A few days ago, Dubyuh-Dumbass held a "Press-Conference". He attempted to "spontaneously" respond to questions, which he had probably pre-screened from reporters which he had "hand-selected". His responses vividly illustrated his incompetance and total lack of insight into serious, administrative matters. When asked about a certain court-case; he declined to answer... claiming that it was a matter "for lawyers". When asked about the economy, He also declined to answer; claiming that he "is not an economist"...... Didn't he graduate fro the Harvard School of Business?? with an M.B.A. in "business"??? Anyone who holds such a degree, would SURELY have had to take several years of "Economics" classes... (Unless, that is, he attended more "Frat-parties" than classes).. He also made statements to persuade listeners to support his ill-advised "Privatization" of Social Security.... (read: "divert Social Security money to Wall Street "robber-barons")... In these poorly-supported arguments, he stated that the survivor/ spouses of those who die before they reach retirement-age " will not receive the Social Security benefits from their deceased-spouse"..... THIS IS A TOTAL LIE!!!!.. He either is "clueless" about the functions of the system, or he is FLAGRANTLY LYING!!! Millions of spouses and dependant children have, and will receive payments from their deceased spouse or parent!! (Unless Bush gets his hands on the funds!!) Powerful lobbyists have spent millions to "grease-the-wheels" of Washington; these lobbyists represent the "Wall-Street" interests that brought us ENRON, WORLDCOM, TYCO, and countless others who have pillaged the 401K funds, and investment-portfolios of "average Americans". When a crime has been committed, it is always best to follow the "money-trail'. The "private" investment accounts , as proposed by the Neo-Cons, are an attempt to pilfer and destroy a social-safety-net which has functioned well for 50 years!! Bush and his "cronies" have already borrowed-against the Social-Security reserve; making it nearly insolvent; to pay for his "colonial-crusade" in Iraq. Now, rather than address the "solvency" of Social Security, he wants to further weaken it and divert money to his corrupt, corporate thieves!!! ALL economic prognosticators have stated that their is NO "imminent crisis" in our Social Security system!! So this begs-the-question: "Why "???? It is a common Republican-tactic of "avoidance"... whenever "issues" cannot be addressed; they create a "crisis", a "red-herring" (remember "GOD, GUNS & GAYS"?????) One CANNOT listen to a radio station, or watch television without being reminded to "be prepared"... "America is the target".... America is NOT the "target".....CORPORATE AMERICA, AND THE MILITARY-INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX ARE THE TARGET!!! Al Queda didn't attack Disneyland, they attacked Wall Street!! They didn't attack Deming New Mexico; they attacked the Pentagon!!!...They attack the "seats-of-power"; the controlling leaders of a failed, arrogant foreign-policy that goes back decades. Few Americans know that Norman Schwartzkopf and the C.I.A. were responsible for the overthrow of the duly-elected president of Iran, and the subsequent installation of the Shah..... a strategy which caused the "Iranian-Hostage-Crisis"!!!!! America's un-questioning support of Israel and it's territorial land-grab has arroused years of hatred by Muslims. We always hear about the Hammas "terrorists", who killed Israelis; yet The Israeli military KILLS TEN TIMES MORE PALESTINIANS!!! Today, North Korea announced a new missle, which can carry a "nuk-yuh-lur" warhead. All of the "media" is frantic., yet no-one has reminded us that the ONLY nuclear-power which has waged an illegal invasion of another country IS AMERICA!!!!...GOT FEAR????? Bush/Cheney gladly attach themselves to "anti-abortion" movements; Yet it is little-known that when the economy is depressed, ABORTION RATES INCREASE!!! Bush's ineffective administration of our economy HAS ACTUALLY INCREASED THE NUMBER OF ABORTIONS PERFORMED IN AMERICA!! People who have NO access to birth-control, have NO access to pre-natal care, and cannot AFFORD CHILDREN, often times resort to abortion!! This "Born-Again Christian" president has IGNORED the most important tenents of Christianity. "Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto me", "Thou shall not kill", "Thou shall have no other gods before me", "Thou shall not bear false witness", etc. The hypocrisy of the "Religious-Right" is FUNDAMENTALLY WRONG! The actions of the "Moral-Majority" have been the MOST non-Christian and morally-reprehensible in recent memory. Bush continues to cut funding to "Community-based-policing", to schools, to libraries, to mental-health facilities, to drug-treatment centers, to environmental improvement, to highways, and HUNDREDS of other badly-needed things.; while giving tax-cuts to the RICHEST 2% of Americans, and using "political-pork" to "grease-the-wheels" of his corporate contributors!! THE REVOLUTION STARTS NOW!!!!!
- posted by Dave @ 11:20 PM