Reply #3: Good morning! This is where my ride must end. [View All]

[ozymandius]

So far, the news that I have seen today reflects Iraq going to hell for anything and everything PNAC. Russia continues to ruminate on the idea of switching to the euro for oil and gas sales. Wolfowitz is awakened by a rocket attack in the most secure area of Baghdad. More soldiers die in roadside bomb atacks and mortar shells. The Taliban has retaken sizeable portions of Afghanistan's real estate. Southern California burns while a shortage of money and National Guard (they're in Iraq, ya know) personnel hinder fire management and disaster containment.

Meanwhile, the human toll of this so-called economic recovery is chronicled by the major daily newspapers. Yesterday, I read two stories that explore the plethora of problems facing the working poor and the "under-employed". One such story profiled a mother of two who lost her job because she could not find affordable childcare during the week before her kids started school. Compassion, anyone?

This senseless, immoral and illegal war is just a cherry on top of the cowpie Bush will eat come a year from now. No willful act from Bush can keep the economic clock from expiring before the elections. John Snow's incredulous comments on strong dollar policy and the country's coalescing economic fountainhead differ from reality to the point of being patently absurd.

So, you see, there are so many reasons to be happy.