That's why he's the Boss -

[kyburg]

"The question of whether we were misled into the war in Iraq isn't a liberal or conservative or Republican or Democratic question, it's an American one. Protecting the democracy that we ask our sons and daughters to die for is our responsibility and our trust. Demanding accountability from our leaders is our job as citizens. It's the American way. So may the truth win out."

- Bruce Springsteen

Exactly.

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[kyburg.livejournal.com]

Brook dissent? Oh please. You'll likely find me very annoying - but I don't ban people for disagreeing with me.

As far as who was disagreeing with the whole mess - I can dig up Barbara Boxer, who was one of the folks who voted against it - based on what her constituency asked her to do, 800 to 1. That quote is available - but as I said, stuff like that got squashed very well early on. She's a dirty commie, too. Just in case you didn't know. Ask anyone over at Clear Channel or Fox News. What in the congressional record would you consider acceptable?

Tired of this, I am. Very tired.

I remember Vietnam. And it's aftermath. VERY well. I can remember JFK - not so well. I remember MLK's assassination. If what you remember about "peaceful" and getting along times as the Reagan years, I feel for you - because what I know about the Reagan administrations is nearly as bad as any of the Bush administrations. That includes when he was Governor of California.

I'm also against capital punishment. I'm also against the removal of programs designed to reduce or eliminate the need for abortions. (Making abortion illegal makes little sense to me - I can remember what it was like before Roe v. Wade - and abortions happened then, too. Plenty of them. You want to eliminate abortions, you have to eliminate the need for them. Anything else is just fooling yourself.) That's murder in my name, without even considering what has been done in Iraq. Pro-life, my ass.

Returning fire? Right. That solves everything, doesn't it?

I remember when we cut out losses and left Vietnam and what we left behind when we did. THAT was why I was (and still am) against the invasion of Iraq. That's what's waiting for us - unless we do some very unpopular things like, oh, making Iraq the 51st state or some such. Ask Puerto Rico or Western Samoa how nice that is. As the Philippines how nice it is when we get tired of propping up despots like the Marcos'. We're not the only ones who do this - remember how awful the French are?

The sad story is that it sucked before - and it's not sucking a whole lot less now. The difference is that it was sucking in Iraq and it wasn't our fault - now it is. There's not enough money being spent to make it any better. And we're losing ground in Afghanistan now, to boot.

I ranted back in March. I could go on. Like how the INS hasn't got enough fundage to actually go after illegals that might be a problem - oh, no, just call in everyone from a select group of nations to come in voluntarily and then slam a whole bunch of them in detention indefinitely for paperwork fuckups - trying dealing with the INS. Everyone gets a lawyer when they have to. There's no other way. But that was so smart! Like they're going to catch someone with something to hide that way. Suuure, that'll work again. Suuuure.

Question Authority. It isn't what someone can convince you of. It's not a matter of fighting back. It's a matter of finding a way through this mess to a resolution at the other side. I don't see any of that happening. And yes, I can remember a time when that was exactly what was expected of the people in office. Period.