Oil-Free Congress
MoveOn is pushing to expose politicians and their links to Big Oil for the '06 election cycle via rallies at local gas stations. I think that's great. People are pissed off about oil prices and they blame Congress and our leadership outright for it. Regardless of whether they vote Republican or Democrat they're more likely to vote against someone who is reaping the benefits of the oil lobby if it's framed in the correct manner. Sure the Republican pundits and poseurs who tow the White House line and stomp on and on about "free markets" (though monopolistic collusion and price fixing is hardly free market) blindly and ignorantly. Those people just don't live in reality anymore but the fortunate thing is, I don't think they're able to swindle the voters as easily either. I think a good majority of the country is full-on annoyed at the War on Gays that the GOP wants to thunder down our throats again. And while Rove wants to spin the Democrats into cowards (why do you think this bill was put forth?) that wouldn't stay the course and that al-Zarqawi never would have been killed if it was up to the measly Democrats, I don't think it'll stick. Why? Because Al Qaeda operates with ridiculous efficiency in naming new leaders and no one person will stop the sectarian violence and bombings gripping Iraq. So the ultimate plan for Rove and the GOP is to say "why now we can pull troops out, see we won, we won!" and hold onto their hats wringing their hands that a major setback doesn't happen until after November. Isn't it sick that the politicians we pay with our tax dollars use real American lives to further their agenda and their hopes of power and control? I mean after all, they can always say how awesome American soldiers are and how Iraq was the right thing though we're never ever gonna tell you when we're gonna leave in a congressional bill. Hey awesome guys. Don't sweat those high gas prices or doing anything outside of giving yourself a raise again or blowing a hole into one facet of the economy that's growing. And yes I could go all fatalist and be resigned to think that in 2006, everything will be fixed AGAIN but I'm not going to. After all, how could Virginia look so damn Democratic all of a sudden, with a very viable candidate that could upset Senator-I-Really-Want-to-Be-a-Football-Coach-or-Maybe-President George Allen. Hell there's hope when Lieberman might have to leave the party just to be able to retain his seat, which of course put Mr. Dean in a tizzy. Liberman is a dirty jackass traitor that talks out of one side of his mouth way too much. He's a hawk and another coward, but I had a great laugh when he pulled out of the Presidency in '04.
On a different tip, this may prove quite interesting...