I've been gone a while, but I've been watching.
Sometimes a person goes on outrage overload and for a while, things seem to always feel so dramatic; a flat tire can throw a person into an unwarranted panic. That person might withdraw from the whirlwind, yet events will conspire - say, an unexpected visit from a family member, maybe - and the person finds that getting away isn't always the relaxing boon as advertised. That kind of interaction makes me skittish, and therefore, cranky, but it's a part of being human, and therefore, tolerable.
I work a full day in a small office with other people; I'm on the phone constantly, on the web, interacting with folks around the world on the job. I come home, spend a couple hours talking with my kids or my friends, catching up on family news, then surfing the blogs to catch up on the latest news of the world, watching The Daily Show for the funny, maybe reading a book or magazine 'til I fall asleep. This is all I want out of life, except maybe the feeling of security that it will stay this way indefinitely. That's all I want - oh, and this paddle-ball game, and this chair...
Even the most dutiful christian wife will finally ask the husband to pull over and ask directions...seems to me more Republicans are publicly dissenting.
I used to be afraid that the Bushco gang might actually have the power and the balls to pull off the PNAC plan for world dominance, but I've come to believe that they may have the power and the nuts, but the one thing they don't have is the competance. Those of us who have followed the Iraq buildup from the beginning knew what the rest of America is slowly catching onto right now, that their whole plan was contigent upon a series of assumptions they had no credible reason to assume. There were no plan B's, no bail-outs, no exit strategies, nuthin'. Their lies were so obvious, I felt insulted that they didn't try harder, and then bewildered that the lies were working. I don't know, the destruction of the economy, the daily loss of life in the aftermath of the war, the get-out-of-jail-free relationships with the Saudis and Pakistan, Korea, all may be a part of the masterplan, which leads me to ask, "what is the plan, really? More importantly, how does it affect my ability to continue my simple, but contented life?"
I'm willing to fight for it, but I will never become one of the pod people. Bush and company are the bad guys, and they should be watched, but they've overreached, and they're out in '04. So what will it take to fix things?
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