Never Again

[BeFree]

8 years ago a pResident was installed in the White House as the leader of the free world. He was not duly elected and everyone knew that only through a multitude of shenanigans and backdoor political maneuverings, did he became the US pResident.

And we let it happen. The American people shrugged it off and Let. IT. Happen.
Again, 4 years later, it happened again.

The world has paid a heavy price for our falling down on the job of making sure tyrants like Bush never take power in our country.

Today, as we celebrate a return to a semblance of democracy as it was meant to be, let us all pledge that Never Again will we fail like we did 8 years ago.

[Loge23]

1. Amen to that

And we can start by demanding accountibilty for their crimes.

[lazer47]

2. I hate that word "accountability", I had rather see "retribution", or "Justice"

[HillbillyBob]

5. Punishment comes to mind too

Some of us saw even before pResident sludge ran.
I said to some friends in 98 if __ ran he would 'win' and we woud be at war with in 2 years in Iran or Iraq and that it would be a disaster and our economy would be in the shitter before __ left office, the only think I was wrong about was that he would leave peacefully when his time was up.
I have asked friends to repeat to me what I said repeatedly in 1998, and all said 'you told us so'. "Why are you always right about these things?"
I say it is because "I pay attention and snoop in dark corners where I supposedly do not have any bidness doing".

[Downtown Hound]

3. None of us were prepared for the disaster that was Bush

In the 90's we coasted along a wave of perceived invincibility. We had the baddest military, the best economy, and seemingly could do no wrong. Of course, many of us knew even then that it was all a sham, that the poor weren't really being included in on the wealth, that our fancy gadgets and gizmos were made in sweatshops, that our prison population was bulging, but to too many of us it didn't matter. We were number one and always would be.

Then came the coup. It wasn't supposed to have happened, but it did. We let it happen because the alternative was too frightening to us. And really, how bad could Bush really be right? I mean, this was America, right? So we'll have an imbecile for president for awhile. We'll get through it. Or so we told ourselves.

Then came 9-11, and all of a sudden, our nation wasn't the same anymore. Suddenly we were afraid to speak out. Questioning the "president" was considered unpatriotic. In our shock and our grief, we panicked and looked to anybody for answers. And we looked to the wrong man.

Bush then proceeded to lead us on a path of self destruction the likes of which I never would have thought possible. It's hard for me to believe today that the care free days of the 90's were still only less than a decade ago. My God, how far we've fallen.

Many of us marched, committed civil disobedience, wrote letters, campaigned, donated a lot of our time to oppose this administration. Some people even rioted. But by and large, we never came up with a truly united and effective opposition because we never really understood what we were dealing with or how to combat it. The whole Bush administration was like something that simply should not have been, and yet it was. The American people were the pawns in a game who's rules were worked out in back corporate rooms behind closed doors. Over time, that game began to become more and more apparent to us and what it really meant.

So allow me to repeat your sentiments:

NEVER AGAIN! NO FUCKING WAY NO HOW! TO ALL YOU RIGHT WINGERS READING THIS, YOU HAVE GOTTEN AS FAR AS YOU'RE GOING TO GO! WE ARE HERE NOW AND WE AREN'T FUCKING GOING ANYWHERE! IF YOU EVER TRY ANYTHING LIKE THIS AGAIN YOU'RE GOING TO SEE RESISTANCE LIKE YOU'VE NEVER SEEN BEFORE! WE KNOW NOW WHAT YOU'RE TRULY CAPABLE OF AND WE WILL NEVER LET YOU DO THIS AGAIN! TIME FOR YOU TO FADE AWAY INTO THE SHAME OF HISTORY WHERE YOU BELONG.

[BeFree]

4. Yeah, that's what I was hoping to hear!!

Fuck all those assholes that told us were we're anti-American!
That claimed we we're pinko commies!

Here we were, standing for the highest of American principles, and the lowlife bloodsuckers who really hate what it really means to be an American, trying their damnedest to make us shut up and go away. They failed.

They are, as their leader is, a Miserable failure.