rant

I am so glad Rep. Miller is in Washington working to uncover the corruption and end the abuse of this Administration. Still, I so wish we could all get our families and neighbors to care more. I believe The corruption and abuse will stop on the day that the American people wake up and say, "Stop."

This post is my reaction to this article posted by the incredible Betsy Muse.

Fp'd by Betsy because a rant can be a beautiful thing....and well, she called me incredible. :)

If I hear the Child King talking about this one more time I'm just about going to go postal. It makes me sick.

The president also said the United States will hold the Iraqi government to its pledge to take responsibility for security in all of Iraq's provinces by November, pass legislation to share oil revenues among all Iraqis and spend $10 billion of its own money on reconstruction that will create new jobs.

I'm sorry, but the rising chorus of whining about the Iraqis failing to take responsibility for the security of their own country is just plain pathetic - especially because it's coming from Democrats and Republicans alike. All our so-called leaders are jumping on the bandwagon, declaring through both sides of their mouths that the stupid, lazy, no-account Iraqis need to pull themselves up by their goddamn bootstraps and get things back on track.

(Posted initially as a comment at edcone.com)

For many years, I was a solid independent and centrist on all things political. Some might even say I leaned right, given my military training and business background.

But then something happened: The radical right wing of the Republican party began its ascension, engaging in a kind of political speech that quite honestly caught me off guard. I couldn't imagine how anyone with any intelligence would tune in and listen to people like Rush Limbaugh. Then came the Hunting of President Clinton and the feeding frenzy of right-wing commentators. Then came the swiftboating of John Kerry.

Most progressives I know sat back and watched this devolution of public debate incredulously. And while I'm sure many on the left pushed back hard, I personally did not. I personally believed there was common ground to be discovered and celebrated.