musings of wrath

Something that keeps me awake.

I was lying in bed, awake, and thinking.

I truly feel like there’s not much of a choice in this year’s election. I vote for Bush, and I vote for someone I cannot stomach as a leader. Not only does he ignore his constituency, he lies to it. And NOT in some minor fucking not-related-to-his-job sorta way. He outright lies as an excuse to kill thousands.

I’m a Marine. I’m utterly disgusted at how he’ll throw lives away - Marines.. For what boils down to either OIL or “CUZ DADDY WAS THREATENED”… I know, he’s got a stressful job, and a lot of decisions to make. But I know one aspect I’d do better at: telling the truth to the people.

If I vote for Kerry, I’m voting for what appears to be the same guy. Rich, backed by the top 10% of the richest Democrats (some of whom I can’t even tell apart from extreme right Republicans); questionable political activities in his college years (Skull and Bones, Yale); no REAL platform other than “Bush Lies” (sounds a lot like the “Kerry Waffles” campaign Bush-Cheney’s been spewing); general uneasiness with how easily he dodges important issues.

So, I look at the Veeps. Cheney - evil. I rarely label someone (in a non-joking manner) in that field. This man IS evil. I’ve seen nothing but dishonesty, corruption and greed from him. He’s the epitome of the target of the anti-corruption movement in corporate America. Edwards.. quiet, little known.. perhaps the better choice of the two.

Biggest issues:
The fuck-up of a war in Iraq. Sure, Saddam was bad, and needed to go. But at this cost? We’ve lost 50 years of growth in the international community over this shithead’s war. We finally get close to peace (yes, even with 9-fucking-11, we had a better peace than the human race has had since before history) and it gets fucked up by one man’s two men’s revenge/greed/what-the-fuck-ever his their motivation is.

“Gay Marriage”. WHAT THE FUCK DOES IT MATTER? If they’re not trying to marry YOU, what BUSINESS do you have in saying they can’t? “It breaks down our morality!” FUCK you. Don’t you DARE pull the Christian card on this one - you know why? A TRUE Christian would let GOD decide if it’s wrong. Let’s put it this way - in the past decade, the Catholic PRIESTHOOD has done more damage to human beings than homosexuals who want to get married out of LOVE.

Truth. The war isn’t the only thing we’re being lied to about.

Freedom. PATRIOT and laws like it do nothing but give extraneous and unnecessary powers to arrest innocent people and harass them for their beliefs, rather than their crimes. HOW THE FUCK CAN A GAMING BOOK BE A THREAT, PEOPLE?

Religion. Congress shall make no law.. etc.. etc.. You know what? I’m ALL for religious freedom, but I’m NOT for religious banning. By removing the 10 commandments (the basis for most of our laws) from a courthouse - what’s been accomplished? Nothing. What was the plaque hurting? Someone’s feelings. Grow up. IF your beliefs are THAT weak that a plaque bothers you, you’ve got issues to work out with yourself. Don’t impose YOUR issues on US. “Under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance. When I was a little kid, we didn’t have to say that phrase. Apparently, that changed where you HAD to, and then it became a “separation of church and state” issue.

SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE RELIGIOUS BELIEFS AND SYMBOLS OF A STATE OFFICE OR DEPARTMENT. Separation of Church and State means only that a STATE RELIGION cannot be made. We’re not allowed to FORCE someone to choose a religion; we’re not allowed to have an OFFICIAL religion. If a state’s flag has a cross on it, so WHAT? Are you offended by that? File a petition, don’t fucking file a lawsuit. Judges have NO RIGHT to vote FOR me. They’re not part of the executive or legislative branch, they only JUDGE on laws, not CREATE them.

Bleah. Our country has gone to shit. We need a new constitution, a new government. A better system.

The current one’s rife with fraud, waste and abuse. Wow. To think there used to be a watchdog for that sorta stuff; and now it’s gone.

…Not to mention that the new head of the CIA (Rep. Goss) is the newest in what seems to be a never-ending pool of Bush flunkies.

Every aspect of the Bush II administration raises suspicion, lowers gonficence in our government. From the election, to now, everything about him is wrong.

I’m not Kerry’s biggest fan, but I’m voting for him…and NOT just because “he’s not Bush”. Bush’s failures aren’t a sole reason to vote for someone else. But Kerry did make an excellent choice in picking Edwards, and I like his stand on some issues. He may not agree with Gay marriage, but he hasn’t been pushing to make it illegal.

I agree, Dick Cheney is evil.

I wish we had better coices for candidates, but we don’t. But I guess that what happens when your state’s influence on the Primaries is miniscule.

AMEN PREACH ON BROTHER PREACH ON!

sometimes I wish I was Canadian.

I think you should really pay some more attention to Kerry’s platform because he does have one and it is an okay one. I feel confident in my decision to vote for Kerry and not against Bush. Specifically he wants national health care (which is a stupid shame that we don’t have it since we all are paying for it in one way or the other) and tax credits for companies that don’t ship jobs overseas. Most importantly to me he is planning on cutting the deficit again. We can’t printing worthless money forever… it will catch up to us.

Elections are always hard for me, instead of getting more Republican as I get older when it comes to social issues I find myself becoming more and more socialistic… but on the other hand there are a lot of fundamental beliefs in the monetary handling of the republican party that appeal to me. Basically I should be voting Libertarian but we are still a ways away from that becoming a viable and not a wasted vote. Fortunately more and more independant candidates are now reaching posts at the state level and with their percentages of jobs filled slowly increasing we may actually be able to really vote for the best candidate in 20 or 30 years.

I agree, Kerry’s platform IS okay.. but dammit, I shouldn’t have to vote for someone okay.

I have a choice, to vote for someone else, but with this election (as we saw 4 years ago), a vote for anyone other than Kerry, is a vote for Bush. It’s unfortunate that our system is so deadlocked.

Every time I’ve ever taken one of those polls, I’m told I’m Libertarian. I was even a member of the party for a while - but I’ve long since let that membership lapse. If they ask for money in my area, I’ll give them money, if I can afford it.

It’s not the “state” level that matters, other than the electoral college when it comes down to it. That and there needs to be a federal reform of state voting practices. Florida fucked up the election big time - WAY too many people were disenfranchised. The Supreme Court fucked up by not giving those involved time to investigate - and by serving Governor Jeb BUSH a subpoena for his election manager’s records.

that should say “and by NOT serving Governor..”

The other problem with religion facing us: Bush farming out millions to religious groups in “faith based initiatives”. Not a good thing.

There’s nothing, legally, wrong with that.

The problem I have with it, is that he wasn’t elected for his religious beliefs - mainly because he didn’t appear to HAVE any until AFTER he was “elected”.