Day of Victory?

"Victory attained by violence is tantamount to a defeat, for it is momentary."
-Mahatma Ghandi

This surge in Iraq will not work, and it seems as if Republicans in congress are even realizing this. The Republicans are jumping ship faster than lemmings from an island. Now, even two republican senators are backing up the democratic position of pulling out of Iraq. Is it now that the Republicans are getting it? We were in Iraq for a false reason and was a completely illegal war. Now we are in this war that is a complete drain on our resources. By staying in there, we are making ourselves less safe by giving Al-Qaeda goal giving them a recruitment boom. Because of this they are up to pre- 9/11 strength. Not to mention it is practically making America bankrupt. It is time for congress to bring out troops home, not only because this war is making us less safe, but because this war is wrong. We can win every battle in our way, but we can lose the war in the end.

The 4th of July Prayer

"One single grateful thought raised to the heavens is the most perfect prayer"
-G. E. Lessing German Dramatist


September 11 2001 was one of the worst days this country has been through. That day thousands of people were killed for a reason most of us can not comprehend. Lives that could have changed the world for better were lost that one day. Now there are many more people that are suffering; the families of those from the incident itself, to those coping with the loss of their families in the current wars, and to those who were injured by these wars. During this 4th of July please pray for these people and actually the whole country in general. This is a time when the entire country and everyone in it needs a miracle the most. But also, when you do pray, pray for those terrorists, and their families. What kind of society would they have had to have lived in to allow for such a twisted version of life? From a religion that is supposed to preach kindness and peace. Pray for them that they will some day come out of this hatred of the west and bring back the true foundation of their own religion. I know this may be hard for many people and even though I have no power to force you, I can only ask that you will either think about it, or actually do it. For this single grateful thought is the most perfect prayer.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=islGmlb24Aw

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWyJJQbFago&mode=related&search=

Power corrupts

"Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it"
-William Pitt the Younger

Is this the type of presidency that we want? Is this the person we want as currently the most powerful person in the world? Is this the person we want as our leader, a person who has repeatedly shown complete an blatant disregard to the laws of this nation? Well currently we have this person in the white house. Bush has now disregarded a ruling from the court of appeals that says Scooter Libby should serve his prison sentence and has commuted his sentence. Anyone who thinks that this is just a partisan attempt to attack the white house is wrong. This is a republican prosecutor and a republican court that sentenced Scooter Libby to his 30 months of prison for obstruction of justice. Because of this Bush should also be charged with obstruction of justice and contempt of congress. Although this isn't illegal this is unethical and immoral because it gives Libby the security that he wouldn't need to reveal any information because Bush would pardon him. To say that your friends can't be touched by the law, this is the pinnacle of corruption, this coming from the pinnacle of power.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,287790,00.html
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19570081/

Freedom of Press

"If I had to choose between government without newspapers, and newspapers without government, I wouldn't hesitate to choose the latter." -Thomas Jefferson

What were the Democrats in Congress doing when they were trying to get a fairness doctrine through? A fairness doctrine no matter how tempting it may sound with the current large amounts of conservative media is not a way to go. By trying to get a fairness doctrine through, your basically trying to breach the 1st Amendment. This basically is the same Constitution ignoring government you tried to get rid of when you came into office. Free speech should always be practiced regardless, even if almost all of it is against your view. The very foundation of this country included the freedom of speech and not as either democrats or republicans, but all Americans should be against the fairness doctrine regardless of the media's political views

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18366765/site/newsweek/