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Enough is fracking enough

I should be ashamed at myself. For years I have felt fearful of publicly commenting negatively about this administrations lies, corruption and general abandonment of basic civil liberties out of fear of reprisal. The follow excerpt from the failed $700 billion bailout proposed by the Bush administration, "Decisions by the Secretary pursuant to the authority of this Act are non-reviewable and committed to agency discretion, and may not be reviewed by any court of law or any administrative agency" is the straw that broke this camel's back.

Any elected congressional member who voted for this bill should be arrested and tried as a traitor. I personally believe that "tarring and feathering" is not a cruel and unusual punishment for such perpetrators of greed, deceit and dishonesty. If only they would import their snake oil from China, we would have a chance of helping our cumulative gene pool, as I am sure that whatever comes from China will eventually poison or pollute us out of existence.

You know something, I am mad as hell, and I do not want to take it anymore. I very well might cast my vote for Ralph Nader this time. At least he does not speak with a forked tongue, and I believe he probably has the intelligence to lead us in the right direction, or at least try to lead, as I suspect our elected criminals would stifle any attempt to limit the wolves attack on us sheep.

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