I just finished watching Presidential address informing the nation about the new old strategy of promoting war. I cannot understand why the Democrats seem to have a hard time confronting this President. I keep hearing he is the commander in chief. That is not a post he inherited, George Bush is serving by the will of the people.

The Democracy that Bush claims to fight for in Iraq is being eroded here in America. The people in America have spoken we do not want this war to escalate, we want it to end. How many more soldiers have to die for a fraudulent war. George Bush has basically committed a treasonous act “a betrayal of trust and confidence”. Yet the Democrats continue to act as if he is the ultimate decider, well the people are, and the people have spoken. We do not want this war anymore. This war has only benefited George Bush and his administration. I hate to be a conspiracy theorist but I have to ask why the Democrats are allowing this president to continue this illegal war.

The Democrats seem to forget that the founding fathers created a system of checks and balances for this very reason, to contain a tyrant. Bush is no different from Saddam and if you apply the same criteria for removing Saddam, then why is Bush still in office. He should have been gone a long time ago. I don’t know if I can wait until another election to see him gone. I don’t believe anything that he says, I think his speech was only to appease and fool the public, so that he can continue to his war for oil.

I am satisfied if this Congress does absolutely nothing except work on the following two things:
1. Ending this war and bringing our troops home.
2. Investigate and Impeach Bush and his administration.

I am pleased to see that Traitor Joe is still up to no good. Joe Lieberman should be ashamed of himself. Talk about self serving. We know that he does not believe in Democracy because he was defeated and did not go away, but starved for power he is undermining the party the brought him to power. He has no integrity and I cannot believe that he came so close to being our Vice President, and possibly President. I am so glad Gore did not win now. Joe Lieberman is a disgrace and a traitor to the people and the party.

Bush continues to cater to his base, they follow him blindly. I say to all the people who believe in more troops and this war, sign up and report for duty. Only those who feel this war is fruitful and just need to fight.

This congress is a joke. They are spineless, spineless and in a way are not that much better than Bush. They continue to say, “we are not going to cut off funding for troops,” and “we are not going to impeach”. Why not? If that is the only way to end the war, then so be it. They have basically given the country over to a Dictator. Bush dictates what he is going to do and then does, while congress sits idly by. I feel like I am being held hostage by this administration.
Congress allowed this president to go to war defying the United Nations, and now that they know he lied they refuse to hold him accountable. George Bush should not be making anymore decisions about the direction this country should go. We have already seen what he is about. Over 3,000 dead counting, over $3billion dollar wasted. We need to clean our house before we can help others with theirs. 2008 where are you?!!

Well I have just finished watching the daily talk shows and I am happy to report that they are up to business as usual. Does all the same mean fair and honest. Each station often critiques the other. CNN says they are “keeping it honest”, FoxNews is “fair and balanced”, but are they reporting news? But I am not sure what they. FoxNews is the easy one to pick on because of their obvious slant toward republicanism, but after all if we are going to be critical of the obvious biased reporting on Fox we have to talk about the fact that none of the so called liberal media stepped up and asked challenging questions of the administration leading up to the war with Irag. The media was for the war because they saw a ratings opportunity. They heavily promoted the war. Increased rating meant increase advertisement and subsequently increased dollars in the pockets of the media head, my question is what did the reporters have to gain. Did they sell out the country for bonuses, party invitations, Prada, and notariety.

The media did not do their job and we must now hold them accountable also. The “media” sat back and watched as others were sacrificed. They gave free advertisement to Bush’s war and spoon fed it to the people, took his lie and made it true. Day after day. I knew Bush was lying, how come they didn’t. It was a shame to watch good reporters like Peter Jennings struggle to tell the truth and still having to promote the corporate slant towards the war.

No news channel is different from the other because they ask the exact same questions. How is that possible? How is it possible that you have so many reporters on television but when it comes to any particular issue there are about 10 questions that are asked by all of them. While they criticize each other they are themselves an example of what they criticize.

So while we are addressing the subject of our presidency and freedoms we need to talk about the media. We cannot allow the media to steal this election. We must become more vocal when it comes to our expectations from the media.

They continue to disregard their duties when it comes to vigorously investigating this administration. Keyword -INVESTIGATE- They continue to refuse to ask questions of substance and peel back the layers of this administration. I am tired of them cutting off foreign leaders when they give interviews. I am tired of them cutting off a legitimate news event just to go to a panel. I think the American people are smart enough to listen for themselves and make their own conclusion. How can we join the debate if we don’t have the information. Especially the so called twenty four hour news organizations. More like four hours of news and twenty hours of repeats. After all they are on for twenty four hours. Maybe they wouldn’t have to repeat so much news if they didn’t cut out so much of the really important stuff.

So I say the media needs to be addressed in this election. Why do I feel like countries that are supposed to be less advanced and democratic seem to have more and better news. Why can we show explicit sex and violence, but we cannot have uncensored news. Why are news reporters all reporting from the same angle. I think news should be more information than entertainment. I want to know what George Bush is doing, not Paris Hilton, and Brat Pit.

We need to turn off those who do not report in the interest of the American people. This is not a Republican or Democratic issue. This is a Democracy issue, a truth issue. I have often heard it discussed that we should allow free advertisement for Political candidates. I think this needs some review. Our campaign process does not seem democratic if you need millions to conduct a campaign. The current method can only lead to the corruption that we have today, giving our Presidency to the highest bidder. This media is part of this viscious cycle by charging so much for advertisement space. It is time the media do their part for democracy and show appreciation for the privilege of being able to operate and make money in this great nation we call America. We all need to sacrifice, even the corporation controlled media. What are they doing to deserve the millions in tax releif they get from the government? I look forward to a fair and honest media one day.