bush has turned this country into a nightmare where the only thing that

[flordehinojos]

counts is POWER and CONTROL. he is the one holding absolute POWER and CONTROL over us and the rest of the world...what a sad conclusion to have to come to.

[dave502d]

1. You our so right.. n/t

[stellanoir]

2. Though that may appear to be the case

it's not necessarily so in the greater scheme of things.

Yes I still try to be a deluded optimist. Silly me.

It's hard these days in the face of the acute digression of what this country used to represent. I still think it's redeemable. Despite all appearances. Again silly me.

[acmejack]

3. I pray you are right

We will always need optimists to keep hope alive,

[flordehinojos]

4. this quote from your post,

"in the face of the acute digression of what this country used to represent"

reminds me that at some point before he died, Pope John Paul II told Bush, "you alone will be responsible for changing the course of humanity"--and the Pope did not mean that Bush was changing it in any nice way. he in fact told bush just before bush invaded iraq--a step which the pope opposed.