Let's be postive

I have been too negative, so let's get proactive.

First to address some of the issues that could improve our crippled democracy and general state of the union.
A new old voice on the horizon, give him a listen, and demand better than we are usually given. A Presidential canidate from Alaska.

From a fine journalist comes bold, yet entirely too practical to be applicable, notion of how to proceed in combatting government's unholy tax scheme. Also it could help with the dramatic budget deficits we face and ease the environmental crises we are only now entering into.

There is protest that is nonviolent, and potentially effective going on in India to halt development that would be damaging to the local community.
begging questions:

1. is a hunger strike still an effective means of protest?
2. can it produce positive change in this instance?
3. is there any situation to consider the employment of such a hunger strike here in the US, like say here in NY with atlantic yards development in Brooklyn?

Italian ruler cannot accept democracy.

So then I leave you with a question with the dramatic change brought about in the Chinese economic system yet no attention paid to the poltical flaws of a one party system.

rise of middle class
rural poor left behind, rate of distance increasing

The List

Ways Bush has done wrong (this list WILL REMAIN constantly under revision until Bush is out)
a conservative estimate for a neo-really does/can he understand any philosophy deeply-conservative man.

Torture
it seems like this would be an easy on. A Christian man, who deeply loves freedom and the values it endears in people, and promotes democracy around the earth would not permit torture.

Yet, look to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It is as though when faced with a war the laws and principles that are lauded and claimed to be worthy of protection by pre-emptive action are routinely dismissed as unnecessary and unworthy of consideration by elites in power.
only right is a right to life


The Iraq War
Again another misleading/stretch of the truth by Bush and his handlers.
There is a Civil War going on no matter what Washington calls it or denies to the American public. Violence, instability, and inflamed anti-US sentiment around the world due to imperial aggression and the hubris bred by a leader's lack of critical thinking skill.

Economy
Like most things, Bush has tried to copy Reagan's budget policy from the 1980's. Expanding and growing the Defense budget while aggressively cutting funds to social programs and other things government spends far less money on (combined) than the Pentagon (alone). Now it would be wise here to consider the good economic news that the Bush economy has generated.
Yet, not ignore the bloating of the federal budget by a REPUBLICAN CONGRESS and a pressumably like-minded executive.
And, if one were so-inclined and had the time to consider more, perhaps the question of the cyclical nature of where spending increases have come during both Bush and Reagan's White Houses.
IN other words: Why are the poor -primarily brown-skinned among US squeezed in a crushing way by the same iron hand that coddles the defense industry or business of war.

And where does manipulating the public with fear of an outside danger come in the moral-ethical scheme of proper politics?


Lying...
about Leaks (or just playing with language to assert further executive power and less check and balance from the other branches of power inching ever closer to the end 3 equally balanced branches of government). Sheepishly trying to claim some sort of consistency while ignoring the record of his comments; Bush makes the people who voted for him, and even more so the people who continue to defend him seem absent minded.

beyond loyalty
partisan politics
reason and morals/ethics

Another story of secrets held from the American public. Removing truth from the record is a dangerous game to play when you dont even know a game is going being played.


Also sometimes it can be the things you dont say that make you dishonest too.

When does the honest republican/conservative end the ignorance of bliss and call to account the actions of lost conservatism, dishonesty of a simple minded leader, and the abuses of democratic institutions to embolden empire?

It gets to this point where when I read:

Iran is producing enriched uranium from 164 centrifuges, influential former Iranian President Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani told Kuwait's KUNA news agency on Tuesday.
(reuters)

Should I really believe this is not the new Chilabi saying untrue things so that Exxon or some dirty with oil fundamentalist government can stay in control of government in a nation deemed friendly by the Bush family government? Is this not all just too much to swallow. When was Iran a threat to the homeland security, why continue to pick fights in a region we are not really winning in yet? Is this even good strategy for the maintenance of empire?

The eggregious encroachments on privacy
some that have been victems of terrorism have said something different to their government.



the last time America was this divided it was not this de tach ed.

Despite the rage of mine and others at American foreign policy and its disaterous effects, currently mobilization of people across the country on the issue of immigration reform is making a deeper impact.
This despite Bush's next biggest mistake looming over the horizon. (Fox News counter-story)

Wake me up when this is over

People that think Rumsfeld should go:
Head of CENTCOM 1997-2000 George Zinni,
Ret. Lt. Gen. Gregory Newbold
Ret. Maj. Gen. Charles Swannack- 82nd Airborne Division in Iraq
Ret. Maj. Gen. John Batiste -- 1st Infantry Division in northern Iraq in 2004-2005

I know I do as well.

But, there are those who still support this "the Donald", and unfortunatly this is where republic begins and democracy fades.

I feel as though if Donald Rumsfeld's vision of the proper American role in shaping the world has not budged since he signed on with the Project for the New American Century in 1997. I see Rumsfeld as both a symbolic and realized flaw in Postmodern American Democracy. When Governor Bush was selected president in 2000 how were the voters to know that such a man as he would be able to manipulate the laws of reason in conflict in such a way as to gain endorsement by so many "moral" leaders in this nation.

The calls of just war came from odd interpretations of the 9/11 attackers, and the shameful rhetorical devices used to drum up support for US aggression reduce the lives of other people below the point of political significance and social relevence. Perhaps this line of reasoning depends on your not believing that something intrinsic changed on 9/11. If this is the case then consider with me our next move?

CNN on the Iranian build-up.
Does the press want another war. We must remember how good these things can be for media business as well. The question is do we believe the sovereign state of Iran has a recognized sovereignty that merits a respect from American empire. Perhaps, the question is do we believe we ever thought this was a sovereign state worth respecting. Since it seems I am speaking in realist terms of modern usage of power.

Iranian hard liners say this: On Isreal

Why is it that the legitimacy of presence by US submarines so close to the land and people of Iran assumed? Our leaders are aiming saber rattles towards nation in between both of their current wars, and the media seems alarmed by the fact that they (the Iranians) are gearing up for a fight.

so then what does objectivity mean for media in the modern age of American empire?

How good is war for the infotainment business? Is it possible they (Neo-cons, big business, Democratic and republican imperialists, disingenuous spiritual/religious leaders) only want us afraid enough to keep watching.



also...
Exxon becomes world largest company thanks to... lots of things, but mostly rising oil prices. What exactly causes oil prices to go up?
more money less oil

I forget... is there oil in Iran?