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Is there really anything the President can do in the Oval Office, except to give the order to launch a massive attack? It isn't as if they strap on their six gun and duel for us. So what do they do, or what will they do, or what have any even promised? Oh they all have experience, they all have plans, Stay The Course on tough Defense, but make lots of changes in how Washington works. Of course we are at war in Afghanistan, people tend to forget that. It hardly ever comes up in discussion and as we approach the election I really hope we get to hear some debate talking point about it. Our troops have been fighting a war on terror there and every year there's a new bumper crop of opium. It's a really good thing we aren't fighting our war on drugs there or the increasing exports, of record strength opium harvests, might make it seem like the whole effort is a failure. Afghan farmers increased opium production 34 percent in 2007 and last year produced 93 percent of the world's opium, the main ingredient in heroin. Its export value was estimated at $4 billion. That's almost good enough to be a listed as a corporation. If not they can grow the business, get some distributors and sell that at a bigger mark up, through retailers closer to the customers. Maybe Congress could get off cheaper if it takes just two weeks of the war cost to buy all of it. Then say another day's worth of spending to ship it to a warehouse, or even use the FEMA trailers to store it. You might say they are moldy now but we know if we give it to Congress to keep, eventually they will destroy it. The candidates tell us that we are a special breed we Americans, and our rightness will always prevail; we are the best people on the planet and we have the record to show for it. Americans are the hardest working and the most caring people on the earth, who else could carry a war tab like that? On top of it all, look at how much compassion there is, every time there is any kind of disaster. Americans reach into our pockets. We don't count on the government to do everything you know, they have bigger issues to take care of. We need leaders with experience to tell us we're good. They have the skill and the leadership to fund this kind of destruction. Spend, spend, spend $275 million per day just for Iraq and that's not even counting the money for so many other special interests and subsidies. Isn't it clear now why Washington can't do it alone and there are 65 lobbyists for every Member of Congress. It frees them up to fund raise and to stump because there are Islamo-Fascists to kill. Kill them there so we don't need to kill them here that's the logic, right? It must be a mighty fierce enemy, because after years and years of using our weapons of something that's not mass destruction, we have an endless war we're fighting. But what we do have is patrols and guards and canine units, all around the New York Stock Exchange. There's no way that the Islamo-Facists will get near our biggest assets our corporations. Unless that is all our money is gone and our companies beg them to come in, to buy us!!
http://pameladrew.newsvine.com/ Pamela Drew tracks the legislation, politics, science and spin surrounding the genetically altered foods. She is a freelance researcher, writer and documentary film producer living in New York City, where she works with advocacy groups and small producers to create sustainable farming practices and community based agriculture programs. Pamela is the executive producer of the controversial film 'Roundup Ready Nation ~ dying for profits' www.roundupreadynation.com
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