Reflections on the "New American" Revolution
Thursday, November 27, 2003
Telling the Truth Won't Set You Free: "the number of seriously wounded U.S. soldiers brought home from Iraq is approaching 2,200, many of whom have lost limbs or suffered facial wounds. In all, there have been nearly 7,000 medical evacuations of soldiers from Iraq, many with psychological problems."
7,000 medical evacuations! That's almost one in every 20 GI's! A 5% casualty rate. This is completely unacceptable to me. George Bush should be held to account for all these completely unnecessary deaths and injuries, together with Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz, Rice and Powell. They are a disgrace to the military that they are using so harmfully. And I am sure that some of their uses are abuses. Certainly we are being abused as a people, and the true costs are not being made clear until after the fact, when we are already embroiled and it's a fait accompli. Folks, we've been had by this administration and we're on the hook for hundreds of billions already, possibly a trillion dollars if things keep on their current trajectory, just for Iraq.
Don't vote for Bush again and then complain when you're kids inherit a debt so large that they'll be paying it back rather than supporting you in your old age.
Oh, you won't need them too? You'll have enough invested in the stock market? Oh I see. Well, I hope that those investments are still worth something you can retire on after this crowd has worked its magic on out economy.
There is a serious doubt about that. Look what the international markets are saying about the dollar. It's a one way bet, downhill.
And if you were thinking about relying on medicare or medicaid, or social security, well, your radical GOP government is dismantling those programs, so they'll still be around, with fabulous new names-dreamed up by Karl Rove-but they'll be largely worthless.
So don't vote for Bush, unless you want that to happen. Because it will, with him and his cronies in power. It's already started. And for your stocks, this is 1930. The dead cat bounce.
Time to wake up, America. The lunatics have taken over the asylum.
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