Alright man...I'm by no means a Democrat and I despise that bumpkin podunk retard of a president we have some of that stuff is relevant. As far as a war goes...what crap. We haven't declared war on anyone...including the countries we've bombed already. Anybody here wanna fight a war against a country that has no chance of directly doing America any harm? And as far as indirect harm...does anyone think leveling Iraq will stop those threats? Bush is just pissed that Saddam tried to kill his dad and he wants the pleasure of finishing a job his dad couldn't. So pay no attention to the weapons of mass distraction.
As far as affirmative action...good riddance. It's called survival of the fittest and the best man for the job. If you can't cut it, you don't deserve it solely because your skin is darker than beige on the color wheel. What if (like in American History X) you were a fireman and two minorities were hired in place of two more compitent white guys simply because of affirmative action? Would you want them watching your back knowing they weren't the most qualified? Or how'd you like to not get into the college you want to go to because a minority kid with worse grades got in solely based on his skin color? That decision in question I believe, however, was limited to one school's admissions policies, wasn't it? That's a shame since, if all men are truely created equal, then why do you get preferential treatment just because you're black or mexican or whatever? Affirmative action can do little help to blacks (or mexicans, etc.) and, in fact, serves no purpose but to promote racial tensions and let the government hand another crutch to the black community (or mexican or whatever) that they don't need. If I were on the receiving end of affirmative action, I'd be offended that someone would think I needed a handout or that I needed an unfair advantage simply based on the color of my skin. Everyone wants to live in a colorblind society (well almost everyone) but how can you if you stack the cards in one races favor? Affirmative action should never have come about and I'll dance on it's grave when it's gone.
As far as giving money to Africa....Africa's a big place. I dunno where they're sending money to, but it all goes back to survival of the fittest. Know why AIDS is so huge in Africa? I part because the people lack proper education and protection (condoms), but also in part because those dumbasses actually listen to the f*cking pope when he says that using birth control is basically a sin. So does that mean all the intelligent, cautious people who wanna have sex are going to hell? I'm in no means in favor of people needlessly dying, but why are we always the ones bailing them out? Why not Canada or China or something? Or how bout the french? Those ****ers haven't done anything for anyone.
Selling choppers to Turkey...what's new there? We always sell countries weapons in hopes that they'll do our bidding which will invariably come around to bite us in the ass when they turn those weapons against us. How long have you lived here man? Key example: Afghanistan. We sold them stingers and guns during the Soviet invasion and now they hate us so who do they turn those missles on? If you guessed us then you get a cookie. Sure, it's wrong but the American government can't be wrong and you'd be a fool and a communist to say otherwise. Anyone remember what happened during the Bay of Pigs? We have the CIA train a bunch of Cuban exiles and defectors and attempt to stage a revolution in Cuba to overthrow Castro. But, as Kennedy so conveniently forgot, Castro had come to power through a revolution assited by Che Guevara. Wow...what genius startegists we have here (or, if you're George Bush, it's "strategery").
So there you have it. We live in a retarded country that will always make the wrong decisions at the wrong time. You have to learn to expect it or leave. Either way I'll be happy.