November Decision - We have a winner.

Yesterday's action by millions of imbeciles across the United States has handed BinLaden the grand prize for his actions of Sept. 11th.

• Last night, BinLaden succeeded in convincing Americans to surrender basic freedom. Americans have watched a President ignore basic premises of the Bill of Rights when they suit him. (and vigilantly defend those premises favored by his supporters) Now, as the Imbecile in Chief has the opportunity to pack the Supreme Court, he will have the unchallenged power to erase the Bill of Rights for generations to come. Americans have seen four years of proof he's willing to do it - and they voted "Yes".
• Last night, Americans provided BinLaden with a huge assist in his attempt to bankrupt their country. Twenty-four years ago, a new President came up with a nifty idea. Cut taxes on the well-to-do and increase military spending at the same time! The tax savings will filter down to the average guy; the military spending is necessary for our security and in any case will generate economic activity that will trickle down as well.

  Where did it get the USA?Biggest deficit in national history? Millions of unemployed & homeless?

  Well, if that's what W wants to accomplish, he's certainly put the country on the right path...

• Last night, Americans decided they're tired of religious freedom. They decided the freedom to raise one's children in one's own faith, without interference from the government and meddling neighbors, is not acceptable. They've decided to follow the lead of another nation where the Word of God is the law of the land and behavior immoral under the code of the dominant faith is to be punished by civil authority.
• Last night, Americans adopted a diabolical new scheme to thin out the country's surplus of women. Most censuses show the country has slightly more young adult women than men in the same age group. (presumably because of a greater tendency of young men to engage in risky behavior and commit violence against each other) This imbalance makes many young women willing to engage in risky behavior in order to "catch" and "keep" a man. Americans have found a solution to this problem.

  Any woman unable to safely carry a pregnancy to term will be allowed to die.

  A government with a stated goal of overturning Roe vs. Wade will be given the opportunity to impose at least one Supreme Court justice on subsequent generations. In the likely case Bush's owners succeed in getting RvW overturned, America will have decided to kill thousands of its own women. (We used a "gaggle" of high-school seniors to help count election returns. As the numbers came in, I had to think - statistically, chances are fair that at least one of these girls will lose her life to the intolerance of this country...)

  I suppose at this point, you think I'm talking about deaths in dangerous back-alley abortions. Nope. I'm talking about women for whom the procedure is a medical necessity, who will literally die without it. States have proposed anti-abortion amendments that carry no exemptions for the health - or even life - of the mother. Even with exemptions, who decides that a woman needs the procedure? Does there have to be a 10% chance of dying? 50%? 90%? 100%? (what if you choose 10% - and your sister ends up the one in twenty who should have survived the pregnancy but died an excruciating death instead?) What happens when Dr. Doe performs the procedure on a diagnosis that Ms. Roe stands a 75% chance of dying - and then the prosecutor challenges Doe's diagnosis? Will Dr. Jones be willing to ever perform the procedure knowing he might face capital prosecution if the government (with an incentive to kow-tow to right-wing "religious" conservatives) feels like it?

...and to the republic for which it stands...
(not me, not any more...)

...one nation...
(It was pretty obviously two nations last night, with the one that controls the "red states" obviously not giving a d**n about the one that controls the "blue states"...)

...under God...
(forcibly, if necessary)

...with liberty and justice for all.
(who have enough $$$ to buy it)

Over the last 24 years, this nation has made it obvious it has no intention of respecting my values. It has no intention of listening to my values. Values shared by half the country.

If that's how America feels, fine. Just don't come along asking me to declare my loyalty to this country. Will I commit treason? No. No other nation or entity that has the desire to overthrow the U.S. government would do any better. (but in the admittedly rather unlikely case that a future Canadian government decides to reprise the War of 1812, you may find me on the "wrong" side...) Just don't expect to find an American flag on this website; don't expect to see me saluting a flag and reciting my loyalty to a nation that wishes to impose its values on me.

(oh, and do expect me to use my vote to harass this imbecilic government as much as possible.)

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