WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?

WHATEVER HAPPENED TO?

By Peter Fredson

July 1, 2005

The Price of Gasoline? Should we worry about it?

The National Deficit? Should we worry about it?

Those awful Weapons of Mass Destruction that Saddam had “imminently” poised to nuke the U.S. and destroy whole cities? Should we worry about them?

Compassionate Conservatism? Should we worry about it?

The Senate as a branch of the Oval Office? Should we worry about it?

The extreme partisanship of Congress, with overt bullying, railroading, cheating, sneaking around, deceiving and misinforming? Should we worry about it?

A President that never made a mistake, never needs to apologize, doesn’t read newspapers, loves draft-dodging aggressive neo-cons, despises pity,
and has no idea of how to bring down the greatest deficit in history. Should we worry about it?

Several million unemployed people? Should we worry about them?

The high paying jobs lost and given to foreigners, like Indian computer people? Should we worry about them?

No Child Left Behind Funding? Should we worry about it?

Deterioration of the Environment? Should we worry about it?

Regulations making our air cleaner and water more pure? Should we worry about them?

The Price of Automobile Insurance? Should we worry about it?

The falling purchasing price of the Dollar? Should we worry about it?

Schools lacking basic supplies, buildings, maintenance and teachers. Should we worry about them?

All the corporate theft and corruption? Should we worry about it?

The Vice-President giving Millennium Corporation all the oil of Iraq and winking at the billion dollars in corruption and losses. Should we worry about him?

The Doctors that had to give up practice because of exorbitant insurance? Should we worry about them?

Taxpayer money going to rebuild parts of Iraq that we destroyed? Should we worry about it?

The size of the budget which is NOT dedicated to giving Americans better living, health and care? Should we worry about it?

The increase in nuclear weapons that George Bush wants to build to make us “more secure?” Should we worry about it?

Campaign speeches about “Uniting and not Dividing?” Should we worry about what happened?

Vacancies on the Supreme Court? Should we worry about them?

A smooth experienced diplomatic diplomat who will work WITH the United Nations instead of trying to destroy it? Should we worry about it?

War plans still on against Syria and Iraq? Should we worry about them?

Nearly 1,800 of our soldiers killed in a war caused by lies? Does anyone try to stop the killing? Why did the Senate not investigate BEFORE letting a petulant and irresponsible president declare war on a sovereign nation? Should we worry about it?

Those neocons? How long will they bring havoc, disgrace, and destruction to our nation? Should we worry about it?

Sovereignty, definition? Bush plays fast and loose with legalities. Should we worry about it?

Abuse and Torture? Bush plays fast and loose with legalities. Should we worry about it?

Homeland Security? Civil Rights? Detention without warrants for any period of time our extra-legal president desires? Should we worry about it?

The right to read, write, speak, or listen to anything our heart desires? Must we be afraid to do any of that? Should we worry about it?

Those draft-dodgers in the cabinet who want us to give our lives for their country, but won’t volunteer themselves or their children for service. Should we worry about it?

Opening our National Parks for corporate exploitation, for profit. Should we worry about it?

America as guardian of liberty, of democracy, of freedom, of moral behavior, as exponent of diplomacy? Should we worry about it?

Our Constitution? Can we change it to suit some passage in a sacred book or to suit some person’s religious views at will. Should we worry about it?

Our System of Justice? Can we select judges on the basis of their church beliefs, because they must agree with the President’s religious views? Should we worry about it?