Hippy President Pardons Turkeys

"They that give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither." - Benjamin Franklin

We don't really know how the new staff changes at the White House will affect it yet but I am willing to bet every cent that myself and my ancestors have ever made over the course of time that it moves us towards the apocalypse rather than away. As far as gut reaction the biggest hit will be the loss of Colin Powell, he is seemingly a voice of moderation in a Gung-Ho White House. But even more frightening is the choice of his successor.

I know two things about Condi Rice... 1. She tends to look really really angry when being photographed in a non photo-op way. 2. From what I have seen there is no bigger yes man in the administration. She is being put in to make sure that the President can now do whatever he likes with no absolutely dissention in his ranks. This is seemingly the most high profile change in his cabinet but I don't think that the true evil of what he is doing will become clear for months or even years.

In other news the republicans in the house have shown just how ridiculous they are once again by ironically repealing rules they put in place to show how immoral the democrats were but not having similar rules. To give them a tiny amount of credit it does seem that there are a good deal of Republicans out there that disagree with the decision. That doesn't make it ok though... If you want to protect your leader do it in court.

In other news Bush signed a bill raising the government's debt limit by $800 billion more. That is Eight Hundred Billion Dollars enough to buy 60,790,273 2005 Honda Civics at base price (although I am pretty sure that we might be able to cut a deal if we buy in bulk). That is a lot of fucking reliable, economical, fuel-efficient mid sized sedans. For that amount of money you could give each and every American $2750.94. How could you possibly fuck up the economy that much? Our children and our children's children will be paying off the bill for his stupidity and the stupidity of 52% of America for re-electing him.

P.S. The Increase in the debt limit would buy 1,355,932,203,389 pounds of Turkey at my local Giant Eagle Grocery Store.

P.S.S. I hate everyone... Except you.