Who's headed to that Elephant Burial Ground? Signs point to....us?

It's almost laughable. Even while Bush scrambles to keep his head above water while scandal after disaster after political embarrassment makes the pool ever slimier, his party is still working hard to beat down the middle class. I've mentioned in a previous post the changes in bankruptcy laws that make it harder to grab that last life preserver when you're going down for the last time. Then the talk of removing the mortgage interest deduction on taxes for people who are unfortunate enough to only have one primary residence to declare. Now it seems that the House GOP leaders are pushing a budget bill to cut billions of dollars in student loan programs.

How many ways can they tell us we don't matter? How many more tax cuts for the rich and benefit cuts for the middle and lower classes will it take before people really rebel? I watched President Jimmy Carter on Larry King a few nights ago. He has written a book about the current crisis in Washington called "Our Endangered Values". He talked about the fact that no administration in history has favored the rich over the poor like Bush's has. People were calling in from all over the country to agree with his point of view, and most wanted to know, What can we do? How can we let the government know how we feel about what is going on? He told them to speak out whenever and however they could; to write to their congresspeople and senators, to vote when the opportunity arose.

This blog is my small way of speaking out. I hope that someone reads this and is maybe sparked in a way to thought and/or action that they just haven't been before. Then maybe their letter to the editor, or their cocktail party chatter, will reach someone else, and then join the groundswell that seems to be starting out there.

What is happening to this country and to its people is so tragic.

Impeach Bill Clinton for an overactive libido? How many people were killed or unemployed by his actions? How many dropped from the health insurance rolls? Our budget was BALANCED. How long did it take for Bush to blow that away?

Let's get rid of this man and his cronies however we can. Let's put them in that Elephant Burial Ground before we in the middle class find ourselves there instead.