A Memorial to Fabricators, Fortune Hunters, and Fools

Part 1

The memorial, an open cesspool, is foul with the stench of putrid perfidy. Put to rest in the glistening subversive sludge are the fallen misleaders. Shards of misshapen metal contaminated with depleted uranium, bear the names of cowards, aristocrats, hegemonists, racists, manipulators, imperialists, war profiteers, religious and military zealots, and the other lying dregs of society who perpetuated the illegal war on Iraq. We must remember to dishonor the the Bush Administration and its Congress on this day, so that Never Again, will their ilk be elected to abuse power in public office.

The inscription in blood on the twisted metal reads,

"Their Savage Souls Will Swirl Forever in This Eternal Sewage". Here fester the legacies of:

The "Presider-Decider" who rattled a sword edged with lies and started a war
The "Co-Presider" whose "Vices" have plunged the world into the depths of death and darkness
The Secretary of State whose diplomacy was limited to threats of armed, organized terror
The demented, warlord wanna-be Secretary of Defense who touted torture as a tool "to win the hearts and minds" of the Presider's victims
The Presider's Strategist and Advisor, roving gas-bag Karl, who propagandized the "Big Lie" like a reincarnation of Dr. Paul Joseph Goebbels
The Attorney General who was appointed by the Presider to render the Constitution and the laws of our land into tools of totalitarian enforcement
And Congress, inclusive of all members of the House and the Senate who lined their pockets, turned their backs, and nodded a bandwagon, irresponsible consent to an illegal war.

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Part 2

The cycle of endless war and memorials to its victims, both military and civilian, needs to be broken like any cycle of abuse needs to be broken. The disruption of an abusive circuit requires vigorous scrutiny and constant viligance. The conditions that created and then enabled the the continuation of the destructive loop must not be allowed to reoccur. The abuse must be directly confronted and the abusers held publicly accountable. The surviving victims of abuse and their families must regain control over their lives. They must overcome the instinct to "follow" and become, instead, responsible, educated citizens. Only then, will they be their own "deciders".

The leadership of the United States - those elected to represent us temporarily - must be made to be responsible for their decisions and actions. We are in a cycle of perpetual war because members of the Excutive and Legislative branches of our government abandoned their moral and ethical standards in favor of misguided vengeance, dreams of imperialistic dominance, and the lure of unaccounted for "Fog of War" billions in financial profits. That Judicial branch is being brought, by appointment of radical judges, into this moral and ethical void, is further evidence of the abusive practices the current American leadership.

I propose that "We the People" enact a law that requires any elected official who votes to inflict military force on another country prove their comittment to such violent action by direct participation. The President, Vice President, Secretaries of State and Defense, Speaker of the House, Members of the House and Members of the Senate are all replaceable. Members of the American military are listed as "EXPENDABLE". We need to expand that listing to include our elected representatives.

War, especially the "undeclared variety", is an abhorent FAILURE of foreign policy. It is a dangerous and unforgiving drug whose "addicts" demand ever-increasing doses of its vicarious thrills and blood drenched corporate currency. Those who "vote" FOR aggressive armed conflict should shoulder the arms and and commence said conflict in PERSON regardless of age, gender, health, or prior military service...No exceptions.

If they can push a pen, they can pull a trigger. Even doddering old men can slop food on plates in the mess hall. Corporate whores and big-mouthed "bring 'em on" arm chair warriors can drive tanks and Humvees as well as some young kid, probably even better. And we know that women can fight, isn't that right, Hillary? Let our "representatives" wallow in the quagmire of their own creation until they are dead or there is resolution and restoration of life-sustaining peace.

When the officials who are elected to serve us (we do not serve them) are forced to own their votes, we will see the use of military force move from the premier "option" to the informed decision of "last resort". Responsible pro-war votes will require Congressman X and Senator Y to suit up and ship out along with any gung ho Presiders, Co-Presiders, their appointees, and corporate supporters. War would become for them the "up close and personal" experience that if survived, they would never be able to forget.

Instead of remembering our war dead, we should recall instead, the bastards who created the war that caused their deaths. Let's profile these personality types and keep them from ever gaining power over others in public office.

Andy Rooney offered the following eloquent words about Memorial Day;

"Remembering doesn't do the remembered any good, of course. It's for ourselves, the living. I wish we could dedicate Memorial Day, not to the memory of those who have died at war, but to the idea of saving the lives of the young people who are going to die in the future if we don't find some new way - some new religion maybe - that takes war out of our lives".

........Kitchen Window Woman..........