Monday, September 27, 2004 at 1:05 AM
Edited Monday, September 27, 2004 at 1:08 AM Apparently, even Colin Powell doesn't support what we're doing in the Middle East. Bush has nothing to do American nationalism. Bush is a theif and a liar who will glady trade America's security to horde money for his legacy. The Bush administration has weakened our international relations. The Bush administration has weakened our economy. The Bush administration has weakened our defense. The Bush administration has even systematically weakened our support for science and research. The same religious fundamentalist thinking that Bush uses to justify his attack on reproductive rights, is exactly what drives his administration's economic policy. Their quasi-religious market fundamentalism is never subject any kind of questioning, as doing so would be like questioning if a group of cells is a human life. Market fundamentalisms paints the world only in black and white. Taxes, are always bad, and tax cuts are always good. Similarly, the private sector can always spend money better than the government, and always operate more efficently -- even if they're asked to interrogate prisonsers. None of these ideas need to be tested or even should be tested, according to the Bush administration. Even if after three rounds of tax cuts the economy is sluggish, you just need to keep the faith. Just like God created the Earth in seven days, and Noah built an ark large enough to hold two of each animal on the planet -- no matter how implausible the story sounds, its heresy to question it. The fairy tale of market fundamentalism rests on the notion that anything anyone does in pursuit of their own self-interest automatically serves the common good. Ask Adam if a father walking out on his wife and daugther serves the common good sometime. If you're want a president with a strong foregin policy, and a strong moral economic vision, then you (and Adam) need to vote for John Kerry. —ZT | 
