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I have been so busy at work this week, I have been neglecting my political speeches.
While I can’t spend too much time on this, I am becoming increasingly pissed at the pattern of behavior from the Bush Administration. For years, Republicans have pointed finders at the Clintons for the Monica Lewinsky fiasco and for Whitewater.
The following are a list of things which have been met with lies, deception, quashing the story, lack of response, lack of cooperation with disclosure and outright flippancy.
- Karl Rove
- The Downing Street Memo
- CIA/FBI intelligence re: 9/11
- Halliburton
- Oil and the Iraq War
- Supreme Court nominee Roberts
That’s just for starters, folks.
The Bush Administration will not let anyone see Roberts’ records. They try to limit media releases of soldiers’ deaths in Iraq, they refuse to respond to anyone who questions the legitimacy of their words.
Take a look at the big picture here.
We have a government that is attempting to limit free speech (especially the anti-war effort), they will not allow Americans to see pictures of wounded or dead American or Iraqi Army soldiers, they are not disclosing any documents showing the record of Supreme Court nominee Roberts (the man who could be the swing vote on the highest court in the country), they led us into war on false pretenses and are trying to smooth talking us into staying there for the same lies (and the fact that the soldiers who have died would have wanted us to “stay the course”), they are trying to impose federal amendments intentionally discriminating against gay and lesbians, they are trying to implement creationism in public school curriculums, they are trying to impose limits on abortion, right to privacy and civil liberties in general, they are trying to limit scientific research that would save lives based on stem cell research, and they are spitting in the face of American citizens every days by not giving us the respect to question our democratic government without being called un-patriotic.
This is a democracy. At least, it was.
When Bush took office his first term, I was scared. Really scared!!!
When he got in the second time, I was outright fearful.
When someone is in a position of power in which they have very little accountability (i.e. someone such as Bush who does not need to worry about keeping voters happy for re-election, and will not respond to any constituents anyway), they have a power that is almost unlimited.
And people were worried about Clinton abusing his power by getting a little action in the oval office.
Again, I ask, why aren’t more people outraged????
While I can’t spend too much time on this, I am becoming increasingly pissed at the pattern of behavior from the Bush Administration. For years, Republicans have pointed finders at the Clintons for the Monica Lewinsky fiasco and for Whitewater.
The following are a list of things which have been met with lies, deception, quashing the story, lack of response, lack of cooperation with disclosure and outright flippancy.
- Karl Rove
- The Downing Street Memo
- CIA/FBI intelligence re: 9/11
- Halliburton
- Oil and the Iraq War
- Supreme Court nominee Roberts
That’s just for starters, folks.
The Bush Administration will not let anyone see Roberts’ records. They try to limit media releases of soldiers’ deaths in Iraq, they refuse to respond to anyone who questions the legitimacy of their words.
Take a look at the big picture here.
We have a government that is attempting to limit free speech (especially the anti-war effort), they will not allow Americans to see pictures of wounded or dead American or Iraqi Army soldiers, they are not disclosing any documents showing the record of Supreme Court nominee Roberts (the man who could be the swing vote on the highest court in the country), they led us into war on false pretenses and are trying to smooth talking us into staying there for the same lies (and the fact that the soldiers who have died would have wanted us to “stay the course”), they are trying to impose federal amendments intentionally discriminating against gay and lesbians, they are trying to implement creationism in public school curriculums, they are trying to impose limits on abortion, right to privacy and civil liberties in general, they are trying to limit scientific research that would save lives based on stem cell research, and they are spitting in the face of American citizens every days by not giving us the respect to question our democratic government without being called un-patriotic.
This is a democracy. At least, it was.
When Bush took office his first term, I was scared. Really scared!!!
When he got in the second time, I was outright fearful.
When someone is in a position of power in which they have very little accountability (i.e. someone such as Bush who does not need to worry about keeping voters happy for re-election, and will not respond to any constituents anyway), they have a power that is almost unlimited.
And people were worried about Clinton abusing his power by getting a little action in the oval office.
Again, I ask, why aren’t more people outraged????
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