non-ecumenical ramblings

there's something comforting about the knowledge that Bush has less than 10 months remaining in office. a knowledge that he'll soon be swept up on the dust bin of history. whoever comes next cannot damage the country as much & hopefully will repair some of his mistakes.

must be time to review McCain to see what he offers.

for the positives

• he's in favor of amnesty
• he wants to close Gitmo
• he called falwell/robertson 'agents of intolerance"
• he's opposed to torture
• he's requested no ear marks
• he voted 'no' to Bush's tax cuts

negatives

• he appears to have no domestic policy plans beyond veto-ing ear marks.caved in on torture too easily to Bush
• sucked up to Falwell at the end
• he's delusional to believe that "don't think Americans are concerned if we're there for a hundred years, or a thousand years, or ten thousand years". 10,000 years ago would be 7,992 B.C.E. just for the record.
• it's pathetic that any major politician would not know the difference now between Shiite & Sunni. if you do believe that our battle with jihadists is the battle of our lifetime, then how can you not know your enemy? truly pathetic to be that ignorant 5 years after the war started.

zindanfel port - belated birthday gift from sister