Gotta' go 'way for awhile. Be back real soon. Need a break.

[flamin lib]

As much fun as it is to watch the Grope Our Pages party self-destruct I have to say that the state of political awareness in America today depresses me. The whole point of what happened in the Foley Masturgate scandal has been lost in the salaciousness of a few Instant Messages. This isn’t about one sick man and the demons he lives with. It’s about a systematic cover up. It’s about winning at any cost. It’s about sacrificing a few young boys and girls to make sure the party stays in power.

What really bothers me is that it took a sex scandal to get the attention of Republican voters. My outrage has been directed at the party elite, the fomenters of policy, the leaders and movers and shakers like Rove and Mehlman. Not so sure I can separate those who place them in power and the power that Party wields anymore.

They lied us into war. WMD, ties to Al Qeada, mushroom clouds, yellow cake and more. The party faithful swallowed it like over-sweetened Cool Aid.

They tell us the economy is great and growing yet average income is down, working class people can’t get insurance and we have the highest home foreclosure rate in history. Here, have another ice cube for your Cool Aid.

They tell us that we’re fighting them over there so we don’t have to fight them here yet every single intelligence agency says that terrorism is rampant and getting worse. How ‘bout a refill?

They lie to us because they don’t effin’ care about the truth. Only winning. At any cost. With any sacrifice as long as it isn’t theirs. Three thousand troops dead, twenty five thousand wounded. Doesn’t matter, stay the course. A hundred thousand civilians dead, three times that mutilated and enough radiation to poison a thousand generations in their soil and air. Doesn’t matter. Start a civil war that will destroy the entire Middle East and it doesn’t matter. Better to look strong and be wrong than be right and lose an election.

The party faithful vote for them over and over again because the Republicans say things are great and getting better even though EVERY SINGLE MEASURABLE METRIC SAYS THEY ARE GETTING SCREWED.

None of it matters unless sex is involved. Or gas prices go up.

I’m takin’ a week off. Gotta’ get away from this shit for awhile.