Liberal Theme Song?

I don't do this very often, take lyrics and post them. These are the words of John Mayer, they need to be seen, they need to be heard.
I've highlighted my favorite points. I just think it's funny, the neocons still don't see it, they still don't get it. Damn good thing they're only 18% strong!


Me and all my friends
We're all misunderstood
They say we stand for nothing and
There's no way we ever could
Now we see everything is going wrong
With the world and those who lead it
We just feel like we don't have the means
To rise above and beat it

So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It’s hard to beat the system
When we're standing at a distance
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

Now if we had the power
To bring our neighbors home from war
They would have never missed a Christmas
No more ribbons on their door
When you trust your television
What you get is what you got
‘Cuz’ when they own the information ooohhh,
They can bend it all they want
So while we're waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
It's not that we don't care
We just know that the pot ain't fair
So we keep waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change

(Guitar solo)

We're still waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
We keep on waiting (waiting)
Waiting on the world to change
One day our generation
Is gonna rule the population

John Mayer
Waiting on the World to Change

Ooops

In a long line of Iraq oops and whoops this administration has added a new one.

The U.S. erred by first assigning the task of shaping the judicial system in a largely lawless country to the State Department and private contractors who "did not have the expertise or the manpower to get the job done," Hamilton and Meese said in testimony obtained by The Associated Press.

In 2004, the mission was assigned to the Defense Department, which devoted more money to the task. But department officials also were insufficiently trained for the job, Hamilton and Meese said.


As a result, Iraq has little if any on-the-street law enforcement personnel or a functioning judicial system free of corruption, they said.

And again, the bush administration is demanding that we "trust" the decider with more oops and whoops decisions. They still have their 18% of the population following them like the good sheep they are. To Shrub and Co.'s credit, there are still even a handful of congressmen who, obviously are ready to retire, also follow and bow, "yes master..."

I think it's time we put away the party lines and looked at the big picture. Iraq is a disaster. Hundreds of thousands of Iraqi civilians are dead. Thousands of American soldiers are dead and thousands more are without limbs and maimed for life. It was botched and doomed for failure the moment Shrub mentioned it. The Afghan government is now making deals with the Taliban. So much for your war on terror. Personally, I think we should re-name this political slogan (because that's exactly what it is!) "The War FOR Terror."

We need to look here at home as well. We have a national debt that will take careful planning and several generations to get rid of. We have a middle class that now lives below or at the poverty line. Unemployment is at an all time high.

We must agree, big business are doing well. Just look at Wall Street or Exxon's net earnings for its last quarter. No wonder the right is hell bent against a raise in the minimum wage.

And now, we are to trust him to add more victims, I mean soldiers to Iraq and in the meantime wage another illegal war of aggression on Iran? When is enough enough? When can the blinders come off? When and how can we make this stop?

The Anti-Boob Masters

Funny, Larry Flint makes billions showing them, the republicans put them in office. But the mom, she is ordered off the beach, out of the mall and out of public view for feeding her child. God forbid! What's next? Showing knees in public? Ankles?

Yes, we as a society are all for breast feeding, it's good for the child and the bonding between mother and child. So, what? She must stay home until the baby starts school?

Food or Lewd?

It seems that no matter how many protests breast-feeding moms stage in support of their rights, there’s always another confrontation right around the corner.

Even though health authorities have said for decades that breast is best for baby, American attitudes about nursing are still heatedly divided. In some cases, women who don't or can't breast-feed are made to feel like they're bad mothers. And those who do breast-feed — and nurse in public — can be the targets of complaints and outrage. Men often don't know what to do in the presence of a nursing mom and other women can be most critical of all.

Due to health reasons, I wasn't allowed to breast feed my children. Oh yeah! The "you suck as a mom" looks are overwhelming, even now, 20 years later. So, what does this mean? Bad moms can go out in public with their children and good moms can't? I don't even understand the "debate". A mom feeding her baby is up for debate? What kind of self richeous society have we become?

For anyone who thinks breast feeding is a sexual thing, you then have never been a mother or a child. Shame on you!

Finally! The Truth.

Biden: 'Failed policy' emboldens enemy

"It's not the American people or the U.S. Congress who are emboldening the enemy," said Sen. Joe Biden, D-Del., and White House hopeful in 2008. "It's the failed policy of this president — going to war without a strategy, going to war prematurely."

The Democratic-controlled Senate plans to begin debate this week on a nonbinding resolution declaring that Bush's proposal to send 21,500 more troops to Baghdad and Anbar province is "not in the national interest."

Last week, Biden's committee approved the measure on a near party-line vote of 12-9.

In reaction, Bush challenged lawmakers not to prematurely condemn his buildup and Vice President Dick Cheney said the administration would proceed even if a nonbinding resolution won Senate approval.

Kudos to Mister Biden. Let us all keep our fingers crossed.

Dear Sir

Dear Mr. Bush:
We know you do not listen to your advisers, we know you do not listen to the people in which you are sworn to serve, we know you do not listen to the generals on the ground in Iraq. We know you won't listen to the soldiers who are staging an anti-war protest at your door either.

U.S. troops plan to attend Iraq protest

You call yourself a "decider". You sir, have not made a wise or honest decision in your life. You have bankrupted every business you have been given. I do mean given, you have never worked for anything. You have no idea how an everyday, hard working American lives or survives. You are not a "decider", you are a "dictator", a "controller" a "fear-spreader", "war-monger" and an "idiot". Please, when referring to what you are, pick from the honest list.

Now, sir, it seems as if you haven't killed enough Americans or middle-easterners yet. Doing your part to control the worlds population, I assume. You are now setting the stage for a new war. A war where our overstretched troops will again be placed in harms way without the proper equipment, without being necessary - at all.

The Bush administration has authorized the U.S. military to capture or kill Iranian agents in Iraq who are plotting attacks against U.S. and coalition forces, a U.S. national security official said Friday.

Yes, sir, it seems your stage is set. It seems as if all your pawns are set up, again, to fall. It seems as if your uncaring wars of aggression are more important than your people, than the innocent civilians in other countries.

Speaker Nancy offered you an olive branch when she said, "impeachment is off the table". You, sir should have accepted it. You did not. You didn't even learn from the November elections. But do not worry sir. The American people have spoken. Their voices are growing louder and with more strength. You're fellow republicans know is, your democratic congress should know this. We will no longer be stifled, we will no longer take a back seat to your war mongering. We will no longer live in fear and silence. We have spoken. You should listen. 2008 isn't all that far away.

"There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —George W. Bush, Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

We can't be either, sir.