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KATRINA
A blessing in disguise?
It was one year ago that Hurricane Katrina blew
away the veil hiding the incompetence of the
Republican party.  With Bush's and Congress'
approval numbers at near record lows since the
storm, it is hard to imagine that just a year ago the
public was still in the dark about just how bad this
country is being run.  

In addition to the widespread physical damage and
human suffering, Hurricane Katrina may be
remembered most as the event that finally awoke a
sleeping American public to the gross indifference
right wing politicians have for the most vulnerable
of their fellow citizens.

On this sad anniversary it is important that we
never forget this and we remind other who may
have,
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WHATEVER HAPPENED TO PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY?
I found this story very interesting.  It reports that a majority of Israelis want Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to resign because of
the poor way the war against Hezbollah was planned and run.  In short, many feel the war was a misadventure from the start
and needlessly cost the lives of Israeli soldiers and innocent civilians in Lebanon. In fact, most think the war made matters
worse for Israel, the Middle East and the world. In addition to the loss of life, Israel took a huge blow to their reputation and
normally friendly countries now look at them with distrust and disrespect. It will take decades or even generations for the
damage to be undone. Sounds kind of familiar, doesn't it?  Yep, I could be talking about George W. Bush and how his
disaster in Iraq has so gravely hurt the United States.  

But here's the difference - the people of Israel actually want to hold their leaders responsible for the mess they've caused!

This seems a good time to ask, what is it about Americans (well, Republicans anyway), that give their President a free pass
even after he botched things up so badly that tens of thousands of innocents are killed (not to mention almost 3,000 of our
own) and the reputation of our country has become irrevocably tarnished? Misplace patriotism? Blind partisanship?  A
hatred of American values?  Stupidity? Whatever the reason - we are in very serious trouble because of these people.  

While the election in November can be a first step toward trying to correct these problems, I think we
need more than that.  If America makes it to 2009 and the Republicans are completely voted out of
office, I think we will need our own "Truth and Reconciliation" process to uncover all that has been
done by these devious people.

God only knows what Bush, Cheney and the GOP Congress has done without us knowing. The unconstitutional behavior
and widespread corruption that we DO know about is already historic. There surely must be hundreds of other unknown,
activities that will further damage the USA down the road. We need to find out about these things. For example: what
information has been secretly "classified" or destroyed; what other secret prisons, secret wars or unknown signing
statements have taken place; what kind of patronage to GOP cronies and other financial mismanagement of US taxpayer
money have they done... Sadly the list probably goes on and on and on.)

While it will take non-Republicans to get down to the business of trying to save our nation and uncover
the truth of the past generation, we should not ignore the responsibility of those who continued to
support George W. Bush and the GOP long past the point where their damaging actions could be
mistaken or ignored.

Clearly they do not have the best interests of America at heart and are unable (or unwilling) to make intelligent choices
about the country's future.  Left unchecked, these same people - who impeached Bill Clinton but hail George W. Bush - will
continue to harm our nation and our standing in the world.  We have to find a (non-violent) way to make sure that those
people don't hurt us again.  

Any suggestions?
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The Marine Corps will soon begin ordering
thousands of its troops back to active duty
because of a shortage of volunteers for Iraq and
Afghanistan — the first involuntary recall since
the early days of the war.

Up to 2,500 Marines will be brought back at a
time, and there is no cap on the total number who
may be forced back into service as the military
helps fight the war on terror. The call-ups will
begin in the next several months.                  STORY
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