Bush and Health Care – Not
I didn’t look to see how the op-ed pages tried to spin their own survey, but the data looks pretty bad for the gang in the White House. Nearly half
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Category: coffee muses
On Moral Cowardice – John Scalzi
I’m proud to be an American, but tired of being ashamed of our leadership. Somewhere along the line, we traded doing what is right for what is easy, backing corrupt regimes and abandoning our moral high ground. Having seen Bush’s record firsthand in Texas, genuine accountability cannot come soon enough.
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Gas Prices – Update
I never expected Big Oil to be this desperate to keep Republicans in charge, but you protect who lets you get away with murder. I predicted gas at $1.98 before the election; I was just a month early. Sacrificing millions now is cheap insurance to reap billions later under rolled-back regulations.
If you own big gas cans, fill them up on November 7th—right after you vote.
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Colin Powell in Houston
The words running through my head are “common good.” Providing for it built our roads, schools, and parks—principles this administration seems intent on demolishing through greed and incompetence. It’s time for the privileged elite to rejoin the rest of us and invest in America’s future, before there’s nothing left to save.
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Election Season nonsense
You can always tell election season has arrived when Republicans start sounding the alarm on voter fraud. Amusingly, they cite their own past complaints as “evidence.” The only genuine fraud in recent elections has been perpetrated on voters by officials promising fairness while actively ensuring none exists at the ballot box.
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Torture Is Torture
The real question about torture is moral: what kind of nation are we? Despite claims of righteous exceptionalism, this administration perverts the Golden Rule, hiding wiretaps, secret prisons, and abuses behind extreme secrecy. They dread these conversations, but they cannot hide forever—because sooner or later, someone always talks, Mr. President.
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Get out of Jail Free Card
Mr. President, this is not a Monopoly game. You will be held accountable by history, if not the courts. Congress won’t hand you a “Get Out of Jail Free” card. You decided this war’s course; trying to dodge accountability now fits the lifelong pattern we’ve seen since your college days.
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Bush’s Problem
Bush’s core flaw is offering simplistic responses to complex issues, leaving even his own party scratching their heads. Since when is executive lawbreaking the status quo? Warrantless wiretaps, torture, and secret prisons aren’t leadership—they are off-the-charts un-American, yet these are the very grounds on which the administration chooses to stand.
