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The republicans have achieved most of their goals, and we will be haunted by them for years to come. Let's put aside the immorality and deception they used to start a war of aggression, and claiming that torture and other violations of international law is in fact taking the high ground. If we pull out of Iraq immediately we lose. If we stay we lose. I don't believe there is a way we can win. At the start the presence of 300,000 troops might have done the trick, but it is too late now. The new enemies created, established, and nurtured by the republicans are too entrenched. We'd now need 600,000 to 1,000,000 troops to have even a remote hope of fixing things. We as a nation are not willing to make that kind of sacrifice. Many liberals are willing to, as we there is a moral imperative to at least make a sincere effort to make things right which we have bolloxed, but the so called conservatives don't have the moxie, integrity, or courage to do it. No more than they had the courage to face the truth before attacking Al Qaeda's number two enemy for them -- Saddam's regime was at the top of their list and we did that chore better than they could have themselves. They'd rather point fingers and blame everybody else for their epic fuck up.
No matter what, we the American people will come out losers as a result of this republican pipe dream. And no matter what they will blame those doing their damnedest to clean up their mess for creating the mess, and again whine about democratic policies failing.
Same approach on taxes. We have a national debt which we couldn't imagine in our worst nightmares six years ago, and we're going to have to pay those bills before Halliburton, Bechtel, etc. demand payment and put our country in bankruptcy. The whiney little conservatives will again whimper about taxes, which are necessary to pay for their failed policies. And the tiny fraction which is used for domestic charity will be vilified for supporting those most heinous of beings, welfare mommies. Kind of overlooks the corporate welfare the republicans used to bankrupt the country with the apparent goal of quickly turning the US into a third world country with lots of cheap domestic labor.
Take the ridiculous WalMart behavior. An aide to Edwards tries to score a PS3. Instead of simply saying, "You've got to be kidding." WalMart makes a press release. Demonstrating very explicitly, that respecting the privacy of customers is an alien concept to them. Is it even legal to announce a customers query? I know the car insurance industry will increase your rates if you give out your name while shopping for a better deal, and also degrade your credit score. Your information is freely spread among insurance carriers, in order to keep you from protecting yourself from being gouged. I've no idea how this can be legal, shopping customer information to the world to keep them in line and rip them off. Whether you are attacking a critic or a bargain hunter, it is reprehensible. Of course, insurance is simply gambling, mandated by the state. Removing customer protections, makes the industry a gambling scam rather than a prudent investment. Is a variety store any different when they abuse somebody's privacy? Why doesn't the so-called liberal media whine about the invasion of privacy instead of mocking the victim?
No matter what, we the American people will come out losers as a result of this republican pipe dream. And no matter what they will blame those doing their damnedest to clean up their mess for creating the mess, and again whine about democratic policies failing.
Same approach on taxes. We have a national debt which we couldn't imagine in our worst nightmares six years ago, and we're going to have to pay those bills before Halliburton, Bechtel, etc. demand payment and put our country in bankruptcy. The whiney little conservatives will again whimper about taxes, which are necessary to pay for their failed policies. And the tiny fraction which is used for domestic charity will be vilified for supporting those most heinous of beings, welfare mommies. Kind of overlooks the corporate welfare the republicans used to bankrupt the country with the apparent goal of quickly turning the US into a third world country with lots of cheap domestic labor.
Take the ridiculous WalMart behavior. An aide to Edwards tries to score a PS3. Instead of simply saying, "You've got to be kidding." WalMart makes a press release. Demonstrating very explicitly, that respecting the privacy of customers is an alien concept to them. Is it even legal to announce a customers query? I know the car insurance industry will increase your rates if you give out your name while shopping for a better deal, and also degrade your credit score. Your information is freely spread among insurance carriers, in order to keep you from protecting yourself from being gouged. I've no idea how this can be legal, shopping customer information to the world to keep them in line and rip them off. Whether you are attacking a critic or a bargain hunter, it is reprehensible. Of course, insurance is simply gambling, mandated by the state. Removing customer protections, makes the industry a gambling scam rather than a prudent investment. Is a variety store any different when they abuse somebody's privacy? Why doesn't the so-called liberal media whine about the invasion of privacy instead of mocking the victim?
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No doubt that Republicans will try to blame the failures in Iraq on the Democrats. They'll want to say that the Democrats don't support the troops. But a funny thing happened on the way to writing a Constitution: the President was made Commander and Chief of the armed forces and the President was given charge of foreign policy. Sure, Congress must ratify treaties and approve funding, but does anyone seriously expect that Democrats will cut funding for troops? It would be a stupid move both politically and functionally.
Where does that leave us? Where we started. Unless someone can convince Cheney/Bush that the troops must be brought home right away, nothing will change. This is very similar to Nixon in the early 70s. Congress won't undercut the President's policy because to do so will be to open themselves to a smear campaign about "not supporting the troops". The President is playing "stay the course". The losers are the Iraqis, the troops in danger, and the American public. The winners are corporations involved in these machinations and the political demagogues.
Say, did you see that the outgoing Congress has decided to continue their do nothing ways and shirk their elected responsibility to pass budgets? Yep, the departments of government that do not have their budgets in place yet (supposed to have been done by October 1st) are not going to see them completed until next year because the Republicans was to leave the sandbox. Disgusting
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