Actually, I take it back…

If you make your way to the next post, you’ll read a comment I made a while ago about Bush’s speech last night. And actually, I take it back.

What I really want to say is that you can’t ASK the country to become united. It takes leadership. And that’s what’s so disappointing about THIS Republican administration.

Our nation desperately needs leadership. The White House is occupied by an incredibly media-savvy team of ruthless people who have brilliantly managed to more or less control the media under the guise of thriving capitalism (how would you like your media consolidated today?)

This is not whinery. It is statement of fact. We need leadership. Yeah, NEW leadership, but right now, I’d settle for some old-fashioned Eisenhower-style leadership. Someone who’s seen the evil effects of war. Someone who’s proven his capacity for waging it successfully, perhaps. Someone with vision.

What is the Bush (and apparently the Republican) vision for America and for the world? Like I just don’t get it. They keep spending all this money and time defending the war, instead of sharing the vision. Y’know, LEADING.

IF YOU’RE SO BIG ON LEADERSHIP, WHY DON’T YOU SUPPORT OUR PRESIDENT?

I live in what I presume to still be a democracy, wherein leaders compete for the support of the people. We each are free to choose how we want the country to go, and are honor-bound as citizens to protect it. And that’s what I’m doing.

I really, honestly believe that the New American Century vision of the world is bad for our safety, our livelihoods and our future. Rather than using the market forces of a global marketplace, the captains of the NAC force American dominance into the markets. Which is good if you’re a capitalist with tons of leverage to leverage. Not so good if you’re everyone else.

There’s no argument that capitalism as an economic construct is fundamentally a GOOD thing. Nor is there plausible that capitalism as we know it today has also proven its fatal flaws. Polar Icee Slush, anyone? And I’ll tell you this – cancer is not an affliction in the Bible, as far as I know (Correct me if I’m wrong).