Ashcroft (again)

Ashcroft denounces judges who question Bush

Not to repeat myself, but is he kidding? There is no need for independent judicial oversight of the executive branch. Not while George W is President. Like he said, if you are not supporting the President's policies with regard to terrorism, you are supporting terrorism.

Ashcroft had to possibly be the worst choice for Attorney General since, hmmm, John Mitchell. The parallels between the Nixon and Bush White Houses are frightening. Will the spate of resignations here at the beginning of the 2nd W term turn into some great summer tell-all reading? One can only hope.

In the meantime let's rejoice in the fact that John Ashcroft is leaving, because clearly he was never qualified to be Attorney General.

John Ashcroft

Is he kidding?

First over the summer he said that the Patriot Act "saves lives" and is Al Qaeda's worst nightmare. Well, Johnny, you have not successfully prosecuted any terrorists under the Patriot Act or stopped any terrorist attacks. You have put an extraordinary burden on ordinary businesses in trying to comply with the Act.

Second he states in his resignation letter "The objective of securing the safety of Americans from crime and terror has been achieved." Then why is the terror alert level still at yellow (only downgraded from orange in NY yesterday)? He lives in his own world if he thinks that the US is any safer from terrorists today then on September 10, 2001. That is the date that Ashcroft denied the FBI's request for tens of millions of dollars in funds to combat terrorism. The Bush administration traded one terrorist safe haven (Afghanistan) for another (Iraq) and ensured the continued financing of terrorists by failing to secure Saddam Hussein's money before toppling his regime. That money is now able to fund terrorists both inside and outside of Iraq.

Goodbye and good riddance to John Ashcroft.

Arafat the monster

This column by Jeff Jacoby in the Boston Globe states the position pretty well:

Boston.com / News / Boston Globe / Opinion / Op-ed / Arafat the monster

2004 Presidential Election

Now that George W. Bush has won the election here is what we can expect for the next four years:

More	Less (or Fewer)
Terror	Freedom
Government (1)	Income (2)
Americans killed in Iraq	Gay Marriages
Abortions (3)	Healthcare
Taxes
Deficits
Fear

(1) Under GWB the size of the Federal government has increased substantially after decreasing under Bill Clinton

(2) Real income for the average American has declined under GWB after rising steadily under Bill Clinton

(3) The number of abortions has increased under GWB after declining steadily under Bill Clinton.

Are you sensing a theme?

Osama bin Laden

Osama bin Laden has revealed his strategy for defeating the US. He will bankrupt us, bleeding us slowly like the mujahideen did to the Soviets in Afghanistan. Talk about believing your own hype.

Osama, the Afghan war did hasten the fall of the Soviet empire. However, it wasn't you and your bands of mujahideen. It may have been the fact that the CIA was funneling billions of dollars through Pakistan to you guys to fight the Soviets. It wasn't you and your puny fortune that defeated the Soviets. It was Stinger missiles and a never-ending supply of munitions courtesy of Congressman Charlie Wilson.

So Osama, no matter what you think and no matter how the election on Nov. 2 turns out, Americans aren't stupid and won't let your rantings influence the election. Moreover, your strategy won't work because the US defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan, not you, and you won't defeat anyone now either.