November 2, 2006

• Many of you will probably want to skip this post, mainly because you might be sick of hearing about politics. But, the election is a few short days away and I have yet to write anything about it. Its high time we take back congress. Corruption and fear have ruled congress for too long. The first step of putting the country back on the right direction is to dump as many Republicans as possible on Tuesday. The conservative Christians and the Republicans have become way to powerful, so powerful its scary. They have both the house and senate, they have the presidency and they have the supreme court. This is not god people. If Republicans continue in the majority of congress, this means more of the president's bullshit. If they win, Bush will continue to have a blank check for all sorts of illegitimate mayhem and destruction around the world. At home, it means more scandals and more shady dealings such as wiretapping, torture, more of the Patriot Act, and more attempts to limit the freedoms or ordinary Americans. Enough is enough. We can not let them win. Its my opinion that it is your duty as an American to get out and vote. Don't have the time, than make the time. By law, companies have to give you time off to vote, even if they don't pay you for it. This is too important not to exercise your right to vote. People have died to give us the right to vote. Females have only had the right to vote since 1920. Blacks have only had the guaranteed right since the 1960s. This is too soon to forget that several generations ago, normal, everyday people did not have the very same right that non voters take for granted and not vote. Find a way. That's all that matters. And while you are there, do not vote for Republicans. Sure, the Democrats are pussies. Yes, they are sometimes stupid (John Kerry, I'm looking square at you), but they are not evil. And they will not fuck up the country in the same manner in which the Republicans have done since they had control of both congress and the White House. Just look at what they have fucked up:
  9/11
  The Iraq war
  Hurricane Katrina

  These are just a few things that pop out. Now, look at the scandals they have been involved in:
  The Mark Foley scandal
  The Jack Abramoff scandal
  The wiretappping scandal
  The Abu Ghraib prison cover up

  Vote Republican and you get more of the same, except that it will continue to get worse and worse. Need proof? Here is an article that a friend of mine in the Air Force sent:

  http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0611/S00036.htm

  Anybody who disagrees with this article is fooling themselves and has their head in the sand. This article makes perfect sense, the longer we are in Iraq, the better it is for Al-Qaeda. Think about it. They thrive on chaos and love upheaval. It gives them a chance to create more mayhem and also recruit people. Just imagine if your house was destroyed and family members killed because of the war in Iraq. You would be very vulnerable and influenced to join a group that is fighting the people that have invaded your country. Also, for years Bin Laden has said evil things about America. He has said that we want to rule the world and that we hate Muslims. In the eyes of some Muslims and of Bin Laden and his followers, this is true. You and I know it is not true. But, forget about us and the truth. Sometimes, perception is what matters and image is everything. To jaded Iraqi citizens, we are everything that Bin Laden is selling them. Being in Iraq only helps them reconfirm that misguided belief. That is why we as citizens with the right to vote have to make a statement and that statement is ENOUGH IS ENOUGH!

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