A NATIONAL QUESTIONING OF INTEGRITY

Recent reports of an alleged terrorist plot to blow up the gas line leading to JFK airport has induced various responses, from utter relief to utter disbelief, as expressed by a reader on one of the left wing blogs (The Daily KO's).

"I don’t believe the latest terrorist plot bullshit. If this ever goes to trial, and if they show actual evidence that these guys they arrested weren’t just talking trash, I’ll admit I was wrong and apologize for what I’m about to say: "I knew there’d been plenty of stupid shit busts like this over the last few years, but really...how dumb to you have to be to believe the U.S. government at this point? The U.S. government has ZERO credibility. FDA—failing to protect U.S. consumers, FEMA—catastrophic failure in New Orleans, Iraq War—lies upon lies to get Americans to launch an illegal war of aggression, 9-11—failure to prevent what anyone with a lick of sense could see coming for years (ask me why I wasn’t surprised that day—shocked by the massive slaughter, but not the attack), Economy—govt economic figures distorted and made essentially useless, i.e. inflation figures, unemployment data, etc., etc., etc.... Unless something is done to change that lack of credibility via impeachment or at least a democratic administration/congress that tells the truth occasionally post 2008, it will remain an unbelievable and nauseating purveyor off horseshit and unrestrained violence."

Now, obviously this person has gotten off to the deep, dark side of the political spectrum, and quite possibly was wearing a "Rosie" t-shirt when commenting, however it is not an exaggeration to say that a large portion of the country, and in fact the world, does not believe anything coming out of the Bush administration, or any portion of the federal government as long as Bush/Cheney are in office. A huge number of people (voters) believe that the Bush administration is, in deed, capable of the most despicable deeds, including/but not limited to carrying out plots which will result in the unnecessary deaths of their own constituents.

Nefarious isn't the word. An alarming number of the citizens of the U.S. do not approve of the Bush administrations record over the past six years, but it goes deeper than this. They believe them to be the core root of what is wrong with the nation, and in fact, a lot of the world's problems today. I am not talking about Islamic-fascists around the world, I am talking about the Jones family in Iowa, and Mayor Smith in North Dakota. I am talking about the librarian in a small, rural town in West Virginia, I am talking about good people who do not trust the executive branch of the United States, a country they have loved all of their lives.

How we got there is not really the issue. As in all things, there is blame to be had on all sides. This is a polarized nation at the moment, who not only do not share the same opinions, the only thing they seem to share is an increasing hatred of each other. This fire has been kindled by the propaganda machines dressed up as "journalists." "Smart talk" has been replaced by political "smack downs." Civil, public discourse has been replaced by partisan hatchet jobs who do not discuss the issue at hand, they attack the people, and the issue is completely secondary. As always in this country, it is all about the money, fame and power. And if you have to dress up in clown makeup to get it, so be it.

But I digress. The core question is, can a government continue to function without the faith and support of its people? Can it succeed with no support from the global community?

We are seeing what happens when a country solicits support in advance of an invasion and the majority of the world says "hell no." Yes, we got some support, but even countries that owed us for our countries past heroism turned their backs on us. In hindsight, they may have been smart to do so.

When 16 to 19% of the administrations own party believes they had some sort of involvement in a national tragedy such as 911, there is definitely something wrong here.

In my mind, the GOP has to address this situation if they are going to have any kind of success in the next election. The country has turned their backs on the administration, and is starving for some semblance of leadership, some semblance of a national candidate who they can trust. As I have said in previous posts, the American people will vote for what they perceive to be lacking in their previous national leader. Nixon's wrongdoings resulted in the American people voting honesty first, which brought a peanut farmer Governor from no where to the forefront.

And how did that work for us?

And that is the "World According to Kimba"

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