An open Letter

This is a letter I recieved from a Kucinich supporter in my state.

I wanted to share with you a post I sent to the Jackson Free Press this evening.

President Obama.

Well, he just might become president.

We could do a lot worse.

I like that he now says the first think he will do when president is get the joint chiefs of staff together and start the ball rolling to end the occupation of Iraq and begin regional diplomacy.

Someone (some millions) are going to have to keep him accountable to that promise. He has quite consistently voted to fund the war. There is one candidate who did vote against starting the war and has consistently voted not to fund it.

He and Edwards and Dodd and Clinton and Biden all voted for war funds for Iran also. We need to talk him out of that.

He and the others, except one, voted for the patriot act and for its renewal. I hope we can interest him in the personal liberties that our founders died for and get him to drop his support for these horrid laws.

He supports dumping nuclear waste in Yucca Mountain, Nevada like all the other candidates except one.

He supports the death penalty – like all the other candidates except the one I keep referring to and Gravel.

He won’t ditch NAFTA or the WTO, there is only one candidate willing to do that.

Like nearly all the other candidates, his healthcare plan has a nice place in it for the insurance profiteers. There is one candidate that promotes a non-profit health care plan that thinks keeping people healthy should be what health care is about, but all the others think it should be about making money.

And like all the other candidates he takes money from corporations. I wonder what the corporations think they are buying? There is just one candidate that doesn’t take corporate money.

After 40 years of supporting candidates that were electable, just not as evil as the alternatives, I want the remainder of my life to not be so wasted. If we don’t believe in, live in and work toward our highest aspirations, how would we ever expect to reach them?

Will NH Campaigns Get nasty?

Now, the Clinton campaign is scrambling to reassess its strategy, and whether to more aggressively attack Sen. Obama. "Does everyone know everything they need to know about Barack Obama?" her chief strategist, Mark Penn, asked a handful of reporters on a glum overnight flight from Iowa to New Hampshire. "She's fully vetted, fully tested, and I don't think that process has occurred with Barack Obama."

Sen. Clinton echoed him hours later, at a morning rally in a Nashua, N.H., airport hangar. "Of all the people running for president, I've been the most vetted, the most investigated, and -- my goodness -- the most innocent, it turns out," she said to applause.

IMO, they will become extremely nasty....Clinton has got to counter Obama's "MO".

OMG! A Push For Democracy!

The US spends all its time demanding that others adopt democracy. well, they did in Palestine and the US was not happy with the outcome and refused to acknowledge the will of the Palestinian people. Not too GD democratic! Then there was Iraq, the US was in a hurry for them to hold elections; and how did that debacle work out? Voting does not a democracy make. Now it is Pakistan, will the US stay out of the process or will they demand that elections go forward on 8 Jan 08? That demand may bite them in the ass. Will they push Musharaff to go forward with the elections no matter the consequences? Good questions. time will show just how the US will be involved. And now, it is Kenya. The elections were corrupted and the UN and US have declined to recognize the outcome. Violence has ensued and a civil war is quite possible.

My point is, that one size does not fit all. elections do not make a democracy; it is the people that make the democracy and they should be the sole participant. If the US wants to promote democracy, then stay the hell of of others business, let the people decide for themselves.

Debtors, Debtors--Everywhere!

You people do realize that the first couple of boat loads of settlers in America were the dregs of the English prison system, right? Most were debtors--those that could not pay their and their families debts and were imprisoned.

I bet you are wondering why I am bringing this up. Why, oh why, Professor? Just to bring to light that the US went from a nation of debtors to a nation in debt. All the "good" indicators of the economy, like consumer confidence is based on credit. People are spending credit not money. It has been said that 6 out of 10 people in the US are in debt. The problem is it WILL NOT get better.

Housing sucks--a debt problem. This will not be fully known until probably '09. Plus a lot of the institution that are buying the US debt are from foreign shores. Meaning we are and will be in debt to other countries.

It will never happen, but I would like to see the debt called in. It would make the Great Depression look like a hiccup.

Who Killed Benazir? (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com

Who Killed Benazir? (Updated) | Danger Room from Wired.com


If you were told to round up the usual suspects--you would be busier than a one legged man in an ass kicking contest. Looks like everyone wanted her dead.

NPR : Tensions Mount Between Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran

NPR : Tensions Mount Between Iraqi Kurdistan, Iran


The Kurds are becoming a liability to the US. Turkey wants them dead, Iran is not too thrilled with their existence. And the US is caught between Iraq and a hard place.

Bhutto's Death Was State Terrorism

So says Sharif, the new opposition leader.


It’s state terrorism, says Nawaz RAWALPINDI: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) chief Nawaz Sharif said on Thursday that the tragic death of Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) Chairwoman Benazir Bhutto was a result of state terrorism, according to Daily Times staff reporter Aamir Yasin. Addressing PPP workers at Rawalpindi General Hospital (RGH), where Bhutto succumbed to hre injuries, Nawaz said Benazir’s death would be avenged not only by the PPP workers but also by the nation. “The nation will take revenge of Benazir’s killing,” he said. “Musharraf government is incapable of controlling the situation and people are facing the result of his policies,” NNI quoted Nawaz as saying.

No Divorce

I read this recently while checking out articles during my Xmas lull. It seems that the Supreme Court Of Rhode Island has said that gay couples may not divorce. You may be thinking ...WTF?...well gay cannot marry in Rhode Island..if that is the case then why would you need to state that they could not divorce either? If they are not legally married...there can be no divorce...that pretty simple...but as usual they must make this seem more than it is.

Do you care? If you do then may I suggest you mind your own f*cking business...it does not concern you.