Nothing But Love :: golf blogger

It's My Ball

I saw snippets of the press conference held out-of-doors in which W and David Gregory got into an animated discussion on the torture issue. He needs the tools -- the rack, the iron maiden -- to force the terrorists to tell him what he wants to hear. If he doesn't get the tools, he's telling his people to stop interrogating everybody.

One thing comes to mind: Go ahead. Take your ball and go home. And take your team with you.

Walking the dogs at 1:30 in the morning, I counted eight people sleeping on the hillside down by the river. The other day, one of them had hung his laundry out to dry on a fence. And we weren't hit by a disastrous flood caused by years of slipshod work by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. How could this be happening in the United States? What kind of country is this?

The dry drunk occupying the White House criticized Colin Powell for pointing out the obvious ... that the Emperor has no clothes ... telling us that "It’s unacceptable to think that there’s any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective."

The U.S. government has spent one-third of a trillion dollars ($1,000,000,000,000) in Iraq, decimating an entire country, ostensibly in the name of democracy, liberty, and freedom; yet, the United States is sacrificing the lives of innocent men, women and children right here in this country to achieve that objective.

Between 40 and 60 million people in this country do not have health insurance [Source: Sam Felsen]. A 2005 survey done by the U.S. Conference of Mayors found that 15% of persons in homeless situations are employed. One in three homeless men is a military veteran [Source: ABC News]. In 2004, 12.7% of the U.S. population, or 37 million people, lived in poverty, 36% of which were children. [Source: National Coalition for the Homeless, June, 2006].

There is no comparison. The United States is clearly far ahead of the "Muslim extremists."

It has been estimated that 18,000 uninsured adults between the ages of 25 and 64 die each year in this country as a direct result of lacking health care coverage. [Source: National Coalition on Health Care] The money is better spent on universal health care.

Homeless persons are 3 to 4 times more likely to die than the general population, with average life expectancy not more than 52 years, as opposed to nearly 80 for the rest of the population [Source: James J. McConnell, M.D. Premature Mortality in Homeless Populations. December, 2005] The money is better spent on housing the homeless, although the job being done with the homeless due to the Katrina disaster is a joke.

Now, what was an unacceptable comparison, Mr. President? The country has lost its moral basis ... in all respects. And the country lacks effective leadership.

Please, take your ball and your team and go home ...

Posted by Bill at September 17, 2006 11:51 AM