Incoherent Rambling on Democrats, the Iraq War, the Good Fight, and Cindy Sheehan.

I am not an apologist for the Democratic Party. I find their capitulation on the Iraq War spending bill to be a huge mistake. We expected them to maintain a singular voice and express the will of the majority.

The occupation will continue and many more American soldiers will die for now and American resources will go down the great war machine hole.

The civil war will continue on its own huge momentum and in the future if even then, some resolution will occur in Iraq. One thing that I do know is that only the Iraqis can determine what type of society they want, on their own, but they may never get that chance.

The huge oil reserve in Iraq is unfortunately the major obstacle for the Iraqis. As long as it is there and the world requires oil for its energy, the control of that resource will exceed the need for the Iraqis peaceful existence. Its that simple.

However, it still does matter which candidate is elected to public office and in particular to the office of the President.

I recently took a look at the case of Charles Singleton - convicted killer becomes deranged in prison, an appeals court rules that he can be given drugs to rouse him to a degree of sanity at that point he can then be executed, and he was in fact executed.

The composition of the court that ruled in favor of this double drug scenario is heavily weighted by Republican Presidential appointees.

Let me spell it out. You can look at this as a singular event or a singular detail but it is not simply that. It is about a culture that will allow that degree of severity in society to proceed, and to proceed with its blessing. Its about a severe agenda for our society, keyword is severe.

It does matter who gets elected as President. The President makes many many appointments. There is a difference between the parties. Its tiny but that tiny difference favors a slightly more open and slightly more equal society.

If anything, the Alberto Gonzales attorney-gate fiasco demonstrates as clearly as possible, that the appointments of this President are based on politics, meaning a willingness by the appointee to carry out the severe agenda of the Republican Party above all other considerations as the basis for the appointment. Forget about egalitarianism, or pure justice, or pure equality, or even a non partisan attitude, forget about it, not important.

Cindy Sheehan's letter totally bummed me out. I recognize that she only has a finite amount of energy because the beast that she was trying to slay is massive and has a trillion lives.

It brings home how we can feel so insignificant trying to change this brutal corporate - military - war - prison complex monster. We can from time to time feel defeated in its cold security camera face. Its a terrible feeling and anyone on the left knows about it. Writing this blog isn't even a feather stroke on its thick hide.

Still, it does matter. The fight is always good. Cindy did a hell of a job and I love her for that, really truly love her. She did a lot, she did a hell of a job. I couldn't believe how for a period she was ubiquitous.

They used such heavy handed bullshit on this lady, for a period she took the whole major assault. The ugly bastard right wing noise and garbage machine spewed at her constantly.

They should be ashamed for that. But that would assume that they have enough humanity left to recognize that.