Cant Keep Quiet!

Last week I found out that one of my cousins will be joining the Army next week. He plans to go through artillery training after basic.

His announcement has made me feel two diametrically opposed opinions at the same time. I am both proud and terrified at the same time.

I’m proud because, at 18, he has made a mature decision to join the military to support his country and to help pay for future academic advancement.

I’m terrified because I fear he may end up in Iraq, further cannon fodder for Bush’s senseless war.

Bush wants to send 20,000 more troops to Iraq. According to the BBC, the theme of Bush’s speech about his plan in Iraq will center on sacrifice.

Bush’s plan to sacrifice our troops for Iraq needs to be stopped. As long as our troops are in Iraq the violence will continue and the Iraqi government has no incentive to “stand up.” Like a 1 year old that is late learning to walk because there is always someone around to carry him, Iraq will not take control until forced to do so. A lesson Bush just doesn’t seem to understand.

If my cousin were to eventually be sent to Afghanistan I would worry about his safety, but I wouldn’t be terrified that he was being sent to die for senseless war and a foreign government that will not fend for itself.

Once again, Keith Olbermann eloquently states my feelings on Bush’s plan to surge and accelerate and to sacrifice our troops.

You can watch what Keith Olbermann has to say through two clips on YouTube

Part One

Part Two

Or go to AlterNet to watch the whole speech and read the transcript of Olbermann’s Special Comment.

Cross posted on Bring It On!

Monday night in New Hampshire, Newt Gingrich gave a speech at an award dinner held as a “tribute to crusaders for the First Amendment.” Ironically, Gingrich talked about the need to curtail freedom of speech.

When I first saw this my response was “What a f&@king idiot!” I’ve debated posting something on this before now but haven’t because I just couldn’t think of an eloquent way to express my thoughts. All I could come up with was Gingrich was a moron.

What can I say? It’s been a bad week.

Once again, though, Keith Olbermann comes through for me. I wish I could write as well and as passionately about issues.

I’m battling a cold and can’t pull together a coherent thought. Luckily for me, Keith Olbermann put together an excellent special commentary on the real lessons of Vietnam.

Here’s a very funny take by Stephen Colbert on what could happen if men could have babies.

Here’s Keith Olbermann reporting on a memo from a Fox News Senior Editorial Vice-President telling employees “what to say and how to say it.”

You can read more about the memo from Fox News at The Huffington Post

Cross posted on Bring It On!

Keith Olbermann delivered another spot on special commentary this week. This time it’s once again directed at the Bush administration. Olbermann slams Bush and his administration for exploiting every possible divisive issue in this country.

What I found most rewarding about watching this special commentary, is that Olbermann took John McCain to task as well. Finally someone has publicly taken McCain to task for becoming one of the biggest GOP tools. The only difference between McCain and the other GOP tools is that McCain willingly turned over all of his dignity in order to possibly gain one more shot at the White House in 2008.

Click on Olbermann’s picture to read the full transcript or see the video of the special commentary. It will take you to Crooks and Liars. Because it is over 10 minutes long, YouTube.com forces people to put it up in two parts. It is best watched as a whole.