67%

Keith Olberman in Salon Magazine, July 3, 2007: 

“The protection of the environment is turned over to those of one political party who will financially benefit from the rape of the environment.

The protections of the Constitution are turned over to those of one political party who believe those protections unnecessary and extravagant and quaint.

The enforcement of the laws is turned over to those of one political party who will swear beforehand that they will not enforce those laws.

The choice between war and peace is turned over to those of one political party who stand to gain vast wealth by ensuring that there is never peace, but only war.”

67%

Two-thirds of the American people disagree with President Bush....  Take your pick: Scooter Libby, the environment, the war, the Gonzales fiasco...

The series of articles in the Washington Post and Salon Magazine on Dick Cheney's manipulations in the White House are telling.  They show the extent of the power grab that is still underway in the White House.

67% percent of Americans disagree with Cheney and Bush. 67% of Americans think they've gone too far.  67% of Americans are idealists, believing in the American Way of freedom, democracy, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.  33% are ideologues, believing that government is not for the people and by the people but the nemesis of the people. 

Blue Rage is taking a summer break.  We'll leave the political arena for two months.  We can't help but wonder where we'll be by then.  

September is the new line in the sand for Iraq.  If history is our guide, failure in Iraq will mean the bombing of Iran will begin.  The only military success that Bush can achieve is aggression.  What will Congress and the people say? How will they respond?  We'll see.

All of the Presidential candidates will be (I really mean it this time) really buckling down and getting serious about their campaigns.  Fred Thompson will still be teasing the faithful.  He knows that as soon as folks are asked to take him seriously, he'll loose his "star" quality.  

Barack will maintain his underdog status and even guard it carefully.  He's good, but not good enough to fight off the Hillary/Bill machine that could destroy him.  Stay cool Obama....  

The Republicans will get nastier, more manly, and even more draconian, as they continue to pander to their increasingly small but strident base.  They all carry the burden of the idealogue, trying to convince us all that their policies trump the constitution.

Mr. Cheney will not relinquish power.  Congress will not impeach him. His Stalinesque manipulations will be felt in the halls of government for many years after he retires to Wyoming.  It only remains for history to uncover the extent of the new revolution that brought him to power and the extent of the damage he and his lackeys have wrought on the government he despises so much.  

See you in September.

Blue Rager