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“We all have our dark side to say the least, but dealing in death is the nature of the beast”! Who, except for the aging ex-hippies, knows that song lyric? Pink Floyd’s “Dogs of War” being unleashed by their silent transfers in marbled halls. Well Dubya, the Flim-Flam man--merchant of death, uses it as his credo. Once the wolfish Dubya acquired his first taste of blood, it became an irresistible appetite. He has slowly understood that you can good profits in ripping off US suckers, but you get your biggest bonanzas by raping and pillaging oil rich countries. That a host of our fine US boys and girls die in combat is a shame, but getting the cream off the top will require some sacrifice. Besides, we must show our enemies that the US won’t run away from a confrontation at the first little problem. The PNAC boys say we must be tough and stay no matter what the cost.
For Rove it comes down to the bottom line of a ledger sheet where the top 1% gets everything and the rest of us are replaceable spare parts to be lied to. Dubya is intentionally ruining the US and worldwide economy for political advantage. He is making sure his international “Ranger” and “Pioneer” buddies are getting war-profiteering profits, as last illustrated in his $87 billion Iraq bonanza. The most brutal example of the lack of morality in Dubya though is that even the US soldiers, who are in continual jeopardy, are getting shafted.
Here is what he has done for the US according to the article, “Fiscal Doomsday in the Offing” by David Broder of October 5, 2003. The author says the US economy is seriously bad now, but will become bleak as the baby boomers need services, ”But the reality is that after 2013, things will get worse. The first of the baby boomers reach retirement age in 2008, and from that point on, Social Security and Medicare payments will explode, as the number of claimants rises each year. As Pete Peterson, the Republican former secretary of commerce, told the news conference where this report was presented, anyone who thinks those programs are solidly financed ought to think again. "To talk about a Social Security trust fund is a fiscal oxymoron," he said. "It isn't funded and it can't be trusted." Rather, the government faces $25 trillion of unfunded entitlement obligations.”
That is bad, but we voted him in, so we have to live with what we asked for. Shame on any of you silly enough to believe the Dubya spin of 2000, as it was plainly all smoke and mirrors. See, all of us aging baby boomers, ex-hippies or not have lived through this before. This is all part of an age-old GOP strategy. They terrify the US into believing that the military must be built up excessively. Reagan had the “Evil Empire” and Tricky Dick had the “domino theory”. Then they add to this tax cuts for their rich 1%. Guess what—Et voilla no money for Democrats! The US budget can’t support this military buildup as well as fund the social safety net, so which budgets get reduced? We see our own relatives and neighbors dying before their time. We are without adequate health care, decent medical insurance. Too many of us must choose between purchasing either prescription drugs or food. Due to Dubya’s awful administration of the US economy each of the states are cutting everything they can. When the Democrats, who are the champion of social service programs, ask for money to help the 99% of US citizens, the GOP have a pat comment. “They are typical tax and spend Democrats!”
What was his tremendous photo-op on the USS Lincoln, with “Mission Accomplished” behind him other than a chance for him to act as the mighty, Commander-in-Chief? For the love of all that is good and decent in the world, Bush who proudly struts around as being concerned for the military, is going to look out for our youth in the Armed Services, isn’t he? His words don’t match his actions.
I can hear the GOP operatives saying, “We have to spend a lot of money to make sure our troops have the best of everything to fight the “everlasting war against terrorism”.” It would be one thing if that
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Inheritance taxes are getting so out of line, that the deceased family
often doesn't have a legacy to stand on.
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