What is it going to take to wake people up before it's too late to reverse the damage caused by Bu$hCo without resulting in serious deprivation?
Sorry, it will take serious deprivation. The question is how much serious deprivation, and in what form? So far people are tolerating their freedoms and pocketbooks being erroded. They are taking to incredible national and personal debt very well. Heck, they even want war in Iran. So it seems it will take massive death, massive pestilence, and massive disease to change their minds. The stupidity of the administration is not making a dent in the credulity of the Tali-evan-fundies or neo-cons in this nation.
Posted by phidipides at May 1, 2005 11:30 AMThe rate of change in economic well-being will likely determine whether the Republican majority in Congress crashes in 2006 or continues to hold on. Let's face it, if the Republicans were to lose both houses of Congress, then Dubya and Cheney and the rest of the posse will be impeached and convicted in a heartbeat. They've already shown that they've violated their oaths of office repeatedly.
What's to argue that they shouldn't be removed. Axe Dubya and Cheney immediately, before selecting a replacement for Cheney and the Democratic speaker takes over. The Republicans tried it in 1998 with much less supporting rationale. Now, the nation has the continued stonewalling on the energy policy issues, the 9-11 debacle, the lies over going to war in Iraq, the failed prosecution of the war in Afghanistan, the torture situation and corruption on a rampant scale to justify removing these criminals which comprise Dubya's administration. Since 2006 will likely not look very pretty and be trending down and not up, the party in power will be walking on broken glass.
Posted by PrahaPartizan at May 1, 2005 12:46 PMNixon left office in disgrace for a hell of a lot less.
Posted by Judith at May 1, 2005 02:40 PMIf the theocrats think that they're going to control anything permanently they'd better move quickly. This LINK to Daily Kos explains part of what I've been saying, namely that generation Y (also known as the echo boom because of their large numbers and who their parential generation mostly comes from) is the political successor to the GI generation and with their coming of age the Democratic majority that has passed with the passing of large numbers of the elderly GI's will re-emerge.
Posted by rlprather at May 1, 2005 02:46 PMWhat is it going to take to wake people up before it's too late to reverse the damage caused by Bu$hCo
A MSM that's not in the tank. But I have no idea how this is going to happen, other than an organized boycott by 49% of our society - something like Rosa Parks and the Montgomery, Alabama bus boycott in 1950s.
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[Editor: ignore=off]Half the money paid at the pump ends up in government's pocket. Win, win, suckas.
Incorrect for two reasons. First, the amount of gas taxes are determined by cents per gallion and not as a per cent of the price. Secondly,
if gas prices stay high and consumption decreases state and federal gas tax revenues will decrease. This condition will prove to be a 'lose-lose' for we the people and our governments. Funds for road maintenence come from these taxes. We will face the choice of higher gas taxes or reduced maintenence which will lead to more potholes and other 'axil busting-car damaging' problems. Auto repair shops may win from this but the American consumer won't.
Argus, You are not fully correct, because it varies from state to state.
Currently in Ohio between both State and Federal Taxes, they get 44.2 cents of every gallon. That has not changed based on the cost of gas.
However, some of it is neccesary for the things you pointed out, but 44.2 on every gallon seems a little excessive to me...not just now but always.
Posted by bigdog at May 2, 2005 06:38 AM