Remembrances, New Starts

230 years ago today, the Revolutionary War started. 12 years ago today the Branch Davidians were brought down by ATF officers. A decade ago, Timothy McVeigh blew up the federal building in Oklahoma City. Benedict XVI was elected the new pope today. Let's see the direction the Catholic Church moves in. The pontiff is 78; let's see how long he remains in the seat. I'd be curious as to how President "Culture of Life" Bush would have reacted to the events during Clinton's administration. Based on his most recent actions jamming the federal government into a state issue (the exact antithesis of what he wanted to happen in Florida in 2000) with the Terri Schiavo case and supporting a crooked little peckerwood like Tom DeLay, Bush would have done everything that Bill did, but have Karl Rove spin it into (believable only by uneducated fundamentalists in the Midwest) a case where the federal government needs to protect the rights of the people unless those rights infringe on political capital. Speaking of trying to use political capital (the new P.C., but I won't touch that), Tom DeLay has "moved closer to God" during this time of self-inflicted heat to quit due to a raft of ethics violations racked up against him. Moved closer to God? How can that be? DeLay's been speaking for Him at least since he became the Hammer! A self-righteous prig such as DeLay has no room to suddenly play the humble card; found religion? Only because it's getting toasty and not because it's illegal. What would he say if someone left of the aisle made such a statement, regardless of the circumstances? Oh, that person would be grandstanding in the name of vote-getting and pandering to religious liberals. If, however, I brought up the fact that DeLay's a hypocrite at church, I'd be lynched. If the Democrats are letting the GOP spin itself into deep doo-doo, things are looking good. There still needs to be an attack dog loud enough to make the message loud and clear that the party that claims to take the high road is a straw man and is just as guilty in pandering for votes as the Democrats Let's raise our glasses to a hopeful new start in the GOP, one of true Christian morality, integrity, and honesty. If DeLay wants to be Christ-like, he'd quit, turn himself in, admit guilt, ask the people of Texas, the United States and Russia for forgiveness, pay back all of the illegal contibutions he took, and do what Jesus commanded: serve others instead of oneself. DeLay should be out there in the streets with the people that his party's policies have kept there; people without healthcare that are actually trying to make a living; people who can't afford to send their children to pre-school because conservatives don't believe that education is the responsibility of the government. Turning the other cheek when one's enemies strike is what ol' Tom should be doing; instead, he's lashing out in a way that only makes him look like the smug #*%@&!#&! that he really is. I'm enjoying watching him squirm. So is Garry Trudeau; we're on Day Two of the DeLay death watch! Keep tuning in!