The election is over. I stood there beside myself,thinking hard about the weather. Then came by a friend of mine-suggested we go out together. Then I knew it from the start:this friend of mine would fall apart.
Pretending not to see his gun,I said "let's go out and have some fun".
I know, you know, you believe in a land of love.
George Bush as president means nothing and everything to me. I will live the same life I lived before. However actions we take will now make us criminals. If I want control of my body, and want an abortion, I will become a criminal. The Supreme Court will outlaw abortion, overturning Roe vs Wade soon.
A Hispanic Attorney General is not a civil rights gain, when the Hispanic is Alberto R. Gonzales. Alberto R. Gonzales is the man who helped shape the doctrine that the president may unilaterally authorize torture - the doctrine that led to Abu Ghraib. This is the man who, in a memo, called some provisions of the Geneva Conventions "quaint."
Iraq is my generations Vietnam.
In 1965 Vietnam seemed like just another foreign war, but it wasn't. It was different in many ways, as so were those that did the fighting. In World War II the average age of the combat soldier was 26...In Vietnam he was 19. In Vietnam the combat soldier typicaly served a twelve month tour of duty butwas exposed to hostile fire almost everyday.
Hundreds of Thousands of men who saw heavy combat in Vietnam were arrested since discharge. Their arrest rate is almost twice that of non-veterans of the same age. There are no accurate figures of how many of these men have been incarcerated. But, a Veterans Administration study concludes that the greater of Vets exposure to combat could more likely affect his chances of being arrested orconvicted.
This is one legacy of the Vietnam War. All those who remember the war-they won't forget what they've seen..Destruction of men in their prime whose average was age was 19.
After World War II the Men came home together on troop ships, but the Vietnam Vets often arrived home within 48 hours of jungle combat. Perhaps the most dramatic difference between World War II and VietNam was coming home.. .none of them received a hero's welcome. None of them.
According to a Veteran's Administration study Half of the Vietnam combat veterans suffered from what Psychiatrists call Post-Traumatic-Stress-Disorder. Many vets complain of alienation, rage, or guilt. Some succumb to suicidal thoughts Thirty to Forty years after coming home almost eight-hundred-thousand men are still fighting the VietNam War.
Was it worth it?
The shooting and fighting of the past four days continued today in Falluja. I really am not sure what is going on.
Abu Ghairib is my generations Auschwitz.
Some people defend the war by comparing Saddam Hussein to Hitler. My reply? Barbarism begins at home. George Bush is trying to add bigoted amendments to the US Constitution that will restrict freedoms for certain minorities. Restricting the freedoms of minorities, eastablishing concentrations camps (Abu Ghairib, Guantanamo Bay, etc.)....Now who resembles Hitler?
Women will still take control of their bodies, no decision of the Supreme Court can change that, However, women who pursue illegal abortions will expose themselves to the danger of unlicensed practioners and prosecution.
Homosexuals will still fall in love. Lack of credit in the straight world will not diminish that love. Denying them the right to marry consigns them to the status of "having a good time".
They cry in dark,so you can't see their tears.They hide in the light,so you can't see their fears.Forgive and forget,all the while...Love and pain become one and the same in the eyes of a wounded child.
And you know that their little lives can become such a mess. and you shouldn't have to pay for your lovewith your bones and your flesh...It's all so confusing,this brutal abusing...They blacken your eyes and then apologize..."Be daddy's good girl,and don't tell mommy a thing"..."Be a good little boy,and you'll get a new toy--tell grandma you fell from the swing."
Because--hell, hell is for children! They are the real victims of this fascist regime. "No Child Left Behind" is an awful idea, and with no funding from the Government, an empty and shallow promise to children.
