And You Thought An Amoeba Had Attention Problems

So let me get this straight; this is the deal. Gas prices drop to a mere $2.00 +/+ a gallon (but they’re on the way back up) and Mr. Bush goes on a talking tour to pump up the Party base and all of a sudden everybody’s happy here → (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10399472/ ). Well what’s the deal with that? I’ve come to the conclusion that the American people, or maybe it’s just the press, have the attention span of an amoeba. That must be it. That is the only possible explanation since corruption and cronyism is still running rampant down on K Street here → (http://www.publicintegrity.org/lobby/default.aspx?act=summary). The numbers of soldiers dying in Iraq are still going up here → (http://icasualties.org/oif/). The national debt is through the bloody roof here → (http://zfacts.com/p/461.html), (You can also see it on the counter to the right of this post.) Okay, okay I’m looking for the silver lining. Maybe it’s because we had yet another inkling that 9/11 was coming here → (http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10398375/) so we could do something before it happened even though we didn’t do anything before it happened because we don’t read. Or perhaps it was because we are working so well with our international partners on the environment here → (http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyid=
2005-12-09T205741Z_01_MOL760618_
RTRUKOC_0_US-ENVIRONMENT-CLIMATE.xml), and here→ (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/12/10/AR2005121001405.html?nav=rss_email/components) . No, no I know what it is, it’s because we get such good intelligence by “interrogating” our own prisoner/detainees here → (http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/09/politics/
09intel.html?ex=1291784400&en=13ec20f1ef8fa296&ei
=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss). Okay now this has got to be it. It’s because we control our contractors so well here → (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/12/08/
AR2005120802356.html?nav=rss_email/components). Now I really think I have it. It has to be because the upright Congressman from Texas, Mr. Delay, now that the Judge has postponed his hearing on money laundering charges, has time to monitor the activities of the executive branch here → (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/
2005/12/09/AR2005120900346.html).

Now you might ask why I inserted all of these links in this post. It’s because I want you to see just how bad it is on a SLOW news day under the Bush administration and I want you to see the variety of news sources used. Some of my more conservative friends might think that these are just more of those liberal media sources and you can call them that if you want but I just couldn’t bring myself to insert any of the obvious and extreme pro-conservative propaganda bull put out by Fox News. The truth of all of this is simply that nothing and I repeat nothing has changed since last month to warrant George W. Bush’s approval rating increasing 1/10,000th of a percentage point much less 5. The number of terrorist in Iraq is still less that 7% of the total insurgency. Our soldiers are still dying because he started a senseless war and the economy really is in the toilet.

Now, slight change of subject, and I’m going out on a limb here and I’m going to make a prediction. I’m putting it in writing right here and for anyone who happens to read this if it doesn’t come true I will publish an apology right here one day after the fact. I predict that this country will be in a recession by June 30, 2007. That’s it. That’s my prediction and I will publish an apology if I am wrong and post it right here on July 1, 2007. You might ask how I know this and I will simply say it is because this President doesn’t know what he’s doing with regards to foreign or domestic policy. Stick around and we’ll see if I’m correct or not. At least on the domestic monetary part since we already know I am correct with regards to his severe lack of foreign policy skills.

Those Are The Sergeant Majors Thoughts On That.