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Shout-out from a fictionaut!

Fri Feb 03, 2006 at 11:43:14 AM PDT

Hi, everybody!

Please bear with me, because I'll be telling you something that's going to sound absolutely insane. Though I won't get into the science of it--it'd take forever, and I'm more of a literary person--I will, however, explain the basics. I am, for lack of a better term, a "fictionaut": a real person who's made their way into a fictional universe. It's a top-secret program at a certain major university. I understand that you've had animals post here, in addition to people from the future, so I hope you won't have trouble believing me. Anyway, the bad news is that none of you are real, but the really bad news is that George W. Bush is the main character of your story.

What God told Bush.

Thu Oct 06, 2005 at 10:54:17 AM PDT

I apologize for doing a "link and nothing else" diary, but, I think that this is important, and I didn't see any other diaries about it. If there already is one, please ignore this.

At any rate: God told Bush to invade Iraq, apparently.

Iraqi Justice Minister: US is delaying interrogation of Saddam

Tue Jun 21, 2005 at 07:57:14 AM PDT

As we all know, the GOP/Saddam connections are virtually never covered by the mainstream...but might Saddam have a few things to say about that factor in both his interrogations and his trial?

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050621/D8AS013G0.html

Closer to Civil War: Illegal Abductions in Iraq

Tue Jun 14, 2005 at 09:20:46 PM PDT

If someone has already diaried about this, my apologies; I didn't see any that covered this.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/14/AR2005061401828.html

Sunni Leader "Accidentally" Arrested

Mon May 30, 2005 at 08:57:12 AM PDT

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/30/AR2005053000378.html

If someone already posted this, my apologies. Anyway, scroll down past news of the unfortunately-usual violence in Iraq, and you'll see this:

Protestant denominations reject Bush's budget

Thu Mar 10, 2005 at 10:21:13 AM PDT

Sorry for such a short entry, but, it's pretty self-explanatory:

http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=43829

"Leaders of five Mainline Protestant denominations will call on Congress to reject-'as unjust'-President Bush's 2006 federal budget at a press conference on Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 3:30 p.m. in the West Room of the National Press Club, 529 14th St. NW, 13th Floor."

More at the link, naturally.

In my opinion, these are the sorts of alliances we need to build. Let's break the stereotype that Bush has a monopoly on Christianity...

Capitalizing on the issues

Thu Jan 13, 2005 at 10:55:41 AM PDT

This isn't a new phenomemon, but, it's always been a pet peeve of mine: namely, how we can't seem to capitalize on the issues, even when the public is clearly on our side.

An ad that must be made

Fri Oct 01, 2004 at 08:50:33 AM PDT

I know I'm going to get some hate for repeating Drudge's rumormongering, but, if this particular piece of info is true--and even if it isn't, really--it brings up an opportunity that we just can't miss.

An Anti-Draft Amendment

Wed Sep 15, 2004 at 11:42:53 AM PDT

By no means am I claiming to be able to read the minds of the Kerry/Edwards campaign, but, I'm sure that we've all noticed one of their main strategies: The Excuse President makes a mistake or does something ridiculous, they point it out. The Excuse President says something stupid or obviously untrue, they tear it to shreds.

Though "proactive" is rightfully relegated to the graveyard for 90's buzzwords, and though using their own words and actions against them is vital, I think that Kerry also needs to bring some new discussions to the table. Likewise, there's a feeling that many Kerry-leaning undecideds could be pushed over the hump with just a little something special.

So, I think it's time to address a legitimate fear, only without fearmongering--in my opinion, this wouldn't just help the campaign, it'd also help safeguard America's future.


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