Vacation Update

In the two weeks that the Iraqi Parliament has been on vacation (”You know it’s 130 degrees in Baghdad in August “… Whitehouse propagandist, Tony Snow-job) some 40 American troops have been killed while acting as buffers in the continuing Iraqi civil war. During that same period of time some 1,000 plus Iraqis have been killed; presumably as symbols of the effectiveness of the “Petraeus Surge.”

Meanwhile, in the week since the US Congress began their month long “getting back to the folks” tour of county fairs and ice cream socials, 16 American troops have died in Iraq while defending the Constitution of the United States – yes, the same one that this same Congress threw under the bus just before they departed DC. In Utah, six miners were trapped in a coal mine under the rubble of a cave in; not just of the earth around them but also of a government that has completely forsaken worker safety for the sake of corporate profits. Hopes of finding the miners alive are diminishing daily. Hopes of Congress acting to demand regulatory oversight - about the same.

I hope these lawmakers are getting the rest that they need so that when they return to their respective legislative halls they will be ready to tackle the difficult issues that they left behind.

Finally, this week marks the beginning of George W. Bush’s 7th annual “August in Crawford.” Stay tuned. It seems something big always comes from these Crawford Retreats.

Peace,
Chad (The Left) Shue