Okay...it’s snowing...

It’s snowing and it’s cold. There, I’ve done the current big weather story which has been occupying TV news and column one in newspapers for the last three days. And while everyone’s attention has been riveted on pictures of falling snow, the tally for American soldier deaths in Iraq is 1371. And Johns Hopkins University estimates 100,000 civilians have died either directly or indirectly as a result of the unnecessary war. This morning, our National Debt is $7,594,000,000,000 (trillion!). As of January 17th, the war in Iraq has cost US taxpayers more than $150 billion and the Pentagon spends $4,500,000,000 (billion!) a month on its doomed campaign in Iraq. Donald Rumsfeld drew up the plans for the Iraq war. He failed to produce the promised shock, awe, or bouquets of gratitude, but accomplished only chaos, disaster and defeat. Now he has been put in charge of the Bush administration’s plans to attack and subdue any country that doesn’t want to be freed and liberated in the Iraq mode. While the BushMen congratulated themselves on the above accomplishments, their giddy followers made merry at nine inauguration balls and prayed to their wholly-owned Jesus that the next four years would be as stellar and successful as the last four have been. As if the grim thought of another four years of BushMen success and victory is not sobering enough, the poster boy for the Republican-style hostile takeover, George W. Bush, is dogged by Washington DC insider whispers: He’s drinking again, using cocaine again, is bipolar, uses serious anti-depressants, or has had a stroke. And the dollar is now so weak that the US no longer can borrow money based on the strength of the dollar and sales of our goods abroad. The world does not want anything made in America. Now that we’ve weakened and impoverished ourselves we have nothing to offer except lies , deceit and insane fascist leaders. Only Nero and the BushMen could exult while their empire goes down in flames.