somedaybitch

first, some interesting comments from The Opinion Journal.

But if John Kerry, who famously demanded that the U.S. "stop this blind commitment to a dictatorial regime" in Vietnam, imagines history repeating itself in Iraq, he really ought to visit the place. Having passed through eight time zones and one looking glass, what he will find is not the reactionary playground of his fantasies, but a country where thousands of idealistic young men and women go to work each day in the hope of creating a democratic society. One of them, Mustafa Al-Khadimiy, who risks his life cataloging the depredations Saddam Hussein inflicted, has this to say: "The terrorists want to destroy everything and we're dying every day. If we're going to have democracy, the Americans cannot leave." Alas, he won't be voting on Tuesday.

and second...a logical perspective really can be found in the ljsphere.

Either way, it is still America, and it is still the land we all love, right? The president may have a lot of power, but he's not a dictator. If you disagree with whoever gets elected, you can still write to your Congresspeople to make a difference. That's what's so great about America. I learned about this in my political science class, and it's all about Civil Rights and Civil Liberties. We have a lot of them, and no one person or entity has the power to be tyrannical, and misuse them.

thanks

theamyrlin. glad to hear they still teach that in school. from all the 'ohmyGODiamsoTERRIFIEDatwhatthiscountrywillBECOMEifbushwins' memes going around, i was afraid that they'd stopped teaching American Civics after i graduated.

and a footnote...someone wrote, today i believe, that the average American doesn't care about the rest of the world. i don't know that that's necessarily true for the "average", but, for the ones that actually hold that posture, i say this....you bloody well better start caring you self-absorbed wanks, because you're part of that world and what happens in that world has a direct impact on your life whether you choose to believe that or not. why are we the only ones that have a right to a democratic lifestyle? oh but we're not, you say? other folks have a right to that too? great. do something about it. but the doing something is risky and dangerous, you counter? yes it is. and?