| Saturday, 16 June, 2007 | |||
| ANIMAL WARFARE | |||
| Is there something in the air? Living and working here in the country, we are accustomed to the practices of animal husbandry. Farmers are always out moving their sheep and cows to 'greener' pastures. The intervention this represents can be a strain when trying to navigate these narrow lanes. However, it is man-made and just goes with the territory in these parts. What happens when it is the animals themselves that take things into their own hands? | |||
| Last week my husband was in Barrow for a visit to the dentist. Not a very exciting excuse for travel, but the scene he encountered made it a total delight. Barrow is the closest larger town on the coast. Just a week ago, the ASTUTE, the very latest nuclear submarine, was launched from the hatch at BAE Systems. Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, was there to name her and the Bishop of Carlisle to bless her. In it's heyday, the population of Barrow-in-Furness was 74,000. Well, my husband was driving down the road when he came upon a flock of geese crossing the road. He estimates that there were approximately 7 adults and circa 30 children. The adult geese had stopped traffic on both sides of the road while their young ones walked across the road. A school patrol couldn't have done it better. Everyone stopped. There was no other option. My husband was enthralled. Where is the camera when you need it? | |||
| But this isn't the only incident we've had with wildlife this season. A couple of swallows have roosted about a foot away from our main entrance. Surely they would have noticed us coming and going frequently through the door. However, everytime we use the door, both the male (standing guard), and the female on the nest, take off in flight. My husband is so concerned for these creatures, who after all have flown all the way from Morocco, that he has decided we now have to use the side door for coming and going. In the ten years we have lived here, this has never happened. I can't believe what he is doing but we are changing our lives to ensure the stress free life of this mother and her not yet hatched chicks. | |||
| Another major change is that we have finally fitted a screen door off our kitchen/living area on the second floor which opens onto a stone patio. After living with all manner of midges, moths, slugs and other crawing creatures, we've had enough of keeping the summer outside. Now we have a beautifully finished wooden screen door to match the rest of the slate and wood on the house. Needless to say it was 90 degrees when my husband was making it and it is now pouring with rain and in the low 60's. Never mind, it is enough, that we've finally got a remedy for this annual summer invasion. | |||
| Of course there are the normal scenes of the House Martins taking over the coach house so the newly washed car doesn't stay clean for long and the wasp nest near the kitchen window has yet to be removed. But still I wonder. Normally I am enthralled at the way the natural world never fails to deliver from season to season, presumably ignoring the man-made chaos that surrounds. Now I'm not so sure. Is it possible that they are hatching a secret plan to take over? Only the more human than human geese crossing the street with their young can tell. | |||
| Monday, 17 July, 2006 | |||
| SIGNS AND WONDERS | |||
| It’s 6:30 in the morning. Sunlight floods the Coniston Old Man with light and this glorious mountain scene reflects onto the water below. Not a leaf is moving. We’re in the middle of a long hot summer so forecasters say. Lucky for us, Coniston Water contains the dna of its ice age heritage. | |||
| The placid calm of the scene outside my window provides a sharp contrast to the mayhem taking place at this very minute between Israel and Lebanon. Over the last year several shocks have been largely taken in stride - protectionist oil policies in Venezuela expanding to other countries, Iran exercising its nuclear wild card, N. Korea vying for recognition as a world player, and terrorist activities in India, Iraq and Afghanistan all culminating in this latest episode of violence in the Middle East. Throw in China’s resurgence and appetite for all things metallic and energetic and the result of the events of the last year is extreme volatility, particularly in commodity and oil markets. This market can and does turn on a dime. | |||
| It wouldn’t surprise me to learn that hedge funds are in cahoots with terrorists. Both thrive on volatility and both play their hands to the edge of disaster. These so called friends of the funds may soon create more havoc than they are worth. In the process of playing one side off against the other, they may soon drive oil prices so high that imminent collapse of a hedge fund on the wrong side of a transaction will create another major swoon in the markets and impact more than just a few players in the process. | |||
| One thing is clear. The so-called war on terror has not resulted in anything remotely linked to peace. We don’t have visibility to see the result had we taken a different path but we do have the example of India following the recent attack on their trains. Rather than proclaiming ‘war’ they determined to find the criminal element responsible. Terrorism is after all deviant behaviour and redeeming the facilitators with the title of soldier has unfortunately lended an air of respectability to their cause aiding and abetting the recruitment campaign. | |||
| In the midst of all this chaos on the world stage other forces are in play. Our small village is experiencing what can only be described as signs and wonders. Several small churches regularly hold services for roughly 25% of the population. In the ten years that I have lived here, little has changed to alter that figure. No matter what changes have been made to the services, no matter how many Bible studies, no matter how much prayer, we have all been stuck in the mud. | |||
| This is a tourist area and we get a lot of outside visitors to community churches. Suddenly we are seeing the power of the holy spirit in our midst. Last week, minutes before scheduled surgery to reduce the pressure on our vicar’s eyes, a final check revealed that the pressure had already gone from 50 to 14. He came home instead. A young woman visiting our church came to deliver her testimony last night. To hear her weave the strands of her coming to faith in Christ, healing from ME, and ability to walk again cane free after 8 years was an incredible story. We were all part of that story. She has visited our church on four different occasions. Lines from Mark’s sermons were instrumental in her healing. A line from one of my prayers hit home (that line had been revealed to me that morning in preparation for the prayers). Individuals who had seen pictures and signs gave her hope that she would be healed. All of it brought this unbelievably transformed individual out of her shell and in full bloom in front of us last evening, standing for over an hour and almost dancing her story. Simultaneously there are many other Signs and Wonders taking place in individual lives. The holy spirit is upon us with the force of a waterfall. | |||
| Though escalating violence foretells gut wrenching movements in financial markets, particularly if a stray bomb happens to bring in new world players, the sun rises and sets imbuing the earth with enough renewable energy to see us through to eternity, if only we have the good sense to divert our resources from elements of destruction to the power of solar, wind, water and all things bio. For those believers in our midst, get down on your knees and pray. There’s hope in the air. One song that keeps going around my head says it all, He’s got the whole world in his hands. | |||
| Friday, 3 March, 2006 | |||
| THE PARABLE OF THE WONDER LOON | |||
| My husband, the wonderfully creative soul that he is, creates something called Wonder Cards and Wonder Loons. The cards are cartoons of real-life in Wonder, a Kingdom with one subject, a character called Mr. Frog. All stories are adventures revolving around the life of the King and Queen of Wonder. There is a special edition for Royal Wonder Days and of course along with this, the local currency of Wonder Loons. | |||
| These Wonder Loons are so lovely, that there is the tendency to want to keep them for oneself and hide them away. The problem with this of course, is that there isn’t enough currency circulating in Wonder, if everyone is hoarding the Wonder Loons. | |||
| Looking at this issue further, one realises that the real value of the Wonder Loon is in the currency it creates. One might say, Good Luck for instance. If it is held in the bank, it misses the opportunity of passing it on and giving Good Luck to another lucky subject in Wonder. Another might say More Kisses. I don’t think anyone’s yet come up with a way of kissing oneself, at least not in obtaining a meaningful relationship. Still another may be noted with special treats, dinner at a favourite restaurant, a walk along the cliffs, or even Slow Driver. Time and time again, it is clear that actually using this currency, passing it on, creates more value than saving it up for oneself to look at in a drawer. | |||
| I think this makes a perfect lesson for the classroom. Have children create their own ‘Wonder Loons’ and then watch to see what happens. Will they hoard them and thus ensure that no-one else benefits from the experience, or will they give and receive multiple loons in return? | |||
| The real message of the Wonder Loon is that when everyone gives, everyone benefits, when no-one spends, no-one benefits. Future world citizens in the making and The Way the World Works. | |||
| Saturday, 3 September, 2005 | |||
| WHO'S CALLING THE SHOTS? | |||
| Anyone with any experience of crisis management knows that a clear plan effectively communicated is paramount to success. | |||
| I’m not going to throw stones at the Federal Government for the current trials and tribulations in New Orleans and the Katrina scarred south. It is a local and a state problem. Control should be with the southern states affected. Had the coastal areas been in communication with state officials in advance of the hurricane (and they did have advance notice this time didn’t they), an effective command control structure would have been in place to deal with the aftermath of the disaster. State officials in turn, would have notified federal agencies and organisations of their likely requirements and expectations with a timescale for action. The more that individuals are empowered to help themselves, the more effective the solution will be. | |||
| In the world we live in today, the less reliant individuals are on centralised solutions, the easier it will be for them to cope with disruptions from forces beyond their control. | |||
| Living in the country, we have frequent power outages. During a particularly bad storm in January, we had our fire places blazing and cooked on a gas powered camping stove. Parties of locals went up and down the roads cutting down and moving trees that were strewn across the road. We went out knocking on doors to make certain everyone was all right. Digital phone systems were out but thankfully we still had analog lines. It was a simple matter to power up the laptop to get information on what was going on. The radio was also a help. We have extra sets of batteries around for the radio, two laptop batteries ready at any time and lots of candles for lighting the house. These are simple practical solutions. None of them requires a centralised solution. In fact, no-one expected help from the county or the government. We just went out and got the job done. | |||
| The problem in New Orleans is that individuals who waited in the dome were left with no way to control their own outcome. They became totally dependent on systems for help which in the event totally broke down. No-one came to take them away. No-one prepared for the failure of the power grid. No-one stocked up on supplies which could last for several days. These people had a right to expect that basic needs would be provided for by the local provider and the local provider didn’t have a plan. | |||
| Scream all you want at George Bush. It is not his fault. Empower the people, enlist their help, give them the ability to help themselves and everyone else, and you will have a positive life changing experience for all these people. God help us all if this is the way these people are going to be treated until they are able to be permanently rehoused. | |||
| Empower them and quickly now with the tools they need to get their lives back together. If they want to go back to New Orleans, use their help to rebuild. If they want to go elsewhere, give them the tools they need to get on with their life. In no way should they be housed in horrible containers as refugees for the next several months. These are fellow human beings. Treat them with the respect they deserve and help them to thrive. America will be stronger, areas which were once in despair will be alive with hope and I can promise you that a situation like this will never happen again in the United States of America. | |||
| Friday, 18 March, 2005 | |||
| A CREDIBILITY GAP | |||
| Fool me once shame on you. Fool me twice shame on me. | |||
| By now it is apparent, the evidence on which the case for war in Iraq was based was unfounded. For those who took us into battle, cognitive dissonance has set in and we are told that the world is a better place without Saddam. Was it really necessary to spend billions of dollars, make heroes of circa 2,000 coalition soldiers, destroy the infrastructure of an entire country, kill countless thousands of civilians and forever disrupt the lives of families on both sides of the Atlantic for one man’s life? In the meantime the dollar is falling, oil prices are rising, and terrorists are finding new fodder for their mayhem. Let’s just say the jury is still out. | |||
| The Bush Administration is now making a case to totally revamp the system of Social Security while significantly reducing other payments and entitlements. The very idea of a government taking away this safety net, and that is all it can be called, is fraught with risk. | |||
| After 9/11 GM and other auto makers began offering major incentives in the form of 0% financing. This policy wasn’t implemented for just a short time but became the ‘norm’ for selling. Well, there are only so many cars that Americans can buy and sooner or later, you can’t even give them away. GM announced a profit warning this week and the shares plunged 14%. This same action was taken by the Fed. Interest rates plunged to ridiculously low levels, house prices soared as the cost of debt declined and the consumer kept spending. Many Americans own not one but two or three homes. Some purchased them simply as second and third homes. Others purchased additional homes as rental property. Others are continually just trying to get a foot in the door. Sooner or later, we’ll be hearing those profit warnings in the housing sector as rates rise and prices drop. | |||
| Americans have felt the increase in the price of oil more than Europeans as the dollar has plunged while the dollar denominated price of oil has doubled. In the meantime other countries have been snapping up U.S. bonds. Assuming the decline is temporary, this is a smart move. As the dollar strengthens in relation to other currencies, having bought all the way down, these countries will reap a large profit when the currency strengthens. They could literally own the country lock, stock and barrel. Alternatively, once Asians start consuming, there will no longer be a need for those dollars. If China wanted to put America out of business, all they would have to do is dump those bonds once the market is stronger in their own country for the goods and services they produce. | |||
| When more people are consuming scarce resources, heated competition will follow. As for the government response, Asian governments need look no further than the U.S. move into Iraq as a quick fix to their own future food and energy crisis. | |||
| This is a harsh take that is not meant to undermine the many good Americans who voted to do what they thought was right and who gave the current administration their trust. The question is, with a record like this, is this administration ready to legislate solutions that will have major implications for the future? The U.S. response post 9/11 was to open the floodgates of liquidity. Overconsumption combined with heavy borrowing to fund the war in Iraq has decimated the dollar. Some sectors of the economy are already beginning to suffer as evidenced by the plight of GM. We don’t have the ability to see what would have happened had we taken an alternative path, but it is plain to see the current results. Now other countries are waving the nuclear flag, China is threatening Taiwan, and there’s no money left in the kitty. | |||
| I sense that President Bush sees all too clearly the folly of past decisions. He can’t stand up with a straight face and tell his story without turning every answer into a joke. The future of America is no joke. | |||
| Thursday, 10 February 2005 | |||
| THOUGHTS ALONG A JOURNEY | |||
| Waterloo Robots | |||
| Residing on a lake nestled in a valley across from the peaks of the Coniston Old Man one sometimes loses sight of the frenetic race experienced every day by millions of London workers. Hitting Waterloo station at around 6 p.m. gave us a worm's eye view last Thursday. As we sat in our Barbour jackets waiting on a train to Bournemouth for a quick break away to visit my Mother-in-Law, most everyone we saw looked like they were from another planet. With wires extending from their ears to a device packed somewhere in a pocket or a rucksack, I couldn’t help thinking that the next step would be a permanent implant inside the head. Just imagine waking at 3 in the morning with a voice ringing in your ears and no way to turn it off. Apparently there are many who wouldn’t mind. The ultimate hands free and no risk of theft! | |||
| Atomic Fields | |||
| Nuclear war was the unexpected topic of the day over the last few days. On arrival, my Mother-in-law handed me a diary written by a physician who experienced first hand the atom bomb in Hiroshima. Residing some 2500 metres from the epicentre and inside his home at the time of the blast, he clearly fared better than many. This book was a harrowing tale of the sights and sounds reported not only by those in the blast but by those who observed it from nearby towns and villages. A description of the immediate aftermath and his observations of the symptoms over the course of the next few weeks, as he tried to figure out not only what happened but how to help those not fatally wounded, was testimony to the power of the human spirit. The question is, how could we have produced another bomb of its kind? Sadly, we have not only produced more powerful atomic bombs but we now have a neutron bomb designed specifically to stamp out all life while saving the underlying fabric from total destruction. | |||
| Thinking I’d left the book and the topic behind, I read an article on the train going home describing the many nuclear shelters built throughout Britain in the aftermath of the Second World War. Today, N. Korea admitted that they have nuclear weapons as a deterrent against the U.S. Last night I dreamt that we were driving along in a 4-wheel drive across the countryside. We were with my family from the U.S. As we drove along the earth around us rolled over in rivers of blood taking the trees down with it. Somehow we missed all the places where the earth was folding and remained on ‘land’. As we drove, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. No-one else noticed and no-one was talking about it. | |||
| What will it take for us to wake up? Having exported most of our production to Asia, we have been lulled into a false sense of complacency. | |||
| While it takes years to see the effects from an increase in carbon dioxide emissions, the effect of a nuclear holocost will be painfully and immediately felt in a vast area of the world. In June 2002 the U.S. formally withdrew from the Antiballistic Missile Treaty, first signed in 1972, stating intentions to develop a defensive missile system. Following this move, Russia withdrew from Start II, stating that U.S. withdrawal from the ABM effectively invalidated Start II. Start II would have reduced long-range arsenals by a third while disabling and dismantling launch systems by 2007. | |||
| Irreconcilable Differences | |||
| Somehow we must recognise the right of every citizen of the world to work hard, worship in freedom, and enjoy the fruits of their labour. This will require a major effort to reconcile our irreconcilable differences to opportunity. We can learn something from every culture and even if we don’t agree, we learn something by listening to another person’s view. In America, it has become impossible to voice alternative views in some circles. We are all saved by grace, and it’s time we showed grace to one another. | |||
| We may be in the wrong war at the wrong time and in the wrong place. There is nothing to be done about the past, but we can individually and collectively recognise our reliance on one another. We all want to breathe clean air and drink pure water, we all want to travel in safety and freedom, we all want a place to call home, we all want to take care of our families and loved ones, we all want to use our talents in the world. We must begin by celebrating the differences that make us human and working together for that which we can agree. If we unite under this umbrella, nothing will be impossible for us. The world will be a better place. And those nuclear weapons just might be eradicated once and for all. | |||
| Tuesday, 18 January 2005 | |||
| ALL DRESSED UP WITH NO WHERE TO GO | |||
| Watching the Tory party on Newsnight last night I couldn’t help but wonder what their image says about the message. Lights that were too blinding on pale winter skin contrasted with the dull, tired colours of the carpet and wallpaper. These scenes, combined with views of a room full of boring men in suits, said it all. Regardless of whether or not they had anything good to bring to the table, the image got in the way of the story. | |||
| It wouldn’t take much to resuscitate this group. Hire an image consultant to choreograph all the photo shots of Michael Howard. This is the same tool employed by George W. Bush and look at his results. Even a sharp white shirt with sleeves rolled up on occasion might get people talking about a new more accessible party. | |||
| Why not go somewhere new for the next Tory Party Conference. Grange-over-Sands? It sits on Morecambe Bay, serves as a conservative base and is close to the regions of Leeds/ Bradford, Lancaster, Manchester, Liverpool, and Newcastle. He won’t miss a beat getting back on the campaign trail. Finally, mix the next Tory Party conference with a week of outbound activity in the Lake District. That’s guaranteed to pique the interest of his constituents, particularly the young. Yes, images of Michael Howard with a new vision fresh from his mountain climb. It’s time to give the Labour Party a run for their money. | |||
| Monday, 3 January 2005 | |||
| BURNING OFF EXCESS | |||
| The living organism, ..., ordinarily receives more energy than is necessary for maintaining life; the excess energy (wealth) can be used for the growth of the system; if the system can no longer grow, or if the excess cannot be completely absorbed in its growth, it must necessarily be lost without profit; it must be spent, willingly or not, gloriously or catastrophically (The Accursed Share, George Bataille, Volume I, pg. 21). | |||
| The forces of nature which came together on 26 December in the Pacific are a grim reminder of the catastrophic way in which nature rebalances itself, without any human intervention, to maintain a state of equilibrium. But the living organism described above also relates to more sophisticated systems. | |||
| We can see it in companies that have nowhere better to ‘spend’ their profits except in a cash distribution to shareholders. Microsoft led the pack by opting for a one-time windfall distribution of profits to shareholders in 2004. Did we mention that innovative is a word that used to describe this company? | |||
| Governments take the same path. George Bush made a big case for distributing excess government receipts to the American people after taking office in 2000. Remember at that time the budget was expected to be in surplus for the foreseeable future. But consider the law at work. Excess funds, which could not be applied to more prudent goals, were given back to the taxpayer, who would be able to invest them more wisely and theoretically bring future revenues back to the U.S. government. | |||
| There are several forces at work in the world today, any of which could blow a hole in the complacent world in which we live. The first is the ecosystem in general which has been barraged by all manner of emissions, particularly in the last century of human activity. That nature will adapt is unquestioned, but will we like the response? | |||
| The second potential time bomb is related to derivative activity. Used properly, there is an underlying asset on which each contract is based creating an automatic floor or ceiling to protect against losses. These contracts are increasingly used for speculation and large hedge funds, mostly unregulated, are major participants. The last time there was a major imbalance was in the late 90’s. A consortium of U.S. banks, the federal reserve and the U.S. Secretary of the Treasury bailed out LTCM. Has anything really changed since this event? The fact is that derivative contracts have increased exponentially since the late 90’s. Extreme moves in the currency or energy markets as a direct response to unanticipated political, ecological or terrorist disruptions could send these markets spinning out of control. | |||
| The third time bomb relates to excesses created in a country where industrial activity is growing at over 9% a year. It may be that the wealth created in China, while rapid by U.S. standards, is insufficient to provide for the 1.3 billion people living in this vast land. Foreign investment over the last 30 years has generated an abundance of goods and services exported to western nations. To satisfy the newly whetted appetites of the Chinese consumer will result in unprecedented demand for the earth’s commodity resources. Will the walls of China be able to hold in this burgeoning demand or will they spill out into the world at large? It is not difficult to imagine that competition for scarce resources will at some point result in a conflict of Armageddon proportions. In the meantime, Russia has renationalised Yukos and war games will soon take place between the Chinese and Russian military forces. Does anyone hear the bells ringing? | |||
| One thing about these potential events is sure. We ignore the tiny warnings to our peril. Whenever we see a population threatened and fail to change our behaviour, we are asking for nature to finish the job that we couldn’t be bothered to start. When we fuel asset bubbles by rationalising silly prices with ‘new rules’ we are playing with fire. When we sell our manufacturing capability lock stock and barrel to the Chinese, it is the end of western political dominance. | |||
| In Genesis, just before the story of Abraham that unfolds into the history of the Jewish nation and the birth of Christianity is a tale for all ages. The story of Noah, the one God fearing man who built an arc for the coming flood. Just as it was in the days of Noah, so it will be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating, drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the arc. ...It was the same in the days of Lot. People were eating and drinking, buying and selling, planting and building. But the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all (Luke 17:26-29). | |||
| Tuesday, 31 August 2004 | |||
| NO EXCUSES, NO ESCAPE | |||
| In the heat of the battle, who do you want to follow? A General who decides to run for cover rather than face the challenge head-on or a General who has a plan, believes in his plan and follows through no matter what the enemy throws at him. | |||
| This scenario aptly describes the only real difference between the two main candidates for President in America this November. | |||
| There are many issues which could be capitalised on in this election by Senator John Kerry. From the moment George Bush came into office he began changing the framework that America would hold as a bible for the future. He seceded from previous promises in Kyoto, opted out of signing the human rights agreement, put energy firmly on the agenda, and everywhere he went started preaching about how bad the economy was. In his own mind, this was in the best interest of Americans everywhere. First, help ensure a continuous supply of cheap energy without which America would cease to prosper. Second, show the world that a superpower does not have to kowtow to anyone else. Third, lower financial expectations of the general public so that when things are better than expected, they will be happy. | |||
| A good many Americans applauded the agenda outlined by George W. Bush in the early part of his term so that when faced with 9/11 the President felt no restraint in changing the nature of U.S. relations with the international community. Nothing was going to stop America from taking righteous action. In the meantime, the original Bush agenda to ensure a continuous supply of cheap energy was too good to pass up in the form of Iraq. Get rid of Saddam, a man surely in the pocket of every rogue government and terrorist and ensure that the oil supply keeps flowing. | |||
| The only issues which are deemed to be important to Americans right now are the economy and Iraq. The problem is, both candidates appear to agree. Neither the democrats or Senator John Kerry stopped America from entering the war in Iraq. John Kerry voted for it. In fact, he said that he would vote the same way again. As for the economy, John Kerry recently stated that he supported Alan Greenspan and would continue his term. Alan Greenspan has been holding the keys to the kingdom for several administrations now and has never been held accountable for his own complicity in allowing the bubble to form which popped at the end of the Clinton term. So if both sides agree on these key issues most important to Americans, what platform can John Kerry run on? | |||
| The key issue of how America behaves in the world, an example for China which will soon become, like it or not, the next superpower, is the most important issue facing the country. If this issue were properly addressed, there would be almost complete multilateral support for rooting out terrorists once and for all. The problem is, very few have figured this out. Can John Kerry capitalise on this issue now? No, not when the importance is not yet understood by the majority of Americans. His one playing card, his previous anti-war stance, a monumental act of courage by a Vietnam war hero, has been lost by voting for the war in Iraq. | |||
| Like it or not, there is only one way to vote in this election. We have an administration taking unilateral action, which has not been checked by the controls theoretically in place in the form of the House of Representatives and the Senate. Both candidates appear to think the same way on key issues. What is best for America? The only way America will learn is to stay the course. George W. Bush and his administration must be able to finish what they started. If it works, everyone will benefit. The world will be a safer place, America will prosper, and the rest of the world will know that no one can stop America. If it fails, America has a chance to learn some lessons and new values may begin to take hold in the country. If this administration is not allowed to continue, no lessons will be learned because no-one will know whether or not the current medicine was the right medicine. | |||
| Here in the U.K. the government is constantly intervening in the areas of education and the National Health Service. Unfortunately there are so many new initiatives that no-one ever knows what does and doesn't work. The one certainty is that when success is not instant, change is on the way. If John Kerry wins in America, Bush will not be able to finish what he started. He will be given an opt out clause for any future problems he created. Any future failure can be blamed on Kerry not on the current administration. This administration must be held accountable and the only way for this to happen is to keep it in power. | |||
| George Bush has endorsed his policies with an unrelenting hand and apparently without one single doubt. He has dodged all the snakes and ladders along the way and believes totally and completely in the path he has taken. His opponent now believes in many of the same things though at one time he believed passionately that there was a better way. John Kerry is covering his tracks while George Bush is fearlessly staying the course. Whether or not you believe that the Bush path is the right path, it is the only path for America at this time. It is the only way to learn for the future. It is the only chance for a better world tomorrow. | |||
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