How to measure...Change

Maybe the problem is that today's government is being measured by yesterday's standards, fear and loathing and the rainbow of dread ( I know you want to forget the red, orange chartreuse alerts--but I wont let you...;).  We were whipped into a frenzy to invade Iraq, and when allies insisted on sharing in contracts and rebuilding, they were dismissed. So it shaped up as a painless war, full of high-tech show, an opportunity to reward the people who elected George Bush, many of whom had made money in the first Gulf War--the righteous one- repel the invaders of Kuwait.  This one was not righteous, it was calculated and largely purposed to hide a vulnerable condition of our national defense, re-elect the man who oversaw the terror attacks; and spend as much money as possible before a grief stricken nation began to ask--we are invading who? For what? and why isn't my life as important to you Mr, President as the oppressed majority in Iraq...I mean we need roads, bridges, better education, democracy, economic growth, health insurance, better access to education, --did I mention roads and bridges?--all right here Mr. Bush---the answer was a trillion plus dollars spent in Iraq, which now---wants us out, wants to do business with practically everybody else but US companies, and are running elections that look a lot like Bush's elections, so much for democracy .

Instead of US, our money went to Iraq, we got the Republican style of management, see. e.g. New Orleans, hurricanes and old people...and they are still saying we can't afford to help Americans, still trying to convince people it is right to resent anyone who is not rich, and that it is a good thing for the poor to use their assets --even the lives of their soldier children-- for the benefit of the rich...oh man, if there were a higher superpower on the earth, like China may yet be, they will look at this era in America and say...they were so wrong headed, then found a chance for CHANGE.  Yes even China of the future may one day routinely do much more for its people than we do willingly here, the POLITICS OF RESENTMENT RUN DEEP, AND ONE PARTY HAS MADE IT,... ITS LIFE BLOOD.