Sunday, July 25, 2004
day 100/reason 1
reason #1 to dethrone Bush: we can't trust him
I've been having debates with my dad about the role of dissent during the time of war, and one of his fundamental arguments is that "Bush is our president and we need to trust him". I strongly disagree that we need to place blind trust in our leaders. Especially because Bush has proven himself unworthy of our trust for a large number of reasons, including the rampant appearance of conflicts of interest within his administration (exhibit a: Halliburton and Cheney), his faulty arguments for going to war against Iraq, his failure to hold administration officials responsible for their actions (such as for the Valerie Plame outing)... I could list more examples, but you get the point.
Many Americans have long had a mistrust of government, especially when they believe that the government does not have the citizens' best interests at heart - hell, it's what got this country started in the first place. What Bush and Co. have been especially adept at is fostering the increasingly common notion that government is run by and for large corporate interests. Bush has failed to prove to me that he really is concerned about the lives of average people. His actions speak louder than the rhetoric he espouses, and although he and his supporters like say that he is "for the little guy", I just don't believe it, and neither do a lot of Americans.
For informations about contributors to both the Bush and Kerry campaigns, check out this site. And take a moment to imagine how good our public schools and health care system might be if even a small percent of the money going into this campaign was going toward them instead.
¶ 8:26 PM
reason #1 to dethrone Bush: we can't trust him
I've been having debates with my dad about the role of dissent during the time of war, and one of his fundamental arguments is that "Bush is our president and we need to trust him". I strongly disagree that we need to place blind trust in our leaders. Especially because Bush has proven himself unworthy of our trust for a large number of reasons, including the rampant appearance of conflicts of interest within his administration (exhibit a: Halliburton and Cheney), his faulty arguments for going to war against Iraq, his failure to hold administration officials responsible for their actions (such as for the Valerie Plame outing)... I could list more examples, but you get the point.
Many Americans have long had a mistrust of government, especially when they believe that the government does not have the citizens' best interests at heart - hell, it's what got this country started in the first place. What Bush and Co. have been especially adept at is fostering the increasingly common notion that government is run by and for large corporate interests. Bush has failed to prove to me that he really is concerned about the lives of average people. His actions speak louder than the rhetoric he espouses, and although he and his supporters like say that he is "for the little guy", I just don't believe it, and neither do a lot of Americans.
For informations about contributors to both the Bush and Kerry campaigns, check out this site. And take a moment to imagine how good our public schools and health care system might be if even a small percent of the money going into this campaign was going toward them instead.
¶ 8:26 PM
