Nationalizing 2006: Bush as Nero

[Perky]

Just for abot two weeks in early October.

Bush fiddling while New Orleans floods.
Bush fiddling while Iraq Descends into chaos.
Bush fiddling while 9-11 unfolds
Bush fiddling while medicare screws the elderly
Bush fiddling while Congress runds up a huge deficit

Bush Fiddling with Social Security
Bush Fiddling with the FIrst Amendment

[Nikki Stone 1]

1. Bush playing the guitar while New Orleans floods

That't the picture I'll always remember.

[C_U_L8R]

2. and eating cake

as an entire city evacuated

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. On the tarmac

...

[ristruck]

4. Apology

Dear America;

I humbly and sincerely apologize for voting for Bush not once but twice. I have been awakened to the lies and I could make a list but a broken former republican is not in a position to do anything at this time but ask for forgiveness. I am truly sorry for my votes and for being so gullible to believe the corrupt, cynical, and downright evil marketing campaign that now in hindsight was so clearly false and superficial.

Since this is the season of Lent what do you prescribe as due penance for a sad soul like myself? I have always held beliefs in many things that my conservative friends consider liberal but now I am proud to say that I have come out of the gutter (not closet as that is too good) to disavow any affiliation with the party of abuse of power and corruption that Enron looks like petty theft.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi ristruck!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. In "The Passion" as Christ is praying he says,"Forgive them Father,

for they know not what they do..."

The pretty much same goes for you. It is enough that you no longer support the lies, warmongering and stealing of this administration. I look forward to hearing more from you. Welcome to DU. :toast:

[ristruck]

7. The Future

I actually am more hopeful for our future than I have ever been. The serious problems like Iraq, our penchant for Imperialism, health-care, social security, and campaign finance reform on the home-front now have a chance to be truly dealt with. Why do I say this? Now that many of us have learned our lesson about the false marketing using the flag and religion we can take the rose colored glasses off. The apple pie presidency is a naive notion and the honest non-politicians like Feingold and Kucinich will maybe be heard. Once you get beyond the rhetoric, the platitudes and the facade you start to look at issues. This is at least what I have been doing. (A work in progress) Taking the issues on their merits you begin to really see that we have some major problems. Taking health-care and education as two examples we have a completely uneven playing field. We would not tolerate such unfairness in sports but we look the other way in these areas because of the lack of education on our own behalf.

Clearly we need a national health-care program. The facts seem so obvious when you study the issue. Clearly the methods used to fund education are fostering the continuation of repressed opportunities for the ones who need a chance and all we are doing is stacking the deck against them and then the ignorant ridicule the oppressed while they brandish their cheesy and false form of Christianity.

Here is my point, now that the smoke is clearing the truth is being seen by many more than just myself. We have been duped and we are now looking deeper. Looking deeper at the Republican brand of conservatism is making us ill. Looking deeper at the problems and the potential solutions make us desire progress. It is this desire for progress and truth that has led me to conclude that the progressive movement is what this country now needs and I have become a fan of the ones that made a stand when it was not popular. It may not be totally popular now but the American people are starting to wake up. At least this is my hope. I hope for a better future for my children and I am scared of the people who are now in charge. I just pray that we can rid ourselves of them before they do too much more damage.