Political Perusals
Thursday, August 10, 2006
A quote from John Stuart Mill : " Although it is not true that all conservatives are stupid people, it IS true that most stupid people are conservatives.".. I ask again: what are they "Conserving"?? Surely NOT the environment, surely NOT the economy, NOT human-life, NOT human-rights, NOT The U.S. Constitution, NOT anything except their own riches and those of their greedy, corporate conspirators! So, the next time you see a "Bush" bumper-sticker, approach it's owner and tell them what Ron White and Bill Engvall (of the Blue Comedy tour) have SO often said: "You can't fix STUPID", and "Here's your sign!".
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
"7 Numbers": (From "www.dscc.org/completedanger) 1. $319 Billion; earmarked for the Iraq war, with no plan for success and no end in sight. 2. $10 Billion: Value of NO-Bid contracts Halliburton received in Iraq. 3. 1-in 5: The number of American children below the "poverty-level" an increase of 12% since George Bush took office. 4. $300 Billion: The projected deficit under George Bush and the Republican Congress. 5. $40 Billion: How much the Bush administration neneged on the "No-Child-Left-Behind-Act". 6. $6 Million: The number of Americans who have lost their health insurance since George Bush took office. (The MOST UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER OF ALL); 7. 0......The number of mistakes George Bush admits making in his first term!! Please pass this on to others..... Dave Wellman
"7 Numbers": (From "www.dscc.org/completedanger) 1. $319 Billion; earmarked for the Iraq war, with no plan for success and no end in sight. 2. $10 Billion: Value of NO-Bid contracts Halliburton received in Iraq. 3. 1-in 5: The number of American children below the "poverty-level" an increase of 12% since George Bush took office. 4. $300 Billion: The projected deficit under George Bush and the Republican Congress. 5. $40 Billion: How much the Bush administration neneged on the "No-Child-Left-Behind-Act". 6. $6 Million: The number of Americans who have lost their health insurance since George Bush took office. (The MOST UNBELIEVABLE NUMBER OF ALL); 7. 0......The number of mistakes George Bush admits making in his first term!! Please pass this on to others..... Dave Wellman
Friday, August 04, 2006
As I predicted a few days ago, the war in Lebanon is "reaching the boiling point". Today, Israeli attacks killed more than ten Syrians near the northern border. American media has been barraging us with stories about the Hezzbollah missles being "from Iran" or "from Syria". We are persuaded to sympathize with the cause of Israel, which has killed HUNDREDS- OF- TIMES more innocent civilians than the Hezzbollah attack which is now used to justify Israel's invasion of Lebanon. We are supposed to forget that the Israeli troops attacked at the outset of this war are "legitimate, MILITARY targets"; and that Lebanese civilians are "collateral-damage" being killed because "terrorists" are "hiding among the civilian population". Let us NOT forget, that the cruise missles, jet fighters, machine-guns, and helicopters which have killed more than 2000 Lebanese civilians ARE MADE IN THE U.S.A!!! If the world, somehow, decide to prevent ALL weapons from going to Israel and Lebanon, these people would STILL KILL EACH OTHER WITH STICKS AND ROCKS!! We MUST NOT this incident "fester" into a massive, "World-War". A new "insurgency" is brewing; a guerilla war similar to that in Iraq, and one which CANNOT be "defeated" by "conventional" military means. Every civilian Arab death at the hands of Isralei forces creates TEN more "sympathizers" and "radical-fundamentalists". How soon we have forgotten the lessons of our own "Revolutionary War".... when the MOST POWERFUL military in the world was defeated by small groups of "guerilla-fighters" waging "an insurgency". Similar lessons were learned during Viet Nam's conflict....... yet are now forgotten!! On another note, I recently realized that David Koresh, George W. Bush, and Ted Nugent ALL resided near Waco Texas....This made me wonder if perhaps "There's something in-the-water" in that part of Texas????? "You can't fix STUPID"!!
The Republican "dirty-tricks" are beginning again. Remember the 2004 election in Ohio? Or how about the 2000 election in Florida? A recent investigation of Ohio's balloting in 2004 has revealed MAJOR problems with their electronic balloting machines. It seems that a sizeable number of these machines "Jammed", "Crashed", or could NOT produce "printed, paper tallies" of the votes. (in some cases, precinct workers didn't know how to operate the machines, and in many others, the machines were improperly loaded with rolls of paper which WAS "UP-SIDE-DOWN" and could NOT PROPERLY PRINT!! These are the machines which are built by Diebold... a MAJOR contributor to Republican coffers; and headed by a close, personal friend of GEORGE W. BUSH!! The "software" for these machines has been "off-limits" to anyone except Diebold insiders; citing "corporate secrecy".... AND TOTALLY PREVENTING INDEPENDANT SCRUTINY OR AUDITING! An "ex" employee of Diebold has publically stated that the "operating systems" of these so-called "secure" balloting machines can EASILY be "Hacked", using readily available software purchased "over-the-counter"! Today, the Republican's are attempting to manipulate the upcoming Congressional election again. The Governor or Arkansas (Republican) has decided that HE ALONE is "in-charge" of the state's lists of "registered-voters", and HE ALONE can select the voting machines for this-fall's election!!! In EVERY state in America, such duties are those of the "Secretary of State" of the various states. However, in Arkansas, the Secretary-of-State is a DEMOCRAT!!! This little "loophole" is now allowing the Republican Governor to personally control the voting-rights (or lack-there-of) of every voter in Arkansas!! ... Much like the Katherine Harris voting fraud which occured in Florida!!! These corrupt bastards know no shame!! Again it seems that ANYTHING they can "get-away-with" is acceptable (as long as they don't get caught!) If you aren't OUTRAGED, then you aren't PAYING ATTENTION!
