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Jan 3, 2007
F*** W. and His Flying Republican Monkeys
This rant brought to by Republican bullshit ...
Speaking about working with the new Democratic Congress, W. was optimistic about allying with congressional Democrats to find "a different approach" by ending partisan warfare and eliminating earmarks and other pork barrell spending. But he warned that "If the Congress chooses to pass bills that are simply political statements, they will have chosen stalemate."
How quickly he forgets about flag burning and gay maririage amendments, sham resolutions to end the war in Iraq, and the Schiavo legislation, among bushels of others. All of which were crafted as the most transparent of political statements. All of which were strongly supported by the Bush whitehouse.A special "Chuck You Farlie!" to Representative Virgil H. Goode (Rep. MN) for his bloviations regarding incoming rep. Keith Ellison's plan to use a Koran for his swearing in photo-op. Give it up Virg; it's tiresome. It's old. And it's highly predictable. It's also why I have no comprehension of the political leanings of half the people in this country. They baffle me, just like Virgil. Outright bigotry, hatred, and intolerance has replaced any civil political discourse - if, indeed, there ever was any.
The real outrage is not the use of an alternative religious text in a swearing in ceremony. It is the use of any religious text whatsoever! If today's religious litmus test were applied to our Founding Fathers, few, if any, would have ascended to their lofty status. The majority would qualify as secular humanists by today's standards and thereby be deemed as unworthy by the helmet-headed, Haggar-clad "moral majority."
And why have I seen so much of the coffin of Gerald Ford over the last week? By all accounts he was a genial and fiercely loyal man who was a capable Republican leader in the House. He was also a medicore president who appeared to be a dear in the headlights trying to handle the serious and myriad problems we faced in the mid-70s, not the least of which was the fallout from the Watergate scandal. So when and why was he deified?
Perhaps if we would see as much of the 3000+ coffins sent back from Iraq everyday, then we would almost immediately stop adding to that grim number.
Apparently, though, some flag-draped coffins are more special than others.
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