{"id":160,"date":"2006-10-08T21:36:55","date_gmt":"2006-10-09T04:36:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=160"},"modified":"2006-10-09T07:38:40","modified_gmt":"2006-10-09T14:38:40","slug":"terminally-confused-vote-against-the-incumbents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/montaraventures.com\/blog\/2006\/10\/08\/terminally-confused-vote-against-the-incumbents\/","title":{"rendered":"Vote against the incumbents"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\nWhile Congress wastes time and effort on the so-called <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20061008\/pl_nm\/election_dc_1\">Foley scandal<\/a>, the North Korean&#8217;s have followed through on their <a href=\"https:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/nm\/20061009\/ts_nm\/korea_north_dc_25\">stated plan to test a nuclear device<\/a>. I guess we need to welcome yet another state to the nuclear fraternity. Great.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nSo let&#8217;s take score:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We&#8217;re spending more money than ever before, at last check $1 BILLION dollars more a day than revenue. Every man, woman, and child&#8217;s share of the national debt in the US? ~$27,000.\n<li>We&#8217;re mired in Iraq with no clear plan to win the peace (Despite the $20M allocated by Congress to celebrate the victory&#8230;) 4,000 Iraqi police have been killed, another 8,000 injured. Sounds like progress to me.\n<li>Afghanistan is reverting to Taliban control (as claimed by the UN Commander)\n<li>Iran is following North Korea&#8217;s lead in developing nuclear capability (it&#8217;s clear we only have military reprisals for those unable or unwilling to protect themselves)\n<li>We&#8217;ve significantly limited American&#8217;s rights in America via the PATRIOT act (Hint Congress, expiration would have been a very GOOD THING.)\n<li>We&#8217;ve got secret prisons, detention without end, suspension of habeas corpus, and TORTURE\n<li>We&#8217;re spying on our citizens without probable cause (is it any wonder large companies like HP are following the Executive Branch&#8217;s lead on this stuff?)\n<\/ul>\n<p>This is a partial list, I&#8217;m just typing the things that are immediately coming to my head without deep thought. It&#8217;s an appalling list. Yet, we&#8217;re spending our time and effort on finding out who some 2nd rate Congressman wanted to screw? Near as I can tell, to be an intern or paige, one needs to be older than 16 years old, the age of sexual freedom in Washington D.C. Is it great to have a Congressman hitting on interns or paiges? Nope. Is what he did illegal? Nope. Is this an important issue? In the grand scheme of things, nope. I am condemning the entire political apparatus, in this particular instance, Congress, for <b>HAVING THE WRONG PRIORITIES AT THE WRONG TIME. AGAIN!<\/b><br \/>\n<br \/>\nWhen you go into the booth (or fill out your absentee ballot,) do us all a favor and simply vote against the incumbent. That&#8217;s perhaps the simplest and least harmful thing we can (provided our votes are counted&#8230;.) I&#8217;d like to start an anti-incubent movement before the election. I don&#8217;t care if they&#8217;re Red or Blue, if they&#8217;re in office, they&#8217;re a target because they&#8217;ve been asleep at the switch. If you agree, send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=160\">the link to this blog around<\/a>. Let&#8217;s show MoveOn what grass roots really means. Let&#8217;s vote and throw the bums out. Let&#8217;s take our country back and make history with a new congress, really new. Not a retread. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montaraventures.com\/blog\/?p=160\">Steal this entry and share it<\/a>. Please.<br \/>\n<br \/>\nOhio State\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s 2006 record: <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/ncaaf\/teams\/oob;_ylt=ApiRDtt7p8MTZpktFXDiDqUcvrYF\">6-0<\/a> Next up: @Michigan State 10\/14<br \/>\nTune: <a href=\"https:\/\/phobos.apple.com\/WebObjects\/MZStore.woa\/wa\/viewAlbum?playlistId=346604&#038;s=143441&#038;i=346588\">Running to stand still<\/a> by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.u2.com\/\">U2<\/a><br \/>\nTechnorati Tags:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/vote+anti+incumbent\" rel=\"tag\"> Vote Anti-Incumbent<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/idiocracy\" rel=\"tag\"> Idiocracy<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/change\" rel=\"tag\"> Change<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tag\/mike+harding+blog\"> Mike Harding Blog<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While Congress wastes time and effort on the so-called Foley scandal, the North Korean&#8217;s have followed through on their stated plan to test a nuclear device. I guess we need to welcome yet another state to the nuclear fraternity. Great. 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