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And we're back!

Yes, after nearly a month away from the blog, I have returned! And with good reason! Guess who's comin' to Congress?

The Democrats!

If there was ever a time to nag your Congressfolk, this is it. Bush has a plan to send to 20,000 troops in a "surge" to bring down the violence. Generals and pundits alike have said that this is a bad idea, but unfortunately, our president thinks otherwise...as usual. Our troops are trapped in the middle of a civil war and this surge merely means that there will be MORE troops trapped in the middle of a civil war. The violence will rise, therefore so will the death toll; we cannot keep sending more soldiers over there to die for no good reason.

The hanging of Saddam Hussein did not help things. He was a monster and even David Letterman remarked when you're a cruel despot who's murdered hundreds of people "it's gonna catch up with ya". The problem with this execution was mainly how it just appeared that this man was a scapegoat. Somebody needed to be killed here, and all they had was Saddam, 'cause we still don't have the guy who actually attacked us. Osama is still forgotten. It also appeared merely to be sectarian payback.

Starting today (ceremonially at least), the new Congress will be voting on such things as raising the minimum wage, tightening rules on lobbyists and changing energy policy. They've got a lot planned in that first hundred hours...but so far none of it is Iraq related. Understandable, as that is going to take a lot of time and debate, but amidst all the other legislation they are trying to get through, I do hope that there is a meeting or two about building a united front among the somewhat fractious Democrats against sending any more troops to Iraq...let alone getting just our soldiers home.

If you want to see this happen, you know what you have to do: KEEP EMAILING! Email, call, fax, write, your family and friends, your Congressfolk and the press and remind them that you are indeed PAYING ATTENTION!! and want the change that we voted for!

Peace --Alex

posted by funkweee @ 7:31 AM