09.16.04
Posted in politics at 9:53 pm by
I’ve been a busy boy for the past few days. Work has been as action packed as reading personal essays for masters students for grammatical errors. Truly, my dear friends, it sucked. At any rate, other than my brain feeling like it’s been sloshing around in a bucket for about 8 hours, I’m back.
I have this feeling of responsibility to you, my readers (both of you), to get something written and published. I hope you’ll forgive me from time to time if I miss a day or two, unless you’re dying to hear about my research ideas or what my thesis is about (and those things even bore me sometimes.
Anyhow, I was listening to NPR during my hour-long drive today. I try to stay current with world events. The state of affairs in Iraq are currently less than desireable. What frustrates me is the rhetoric we get from both sides of the aisle. Of course, being a liberal those statements I find most offensive of those of dear old W.
Car bombs and bodies and 1000 dead, and Iraq is better off? I apologize but it’s hard to buy this. News flash to both parties–it’s impossible to PROVE whether or not the world is SAFER since president Bush came into power. Casting a vote based upon the safety of our country is a blindly cast vote.
What we should be casting votes on isn’t what the candidates are telling us to cast votes on. We should be basing our vote upon WHAT THE CANDIDATES WILL DO TO ENSURE OUR SAFETY or what they will do to effect peace. As far as I know neither candidate has really ever weighed in on an actual P - L - A - N of action in Iraq. Or a real plan of action as to what the next steps that should be taken in the war on terror.
Give me something to vote on. Stop playing to my emotions–give me facts. If Kerry really wants to do win the upcoming election I think he needs to force the issue that Bush has no real effective strategy in the war on terror. It’s a shoot first ask questions later strategy. Of course, Kerry hasn’t done a glowing job of unveiling his roadmap for the middle east either. BUT…and here’s the big but…he hasn’t proven himself to be capable of mounting a pre-emptive strike against nations based on scant evidence of nebulous weapons of mass destruction.
Ultimately, I’m just tired of election season. I need a break from incessant reporters, radio programs, and yes, even blog entries. I’m going on election strike. No more posts. That’s my election promise to you my readers…I wonder how long it’ll take me to break it.
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Posted in politics at 9:53 pm by
I’ve been a busy boy for the past few days. Work has been as action packed as reading personal essays for masters students for grammatical errors. Truly, my dear friends, it sucked. At any rate, other than my brain feeling like it’s been sloshing around in a bucket for about 8 hours, I’m back.
I have this feeling of responsibility to you, my readers (both of you), to get something written and published. I hope you’ll forgive me from time to time if I miss a day or two, unless you’re dying to hear about my research ideas or what my thesis is about (and those things even bore me sometimes.
Anyhow, I was listening to NPR during my hour-long drive today. I try to stay current with world events. The state of affairs in Iraq are currently less than desireable. What frustrates me is the rhetoric we get from both sides of the aisle. Of course, being a liberal those statements I find most offensive of those of dear old W.
Car bombs and bodies and 1000 dead, and Iraq is better off? I apologize but it’s hard to buy this. News flash to both parties–it’s impossible to PROVE whether or not the world is SAFER since president Bush came into power. Casting a vote based upon the safety of our country is a blindly cast vote.
What we should be casting votes on isn’t what the candidates are telling us to cast votes on. We should be basing our vote upon WHAT THE CANDIDATES WILL DO TO ENSURE OUR SAFETY or what they will do to effect peace. As far as I know neither candidate has really ever weighed in on an actual P - L - A - N of action in Iraq. Or a real plan of action as to what the next steps that should be taken in the war on terror.
Give me something to vote on. Stop playing to my emotions–give me facts. If Kerry really wants to do win the upcoming election I think he needs to force the issue that Bush has no real effective strategy in the war on terror. It’s a shoot first ask questions later strategy. Of course, Kerry hasn’t done a glowing job of unveiling his roadmap for the middle east either. BUT…and here’s the big but…he hasn’t proven himself to be capable of mounting a pre-emptive strike against nations based on scant evidence of nebulous weapons of mass destruction.
Ultimately, I’m just tired of election season. I need a break from incessant reporters, radio programs, and yes, even blog entries. I’m going on election strike. No more posts. That’s my election promise to you my readers…I wonder how long it’ll take me to break it.
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