in the little hidden 'more' is my rant about politics and saddam. if you read it, you'll probably get offended.
at this moment, i am having a problem caring who i offend.
If you get pissed off by this, oh well. I've been bottling this up for a while, and I'm about to blow.
Well, You can't get away from it. It's every-fuckin-where. I am so sick of this Saddam bullshit, have been sick of it since March. Needless to say, I don't talk much about it because I'm not a flag waver. At work, someone says,
'They should put a bullet in his head right now.'
What part of ' I don't want to fucking talk about this at work' do you not understand? Do you think that gives you permission to railroad the morning conversation with your back assward politics. And because I'm trying to be polite and NOT discuss it, You think that you just shove your propaganda believing attitude on to everyone at work.
Thank goodness there was someone there who felt like me... I think I would have blown out my sphincter.
Everyone has a right to a fair trial.
So, I say
"I don't know if we should talk about this. I don't want to get into it."
They say, "Blah blah blah America, Blah blah blah, Bush, Blah blah blah Osama, blah fucking blah we caught him!" Like it's some big fucking deal. What are we going to try him for? Weapons of mass destruction were never found (our original statement for using force). My husband says, 'War crimes, Just because you think that we shouldn't be over there, doesn't mean that he isn't guilty. You CAN separate the two." I'm thinking he's missing my point.
I'm like ????
I, for one, am furious. Not that we caught him, but because this is going to be an excuse for people to jump-up-and-down-red-white-and-blue everything.
"Saddam was cruel to his people."
The pot calling the kettle back.
Who is going to come into our country and over throw our government and give it back to the native americans?
I mean the last election was questionable as it was, who's to say the right person is even in office?
"If you don't like it leave"
Fuck you. Dissention doesn't mean I'm not entitled to citizenship. And if I knew how to make a difference, and could find people like myself who wanted to make a difference, then yes, you can damn well better believe that I'd be doing something about it.
How many millions of our tax dollars are we going to give to other countries to build their economies and save them when we have homeless? When we don't have a healthcare plan for our citizens? When the social security that I pay right now is probably not going to be there for me when I retire.
I'm not the best politicker, but even I remember "Money doesn't grow on trees" When my mother told me.
You don't clean your neighbors house until you clean your own.
Right now, I am ready to resort to prayer that my father in law doesn't bring this up over Christmas. I won't be able to handle it.
Fucking Kentucky.
Politics and Religion. The two things that people are most ferverent about in their lives ~
I don't know about anyone else, but I felt a serious saddness for Saddam. To be put through what amounts to PUBLIC humiliation. I can say that I would so NOT want to be in his shoes right now. To be shown off, and used as a freaking TROPHY or something ~ I think the US goverment needs to pull its head out of its ass...
While I think that it needs to be assured that Saddam not ever be in any postion of power or influence again, and tried in a court for the shit it appears he has done ~ I would wish that he could have been treated with a bit more respect than he was. Bush is losing more ground with me everyday anyways, and this is just one of the last nails in his coffin...
phooey on it all... and I agree with you hawk ~ Look at the beam in your own eye, before you worry about the splinter in your neighbors!
Posted by morgan at December 16, 2003 12:25 PMWhile I agree that we need to take care of our own before jumping into the problems of other countries, I don't see a problem with Saddam. The man has performed (or ordered to be performed) many atrocious acts. Does that mean the US is in charge of policing other countries? No, I don't believe it does. But, we did (we being the men who run this country, the elected officials) decide to go into this country for whatever reasons. I'm not trying to argue with you, I actually love reasoned debate among friends. So, I hope you don't find my voice of dissention offensive.
I think that Saddam needed to be taken down, and any and all possible humilation that he gets is well deserved. It would be like causing discomfort to Hitler, I wouldn't have a problem with that.
Linda, I love ya, and I hope you continue to fight for what you believe in. Even if we don't agree, I still admire the hell out of you for having the guts to stand up for what you feel is right. :)
Posted by Susie at December 16, 2003 09:16 PM