May 2005

We finally here from the head cheese today. President Bush speaks out on the Amnesty International report comparing the detention center at Guantanamo Bay to the Soviet gulag. Our fearless leader once again proved his views and ways are right and the rest of the world is well...just plain old wrong:

"It's absurd. It's an absurd allegation. The United States is a country that promotes freedom around the world."

President Bush also could not refuse the opportunity to chime in about a conviction handed down in the Soviet Union against former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Is it hypocritical that George would also be in support of a fellow oil tycoon?
Now we are seeming to doubt the legal and judicial systems of other countries. Funny how he finds it necessary to comment on this charge and not the one of Schapelle Corby, the Australian (remember Australia, a member of our coalition of the willing against Iraq) who was sentenced to 20 years in prison in Indonesia for smuggling marijuana, a case that has Australia in an uproar.

The simple fact that George would spend the time commenting on the jail sentence and never wants to comment on our declining economy shows this lame-duck president has only one thing on his mind - the actions of other nations. Wake up George, we are still stuck with you for another 3 1/2 years and if you want any credibility to your name when your gone, now is the time to act and address problems here and not ones abroad.

Memorial Day is upon us. A day in which we honor those who gave the ultimate sacrifice defending our great nation. It's a time when families and friends gather to cook out, an extra day of rest from the normal work week, and the kick off to the summer season. A holiday we have celebrated in our great country for nearly 140 years.

This Memorial Day weekend though, lets take time to remember what the holiday is about, and those who do not have the luxury of the get together's the rest of us will. Let's reflect upon those 1657 (as of May 30, 2005 10:00 am est) who did give the ultimate sacrifice in Iraq and the ten's of thousands of troops who are still there fighting to this day, with no end in sight.

Now I am not saying to have disregard for the memories of other fallen soldiers from previous wars. They also are entitled to the remembrance by the citizens of our great country. The difference however is the fact that they were fighting actual wars for our great country. Those 1657 that gave the ultimate sacrifice did so in a war based upon falsified data and scare tactics used to get the support needed to launch a war. Those 1657 that have died, did so because of lies and a personal agenda that was being adhered to by the President of the United States and his cronies.

May 1, 2005. The Sunday Times in Britain released the now infamous Downing Street Memo. This memo, distributed to top british military and government officials, stated in July 2002 that the United states had plans to pursue a war in Iraq. The memo actually was a view into the near future, saying that: