Bush Tightens Screws On Centrists

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Honestly, that is the actual title of an article in today's paper. Check it out! This just confirms the bully-boy tactics I was talking about in my last post. Independent thought is not allowed in this party. Nyuck, Nyuck, Nyuck. You knuckleheads better straighten up!

I'm hoping that the moderates are able to stand up to this. We only have to look at what happened to Arlen Specter when he mentioned casually that the President might have a difficult time getting his judicial nominees approved--people were calling for him to resign, even though he was saying that the opposition would not be coming from him. If the hardliners continue to dominate, I might as well start looking into moving. Are there any countries out there that still like Americans? Really, we're not all assholes.

If anyone has read The Handmaid's Tale (the actual book, not the wretched movie), it deals with America basically becoming a theocracy overnight--Women are denied rights and forced to become breeders for high-ranking officials. Their money (since all transactions are done with plastic cards) is transferred electronically to the nearest male relative. Rather scary stuff when you realize that Margaret Atwood wrote about debit cards long before they were available. Every time I think that I am feeling paranoid, something else happens to make me feel like it's not so impossible, after all.

In other Stooge related news:

Our Republican controlled State government has decided that lowering the standards for school testing is the way to improve Arizona's compliance with the disastrous 'No Child Left Behind' standards.

This seems to be the standard strategy of this party. Have an endagered species that's about to become extinct? No problem. We'll just remove it from the list--see it's not endangered anymore! Air and water quality getting worse? We'll just increase the limits on the amount of toxic chemicals allowed--poof! Problem disappears. Education system has some problems? Don't worry, we'll just lower the standards so that enough kids pass to make it look like we're actually making improvements! Wake up Porcupines! We're getting screwed here and no one is talking about it. Can't get enough of the 'runaway bride', but give us some real news and we sink into apathy. Does no one feel outrage anymore?