THE RIGHT STUFFING

Both men and women asked the same question. What did Bush stuff his crotch with? Evidently something, because when he's been photographed in running shorts, there was nary a moose knuckle to be seen.

Yet the much-heralded "top gun" turned out to be a fake. In the words of a Cross Fire contributor, "a water pistol." People who really are in the know, pilots who have worn the gear, laughed the loudest.

The chute harness between the legs is darned uncomfortable to walk around in so most will drop it off as soon as they can. Obviously Bush left it on to present a plumped up pelvic package designed to "attest to his manliness."

Since the "manliness" thing was lost in all the laughter, the media presented us with some well-chosen thought police to try to convince us otherwise. One of them was G. Gordon Leddy on HardBall.

"G" informed us that the packed protuberance that Bush projected at us in his swagger across the carrier in battle dress was a special treat for the ladies. "Size is important to women," he crowed lasciviously, "Bush showed them he was all man. This will get him lots of votes from the ladies."

Could be for some women but it's insulting to think that women vote on penis size and besides, penis size is important to men too, yet they'd never be accused of letting it control their voting preferences.

Carl Rove figured wrong this time. He knows that many women were turned off by the Iraqi war. So he packed the plumbing package on his boy knowing how the parachute straps would lift the stuffing and fabric in the area between them making a bulge.

Fraudulent goods pooched, just like the Florida elections. And just like the way Bush's speeches are contrived to distort the truth. While he was on the tax circuit, the males in the audience were told to remove their ties so it appeared to the TV audience that Bush is being cheered by "the working man."

The web is alive with the sound of laughter over this contretemps. This should serve Dems with a key to election strategy. First, as pointed out by Reverend Sharpton, the candidates must stop fighting and accusing each other. Then they should start poking fun at the opposition. http://www.ericblumrich.com/topgun.html

One subject that the media has studiously ignored is the Bush military record. It is a ripe area for humorous comments along with comparison with the much lauded "top gun" incident and all his lies. There is no need for stuffing or lying if one has the RIGHT STUFF -- obviously Bush does not.

Democratic candidates must certainly put themselves forward and tell the electorate why they would be so much better than the Bushites. At every opportunity, they should mention how the Bushites have savaged the Constitution and what has resulted. There is plenty to disparage but where possible, they should do it with humor.

The Homeland Security Department has infiltrated law enforcement agencies and struck terror in the minds of many ordinary citizens all over the country. Incidences may be reported locally but never seem to make national news.

The following examples (one from the East and one from the West Coast) of the havoc it is causing should be widely disseminated.

Barre, Vermont. excerpted from Times Argus Newspaper:

Recently, an on-duty policeman entered Spaulding High School shortly after midnight with the aid of the janitor who unlocked the door. The cop proceeded to take pictures of the student bulletin board and the door of one of the classrooms.

The teacher in that targeted classroom, an admitted Liberal, encouraged his students to voice their opinions in words and pictures. These were placed on their bulletin board and some were derogatory to Bush.

The pictures of the BB, taken by the officer were sent to Rush Limbaugh who spent several hours defaming the teacher for forcing his Liberal views onto students. Rush called the policeman, who had taken the pictures and illegally entered the high school, a hero and put them the pictures up on his web site.

The students insist that the teacher did not force his views on them. A meeting of parents and teachers aired the views of the community and the consensus was that the teacher was just doing his job. The principal of the high school confirmed this.

Oakland, California, excerpted from Kron4 Bay Area Online:

Two students at Oakland High School were interrogated by the Secret Service because of remarks they made during a class discussion. The discussion was about the war in Iraq. The students made comments about Bush and the teacher felt their remarks were a direct threat so she reported it to the Secret Service.

Oakland High has always prided itself as allowing the free expression of ideas. Teacher Cassie Lopez says, "They [the boys] were so shaken up and afraid." She went on to say the teacher made a poor judgement call.

Other teachers are also crying foul. Teacher Larry Felson says, "What we're concerned about is academic freedom and that students have the right to free expression in the classroom." Even worse, teachers claim, is the fact that the students were grilled by federal agents without legal counsel or their parents present, just the principal.

Somehow we must get the information showing this kind of damage out to the whole country. Only then will others learn of the destructive nature of the Patriot Act and its spawn, Homeland Security.

Having the right stuff instead of faking it also applies to making the country safe from terrorists attacks. The Bushite's complicity in the 9/11 attacks must be exposed by releasing the report of the investigation. Governments that usurp the right of the people to dissent are fascist, not democratic.

twanda@sover.net

2003-020

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