January 29, 2003
I watched Bush’s address yesterday and cringed through his every mispronunciation of the word “nuclear.”
Bush is sacrificing American democratic strength in favor of his egotistical quest to "democratize" the rest of the world, which is pretty much what he said he wanted to do, starting with Iraq. First, I say, democracy, like charity, begins at home. Bush needs to better understand what democracy really is. It sure isn’t just for the already rich, which seems to be what he and his Party supporters believe. Let’s get it right (or at least a whole lot better) here before we try to convince others to follow our lead.
Second, I kind of like the proposed alternative strategy to war detailed here by columnist Thomas Friedman.
As Maureen Dowd aptly explains in her column today, "They [Americans] will understand the Bush rationale for war only if they look at the metaphysical evidence, the perfect storm of imperial schemes and ideological stratagems driving the desire to topple Saddam." Yes, imperial, egotistical, ideological schemes.
And, finally, this quote from True Majority:
In his State of The Union Message President Bush made a passionate case for making stock dividends tax-free. Most of us who own stocks already have them in tax-free retirement accounts, so this benefit only really benefits the super-rich - to the tune of $27,000 a year for the average millionaire. Meanwhile The Children's Defense Fund calculated that just the money going to this millionaire tax cut could provide health insurance for every American kid who doesn't have it and Head Start for every eligible kid who needs it. And unlike Bush's "millionaires need more caviar" plan, this would actually create jobs right in the communities getting hit the hardest AND prepare our youngest to be successful.
Tell your Senators and Representative that they should worry more about the well-being of America's kids and economy than its millionaires.
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