Operation Iraqi Freedom??

The chance that an Iraqi child will live beyond age 5 has plummeted faster than anywhere else in the world since 1990, according to a report released Tuesday, which placed the country last in its child survival rankings.
One in eight Iraqi children died of disease or violence before reaching their fifth birthday in 2005, according to the report by Save the Children, which said Iraq ranked last because it had made the least progress toward improving child survival rates.


Would we find this acceptable in this country?

Yet, Mr "Stay the course" does not seem to care about the well being of the Iraqi's any more than he cares about ours. One of his reasons for vetoing the "deadline" bill was that billions of non-emergency dollars were to go elsewhere, rather than his wars.

In Iraq, the people have only bouts of power. Doctors have fled the country. The water is contaminated, the air is heavily polluted. They live with daily violence and fear. Morgues are overflowing - and remember, there's only a few hours of power per day. Any guesses on how contaminated that air is?

Now, let's pretend the U.S. pulled the majority of it's troops out of Iraq. We tell the elected Iraqi government to step up and take control or hold a no-confidence re-election. Take the billions we wanted to bomb them with and turn that into electric companies, wind power, solar power. We build hospitals and schools and bring back the doctors. Clean the messes that we have made, rebuild with Iraqi construction companies, not a no-bid-no-brainer like Halliburton. Employ the poor, shelter the now homeless. Hope, confidence in their government, a clean environment, safety, THAT is Iraqi Freedom Not what they are getting.

They did not deserve this. They certainly don't deserve more of it.

Our troops deserve to have a plan and an exit strategy. They deserve to be told the truth, they deserve to know who and what it is they are fighting and why. Not the lies and the set-up to fail BS that they received.

The Bush administration has steam-rolled its way over everyone and every thing in it's path. It has refused to listen and see. Despite all of the evidence, they still see themselves as heros and saviors. They have defiled a constitution, three countries, stood by while funds to rebuild after Katrina criminally disappeared. An administration who appoints a horse expert to the head of FEMA cares not for his people.

Look around. This administration has left nothing but pain and suffering and devastation in it's wake. It's no wonder we are hated.

My only question is this, how much longer can we afford to let this continue? I know the Iraqi people can't last much longer, our tired troops can't. So, what now?

One Voice

As promised, I am posting a couple of you-tube links.

This one is pretty powerful, it should be on all television stations. Especially Fox!


This is just cute, Gradmothers in Hawaii.

I love this one!

The Impeachment movement is not over, it's gaining momentum. I read, on a flyer my son brought home, that 51% of all Americans are demanding impeachment of both Bush and Cheney.

51%!! Our one voice is growing stronger, louder. I doubt they can ignore us much longer.

One Heck of a Weekend!

It's been an interesting three days here. First my isp keeps losing signal, probably the weather, it snowed Saturday in Arizona. That made the Cinco de Mayo festivities damn clod but the food and Mexican beer was wonderful! Sunday, We went to a local sports bar to catch the Suns game. There were, thankfully, several screens, so I did catch the end of the Rangers game. It looks as if my Sens will take on the evil Sabres in the final round for the east.

Today, my son, who has been on a west coast tour for the last few weeks, showed up smiling at my door this morning, a week and a half early. He dragged me out to breakfast and a long detailed conversation of his adventures.

During these three days, I found a few Impeachment commercials that I wanted to post. One of which ended in naming 3 web sites. Maybe it's just me, but You-Tube has ever so ungraciously informed me that blogger has been permantly removed from their system. Oh, happy freakin' Monday!

Anyway, not to worry, I will post the links in the morning. Now, if the blonde had only thought of that two days ago....

Has McCain Gone Insane?

In Reno, NV, Sen. John McCain, R-AZ, criticized Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton's move to repeal congressional authorization for the Iraq war, saying it's "the worst possible idea that anybody could have" (Associated Press).

What does McCain know about the consequences of this action? This isn't the first time this repeal has been brought up because it coinsides with the troops withdrawal bill that the coward in office vetoed. Probably without reading it.

Speaking to reporters after a town hall meeting Saturday in Reno, McCain said a new strategy announced by President Bush in January is beginning to show "some success" and should be given a chance to succeed. "I think it's a bad idea for us to again tie up the United States Senate in something that won't be successful," McCain said.

It seems obvious that vital information from the region is being stretched and fabricated to justify another failed war "strategy" among the many that Bush keeps changing. What is the real reason for this town hall "meeting", and who attended? Was it open to the public or just Republicans?

"I think it again perhaps will send the wrong signal to our men and women who are trying top succeed over there. I just think it's the worst possible idea that anybody could have," he added. "I'll do everything in my power to see that it doesn't succeed."

Instead of researching Sen. Clinton's idea, he has condemned it as well as the men and women who are trying to make this "new war strategy" work. Since this new strategy was implemented in January, up to now, there have been record KIA's among our ground units in March and April. Is that the success McCaim is touting? Hell no!

Meltdown of the GOP

It’s hard to say which is worse news for Republicans: that George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation, or that he seems to be dragging every ’08 Republican presidential candidate down with him.

The public’s approval of Bush has sunk to 28 percent, an all-time low for this president in our poll, and a point lower than Gallup recorded for his father at Bush Sr.’s nadir. The last president to be this unpopular was Jimmy Carter who also scored a 28 percent approval in 1979. This remarkably low rating seems to be casting a dark shadow over the GOP’s chances for victory in ’08. The NEWSWEEK Poll finds each of the leading Democratic contenders beating the Republican frontrunners in head-to-head matchups.
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A majority of Americans believe Bush is not politically courageous: 55 percent vs. 40 percent. And nearly two out of three Americans (62 percent) believe his recent actions in Iraq show he is “stubborn and unwilling to admit his mistakes,” compared to 30 percent who say Bush’s actions demonstrate that he is “willing to take political risks to do what’s right.”

For the GOP meltdown, we need to thank Mr Bush and his minions. Without them, without his stubborn arrogance, we wouldn't be looking at such pretty blue numbers.

In an effort to separate themselves from "The Commander Guy", during the first GOP debates, Reagan was mentioned 17 times, Bush, only once.