as there are many rich white men in power - many of whom I personally believe are crazy...in an egomaniac lust for greed kinda way - I am only assuming this is part one ;)
i understand these men of power believe they are doin' the right thing...so much so that i feel they can't see how irrational they have become. in particular today...the crazy men who are freakin' me out are Senator Zell Miller and Dick Cheney.
i had never actually heard of Zell Miller before the republican national convention, where as a democratic senator he had been invited to be the key note speaker. A democrat as the key note speaker of a republican convention? sounds odd doesn't it? especially given the extreme right wingness of the current white house head honchos! but check out the clip "Zell on Earth" from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart (visit the Headlines section at www.comedycentral.com/tv_shows/thedailyshowwithjonstewart to view the clip) to see how he was a perfect fit. You will see snippets of Zell giving his key note speech (where he thunders about the bad Kerry and praising the strong and mighty Bush...spittin' mad and fierce), giving an interview on CNN (when asked if he was mad replied -me, mad? no not at all. I'm sorry if I gave that impression!) and another on MSNBC (where he states he wishes we lived in a time when you could challenge people to a duel!)...i am not kidding...you cannot make this stuff up! jon does a great job of showing how silly it all is (really funny bit)...but in all seriousness Zell is a total nutjob! And the worst thing of it is, the delegates at the convention were eating it up...cheering him along in his hateful tirade. Sad to see people become so inspired by such hatred. also sad to see a man, who used to be greatly respected (once upon a time), stoop to such low behaviour...
It's funny to me that the republicans, and all right wing neoliberals, are so hell bent on making anyone progressive out to be the crazy people. if you believe in anything other than the free market and helping the rich get richer, you are labelled as a flake, an idealist, a hippy, a communist, someone who is unable to come to terms with the world in which we live...and it's not so much the words they use but rather the tone "listen to those whiney bleedin' heart liberals complaining again". like it's a sin to actually have an opinion that doesn't match theirs. you are either right or wrong...and if you're not right...you may be evil...look out!
the hypocracy of it all just astounds me. Cheney and his plan for a new american century (well, not just his plan...he's joined by lots of other crazy rich old white men in this group too...and they do not hide the fact that their agenda is to completely control the world as if they are the only ones deemed worthy of ruling it...see for yourself at www.newamericancentury.org) shows no room for comprimise on the vision and everything must be done with a mighty forceful fist.
the latest gem from Cheney is that if the presidential election does not find him and Bush back in the white house...well, Kerry is going to end up getting the states attacked by terrorists again! first found this out in "Cheney: Kerry victory will lead to another terrorist attack on US" at
www.commondreams.org/headlines04/0907-10.htm.
but terrorism is only thriving because there are so many people being oppressed in one way or another (some blatantly occupied like in Iraq and Palestine, and some subtly by supplying weapons to occupying regimes, and financially backing dictators elsewhere) Terrorism is not something you can declare war on...it is an act not a nation. and when people have nothing to live for it is easier for them to succumb to irrational behaviours like blowing themselves (and other innocents) to bits. And who are really the terrorists? If america was being attacked by an occupying force (extremely hypothetical as no other nation has the force to occupy the states) and the people rose up to defend their homeland...would they be terrorists? And how long does Cheney think the terrorists are gonna play the game over in the middle east...where it's only their family and friends who suffer? it's crazy to believe that it's never going to impact north american soil again...so it's high time we start working on real solutions.
the Bush administration, under the thumb of Cheney has done more to put the american people in jeopardy...and nothing to ensure their safety. since we have family and friends who live in the states I take it personally that their government is being run by irrational desires...egos drunk on their power with no long term thoughts to anything but instilling their vision of the world onto everyone...whether we like it or not...whether they are right or not "we must stay the course"
everyone calls Cheney and his cronies the 'hawks' in the white house...and in their nature they are rather hawkish...but to me the are the scary CROW men (crazy rich old & white) who have had their fun time. their apocalyptic worldview which has paralyzed people with fear is an unhealthy model of leadership. and their ways are totally undemocratic. and I feel to believe otherwise is crazy too. so they may be scary CROW men...but they are men and therefore people. they may believe that they were chosen by god to lead the world...but they are wrong. we deserve...and I believe the maker (whatever your name for our spiritual conscience) would want better for the world than tyranny.
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