Democrats are so Dumb

I'm sorry but I cannot see why Democrats are crowing about victory in the filibuster business. As near as I can tell the Republicans are going to confirm three of the worst candidates nominated and in return the Democrats agreed not to filibuster others unless there were "extraordinary circumstances." As there is no definition of extraordinary circumstances this means to me that ultimately such circumstances will have to be agreed to and defined by Republicans. Some victory. I like Boxer and Kennedy but I think they are totally wrong to consider this a victory. Democrats just never seem to learn that you cannot compromise with Republicans. And there was no reason to compromise. The Republican power grab was exposed for what it was, the American public made it clear they did not want the filibuster compromised, and there was no precedent for overturning 200 plus years of tradition. The Democrats just caved as usual. As I have said before, the Democrats are not really an opposition party. They are part of the same Corporate/Government takeover of the United States. In shorthand, fascists. No one, including Democrats, wants to give up their assigned place at the feeding trough of corporate largesse.

Now we are apparently going to build four huge new bases in Iraq. Some say this is to get our troops off the streets and hunkered down safely prior to their return to the United States, after the Iraqis are able to control their country. What B.S. Iraqis will most probably never be able to control their own country without American troops because they don't want to fight their own people, unless perhaps they are of another ethnic or religious group, in which case you are talking civil war. And the U.S. does not want to give up a permanent presence in the oil-rich Middle East. So we are there to stay. Which is exactly the worst thing we can do. But the die is cast for the neocons dreams of empire. They have no choice now but to continue occupation and all-out war against anyone who opposes their U.S. dreams of taking over the world. If they now fail it means for them jail or worse. There is no way the United States can regain its rightful place in the world unless Bush/Cheney and the neocons are held accountable for their monumental war crimes. It will not be enough to simply vote them out of office and pretend this terrible nightmare didn't happen.

I cannot see any way out for them at this point in time. Their army is falling apart, recruitment is understandably falling dramatically, desertions are a real problem, Bush's ratings are so low as to be virtually unprecedented, Laura is now being presented as the face of the administration, the Social Security scam is being exposed for the smokescreen it is, they are on the wrong side of stem cell research, and they are about to bankrupt the country, to say nothing of destroying the environment. They do not dare even suggest a draft as that would bring them down in a hurry. So what is going to happen? If the elections of 2006 do not result in a Democratic takeover of the Senate, and perhaps even the House, you had better make plans to move elsewhere, the farther from the U.S. the better. You might even consider changing your identity. Anyone even remotely connected to this gang of international cuthroats is liable to become fair game for reprisals. You think I am exaggerating? I wish. So take your pick: either all out war endlessly against the rest of the world or an admission of guilt and then justice and cooperation with our fellow men.