Monday, December 28, 2009
Keystone Home Land Security
At the risk of sounding nothing less than a right wing nut, it is time to get serious with the terrorist screening thing. An excellent point was made on ABC Sunday morning news show. After that nut tried to blow up a plane with his shoes, the whole flying population needed to take off their shoes. Now we have but another nut, this one with exploding underwear. We can only imagine what are crack home land security team will come up for this one. Funny, no senior white American has been caught with exploding shoes or underwear. The folks attempting to rain havoc on us are radical Islamics who have known links to radical teachings. Hmm. The facts present us with a serious problem expressed in a single question. Should we scrap the bulk of airport security and start focusing on the supposed 500,000 individuals who present threats? Do we have too many “security” personnel and not enough computer specialists scanning and cross referencing visas applications, passports, driver licenses and other documents that are needed for travel with known threat factors. This all out assault on the flying population in the name of security is nothing short than a bureaucratic overreaction. Folks it is time to profile! The reason behind this action is rather simple.
How many times have we heard that we are at war. Hell, we went into Iraq, and we are now ramping up our presence in Afghanistan. To what end? Our leaders tell we must fight the ghouls who are out to destroy us. Now, this war thing is an interesting reference. At one point, we justified torture with this logic. And torture is a bit more harsh that profiling. Now combine the logic of a war with profiling. If we can bomb with sketchy information or even solid information, why don't we apply that same logic to screening at the airports or any other entry point favored by those who feel killing innocent people is a means to an end. Back in the day, when computers were becoming an integral element in our life. We had the old card system. Some may recall the old notice on official documents that warned not to deface the card. Well, all those cards were put into a sorter and alas out of a population of millions, the cards were properly sorted. A spokesperson commenting on the last incident noted that there are 500,000 or more people on the watch list. Well that is who we should focus our attention, not the millions of others who are just trying to get one place to another. Because we were screening the millions, the one out of 500,000 got through the net. What if we had just focused on the 500,000?
What is intelligence? Isn't it identifying potential threats? To return to an earlier question and answer it we need only stop, search, detain, and possibly arrest those who fit the profile and are hellbent on creating havoc. I shouldn't have to take off my shoes nor should any senior citizen. But anyone who is on the list should be pulled aside and strip search, now that they are planting bombs in their shorts. My god, this whole security thing we got going helps not hinders the terrorists. All these sick souls need to do is to outsmart the keystone procedures that are in place. The solution to stopping terrorism is to identify terrorists and not put the entire world under the microscope of supposed security. We need to get real and stop playing the political correctness card. We need real analysts not keystone cops.
How many times have we heard that we are at war. Hell, we went into Iraq, and we are now ramping up our presence in Afghanistan. To what end? Our leaders tell we must fight the ghouls who are out to destroy us. Now, this war thing is an interesting reference. At one point, we justified torture with this logic. And torture is a bit more harsh that profiling. Now combine the logic of a war with profiling. If we can bomb with sketchy information or even solid information, why don't we apply that same logic to screening at the airports or any other entry point favored by those who feel killing innocent people is a means to an end. Back in the day, when computers were becoming an integral element in our life. We had the old card system. Some may recall the old notice on official documents that warned not to deface the card. Well, all those cards were put into a sorter and alas out of a population of millions, the cards were properly sorted. A spokesperson commenting on the last incident noted that there are 500,000 or more people on the watch list. Well that is who we should focus our attention, not the millions of others who are just trying to get one place to another. Because we were screening the millions, the one out of 500,000 got through the net. What if we had just focused on the 500,000?
What is intelligence? Isn't it identifying potential threats? To return to an earlier question and answer it we need only stop, search, detain, and possibly arrest those who fit the profile and are hellbent on creating havoc. I shouldn't have to take off my shoes nor should any senior citizen. But anyone who is on the list should be pulled aside and strip search, now that they are planting bombs in their shorts. My god, this whole security thing we got going helps not hinders the terrorists. All these sick souls need to do is to outsmart the keystone procedures that are in place. The solution to stopping terrorism is to identify terrorists and not put the entire world under the microscope of supposed security. We need to get real and stop playing the political correctness card. We need real analysts not keystone cops.
Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Obama and the Lottery
Has an extremely large lottery jackpot enticed you to purchase a ticket?
The slogan, a dollar and a dream, is hard to ignore. The dreaming starts when the clerk at the gas station hands you the newly minted ticket. At that moment, the mind can systematically spin out of control while one systematically spends every dime of the winnings. At night, one goes to bed secure in the knowledge that come the dawn, like a lowly crawling caterpillar, one will blossom with gossamer wings of wealth and forever fly above the trials and tribulations of those who have to work for a living. The rude awakening comes when the numbers are checked and then you realize that you got to be in it, to win it can be reduced to the actual two chances you had to cash in on the prize, 1) slim and 2) none. The lottery, as one observer noted, is for the statistically challenged.
So, it was with my belief in the campaign slogan, Change you can believe. To have actually believed in a campaign slogan is to suspend all one's accumulated knowledge. With the young, it is easy. Life's experiences with this population are few. But for one, like me, who has been voting since the election Lydon P. Johnson, to suspend my first hand experiences and to actually believe that the tide of foolishness and corruption in politics that I have witnessed in my lifetime was coming to an end was an act that could be clinically diagnosed as insane.
To think that a politician, any politician, is different is oxymornic. To think that a politician from an established party can usher in change in a system that has been honed by the elite to serve the elite is an act of sheer fantasy. Barack was a lottery ticket for the masses. He was a product, a brand that was skillfully crafted to play upon our most cherished beliefs and hopes. Like the next amazing slimming product, or the soap that will wash out every stain, he was sold to us. And it was easy given the choice, a doddering bitter trigger happy old man and his wacky goofy sexpot. I like millions of others watched as the new candidate Obama went about talking of change. After eight years of the most corrupt and cynical administration in history, the sell wasn't that hard. After all, one need only make a small contribution and dream.
Perhaps Obama is more than a new product. Perhaps he is a man of substance. But the way he has caved in to the likes of Liberman and Nelson indicates a desire for something anything; yet the compromise is a poor substitute for something real. The way he has drawn upon the experiences of the foxes of the new financial order for his economics indicates that he has exposed us chickens to the rapacious predators who have savaged our economy and out currency. The way he has taken the counsel of the Doctors Strangeloves whose only plan is to drop more bombs and sacrifice more young men is an indication that peace is the last option, so much for the peace prize and references to King and Ghandi. And just like the pitchman on an “infomercial” he and his operatives can spin and spin till we buy the product. But the product is only what it is, not what we make it in our mind's eye. We are left with packaging and stained clothes or a ticket whose worth is equal to less than the flimsy paper that held the numbers that we invested so much hope and dreams upon.
To see, the smiling faces of Nelson and Liberman, the two who dashed any hope for meaningful medical reform, is to look into the farcical nature of our political system. To see McCrystal hint that the struggle is not going to be easy, or to hear Gates and then see him kowtow to Karzi is to know that new order is the old order. Insurance executives along with the bankers along with the industrial defense chieftains rubbed their distended bellies preparing for another gluttonous feast at the expense of the masses who placed their lives on hope for it is only hope that we have to spend. In the meantime, our dreams disappear in the light of the reality that is our lot. Like every lottery holder, we must examine the numbers and realize all we bought was but a few moments of revelry for our fate stays in the hands of those who have brought on the miseries we live with.
The slogan, a dollar and a dream, is hard to ignore. The dreaming starts when the clerk at the gas station hands you the newly minted ticket. At that moment, the mind can systematically spin out of control while one systematically spends every dime of the winnings. At night, one goes to bed secure in the knowledge that come the dawn, like a lowly crawling caterpillar, one will blossom with gossamer wings of wealth and forever fly above the trials and tribulations of those who have to work for a living. The rude awakening comes when the numbers are checked and then you realize that you got to be in it, to win it can be reduced to the actual two chances you had to cash in on the prize, 1) slim and 2) none. The lottery, as one observer noted, is for the statistically challenged.
So, it was with my belief in the campaign slogan, Change you can believe. To have actually believed in a campaign slogan is to suspend all one's accumulated knowledge. With the young, it is easy. Life's experiences with this population are few. But for one, like me, who has been voting since the election Lydon P. Johnson, to suspend my first hand experiences and to actually believe that the tide of foolishness and corruption in politics that I have witnessed in my lifetime was coming to an end was an act that could be clinically diagnosed as insane.
To think that a politician, any politician, is different is oxymornic. To think that a politician from an established party can usher in change in a system that has been honed by the elite to serve the elite is an act of sheer fantasy. Barack was a lottery ticket for the masses. He was a product, a brand that was skillfully crafted to play upon our most cherished beliefs and hopes. Like the next amazing slimming product, or the soap that will wash out every stain, he was sold to us. And it was easy given the choice, a doddering bitter trigger happy old man and his wacky goofy sexpot. I like millions of others watched as the new candidate Obama went about talking of change. After eight years of the most corrupt and cynical administration in history, the sell wasn't that hard. After all, one need only make a small contribution and dream.
Perhaps Obama is more than a new product. Perhaps he is a man of substance. But the way he has caved in to the likes of Liberman and Nelson indicates a desire for something anything; yet the compromise is a poor substitute for something real. The way he has drawn upon the experiences of the foxes of the new financial order for his economics indicates that he has exposed us chickens to the rapacious predators who have savaged our economy and out currency. The way he has taken the counsel of the Doctors Strangeloves whose only plan is to drop more bombs and sacrifice more young men is an indication that peace is the last option, so much for the peace prize and references to King and Ghandi. And just like the pitchman on an “infomercial” he and his operatives can spin and spin till we buy the product. But the product is only what it is, not what we make it in our mind's eye. We are left with packaging and stained clothes or a ticket whose worth is equal to less than the flimsy paper that held the numbers that we invested so much hope and dreams upon.
To see, the smiling faces of Nelson and Liberman, the two who dashed any hope for meaningful medical reform, is to look into the farcical nature of our political system. To see McCrystal hint that the struggle is not going to be easy, or to hear Gates and then see him kowtow to Karzi is to know that new order is the old order. Insurance executives along with the bankers along with the industrial defense chieftains rubbed their distended bellies preparing for another gluttonous feast at the expense of the masses who placed their lives on hope for it is only hope that we have to spend. In the meantime, our dreams disappear in the light of the reality that is our lot. Like every lottery holder, we must examine the numbers and realize all we bought was but a few moments of revelry for our fate stays in the hands of those who have brought on the miseries we live with.
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Too abusrd Not to comment
After the presidential election of 09, there were only a few times that the compulsion to rant about the many and absurd and misleading and outright lies spewing forth from the so called protectors of American values motivated me to add my observation to the debate. The election of Obama mellowed me and in my heart of hearts, I knew that the country was to embark upon a new millennium -- a millennium filled with hope, love, peace, compassion. The words of John Lennon echoed in my mind's eye: You may say I am a dreamer. Yes indeed, a new America would emerge from the flames of excesses and war mongering.
No one could have been more wrong or delusional. No one could have been more naive. Before the tears of pride dried on my cheeks watching a nation honor its newlt elected, intelligent, articulate black man, the buffoons of righteous indignation and stupidity were plotting with corporate slime to keep the country from ever reversing any of the past that allowed the immoral moralists to feed at the trough of the public treasure. Let's face it, in a capitalist country, capital is the only thing that matters. And the prevailing creed among the fat cats is simply, and to quote Mort Sahl, we deserve everything we steal.
The incompetence of the leadership in Congress is only surpassed by the equally bombastic conservative minority. There doesn't seem to be a single statesman in the minority. Equally the majority can't even come to a consensus on a single issue. The count in the senate is so tight that nitwits who crave fame and need to pay of campaign contributions can take center stage. Once there, you can see them perform. Notice too how the heat from the camera lights fills their egos with the sustenance to sustain their absurd and downright greed induced positions. There is always talk about what is good for the country, but the only struggle among those who sit in Washington who is going to gain the majority and thus capture the more prestigious offices on K street. Tom Delay, the master thief, knew that. And the democrats know it as well. This country is doomed because the interest of those who hold office rest only with their pitiful and greedy concerns. These avaricious slugs are only concerned with the next election. And it is obvious that the collected wisdom of this group is limited. Not a single one can address the problem of say health care beyond their petty positions.
So what are left with? Gridlock. And when gridlock occurs, the small rise in stature and are allowed to proclaim what it is that is needed to get a bill passed. Well, maybe it is time to endorse gridlock. Maybe it is time to draw the line in the sand. Strip these pathetic democrats of all stature. If Liberman wants to be an independent and chum around with Republicans, throw him out of the caucus. Hell you can only appease him by doing what he wants, and what he wants is nothing short of meaningless or but another give away to those who already stripped this country of its economic viability. Throw him out of the caucus. And to irritate, McCain whose Neanderthal positions might very well have thrown us back into stone age, shut him up as much as possible, at least we will be saved from Liberman's nasal whine. As for Ben Nelson, ignore him as if he is doddering old fool. As for the Republicans do all we can to put the ball in their court and let them drool on it. Take the money away from every Republican district when possible. Pull bases, close government offices, the states that vote right get the dough. And in this process, let's keep an eye on the electoral count.
We don't need another civil war. But we need to face the fact that this is not a united country. We are divided. So let's stop pretending. Let the states do what they want. If folks want to adopt conservative laws and run their states accordingly, well let them – who knows maybe that radical Muslims will like it when the women of this country are put in their place and have to listen to old men tell them what is good for them. Of course, the bible will provide the justification for nearly any foolish position or law the red states and its constituents can adopt. And maybe, if the blue states, can really get the bulk of government funding, perhaps, then we can show those who prefer to live in the delusion of a by gone day that never really existed how to manage a country. The only flaw in this logic is that the states are corrupt as well. Seems politics attracts self serving crooks at every level. Which leads me to an old Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.”
No one could have been more wrong or delusional. No one could have been more naive. Before the tears of pride dried on my cheeks watching a nation honor its newlt elected, intelligent, articulate black man, the buffoons of righteous indignation and stupidity were plotting with corporate slime to keep the country from ever reversing any of the past that allowed the immoral moralists to feed at the trough of the public treasure. Let's face it, in a capitalist country, capital is the only thing that matters. And the prevailing creed among the fat cats is simply, and to quote Mort Sahl, we deserve everything we steal.
The incompetence of the leadership in Congress is only surpassed by the equally bombastic conservative minority. There doesn't seem to be a single statesman in the minority. Equally the majority can't even come to a consensus on a single issue. The count in the senate is so tight that nitwits who crave fame and need to pay of campaign contributions can take center stage. Once there, you can see them perform. Notice too how the heat from the camera lights fills their egos with the sustenance to sustain their absurd and downright greed induced positions. There is always talk about what is good for the country, but the only struggle among those who sit in Washington who is going to gain the majority and thus capture the more prestigious offices on K street. Tom Delay, the master thief, knew that. And the democrats know it as well. This country is doomed because the interest of those who hold office rest only with their pitiful and greedy concerns. These avaricious slugs are only concerned with the next election. And it is obvious that the collected wisdom of this group is limited. Not a single one can address the problem of say health care beyond their petty positions.
So what are left with? Gridlock. And when gridlock occurs, the small rise in stature and are allowed to proclaim what it is that is needed to get a bill passed. Well, maybe it is time to endorse gridlock. Maybe it is time to draw the line in the sand. Strip these pathetic democrats of all stature. If Liberman wants to be an independent and chum around with Republicans, throw him out of the caucus. Hell you can only appease him by doing what he wants, and what he wants is nothing short of meaningless or but another give away to those who already stripped this country of its economic viability. Throw him out of the caucus. And to irritate, McCain whose Neanderthal positions might very well have thrown us back into stone age, shut him up as much as possible, at least we will be saved from Liberman's nasal whine. As for Ben Nelson, ignore him as if he is doddering old fool. As for the Republicans do all we can to put the ball in their court and let them drool on it. Take the money away from every Republican district when possible. Pull bases, close government offices, the states that vote right get the dough. And in this process, let's keep an eye on the electoral count.
We don't need another civil war. But we need to face the fact that this is not a united country. We are divided. So let's stop pretending. Let the states do what they want. If folks want to adopt conservative laws and run their states accordingly, well let them – who knows maybe that radical Muslims will like it when the women of this country are put in their place and have to listen to old men tell them what is good for them. Of course, the bible will provide the justification for nearly any foolish position or law the red states and its constituents can adopt. And maybe, if the blue states, can really get the bulk of government funding, perhaps, then we can show those who prefer to live in the delusion of a by gone day that never really existed how to manage a country. The only flaw in this logic is that the states are corrupt as well. Seems politics attracts self serving crooks at every level. Which leads me to an old Chinese curse, “may you live in interesting times.”
Sunday, May 17, 2009
Parsing You Way to a Defense
That line from the Godfather, where Pacino laments his ties to organized crime, “every time I try to escape it, they keep pulling me back.” Well, Cheney's little daughter has taken parsing to a new level of obfuscation. To hear her on this week is to listen to the same old tired lies that her father was so adept at telling.
Let us take their central theme. The Bush/Cheney era kept us save for seven and a half years. Hmm, let's us look at their entire stewardship, which was eight years.
Now, let us examine their record of security. First, the most devastating attack on this nation from an outside source (that is, after the successful break from England) occurred during the administration of Cheney/Bush. So, the claim that their polices made the country more safe is really quite ludicrous. Their stewardship was a glaring abject failure.
Second, to assume your policies of torture were justified by the safety factor doesn't even make sense. The ad hoc proctor hoc argument, that the country was safe because we tortured prisoners and no terrorist acts follow is sheer folly. Of course, logic and rational arguments were not hallmarks of an administration who had to follow failure with rhetoric of patriotism and other jingoistic bull to justify its ineptness.
The Cheney attempt to justify its acts with the same old tired cliche that to be strong you need to be evil hearkens back to every two-bit tyrant who subjected people to atrocities in the name of their own sickening policies. The country was safe because the entire considerable operations of multiple departments and agencies were on high alert and were directing their attention to areas that Bush/Cheney folks had previously ignored.
In a slight of a hand, Cheney has taken a failed policy and possible criminal activity and made it an achievement. It is beyond belief that no news operation hasn't picked up this laughable excuse of wrongdoing. Wrong is wrong. The only way to get at the truth is to investigate fully. I would suspect given the degree of suspicion surrounding the Vice President's office and a convicted chief of staff, the efforts of Cheney are little more than a criminal trying to defuse his acts by claiming he was serving a higher purpose. The same two bit defense of every tyrant that has been caught.
Let us take their central theme. The Bush/Cheney era kept us save for seven and a half years. Hmm, let's us look at their entire stewardship, which was eight years.
Now, let us examine their record of security. First, the most devastating attack on this nation from an outside source (that is, after the successful break from England) occurred during the administration of Cheney/Bush. So, the claim that their polices made the country more safe is really quite ludicrous. Their stewardship was a glaring abject failure.
Second, to assume your policies of torture were justified by the safety factor doesn't even make sense. The ad hoc proctor hoc argument, that the country was safe because we tortured prisoners and no terrorist acts follow is sheer folly. Of course, logic and rational arguments were not hallmarks of an administration who had to follow failure with rhetoric of patriotism and other jingoistic bull to justify its ineptness.
The Cheney attempt to justify its acts with the same old tired cliche that to be strong you need to be evil hearkens back to every two-bit tyrant who subjected people to atrocities in the name of their own sickening policies. The country was safe because the entire considerable operations of multiple departments and agencies were on high alert and were directing their attention to areas that Bush/Cheney folks had previously ignored.
In a slight of a hand, Cheney has taken a failed policy and possible criminal activity and made it an achievement. It is beyond belief that no news operation hasn't picked up this laughable excuse of wrongdoing. Wrong is wrong. The only way to get at the truth is to investigate fully. I would suspect given the degree of suspicion surrounding the Vice President's office and a convicted chief of staff, the efforts of Cheney are little more than a criminal trying to defuse his acts by claiming he was serving a higher purpose. The same two bit defense of every tyrant that has been caught.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
Why Don't They Go Away
You would think that after a resounding thrashing in the current presidential election, the likes Rove and Cheney would slither out of the public eye. You would think that given the outright rejection of their policies, their actions, and their beliefs, that they would give the public a break from their deceitful, corrupt and immoral musings on any subject. Yet there they are, day after day, interview after interview, pandering the same old tired “bs” that was used to run this country in the ground. You would think that these architects of the most failed presidency in our history would have some semblance of propriety to spare us anymore of their drivel.
To hear Rove talk of President Obama as arrogant is to suspend all belief in the value of free speech. I am not about to put limits on speech, unlike Bush and his cronies, but to endure the prattle coming out of these clowns one must adhere to principles, something they never did in all their time.
But what can we can expect with a 24/7 news cycle that needs constant feeding. The cable networks, even the main stream major networks, are starved for anyone to fill the endless hours. Consequently, we are subjected to constant chatter. What is most disturbing about Rove and Cheney is that we just endured their “genius” for the past eight years.
This country has a serious rift between what is real and what is just out and out fabrication. Pundits of the left and right make millions spouting off on absurd principles and morals that have no relevance in the real world. The concerns voiced by “conservatives” about the Obama budget is laughable considering that the hole the country is in was brought about an irresponsible presidency with advise and consent of a republican congress. The past administration was so incompetent that they couldn't mitigate the dire consequences of a natural disaster and actually made it worse. The president, coming back from vacation, flew over New Orleans while his inept front man for the disaster was concerned with his dry cleaning and appearances on television.
Cheney's chief of staff lied under oath, Rove had his dirty paws in the firing of attorneys for political reasons, the deficit ballooned while contractors were ripping off the country with shoddy work or no work – so how can these curs parade before us as keepers of the truth. It is comical to say the least and at its worst it is nothing short of tragic.
The supposed protectors of the conservative principles, so they say, continue to fill the air waves with half truths and outright lies. Why? Because folks make a living out of their talk, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. Isn't it telling that Obama has never called into question the patriotism of these duplicitous politicians? The contrast in the two is striking given that the holier than thou conservatives at the drop of a hat chastise any who disagree with their positions as socialists, communists, terrorist sympathizers, and other red herring in an ad hominem attack.
Where are the Americans among the conservative ranks? How can they profess to be patriotic when they want the president to fail? Is politics more important than a strong and viable America? Where is the desire to work together? Obama asked for consensus, but the republicans and their advocates stand in opposition to anything arguing for positions that have failed us time and time again. Perhaps the best way to deal with Rove and Cheney and any other buffoon that served with George W. Bush is to conduct a criminal investigation on each and every one. So much incompetence, so much malfeasance and misfeasance should be given a forum, perhaps the docket of a criminal trial.
To hear Rove talk of President Obama as arrogant is to suspend all belief in the value of free speech. I am not about to put limits on speech, unlike Bush and his cronies, but to endure the prattle coming out of these clowns one must adhere to principles, something they never did in all their time.
But what can we can expect with a 24/7 news cycle that needs constant feeding. The cable networks, even the main stream major networks, are starved for anyone to fill the endless hours. Consequently, we are subjected to constant chatter. What is most disturbing about Rove and Cheney is that we just endured their “genius” for the past eight years.
This country has a serious rift between what is real and what is just out and out fabrication. Pundits of the left and right make millions spouting off on absurd principles and morals that have no relevance in the real world. The concerns voiced by “conservatives” about the Obama budget is laughable considering that the hole the country is in was brought about an irresponsible presidency with advise and consent of a republican congress. The past administration was so incompetent that they couldn't mitigate the dire consequences of a natural disaster and actually made it worse. The president, coming back from vacation, flew over New Orleans while his inept front man for the disaster was concerned with his dry cleaning and appearances on television.
Cheney's chief of staff lied under oath, Rove had his dirty paws in the firing of attorneys for political reasons, the deficit ballooned while contractors were ripping off the country with shoddy work or no work – so how can these curs parade before us as keepers of the truth. It is comical to say the least and at its worst it is nothing short of tragic.
The supposed protectors of the conservative principles, so they say, continue to fill the air waves with half truths and outright lies. Why? Because folks make a living out of their talk, Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah. Isn't it telling that Obama has never called into question the patriotism of these duplicitous politicians? The contrast in the two is striking given that the holier than thou conservatives at the drop of a hat chastise any who disagree with their positions as socialists, communists, terrorist sympathizers, and other red herring in an ad hominem attack.
Where are the Americans among the conservative ranks? How can they profess to be patriotic when they want the president to fail? Is politics more important than a strong and viable America? Where is the desire to work together? Obama asked for consensus, but the republicans and their advocates stand in opposition to anything arguing for positions that have failed us time and time again. Perhaps the best way to deal with Rove and Cheney and any other buffoon that served with George W. Bush is to conduct a criminal investigation on each and every one. So much incompetence, so much malfeasance and misfeasance should be given a forum, perhaps the docket of a criminal trial.
Saturday, March 14, 2009
The Death Knell of the Fourth Estate
To quote the Dead, “what a long strange trip it's been.” Where have all the reporters gone? The proliferation of “news” program has reduced the fourth estate to little more than a carnival show. How else to explain that Jon Stewart of Comedy Central provides us with more accurate reporting than all of these cable personalities combined. Witnessing the grilling of Cramer on the Daily Show, one cannot be left with no other impression, and it was admitted by Cramer, that these so called news personalities are little more than clowns. Before they exit the make-up room, they all should be fitted with a bright red nose.
There is no doubt that 24/7 coverage of events has done little to enhance our knowledge. The political programs are little more than forums for over-inflated "know-it-alls" who continue to expound their petty biases and opinions. I am a left leaning, maybe even radial left, person but even these pundits who wave the liberal banner are basically self absorb jesters who peddle their self promoting drivel. On the right, there are nothing but ideologues who pander the most uninformed political positions It would seem these pundits long for the days of caves and clubs.
The effect that these two elements have on the news produces a venue where pundits crawl out of their obscurity and pontificate. How else to explain the re-emergence of neo cons and spokespeople revising history before it is even written. That these failed bureaucrats are even given a forum can only be attributed to an overabundance of time. They are allowed to peddle their failed policies as if we haven't lived nay suffered from their actions. Yet we can hear them justify the unjust war with babble that defies the reasons they gave for it. They expound upon vague and unfounded reasons as if they were the truth. That fact they can't honestly accept their mistakes can be dismissed as a condition of ignorance and contempt for the truth. The fact they are given a forum to again fill the air waves with this nonsense is inexcusable.
Airing both sides of an issue is one thing, but to allow this parade of fools another airing is made possible because of an abundance of programs devoted to nonsense and with way too much available time. Has anyone taken note that every female host of a news program has been made up like a Barbie doll? I wish that all these cable programs take all the money and effort needed to get these “babes” and “kens” in costumes and make-up and spend it on journalism schooling for them instead.
We are rapidly approaching the day when all we will hear is babble. The fact that Cramer can look at Stewart and say they want to entertain people is a testament to the mindset that all this programming is little more than fabricated entertainment they want us to take seriously. As Stewart so eloquently retorted, “this ain't no f------- joke?”
There seems to be no end to this constant drivel being promoted as news and information. The cable news executives have reduced the fourth estate to a situation comedy. How else can you explain that the lies and distortions of facts constantly promoted by those who profit from their promotions are allowed to go unchecked while the personalities check their make up, grab their scripts, and go on air to keep us “informed.” All the awhile the great republic inches closer to its demise because a free press has become little more than a side show.
There is no doubt that 24/7 coverage of events has done little to enhance our knowledge. The political programs are little more than forums for over-inflated "know-it-alls" who continue to expound their petty biases and opinions. I am a left leaning, maybe even radial left, person but even these pundits who wave the liberal banner are basically self absorb jesters who peddle their self promoting drivel. On the right, there are nothing but ideologues who pander the most uninformed political positions It would seem these pundits long for the days of caves and clubs.
The effect that these two elements have on the news produces a venue where pundits crawl out of their obscurity and pontificate. How else to explain the re-emergence of neo cons and spokespeople revising history before it is even written. That these failed bureaucrats are even given a forum can only be attributed to an overabundance of time. They are allowed to peddle their failed policies as if we haven't lived nay suffered from their actions. Yet we can hear them justify the unjust war with babble that defies the reasons they gave for it. They expound upon vague and unfounded reasons as if they were the truth. That fact they can't honestly accept their mistakes can be dismissed as a condition of ignorance and contempt for the truth. The fact they are given a forum to again fill the air waves with this nonsense is inexcusable.
Airing both sides of an issue is one thing, but to allow this parade of fools another airing is made possible because of an abundance of programs devoted to nonsense and with way too much available time. Has anyone taken note that every female host of a news program has been made up like a Barbie doll? I wish that all these cable programs take all the money and effort needed to get these “babes” and “kens” in costumes and make-up and spend it on journalism schooling for them instead.
We are rapidly approaching the day when all we will hear is babble. The fact that Cramer can look at Stewart and say they want to entertain people is a testament to the mindset that all this programming is little more than fabricated entertainment they want us to take seriously. As Stewart so eloquently retorted, “this ain't no f------- joke?”
There seems to be no end to this constant drivel being promoted as news and information. The cable news executives have reduced the fourth estate to a situation comedy. How else can you explain that the lies and distortions of facts constantly promoted by those who profit from their promotions are allowed to go unchecked while the personalities check their make up, grab their scripts, and go on air to keep us “informed.” All the awhile the great republic inches closer to its demise because a free press has become little more than a side show.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
A Wry Look From Non Economist
What a pickle this world is in. The capitalists have held the reigns on this world ever since the Industrial Revolution. The species has enjoyed great progress since this take over but it has not been without cost. Let us look at the evidence. First, the great push forward has resulted in a net destruction of the very planet. We needn't go into the scuzzy details of global warming, but it is here nonetheless. The polar caps melt away. The rain forest is being depleted as farming and lumber capitalist go about systematically raping the natural resources while beef and milk cattle produce methane at an alarming rate. The pollution of mega corporations like General Electric with their PCBs and other noxious by-products stands as a testament to what capitalists think of the environment. Then, there are the agribusinesses that go about food production in a fashion that would make Doctor Frankenstein quite proud of their concoctions. Let us not forget DuPont who made a science out making poisons digestible. And let us not forget the recent testimony of the peanut executives who couldn't provide congress with the recipes for their peanut butter. Let me give it a try: One part rat with feces and entrails and a generous helping of roaches dry roasted with plenty of salt. We can only marvel as these capitalists talk of $$$ to the detriment of children, mothers, fathers, well, anyone who ever enjoyed one of those peanut butter cracker.
The proclamation of Ronald Regan that government was the problem was what lead us down this dismal path where profits were placed above everything even the very safety of our children. The conservatives no nothings who adhere to the belief that business would be regulated by market forces have repeatedly put this country in jeopardy. I guess they are right as soon as enough people die and children sickened then the public won't buy the product. As they watch our road and bridges crumpled, they talk of tax cuts when tax cuts are responsible for a lack of maintenance on our systems. One might ask these champions of no taxes when was the last time anyone, with their tax cuts, bought a piece of a new road or bridge. Oh, let us not forget the deregulation of the finance industry. That turned out smashing, didn't it? While mathematicians in cahoots with wall street swindlers developed instruments whereby worthless mortgages were sold, the SEC unable or unwilling to investigate the likes of Madof who found away of stealing billions. Now, we can hear the chorus of conservative fools echoes the tired mantras of Lee Atwater. Too much government is an impossibility when unethical and criminal capitalists are pillaging the land and its people.
And now we have our beloved leader talking about consumer confidence. The problem with high consumer confidence is that the American consumer goes out and buys stuff and it comes in packaging. Bona fide natural resources turned into junk that goes into land fills. We also have thousands of inefficient cars and trucks waiting to be bought on credit. Behind this illusion of Gross National Product is resultant harm that comes about by the constant purchasing of stuff. Garages are filled with this stuff. So much so, that a new business has cropped up. Yes indeed, now we rent space to put our junk in so we can buy more junk. It is a cycle of consumerism that is destined to turn this planet into one humongous junk pile.
Somehow, someway, we need to change our view of what is good. Maybe we need to begin to sell our junk. Maybe we can turn this country into some worldly flea market. We got to get this stuff out to those third world nations where people can do something with the junk. Maybe it is time to rely upon the earth. To hell with Agribusiness, we need to eat what is locally produced. We need to begin to look at our wealth in the quality of our lives not the accumulation of junk in packaging. Somehow, someway we need to break this cycle and move on. Greed, after all, isn't good – it is the prelude to the end.
The proclamation of Ronald Regan that government was the problem was what lead us down this dismal path where profits were placed above everything even the very safety of our children. The conservatives no nothings who adhere to the belief that business would be regulated by market forces have repeatedly put this country in jeopardy. I guess they are right as soon as enough people die and children sickened then the public won't buy the product. As they watch our road and bridges crumpled, they talk of tax cuts when tax cuts are responsible for a lack of maintenance on our systems. One might ask these champions of no taxes when was the last time anyone, with their tax cuts, bought a piece of a new road or bridge. Oh, let us not forget the deregulation of the finance industry. That turned out smashing, didn't it? While mathematicians in cahoots with wall street swindlers developed instruments whereby worthless mortgages were sold, the SEC unable or unwilling to investigate the likes of Madof who found away of stealing billions. Now, we can hear the chorus of conservative fools echoes the tired mantras of Lee Atwater. Too much government is an impossibility when unethical and criminal capitalists are pillaging the land and its people.
And now we have our beloved leader talking about consumer confidence. The problem with high consumer confidence is that the American consumer goes out and buys stuff and it comes in packaging. Bona fide natural resources turned into junk that goes into land fills. We also have thousands of inefficient cars and trucks waiting to be bought on credit. Behind this illusion of Gross National Product is resultant harm that comes about by the constant purchasing of stuff. Garages are filled with this stuff. So much so, that a new business has cropped up. Yes indeed, now we rent space to put our junk in so we can buy more junk. It is a cycle of consumerism that is destined to turn this planet into one humongous junk pile.
Somehow, someway, we need to change our view of what is good. Maybe we need to begin to sell our junk. Maybe we can turn this country into some worldly flea market. We got to get this stuff out to those third world nations where people can do something with the junk. Maybe it is time to rely upon the earth. To hell with Agribusiness, we need to eat what is locally produced. We need to begin to look at our wealth in the quality of our lives not the accumulation of junk in packaging. Somehow, someway we need to break this cycle and move on. Greed, after all, isn't good – it is the prelude to the end.
Monday, February 9, 2009
Andy Card
Well, well the Bush operatives are in the news. How they have the gall to comment on anything after completing a presidential term that will go down as the most corrupt and outrageously incompetent administration ever stretches the limits of reason. Rove continues to put out the same old twisted stuff he always has. One can only hope Senator Leahy's investigation gets going soon so many of these scoundrels can be rounded up and pay for their crimes.
The most laughable of observations comes from Andy Card.
This cad had the audacity to comment on the president working with out a suit coat. The unmitigated simplicity of these folks is laughable if it weren't for their stupidity and the fact that they were actually in charge. If Bush had actually done any real work perhaps he would have taken off his coat and rolled his sleeves. These clowns who lived on perception and nothing but perception think that one's attire is the measure of effectiveness or respect for the office.
Yes, I recall their press releases to point out that W was a man who had great respect for the office. One would have thought he might have valued the constitution. Yes, there were the reports that he liked to start his meetings promptly. The little king also liked everything in order. White shirts were mandatory. Give us break with this pompous do nothing public relations ploy to make people think that this crew of fools were actually working. Yes Scooter Libby was all decked out in his uniform while he sullied the CIA agent. Dick Cheney was always in uniform when he set about to delve into “the dark side.”
What a country? Superficiality ruled the day among these clowns as they went about breaking the law? They talked about saving the country but all they were doing were saving their backsides. Interesting that after this national disaster we need to continue to hear them talk about the way people should go about their business. The funny thing is, given their record, they haven't any ground whatsoever to speak on any subject other than their defense for their actions and then only before a hearing or jury.
The most laughable of observations comes from Andy Card.
This cad had the audacity to comment on the president working with out a suit coat. The unmitigated simplicity of these folks is laughable if it weren't for their stupidity and the fact that they were actually in charge. If Bush had actually done any real work perhaps he would have taken off his coat and rolled his sleeves. These clowns who lived on perception and nothing but perception think that one's attire is the measure of effectiveness or respect for the office.
Yes, I recall their press releases to point out that W was a man who had great respect for the office. One would have thought he might have valued the constitution. Yes, there were the reports that he liked to start his meetings promptly. The little king also liked everything in order. White shirts were mandatory. Give us break with this pompous do nothing public relations ploy to make people think that this crew of fools were actually working. Yes Scooter Libby was all decked out in his uniform while he sullied the CIA agent. Dick Cheney was always in uniform when he set about to delve into “the dark side.”
What a country? Superficiality ruled the day among these clowns as they went about breaking the law? They talked about saving the country but all they were doing were saving their backsides. Interesting that after this national disaster we need to continue to hear them talk about the way people should go about their business. The funny thing is, given their record, they haven't any ground whatsoever to speak on any subject other than their defense for their actions and then only before a hearing or jury.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Go Where They Are Doing Right
Well, well, surprise. Another gridlock. The wheels of our government have frozen with the outrage of the (dis) loyal opposition. It wasn't so long ago republican members were chastising those who opposed their jingoistic leaning and expenditures as being unpatriotic for not lining up behind the fool in the White House and supporting his forays into war. So what do we call those who ignore the state of our economy for political purposes. I don't know how these republicans have the gumption to claim the moral high ground. To hear them talk you would think that when they held the national purse strings they were stewards of the first order. The truth is the money flew out of our pockets with staggering speed while contractors failed to do the work and Haliburton lined its pocket with overcharges. To top it off, we are learning that what went down in Iraq put to shame Dillinger, Bonnie and Clyde, and everyone locked up or who was ever locked up for theft. Then, a southern senator brings Christ into the debate as if this unholy reference somehow gives credence to their obstruction. There is absolutely no end to either the hypocrisy or out right sophistry of these two bit political hacks.
This country is in a hole brought on by the incompetent and criminal actions of an administration and its congressional cohorts. For eight years, we were lead by the unknowing into one pit after another. To hear these clowns, one would think that when they were in charge we had record surpluses and all our actions were guided by divine providence, unfortunately the conveyor of good lord's word was a sinister vice president who had no regard for morals, ethics or laws.
One clown after another clown parades in front of us juggling such inept arguments such transparent, temporary and targeted. All the while, they are picking their collective noses and attempting to come up with rhetoric (not ideas) to put that new guy in his place. After all, as stewards, they have done such an exemplary job. Of course, there is a new standard for irony since that what they advocate had no place in the previous cabal.
Of course, Obama didn't help by naming a cadre of cheats and scofflaws. Can we believe Daschle didn't know about compensation laws? It strikes at the heart of our dilemma. Geithner is no prize either. The boy wonder, the brightest kid in the room, didn't know about some basic tax matter. I bet they had some scheming accountant do their taxes. Heck, I bet turbo tax would have gotten them an honest return. The fact is that the high and mighty go about their business unconcerned about anything. Mistakes? Come on!
Now this whole business of health care boils down to the need for some serious study. Unlike the republicans who think that any intervention by government is a death knell to efficiency and effectiveness, I believe the heart of this discussion should begin with the insurance companies. Their compensation packages, the administrative over head, their incestuous relationship with specific members of congress and their practices regarding care -- all need to be investigated. One has to ask how these profiteers ever got hold of our health care system in the first place. The death grip these insurance companies have on the our health care is truly a mystery. Our system is bankrupt because special interests have placed their concerns above the public needs. Daschle was the wrong man for any number of reasons.
The last eight years have been instructive. First, we should know by now that we are not the be all and end all things political. Quite frankly, we don't know how to manage a health care system. We don't know how to provide for the care of our citizens. We are not the leading nation in the delivery of health care. Perhaps we should send someone over to countries where there is an effective health care system and stop relying on people who know nothing but what they have experienced and worse created. There are countries in this world where the citizens enjoy solid cradle to grave care. Let's learn from those who have delivered good health care. It is quite obvious that no one around Washington or Hartford knows anything about it. All these titans and hacks know is how to take money out of the system and prop up those who stand in the way of a comprehensive system. As for the (dis) loyal oppositions all they are doing is conjuring up rhetoric that serves no purpose whatsoever save to get their faces in the meida.
This country is in a hole brought on by the incompetent and criminal actions of an administration and its congressional cohorts. For eight years, we were lead by the unknowing into one pit after another. To hear these clowns, one would think that when they were in charge we had record surpluses and all our actions were guided by divine providence, unfortunately the conveyor of good lord's word was a sinister vice president who had no regard for morals, ethics or laws.
One clown after another clown parades in front of us juggling such inept arguments such transparent, temporary and targeted. All the while, they are picking their collective noses and attempting to come up with rhetoric (not ideas) to put that new guy in his place. After all, as stewards, they have done such an exemplary job. Of course, there is a new standard for irony since that what they advocate had no place in the previous cabal.
Of course, Obama didn't help by naming a cadre of cheats and scofflaws. Can we believe Daschle didn't know about compensation laws? It strikes at the heart of our dilemma. Geithner is no prize either. The boy wonder, the brightest kid in the room, didn't know about some basic tax matter. I bet they had some scheming accountant do their taxes. Heck, I bet turbo tax would have gotten them an honest return. The fact is that the high and mighty go about their business unconcerned about anything. Mistakes? Come on!
Now this whole business of health care boils down to the need for some serious study. Unlike the republicans who think that any intervention by government is a death knell to efficiency and effectiveness, I believe the heart of this discussion should begin with the insurance companies. Their compensation packages, the administrative over head, their incestuous relationship with specific members of congress and their practices regarding care -- all need to be investigated. One has to ask how these profiteers ever got hold of our health care system in the first place. The death grip these insurance companies have on the our health care is truly a mystery. Our system is bankrupt because special interests have placed their concerns above the public needs. Daschle was the wrong man for any number of reasons.
The last eight years have been instructive. First, we should know by now that we are not the be all and end all things political. Quite frankly, we don't know how to manage a health care system. We don't know how to provide for the care of our citizens. We are not the leading nation in the delivery of health care. Perhaps we should send someone over to countries where there is an effective health care system and stop relying on people who know nothing but what they have experienced and worse created. There are countries in this world where the citizens enjoy solid cradle to grave care. Let's learn from those who have delivered good health care. It is quite obvious that no one around Washington or Hartford knows anything about it. All these titans and hacks know is how to take money out of the system and prop up those who stand in the way of a comprehensive system. As for the (dis) loyal oppositions all they are doing is conjuring up rhetoric that serves no purpose whatsoever save to get their faces in the meida.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Those Fools on the Hill
Let me be frank, what I know about economics could fit easily on a postage stamp – one side only. But there is one thing I know for sure that after eight years of conservative economic policy you would need to be in coma to miss the deleterious effect it has had on this country and the world. Yet as I pound on my keyboard, there are a gaggle of republicans lawmakers now informing President Obama what is wrong with his plan. You would think that these fools would realize that they have no currency to suggest anything in the way of stimulating the economy.
Yes, the package is big, a trillion is a lot of loot. But lets keep in mind that these self righteous keepers of the public funds are the same crowd that allowed Bush to run up record deficits with excessive tax breaks for the wealthy, to squander nearly a trillion on a trump up war, with billions of dollars literally stolen by contractors with no bid contracts, who allowed Paulson to disburse billions to banks to allow them to keep the same incompetent executives in place, and to declare, as Frank Rich eloquently wrote, any who disagreed with their malfeasance and misfeasance to be less than patriotic. What is truly amazing is how these self styled buffoons have suddenly transformed themselves to guardians of the public interest.
They spout the same tedious arguments over and over again. What is clear that the lot of republican lawmakers are more interested in getting their mugs and voices plastered on whatever media that is available. The bombastic Rush the Lush, got any pills?, continues to lead these parade of fools by the nose. They march to his discordant rantings hoping that somehow people will again ignore reason and close their eyes and open their hearts and minds to their bull.
One needs to wonder where it will all end. The talk of bipartisan politics is, unfortunately, just talk. The scoundrels who have run the country into debt, who have slaughtered young servicemen in the name of freedom while hiding the truth under a veil of security, who have systematically destroyed the credibility of this nation stand as a testament to the loathsomeness of partisan politics. Hopefully, change will gain a foothold and their constituents will see them for what they are and vote them out of office. There is nothing wrong with conservatives, they have a point a view, and it can create a dynamic of compromise. But the fools who have assumed the leadership role in the current debate are nothing but hypocrites who are arrogant to think that no one has a memory of how they systematically ran this country into the ground.
We need to be saved from these fools.
Yes, the package is big, a trillion is a lot of loot. But lets keep in mind that these self righteous keepers of the public funds are the same crowd that allowed Bush to run up record deficits with excessive tax breaks for the wealthy, to squander nearly a trillion on a trump up war, with billions of dollars literally stolen by contractors with no bid contracts, who allowed Paulson to disburse billions to banks to allow them to keep the same incompetent executives in place, and to declare, as Frank Rich eloquently wrote, any who disagreed with their malfeasance and misfeasance to be less than patriotic. What is truly amazing is how these self styled buffoons have suddenly transformed themselves to guardians of the public interest.
They spout the same tedious arguments over and over again. What is clear that the lot of republican lawmakers are more interested in getting their mugs and voices plastered on whatever media that is available. The bombastic Rush the Lush, got any pills?, continues to lead these parade of fools by the nose. They march to his discordant rantings hoping that somehow people will again ignore reason and close their eyes and open their hearts and minds to their bull.
One needs to wonder where it will all end. The talk of bipartisan politics is, unfortunately, just talk. The scoundrels who have run the country into debt, who have slaughtered young servicemen in the name of freedom while hiding the truth under a veil of security, who have systematically destroyed the credibility of this nation stand as a testament to the loathsomeness of partisan politics. Hopefully, change will gain a foothold and their constituents will see them for what they are and vote them out of office. There is nothing wrong with conservatives, they have a point a view, and it can create a dynamic of compromise. But the fools who have assumed the leadership role in the current debate are nothing but hypocrites who are arrogant to think that no one has a memory of how they systematically ran this country into the ground.
We need to be saved from these fools.
Monday, January 19, 2009
Good Riidance W
It's been awhile since I contributed to this blog. The election sent me into a state of exhaustion. It is the first time that I really thought our political system transcended business as usual. From the thuggery of the 2000 election, which the Supreme Court dirtied its hand by issuing a ruling, to the outright disgrace of an administration that viewed itself beyond the pale of law, these past eight years have been nothing short of a nightmare. With the day rapidly approaching when, at last, we will have a new president, it is time to truly reflect on what this outgoing president means to me. I speak from the lowliest of positions yet the most distinguished in a democracy, a citizen. It is the rights bestowed upon a free man to express his views that makes this nation. With all the fanfare of the babbling talking heads on what this moment means, it is most appropriate to reflect.
The most disconcerting remark made by Bush was his macho statement about the burdens of office. Standing before the press corp, he mocked it by suggesting that those who apply this idea to the office of presidency are merely weak. What a joke!
This man was so over head in responsibility that he failed to understand the fundamental role the president plays in our society. Here is a man who watched his citizens drowned, who sent thousands of young men to their premature death on the strength of false intelligence, who allowed a vice president to violate laws (we needn't go into specific – time and space constraints), whose inept secretary of defense resulted in horrendous injuries to thousands upon thousands, whose financial oversight team couldn't detect a tsunami of trouble. With all that and much more, he mocks the line “the burdens of the office.” Obviously, he never took his responsibilities serious. Unlike, Lincoln who went to Gettysburg and was so taken by deaths, both north and south, that he penned a few lines that will forever be emblazoned in the hearts of anyone who witnesses the horrors of war. Lincoln understood the burdens of his decisions. Though his cause was noble, he still felt the burden of his actions.
No, our playboy, with his silver tooth pick and acquired southern drawl, the scoundrel who got bailed out of every jam, mocks the line because he never understood his role. He never assessed the consequences of his decisions. It was reported that he wanted meetings to start promptly, he wanted proper dress, all that false stuff that means little or nothing. How could he, in his final days, not understand the burden of his office. Maybe he should spend some time with the wounded veterans, or walk through Arlington, or visit New Orleans. Maybe he should get a conscience. Maybe he should look at the wreckage of his past and attempt to make amends though I doubt there is enough time in eternity.
The most disconcerting remark made by Bush was his macho statement about the burdens of office. Standing before the press corp, he mocked it by suggesting that those who apply this idea to the office of presidency are merely weak. What a joke!
This man was so over head in responsibility that he failed to understand the fundamental role the president plays in our society. Here is a man who watched his citizens drowned, who sent thousands of young men to their premature death on the strength of false intelligence, who allowed a vice president to violate laws (we needn't go into specific – time and space constraints), whose inept secretary of defense resulted in horrendous injuries to thousands upon thousands, whose financial oversight team couldn't detect a tsunami of trouble. With all that and much more, he mocks the line “the burdens of the office.” Obviously, he never took his responsibilities serious. Unlike, Lincoln who went to Gettysburg and was so taken by deaths, both north and south, that he penned a few lines that will forever be emblazoned in the hearts of anyone who witnesses the horrors of war. Lincoln understood the burdens of his decisions. Though his cause was noble, he still felt the burden of his actions.
No, our playboy, with his silver tooth pick and acquired southern drawl, the scoundrel who got bailed out of every jam, mocks the line because he never understood his role. He never assessed the consequences of his decisions. It was reported that he wanted meetings to start promptly, he wanted proper dress, all that false stuff that means little or nothing. How could he, in his final days, not understand the burden of his office. Maybe he should spend some time with the wounded veterans, or walk through Arlington, or visit New Orleans. Maybe he should get a conscience. Maybe he should look at the wreckage of his past and attempt to make amends though I doubt there is enough time in eternity.
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