but since the usa chose dubya twice i'm inclined to think their choice is not quite a guarantee of quality. they'll vote for anyone.

america is going to get it right this time, but the yokels are still voting republican and will continue to provide a base next time the dems get visibly rotten and the weathervane vote swings around. then the rich will put a smoother nazi in the whitehouse and the nation will ratchet another step down toward paraguay and zimbabwe.

after the thrill of participation wears off, all you've done is elect another politician. obama will put a few band-aids on the worst sores, but america needs a new constitution. without democracy, you're just waiting for the next gang of fascists to come along and trash the nation.

if you empower these creeps by accepting rule by one man, or a few, you have no moral standing to complain when that one man, or a few, is the dubya regime. and it will be from time to time.

the only protection against these few sociopaths is rule by the whole people, the '96%'. this kind of society is called 'democracy'. it's not hard to do and mostly it's much the same as now. but a people with citizen initiative and recall power gets better performance from it's administrators. 'better' both from competence and morality, or quickly replaced.

after you sign up with gravel's 'initiative for democracy' or any similar non-violent struggle for democracy, then come back and complain. until you do, you're one of the facilitators of gitmo and abu graib. humble silence is all you're entitled to.

inevitably come to resemble those who do sex or sport for money. like sports people, they have to get the money while they can, before the fans, johns, or voters find a new attraction.

sport, sex, and politics are best done by amateurs, for the fun of it. still, it's a living for awhile if you can't sell aluminum siding or real estate due to visibly poor character, can't run fast or far, and are too fat or ugly.

the nation should establish a retirement home for ex-politicians, so that they wouldn't feel they have to steal so much, so fast. one for ex-dem pollies, in the virgin islands, and one for ex-repubs, on alcatraz. then we wouldn't have to feel sorry for repub congress-people, what a relief!

to get america to look in the mirror, and see reality.

the only demographic in foreign countries that still respects america are the sociopaths, the rich, the arms dealers, and alqaeda, who are dependent on america for recruitment.

i wish this were a new development, but there is nothing new here. this notion that america is 'exceptional is dead wrong. it is just like every other international thug-nation. it's no accident that dubya's grandaddy was a nazi, folks.

just to fill up the space lest some other person sits down in 'your' chair.

re-think!

the recognition that newspeak worked perfectly well when the ministry of love was called 'homeland security' has saved a lot of money.

put in an application for a permanent resident visa to australia and new zealand. neither is paradise, both are better than usa for all but the super-rich.

if the repubs get in, many will join you in the queue, but you'll be closer to the front.

both speak english, sort of, both have magnificent scenery, and new zealand has the particular charm of severing military ties with the usa.

and cuisine in sydney is international- everyone starts here, usually with a restaurant.

they still put dubya in the whitehouse.

i wanna hear a plan to keep it from happening again. a plan to keep everyone in work, for a wage that will allow education and healthcare for all. and not one of those 'optional' plans the rich love, you know- the one where everybody can choose to live under a bridge if they want, rich or poor.

it's ok to be nice to republicans. but you wouldn't let senile dementia cases drive a city bus, and nor should you let republicans run anything more complicated than a library. don't, don't let them be in charge of living creatures or dispose of any power greater than a light bulb.

from day1, america has been making war on it's neighbors, taking their land, killing the people, condemning the survivors to beggary. that's depressing, unless you're confident god wills it. americans can't get along without religion, it's the only anodyne for aggression, selfishness, and greed.

well-meaning americans might be accepted as immigrants, but would have to get in line, behind the palestinians who have been driven from their land by that other lot of workers of god's will, the zionists.

there's no doubt the scandinavians have made the best human society, which is easy, or even a good human society, but the morlocks of america can comfort themselves with the knowledge that the climate there is miserable, and, as goths or vikings, the scandinavians used to cause endless trouble by trying to holiday in southern france, or at least brighton.

just with mccain's own clips. and he's the 'other' candidate, one of two who will be toying with sac, the marine corps, the cia, thinking "how best to get some use out of these dust-catchers?"

in the middle years of the roman empire, a succession of nutters, weirds, and 'accidentals' found themselves briefly wearing the purple and thereby enlivened the times and made classical history amusing. future archeologists will regard current american history in a similar light: 'what were they thinking of?'

but the real joke is the cross between musical chairs and american idol that characterizes setting american law and policy through elections, that's a real knee-slapper.

well, it would be if it were just a reality show, instead of reality.