Some days, the outrage is just too much to handle.

Since the day that Bush & Co. took office back in January of 2001, they have committed outrages virtually every day for almost six years now. And after each outrage, we thought it couldn't get worse. But it did.

From stolen elections, through an illegal war, to unconscionable tax cuts for the super-wealthy at the expense of everyone else, to denying both foreigners and Americans the right to counsel, or even a hearing. And then, finally and inevitably to the torture of human beings.

Then there's the screwing of veterans who expected help from their country when they returned, only to find that much of the promise of caring for them and their families had been cut.

And then we all watched on TV as a great American city drowned and no one was there to help. And even now, over a year later, the majority of victims of Katrina are still dislocated, depressed, forgotten, or ignored.

A thousand other outrages could be added to this list of man's inhumanity to man, but is it really necessary? All of these outrages and crimes have been committed by men who believe they have the "God-given" right to do whatever they want to do.

Bush/Cheney/Rove,(and Rumsfeld, who received a 19 gun salute and a hero's send off), are either power-mad criminals, or mentally deranged villains. But they weren't alone in their crimes. They were assisted by an American public who was either too lazy or too stupid to realize what was being done in their name.

Could things get any worse? You bet they can. After acting like "Gods" for so many years, these people have probably come to believe they are Gods. And this year's elections hasn't changed a thing in their world view. They really believe they can ignore the congress and do whatever it is they want to do, to anyone they want to do it to, and at any time and place they want to do it.

Right now, we're all "up" because we now control the congress. But it is imperative that we realize that the lunatics in control of the asylum won't just give up, kick back and wait out the next two years.

We'll have to fight them for every inch of progress we want to see. But let's not forget that they have a tremendous advantage. Bush/Cheney have their fingers on the controls of our nuclear arsenal. And until those fingers are pried away, no human being on this planet is safe.

And that's the bottom line. They can and will commit any outrage imaginable. But do you really believe that when it's time for them to go, they'll go alone? It's within their power to destroy the entire planet. And who's to stop them?

We, the people

"If I let these things keep a position in the forefront of my mind for any extended period of time, I would be shot dead by a swat team."

I am deadly serious about things that matter, but every once in a while, I need to go to the lounge and exchange fart jokes, crack a beer, flip my zippo and spark up to maintain my sanity until the time comes when I can open up my rage in a functional manner.

keeping the demons at bay, for the time being.
sgd

outrage runneth over.

Peace.

I hate that Malloy is on so late, he gets me fuming right before I try to go to bed. My rage sometimes lasts for days on end. If I werent somewhat zen, I'd be dead or in a rubber room somewhere. I am not telling anyone to mellow out. I think that there needs to be more rage out there by progressive thinkers. I just have to temper mine, because I often remind myself that I have nothing to lose. I was so very ready to storm DC this past election. I had the car packed with protest gear and had plans to meet up with others. I was pleasantly surprised, but I did not put everything away. I can still leave on an hour's notice.

They have the big outrages - tax cuts for the rich, Iraq, raping the environment, Iraq, Katrina, pissing off the rest of the world, Iraq, budget deficits, etc.

However, how many smaller scale outrages have kind of slipped through the cracks because so much attention has been paid to the big outrages?

Back when Clinton was president, there were hundreds of hours spent investigating the White House guest list and nothing came out of it. Imagine if Clinton donors had been allowed to pilot a submarine that killed Japanese sailors? He'd probably have been impeached over that before anybody had heard of Monica Lewinsky... yet, does anybody even remember that incident?

What about the Grand Canyon visitor's center now containing pamphlets that attribute the Canyon's formation to great flood of Noah's ark fame? Did that make any noise on a national level?

I'm sure there are hundreds of these smaller things that have slipped through the cracks because so much attention if focused on the larger scale outrages.

as the big ones.

Bush's "signing statements" that let him ignore any law congress passes. His "mission" to destroy medicare, medicaid and social security. His bashing of gays, liberals, anyone who lives in San Francisco and so many others. His flight over a destroyed New Orleans that was nothing but a waste of aviation fuel. His cynical use of children, minorities and service men and women in photo ops to demonstrate his "compassionate conservatism." His refusal to accept responsibility for anything that has gone wrong in the last six years. His "no child left behind" bullshit that leaves virtually every child behind.

Well, you get the idea. The list is endless. And while some are not illegal, they certainly are nothing more than a pile of pig manure to get us to buy into Karl Rove's scam-of-the-day.

Assuming we survive the next two years, I think that the George W. Bush Library should be a mile high pile of photos of the American and Iraqi people he has murdered in his quest for success, manliness, and of course, power, more wealth and oil.

If our Dem. representatives don't get off the being nice mode when all hell is breaking lose then we are in deep trouble. All those Dem. presidential candidates need to get off their "neutral" flight path and speak up for the masses. Nancy P. is doing quite good, even tho she states she is against impeachement, I have a feeling is given a tiny bit of encouragement she would be All For It. Then there is Harry, Reid that is, if he doesn't stand taller for this country this will be another bad mark for the Dems as we are touted by the media as "weak" and Harry hasn't exactly been talkin' tough.

Sure enjoying the dead on rants on this post!

expressed by those who were elected to office in Nov. Democrats have an opportunity to vent their spleen at a regime which has prospered ONLY due to the events of 911.

If Dems do not demand real change and redress of the wrongs done to our nation, then maybe we the people will have to take to the streets and hold our own million man march to let them know that the time for dithering civil discourse is past and action needs to be taken.

waiting for Congress to come back... are very disturbing. There is the faintest whiff of hope, but I also brace myself for what I think I know to be true...which is...oil is king. For how long corporations have held sway over congress, and when the line officially disappeared I don't know. But these global corporations answer to no one. Whatever lawful barriers they find in their way they ignore, or better yet treaty, or legislate away. The worst part of current events, is I have no idea what is really going on...and I'll probably be long gone when the movie comes out.

and I am really, really afraid that our leadership still thinks it's possible to deal with this bunch "in good faith." Still, after everything that's happened.

They KNOW the congress wants to fry and dice them. They want to get that "Iran problem" out of the way. It's their raison d'etre. Certainly it's Cheney's reason for being. So.....

http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/12/19/us.iran.ap/

War in 2007! And don't expect the Dems to stop it. They aren't made of the right stuff. That much I'm certain of. 2007 may be the end of the last believers in the Democratic party if another false war comes down the pike. However, we will probably all be in bunkers scared shitless and surrendering all our liberties up anyway. Happy New Year! JUST don't smoke, okay?

I hope no one comes on and tells me to relax and chill out because I have tried that .Each person can tolerate certain things differently so we are not all the same .

Personally I don't hold alot of faith in politicians even the dems .

When I think about how much damage the BCF has piled upon this country alone and I know that oil is the fuel that keeps all of this horror alive as well as many types of greed by corporations . The privatization we have now got going on and all the other issues that weave this crime all together I have to ask myself how do you begin to turn this around .

Dems can't fix the issues of oil and can't bring back all the outsourced jobs or bring back the dead . They are touted as some sort of win , win mirical workers when they have their own interests at stake .

I fear even if the people protested in large numbers we would be for the most part ignored as before .

I know there are many people who live with a sort of guilt but we are not in the power to control the outcome but instead left to feel the rage .

It will only be when most of us have nothing left to loose that we may make the effort and risk our lives to save ourselves .

Jefferson's magnificent words were as profound a definition of liberty as can be found anywhere.

Those who signed it were men of conscience expressing their disgust, outrage and longing for freedom. (And they were also wealthy landowners who stood to profit the most by breaking away from England.)

But make no mistake about it. Every single one of them who signed that document was, in effect, risking their very lives. Any of them caught by the British would have been summarily hanged.

Are we as brave and resolute as the founders of our country? I don't pretend to know the answer.