Take back the nation (Barf)

Madison Capital Times & Wisconsin State Journal ^ | 01/01/04 | Dave Zweifel

[Holly_P]

My wish for 2004 is that Americans take back their country.

For that to happen, we've got to look deeper - much deeper - than the war in Iraq. If we can believe the polls, all too many of us are mesmerized by this war that was started, first of all, under false pretenses and now threatens to consume our energy and our money for a long time to come.

Meanwhile, we've unleashed a new hate America campaign around the world that has increased, not lessened, the terror threat we all now face.

But that's water over the dam.

What we can't allow to happen, though, is to let that war on the other side of the world mask what is happening to us right here at home. The right wing in this country has cleverly taken control of our federal government and, while our attention continues to be diverted by Iraq, is using its new-found power to make profound changes in the land.

Environmental controls are being loosened. The gap between the rich and poor has been widened. Our children and their children are being saddled with unconscionable debt. A woman's right to control her own body is being threatened. Corporate power has been strengthened while the plight of the American working men and women has been worsened as those corporations move their jobs overseas.

The road to privatizing Medicare has been started. Social Security is next. Our children are spending their school time taking math and reading tests while the lessons of life, music and art are dismissed.

And all that will pale next to what will happen if these same forces are given four more years to also take control of America's judiciary, the one branch of government that still exhibits some balance.

Therefore, nothing is more important than in 2004 the people rise up and take back control of the government that was established for them, not the rich and powerful.

Dave Zweifel is editor of The Capital Times.

[duvausa]

(OK—your original comment was pulled, so I’m making assumptions. Forgive me if I’m off base—but from your second comment, it seems to fit.)

Generalizing and labeling a group because of their race or nationality is a lot of things—a lot of nasty things--but bottom line it’s just plain counter-productive. Criticize groups of like thinkers because of what they do—not because of a group they were born into. This is so basic!

By lumping all American Jews together, you’re including Michael Medved, Dennis Prager, Rabbi Lapin—and lots of other people who have nothing to do with what you're saying—meanwhile what about Michael Moore and Chris Matthews and Howard Dean and on and on and on. You discredit yourself and this forum by calling names this way.

[longtermmemmory]

Notice on the 2003 in review skips over the leftis efforts to homosexualize marriage? It is like they are stealthing all the bad leftist moves.

These leftist types remind me of the dead eanders in Iraq.

[Bars4Bill]

I'm deeply saddened that Mr. Zweifel left out some of my favorites:

Our air and water are being poisoned.

12 children are killed by guns [the NRA] every day.

Our bridges are falling on the homeless.

[cars for sale]

hey free republic...why not delete the post affixed to this response too...cowards

[buzzyboop]

hmmm. This tripe is no more coherent than any of today's ZOT troll posts.