Romanticizing 9/11: A Love Story Laced with Deceit

A word of caution to the remaining grains of sanity left in our country, please do not get side-tracked by the inevitable onslaught of 9/11 tragedy peddlers.

As we approach the 3rd year anniversary of the 9/11 terror attacks, we are sure to be flooded by horrific images of death and destruction that will force us to relive the terror and vulnerability we felt that day.

Of course I don't put it past George W. Bush to capitalize on that window of opportunity to remind us that 'our plight against evil is not over'...or some verbal diarreah of that nature to try to convince the nation that we need to have him wage war for another four years--I don't think so. Meanwhile, scores of soldiers continue to die (mostly lower to middle-class young men and women--no one in Bush's friends and family network) in Iraq.

Osama bin Laden's top lieutenant, Ayman al-Zawahiri, forges ahead with terror plans in his videotaped speech yesterday while US soldiers hide out in trenches in Afghanistan.
And where's Osama? Maybe he's dead or perhaps he's being held in Pakistan awaiting a well choreographed and very visible capture for the press days before November's election.

Who the heck knows, but please do not get swept away by whatever opportunistic commemorative gestures that may take place within the next few days that will no doubt play to our emotions.

Remember the big picture and the players behind it.

Re-elect Me or Die!

"If we make the wrong choice then the danger is that we'll get hit again," rants Dick Cheney at a campaign stop in New Hampshire yesterday.

How Bush's campaign team gets away with these scare tactics is beyond me. As if capitalizing on the 9/11 theme @ the RNC wasn't low enough, Cheney takes it to an even lower level by threatening undecided voters with carnivalesque prophecies of doom if the Bush/Cheney team are not re-selected for another 4 years. Very ballsy. If that doesn't qualify as an act of terrorism, I don't know what does.

The Kerry campaign team is not exactly high on my list of sharp knives in the drawer either. Their retaliation tactics are definitely lacking what Bill Clinton's campaign team had--Balls. C'mon Kerry, pull it together or lose.

"Never Question My Divine Leadership!"

Another degrading attempt to manipulate fact and speculation has hit the airwaves.
The latest outrage, feuled by right-wing corporate interests, would have us believe that somehow the royal presence of George W. Bush and his GOP pocket-men @ last week's RNC, are solely responsible for a sudden drop in New York City's crime rate.

They're saying crime is down by 6 percent last week from where is was during the same week last year. This of course falls neatly in line with the RNC mantra of George Bush's "initiative" to secure our country from "them"--the freedom-haters.

In other under-reported related news, a study conducted by Senator Charles Schumer, found that the federal government short-changed New York schools by more than $1 billion under the Bush Administration's "commitments" made under the No Child Left Behind Act.
Smalls details that were not up for debate during last week's Bush-stravaganza.
What can I say...I'm stunned.