Something strange...

Morialekafa will not appear tomorrow. If all goes well he'll be back on Wednesday.

Something very strange is going on in our country. Bush/Cheney are claiming dictatorial powers and virtually no one is seriously challenging them. Of course there is Conyers and maybe a very few others, but for the most part the Democrats are silent. What, for example, happened to Dennis Kucinich? He was an outspoken critic of the "war" and in the past minced no words. Is he now so happily married he just doesn't care anymore? Or has Bush/Cheney's secret spying found out something that forces his silence? What about Barney Frank? He used to be very outspoken but what have we heard from him lately? Or is it the case that they do speak but the MSM simply refuses to cover them? Then there are the Clintons. But they have obviously joined the Bush/Cheney group (they know where the real power lies). One scenario, not at all far-fetched, is a Hilary vs McCain contest in which the Republicans (corporations) will win whomever is elected. Then there is Kerry who seems to be totally unaware of reality and goes on pretending that he participates in some form of democracy. There is Biden who claims he doesn't know anything much about the DeLay scandal and wants to continue the "war." John Roberts? Is the MSM aware of him? Warner of Virginia? He doesn't say much of anything about the "war." One can only conclude that the Democrats, one way or another, have been castrated.

Republicans, like Arlen Spector, are making noises about questioning Bush's claim to absolute power. But will they really try to do anything about it? Doubtful in the extreme. Let's face it, the long planned fascist takeover of the U.S. is about to be realized. The major Democrats are apparently in on the scheme and the rest of us, the peasants, will have no choice. Minimum wage? Ha ha. Universal Health Care, hee, hee. Environmental protections? Don't make me laugh. Rebuilding Iraq and New Orleans? Can't afford it, it might take away some taxes from the obscenely wealthy. Unions? No way. Civil rights? Not in a time of endless "war." Afghanistan? Oh, yeah, I remember that place. Is it a country or what? We still have to get rid of that pesky Social Security. We'll continue to work on it behing the scenes, in secret, where our best work is done.

Today it was announced that there will be no funds included in the budget for rebuilding Iraq. Why should we have to rebuild Iraq anyway? Besides, we've already paid out billions to Halliburton and others to rebuild it. And yes, it's true that the military has banned soldiers' blogs. We don't want anyone to see all those unpleasant things. Is this a great country or what?

On INN World Report today there was an absolutely marvelous discussion by Professor Mark Crispin Miller about how the Republicans blatantly stole the 2004 election. His book on this subject will be coming out (fairly soon, I hope) and leaves no doubt about what happened: pre-election, election, and post-election. I wonder if anyone will be interested. The 2004 election was a long time ago and Lost will be starting again soon. Oh, well.