Shouzer

It amazes me to no end what has happened since Bush came into office. I’m not even talking about 9/11, as I don’t really think that can be blamed on him.

We’ve started two wars, neither of which has reached their ultimate goals. We never found Bin Laden and we never found Hussein. On top of that, we’re still losing soldiers in Iraq. I wrote a paper in high school about how I was for the war. That paper, however, was based upon the idea that our president was not flat-out wrong about weapons of mass destruction. We have found no evidence that Iraq was any more of a threat to us than they were since we beat them in the Gulf War. In that case, we were truly fighting an unjust war.

A president lying about an extramarital affair is an impeachable offense. A president lying to enlist support for a war in which thousands die is solid defense policy. This goes back to those days when Clinton was in trouble. Nobody denies that he lied, but it was nothing compared to starting a fucking war about stuff you lie about. Christ, Clinton’s personal life did NOT affect the country like this war has.

Providing health care to all Iraqis is sound policy. Providing health care to all Americans is socialism. Speaking of the war… Does it make sense that we’re being so nice to the people we are fighting against and not to the people who are fighting? Nationwide health care is not a reality only because the rich would lose money. Can you honestly say it wouldn’t make our country a better place?

While we’re talking about money, I might as well mention that we’re in the biggest deficit our country has ever faced. We were on track to be out of debt when Clinton was in office. We actually had a budget surplus. So what does Bush do with the money (that Limbaugh claimed the democrats were “making up”…)? He gives it back to the people who need it the least, the upper class. 90% of the tax cuts affected the upper classes. If they’re the upper classes, that means they already ahve money. Does it make sense? Why, of course it does when you’re a Republican. Correct me if I’m wrong, but when you’re in debt, you generally don’t want more debt.

The Patriot Act has recently been expanded. The FBI now has the right to get bank, phone, or internet logs without probably cause or the consent of a judge. All they have to do is claim that it’s part of a terrorist investigation. So-called “terrorists” can be held indefinitely without bail. The actual definition of a terrorist is so lax, it could possibly be applied to those involved in protests.

A woman can’t be trusted with decisions about her own body, but multi-national corporations can make decisions that affect us all. The RIAA/MPAA are pushing a bill that would exempt them from antitrust laws. Exempt them from laws. Last I heard, nobody was exempt from laws. This idea is ludicrous, but there’s a decent chance it will be passed.

Being a drug addict is a moral failing and a crime, unless you’re a conservative radio host. Then it’s an illness and you need our prayers for your recovery. Rush Limbaugh has made some of the strongest comments against drug users, but once we find out that he’s one of them, he only deserves “treatment” and not jail time for breaking the law. All this, and Republicans still look up to him as some sort of role model. It’s pathetic.

Government should limit itself to the powers named in the Constitution, which includes banning gay marriages and censoring the Internet. Hm… Downsize the government, you say? Yet, give the power to the corporations and make laws against stuff that, constitutionally, is supposed to be out of the national government’s hands.

Jesus loves you, and shares your hatred of homosexuals. This is related the little blurb above. How anybody can feel so much hate/distaste for gays is far, far, far beyond me. How is it really any different than racism? Making laws against two people doing something that two other people are allowed to do? Sounds like segregation to me.

Anybody feel free to comment. I’d like to point out that some of the first sentences were straight copy+paste from a post by Harriet Nyborg at Slashdot. Also, I realize that not all of this is related to Bush, but in an indirect way, most of the stuff that happens in this country is. Someone has to be held accountable, and the leader is usually that person.