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February 19, 2006
Don't You Feel Safer?
So Karl Rove wants to make "security" the focus of the 2006 elections... I think it's time we said, "Bring it on, you classified information-leaking-to-extract-political-revenge piece of donkey refuse." I mean, we've already seen that the Bush Administration is thoroughly incompetent at protecting the American people from standing water (thank you, Keith Olbermann) or protect 78 year old men from a Vice President with a gun. (Hell, the old guy even had to apologize to the Vice President for getting in the way of his rifle.)
Now, the party that wants you to believe that they will keep you safe has sold over the rights to managing American ports... to a foreign company. Not just a foreign company, but one from the Middle East. Yes, you read that right, kids: the Bush Administration has sold control of operations at six key American ports to an Arabic company. No, not one owned and run by an Arab-American businessman who loves his country as much as you do. One owned and based in the United Arab Emirates.
The Bush Administration spies without warrants on Americans in the name of the "war on terror;" it invades sovereign nations with leaders we find unappealing while letting those who attacked the United States escape and regroup, leaving us vulnerable to another attack. But it has no problem selling off control of some of America's most vulnerable assets off to a company based in the same part of the world as the people who've been attacking us for 20 years. So being Arabic in this country means warrantless searches from the Bush Adminstration; being Arabic with lots of money from another country means they'll give you the keys to our ports with a wink and smile.
Lest you think this is merely a partisan rant from someone who hates George W. Bush and anyone connected to him more than the Yankees or brussels sprouts, I give you the words of new blood conservative Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina:
“It’s unbelievably tone deaf politically at this point in our history,” Sen. Lindsay Graham, R-S.C. said on “Fox News Sunday.” “Most Americans are scratching their heads, wondering why this company from this region now,” Graham said.
When even conservatives are going on Faux News and railing against the Bush Administration's moves, you know it's particularly boneheaded. Add it to the cover up of the Dick's potential drink-and-shoot incident, the utterly bungled Katrina response (and if you haven't watched Keith Olbermann's angry on-air denunciation of the government's inaction, it's one for the record books, one of the most angrily patriotic declarations of disgust at Americans not getting the government we deserve ever issued), and the continuing debacle in Iraq -- one based on exaggerations and flat-out falsehoods -- and it's a wonder how any true, patriotic American can possibly still support this administration. They're sure not doing anything that resembles protecting the American people when they're selling off control of our ports to Arab companies.
Rove, if you want to make security the core issue in 2006, bring... it ... on.
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This so called security is all smoke and mirrors anyway.
Rove, Rumsfeld, Chertoff (whatever), they all have jobs merely because of Bush's inability to admit that he made a mistake. Most of his cabinet, heck, most of his party should be relieved of their seats, but this would mean Bush was wrong, and that simply can not be.
A small, evil part of me wishes that wasn't a bird shot that the old Dick shot his partner with...
Posted by: Cuzin Jose at February 20, 2006 11:32 PM
The goths want details about Saturday night.
Posted by: anonymous at February 21, 2006 05:50 PM
The Goths should know a gentleman never kisses and tells.
Unless he's had waaaaay too much to drink, that is. After that it's fair game.
Posted by: Curmudgeon at February 21, 2006 08:13 PM
