{"id":127,"date":"2004-11-09T07:11:00","date_gmt":"2004-11-09T07:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/?p=13"},"modified":"2008-07-09T19:36:12","modified_gmt":"2008-07-10T00:36:12","slug":"whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bitpost.com\/blog\/2004\/whats-next\/","title":{"rendered":"Democracy Has Failed"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the infamous words of Raymond’s dad, H O L Y C R A P.<\/b><\/p>\n

Americans have proven that they are sheep easily led astray by lies and distortions<\/slash>. They are not the critical thinkers our founding fathers hoped would be inheriting this country. This was born out most strongly by exit <\/slash> polls<\/slash> showing that “morality” was the most important issue to the voters that swang the election. Why the @#%#$ did the press hardly touch that issue until AFTER the campaigning? Karl Rove caught us off guard. We falsely assumed people had the supernatural power to DISCERN.<\/p>\n

We MIGHT have picked up on this if we hadn’t assumed. My election-night-eve streetcorner discussions with my homophobic fundamentalist zealot neighbors, for example – I tried to argue for the “core concepts of the Bible” with them with no luck. I shouldn’t have assumed they were some extremist splinter group – they were the ones that showed they have the power to derail this country.<\/p>\n

I’ve been through various stages of grief at the death of my country’s vitality. First sadness, then anger, now frustration. Not sure what’s next. I’ve never felt so emasculated and victimized in my entire life…<\/p>\n

The county red-blue map from electoral-vote.com<\/slash> shows that the entire nation isn’t insane, at least… time to root out the good guys and network…<\/p>\n

UPDATE<\/b>: This blog is supposed to cover my personal and family life in an upbeat and lighthearted manner, so this will be the last post on the election. I will, however, add new comments under this story, as required, to keep my sanity.<\/p>\n

Here’s a rant I never sent, summarizing the neocon madness…<\/p>\n

—-<\/p>\n

Hey all.<\/p>\n

Election time is here. I need to get my final thoughts off my chest, please indulge
\nme or send me to the junk bin as you see fit. :P Even better, send a response.<\/p>\n

There is one area of concern that has risen above all others for me in this
\npresidential election: Bush’s embracing of neo-conservatism. If you are unfamiliar
\nwith this political ideology, here’s a basic introduction:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.csmonitor.com\/specials\/neocon\/neocon101.html<\/p>\n

So folks, it’s basically the notion that we need to be in a perpetual state of
\naggression, until the world has been subjugated. They want to install by force our
\nJudeo-Christian values and “shape a new century favorable to American principles and
\ninterests”. Wow. Think about that for a minute. Afghanistan, Iraq, merely
\nstepping stones. Just “the beginning”. Now, if you’ve watched the news any in the
\npast year, you know that there’s a real mess in Iraq. Now, consider that the
\ncurrent president disagrees with you. He thinks it’s going GREAT! Now, consider
\nthat he’s moving forward in the same direction without a second thought. If
\nelected, he’ll have four more years of driving the country forward, stretching the
\nmilitary, endangering the good people that serve this country, on a neo-conservative
\nagenda to break every other \u201crogue\u201d country on the planet through the use of force.
\nThat all sounds great to him! It’s going so well already!<\/p>\n

PLEASE help me by considering this danger, and letting those that would have us
\ncontinue down this preemptive unilateral path of aggression know that we don’t want
\nit, and we will not stand for it. Because if you let them, they are ready to roll.
\nAnd don’t just take my word for it. You can read about it on their own web sites:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.newamericancentury.org<\/p>\n

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