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Well...thankfully, the Cheney drama is dying down. I was getting tired of hearing about it. Our administration does so many unethical things. Why were we focusing on this?!?!?

So, here are my thoughts.

1) There is no debate it was an accident. Likewise, I have no doubt that Cheney was truly sorry for shooting his friend, and was extremely concerned for his health all week.

2) Of course he took full responsiblity for the accident. He had no other choice! Can you imagine him coming on Fox News, and saying, "Yeah, shooting my friend sucked, but he shouldn't have stepped out of line. It's his fault."  In other words, Cheney's noble words are not news!

3) Why did he get a standing ovation in his home state again?

Now...let's turn out attention back to the real problems facing this administration.

This week, Bush finally told us about the 2002 plot to fly an airplane into the "Liberty" Tower. It was the latest excuse that he was using in his PR effort to garner support for his controversial (and illegal) wire-tapping program.  However, I'm not sure I can believe this story...I'm not accusing Bush of lying yet, but certain things strike me as strange.

1) First of all, it's Library Tower. Ok, if you hear about a terror plot against Los Angeles, I'd imagine you'd be talking about it all the time to try to figure out how to thwart the criminals, right? I'm assuming the name of the target would come up numerous times in one conversation. In all those discussions, wouldn't Bush have learned the real name...?

2) Why is he coming out with this information now? What happened in 2006, that he's now able to tell us about this plot? And why couldn't he tell us before? The timing seems a little suspicious.

3) Why wouldn't the mayor of Los Angeles know the details of the alleged terror plot before hearing Bush's public speech?

I am all for the president protecting us from terrorism, and I want him to do everything he can to catch these terrorists (without creating new ones), but I am a little unhappy at the prospect of him lying about a terror plot to scare us into giving him unnecessary powers. 

Well...it's time for me to come back to my blog. I've been so busy these past few months, that the thought of turning on my computer to write a blog has been quite unappealing. But now, I'm back! I plan to keep this blog up to date and keep people informed, so they can make the right choice in the upcoming election.

I believe it is VERY important that Democrats take back at least one of the houses this year! Even if I liked this current administration, I would want to have some balance in the government. With the right controlling the executive, legislative and judiciary branches of the government, there are no more checks and balances (a fundamental belief of our founding fathers, by the way) in our administration.

Republicans have controlled our government for a long time now, and have proven that they can't handle it. Our administration has been plagued with lying, fraud, neglection, cheating, invasion of privacy, crime and downright selfishness. It's time for the United Status to demand that we get democracy back.

And I hope I can contribute to that cause!