Stability

I've mentioned it before, but I'm going to say it again:

As a nation, as a member of the world population, George Bush does not make us safer.. I can point to a lot of things, but it comes back to the fact that he has totally destabilized the entire Middle Eastern region - which was held together by Elmer's glue to begin with.. Bush has had more than enough opportunities to try to bring the world together again, but that's not even a possibility now..

The Europeans are skeptical of him, the African nations gave up on us, we already know what's brewing in the South East theater.. But what did we hear in the news recently?? He's put forth a plan to close bases around the world.. What this translates into: Bush realized that he's alienated the US with the rest of the world - and now has to circle the wagons..

But we forget that our southern border remains virtually undetected.. Bush even went as far as to wanting law to grant amnesty to any illegal immigrants who are in the country today.. Instead of trying to thwart the next attack - now we're just welcoming them into our land.. (brilliant move Dubya..)

I've said it before, I'll say it again - no.. I honestly don't know if Kerry would do any better.. But for any conservative to actually USE that argument only is a really piss poor argument when you think about it.. Let's suppose that you get a really bad car mechanic who doesn't know what to do to fix your car - I show up, not knowing one thing about automotive mechanics.. Does the mechanic who can't fix your car do a better job than someone who hasn't worked on them before?? Who knows - even though I may not know word one about a carburetor might actually be a good thing because I research the crap out of things before I take on a project.. Because I'm a planner and if I can see how to work into a problem there's a really good chance I can do something about it..

Is Kerry that way?? I don't know.. But to use the argument that just because Bush is *currently* the President somehow makes him more qualified is very disturbing to me.. One has to say that statement a little louder.. Just because Bush thinks he's doing a good job, doesn't mean he is.. When one thinks about exactly how screwed up the country is, might think twice about sending Kerry to office.. The second thought I'm giving is:

Can Kerry fuck this country up anymore than the W. has??

Unfortunately I don't think Kerry can screw up the country anymore..

With the expanding poverty line.. Record setting budgets.. A President out of touch of the men and women he's sending to Iraq.. Alienating us from the rest of the world.. Further inciting the Islamic-followers.. and talk about "flip flopping.." Damn, those are just the highlights in the last week or so!! Watching Bill Maher tonight only brought out fresh ones.. One of the ones I loved was when Bush was quoted about the North Korean leader saying:

"I don't give a deadline for dictators..." um, you did, sorry Mr. President..

The Swift Boat story fell apart on him.. He wasn't too quick to distance himself to it because they couldn't confirm or deny whether it was true.. Had it been true, do you really think that Bush would've aligned himself when he could clearly see blood on his opponent?? No.. His advisers stepped in and probably saved the campaign at this point..

There's a lot of crap that's unfolding right now.. The 9/11 commission report still proves to be interesting.. The evolving story about leaking the CIA operative's name has now reached the Dick Cheney's chief of staff (oops).. Speaking of Dick Cheney, it's interesting how he has come out in defense of his lesbian daughter in the midst of Bush's attempts to illegalize gay marriages.. hmmmmm

Again, we're living in very interesting times..