The Rep Gets Bigger

This whole thing was started around the time of the election. I was rather stirred up around that time--I remember asking my class who voted the day before (the response was not so promising). Some voted for Bush. I related how I was asked to cover up my shirt at the polling site, which said "Vote Dem." A student said he was also asked to cover his shirt, which said something more along the lines of "Fuck Bush." I don't know. I don't think anything's improved, per se. I like how John Kerry now seems a powerful voice in the government, more determined after he played nice for a year. Two soldiers were just killed, beheaded. But I read how Bill O'Reilly blames Air America. And about a week ago, Ann Coulter called 9/11 widows "witches." Rather than being incensed at this, I think people buy this version of "truth." It looks like, for one thing, efforts to set a clear pull-out date for the troops will be voted down, while the troops will be gradually pulled out so the Republicans can both call Democrats "Cut and Runners" and gain good favor by bringing MOST of the troops home. But the money's too good; there are no plans to bring all the troops home. This is why every time some gain of importance happens over there, Bush cautions us that it's far from over (It's never-ending; read 1984). Those reconstruction contracts are too lucrative. I'm not saying anything new here. But I've talked to several relatively young guys who are eager to go there and earn $100,000 per year. That's the workers, which only indicates what it does for stockholders. Doesn't have anything to do with the soldiers, except that they're used to protect the contractors. And they'll support Bush until they die. It's good to see a Tom DeLay go down, and a Jeff Skilling and Kenneth Lay go down, but how did Karl Rove get off the hook? I thought this administration might end with a lot of people going to jail, but I'm beginning to have my doubts.

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