Trip was outstanding. Kids flew wonderfully. Eurostar 1st class carriage is not to be missed. Food service is real food, great food, with several courses and a hot towel at the end!
Farenheit 9/11 1/2 is in the works to help enlighten the 51% of America that perhaps didn't have the knowledge they needed. Although, it was telling the other day speaking with a man in his 60's at lunch who told me he really was undecided until the last minute but chose Bush because he was afraid of changing things in the middle. Don't ever doubt that fear works when trying to convince people of something. Scare the hell out of them and they'll be to afraid to make a reasoned choice.
And now, nutjob and moral crusader John Ashcroft who spent $8,650 of our money to hide the Spirit of Justice and the Majesty of Law statues in the Great Hall at the DOJ because the Spirit statue had one breast exposed, (oh, the humanity! they've only been there since the 1930's!) is being replaced by the White House counsel Alberto Gonzales who wrote a 2002 memo advising the President to deny Geneva convention rights to prisoners in the war on terrorism. After the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal earlier this year, DOJ lawyers responded to Mr. Gonzales that prohibitions against torture of detainees could be loosened without breaking US or international laws! Great replacement we have going here!
It's going to be a rough four years. Good luck everyone. And don't forget to get yourself involved. http://www.democracyforamerica.com
This group rose from the ashes of Howard Dean's campaign and is still actively holding monthly meetups across the country to field and support local candidates, to address important issues and to focus on how best to take back the country in the next two to four years.
From Howard Dean M.D.
"The President successfully turned a discussion about moral values into a discussion about gay marriage and abortion. I think moral values are also about how you treat poor people, how you treat those who are different, how you respect the opinion of others, and what you leave to your children. On those moral values, I think the Republicans lose. We need to talk about these values too."
I couldn't agree more and I know I'm not alone. Please keep the faith, hold your heads high and get out there and fight to get back what's been taken from all of America!
Be nice.
Peace
Thursday, November 11, 2004
Wednesday, November 03, 2004
Sad day for America. Sad day for the world.
Well, it's happened. The most arrogant, impetuous, and quite possibly most dangerous president this country as ever seen has managed to secure himself another 4 years in office.
Who's to blame for this? Well, I'd have to say the blame falls a bit on all of us. To the sheep who voted for him out of fear and ignorance (this would be the "don't change horses midstream crowd"), to the Democrats who failed to nominate a charismatic as well as competent candidate who was able to connect with the American electorate, and to the people who failed to get out the vote when it was most crucial.
We can try to kid ourselves into thinking it may be different this time. The truth is, it'll probably be worse. Bush will be more arrogant than ever with those who voted against him as well as with the nations of the world that disagree with him and the policies of his administration. He will likely be emboldened by this victory and will happily ignore the fact that 55 million people voted to get rid of him and the failed policies of his cronies.
My advice to all of you is to keep your head down, keep your nose clean and get to work with the Howard Deans of the political world to formulate a plan to salvage this country in four years, because believe me, we are going to need to be saved! We'll lose more men and women in Iraq, we'll sink more money that we don't have into the war, we'll continue to be held hostage by the fear and intimidation of the Bush/Cheney realm and we'll further alienate the rest of the world. We can only hope and pray that we don't have to fight a war on another front, because if we need 800 British troops to cover for us in Baghdad before we can sent troops to Fallujah, we are really in a world of hurt militarily and no amount of spin from Karl Rove will save us.
Be nice.
Peace
Who's to blame for this? Well, I'd have to say the blame falls a bit on all of us. To the sheep who voted for him out of fear and ignorance (this would be the "don't change horses midstream crowd"), to the Democrats who failed to nominate a charismatic as well as competent candidate who was able to connect with the American electorate, and to the people who failed to get out the vote when it was most crucial.
We can try to kid ourselves into thinking it may be different this time. The truth is, it'll probably be worse. Bush will be more arrogant than ever with those who voted against him as well as with the nations of the world that disagree with him and the policies of his administration. He will likely be emboldened by this victory and will happily ignore the fact that 55 million people voted to get rid of him and the failed policies of his cronies.
My advice to all of you is to keep your head down, keep your nose clean and get to work with the Howard Deans of the political world to formulate a plan to salvage this country in four years, because believe me, we are going to need to be saved! We'll lose more men and women in Iraq, we'll sink more money that we don't have into the war, we'll continue to be held hostage by the fear and intimidation of the Bush/Cheney realm and we'll further alienate the rest of the world. We can only hope and pray that we don't have to fight a war on another front, because if we need 800 British troops to cover for us in Baghdad before we can sent troops to Fallujah, we are really in a world of hurt militarily and no amount of spin from Karl Rove will save us.
Be nice.
Peace
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