Not enough interpreters

It really doesn't make much sense to me why the military has discharged some of the best and the brightest people simply because of their sexual orientation. Many of the best and most qualified people who were interpreters were LGBT people. Yet they are using 'Don't ask, Don't tell' as a witch hunt to rout them out when they are in dire need of qualified help. It just doesn't make sense. Just like in the civil war Blacks were not allowed to fight and again during the first world war. It wasn't until an all black battalion showed them that they could fight as well or better than the rest of the troops.
My suggestion is why not set up a LGBT unit to fight or interpret Arabic. Perhaps they can prove that they can perform as well or better than their counterparts. I'll bet that if they set up a gay unit that they will outperform the rest of them. Its worth a try. Perhaps then they will change Don't ask, don't tell or abolish it entirely. Wouldn't that be something?

Where the hell is Bin Laden?

Mr President you're spending billions in Iraq, but we still don't know where Osama Bin Laden is. How about all the other terrorists who are recruiting mercenaries to fight? What about them?

Well.............?

Dead silence.

Or............Lets change the subject. Shall we?

The big question is why hasn't Bush done anything to get to the CAUSE OF ALL THE TROUBLE? Seems to me has treating the symptoms and not the cause.

I think it is about time for a change, don't you think?
Lets burn the Bush in November.

What dream world is the president living in?

I couldn't help but wonder as I watched president Bush talk to the UN and in private conversation with the Iraq's prime minister on TV the other day, what cloud he was living on? Or should I say fantasy world. How in the world can he expect the American people and people in other countries to believe his story that we are winning the war and that democracy is right around the corner? He has the gall to say that the CIA is only guessing in its assumptions on Iraq. As though that is supposed to make myself and others more confident in his leadership. It sounds like the blind leading the blind. The stakes are too high Mr. President to be doing a guessing game and I suspect you have doing a lot of that on Iraq right from the beginning.

I don't know about you but my eyes are wide open and I can see what is happening over there. Thanks to instantaneous transmission of news over the television newscasters inside Iraq. What I see is not a pretty picture. I see tanks not soldiers in the streets and continuous fighting. Even I can put two and two together and come to the conclusion that we are not winning this war but are being pushed back farther and farther into our bunkers than when we started.

Somehow the notion that they will have some kind of democratic election (that's a laugh) in the near future is simply a pipe dream at best. Any election will be only a show put on for our entertainment and nothing more. It will mean nothing to the Iraqis or to the insurgents. I don't suspect that the fighting will stop because of it.

You could tell that the UN general assembly was visibly cool to the presidents speech. They know that he is living a lie not only to himself but to the world. Personally I think we are wasting out time and money on this ridiculous war. Bush is failing miserably and won't admit it. I think he will find out how we feel come election time. I am really getting sick and tired of the rhetoric and infighting. We need change and a new president. I'm betting Kerry will do the right thing and end this fiasco once and for all.

The Ostrich effect

Besides the fact that the president is trying to sugar coat what is happening in Iraq, he has his head stuck in the sand ignoring the truth about what is going on in that country. I call it the Ostrich Effect. If we stick our heads in the sand perhaps it will all go away. This is typical of people reaction to a grave situation which is getting worse and not going away. They ignore what is going on, telling themselves that everything is getting better when it is not. Just the opposite in fact.
The National Intelligence Council reported that there are three likely scenarios the worst would be the country descending into civil war. Just like I said from the beginning, they blame this on the fact that the country has no representative government or institutions or traditions. In other words it is governed by a feudal system of warlords who have absolutely no concept of democracy whatsoever to put it bluntly.
The country is dying of a terminal disease for which there is no apparent cure. America's fruitless efforts are going for naught and the president is ignoring this fact. As the Washington Post said, he is living in a fantasy world of spin. The man is failing miserably while trying to cover that fact to the American people.
Kerry knows it and I hope he will let the people in this country become aware of it too. The American people need new leadership and a regime change.
Ain't that the honest truth?

Don't get me wrong

It sounds as if I hate George Bush. I don't, I just don't like his politics. I really wish he would stop pandering to the religious fanatics. Its ok to be religious, but lets not let it become the central theme of the presidency. Although he doesn't show it, his choices speak louder than words. Some of the people he has chosen to surround himself with although at first glance seem to be moderate on the outside, are actually quite extreme on the inside. Take for example John Ashcroft, a zealot if there ever was one. His unrelenting fervor to stamp out all forms of pornography is prime example. Now at first glance we agree that that isn't all bad. Child pornography should be stopped or at least curbed to the point that it is no more than a minor annoyance. Filthy porn exploring disgusting human waste and the resulting depravity of such acts should be curbed too. Access to porn on line needs to be self-regulated without government intervention. This is where Mr Ashcroft I think crosses the line. We already have laws outlawing pornography. What we don't need is the religious fanatics dictating their narrow views through government intervention on the American public.

The other big issue I have is the current push for a Anti-Gay marriage amendment to the US Constitution. The Constitution was written to give us rights, not take them away. This is an example of religious extremism at its worst. The president and the rest of the nation is missing the point. It's not about procreation or sex, its about love. Its about people seeking the blessing of the church by those who wish to declare their committed relationship publicly and in the eyes of God. Its about Equal rights not special rights. And its not about someone marring their dog or polygamy either.

I disagree on the war in Iraq. I said it before and I'll say it again. It should have been a surgical attack taking out Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden, not the Shock and Awe we saw on TV destabilizing the country and causing nations to hate us. We should have gone in and killed him and then leave. The aftermath would not have been half as bad. Yes there would be fences to mend but not nearly as much as there is now if ever.

Bush's economic recovery is a joke. His pandering to Big Business. Allowing jobs to migrate off-shore, and the so called job recovery is laughable at best. If you like slinging hamburgers for $7 or $8 an hour a recovery. Mr President, we can't live on those type of wages. Something has to be done and I don't think you have an adequate plan in place., if at all.

I don't dislike you, I just don't like what you are doing and come election time I'm not voting for you. That you can take to the bank.

Uh Oh They're covering their asses

The question still remains about Bush's stint in the National Guard. Did he actually serve or was he AWOL. Seems to me the Little Rich Kid with daddies permission skipped out to apply for college or something similar if my memory serves me right. Of course when senior Bush talks, people listen whether they want to or not. They also don't talk back for obvious reasons. When he says "Jump" they say "How High?" The problem Little Rich Kid got caught with his pants down and now the Republicans are in damage control mode trying to discredit the document. How typical.

They caught another Booboo today. How about the size of Bush's deficit? Three Trillion plus compared to Kerry's Two Trillion? Do the math folks. That's a LOT of money not to mention the continuing drain that the war is taking, Four Billion a Month? Not million, Billion. I don't know about you but I can't comprehend that much money. Its like someone pulled the plug and the water is draining out faster than it is coming in. Or to put it another way the Ship sprung one gigantic leak. Titanic anyone?

This raises more questions than it answers, I know. That is why I do this, to make people think and question. That is how I was raised. Ain't that the gosh honest truth?

Political Polls. Don't you just love it?

Reading the Washington Post and other newspapers quoting the latest polls about how Shrub is now ahead. The problem is that you have to read almost all the way to the end of the article to find out that the so called poll used a sampling of only 875 people. Now my question is where were these people located? Just one area or scattered across the USA? I highly doubt it was scattered all over the USA. Also how about the demographics? If it was in the New York or Washington area? I would bet that the figures would be skewed in favor of Bush. Why you ask? Well how about the fact that the Republican National Convention just happened to be right near by in New York City. Given the fact that people are pumped up at this point in time after all the rah rah rah from the presidential pep-talk. Don't you think? Oh yeah, how about the other three million people eligible to vote? Hogwash I say.

I really don't place much in these so called polls. If the sampling was 10,000 people that would be better or more accurate. Maybe. Then again it depends upon who, when and where. Remember the old saying; Believe nothing of what you hear and only half of what you read, especially now. Politicians are like car salesmen. They'll tell you anything to make a sale. Polls are the same way. It depends upon who is doing the polling and how biased they are.

Does all this polling really make a difference? I doubt it. Its just another mental exercise for the cerebral types to pump up their inflated egos. Mental puffery, if you will. Nothing more.

Just step out into the streets and you will know how the majority of the American people feel.
I don't think the American people are as fickle as they would like us to believe. Time will tell.

Can you believe this? I'm getting dumped by my Insurance Company
I own two properties, one with a major policy and the other the rental covered by a separate policy. The last two tenants were evicted for non-payment of rent and other reasons. In the process they trashed the place. Now I am rehabbing the place and I have someone staying there to make sure it isn't broken into in the process. Now get this, I've been paying on this insurance for years and years Now I finally make a claim and I get a letter saying they want to cancel the policy. Can you believe it? They claim the property is vacant. NO IT IS NOT How dare they make this assumption.
I ask you, how are you going to get tenants in a property that is trashed? Common sense says that you have to get it back in shape. What are these idiots thinking? Explain that one to me. It really corks me that they have the gall to treat their customers like dirt. So here I am ranting on about the shitty service I'm getting. Well here is the name of the company if you are interested. Just one Caveat. Deal with these people at your own risk.
Secura Insurance Company, P. O. Box 819, Appleton Wisconsin 54912
Just like car insurance, the greedy bastards want your money but when it comes time for them to pay up they cancel your policy or if they don't they raise the premium substantially. Is that any way to treat your customers? I think not.
If you guys are reading this You aren't doing us a favor by giving us coverage, we're doing you a favor by giving you our business. We don't need you, you need us. We can take our business elsewhere, and we will. Perhaps if enough of us take our business elsewghere and hit you in the pocketbook, where it hurts. Maybe just maybe you will see the light and treat is properly. Of course if you don't perhaps you should go out of business. I'm sure there will be others more than willing to take your place.
If you feel you have been treated unjustly complain to your state Insurance Commissioner and the Attorney General's office division of consumer protection and the Federal trade commission. Make them squirm and answer to their peers.

Serves them right, don't you think?

Sick and tired of greedy companies
Ain't that the truth?