Currently Reading:
Not Always So
by Shunryu Suzuki



Lip Service:
It struck me the other day how "fashionable" it is to say that Bush sucks and this war is ridiculous. The ACTIONS of most Americans say that people actually do support Bush and the war, they just don't want to say it. I wish I could quantify it better, but it's pretty much a feeling I have when watching the presidential candidates. There is only ONE republican saying that we need to get out of Iraq, and only a few democrats. Only a few candidates out of the dozen or so say to get out, the rest say to stay in. Hell, only one candidate is saying that we need to get out NOW. The rest who actually say they want out are completely waffling on when, which doesn't lend me to believing them.

That doesn't strike me as an unpopular war in reality. Considering that it was completely and totally fabricated by the current administration, that doesn't lead me to believe that the current administration is actually unpopular. Yes, the official approval ratings are in the toilet, but that's just a whole bunch of lip service. The reality is that the approval ratings are actually very high, otherwise this war would have been over long ago, and the entire administration would have been impeached for prosecuting an illegal war, and using illegal and unconstitutional powers.


Cheers,
CET

"Much of the suffering in the world comes from the illusion that we are separate from one another." - Gautama Buddha