Republicans believe Struggling Americans are Lazy

On Tuesday, April 4, 2006, Senator John McCain responded to calls from his audience for employers to "Pay a decent wage!" by implying that the men in his assembly would be unwilling to pick lettuce in Arizona even for $50/hour.
To his surprise, the assembly of union workers immediately shouted their willingness to accept his offer.
The senator's comments are very much in line with the views of his Republican Party, whose members seem to enjoy the undisputed fact that, according to a New York Times article of August 23, 2007, Americans earned a smaller income in 2005, the fifth consecutive year that they had to make eds meet with less money than at the peak of the last economic expansion. As workers struggle to make mortgage and other payments with their rapidly declining income, the folks in the top two tenth of one percent of income earners are doing quite well. According to Tony Fratto in the White House's official statement, the fact of the serious problems faced by those in the lower income brackets "is not a very interesting story".

A few centuries ago, during the French Revolution, when told that French citizens were starving, because they had no bread, Marie Antoinette (see picture, above) supposedly blurted out: "Then let them eat cake!" Actually, she did NOT say that, but it makes for a good story. Despite her innocence, she was marched to the guillotine, where she lost her head! Unfortunately, Mr. Fratto cannot claim innocent ignorance, since we still have various live witnesses to his comments.

For the original McCain story, please click on the title of this posting!

Bush to Attack Iran: Apocalypse Now?

According to the next issue of "TIME" (please click on the title of this report), the same incoherent president who got us into the Iraq disaster, intends to widen the war, to include Iran. Having never served in combat, he seems oblivious to the consequences for our already thinly stretched and demoralized armed forces in Iraq:
Is the Iranian army going to join the war against us on Iraqi territory?
Is the Iranian air force going to be involved?
To what extent are the Russians going to be involved?

Do You want to be responsible for the imminent disaster?
E-mail your senators and congressmen NOW!

President Bush Floats Military Draft Proposal

Hey there! Yes, I mean YOU, the guy who supports the illegal war to plunder Iraqi oil, but is too chicken to sign up for the fight! Lt. General Douglas Lute says it "makes sense to consider a return to the draft to meet our US military's needs".

So, you have other things to do: Money to make, souls to save? Better get used to saving your own ass! If you are now of draft age, and are unable to buy your way out of military service by bribing a congressman, GET READY TO PUT YOUR ASS ON THE LINE FOR THE WAR YOU CLAIM TO BELIEVE IN!!

It's really not as bad as Vietnam, and I survived that, even after many VERY, VERY, close calls: Like being ambushed at a distance of 15 feet, two bullets barely missing my head by less than an inch, and, after I felt their air pressure, passing harmlessly by. Perhaps you will enjoy the same good fortune, with a lot of help from our God.

That is, if you are on very good terms with Him. Are YOU sure HE supports the mess we have made in Iraq? Does HE want you to kill women and children? Better check with HIM NOW!!

Despite all of the mealy-mouthed double-talk from our subservient "free" press, you may have heard that our war in Iraq is not going well at all. So, sign up now instead of waiting for YOUR turn, and put your life on the line, instead of sending the less fortunate of our our country to do YOUR bidding.

If you should come back in one piece, or if you come back at all, after your revelation on the road from Damascus to Baghdad, I invite you to find a peace group and do YOUR part for the glory of our Creator!

Progress in Iraq: The Real Story

Anne Nivat, the courageous French journalist, who has covered many of our world's most dangerous trouble spots, recently decided to investigate the American administration's claim, that "we" are making progress in Iraq. Dressed in a loose black tunic with long sleeves, she was able to blend in with the Iraqis and live in a Shiite neighborhood.

Comments from her new friends: "I am Shiite. My uncles and cousins were murdered by Saddam's regime. I wanted desperately to get rid of him. But today, if Saddam's feet appeared in front of me, I would fall on my knees and kiss them:

Right now, with a temperature of 130 degrees, electricity is available only from 6 to 7AM. In a former oil producing country, 40 gallons of gasoline used to cost half a dollar, now Iraqis have to pay as much as $75 on the black market.

More than 200 doctors have fled the country, leaving the remainder to cope with the constantly escalating violence.

The "government" declares sudden curfews after ever-increasing suicide attacks, which ties up traffic so badly, that drivers are forced to abandon their vehicles on the streets, in order to comply. One of these "curfews" lasted four days.

PLEASE READ THE COMPLETE STORY, BY CLICKING ON THE TITLE OF THIS POSTING!

Our Generals Comment on Failed Bush "Strategy"

"With this veto, the president has doomed us to repeating a terrible history. President Bush's current position is hauntingly reminiscent of March 1968 in Vietnam. At that time both the Secretery of Defense and the President had recognized that the war could not be won militarily - just as our commanders in Iraq have acknowledged. But not wanting to be tainted with losing a war, President Johnson authorized a surge of 25,000 troops. Five years later, when the withdrawal of US troops was complete, we had suffered 34,000 additional combat deaths."

My (Wolfgang P. May) comment: To what extent do our presidents ("the Deciders") consider the precious lives of our fighting men in forming their courses of action? In the few staff meetings I attended in Vietnam, our Lt. Colonels and Generals spoke of "Air", as well as other "Assets". One little skinny one star general of the 25th Infantry Division was upset that I did not use his "air assets" to level a nearby village during my night combat action. Are we, like the civilian villages in our areas of operation, just disposable "war assets" to our leaders? Does this moral disease exist in especially concentrated form at the very highest command level?

Please click on the headline "Our Generals Comment..." at the top of this posting to read the courageous comments of our best and brightest generals on the blog of our Speaker of the House, proof that we still have good men near the top of our command structure. It is our job, if we value the future of this great country, to support them. Write letters to your local newspaper, send me your ideas for any additional actions.

BBC Report: Bush Made War Plans BEFORE 911!!

The Bush administration made plans for war and for Iraq's oil long before the 9/11 attacks, and within weeks of Bush's first taking office, according to a BBC report. The planning to pirate Iraq's oil was the foundation on which the current uncontrollable insurgency has been founded, and the main reason why it will continue, and why so many of our men and women are being killed in Iraq.

Our Saudi Ally: US Occupation of Iraq is Illegal

Speaking to the Arab summit in Riyadh, the king warned that unless Arab governments settle their differences, the United States would continue to dictate the region's politics. The king, one of our very, very, very few allies in the region, described the US troop presence in Iraq as an ILLEGITIMATE OCCUPATION.

King Abdullah certainly appears to assume that Bush's "strategy" in Iraq is certain to fail, and he is seeking a new policy for Iraq, a policy that must be coordinated with Syria.

Abdullah is also very angry that Bush is letting the Palestine issue fester, and that he pushed for open elections in Palestine, but then cut off the freely elected Hamas government.