This is it! I can't take it anymore. I am so friggin' disgusted with the right-wingers that I could vomit. Just had a conversation with my repug friend. I know, I know, I should not even have a repug friend, but, but, but - she is a nice person otherwise. Oh, shit, I cannot even defend my friendship with her anymore. She just told me that Iraq should pay the US back for the costs of "giving them freedom." Freedom, my ass! Oh, that's right, 80% of the Iraqi's are going to vote on Sunday! Sure, only 50% of Americans vote, but 80% of Iraqis will vote on Sunday, not knowing who the candidates will be and with polling places still undisclosed. Oh, and by the way, they have been threatened with being killed if they do vote. Would I vote under those circumstances? Hell no!
This FOX bullshit is absolute insanity and the fact that so many Americans buy into it is incredible. We really, really need to do something about our educational system, or maybe it is something in the water, I don't know. I just cannot believe this shit I hear from her. For instance, "Interrogation is only torture if it results in death or destruction of an organ"????
What is keeping me from becoming totally "militant" right now is the very positive things we are doing here. I loved the "Help a Vet" diary, and contributed to that. I love being a "bleeding heart liberal." It's what makes me human, and gives me hope. We need more positive things to do here, rather than wringing our hands for the next four years.
Unrelated to this rant, but relative to Iraq, our "news" has told us that the helicopter that went down the other day crashed because of a "severe wind storm."
Jihad Unspun reports that it was shot down.
Thank you for listening to my rant!!!! I knew that you would understand.