Wednesday, March 22, 2006

It's time for Biden

Here is the convention speech of our next president Senator Joseph R. Biden (D-De).
Read it and find his genius:

Nearly 100 years ago, the great Irish poet William Butler Yeats told us the world has "changed utterly ... A terrible beauty has been born." Tonight, our country stands at the hinge of history. America's destiny is at stake. But we can shape that destiny, if we seize the opportunities before us.
The overwhelming obligation of our next President is clear. Make America stronger. Make America safer. And win the death-struggle between freedom and radical fundamentalism. That struggle breached our shores on September 11th, 2001, and delivered this generation of Americans to this moment of awesome responsibility.
After 9/11, I believed -- and still do -- that if we exercised the full measure of our power -- including our ideas and our ideals -- we could unite this nation and other nations in common cause. 9/11 was a moment of profound pain, but also enormous opportunity. Americans stood in blood lines for hours -- even though no more blood was needed. The French ran a headline that said: "We Are All Americans Now."
Imagine how Franklin Roosevelt or John Kennedy would have seized that moment. Imagine if this president had spoken to the nation and the world and summoned that sense of solidarity. Imagine if he had said: "It's time for all who are able to do something for America. I'm calling for a new program of national service and an energy policy that will liberate us from the suffocating grip of Middle East oil. And I call on our allies to join us in a compact for freedom, because we are always stronger -- safer -- better -- more secure together than we are alone."
Just imagine.
I do not question the motives of this administration. But I profoundly disagree with their judgments. History will judge them harshly not for the mistakes made -- we all make mistakes -- but for the opportunities squandered. Today, we are rightly confident in the example of our power. But we have forgotten the power of our example.
And for all of America's great might, we are more alone in the world than ever before. As a result, we are less secure than we could or should be. Our allies and friends, the international organizations we have built over the past half-century do not hold America down. They help us share the burdens of leadership.
We were told we would pay no price for going it alone. That was wrong. Because we waged the war in Iraq virtually alone, we are responsible for the aftermath virtually alone. The price is clear. Nearly 90 percent of the troops and the casualties are American. And because intelligence was hyped to justify going to war, America's credibility and security have suffered a terrible blow.
Forty years ago, during the Cuban Missile Crisis, President Kennedy sent former Secretary of State Dean Acheson to Europe to seek support. Acheson explained the situation to French President de Gaulle. Then, he offered to show classified intelligence information as proof. De Gaulle said, "That's not necessary. I know President Kennedy. I know he would never mislead me on a question of war and peace." Would a single foreign leader react the same way today?
My friends, it doesn't have to be this way. America and the world deserve a president whose judgment they can trust. Americans are bigger and better than the past four years have led the world to believe. Americans know our military is the strongest on earth, but we are not arrogant.
Americans are proud, not petty. Instead of dividing the world, we must unite it. Instead of bullying, we must build. Instead of walking alone, we must lead. It's only leadership if others follow.
But let no enemy mistake our basic decency for lack of resolve. Americans will fight with every fiber of our being to protect our country and our people. When John Kerry is commander-in-chief, he will not hesitate to unleash the unparalleled power of our military, on any nation or group that does us harm -- without asking anyone's permission.
This is man tested in combat, who will never send our sons and daughters into harm's way before exhausting every other option -- and giving them every tool they need. When John Kerry is president, military preemption will remain -- as it has always been -- an option, when we face a genuine, imminent threat.
But John Kerry will build a true prevention strategy -- to defuse dangers long before the only choice is war. When John Kerry is president, our friends and allies will have no excuse to sit on the sidelines. And above all, when John Kerry is president, he will level with the American people. For he will inherit a nation and a world that will require him to ask much of us and our allies.
I have no doubt this generation of Americans -- like every generation that has come before it -- will rise to the moment, for it longs to do great things. John Kerry is a student of history. He understands why we prevailed when our nation faced grave peril in the past. He understands that the terrorists may be beyond the reach of reason. We must defeat them. But hundreds of millions of hearts and minds are open to our ideas and our ideals. We must reach them.
Just as Joshua's trumpets brought down the walls of Jericho -- just as American values brought down the Berlin Wall -- so will radical fundamentalism fall to the terrible, swift power of our ideas as well as our swords.
It is time to recapture the totality of America's strength. It is time to restore our nation to the respect it once had. It is time to reclaim America's soul. It is time to elect John Kerry the next president of the United States.

A Reason for George

Yesterday, Helen Thomas, White House reporterer, asked President Bush for a reason for Iraq. It's been 3 years since Thomas has been called on and she made the best of time. Instead on giving a viable reason for war, the dumbass, that is our president, said that. "No president wants war." No president wants war!?! What the f%$&! This president has given no reason for this war. FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! This man is lying. What possible would we go into a country with no connection to people who attacked us on September 11. The fight is with Osama Bin Laden, not Suddam Hussian. We still haven't found the man who hurt us. We went after the holy grail before we could find the car keys. He was a man hinding in some damn hills! Hussian had a army and lots of protection. Yes, Hussian was a horrible man. But, he did not attack us on September 11, Osama Bin Laden did. And I ask of the president to not lie to us anymore. We can see through your bullshit.

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Not Very Presidential

President Bush today in a news conference acted as if he were talking with the guys. This president needs to act presidential. We need a president who is going to act like just that A PRESIDENT! Our president has completely forgotten his job, maybe he should go into the Oval Office and look in the middle of the rug. That's not the lone star of Texas, Mr. President, that is the seal of the president of the United States. For God's sake have a little respect for the office. A president is supposed to act calm, poised, smart, and regal, but still have that regular person charm. This president, on the other hand, acts like a cowboy he never was, loose, and wavy, stupid, and idiotic. I couldn't believe my eyes. Not even I do that.

Monday, March 13, 2006

Had Enough?

It is an election year. No, not a presidential election year, but an important one, non-the-less. It is a mid-term election, and it's time for Democrats to be back in the majority. I am tired of the corruption and empty promises of the Republican party. The way the Republicans have delt with the country is terrible. President Bush has ruined many parts of our country. cough, cough NEW ORLEANS.

Presidential Candidates for 2008

Well, it's never to early for me. I have been absorbed by the 2008 election. Recently senate majority leader Bill Frist (R-TN), won a straw poll by the Southern Republican Leadership Conference and surprisingly, Gov. Mitt Romney (R-MA) came in second. I believe that the Republican ticket as of now will be Bill Frist-Mitt Romney or George Allen- Mitt Romney, because it will be the Republicans best bet. For the Democrats, my party, I hope to God, that Hilary Clinton will NOT be nominated. We've lost twice already and if the Democrats nominate her, we will lose again. She is weak, and too liberal. She is too easy to beat. But the good news is that there is a host of other candidates, we Democrats can nominate. For example, my guy, Senator Joe Biden (D-DE), my second choice, Senator Russell Feingold (D-WI), Fm. Gov. Mark Warner (D-VA), Gov. Bill Richardson (D-NM), and Evan Bayh (D-IN). Any of these guys would make a wonderful choice for president for the Democrats. Hilary, Kerry, and Edwards, should be done with, but I believe there coming back.