I write
the title as a question because that's
what I pose to half the country who truly
believes his record deserves another term.
In all honesty, in all seriousness...what
the fuck do you have to do to get
fired? Forget whether he had ulterior
motives to go into Iraq. The two reasons
he claimed to the UN, the US, and every
person on the planet was that Saddam was
hiding weapons, and he had ties to Al
Queada. That was why we had to go in, kill
thousands of people, and take over the
country. The UN didn't agree, half the
US didn't agree and the majority of
the world disagreed. But he decided to go
ahead. That's fine, that's his choice as
president - he had the power to do so. But
these are the sorts of decisions that you
stake your career on. He did, and he was
wrong.
To me...that's the
end of the debate. There is no choice. He fucked up,
and fucked up bad. War is a BIG DEAL. Killing
people is a BIG DEAL. When you make a mistake on
something this huge, it is something you lose your job
over.
Of course beyond
that simple point is the fact that people in his
administraion have said he wanted to go after Iraq
since his first day in office and used 9/11 to get
there. Understanding that makes the whole plan come
together. The "Axis of Evil" speech where he
set-up that if you harbor terrorists we will kill you,
into Iraq having the weapons and ties to Al Queda
leading to the war. A pre-emptive strike on a country
that ended up having nothing we said it did. As
someone who's followed politics closely my whole life
I sat back and laughed at the political suicide Bush
committed. To be so blind with your own agenda to not
see that a pre-emptive war against the UN's wishes and
half of your own country is a kamikaze mission. And
then for it all to be a mistake! Wow, if that's not
the final nail in your coffin...
Uhm, but it isn't.
No one seems to care. No one remembers Vietnam, no one
has read a history book. No one can see past the
spinning, and even when someone shows the whole thing
in a movie - the director fucks it up by putting so
much of his OWN agenda into it - that it taints
the whole picture. For crying out loud Michael, the
truth was bad enough...why couldn't you see
that?
The implications
for re-electing him are so severe. Don't the
republicans see that? That a vote for his re-election
is a vote of support for what his administration has
done the past few years? God that prospect is
frightening as hell. It's probably the most taunting,
arrogant thing we could ever do to the rest of the
world. This election is just so serious. The stakes
are so goddamn high. Anyone miss the 90's yet? Where's
an intern with loose-lips when you need one? Where's
the days when arguing politics just meant gun control,
abortion and the economy? Looooooooooooooooong
gone.
It's funny, I've
been Libertarian ever since I could vote. I've
never supported any two party candidate as
I believe to even get to that level you're bought
off. John Kerry is full of hot air and lies like the
rest of them and will say anything to get elected.
Anyone who thinks otherwise is truly naive. That's not
to say he's a bad man, but he's a robot right now
playing the percentages to get elected. Just like in
2000 when everyone was pissed at Bush for suing Gore
when he wanted a recount. How it stalled everything
and fucked up the whole process....uhm Gore would have
done the EXACT same thing. Politicians pretty much
have a rule book that their handlers follow and they
stand up and read the words. The two party system is a
joke...but this time around it's a very bad joke. It's
deadly serious. If you don't believe me, just watch
what happens on election day in Florida. When
thousands of people are turned away at the voting
stations. Here's what kills me: Officials in Florida
told voters that didn't get their voter cards to
COME DOWN TO THE POLLS ANYWAY,
as their names might still be on the list. Why don't
they just fuckin' hand them torches as they get out of
their cars? That place is gonna riot, and riot HARD.
You know it's gonna be crazy when the Democrats are
placing thousands of lawyers at the voting stations
just to get the lawsuits in on time. Man, this can't
be over soon enough.
I would beg and
plead for those of you voting for Bush to reconsider,
but if you've already made that choice you have to
believe that everything I've just written is off-base.
If that's the case then there's nothing that anyone
could say to you. But I do ask you one more
time: What does it take to be fired? Ask
yourself what exactly a sitting president would have
to do to make him lose his job? Then again, you guys
answered "Blow Job" to that question 6 years ago
and still don't see the ridiculousness of that.
Clinton should be kicked out of office for lying about
sex, but Bush should be re-elected...
For once however,
I'm speaking publically about it. I've always kept
quiet because I don't support the system at all.
Carlin said it best when he said voting democrat or
republican is like rearranging the seats on the
Titanic. I really couldn't agree more. I don't
support Kerry. He is the most politician-like
politician out there...but Bush has to be removed and
Kerry is the only guy who can do it. For that reason,
and that reason only you better believe I want
him to win.
The video however
has nothing to do with supporting a candidate and
everything to do with my absolute outrage that half
the country doesn't see what's happening. Where's the
outrage? Where's the music? Seriously, I love Eminem
and all - but why the fuck does he continue to spit
out copycat songs and videos when he could
singlehandedly destroy the establishment with his
position in the world. He has more talent with words
than anyone I've ever heard, and if he would just look
at the world around him - wow. He could absolutely
change everything. Get the youth back into caring
about more than just their ipods. (sigh) Well my
song
is just a remake of Country Joe McDonald's anthem that
I felt was ready for an update. Amazing how much
is relevent today.
I realize for
many of you who follow me, this changes how you view
me. For once, I just don't care. I've never felt
more strongly about something in my life. This is as
much a part of who I am as The Trinitrons. I only
wish I could do more.
Adam
PS - Please don't
confuse my use of footage from Fahrenheit 9/11 as an
endorsement for that movie. As I said above,
I think Moore completely hurt the cause by
exagerrations, misleading facts, and straight out
propoganda when the truth was just as damning. I do
feel he's an incredibly valuable person to our society
but it always pains me how easily the "facts" in
his projects can be ripped apart. It's sloppy
filmaking. However, the movie was the only thing
I own that had any visual representation of what
I'm singing about, and for that reason I used the
footage. Mr. Moore if you somehow happen upon this
I hope you understand my criticism of your work
and realize we're both trying to show the country (the
world already knows) what an incredibly dangerous man
this president is. I just wish you'd have done
your homework a little better.
