Yep, There's More!

Here's what I learned from the news just in the last week:

The E.P.A. cooked the books in order to promote Bush's Clear Skies agenda.

The military, as Donald Rumsfeld stated today, is "stressed." Recruitment numbers are down and much lower than expected. Good thing we're getting ready to invade Iran, Syria, Egypt, Libya, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and France (for not supporting the war). Already the drums for a military draft are beating again, and if one were to occur, this would be yet another of Bush's broken promises.

Speaking of broken promises, Bush in his SOTU Wednesday night pushed Congress for an amendment banning gay marriage. After the election, the White House made it clear that the 28th amendment issue wouldn't be sought after. I'm betting that he promised the gay marriage thing for support of his:

Social Security Fraud. I haven't read anything about Bush's plans that are specifically good. Concepts in general can always sound good, but as we know, the devil's in the details. Analyses from the SF Chron and Newsweek have the Bush scheme sounding more like a Ponzi scheme. Did you idiots who voted for him really think he was looking out for you?

Huge domestic spending cuts on all programs except the military. Even law enforcement and education (yet another broken promise) are getting squeezed. Pell grants are going to be larger, the president on Wednesday said. That's good, considering that he cut the number of them by several hundred thousand. So now the chances of you getting one are small, but if you do, jackpot. How's that for spreading the wealth?

Did anyone notice that Bush didn't even visit a single "blue state" in his little five-state whirlwind pushing his Social Security Cancellation Plan?

The U.S. government officially condones torture. Homeland Security chief and Attorney General were both in on it. Good job - violate international law and the Geneva Convention and get a promotion.

The Pentagon will now be flooding the Internet with propaganda to "inform" Americans about the war on terror and international goings-on regarding U.S. security. Well, at least Bush didn't lie about paying reporters to push propaganda; now, the government will just be doing it itself. Way to go.

Does anyone miss George Orwell?

The Super Bowl was super boring. Anyone catch the jingoistic flavor of the pregame? Not to mention the fact that the nation's bird fought the nation's revolutionary image. I'm surprised no one re-enacted the bombing of Pearl Harbor.

U2 tickets are a load of crap. $1999.00 for two seats? People who want to see this great band are now paying in the $300 range to sit on the second and third decks behind the stage from ticket brokers on e-Bay! One seller had extras so he was selling them at three times face value with a little note: " God is Good." What, for breaking the law, screwing your fellow people, and giving credit to the Almighty? That guy must go to church in Crawford, Texas.

I'm going to bed. Goodnight.