No matter how long George Bush the Lesser wants to keep those rose-colored glasses on, the picture will not change. The War in Iraq doesn't get better by renaming it an "insurgency," which connotes a small group of dissatisfied losers fighting the government that is in power. This is no small thing. This war has turned into a Viet Nam-like conflict. Without the body bags on the nightly news. The FCC might levy fines if that were to occur.
I read in the New York Times that school loan funding or guarantees by the government would be cut, making it necessary for those who need assistance to look elsewhere for funds or forego college.
Hmmm ... who would this affect the most? The underclasses, I would say. The great mass of teens of the middle class who want to go to college or technical school to better themselves, but cannot afford it? The great mass of teens of the working and unemployed poor who want to go to college or technical school to try to end the seeming unending cycle of poverty, but cannot afford it?
What can they do?
Uncle ... Sam ... Wants ... You!
The North Korean regular army fighters number over a million. The number of young men and women the U.S. has stationed in Iraq is about 135,000, mostly reservists and National Guardsman, many in their late 30's, 40's and some even in their 50's.
You see what I'm talkin' about?
You see the plan here?
You see the Bush "WAR ON TERROR?"
You see death and maiming and life-long care for 18-to-23-year-olds?
You see grieving mothers and fathers?
You see bloody riots in the streets here in the States?
Do ya?
Posted by Bill at November 21, 2004 09:57 AMHow right you are, my friend, and my own children and stepchildren will be affected immediately. Disheartening as a description is like placing a bandaid over a carotid artery slash.
Posted by: Cowtown Pattie at November 21, 2004 05:26 PM