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“Let me be so very clear. George Bush is not going to let anything, or anyone, get in the way of his winning the “war on terror”. He earnestly believes that the very survival of our nation is at stake.”

I don’t believe this.  I think this rhetoric has been used to elect Republicans.  Most American wars have been about exploiting cheap labor, acquiring foriegn resources and opening foriegn markets with war profiteering as a perfectly acceptable added fringe benefit.  Geoerge Bush is a personality and what he “really thinks” is almost irrelevant:  except for one thing:  He administration is represents a brazen and reckless extremist ideology.

He has little interest in terrorism except to the degree the concept can be used to promote an ideology.  American has engaged in terrorism and reserves the right to continue to do so.  We have harbored terrorists and continue to do so. 

America is a wonderful place, but we have a horrible foriegn policy that few Americans are aware of, but that policy is more well-known outside our boarders.  While people other places discuss American foriegn policy, we spend our news hour wondering what George Bush really thinks or whether John Kerry insulted out troops.

RE:    •    Comment #36430 by Dan Weintraub  on  11/03  at  10:21 am

A Letter to America 11/3/06

My Fellow Americans:”...I actually do believe that George Bush loves the ideals of freedom and democracy. But I also believe that George Bush is willing to suspend many of our freedoms as he seeks victory in the “war on terror”. Make no mistake about it: George Bush believes—-to the core of his being—- that the current conflict against “Islamo-Fascism” (and nuclear proliferation) is the struggle for our very existence—-and, consistent with this belief, George Bush is systematically laying a foundation that will allow him to pursue this struggle unfettered and unconstrained.”

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In response: If Bush is sincere, he’s the ultimate patsy. The myth of “Islamo-Fascism” is intensely cultivated. Just as most al Queda operatives believe in their “terrorist” mission, none of the players know who’s directing it. If Mr. Weintraub’s correct, Bush too is an unwitting player. How much he’s been told since the 9/11 coup is anybody’s guess. Nevertheless, clearly there’s a power struggle over the War of Terror and whether it will really lead to salvation of the petro/drug/arms-dollar; a struggle in which neither Congress nor the electorate has any role other than audience, the presence of which is necessary to preserve the notion of consensus.

A Letter to America 11/3/06

My Fellow Americans:

Let me be so very clear. George Bush is not going to let anything, or anyone, get in the way of his winning the “war on terror”. He earnestly believes that the very survival of our nation is at stake.  He also believes that successful prosecution of the war on terror trumps—-at least in the short-term—-the maintenance of our democratic institutions. Here are just a few examples:

RE: Civil Unrest—-H. R. 5122 Military Construction Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2007 Sec. 1076. USE OF THE ARMED FORCES IN MAJOR PUBLIC EMERGENCIES: (1) The President may employ the armed forces, including the National Guard in Federal service, to (A) restore public order and enforce the laws of the United States when, as a result of a natural disaster, epidemic, or other serious public health emergency, terrorist attack or incident, or other condition in any State or possession of the United States, the President determines that (i) domestic violence has occurred to such an extent that the constituted authorities of the State or possession are incapable of maintaining public order; and (ii) such violence results in a condition described in paragraph (2); or (B) suppress, in a State, any insurrection, domestic violence, unlawful combination, or conspiracy.

RE: Wire Tapping—-President’s Statement on Signing the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2005: “The executive branch shall construe section 8124, relating to integration of foreign intelligence information, in a manner consistent with the President’s constitutional authority as Commander in Chief, including for the conduct of intelligence operations, and to supervise the unitary executive branch.”

RE: Torture—-McCain Amendment 1977 to Defense Appropriations Act of 2006: (a) No individual in the custody or under the physical control of the United States Government, regardless of nationality or physical location, shall be subject to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment.” GEORGE BUSH SIGINING STATEMENT: “The executive branch shall construe Title X in Division A of the Act, relating to detainees, in a manner consistent with the constitutional authority of the President to supervise the unitary executive branch and as Commander in Chief and consistent with the constitutional limitations on the judicial power, which will assist in achieving the shared objective of the Congress and the President, evidenced in Title X, of protecting the American people from further terrorist attacks.”

RE: Habeas Corpus—- Sec. 948c. “Any alien unlawful enemy combatant is subject to trial by military commission under this chapter.” The issue in question—-if an American citizen is said to relinquish citizenship for his participation in any activity deemed by the government as aiding terrorists (anti-war protests, teach-ins against the war, etc.) In any of these types of scenarios, an American citizen can be held without charge and with no legal recourse.

I do not subscribe to the radical viewpoint that has George Bush clamoring to become the dictator of America. I actually do believe that George Bush loves the ideals of freedom and democracy. But I also believe that George Bush is willing to suspend many of our freedoms as he seeks victory in the “war on terror”. Make no mistake about it: George Bush believes—-to the core of his being—- that the current conflict against “Islamo-Fascism” (and nuclear proliferation) is the struggle for our very existence—-and, consistent with this belief, George Bush is systematically laying a foundation that will allow him to pursue this struggle unfettered and unconstrained.

Here are my predictions for the next two years:

In response to continued threats abroad, The U.S. undertakes bombing campaigns against Iran and Syria

Protests against the bombings and against the war in Iraq intensify throughout the United States

A major “terrorist” attack takes place in the United States

The government’s response: Imposition of a State of Emergency

The Department of Homeland Security assumes emergency authority over the power grid, airports, railways, highways, nuclear power facilities, food distribution, mobile communications infrastructure, Internet and digital infrastructure, and hospitals

Curfews enforced in most metropolitan areas

Tens of thousands of anti-war protesters temporarily incarcerated under the authority of the Military Commissions Act of 2006. (Closed military bases serve as the prisons.)

Selective Service draft reauthorized

Either:

          + Dick Cheney accedes to the presidency in late 2007 under the authority of the Twenty-Fifth Amendment, (This occurs when George Bush feigns some sort of major injury), or
          + the Twenty-Second Amendment is suspended, elections are postponed, and George Bush remains in power beyond January of 2009.

Espionage Acts reauthorized

Colleges and Universities temporarily suspended

Sedition Acts temporarily reauthorized

Do I sound alarmist? Paranoid? I don’t think so. The big picture for our President is the long-term survival of our country. And George Bush believes that the competing harms argument—-the argument that supports temporary suspension of our democracy vs. the total destruction of our way of life—-not only justifies these actions: it demands these actions.

Finally, conservatives are being honest!  Well, at least two of them are.  On “Real Time” last Friday, Andrew Sullivan advised conservatives to vote for the Ds or abstain from voting altogether this election.  David Kuo, who was in the Faith-Based initiatives thing Bush started, also said conservatives (particularly Christian conservatives) should abstain from voting and do something for the poor instead. 

Conservatives should combine the two and VOTE FOR THE POOR!  Instead of voting for the Ds or the conservative candidate, write in THE POOR.  If enough conservatives do this, it might affect a few elections without compromising conservative principles.  It would also send a message to the Rs (as well as the Ds) that conservatives aren’t just sheep who happen to vote every 2-4 years. 

Conservative folks need to stand up and do something.  They are being screwed…and badly!  As an independent, it was fun to watch Bush and Co. transform masses of conservatives into supporters of wild government spending.  Now, 2000+ dead troops and a whole lot more debt later, its just not so much fun anymore. 

Conservatives need to realize one cold hard fact; Bush, Rummy, and the veep won’t be there when the curtain comes down and the bills come due…but the rest of us will.  Conservatives collectively will be blamed for all of this.  If I’ve learned anything these last six years, its that nothing is ever, EVER George W. Bush’s fault!

Oh, and by the way, Jerry Falwell essentially called David Kuo a liar earlier on this same CNN broadcast.  Not only does this elevate Kuo to being probably one of the most honest persons on the globe in my opinion, it also shows the depth of Falwell’s depravity in supporting the Rs.  Kuo wrote his book and is speaking out after battling a BRAIN TUMOR!  It truly is too bad such a condition had to afflict Kuo, but then again, the Lord does work in mysterious ways and we now have a powerful testimony to the Bush administration’s sandbagging of the right. 

Vote for your country on Nov. 7th, not your party!  God bless both Andrew Sullivan and David Kuo.

The truly interesting fact is not that the two guys say what they say, it’s that CNN give them 8 Minutes to say it. Less than 1 week before election day! Is even the media waking up?

A couple of middle left/right-right/left oriented pundits add precious little than more noise to the general media disinfo—tally ho, chaps!  And so, we’re just now coming to the notion of a mindless POTUS? Indeed, What me worry—the perfect patsy.

So, what’s at stake? If any ship in the Eisenhower Battle Group is hit by anything, it could launch WWIII, and since US Special Forces have been operating inside Iran for over a year, anything could happen.

Forget the elections, one can only hope the less-than-Strange-Love faction of the oligarchy has authorized enough limited hangout to undermine them. That lot retains at least enough sanity to motivate them to at least attempt to rein in the madmen. For sure the generals are getting fed up. Who wouldn’t? You’re a professional warrior taking your orders from Big Oil!

To be perfectly clear, if WMD go off anywhere, don’t look to the cave, to the laptop, to bin Laden; don’t look to the Axis of Evil. Look to Cheney and Cheney’s handlers.

Sullivan is right - Bush is out of touch with reality, and he always has been.  The entrenched
Neo-cons in the Pentagon,  the AIPAC supporters,
and war profiteers have benefited richly from Bush’s
taxpayer supported war.

Impeachment, removal from office, and sending the bunch to stand trial before the International Court
is the least we owe the people of American AND Iraq!