Mayday

More than seventeen hundred Americans--and uncounted Iraqis--dead since George W. Bush declared "Mission accomplished." One can't help but wonder what the mission is that was accomplished: Proving the American congress and people to be gullible and easily manipulated into war under false pretences? Creating a war so that the White House can use it to hide behind as they assault our civil liberties and call anyone who disagrees a traitor? Set the scene for a series of wars of opportunity to further destabilize the Mideast? Fight jihad with crusade in a medieval duel of fanaticisms?

On this day in which immigrants are demonstrating for the right to be included in all aspects of American society, I say welcome to people from the rest of the world. We need you. We need your votes in opposition to this path. We need the help of the rest of the world to rescue us from our own misbegotten government.