November 2006

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November 15, 2006

The War Is Over!!!

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When Will You  BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME or PROTECT THEM?

We already won the Iraq war: Saddam Hussein was ousted from power and now awaits execution in a jail cell, and Iraqis cast ballots in so-called free elections (at least, by Middle East standards). Whether we pull out tomorrow or in three months or in one year years or in five years, the result will always remain the same. This country will eventually become a full scale civil war and like most of the Middle East remain a hotbed of instability and chaos. Us being there will only delay it. So, let’s set a time table to disengage or start using all our force to win this damn thing. We have helped them and now they need to help themselves or get the hell out of the way and let the soldiers protect themselves.

For us to pretend otherwise is to simply allow more and more American soldiers to die or be maimed for no good reason.

Let’s let them determine their future. I don’t know if it needs to be partitioned into three separate nations [Sunni], [Shiite] or [Kurdish]. It worked in  India/Pakistan.

We need to support our brave American men and women in uniform, and remove them from harms way. I don’t like to see dead American soldiers coming home in coffins, (we must remember Viet Nam). With a new Democratic Congress, already filled with rhetoric, when can we expect some sensible solutions.  Can the new Congress continue this simply masochistic and outrageous  insanity. As of today, there have been 2,864 US soldiers killed in Iraq (and over 20,000 wounded). How many more need to die before it’s time to understand this war is out of our hands.  Congress, Mr. President get off your butts and Let’s figure out when to bring our soldiers home.

 

November 10, 2006

The Stunning Swiftness of A Kick Azz Election Day

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Back in 1994 when I predicted that the Repubs would take over, my friends snickered behind my back. This year when I suggested that the Dems would run the table, my friends gave me that crazy look questioning my sanity.

There’s a beautiful thing about elections, whether your side wins or loses. All at once politicians have to shut up and let Voters speak. And, the next day, the world seems so  different when the results comes in.

It could be better or worse, depending on your viewpoint or stakes in the process.  You may think, as Repubs did in 1994, that all has now been set right in the world with the Contract With America. You may think, as Dems do today, that the Contract Have Expired.

Whatever, it was to the point and decisive. Most people thinks everything changes, but a wake-up reality call needs to hit us. The winners start writing position papers and inaugural speeches, dreaming of inserting more pork in the budget.  The losers sits around bitchin about how the people have spoken all the while polishing up their resumes.

Well FOLKS, this  year, the people spoke loud and clear:

Democrats started smelling the White House.
Donald Rumsfeld got the heave-ho.
Republicans started worrying that they are being politically marginalized.

Conservatives starts thinking the Repubs have abandon them.

Liberals starts thinking they have a mandate.
Independents know they hold the key to the madness of 2008.

Candidates have already started campaigning for 2008.

Well for all the winners and losers alike, please allow me remind you:  How did you feel at this time two years ago? How did you feel in 1994? Would you have predicted this then? I doubt it.

You can take this to the bank. You’ll be just as surprised two years from now.

Bush’s Did Some Fast Fancy  Footwork.
George Bush ran a terrible midterm campaign that Roved out in the end, but he made a swift recovery the day after the election by dumping Rumsfeld. He stole the cable headlines and the front pages from Nancy Pelosi and the Dems. The Dems are more likely to help Bush pass his Immigration bill, opening up a can of worms for 2008.

In 1994, President Clinton stumbled and staggered for weeks while Newt Gingrich dominated the news. Bush was savvy enough to avoid that mistake. He put himself back into play with one bold, decisive, audacious stroke and Karl Rove was no where around.

In politics, speed kills. How happy will everyone be in 2008?