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AMERICANS COMMONALITY WITH IRAQI CITIZENS

The citizens of Iraq and America historically have allot in common. As I thought about this post it troubled me just how much is history and how much is current.

Historically, we were both imperially occupied at one time.
We were both valued for our resources.
Both held rebellions.
Each suffered civil war.(concurrent for Iraq as well)
Each country had attempts by foreign nations to divide them up.
Both nations are strategically located.



Currently, we both suffer from a disappearing middle class.
We both have an increase in the unemployed.
Both nations have been victims of theoretical rhetoric.
Bush had a weak constitution written for the Iraqi's while at the same time weakening our constitution.
Both of their nations military have been decimated.
The lower class(poor) , for each nation have increased under GW's leadership.
There are less police on the streets of each nation.
Violent crime is on the increase in both nations.
Each countries majority is getting impatient with it's leadership.
Oil is at the center of each countries economy.
Oil companies dictate both of our foreign policies.
Both countries have American companies profiting from Americas invasion.
Iraq and the USA each have puppet leaders.
GW's approval ratings are only slightly different in each nation.
The authorities can search without warrant in each nation.
The authorities can eavesdrop without warrant in each nation.
The rich are getting richer in both.
Abstinence is called sex education in both based on religion.
American tax payers are funding each countries infrastructure.
American tax payers are going into great debt to support George Bush.

I could go on and on but I think any readers of this post get the message. Are we spreading democracy or are we becoming more and more like the Middle Easterners?

GW Bush is not to far removed from his Grandfather, Prescott. His business dealings helped Nazi Germany sustain their war efforts against the US during WW2. There would be no "Bush Family Empire" fortune if not for war profiteering .

As the final word I would add this: All a reasonable person needs to do is research the Bush family history to understand where their true family values lie. It's not with America,it's for profit!

Impeach Cheney

OJ JUSTICE

I’ve written before that it was proper to impeach Bill Clinton. Not for his act, for his obstruction of justice via lying regarding his personal indiscretions. Ironically, the cheerleader of that impeachment was Newt Gingrich who at the time was having an affair of his own. The same man who served his wife with divorce papers as she lie in the hospital stricken with cancer. Remember how ‘morally outraged’ the Republicans were.

The same Democrats who declared it unfair at the time are now calling for the head of Bush for commuting the prison time of convicted Cheney aide Libby. The same Republicans who pushed for Clinton’s impeachment for obstruction are now defending Libby for the same crime.

Both parties search for any political advantage, regardless of right or wrong. In this case, both parties are hypocrites.

Clinton and Libby are both accused of the same crime. The underlying reasons were not equal. Clinton lied to cover personal immorality. Libby lied to provide political cover to the White House. He was directed to leak information. That leak exposed an active CIA agent putting her in peril and in fact one of her overseas contacts was killed shortly thereafter.

Clintons lie was personal, Libby’s was an intentional act to help sell the lie that Iraq had WMD’s. Which lie had a bigger impact on America? Which lie got the most people killed? Which lie cost 500 billion dollars and counting? Which lie destabilized a nation of 25 million people and started a civil war? Which lie poked the proverbial stick into the Middle Eastern beehive?

Republicans like to point out that Clinton pardoned Marc Rich, (a big Clinton contributor), the irony is that Scooter Libby was Marc Rich’s lawyer during his trial.

Both parties need to stop the politics and start governing.

I call this OJ justice. Those who have money or connections have a different constitution than us peons.

A SOLID INVESTMENT

KEEP AN EYE ON YOUR GOVERNMENT

JUSTICE SYSTEM IS A JOKE

Bush commuted the prison time of Cheney’s chief of staff Scooter. Dick Cheney shoots a man in the face after a few beers and no ticket is issued. Attorney General fires and hires people based on party affiliation. Monica Goodling (a 33 year DOJ staffer), hires people based on which tier 4-law school they go to based on religion.

What do these seemingly small things mean?

It’s legal to lie to a grand jury. It’s now legal to drink beer and shoot people. It’s now legal to hire and fire people for their belief or non-belief in religion or ideology.

President Bush has demonstrated that the rule of law doesn’t apply. I call this the OJ defense. If you have money, power or political connections the rule of law doesn’t apply as it would with the average guy who has none of these things.

Bush and Cheney will be revealed as the most corrupt administration in U.S. history!

They’ve bankrupted the future…every tax paying citizen now owes approximately 516,000$ in private and government debt. They’ve broken the military. Perverted the Bill of Rights for political gain. Suspended habeas corpus. Bastardized the constitution. Politicized the DOJ. Ignored the Geneva Convention. Spied on U.S citizens. Turned the 1^st amendment upside down when they cleared a gay prostitute (Jeff Gannon) to actually represent the press at the morning Whitehouse press gaggle. Their legacy is the ruin of the American people and our standing in the worldview. We used to be respected; now we are vilified.

The other legacy they leave is Supreme Court justices. Abysmal. Roberts and Allito are strict constructionists. They don’t believe the constitution is a living document. If it weren’t a living document, it would not have been amendable, the black man would still be worth 3/5ths of a person

Patriot, Insurgent or Terrorist

It's my belief most rational persons understand the difference between a patriot,an insurgent or a terrorist. Further examination would reveal that there is a slight variation depending on who controls the media and from which side of the invasion you're on. I also believe that any critical examination of the facts would reveal that we are creating more 'terrorists' in Iraq than what the conservative agenda would have us believe.
Just in case you don't agree with me or understand my thinking... I want to clarify it via pretend. A war game if you will. The scenario is as follows-
Two nations, lets call them Minnesota and Wisconsin, respectively known as the Mud Ducks and Cheese Heads. For the purposes of this game, I'll be a Cheese Head.
OK, so after living side by side for many years with good relations. Mutual economy, tourism and inter national marriages. Slowly the Mud Ducks start to feel threatened by the Cheese Heads growing economy based on superior beer and cheese.
Instead of investing educational dollars to create better cheese and beer, Minnesota decides to invest in it's military. Lots of military. Vastly disproportionate to it's GDP. In order to do this, Minnesota has to justify to it's citizenry that the Cheese Heads are gaining an unfair economical advantage over them, they have to paint them as unfair competitors. They might have to bring in Religion to unite the base to support the continued military build up. If that doesn't unite all Mud Ducks, the leaders of Minnesota will have to convince their people that the Cheese Heads are using their beer and cheese money to buy nuclear weapons and they are determined to use them against the moral people of Minnesota so they can control the entire beer and cheese market.
As the Mud Ducks were building their military the Cheese Heads were busy making cheese and beer. Using that money to educate their children and build a nice way of life in Wisconsin.
Now the Mud Ducks have been planning their invasion of Wisconsin for weeks. They appointed the best general they had. He was raised in a very wealthy family so he never lacked for anything. His whole career was pre-annointed, even after his early failures, he was always bailed out and promoted to the next level regardless of his ineptness. His family name had influence in Minnesota and it resonated throughout the land. His name, Shrub.
Gen.Shrub wasn't in touch with the good people of Minnesota. He was in touch with the political base of Minnesota, they were called the 'Newly Controverted' , aka, the neocons. The neocons did ,unfortunately have control of Minnesota's military. Gen. Shrub used his family name and the ties that came with it to take control of Minnesota. A military coup was used successfully to displace Mn. President Pullenvy was promptly put in jail for being 'unpatriotic'. A new law that was enacted immediately after the coup.
With the dictatorship running at full speed,General Shrub was ready to launch his invasion of Wisconsin. He did so with great vigor. His plans can be surmised very simply...
Use 1/3 of the Mud Duck Navy(MDN), to control the Superior Port, 1/3 of the MDN to control the port of Green Bay and the rest of the MDN to take control of Milwaukee.On D-Day the MDA(MUD Duck Army), would control and advance on the 15 river crossings into Wisconsin, while the MDM(Mud Duck Marines) would drop behind enemy lines to take control of the airports and the Wisconsin National Gaurd Armories.
Mud Duck D-Day is here. The Mud Ducks have over whelming success. Their plan was called 'Shock and Awe', and it was stunningly shockful and awful.
The Cheese Heads were dumbfounded. Absolutely over taken and subservient. This didn't last long once Deer hunting season began.
From D-Day on I didn't like the Mud Ducks. I started to do my best to fight the invasion. After all ,I'm a good Patriotic Cheese Head. I turned from a peaceful man to a Patriot. I go out at night to do all the damage I can to the Mud Ducks. Killing the invaders comes to me like it's part of the daily routine. I'm not a killer. I do my best anyway. I disrupt their supply lines. I kill their officers. I do my part for the Cheese Heads at night, I pretend to comply with the Mud Ducks during the day. Mean time I've done much damage to the Mud Ducks. I've killed many. Wounded many and forgot more.
Somehow, after many casualties, the Mud Ducks have found me out. They come in the middle of the night and drag me out of my house in front of my 3 teenage boys. They beat the dickens out of me in front of my family and slowly I loose my life in front of my 3 boys.
Did they kill a patriot? Did they kill a insurgent? Did They kill a terrorist?
In case you haven't figured it out yet,let me ask you this. Did they create 3 more Patriots,3 more insurgents or 3 more terrorist?
It all depends on who wins doesn't it. That will be the difference between an insurgent,terrorist and patriot!

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With VP Cheney stating that he has dual positions in our government, executive and legislative, and he has the constitutional authority to disavow his membership in either one depending on who is investigating his office at the time. I don't know why this hasn't been tried before, but for the fact that it's not true, still, you would think Agnew might have tried this!
As a member of the executive branch he claimed and won executive privilege for not revealing which oil company CEOs he met with to establish the energy policy for the U.S.
Now he denies his office is part of the executive branch so he has no need to cooperate with record keeping practices that apply to the President or his officers. What testicular fortitude this man has!
He can't have it both ways. Since when do citizens of the U.S. get to pick and choose which part of the constitution apply to them for convenience. So far Cheney and Bush think they are the first in history to have this double standard.
OK, we have the war on terror, the long war or whatever you want to call it. That is not the only war that Bush/Cheney are waging, and to me it's even more vital to my republic than their war on terrorism. It's the war they are waging against the constitution and the American way of life. Of course I'm talking about their perversion of the Bill of Rights. NSA wiretaps. Suspension of Habeas Corpus. Signing statements. Politicizing the DoJ. Establishing 'free speech' zones. Installing Jeff Gannon as a legitimate press representative. Illegal SWIFT bank searches. The outing of a CIA agent. Out right lying to the public. Obstruction of justice. Political hacks and cronies in positions that need professionals( Browne). Funding of faith based organizations. Violation of the Hatch Act. And on and on.
Look, I'm just an average guy who tries to pay attention. If I can think of these offenses off the top of my head, I can't wait for what slime congress will turn up, and I hope it turns up soon!
Other than overnight invasions, I can't think of a democracy that fell to fascism instantly. It seems to me that citizens of such nations gave up their rights in increments and before they could realize what happened they were subjects of a dictator. I know it sounds impossible in America today, but didn't the German citizens of the 1930's think the same thing.
The formula was easy. First tell huge lies to unite the citizens against a common enemy. Use those lies and the unity that came with them to start dissolving rights slowly, not too greedy at first, slowly. Build your political base, ostracize those in the minority to include them in the 'enemy of the state' category. Now renounce governing institutions and grab all power.
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