-standard services for premium prices.

• Uniter (Oh, like Bush!) - Reminder: The only Uniting that Bush has done so far is unite the Terrorists against the U.S.  Although there isn't an agency, or place that terrorists can go to sign up for the job, there seems to be more terrorists in the world today than there were before Bush attacked Iraq.  I mean really, the only picture that they need on a recruiting poster for terrorists is Bush.  And they seem to be lining up for the job, but maybe all those bombs going off and killing innocents and military alike in all different places are being placed by someone that agrees with Bush and his Crooked Buddies.

Now you can vote any way you want to, it's not my job or desire to tell you what to do in that regard.  But at least get off your ass and VOTE, the election this year may very well change our ability to STOP the WAR MACHINE that Bush and his Crooked Buddies have been feeding at the expense of YOU, and every other person that is living paycheck to paycheck, wondering how many more reasons will they think of to keep gasoline prices above $3.00 per gallon. 

So VOTE Republican if you wish, but I have seen so far that every word that comes out of the mouth of a Republican is the EXACT OPPOSITE of what they are really going to do when they get into office. 

http://political.moveon.org/dontnukeiran/

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00 per gallon at the gas pump and above.  Some stations are already pumping money into the pockets of the oil companies, and the war stuff mentioned above will only make it worse, and cause more devastation in the United States, to the financial health, and the moral and spiritual health of the country.  Not entirely related to the price of gasoline at the pumps, but it's just one symptom of the problem.  The true cure to the problem is the complete removal of power from the Bush and crooked buddies club and that might only be possible if EVERYONE in his country votes.  As I am still, hopeful that somewhere in America that there are people that are not as insane as Bush and his crooked buddies.  One can only hope the entire country isn't as crazy as they are. 

April 12, 2006 - The newspapers and media are mentioning the NUCLEAR option for IRAN.  Of course, Bush and his crooked buddies, Rumsfeld, Cheney, Rice all deny that would ever happen, but Bush has been itching to try out his new weapons, the nuclear bunker busters.  And of course the lies that were used to cram the war on Iraq down the American throat are being recycled with a change on one little letter, IRAQ to IRAN. 

Bush, still trying to be the "war hero" is spewing his godliness, however if God is anything like this man, we're all doomed.  He's starting the process, and he's marching on his way, happily, because he knows that all of his crooked buddies in Congress won't stop him, in fact they will encourage him to start the war because there's money in it for them.  And of course Bush doesn't fear the Democrats because they just cower when Bush is mentioned and agree meekly, which is a very sad state of affairs. 

As I told a friend of mine, the big problem with IRAN and nuclear programs is that the Republicans aren't making money off of it.  Russia and China are though.  So it would be rather silly for Bush to start a war with IRAN because Chine and Russia would be losing a source of energy and a source of income.  And they sure aren't making an income from the morally and soon to be financially bankrupt United States through the irresponsible spending habits of the Republicans. 

What will become of the world should Bush decide to start his war on IRAN and spread his form of Democracy?  Or is he just spreading the evils of his soul across the planet, leaving civil war, death, and debt wherever he happens to work his "magic". 

I've given up trying to figure out what Bush and his crooked buddies might do, as they have done everything that I would have thought would be unthinkable considering the "oath" of office.  Something about protecting the Constitution and the country, but so far the United States is no longer safer with Bush in office, in face the United States is hated by nearly every country on the planet, all due to the greedy and insane activities of people like Bush going unchecked and drunk with power.

Soon, there will be an early morning news conference by Bush stating that he has decided to start a new war.  Unfortunately, Congress will sit back silently and just let him do it, and then complain if someone disagrees with the new war, the money making machine and people killing machine.  But they will sleep well, knowing that they have already raped the country of all the money that they could possibly pillage, and killed as many people as they possibly could, all in the name of .. I don't know what the name of is.. the devil, the bush, the bastards.. who knows for sure.

Anyway, you can do something, even though you might have to click on a link and actually do something.  I know it's hard, but I can't quite provide everyone with a remote that will do it for them.  We have to do it. 

http://political.moveon.org/dontnukeiran/

It is critical that we raise the alarm about reports that the Bush administration is planning a nuclear attack against Iran. A great country should never contemplate using nuclear weapons. If hundreds of thousands of Americans speak out in opposition to a nuclear attack immediately we can discredit the idea of a nuclear attack before it can take root.

And not to worry, Bush, his crooked buddies and the oil companies are doing just fine.  Soon you will be paying $3.00 per gallon at the gas pump and above.  Some stations are already pumping money into the pockets of the oil companies, and the war stuff mentioned above will only make it worse, and cause more devastation in the United States, to the financial health, and the moral and spiritual health of the country.  Not entirely related to the price of gasoline at the pumps, but it's just one symptom of the problem.  The true cure to the problem is the complete removal of power from the Bush and crooked buddies club and that might only be possible if EVERYONE in his country votes.  As I am still, hopeful that somewhere in America that there are people that are not as insane as Bush and his crooked buddies.  One can only hope the entire country isn't as crazy as they are.