A man parks his car in the wrong spot, he pays a fine.
The Supreme Court appoints a privileged family’s son who manipulates an entire nation to wage a major war, and this in order to raise his failing first term ratings and to stay in office another term. Indulging his delusional, ideological ambitions, he causes disaster, the maiming and death of hundreds of thousands, and economic breakdown
He walks away without even a tap on the wrist, without the slightest judicial review?
Is this the American way? Is our justice system functional?
Why the absence of any impeachment proceedings against Cheney and G. W. Bush? Not enough proof of misleading the public? Not enough proof of treason at a national scale? So many books published by insiders of the Bush administration now line bookstore shelves. A library full of books now details the misconduct, the intentional lies, and devious, criminal acts. Ample eye-witness testimonies from prominent public officials fill the bookstores. I need not include the long list of names already so well known.
Or is it public opinion?
Once America became a major military hegemony, the stakes ratcheted higher and so too the responsibility of every single US citizen.
Can it be that a large swath of American population is too gullible to assume the responsibility as a citizen?
A democracy is measured by how well its citizens tolerate the nefarious behavior of its elected officials. If the citizens allow the worst of travesties, the democracy fails and something else takes its place. Citizens lose their ability to think critically and so too, they lose their rights and freedom.
From the very beginning, at the campaign between Gore and Bush, the Supreme Court ruling in favor of Bush, despite the ballot tampering in Jeb Bush’s Florida, and then Congress’s compliance to W’s absurd whims for preemptive invasion…and worst of all the public opinion that mainstream media only encouraged, if not created.
The Bush Administration has failed disastrously. This much is abundantly clear and extremely well documented by those who worked for him and carried out fraud on his behalf.
But a large part of the American people has failed also. Worse yet, a large part of the American voters still support this, the worst of all possible courses that our country could take. By supporting McCain, they willingly buy into a fully revealed debauchery of public interests.
Congress and the Senate have a small window of opportunity to redeem the American system by putting Bush and Cheney into impeachment proceedings. This would serve as a lesson in civil responsibility for the entire nation.
Without that lesson, a necessary one from this catastrophe, the perpetrators of treason and war crimes walk away without the slightest penance.
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1 Bobbie // Jun 11, 2008 at 5:55 pm
I’m in absolute agreement with you Mark! The problem is that the majority of Americans are either disillusioned or apathetic.
AOL had a poll yesterday about what possible First Lady they favored more and the majority chose Cindy McCain! A one time prescription drug abuser and she got involved with McCain while he was still married. Plus she was born with that proverbial silver spoon in her mouth. A millionaire who has no clue what it would be like not to be able to afford a tank of gas to get to work! Or even what it’s like to be out of work and struggling to pay the bills.
Michelle Obama on the other hand is like us. Not born into wealth and had to work hard for what she’s achieved in life. However the majority of America is not in favor of her? What is wrong with this picture?
We’re going to be in a world of hurt if McCain is elected…he’s just going to follow in the footsteps of Bush and Cheney. Self serving and like Nero, playing the violin while America burns!
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