Over the past weekend, 91 Iraqi civilians were assassinated in the on-going Civil War. The most accurate "body-counts" of civilian deaths are between 50,888 and 56,387. This catastrophic blunder by the "Commander-In-Thief" and his "stay-the-course" administration are NO LESS THAN CRIMINAL. The failed, Bush" experiment in democracy" has killed MORE Iraqis than Saddam Hussein ever did. This doesn't take into account the nearly 3000 dead American troops, and the tens-of-thousands of wounded American soldiers and Iraqi civilians. The most recent estimates of the financial-cost of this retarded-blunder are in excess of $600 BILLION DOLLARS, plus an equal amount to replace the destroyed and damaged military equipment used in this "pre-emptive" invasion. Meanwhile, the Halliburton C.E.O., David Lazar) has profited by more than $100 MILLION DOLLARS from his stock , and the "No-Bid" contracts awarded by Dick Cheney. By the way, WHERE ARE THOSE "WEAPONS-OF-MASS-DESTRUCTION"?? A former Federal prosecutor named Elizabeth deLa Vega has written a book called: "U.S. V. Bush" detailing the CRIMINAL acts of the Bush administration, similar acts to those which got Enron conspirators lengthy prison sentences. ("War-profiteering" is considered "treason" and a felony, the illegal invasion of a sovereign-nation without provocation, the treasonous and felonious disclosure of the identity of a C.I.A. operative in a "time-of-war", the Totally UNCONSTITUTIONAL use of "executive-privilege" in the form of "signing-statements" to ignore legitimate laws. etc....) Why are Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove and the rest NOT IN PRISON?? Even the "Christian-Moral-majority" have recognized their hypocrisy and criminal conduct; as evidenced by the recent Congressional election. EXACTLY what is so "Christian" about being responsible for the deaths of 60,000 people, base on LIES, fabrications, and "cherry-picked Intelligence"?? What is so "Christian" about squandering the Federal budget and driving millions into poverty? What is so "Christian" about "lining-the-pockets" of rich, corporate-contributors, while America's Middle-Class is destroyed? What is so "Christian" about Governor Bush presiding OVER THE EXECUTION OF 143 "DEATH-ROW" INMATES?? What's "Christian" about prolonging the suffering and eventual deaths of "LIVING" people, by quashing the research on stem-cells, while these stem-cells would be discarded anyway? (the "embryos" in question CANNOT live outside the womb, consist of a few dozen cells, and can ONLY be seen under high-power magnification ..... they are NO LARGER THAN THE any one of the "dots" in the previous sentence!! How about his 2 million-dollar profit from the sale of the Texas-Rangers baseball team; a direct result of Texas-taxpayers subsidizing a new stadium? Hugo Chavez may have been correct, when he likened Bush to "The Devil"; not some "Born-Again" visionary. "History" is already portraying the Bush/Cheney fiasco as the most corrupt, most incompetent, most secretive, and divisive administration is American History!! The Republican-controlled Congress has passed LESS legislation than any Congress in History, while taking MORE vacation, and giving themselves MORE pay-raises. A staggering 25% of their legislation was so-called "re-naming" bills; those bills that change the name of some building, library, park, dam, ship, etc. NO serious discussion of "Health-Care", "Border-Security", "Immigration-reform", "The Federal-Deficit", or the endless "killing-field" in Iraq. Virtually NO "oversight" of ANYTHING!! ( Congressional-pages being molested, Congressmen taking bribes, lobbyists exercising free-reign and actually writing legislation, huge numbers of "pork" bills and "ad-on" legislation. The conduct and policies of the Bush/Cheney "Crime-family" MAKE ME WANT TO PUKE!!!
- posted by Dave @ 2:21 PM