DragonFlight

You have to raise an eyebrow when the GOP continually claims they don’t put party before country. That aptly describes what they have been doing for the last two decades, and most especially during the failed presidency of George Bush. As a matter of fact that is exactly why the Bush Presidency has failed. Time and time again the Republican led Congress between 2000 and 2006 supported one failed or corrupt policy of George Bush after another. And when the Democrats took over a majority in Congress in 2006 they discovered that majority was not large enough, especially in the Senate, where time and time again the Democrats could not get the sixty votes required to override all of the Bush vetoes, even as Republicans pretty much lined up in lock step to resist almost everything the Democrats tried to do in order to beat the Democrats, not serve the nation.

The one thing the Democrats could have done, should have done, and didn’t, was to start impeachment proceedings against George Bush. The laundry list of crimes and misdemeanors perpetrated by Bush and Cheney make the actual impeachment proceedings against Bill Clinton pale by comparison. I blame Nancy Pelosi, and some obvious hanky panky (whatever it was) behind closed doors for this. The idea that this would have distracted Congress is specious, and as far as angering the Republicans, so what!?!

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When I first heard that both Bush and Cheney were going to address the Republican National Convention I was taken by surprise. I couldn’t help thinking, “why would John McCain, desperate to deny he represents a Bush third term, want this pair speaking at the RNC to remind everyone of just how really close they are on policy, or to even remind everyone they are all in the same party?”

It was despicable enough that a James Dobson minion and employee of “Focus on the Family,” Stuart Shepard, requested that politically conservative Christians join him in praying for rain at Invesco Park in Denver, Colorado in time to mar Barack Obama’s DNC acceptance speech, but the irony of that request was yet to play out and aid the Republicans in a totally different way in their crusade to turn religion into a political weapon, instead of a spiritual acknowledgment of God.

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Posted by Stephen at 03:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (6) | TrackBacks (0)

If you honestly believe the Republicans are actually qualified to wage war, and better than the Democrats, you might just want to invest in that sinking golf course in the Everglades, the one with lots of water traps! I actually put more credence in the Tooth Faery and the Great Pumpkin. And speaking of Florida (the land of denied voters), there is a moronic (and/or perhaps just sleazy) businessman there who recently put up a huge billboard displaying a picture of the twin towers burning in NYC with the caption, “Please Don't Vote for a Democrat.”

HUH!?!?!?! What am I missing? Oh right, the myth that Republicans will keep us safer (COUGH)…

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I incredulously watched TV Monday, subjecting myself to copious amounts of pundit blather from all sides, criticizing General Wesley Clark’s true, I thought, observation that, “Well, I don’t think riding in a fighter plane and getting shot down is a qualification to be president.” I have been saying this myself for almost a year now, believing it was simple common sense. And it was never meant in any way as a slight to John McCain. Imagine my surprise at hearing so many people (such as the Fox News “No-Spin Zone,” definitely an example of how words can be used to mean their opposite) call it a smear of Senator McCain and inferring it somehow denigrated his military service.

Has this nation gone completely mad!?! Have political correctness and hypocrisy reached such lofty levels of dissociation with reality?

Thankfully, General Clark refused to apologize for his statement on MSNBC’s "Verdict." But I was rather disheartened that the Obama campaign believed there was something to apologize for.

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Posted by Stephen at 12:12 PM | Permalink | Comments (18) | TrackBacks (0)

The right wing spin machine lies like it breathes, and for various self-serving reasons. Unbeknownst even to itself, it doesn’t really care about this nation, or you or me for that matter; but it sure supports the theft of lots of money and comfort from others by means that are both unethical and only questionably legal. It chronically misdirects, misleads and obfuscates the truth to it’s own advantage. Why? Because the people driving it can get away with it! Unfortunately they have a large supporting audience that continues to feed on the manure they are fed, because they refuse to acknowledge the truth. They are easily confused because they won’t allow facts to interfere with their being right (literally and figuratively).

Here’s just one example: According to a friend in a recent email, “I was in the car most of the day and listened to Kim Komando and some NPR, but Prairie Home Companion is still a bit too corny for me so I went to right wing radio to see how they are attacking. They are still in lock step that we must drill for oil everywhere and the democrat caribou huggers and Florida beach selfish idiots are responsible for the high gas prices which [sic] are wrecking our economy. That implies that the crisis is of supply and demand yet I see no gas lines anywhere which tells me that the problem is deregulation of the futures markets and speculators. Still this is the right wing mantra since they just have no spaghetti that sticks against Obama.”

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Posted by Stephen at 09:37 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

To everyone concerned about the integrity of our nation, and especially supporters of Barack Obama, I suggest we make a point of regularly sending protective energy his way.

Before I became involved with politics and the political blogosphere, I spent a lot of time studying metaphysics and various religious belief systems in an attempt to learn more about who we are and the nature of our true potential. In the process I reaffirmed for myself what metaphysics has long known, that everything is energy, essentially slowed down to create matter and the physical reality we identify with and take for granted. Thoughts are energy, and the circumstances we create in our lives reflect those thoughts most often dwelled upon.

This being said, why do we so often feel powerless to have any real affect in the larger world, and continually sense that we don’t really count or make a difference? This feeling is especially acute in the arena of politics and government. During an election, and especially after one, our ability to influence change appears to rapidly diminish. Having minds that are often noisy and scattered, we habitually remain blithely unaware of just how very potent our thoughts really are, and unmindful of our power to influence events.

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Posted by Stephen at 01:21 PM | Permalink | Comments (8) | TrackBacks (0)

It’s hard to express just how disgusted I get when hearing this “loyalty to the President while he is still in office” crap! We’ve repeatedly been the recipients of this faulty logic as various former members of the Bush Administration have been unabashedly attacked for saying anything negative about their previous employer, the President and his staff – names such as Richard Clarke, Paul O’Neill, Joseph Wilson, and now Scott McClellan come to mind. How clearly can it be stated -- The loyalty of any government employee is ultimately to the United States of America, not to any politicians or leaders, or to the offices they hold! Any government office is only as important as the person who holds it. Though the oath taken by the President is to the nation, and the oath of the military is to the President, the implication of the latter is that the President will be loyal to the nation. If he is not, that oath, and any loyalty to him is forfeit.

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Posted by Stephen at 09:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

Ap-pease vt ap-peased; ap-peasing 1 : to bring to a state of peace or quiet : CALM 2 : to cause to subside : ALLAY (~ his hunger) 3 PACIFY, CONCILIATE; esp : to buy off (an aggressor) by concessions usu. at the sacrifice of principles

Talk vb 1 : to deliver or express in speech : UTTER 2 : to make the subject of conversation or discourse : DISCUSS (~business) 3 : to influence, affect, or cause by talking (~ into agreeing) 4 : to use (a language) for conversing or communicating : SPEAK ~ vi 1 a : to express or exchange ideas by means of spoken words b : to convey information or communicate in any way (as with signs or sounds) 2 : to use speech : SPEAK…

Do talk and appeasement mean the same thing? Obviously not! In actuality, they are not even close in meaning, yet the political dialogue of the last few days has been saturated with some people attempting to equate them for us dummies. Gratefully, these few have been called on it, and with great umbrage!

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Posted by Stephen at 04:22 PM | Permalink | Comments (5) | TrackBacks (0)

In the wake of the North Carolina and Indiana Democratic primaries, it becomes quite apparent that barring any totally unforeseen circumstances, Barack Obama is going to be the Democratic presidential nominee. I see no way Hillary Clinton can get the nomination unless the super delegates decide to totally ignore the will of the people in the primary states, which is quite unlikely.

Finally the time rapidly approaches to address the real question, namely, is America ready, willing, and able to vote for a Black male as President of the United States? An election process beginning as the search to pick the most qualified candidate for president must inevitably end by testing the climate of racism in America. Ironically, the Democratic theme during the primaries as well as the upcoming national elections will be the necessity of change, an obvious approach after seven long and seriously flawed years of the Bush Administration and an enabling Congress. Any Democratic candidate would be running on a platform of change. Ironically, Barack Obama represents a whole lot more than mere political change. He is a Black man in a nation that historically and presently continues to be a hot bed of racism and discrimination. America, ready or not, has reached a critical nexus point in its history, and racism can no longer remain on the back burner.

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Posted by Stephen at 03:17 PM | Permalink | Comments (4) | TrackBacks (0)

I suppose it’s not “patriotic” to mention or even think about it, but I’m sad to admit I’m not quite as proud of America as I used to be, and I don't think I'm alone.

For everything about America that is great, as we enter the 21st century it is a nation still divided by prejudice, bigotry, hatred, and discrimination, all triggered by a mindset which allows people to deny their own insecurities and fear in order to justify a need to find someone to feel better than.

Though greed and the thirst for power (so often driven by that same insecurity) have always been part of the equation, it’s disturbing that a philosophy such as, “it’s okay to screw others as long as there is a good chance you can get away with it,” basically an acceptance of corruption, has become so prevalent in present day society. The corporate mentality of bottom line profit economics and people be damned has certainly played a huge role in encouraging such thinking. Greatness must be earned on a continual basis; it's not just a label to stick on a lapel, like a flag pin.

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