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LOST & FOUND
By Nancy Greggs
LOST: Votes cast for Al Gore in Florida during 2000 election
FOUND: One Supreme Court ruling installing GWB as president.
LOST: One enormous surplus left by Clinton administration
FOUND: One enormous debt initiated by Bush administration
LOST: Warnings re imminent attack on USA
FOUND: Sixteen words to be included in SOTU address
LOST: Lives on 9-11
FOUND: Opportunity to pursue PNAC agenda
LOST: The ability to protect American lives
FOUND: The ability to scare American citizens into submission
LOST: The inconvenient facts about Hussein’s non-involvement with Al Qaeda/9-11
FOUND: The convenient spin on Hussein’s involvement with Al Qaeda/9-11
LOST: Osama Bin Laden, dead or alive
FOUND: A myriad of reasons why Osama Bin Laden is not important, dead or alive
LOST: American rights and freedoms
FOUND: The Patriot Act
LOST: Support from traditional US allies
FOUND: Enmity of the world
LOST: Honor, integrity and honesty in the White House
FOUND: Corruption, deceit, manipulation rampant in the White House
LOST: One competent Commander-in-Chief
FOUND: One Idiot-in-Charge
LOST: One president welcomed in countries around the world
FOUND: One president greeted with protests in countries around the world
LOST: The counsel of experienced military advisors
FOUND: An endless supply of yes-men
LOST: Monies necessary to equip troops in battle
FOUND: Monies necessary to fund tax cuts for the wealthy
LOST: Millions of American jobs
FOUND: Millions in corporate profits due to outsourcing
LOST: New Orleans and inhabitants thereof
FOUND: Time for countless presidential vacations
LOST: Records of Bush’s alleged completion of military service
FOUND: Fabricated stories dishonoring Kerry’s actual military service
LOST: One transparent and accurate voting system
FOUND: The math and Diebold
LOST: The watch-dog role of the mainstream media
FOUND: Talking heads willing to spout WH talking points
LOST: Journalists willing to ask questions
FOUND: Journalists willing to parrot non-answers
LOST: Billions of dollars in Iraq
FOUND: Billions of dollars for Halliburton contracts
LOST: Adherence to Geneva Conventions
FOUND: The sanctioning of torture
LOST: Christians willing to do what Jesus would do
FOUND: Christians willing to be misled by godless preachers
LOST: Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi lives
FOUND: Ways to secure Iraqi oil resources
LOST: Administration’s ability to speak the truth
FOUND: Administration’s ability to forget the truth when under oath
LOST: Over three thousand US troops
FOUND: Never-ending array of photo-ops with soldiers
LOST: Monies necessary to care for injured troops
FOUND: Monies necessary for private contractors to make a profit by withholding care from injured troops
LOST: One president able to garner the respect of the world
FOUND: One buffoon, guaranteed to garner the disrespect of our global neighbors
LOST: The moral high-ground
FOUND: The photographs from Abu Ghraib
LOST: Funding for education, social programs, etc.
FOUND: Funding for military aggression, wars, etc.
LOST: Hundreds of thousands of WH emails
FOUND: Hundreds of thousands of pieces of information on anti-Bush organizations and/or private citizens
LOST: One Democracy, due to Republican control of government
FOUND: One Democracy, due to Democratic investigations, subpoena power, under-oath testimony, etc.
LOST: Faith in government under GOP majority
FOUND: Faith in government under Democratic majority
LOST: The attention of millions of US citizens as to what has been going on within our government
FOUND: The newly-resurrected attention of millions of US citizens as to what has been going on within our government
LOST: One country, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all
ABOUT TO BE FOUND: One country, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all
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