It's Only Appropriate Now to Use the F-Word to Describe Dick Cheney

Addressing an audience of veterans in Dayton on the War on Terror, Vice President Cheney said, “This is not an enemy we can reason with or negotiate with.”

The next day, the Cleveland Plain Dealer headline read that “U.S. suspends Najaaf attack” to begin talks with the rebels.

Now I have known all along that the Iraqis are not terrorist, but from the very start the Bush administration has lumped Iraq in with Al Quaeda and have misused the word “terrorist” to include Iraqi nationals and anybody else in Iraq who is shooting back. Cynically, the Bush administration has taken to calling anybody who shoots back a “terrorist” because they know how Americans want so very much for the war on terrorism to succeed.

Now that the U.S. is negotiating with those -- the Bush administration’s word here: “terrorists” -- then I think it is fair to use the F-word to describe Dick Cheney -- flip-flopper.

Kerry's Energy Independence Plan Is Smart Economics and Good Wartime Strategy

The Associated Press reports that the U.S. trade deficit hit a record $55.82 billion in June and the country’s foreign oil bill reached an all time high. Senator John Kerry’s plan to liberate America from reliance on Middle Eastern oil is not only financially smart, but it also gives the U.S. a leg up on the war against Islamic terrorist groups. I urge my fellow citizens to see the big picture and recognize that Senator Kerry’s plan differs greatly from the Bush administration, whose task force met with oil executives in secret behind closed doors.

The Kerry plan includes goals to make a full 20% of our fuels renewable by 2020; to give billions in tax credits to automakers to improve fuel efficiency; and to exceed the Bush administrations efforts to propel the Hydrogen Fuel Initiative (as well as to invest more in clean coal power.)

The Kerry plan for energy independence is a smart, long-term move toward victory over reliance on fuel sources that come from nations that nurture Islamic terrorism. The Kerry Plan is a patriotic alternative to creating wealth that subsidizes terrorism.