tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17966756.post8622306335961514168..comments2023-09-11T06:24:20.817-07:00Comments on Seven Devils Dead: We Love to Kill PeopleErnesto Del Mundohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01169403576324107302noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17966756.post-46948494126825534002010-02-15T19:22:41.779-08:002010-02-15T19:22:41.779-08:00BD...I notice a lot of them are choosing to retire...BD...I notice a lot of them are choosing to retire this year. Either they are tired of selling their souls to raise money or they have already feathered their nest rather nicely and will continue to do so as lobbyists for one cartel or another.Ernestonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17966756.post-70390744180652072372010-02-14T21:26:38.548-08:002010-02-14T21:26:38.548-08:00@Ernesto: "This is almost twenty times as man...@Ernesto: "This is almost twenty times as many as died in the terrorist attacks of 2001." <br /><br />And we have spent billions, presumably, to "establish justice, [and to] insure domestic tranquility," by bringing the 9-11 attackers to justice, and by our efforts to prevent terrorists from shattering our "domestic tranquility," by attacking us again.<br /><br />And in doing so, we have used the Bush doctrine to kill hundreds of thousands of Iraqis that didn't attack us, and to do it with impunity. <br /><br />Yet, their thousands dead will not be compensated with "justice," and probably not with "tranquility," for that country is still rocked, almost daily, with terror attacks.<br /><br />What's that oft-repeated lie from the Bush years: Bush kept us safe for eight years. On his watch, we didn't have a terrorist attack on American soil.<br /><br />Our politicians, I'm afraid, are chameleons masquerading as politicians, or politicians masquerading as chameleons: It's a simple trick for them to blend into the environment that surrounds them, whether it's the assumption of their electorate's values, or special interest's money.<br /><br />For some, they go so far as giving up their trunk for a donkey's tail, or their donkey's tail for a trunk.<br /><br />A good politician has a built-in weathervane, and knows when to pack an umbrella, and when the weather is about to change--when it's going be fair, or cloudy--and when to stay indoors, altogether.Black Diasporahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08890792781361839105noreply@blogger.com