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The skies are gray. It's raining. The animals are acting wierd. It's going to be a long four years.
I am angry. I'm mournful. I'm sad and worried about a country who just re-elected the same person who lost and subsequently stole the Presidency four years ago. I'm mournful over a nation that just turned over our sovereignty to a handful of rich white men, all in the name of security and patriotism. We are truly a joke now.
I just heard someone say George Bush was their hero. That's perhaps the sickest thing I've heard yet. A hero is someone who is both noble and brave. A hero is someone who, in the face of adversity, prevails with goodness and dignity and upholds the common goodness of the human race. A hero is not someone who launches wars under false pretenses to satisfy the last few strings of a failed father-son dynasty. This "hero" has had over 1,000 young men and women die for reasons that turned out to be total lies. I want you to go up to the parents of a soldier that died in Iraq (I know a few if you'd like) and tell them why George Bush is your hero. I want you to talk to a few soldiers and ask them if they support a war with no end in sight, and no good reason to have it anyway. I talked last night to my best friend Shawna. Her step-dad (also a Vietnam vet and platoon commander) had some choice words for this "hero". On that note, I'm tired of having to dance around issues because someone is a veteran. I respect their service, but Veterans can be wrong too. I live with and love one, my dad was one, both my grandfathers, 4 of my uncles, and all of my greatgrandfathers served their country during wartime. My grandfather died at the end of WWII, just 4 months before it officially ended. They fought to secure my right to say whatever the fuck I want and I resent the idea that because I speak out against an unjust regime, I am somehow un-American.
I'm tired of being told I'm unpatriotic for criticizing the President. If anything, that's more patriotic than anything we could possibly do. I'm sick of uberpatriotic fanatics, the same ones who reelected a religiously fervent but morally inept cowboy. I'm tired of people cowering because of "how they were raised". I'm tired people using the Bible as a weapon. I'm tired of people wrapping themselves in the banner of America and having that "It's-okay-we-don't-make-mistakes" attitude. Because we do. And only foolish men don't see that.
I'm tired of tired Democratic leadership. I'm tired of a party that allows itself to be run into the ground and makes stupid choices and refuses to actively contest anything. I'm tired of picking people just because they look electable. I'm tired of not standing up for morals and values and only looking at how well a candidate projects on T.V. I'm tired of apathy. I'm tired of people who've forgotten the basic laws of man. I'm tired of being asked to choose between "the lesser evil".
I'm tired of rich white men trying to make themselves seem like one of the boys. I'm tired of childen of said rich white men falling in line with them because they can't think for themselves.
Basically. I'm just tired.
I will never accept the legitimcy of the Bush presidency and I think history will judge it accordingly. I hope you're all proud of your vote four years from now.
I am angry. I'm mournful. I'm sad and worried about a country who just re-elected the same person who lost and subsequently stole the Presidency four years ago. I'm mournful over a nation that just turned over our sovereignty to a handful of rich white men, all in the name of security and patriotism. We are truly a joke now.
I just heard someone say George Bush was their hero. That's perhaps the sickest thing I've heard yet. A hero is someone who is both noble and brave. A hero is someone who, in the face of adversity, prevails with goodness and dignity and upholds the common goodness of the human race. A hero is not someone who launches wars under false pretenses to satisfy the last few strings of a failed father-son dynasty. This "hero" has had over 1,000 young men and women die for reasons that turned out to be total lies. I want you to go up to the parents of a soldier that died in Iraq (I know a few if you'd like) and tell them why George Bush is your hero. I want you to talk to a few soldiers and ask them if they support a war with no end in sight, and no good reason to have it anyway. I talked last night to my best friend Shawna. Her step-dad (also a Vietnam vet and platoon commander) had some choice words for this "hero". On that note, I'm tired of having to dance around issues because someone is a veteran. I respect their service, but Veterans can be wrong too. I live with and love one, my dad was one, both my grandfathers, 4 of my uncles, and all of my greatgrandfathers served their country during wartime. My grandfather died at the end of WWII, just 4 months before it officially ended. They fought to secure my right to say whatever the fuck I want and I resent the idea that because I speak out against an unjust regime, I am somehow un-American.
I'm tired of being told I'm unpatriotic for criticizing the President. If anything, that's more patriotic than anything we could possibly do. I'm sick of uberpatriotic fanatics, the same ones who reelected a religiously fervent but morally inept cowboy. I'm tired of people cowering because of "how they were raised". I'm tired people using the Bible as a weapon. I'm tired of people wrapping themselves in the banner of America and having that "It's-okay-we-don't-make-mistakes" attitude. Because we do. And only foolish men don't see that.
I'm tired of tired Democratic leadership. I'm tired of a party that allows itself to be run into the ground and makes stupid choices and refuses to actively contest anything. I'm tired of picking people just because they look electable. I'm tired of not standing up for morals and values and only looking at how well a candidate projects on T.V. I'm tired of apathy. I'm tired of people who've forgotten the basic laws of man. I'm tired of being asked to choose between "the lesser evil".
I'm tired of rich white men trying to make themselves seem like one of the boys. I'm tired of childen of said rich white men falling in line with them because they can't think for themselves.
Basically. I'm just tired.
I will never accept the legitimcy of the Bush presidency and I think history will judge it accordingly. I hope you're all proud of your vote four years from now.