Hey guys... Look, I know that some of you think we might be bat-chit crazy to think that Bush might try a martial law. Guess what? I freely admit to
being a bit bat-shit crazy. Oh, and guess what? I'm out here in Japan. Granted, I can't really understand the local newscasts too much and I live on
a US Military installation, but from what I gather Bush's image isn't entirely spiffy over here, either.
Bob's right about what he said about scuttlebut: the current administration has got some pretty severe issues if the common people of the American
workforce are whispering about martial law. And another thing you gotta remember (something we're always told here): don't pay too much attention to
the scuttlebut. Sure, it's good to keep your ear to the ground, but you also have to be smart about what you hear.
You also have to also realize that some pretty nasty and needless things have happened in our country since Bush took office. I can understand that he is
trying to be a great president, but he's simply trying too hard. If he wanted to be known as a great president he should have gone out and sought peace
instead of war. It's not a lost cause - Clinton made good headway in that department (and that has very little to do with NAFTA and his indiscretions in
the Oval Office). The only reason why things are the way they are now is because consistent pressure for peace was not kept up. Instead, we go to war. An
unnoficial war that pissed off the world community at large. And with the wrong country, no less. Bush will be remembered as a great president, all right.
This war has cost us - that is you, me, and everyone else who pays taxes - trillions of US dollars. It has cost us the blood of my fellow Sailors, Marines,
Soldiers, and Airmen. Sure, they may have died for a better purpose. Sure, they may have died fightuing insurgents and terrorists. But did they have to be
fighting them in the first place!?
And let us not forget the toll he has taken on our personal rights. He violates our privacy by tapping our phones and our email accounts at will, has people
arrested with no Miranda Rights and no real reason except for something like they were riding their bike too close to a stadium where he was giving an address
or they had something with an anti-Bush slogan. (I'm not kidding about that part. When he was campaigning for his second term, I spoke with several
people at the local bike shop and coffee house that had been arrested for those reasons without their Mirandas and with no charges).
And don't even get me started on the election fraud. When I am ready to start my own business, Diebold is a company who's products I will refuse to
use, even if they are better or cheaper. I won't even accept their product as second-hand goods, and every time I go to an ATM machine that says
"Diebold" I am reminded of that election and I get a strong desire to vandalize that machine. Don't. Go. There.
None of what I have said is false, really. You can look it up.
I may be biased, but I have my reasons for being so. I am certain that you have your reasons for supporting Bush, but I am unclear as to what those reasons
are. If you are willing to discuss things politely, then I am as well. Just don't expect me to be able to post frequently. Being Forward-Deployed in
Japan is like that.
being a bit bat-shit crazy. Oh, and guess what? I'm out here in Japan. Granted, I can't really understand the local newscasts too much and I live on
a US Military installation, but from what I gather Bush's image isn't entirely spiffy over here, either.
Bob's right about what he said about scuttlebut: the current administration has got some pretty severe issues if the common people of the American
workforce are whispering about martial law. And another thing you gotta remember (something we're always told here): don't pay too much attention to
the scuttlebut. Sure, it's good to keep your ear to the ground, but you also have to be smart about what you hear.
You also have to also realize that some pretty nasty and needless things have happened in our country since Bush took office. I can understand that he is
trying to be a great president, but he's simply trying too hard. If he wanted to be known as a great president he should have gone out and sought peace
instead of war. It's not a lost cause - Clinton made good headway in that department (and that has very little to do with NAFTA and his indiscretions in
the Oval Office). The only reason why things are the way they are now is because consistent pressure for peace was not kept up. Instead, we go to war. An
unnoficial war that pissed off the world community at large. And with the wrong country, no less. Bush will be remembered as a great president, all right.
This war has cost us - that is you, me, and everyone else who pays taxes - trillions of US dollars. It has cost us the blood of my fellow Sailors, Marines,
Soldiers, and Airmen. Sure, they may have died for a better purpose. Sure, they may have died fightuing insurgents and terrorists. But did they have to be
fighting them in the first place!?
And let us not forget the toll he has taken on our personal rights. He violates our privacy by tapping our phones and our email accounts at will, has people
arrested with no Miranda Rights and no real reason except for something like they were riding their bike too close to a stadium where he was giving an address
or they had something with an anti-Bush slogan. (I'm not kidding about that part. When he was campaigning for his second term, I spoke with several
people at the local bike shop and coffee house that had been arrested for those reasons without their Mirandas and with no charges).
And don't even get me started on the election fraud. When I am ready to start my own business, Diebold is a company who's products I will refuse to
use, even if they are better or cheaper. I won't even accept their product as second-hand goods, and every time I go to an ATM machine that says
"Diebold" I am reminded of that election and I get a strong desire to vandalize that machine. Don't. Go. There.
None of what I have said is false, really. You can look it up.
I may be biased, but I have my reasons for being so. I am certain that you have your reasons for supporting Bush, but I am unclear as to what those reasons
are. If you are willing to discuss things politely, then I am as well. Just don't expect me to be able to post frequently. Being Forward-Deployed in
Japan is like that.