It’s Kind of Sweet…

…in a sad, adolescent sort of way when people who want to appear blasé and wearied of being smarter and more intelligent than the rest of us say the world has always been corrupt and now is no worse than ever (sigh). Or that, foreign corporations have been running our ports forever (yawn) so what’s new? Or, nothing really matters, no one can do anything, politics is stupid (knowing sneer) so why get involved? Truth to tell many of the faux bored and seen-it-all folks are on anti-depressants, so it’s well to consider the source. But the point is that NEVER in the history of the United States has a political party EVER been as malignant, treacherous, double-dealing and underhanded as the present Bush administration. And giving the devil it’s due, never has a political party been able to use its power (whether real or perceived doesn’t matter) as effectively as the Bush administration. Even though this Dubai deal carries with it the stench of rotting corpses, not to mention the sacrificed integrity of some very good men, the Bush administration has managed to force high-placed Republicans to eat their words of concern. The Bush administration has been incredibly effective at selling the United States to the highest bidder. That's because it is the only way this White House can keep the nation afloat since it needs $4 billion A DAY in FOREIGN MONEY to make up for the budget and trade deficits. Representatives from the US and China are meeting this week. The US says its trade deficit with China was $202 billion US dollars in 2005. China says the deficit in 2005 was $114.17 billion US dollars. The discrepancy is important. The US wants China to change its exchange rate to benefit the US. But China’s Vice Minister of Commerce Wei Jianguo said, “China will not succumb to foreign pressure in the exchange rate issue.” Translation: you are dependent on our money so screw you. What to do? What to do? Why it’s simple. Borrow billions more dollars every day from foreign countries to pay for the war in Iraq and sell 21 (possibly 22) of our ports to an Arab country. The thing that cannot be refuted is that the Bush administration’s plan to keep the US afloat is working. We’re still here and no bread lines have formed. The rich are getting richer and the poor aren’t any more miserable than they were in 2000, they are just poorer. But selling off our birthright bit by bit cannot work forever. The reason we invaded Iraq was to get control of Middle East oil, which would have done wonders for putting the US on firm financial ground. But alas, the grand plan to steal Middle East oil for ourselves DID NOT GO AS PLANNED. And no matter how many US troops are killed in Iraq, no matter how many Iraqi citizens are murdered, no matter how long we stay in Iraq and no matter how many lies are told about why we are in Iraq, we are not going to get control of Iraq oil, or Saudi oil, or Iranian oil. What to do? What to do? Again, it’s simple. We pull out of Iraq and give up the idea that Iraq oil is our oil. And for sure, we stop saying we want to bring democracy to the Middle East. We don’t. We never did. It will be a long time before our economy and our deficits are repaired, because the Bush administration has been shortsighted, ignorant, deluded, ham-handed, self-absorbed and arrogant. Very likely our economy and budget deficits can never be repaired. But not spending $6 billion a month on the quagmire in Iraq would help. So what am I suggesting? I am suggesting that the US get out of Iraq and stop financing the Carlyle Group’s investment in war machinery and military operations; that the US stop rattling sabers and telling lies about making other costly wars in other parts of the US; that the US stop trying to steal Middle East oil. Is it feasible that the Bush administration will do any of the above now that it has thoroughly compromised our national security out of greed? No. But the US can get out of bed with the Arabs who attacked the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. OMG! Looking back on the way Prez Bush and his cronies have comported themselves in the last five years, you don’t think they had something to do with the 9/11 attack do you? Just asking.