As I predicted to anyone who would listen, the recent execution of Saddam Hussein appeared on the internet within hours. This escapade is but the most recent policy-failure and example of the hypocrisy found in the Bush/Cheney administration. It has been said that "Dead men tell no tales"; the execution of Saddam will forever hide the truth about those "weapons of mass destruction", the allocation of his Billions in pilfered "oil-for-food-money", and the lack of evidence about his alleged connections to "terrorists".The "Right-To-Life" president Bush has NO qualms about executing people... He presided over the execution of 143 Texas inmates while he was governor. ( Ignoring ALL evidence,The "statistical-probability" exists that SEVERAL of those executed "death-row-inmates", WERE NOT GUILTY!!...) Yet George Bush allowed a "review" of each "death-penalty" execution..... of no more than 15 MINUTES EACH!! How's THAT for "Family-Values"!!! (maybe he meant "The MANSON FAMILY"!!) The total death-toll for American soldiers has now topped 3000; with an estimated 60,000 dead Iraqis (mostly civilians) and tens of-thousands injured... without considering the psychological trauma of "post-traumatic-stress" suffered by tens-of-thousands MORE! For a concise, frightening account of HOW we "got into this mess", check out the P.B.S. show Frontline: an episode called "The Dark Side". It documents Dick Cheney's maniacal rise to power, with lies, slander, secrecy, and "cherry-picked" intelligence. One C.I.A. "Intelligence-operative" stated that the C.I.A. collects enough "intell" to support ANY conclusion... by "cherry-picking" and selective disclosure of intelligence, it is possible to support ANY agenda... and this is EXACTLY what Cheney did to promote his illegal, immoral and very-expensive invasion of Iraq.. (completely illegal by dozens of "International Laws", and unprecedented in American history) To add to that, the Bush/Cheney/Rove "crime-family" lined-the-pockets of their friends and contributors by cutting taxes during a "time-of-war" for the RICHEST 1% of Americans.. (also unprecedented in American history) Meanwhile, Democrats are attempting to regain control of Congress cloaked in an aura of "bi-partisan", co-operation. The MOST important "reform" that they have-yet to discuss is the "campaign-funding-reform" which would provide PUBLIC funding for elections. Such a plan would eliminate lobbyists, and cost FAR less than the wasteful, corrupt, and unfair control of "OUR" government by well-funded "special-interests". These "corporate-crooks" are the same people who infiltrate the "Cabinets" of government, creating their own laws and favoritism; often paying little or no taxes while "outsourceing" American jobs. I don't recall the "Declaration of Independance" saying" One nation, Of the corporations, by the corporations , and for the corporations"!! In a rare display of "Cojones", the Congress has over-ridden the block on Federal funding for stem-cell research!! A thought recently "flowered" in my fertile brain: Why has no one yet questioned the motives behind the opposition to stem-cell-research?... Could it be, that Pharmaceutical companies would rather "TREAT" diseases, than to "CURE" them?? As in the case of the "Common-Cold", Billions of dollars in profits are made by TREATING the symptoms of a viral infection... yet little is done to cure those viruses. Remember when we were children?.. How scientists predicted that we would soon see a CURE for "the Common Cold"??? It seems much more profitable to treat the coughing, wheezing, sneezing, congestion, aches, and fever (If you don't believe this, just take a look at how much "shelf-space" is devoted to over-the-counter "Cold" remedies at the local grocery or drug-store) Why has no one demanded "ownership" of their own "un-used" frozen embryos?? Are they not OWNED by the people who produced them?? Can they not decide their ultimate fate? George Bush has often stated that "destroying embryos is murder"... Yet we don't see Federal Marshalls, F.B.I. agents, and S.W.A.T. teams descending on fertility-clinics that regularly "discard" un-wanted frozen embryos. I used to support "impeachment" efforts, yet I now realize that impeachment would only "legitimize" Dick Cheney's control of our nation... after-all he IS really the president, not that puppet named "George".
- posted by Dave @ 12:56 AM