2007-05-08 - 2:02 p.m.
Tying up Loose Ends
By Peter Fredson
May 8, 2007
After my last blog, I was asked why I oppose George W. Bush in such vehement tones. So I compiled a list of complaints about the Issues that Bush has failed to meet adequately.
The Valerie Plame affair is still open
Several hundred prisoners are still in Guantanamo.
Iraqi civilians are still being killed wholesale
Iraqi oil is still coveted
Iranian oil is still coveted
Oil anyplace in the world is coveted
Attempts to destabilize nations that have oil
Lust for power is still unabated
Secretary Rice still threatens nations and mentions mushroom clouds
The Vice President calls critics “traitors.”
The neocons have not learned any lessons
Enron/corporate corruption complacency
Semi-fascist measures are still in place
Faith-based money grab still operates
Imposing fear on the nation for political advantage
Cynical references to 9/11, flag, country, God, for political advantage.
Distorting meaning of Democracy, Freedom, Liberty and Peace.
Judicial litmus test
Justice to highest bidder
Justice chained to political pressure
Partisan Attorney Generals
Supreme Court subject to religious ideology
Unitary Executive privileges
Signing Statements
Preemption instead of diplomacy
Sovereignty or Puppet regimes
Shock and Awe tactics
Missile tactics on peasant villages
Bunker buster bombs on civilians
Exhaustion of armed forces
National Guard equipment in Iraq not for Kansas Hurricanes
Failure to redress or address complaints of adversaries
Lying and deception to achieve goals
Lack of new ideas/carbon copy speeches
Controlled audiences
Going AWOL
Spider web of world-wide military bases
Enormous profits for military industrial establishment
Incestuous relationship with Millennium Corporation
Allowing Osama bin Laden to escape
Propaganda and spin-control brought distrust
Inadequate war strategy
Dependence on crony advice for profit
Allowing lobbyists to set legislation
Partiality toward wealthy contributors
CIA instability for small nations
Party allegiance trumps national honor
Imperial pretensions trumps constitution
Intelligence unreliability
Identification technology gap
Interactive technology gap
Civil Rights
Abu Ghraib
Secret jails
Renditions
Torture
Habeas Corpus
Indefinite incarceration
Wire tapping
Invasion of Privacy
Dissent control by violence
Self Glorification
Paid adulation
Paid “journalism”
Undue secrecy
Swift Boating
Legislating beliefs
Imposing personal beliefs
Pension insecurity
Privatizing Social Security
Uniting not Dividing
Tax Cuts for Wealthy persons
Pollution
Global Warming
Industrial emissions
Gasoline prices
National deficit
Budget costs
Awarding incompetence
Homelessness
Poverty
Latin American interaction
Discrimination at home and abroad
International Diplomacy
Social Security
International issues/problems
National security
Environment/pollution
Medicare
Contempt for legalities
Foreign aid/focus overseas
Poor/arrogant leadership
Corruption
Using mercenaries
Lobbyists given carte blanche access to White House and Congress
Executive privileges
Minimum wages but not for Congress
Securing borders
Illegal immigration
Failure to enforce immigration laws
Inspecting shipments
Outsourcing
Profiteering
Dissatisfaction with government treated with contempt
Appointing incompetent administrators
Poverty/hunger/homelessness neglected
Ethics/moral/religious/family decline;
Dishonesty; lack of personal integrity
Natural disaster relief/funding inadequate
Trade deficit/foreign trade
High cost of living/inflation
Unifying the country
His way or the Highway
Bring ‘em on
Stay the Failed Course
Judicial system/courts/laws
Abortion control by old white Republicans
Middle Class Destruction
Lack of money/credit
Bankruptcy augmentations
Gap between rich and poor
Situation in Iraq/war
Fuel/oil prices/lack of energy sources/
The energy crisis
Secretive VP with energy executives on legislation
Immigration/illegal aliens
Economy in general
Health care/hospitals
Veteran’s rehabilitation care
High cost of medications
Not addressing Terrorism origins
Osama bin Laden
Homeland Security
Katrina Flood Damage
Photo ops in lieu of solutions
Paperless voting machines
Universal voting access
Education access and costs
Federal budget deficit/federal debt
Unemployment/jobs
Compassionate Conservatism
Giving national lands to private parties
Letting private parties have cheapest access to national resources
Attacks on Separation of Church and State
And that is why I think there are loose ends, which should be tied up before I am satisfied that our country is in good hands. Anyone is at liberty to add their own favorite gaps in our records.
