As I was driving to work this morning, listening to NPR and preparing for what craziness may or may not have been lurking around work's corner, I was "fortunate" enough to catch the first fifteen minutes of Dubbya's speech in front of the Midshipman of Annapolis. I was surprised at the rousing ovation he was given as he was introduced, but then again I'm sure a fair amount of brain washing had been conducted in the days leading up to our fearless leader's appearance, and of course George and his handlers always make sure they have a like-minded audience to perform in front of!

What a f__king moron this man is, and how dare he continue to insult our intelligence by invoking the events of 9/11 in connection with what's currently going so wrong in Iraq. I agreed with going into Afghanistan, the terrorist connection clearly led in that direction, but Iraq was in no way connected to 9/11 and to make that bogus claim again and again is a BOLD FACED LIE! We are in Iraq because it was a top priority of this administration's agenda from the days before they stole the 2000 election, probably and almost certainly because of oil and Saddam's dealings with Bush senior in the first Gulf War. The terrorist connection exits now solely because we've made Iraq the place to be if you want to fight the corrupt western world, and believe me, we (read as our government) are definitely corrupt. We have no mandate to be there in any capacity, and though we can stay as long as we choose to, things won't truly get better until we get the hell out of there and let the Iraqi people find their own equilibrium without us telling them how it should look and feel. It's true of course that when we leave there is a great risk of things becoming truly chaotic, but I believe that is the only chance for Iraq to find its own way. It might be hard for us to stomach what might grow from the ruins, meaning the result may not look like we would choose it to look, but as long as we try to force OUR ideas and visions on the Iraqi people through direct and ominous military intervention, no lasting change can truly occur, and that is what we should ALL be hoping for. You can't force change, and for that liar Bush and his lying cronies to continue selling us snake oil and magic beads..., well shame on us if we don't start paying attention and make them do what they should be doing,i.e., exercising the will of the PEOPLE!

If it smells like pooh-pooh, it probably is pooh-pooh, and to stand up and say "this smells like pooh-pooh" is neither unpatriotic nor a signal to the terrorists that we're weak. You can absolutely support the troops but not this war, and for this administration to tell us otherwise is an example of truly unpatriotic behavior. This country was founded by clear thinkers who stood strong for what they knew to be true and not for what they were told was the truth. If you scrape away all the rhetoric and political manipulation, the truth greets you and it becomes apparent that G.W. doesn't have a leg to stand on in regards to much of anything concerning Iraq or his feeble attempts to play at being president. Somewhere in Texas a village is missing its idiot...Need I say more.