tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post3766752423619119149..comments2023-11-05T23:25:31.498+11:00Comments on Wot Is It Good 4: Power really does turn people into unpleasant moronsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5194776.post-63796457485905894672007-03-24T12:17:00.000+11:002007-03-24T12:17:00.000+11:00I was pleased to vote in Moveon.org's opinion poll...I was pleased to vote in Moveon.org's opinion poll and discovered I fall in that magic six percent category of most radical, left-wing extremist who believes in ending the war now, and not sending thousands more lives and hundreds of billions of dollars down the drain.<BR/><BR/>I was more than happy to write a few words in the comments box. It was something about "tell Congress to QUIT JERKING IT," and some other stuff about it having always been a mistake. I noticed over at <I>Americablog</I> the staff was squarely of the opinion that supporting the Pelosi bill is the right thing, if you know how things are done in Washington.<BR/><BR/>I'm not from Washington but am more than totally unaware of how things happen in Washington. The Pelosi legislation assumes that sometimes the Bush administration tells the truth, when it does not, and further that they won't do the opposite of what they say they'll do, and right before your eyes, no less, which they always do.<BR/><BR/>Life has taught me you don't give an inch to a bully, and that bullies are cowards when confronted. These bullies in particular need confrontation, and to hear the word "no" everytime they want something. Americans sent democrats to Washington to end the war and oust Bush and Cheney. They had 30 days to do it. Call me a naive, babe-in-the-woods simpleton; but, if you recall, a republican Congressional majority and executive steadily shoved their partisan, fascist nonsense down the throats of democrats, and Americans, nonstop, and as roughly as possible.<BR/><BR/>Taking the position we must now be amicable and conciliatory in forging a compromise doesn't cut it with me. The new democratic majority is an abject failure, and I reject it. Anyone in Washington today who isn't as far in place as antiwar is expendible and may be discarded. I never supported this carnival, don't support more funding of it now and can't lockstep with a war policy that is irresponsible, ignorant and mean. Doing less than total disengagement is the same thing as doing nothing.«—U®Anu§—»https://www.blogger.com/profile/01044248315262502099noreply@blogger.com