Duct Tape Blues

I feel Orange today no, I think I feel Yellow today, No Orange, no Yellow, Ok Orange. The city should have a billboard with the day's color on it. A friend of the family just got his orders to report for military duty. I hope he stays safe. I know of other people in the reserves as well. I feel bad. I know they signed up knowing the risks, but it still doesen't change the fact that I will worry for their safety. I worry for everyone involved in the actual fighting of this upcoming war. Did anyone go to school. and meet a guy who didn't want to be in school, but he did it because daddy paid for it and because he was just trying to get out of working for a living? This guy was the boy who partied all night, didn't worry about grades and did alcohol and drugs whenever and wherever he could? Well that's our President. It bothers me that a C student from Yale is making the decision to send our kids to war. It bothers me that this C student a male cheerleader that only went into college to get out of Vietnam service with his family connections. This C student was a failed businessman in the oil business.This C student was a major coke head before he became a christian all of a sudden. He is the kind of guy who comes to your door and tries to save you from the devil. Bush believes he is leading a holy crusade to convert the godless hordes to christianity. So instead of knocking on a lot of doors to save us all from the devil, he is going to fight all the devils of the world in our name. Not in my Name buddy. There are evil people out there, but there are better ways to deal with them, without exposing our kids to potential Biological and Chemical attacks. In the meantime my friends are going there and may do the bleeding and the dying for Bush's holy cause. What a waste. What a criminal waste.
Just to add insult to injury here is a new story which just came out
"The administration is proposing to cut $100 million in fiscal year 2004 in education spending that goes to schools with heavy concentrations of military kids. The cut represents a 10 percent reduction in the program's $1 billion budget.

Protests can be heard from Virginia Beach, Va., to San Diego — two cities with a large military presence. Parents and administrators are furious with the president.
Feb. 24 — As the Bush administration is sending thousands of men and women overseas to prepare for a possible war with Iraq, President Bush wants to cut funding for the schools that many of their children attend."

What else can we expect, sadly, nothing surprises me anymore.