Ari's Planet

Yes, the US Congress has done it again! They just stole 700 billion dollars from the rest of us to give to a bunch of big banks, which, due to their short-sighted profit-mongering and the lack of regulation by the government drove themselves into their own poo. As a patriotic American I am so happy to go lick the poo off of their boots. But really, why stop there? I mean, if you need 700 billion dollars, you might not bother trying to, say, raise taxes to pay for it. Oh no, you might, if you were like the gang of criminals Americans have managed to put into power, CUT TAXES BY $110 billion. So how do you pay for things? Maybe they'd cut the US military budget so it isn't nearly as much as the rest of the world's military spending combined? Withdraw from Iraq? Get rid of wasteful programs? No no, I guess they'll just do what they do best: mortgage our financial future by borrowing (as if the current nightmare of US debt isn't enough) or by printing more fake money thus devaluing the dollar.

Rep. Dennis J. Kucinich is gathering an online petition to support his articles of impeachment of George W. Bush that he presented to the Congress. He will even hand-deliver your comments to your representative if you so request.

This is what I wrote in the comment section: "It is inexcusable for Congress to not impeach the president and vice president, as well as any other members of the government who have violated the constitution in such a terrible manner. I have written to Representative Barney Frank that I will oppose his future reelection and will not vote for him in any future election; I will do the same for any incumbent member of congress who has failed to promote impeachment, in any district in which I am represented in the future. The president, and members of his administration, have been carrying out war crimes, torture, abduction, illegal surveillance of US citizens, to name just a few of their grievous acts of terror and wanton evil. America does not need a dictator, it needs a president who obeys the law."

My US tour concludes soon with my stay in sunny California. A visit with my cousin in San Francisco included a stop by the waterfront, the buffalo in Golden Gate Park, and a walk up and down Telegraph Hill where we saw the famous Parrots of Telegraph Hill. These are a noisy bunch who fly around the beautifully maintained gardens, accompanied by dragonflies, each of whose four wings glowed in the high sunlight.

I'm starting my world-tour with a few stops in the US. After discarding huge quantities of junk, including a couch I could hardly give away, I deposited my remaining possesions throughout the East Coast--in a storage facility in NC, with friends, with my parents in Massachusetts in two different cities, and with my sister and brother in law in NY. After a stop to see the folks, I moved on to NY to the Maxopolis Skybox--named after my adorable nephew and amazing view of the NYC skyline. My sister won't let me take Mr. Maxopolis himself on my world tour. Bummer.