loose lips sink ships ...

it really does bring a smile to my face to see all of this shit turn on dubya. i was just looking at the video on foxnews.com about the leak controversy. i have been seeing some of the punditry lean away from the old "dubya was sent to us by god" stance that had been executed so flawlessly for years now.

of course, dubya wasn't sent by god unless god is trying to punish us. not that i am saying that god wouldn't want to punish us. fuck, it was general knowledge for most of human existence that god very much enjoys punishing humans. besides, knowing that god is punishing you is far more ... satisfying than accepting eastern notions of suffering being caused by selfishness.

i mean, seriously, what kind of sense does that make? there is no existence without selfishness. if you don't first accept that this is your world that you created for your own purposes, then why would you need spiritual responsibility? it just doesn't make sense. first you accept responsibility, then you feel no need to blame others or look outside of oneself for strength. i really don't know what kind of crack the buddha was smoking.

not that this has anything in the world to do with leaking the names of cia agents.

i have to say that i really kind of like joe wilson. how lucky is this man? he marries a hot cia agent, and then becomes an ambassador, then finds himself in a cycle of events that could very well change the landscape of american politics.

and make no mistake about it, it is time for a change in american politics. i am not going to ramble on about how the voices of socialists, anarchists and all of the ground in between are the roots of true democracy -- i am just assuming that allowing people to think for themselves is the cornerstone of the future.

first, the current system must collapse. obviously, i would prefer that it were a violent revolution, but i do think i am out here pretty alone on this one. i mean, i am sure there are others that think the same way, but i would probably think they are crazy. the first rule of life: never trust anyone that thinks like you do -- they will fuck you over.

but with the democrats crying impotent in their corner, trying to jack off over the apparent collapse across the isle ... and said collapse, it seems there might be another plausible option. of course, the problem with this weird rut that our country has (rather unfortunately) found itself in is that we find ourselves completely void of leadership.

and you look around and see all the weasels trying to act like leaders, and well, it just makes me sick. if i have to hear john edwards talk about what it's like to be poor one more time, i am going to stick a fucking ice pick through my ear. i am sure he was poor at one point in time, but he isn't any more.

besides, poor people know not to talk about the things they have done. well ... that's not true. but who fucking cares, this is my blog.


what i am saying is that we need teddy roosevelt to come back and be teddy. this country has to be shaped by the people in charge. we can't sit here and rely on stupid old people telling us about how they want to fix the problems. i only see one problem: this nation has stopped trying to get better.

or maybe it's what people think of as better? people just think that better is more like the way that it used to be. but this country has never worked right. it was built on top of slavery. the saving grace of slavery was a betrayal of property rights (the cornerstone of the federal infrastructure). then, we replaced slavery with a new class system (complete with drugs, guns and gods) and the appropriate prejudices that accompany it.

it's one thing to have leaders who think wrong and push the country in a new and far too chalenging direction. it's something else to have them use the rest of us to protect what was never ours at all. i think of my favorite presidents, and i can't help but like the ones that i would disagree with most.

maybe with historical perspective and genuine conviction on his part, i could have grown to like bush. i have certainly come to respect reagan, carter and nixon.

i guess i should be rambling on about the right thing to do, though. if you aren't part of the solution, then you are part of the problem right? i don't know, i am tired and partly entertained by american politics. i am sure tomorrow i will return to the comfort of my own apathy.

until then, i will just think about how fucked up it is that this judith miller chick is looked upon as anything other than a spy for the administration in the same "left-wing" newspaper they both criticize and cite. how many times did cheney leak shit to the new york times and then quote himself via the times to justify his sick treasonous bullshit? and when the fuck is that fat bitch going to have his heart attack? i feel like i have been waiting forever.