Can you believe it?

Whatever happened to the Enron scandal? It appears that Ken Lay will die of old age before he has to answer for anything. Whatever happened to the lawsuit having to do with Cheney’s secret energy meetings which was supposedly returned to the lower courts? Cheney will almost surely die before that ever surfaces again. What has happened to the Plame investigation? Once in a while it gets mentioned somewhere but nothing ever comes of it. What has happened about all the still unanswered questions having to do with 9/11? Having proved to be wrong about virtually everything why is Donald Rumsfeld still in office? Now that we know Condaleeza Rice blatantly lied on more than one occasion why is she almost certainly going to be confirmed as the next Secretary of State? Why has not one single person in the Administration been held responsible for any of the obvious mistakes that have been made in the past four years? Why has Bush never used his veto powers? In short, what in the hell is going on?

Home, home on the range, where never is heard a dissenting word, and the future appears blacker each day. Bush continues to appoint nothing but toadies to his cabinet. Loyalty to his lord and master seems to be the only qualification necessary these days to serve our nation. Never mind competence, never mind experience, never mind past performance, all you need to do is promise to say yes to Bush’s every desire, no matter how stupid or short sighted it may be. Would you not think that the President of the United States has an obligation to appoint the best people available to look out for the interests of the citizens and the nation? It is perfectly obvious that Bush has no interest in choosing the best people, no interest in the well-being of the United States. He is only interested in looking out for the wealthy and the Corporations that currently rule the world. While he cannot be re-elected he can try to insure that Jeb or some other Bush loyalist will be the next President. Don’t even bet too much that the rules won’t be changed so that he can become Dictator for Life; such is the state of things in the United States at the moment. Maybe they will change the rules so that the Gropenfuhrer himself can be the next President. If we have learned nothing else from the past four years we have learned that it is true – ANYONE can be President, no matter how deficient in brain power, tact, diplomacy, common sense, information, experience, knowledge, language skills, energy or interest. Just give them a prepared speech, a teleprompter, and a national press and media willing to continuously prostitute themselves.

But not to worry, gays can only marry in Canada and Massachusetts, abortion rights are slowly being eviscerated, people should die rather than smoke pot, and God is still speaking directly to George W. Bush. Hallelujah (sp.?).