Totalitarianism and Solipsism

We might be off on a rant here, and we apologize up front for that. But, in the discussions heard with some of the talking head/pundits on MSNBC and the like, the legal term obstruction of justice was used more than once. This term was, of course, applied to the firings/resignations of the 8 US attorneys.

The conjecture has also been made, that in the GOP's zeal to create a "permanent Republican majority" (a possible brain child of Karl Rove) they may have done serious political damage to our American legal system and, possibly, to our way of life. That is, the 8 US attorney firings may have been politically motivated and may have targeted those US attorneys handling indictments (some sealed) against Republicans (notably, one Duke Cunningham - now convicted). This is where an obstruction of justice charge or charges might come in to play. Of course, subpoenas have been voted for in Congress and they will get to the bottom of this whole deal.

Of course, replacing the "traitors" would have resulted in a major step to creating the so-called "permanent Republican majority". Perhaps, even an Evil Empire, one ghost-run by Karl Rove? (Sigh...there we go with Star Wars analogies). This does matter to the Democratic Party (and to democracy, too, we believe). Hopefully, the Congress will get to the bottom of this, and, if charges are to be made then they will be made. Hopefully we can stop this headlong slide into a Totalitarian state right here in the good ol' USA. Although, this point may not matter much to the Libertarians, like this one here.

The end of this business week also brought us the strange, peevish political theater foisted by Dubya over the rejection of his War Funding renewal and apparent replacement by a bill with a withdrawal. Fostering a myopic viewpoint - or worse, a solipsist point of view. One wonders if our Leadership is aware of the point that many Americans would rather not have daily press conferences on the war. Perhaps if we could get out of this war, maybe we could spend more time on other important topics - like education, veterans administration,health care reform, health care for all, housing for all, jobs, the economy, immigration, the coming crisis with China, etc... Maybe the Democrats have not spoken to the ground commanders in the war, but maybe they have. Maybe they will put us on the right path. We hope so. We hope they don't have a solipsist point of view like our leadership.