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[tgnyc]

[havocmom]

1. Junta knows the public needs some sort of tension release

and opted for a massive military ejaculation to try and provide it.

[libodem]

2. you are on to something there

[Norquist Nemesis]

3. They're planning a major offensive in Afghanistan, too

Heard it on CSPAN (late) last night with one of the hearings they were re-airing. Massive offensive aimed at stamping out the opium fields.

[MadMaddie]

8. Are you serious?

They are insane...

[Norquist Nemesis]

11. Yep! I was shocked they had that on open hearings

Wish I could remember which hearing/committee it was...it was just before I went off to bed. Biden was one of the questioners, Lugar was there too.

...found the hearing announcement from previous day's schedule. http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/cspan.csp?command=dprogram&record=194331193

[immoderate]

14. Hey, Afghanistan really needs a civil war...

and those people are distracted by horticulture.

--IMM

[jrw14125]

4. anyone catch a catchy "monica's missiles" name for this?

I'll give it a shot: Poll Strike

[tgnyc]

5. Tanking and Bombing

[Drum]

6. someone's anticipating "Last call!"

Soon the lights will come up, and the beer-goggles will be shed in our Capitol, to the shame and astonishment of all. Oh, that is if Cheney doesn't declare martial law first....

I bet that Dick and Rummy are just tingling, getting to re-play Vietnam again.

[SeattleRob]

7. War is their only hope to improve their poll numbers!

Very sad!

[Arkansas Granny]

9. I worry when Bush's numbers are falling. I don't know whether

to expect a terrorist attack or a new attack on a country that is perceived to be a danger to the U.S. They are low enough at this point that we might expect either or both. Another terrorist attack would certainly convince some people that we need to go bomb the hell out of another country.

[tgnyc]

10. If they reach 30%: look out ,Iran.

[nomaco-10]

12. I don't even recognize this country.....

anymore. Where is the outrage? Where is the outcry from the parents of the maimed and murdered children coming back from this fiasco? Why is the UN silent? Why are the college students across campuses in this country silent? Where is this generation's Walter Cronkite?
Hell, I rarely even see a bumper sticker against this war. Has everybody become complacent or are they really this afraid of this admin?
I don't get it, I really don't.

[MadMaddie]

13. Those are the questions of the day.....

What is it going to take?

[donkeyotay]

15. It truly is a nightmare, and there is something terribly wrong here

You know the feeling of trying to run in a bad dream and you can't move? That's what its like to me, now. No one can organize or reach the complacent right or do anything to stop the outrages piling up. It just gets worse. There are no longer any setbacks, let alone defeats, for the coup against America.

[Tsiyu]

16. It took a while to hypnotize so many

They are slowly waking from their slumber of stupor and smelling the rotten coffee.

I don't feel morose about things; I am concerned because so many Americans are so pissed and their government is effectively ignoring the rage.

All it will take is ** & Co. declaring war on Iran, or instating a draft, or any other slap in the face of the already-pissed-off. If they just make that one miscalculated move, I fear Americans will have a mess on their hands.

As it is, expect medical costs and a declining housing market to bring even more people into the light. Keep talking about these issues with people you meet and those you know and you will have more reason to hope.

:hi:

[okieinpain]

17. shhhhh! american idol is coming on.

[Xenotime]

18. How low do the ratings get before he is removed from office?

[tgnyc]

19. They would have to be in the negative numbers beore Dems have the courage

to push the issue.