Does he know that Israel is in violation of International Law, United Nations Resolutions, and treats the Palestine people inhumanly?

Does he know that Israel has unregulated non-conventional weapons yet the United States is giving over 3 billion dollars in aid to Israel again this year?

The Palestine people are the ones suffering from the Israeli invasion, why is the United States providing aid to Israel instead of the Palestine people?

Is President Bush continuing the work of his Grandfather Prescott Bush?

I’m not looking to win a popularity contest.

I’m trying to get others to realize the stakes.

We just sold our house.

Now instead of continuing to try to get others to realize the stakes we are going to leave the mainland.

I will watch from far away as the inaction of the people allows further disintegration of the planet.

I will walk away knowing I did everything I possibly could to wake people from their slumber. I will live out my last years watching as the planet tries to have corrupt criminals substitute for that which they should do themselves.

Very simply, the enemy is us.

You get it.

And being called lazy asses is hardly far from the truth. How many large protests have we seen from the masses since this war started?

Bart,

I come on this blog, infrequently. On Saturdays I am normally out standing against traffic trying to get these lazy asses off their phones and out of their cars. How lucky do you think I’ve been?

Any time I am in line with people at the market or post office or gas station I am talking to them about the election or gas prices or climate change or the war. How much do you think people care??

I attend every special event hosted by the local party trying to get the populous fired up. How energetic do you think they are??

I AM doing the street thing………all by myself.

A long time ago many of us stood in the streets and proved we could change things. Today is much different.

This is an extememly dangerous situation in this country getting worse by the day and no one wants to stand up and out and take a risk.

WHY?

But I think he has a point, Bart. I think self-criticism is a huge part of being progressive. We may not like being called lazy asses, but that doesn’t change the fact that any important display of dissent, will open the ruling class eyes. Nobody stops millions of people marching on the streets…nobody.

What’s next ?

Music critic with articles posted in Rolling Stone magazine ?

Yeah, irony is dead when Dubya stands next to Ohmert, and preaches about the dangers of Middle-East states who might secretly be developing nu-kyu-luh weapons…. Makes one suspect there’s even more intelligence that Dubya’s not “up to speed” on.

Cheers,

I’ll go along with that but I also want all tax deductions for donations to Israel to stop immediately. That includes Federal and State. Yes even here in Illinois the state gives a break to Israeli donations.

And let’s stop giving all this aid to Israel. Thirty billion a year equates to $100/capita in the US for (assume 10 million Israeli’s and I’m being generous) yields $3,000/capita. Nothing short of outrageous!

No wonder John Stewart wondered if Bush had a kosher ass. Why wonder!

Bartlebee, j
in answer to your reply…….

Your statement:Well in case you hadn’t noticed, Americans do protest. Only under republican rule they don’t get to do it as much, mostly thanks to homeland defense powers given to civil authority, which scares off a lot of good Americans from protesting.
My answer:The only thing that scares people off from taking action is their own laziness to get involved. They’re too busy with their own small lives to look at the big picture. Problem is the big picture is killing them. A small protest here and there isn’t going to do squat. MILLIONS in the streets wearing orange on a weekly basis in the largest city close to them…….MILLIONS.

Your statement: And also in case you hadn’t noticed, we have a system that does work.
My answer: You know as well as I do that is no longer true. It hasn’t worlked for quite awhile. No need to pretend. It’s one of the reasons why we are experiencing the fall of the empire. The plutocrats own the govt not the people. The system broke a long time ago and gets worse by the day.

Your statement: Sometimes democracy is not as fast as you little third world countries would like, but thats how we keep the US from becoming a Bananna Republic, like you undoubtably reside in.

My answer: I live in the USA. I’m just honest about where we are. You might try getting yourself a bright orange vest and see what you might be able to do next week beyond the keyboard. Without a mass movement all you’ll see is a constant march towards the New World Order. Try being honest with yourself and I think you’ll agree. This has nothing to do with my opinion but everything to do with whether or not Americans are willing to become good little Germans. My bet is that detentions are not too far in the future. In the meantime I’m busily selling everything we own and getting the heck out.

Without people en masse you are a lone voice at a keyboard.

Bart, for the life of me, I can’t believe you actually help to solve a conflict instead of making it bigger. ;)

Nahhh, you are a nice people whether you want to show sometimes or not.