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14 January 2007

@#$!%^#@&@*%!!!!!!!!!!!

my existential crises has been trumped, though i'm seeing that they are closely tied. i know i should probably calm down before i write this - but this is gonna be all knee jerk, baby. all the way.

anthony, who shall be referred to as Rain Cloud Over My Parade from here on out, has hipped me to some revolting developments in the my comments section of a previous post:

I hate to say "I told you so", but this quote is in a Yahoo news story today, from tonight's 60 Minutes interview:

President Bush said he has the authority to act no matter what Congress wants.

"I fully understand they could try to stop me from doing it. But I've made my decision. And we're going forward," Bush told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview to air Sunday night.

"He's the guy who's got to decide how to use the force and where to deploy the force," vice president Dick Cheney said. "And Congress obviously has to support the effort through the power of the purse. So they've got a role to play, and we certainly recognize that. But you also cannot run a war by committee."

"They're convinced that the United States will pack it in and go home if they just kill enough of us," Cheney said. "They can't beat us in a standup fight, but they think they can break our will."

go back and read that again.

THIS IS A PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT IN A DEMOCRACY SPEAKING - NOT SOME LUNATIC DICTATOR IN A FAR AWAY LAND!!!!

isn't THIS EXACTLY WHAT BUSH WAS TRYING TO RID THE WORLD OF IN KILLING SADDAM HUSSEIN? ISN'T THIS EXACTLY WHAT HE RAGES ON ABOUT WITH IRAN AND SYRIA AND NORTH KOREA? it is such a fine line, friends. such a fine line.

they are going to do WHATEVER THEY WANT the rest of us that fund them be damned?!?

what?!?!

i'm holding every single person that voted for this regime responsible. i'm disgusted and sick. i've lost any ounce of tolerance i had left today. WAY TO GO!!! what the hell is the matter with you, america? NO ONE WANTS THIS!!!! WHERE IS MY GREAT COUNTRY?

this is supposed to be a country where WE decide what THEY do - NOT the other way around!

and as for options?
* congress can decide not to fund him. great. so he pulls funds from somewhere else instead.
* congress can attempt to pass a law to bar him from going forward. great. won't be enough votes to pass it.
*we impeach bush. great. we're left with "i don't care who dies we're going forward" cheney? impeach him too?

i wish i had more faith in the democrats - that they will actually somehow do something to stop this insanity, but my faith in them was crushed long ago - and so far, nothing has been done that makes me think it won't be more of the same. i expect no serious boat rocking. democrats, prove me wrong. please. CUT THE PURSE STRINGS AT LEAST!

so now what? NOW WHAT?

welcome to what it's like to live under a dictatorship. what do all of you freedom loving neo-con "i want the least amount of government interference possible" supporters have to say for yourselves now? YOUR leader has turned into what you most despise. HE ISN'T GOING TO LISTEN TO ANYONE! he doesn't care what you OR i think.

i'm on the edge of my seat, waiting to see how you'll spin this one.

FUCK!

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