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In less than 7 hours we will have a new Democratic president. The slow march into the depths of fascism will be over and we will begin to take our country back from the robber barons.
4200+ American military personal have died and over 20,000 injured and maimed in *bush wars whose sole purpose was to make rich men richer and to feed the military-industrial pig. When Cheney became VP he was worth 20 million dollars, now he's worth much, much more. No word on the worth of *bush's "trust". We can only guess.
Soldiers on combat duty are forced to do multiple tours in combat zones - anywhere from 2 to 8 tours. That has never happened in the history of this great nation - its always been 1 or 2 combat tours until a few years ago under *bush; any more than that and it was volunteers only. Its strictly a *bush administration construct because they were too cowardly to either GTFO or institute a draft. They didn't shit and they didn't get off the pot - they just passed gas and used our soldiers for toilet paper - over and over. Many of those young Americans will become mentally unbalanced or imprisoned by the time they are 30. Some are already.
83 of the top 100 publicly traded corporations, and ALL the corporations who received bailouts have multiple accounts in over-seas tax shelters. Maybe most of the public money they received is hidden now - the banks are not lending it like they were supposed to because the *bush administration failed to regulate them. Citigroup alone has set up 427 tax haven subsidiaries to conduct its business, including 91 in Luxembourg, 90 in the Cayman Islands and 35 in the British Virgin Islands according to the Washington Post.
If the unemployment rate was still calculated in the same way as it was before the mid-sixties it would be over 17% now; the average unemployment rate during the great depression was around 25%.
Living here in the reddest area of northwest Ohio, most of my friends are republican and for some reason I am furious at them now more than ever. The big event is less than 7 hours away and my anger is all I can think about. My mind cant grasp that much illogical thinking from so many really very nice people who vote republican just because their fathers did - and thats the only reason. It makes me think of how the German population must have gradually sunk into fascism before WW2 - they were probably nice people too, for the most part, until they were engulfed in irrational fears and the lies that were used to counter them.
If I don't grab onto hope right now all I have left is revenge and hate. That never works and it takes up too much energy and time. I don't want that but I do demand justice for those who have looted our treasury and orchestrated the murder of our young soldiers. And let us not forget that anywhere between 150,000 and 1 million Iraqis and Afghans, a good many of them noncombatants and especially children, were murdered by those who would claim to represent who we are and then lie that it was in our best interests. I weep for those who were duped into believing them. The weak and fearful who now recognize the lies told to them deserve forgiveness but I don't believe any ally or enemy, friend or foe - even remotely involved in THE tragic failure of a generation will forgive the United States of America - not this time.
You and I, and indeed all Americans share this burden that was thrust upon us and its sole purpose - to militarize further and to continue feeding the military-industrial pig. We have been forced into it - and that will be *bush's legacy.
In President Obama I believe that we have selected the best person to lead us during these trying times. He has his work cut out for him and I feel that he is up for the job. I sincerely hope that we can eventually demilitarize but the die has been cast against it. Again. This time by a traitorous buffoon whose sole purpose became clear very early on - to jam the gears and loot the treasury. And that, sadly, is America's legacy.
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