hillary’s troubles, gitmo for juveniles, and destroying the grand canyon on the down low...

well, now that I have had a day to recover from the inevitable Super Tuesday hangover (and for once, it actuallydid not include an actual hangover - just coming down from the rush that results from recognizing that all that screaming into the wind may finally be answered), it's time to take a look at what happened tuesday - and what didn't happen. first off, but for the most delusional of supporters - it is pretty obvious hillary is in a heap of trouble at the moment (sure we may wind up with a convention deal nomination - but trust me, the thousands and thousands that are going to show up in the streets in denver come august will not be there to ensure hillary gets the nod). her campaign wants us to believe that because she won california and new york she is still the frontrunner...but she sure as hell is not acting like one.

throwing her own money into the campaign, moving more towards volunteers, and begging for more debates (read free air time) are not the actions of a candidate that feels comfortable with their position. (don't get me wrong, free air time and debates are wonderful, as are volunteer campaigns - but the reality is, when candidates move to this, it usually means they are losing). the numbers show an unfortunate trend for hillary - the more people get to know obama, the more they like obama over the known clinton. her lead has been erased, and make no mistake about it, a virtual draw on Super Tuesday is a huge loss for her campaign...namely losing the vote of the Show-Me State (apparently no network big whigs know anything about missouri - the early numbers obviously come in from small town, conservative leaning missoura, once kansas city and st louis started pouring in, anyone with half a brain recognized that obama's numbers would skyrocket - and after calling it early in her favor, they once again had to eat crow). but perhaps the most disturbing number of all for hillary should be this - 40 - that being the percentage that obama took in her state. that my friends, was huge.

now hillary can only hope the establishment saves their woman and ensures more of the same in washington - to the detriment of us all that hoped for a return to a progressive majority. I feel bad for hillary, because she would have been a much better president than her nixon/reagan-esque husband (seriously, look at what the man actually did - he governed as an early republican majority era leader - the man did more damage to the progressive movement than bush), but her/their time has passed. and if the party screws this up in denver - I see a repeat of chicago, and a disillusionment of the next generation of progressives. this is our last chance to return this nation to its greatness...and I'm sorry hillary, but you ain't the frontwoman...

six years ago a man was picked up in afghanistan and sent to gitmo. the united states government claimed he threw a grenade at u.s. special forces and killed a soldier (in normal times children we call this "war" - in scary america it is only "war" when the soldier has an american flag on their shoulder, otherwise it is grounds for illegal and indefinite banishment to hell). thus, the man was shipped to gitmo (because he obviously was one of the worst of the worst, fighting an invading army's soldiers - what else is that but inhuman evil?). he's been sitting in gitmo since, and just now starting to get some serious hearings. only there seems to be a slight problem - nobody knows if he threw the grenade number one (see, everyone else was killed, he just happened to be the one left alive, and someone had to be punished for the audacity to fight back) - and after six years in gitmo he has ripened to the age of 21. that's right, your government sent a kid to gitmo on conflicting testimony from the "fog of war" and unsure if he actually did what they claimed he did (which, if true, was simply to wage war against an invading force). thank god we stand for the rule of law...otherwise I might be concerned that "the terrorists will win."

as we all sift through the post-Super Tuesday news, a story got buried - one which should spark outrage. for the first time in decades approval was granted to start drilling for uranium near one of the most magnificent sights in the world - the grand canyon. if it pans out, expect mines to once again mar the landscape of this treasure. the forest service is selling the grand canyon (well, not exactly, but would it suprise you if mines in the kaibob forest became mines in the canyon if it meant profits?). and to a foreign corporation nonetheless. once again, the boy king's administration will permit Big Business to take what is rightfully yours, and then sell it back to you. of course in this instance, it might never be sold back to you (unless, like me, you live in albuquerque, the single largest nuke dump in the world - and our governor is in close with the koreans - I'm just saying) because instead it will be used in an agreement with pakistan. afterall, what better way to ensure the world is safe for the next generation than to provide assistance to unstable nations that may fall to fanatical governments so that they may quickly engineer the most destructive weapons mankind has ever concocted. although, now that I say it, that sounds an awful lot like the united states as of late.

mankind must put an end to war or war will put an end to mankind. - JFK