April 15, 2008 Issue

                                      Kyle and Paul

                                        Since we as John & Jane Q Public are not invited to those informal meetings where policy and plans of action are discussed, Katara-Rhythm presents Kyle and Paul.  We, as does G Dubya like to give our friends  nicknames as well. So in that vein we will call Kyle and Paul or K&P. They are friends who have different political perspectives and don’t look like your normal human being (uh…actually they are a couple of birds. They are  not Hawks, Doves or Eagles...uh actually they are Crows). Both consider themselves  independents. Shall we follow their exploits?_________________________________ 

            The Winds of Change

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Remember, this article is pure fiction. The conversations that Kyle and Paul are listening to are fabricated and not true. Its all make believe, OK? K-R Editors

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     G Dubya may want to meet with you.

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There was a great line in an e mail sent to the Lou Dobb’s (CNN political & current news) Show the day after the November 7^th mid-terms elections.  At the end of the author’s comments of disgust with the war in Iraq, he simply asked the president “Can you hear us now”? This was in reference to voters who had overwhelming reject the Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Iraq Doctrine of “Stay the course” and elected a Democratic House of Representatives and Senate.

Immediately after the election, we heard a sometimes shocked Bush concede to the will of the people that a change in Iraq was required. He even gave the nation a sacrificial lamb in the person of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld by accepting his resignation.

Republicans were outraged indicated the move came a month to late to save their job. Never mind that the 2006 Republican majority House and Senate was the most do nothing congress since a year in the Herbert Hoover presidency. They spent fewer hours in session than any congress of any year in US history and were often baffled by the bills they passed when they found language in the very same bill they did not agree with. Why, because they did not read the bill. Yet and to stay on point…

Bush sounded like a man who had gone to bed with all of his riches locked up for the night only to wake up a find them stolen by a known thief in the night. And even worse…there was nothing he could do about it as the thief was going to be in charge of guarding the very vault he needed to open in order to push his agenda. It looked like the next two years was going to be hell for the Commander-in-chief.

The public had spoken, our presence in Iraq has deteriorated, we are not going to win this conflict, lives and money are being wasted and they were tired of seeing the Bush administration tell them that they were seeing something that was not there. Bring our boys home…they shouted from the hills and valleys of the U.S.

The Bipartisan committee on Iraq has reported…”Stay the Course” will not work in Iraq. They made several recommendations that were first praised yet lately have been rejected by Republican (running for president in 2008) McCain and those who think we can win the war in Iraq. McCain called the Bipartisan committee report and suggestion on Iraq a recipe for defeat and not for victor.

Today (December 10, 2006), Bush sounds like the same man he was last year in the following words.  “Will we have the resolve and confidence in liberty or prevail?  That question is not going to face this government…because we made up our mind. We’ve made that part clear. It’ll face future governments. There will be future opportunities for people to say, ‘Well, it’s not worth it. Let’s just retreat.’ ”

Sooooooooo…he is going to let the next president solve the problem? This reminds me of his answer to critics before he was re-elected by the south, conservatives, and the religious right. At the time he said the war in “Iraq is hard work.”

I guess it was wishful thinking to believe G Dubya had grown into the office of the presidency.  He has gone into what I like to call full PR mode. He will meet with this, that, and the other person or persons along with the Pentagon, various committees, foreign and US governments, and his wife and daughters, although I think the wife and daughters meeting will be separate and maybe a combine meeting that will be entitled a family meeting.

I think he should also meet with the creators of Sesame Street as that show is shown all over the world. He could appear with foreign equivalent of Big Bird, The count, or Grouch. Complex problems are discussed and solved every day on that show.   

He could meet with the Chairman of Wal-mart. They seem to have an excellent plan of gaining approval for their mega stores partly at community expense. He could get in touch with Old Saint Nick. He seems to be able to accomplish a lot in one twelve hour period of Christmas Eve.

Maybe Bush should contact Oral Roberts, Pat Robertson, or some of the others religious right fanatics who pretend to have direct contact with Jesus Christ. God is always on their side (or so they say), no matter what idiotic muttering come out of their mouth in the name of religion. They always seem to have big plans and George is their guy.

From the tone and implication of his words last week (Dec 4-8, 2006), he has already visited the undisclosed location that Vice-president Chaney has been hiding in since 9-11. That meeting probably was lacking in fresh ideas and ending up with a more of the same course.   

Well, Mr. President…maybe you have not heard the majority of people in this country, your new Secretary of Defense, Iraqi people who all agree on one course of action. We have got to start bringing our troops home and letting Iraq stand on it’s own to feet. We have had enough already.

And since we know you don’t read the papers and for your information, Hussein’s nephew, Ayman Sabawi escaped prison yesterday. They suspect it was an inside job.

Take the blinders off, turn off the Rush Limburg’s of talk radio for a minute. Get a hearing aid. Pay attention to the public’s cry of ENOUGH ALREADY. We don’t want to wait two years for someone else to clean up your mess. You are the President of the United States not the President of the Red States. Act like it and either lead, follow or simply get the hell out of the way.

Editors Note:

 The following is such an outstanding quote in our opinion that we intend to leave it in every issue for 2008 to highlight the George W. Bush administration that was re-elected for a second term.

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"It is the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11; the same people who told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with weapons of mass destruction; the same people who told us we would be able to use the oil for reconstruction money; the same people who told us we would be greeted as liberators, not occupiers; the same people, the same President who told us the Taliban is gone; the same President who told us that Poland is our ally 2 days before they pull out; the same President who tells us Iraq is going just great; the same President who tells us the economy is going just great; the same people who told us the tax cuts were going to create millions of jobs; the same people who told us that the Medicare program only cost $400 billion when it really cost $540 billion."                                                                                                       Rep. Tim Ryan, Ohio. October 5, 2004