Honestly, will that sadistic bastard Bush EVER be satisfied?

[Danger Mouse]

     Does he want to build a mountain of skulls on the white
house lawn? Does he want to fill a swimming pool with the
blood of the innocent? Does he want to craft a suit from the
flesh of the slain?
     It seems as if nothing will satisfy him. Like a cancerous
mass, he consumes all that is good and living and replaces it
with vile death and decay.
     What once was the integrity and honor of a great nation
has rotted away to a fetid death's-head, its grinning rictus
gazing upon the world with eager watchfulness. Teeth bared, it
prepares to rend more flesh, drink more blood, shatter more
bone. 
     This is what we have let America become. Our glory lies
in tatters, torn to rags by the hands of unscrupulous men.
Where once stood monuments to liberty and freedom and goodwill
to another, Bush and his slime-drinking ilk have erected
tributes to greed, hate, and destruction.
     Corporate America exploits the poor, the working class,
and everyone that isn't of the 'elite,' and pulls the strings
of politicians behind black curtains. Job security and respect
for the worker have become a joke. Rather than uphold the
ideals of a country where life, liberty, and the pursuit of
happiness, the corporation decides to defile our country,
pollute the earth, and rake money in hand over fist.
     The pursuit of the almighty dollar has guaranteed that
any unconscionable action will eventually be justified.
Whether it is tax breaks to the wealthy, moving all of our
jobs overseas, slashing jobs here without a second thought,
there will always be some pathetic justification for it.
     The right-wing propaganda arm of the white house, the
so-called media, has rolled over obediently for their masters
in the corporate hierarchy. Now all that you can see or read
in the news is more white house talking points, coated with
slime and bile, reeking with the foul stench of vomited up
lies. Truth is smothered and beaten to death before the clubs
of the brutish thugs who run the show, seeking to stifle any
voices of dissent in the media. Keith Olbermann, John Stewart,
and Stephen Colbert are left standing as the light in the
darkness of a media empire built on greed and lies.
     Our 'enemies,' who are they exactly? According to Bush,
it's anyone that he personally decides is the enemy. He is the
decider, after all. And if he decides that you are the enemy,
you can expect to disappear to one of our secret prisons,
where your only companions will be torture and intimidation.
People laugh and say it will not happen to them, but look at
what happened to Jose Padilla! It could happen to YOU next.
Bush has the power. What makes you think that he will never
use it? 
     Sure, we can say what we like now. We can practice our
freedom of speech, we can be angry in public, we can cry our
outrage in the streets. For now. Bush has unprecedented
executive power. Congress has not moved to stop him. It would
not take much for him to use that power to end our ability to
express ourselves so freely. Will we wait for the day to come
when WE are rounded up as traitors? Will Congress continue to
stand by and do nothing while Bush carries his war on Freedom
directly to the American people?
     Meanwhile, those who are supposedly men of god, spread
messages that read out of the darkest books of the Old
Testament. Lakes of fire and blood, created by the righteous
hand of America Almighty, drown and wash away the 'enemy,'
anyone who is of Arab descent. Unless they have oil, and want
to share it with us, of course. The pulpit of truth and
tolerance and love has been smashed and brushed aside, and a
new one has been built in its place. Bone, sinew, and dried
blood compose this pulpit, the spot from which the masters of
darkness can spout their revised new testament, their covenant
with evil.
     Jesus is no longer the prince of peace, but the master of
hate and destruction. The frenzy of hate and greed that has
erupted among the Christian right is a perfect compliment to
the blood-lust of our president and his wretched master, Dick
Cheney. Not only must we hate the Arabs and all other Muslims,
but we must also hate homosexuals. In our supposedly advanced
modern era, it is still okay to hate gays. That
discrimination, hatred, even violence directed at homosexuals
is still largely tolerated and in some cases promoted, is a
testament to the true darkness of the times in which we live.
     I am saddened to see my religion perverted and debased in
such a way...to see something that could bring out the best in
people transformed into something that not only brings out the
very worst in people, but celebrates it. I am saddened that my
country has become a place where profits and greed are more
important than the lives and happiness and security of
American citizens. I am saddened that this president is moving
toward another bloodbath of a war, built on lies, while
Congress enjoys a nice VACATION. I am saddened and I am angry.
     When will Bush's lust for blood and torture end? Will he
never be sated? He sleeps at night, untroubled, untroubled by
the screams of all those that have died because of HIM. This
man, this president, has made a mockery of all that was once
great about America. He is our dark side, everything evil we
could be, exists in him. Arrogant. Greedy. Dishonest. Stupid.
Bloodthirsty. Violent. Self-righteous. 'Religious.' A
hypocrite of the highest degree.
     Please, Congress, stop this man from shedding more blood!
Do not let him attack Iran! Do not cause more innocent people
to die because of this sleaze! Impeach and remove this evil
man before it is too late! America depends on you to stand up
for what made this country great in the first place: truth,
justice, rule of law, and equality for all, not just some.
Perhaps it is a fool's hope, putting faith in Congress now.
But it is the only hope I have. 
 

[wildhorses]

1. good question, well said....K&R

:applause:

[Danger Mouse]

2. i think we all know what the answer is, too

thank you for reading, my friend. :) :hug:

[TechBear_Seattle]

3. Was Hitler satisfied with just the Rhineland?

Don't bother answering, this is a rhetorical question. :eyes:

[Danger Mouse]

6. Yes. He was.

He never invaded another country again, and all was peace and happiness and flowers.
EVERYBODY knows THAT.

[TOhioLiberal]

4. Excellent!

k & R'ed :thumbsup:

[Danger Mouse]

8. Thanks for your support.

:hug:

[Hydra]

5. Wanna see when he'll be satisfied?

Read this:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1607289

He and his Cadre will not be satisfied with less that complete authority to rob, torture, rape, kill, or all of the above every man, woman and child on earth, and any other planets we can get to.

Does that answer your question?

(On Edit)

Oh, and this IS Chistianity's fault...AGAIN. How many times do we have to put up with you people trying to forcefully convert us? Go back underground, where you belong. Jesus said as much.

Do not parade your faith before others.

[Danger Mouse]

7. That is not...that is horrible. That is sickening.

Ugh. The very thought of such things...so disgusting...
:puke:

[Hydra]

9. Yup

and guess what? We're doing nothing to stop him.

That's tacit approval.

[Danger Mouse]

11. Everyone...every one of us...just sits here and does nothing.

Can we even depend on Congress anymore? What choice is left to us?

[Hydra]

13. we have three choices

roll over, play dead, or rip their throats out.

[Danger Mouse]

15. America, drugged on American Idol and the media of lies...

will most likely opt to roll over AND play dead.

[Hydra]

18. It's not american idol

Bush's greatest asset is that no one believes a moron like him could or would do what I posted earlier.

Newsflash! He's no fool, he's not surrounded by fools, and he's done almost all of what he threatens(no nukes yet)

read this too:

The aide said that guys like me were ''in what we call the reality-based community,'' which he defined as people who ''believe that solutions emerge from your judicious study of discernible reality.'' I nodded and murmured something about enlightenment principles and empiricism. He cut me off. ''That's not the way the world really works anymore,'' he continued. ''We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality. And while you're studying that reality -- judiciously, as you will -- we'll act again, creating other new realities, which you can study too, and that's how things will sort out. We're history's actors . . . and you, all of you, will be left to just study what we do.''

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/17/magazine/17BUSH.html?ex=1255665600en=890a96189e162076ei=5090

Another DUer posted that for me, but it's more than 48hrs, and I forgot to link it.

[Danger Mouse]

28. Stupid, but not a fool...and definitely completely evil.

People are always misunderestimating him, and they can go on misunderestimating, while more and more people die in his name.

[Hydra]

31. I don't think he's stupid, either

He's a lazy putz, foul mouthed and a rum & coker, but I don't believe for a minute his public stupid act. That act allows him to dismiss overtly evil policies like Katrina and paving over the dead at the towers as "incompetence."

Ya, how long your gonna ride that dead horse?

[Danger Mouse]

34. Dumb like a fox, eh? Makes perfect sense.

Still, I think his thought that he can rule the world is stupidity and hubris.
He'd never win...but he CAN destroy the world in the process. These people ARE fools, because they think it is their destiny to take over the world.
It'll never happen.
Won't stop them from trying, and devastating all before them in the flames of hate.

[Hydra]

39. ah, I think I see what you think might be in his way

You think Russia, China and the EU will stand in his way.

Well, let me slip this scary in your mind- what if behind closed doors all 4 groups set up areas that are their personal playgrounds. No poaching by the others. In return, anything you do there is not the concern of the other 3.

Does that scare you as much as it scares me?

[Danger Mouse]

45. That is a scary thought...

but I find it somewhat unlikely that Bush would want to cooperate with anyone. What'd be the fun of being Emperor if the entire world wasn't your plaything?

[Hydra]

48. it's already happening in small degrees

recall, if you will, the 700+ Chechen people killed in a theater while hunting down "terrorists."

The Admin had the lightest of light criticism in response. We do the same with China.

They in turn let us slide on a large amount of questionable behavior. You'll recall that the EU facilitated the CIA torture flights, although I think Italy and Germany are rather pissed at us kidnapping people and using their airspace to do it.

Except when Bush wanted to put a missile defense shield on Putin's doorstep, I can't think when anyone has been seriously pushing us back. Even then, Putin was invited over here, and then offered a radar base for our use. I have to wonder what he was offered for that tit-for-tat.

In other words, I see the groundwork for this already in place, if not already in service right now.

Would Shrub accept a limited area? I think the answer is "Yes", simply because most of the focus has been on striping our rights. I think he can be satisfied with North America and the Mid East, and possibly South America.

That's one big playground.

[Danger Mouse]

51. I guess it is possible.

Sickening.
And we would be powerless to change it, because the world would be complicit.

[Hydra]

53. It's not my final answer

but that's what I see as the evidence so far. I was sure Putin would do something aggressive, as he has made it clear he doesn't enjoy us lighting fires in his neighborhood. His backpedal on the "missile defense shield" has me worried, though.

[Danger Mouse]

54. Maybe he regards the 'missile defense shield' as a joke?

I don't know.
I wouldn't doubt that Putin and China's leaders could be so morally bankrupt...but the EU? Could they really be that wicked?
Too scary for words. :scared:

[Hydra]

55. 2 things on that

1. Putin has finally sent a firm signal to Bush:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x1609675

2. I didn't want to believe it about the EU, but those secret prisons are there. Either they approve, or are unable to stop us. I find neither option comforting.

[Danger Mouse]

58. Unwilling/unable/afraid?

Interesting about Putin. He's made no bones about not liking Bush or his policies. I was surprised that he back down before, not surprised that he has done this.

[Pacifist Patriot]

10. I don't normally read fiction, but it's summer and I'm on vacation...

I just finished a trashy detective novel about a serial killer. Throughout the entire thing I kept thinking that Bush made the guy seem like an amateur. Very sick and disheartening.

[Hydra]

12. What's the difference between a centipede and a hive of army ants?

Size.

Evil's capacity to destroy is based on size and numbers.

[Danger Mouse]

16. In that respect, Bush's capacity to destroy is great, but not without limitation.

Many other countries have nukes, and China has a formidable military in addition to their nukes.
All Bush can hope to accomplish is worldwide devastation.

[Hydra]

21. Of course there's a limit :D

but do we know what it is yet?

A colony of soldier ants can wreck whole miles of terrain. Not bad for a bunch of little buggers. They have limits, as do all things.

The problem is undoing such damage. How many people will have to die, how many countries destroyed before he reaches his limit?

[Danger Mouse]

25. He has the capacity to make sure that...

any attempts to rebuild the world would be a sad, fruitless effort.

[Danger Mouse]

14. Bush is not only the worst president to occupy the White House...

at this point he far surpasses even Nixon, Reagan, Grant, and Harding.
He is one of the most vile and repulsive leaders in history.

[rug]

17. Needs more bile.

[Danger Mouse]

22. Curses! Not enough spleen, eh?

Maybe if I implied Bush was skullfucking the Constitution?

[porphyrian]

19. Will anyone ever even try to stop him if he won't? - n/t

[Danger Mouse]

24. I wish I knew.

:cry: :shrug:

[porphyrian]

27. We suffer together, if that's any comfort. - n/t

[Danger Mouse]

30. Some comfort...which is why I love DU...

we are all nothing more than a collection of people from all walks of life who love their country and are sickened by what Bush has wrought.
The Founding Fathers, wherever they are, weep to see what America has become.

[porphyrian]

Or they weep to see how few are willing to fight to get it back.

And I don't necessarily mean "fight" in a violent way, though that would not be an unfamiliar method to them.

[Danger Mouse]

37. 'Fight' isn't necessarily violent. Fight means speaking out, standing tall...

not giving in, not giving up, keeping faith, keeping hope alive, speaking the truth to whoever will listen.

[porphyrian]

41. Sorry, I've got disclaimer paranoia.

I don't need to be among the first to try out the new American gulags. I'll end up in one soon enough.

[Danger Mouse]

43. If that day comes, you and I will be there together...along with all of DU...

at least we'll be among friends.

[porphyrian]

46. True, true.

;)

[laylah]

20. From your keyboard

to God/dess' monitor. Very well written, Elrond! A fear we all feel. When, oh when, will these blood-sucking bastards from HELL be stopped and held accountable? My family NEVER wanted to hear these fears...about *dumbass, stolen elections, MIHOP, Iraq, you name it. They thought it the rantings and tinfoil of a woman who needed a life. I often wonder what they think now.

I pray this debacle is not allowed to happen. We can only hope Congress with not bend over and let these warmongers drive once more. :hug:

[Danger Mouse]

23. Incidentally, on another, unrelated note...

tomorrow is THE day. :hug:

[laylah]

26. I know...

please humor this tinfoil covered woman who needs a life and make sure she checks in when she is safely in your presence, okay? After all, she is ONLY 26 years old :silly: and her mama worries about her.

You two are going to have great fun! I want to hear ALL about it...well maybe not ALL about it, but you know what I mean:P

[Danger Mouse]

29. We'll both take lots of pictures...for the benefit of you and everyone in the Lounge

:D
I can't wait! Series!

[SeattleGirl]

32. Very well said, Elrond

Sometimes I think of the line from "Mrs. Doubtfire", where Robin Willims says, "Do you ever find yourself looking around, and saying, 'This is not my life.'" (Not an exact quote, but close.)

I find myself looking around these days, saying "This is not my country."

I don't believe that even at its finest, America is not perfect, but damn, it used to be better. These past 6 years have been a nightmare, and it just gets worse with every passing day.

I want Congress to put the brakes on Bush and Cheney and their ilk. I want more Americans to speak up, and speak out.

Damnit, I want my country back!

[Danger Mouse]

36. I think most of us do. Most of us wander around, dazed, wondering what has become of our nation...

One nation, under Bush...unrecognizable to the true patriots.

[SeattleGirl]

38. Indeed.

I keep hoping I'll awaken to the fact that this has just been a nightmare, confined to the dark side of my brain, but alas, that is not true.

And even when Bush is out of office, assuming we get someone in there who actually gives a damn about this country, it's going to take a very long time to undo the damage he has done to us, and to the world.

[Danger Mouse]

44. It will be difficult to recover. But we can do it...

and if we have the chance, our country will be better off for it, as it is work worth doing.

[SeattleGirl]

49. Totally worth it, Elrond.

I guess that's why I'm still here; this country, and WE, are worth every bit of work that needs to be done.

[Danger Mouse]

50. For our children, for our friends, and for our families, it will be the duty of us, the patriots..

to rebuild this nation.

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35. Damn you, Grovelbot! So it was you all along!

[irislake]

40. As mass murderers go he's near the top.

[Danger Mouse]

42. You know, you're right about that.

A mass-murderer he is, without question.
And like any good mass-murderer, his conscience, if he even has one, is untroubled.

[DeeDeeNY]

47. Beautifully said

You have expressed the emotions of so many and done it so eloquently.
Unfortunately, the Democratic leaders in Congress have already made it clear that they are not able to multitask. (Or so I would assume from their statements that if they start impeachment proceedings, then all other business would come to a halt.)

[Danger Mouse]

52. Not able, or more likely, not willing to try.

Like the cowardly worms that they seem to be, lately.

[ismnotwasm]

56. No

I was talking to a friend last night, about some legislation he's threatening to veto, (can't remember which one, my brain is just waking up) And I said, "I think he makes decisions based on making sure it causes the most suffering for the most people" And although it was a tongue in cheek comment, I was only kidding a little bit.

[Danger Mouse]

57. I think that, sadly, it's not funny cause it IS true.

The more people that are made to suffer by his policies, the better. It seems pain and woe are ambrosia for him.

[Danger Mouse]

59. One kick for tonight.

And I'll do one more kick in the morning.

[Danger Mouse]

60. ...and one last kick before i go on my vacation

^_^
:hi:

[laylah]

61. She called me

about an hour and a half ago, from DIA. You two have a mahvelous time, dahlinks~! Oh, when she said you two are meeting at GCS, I asked if it was going to be a slo-mo, with violins in the background, kinda meeting. She wasn't amused at her mama...answered me like I am some silly old woman. OH! WAIT! I am!

Enjoy yourselves and be safe :hug: