Sue was on the computer all evening, trying to gather every scrap of evidence that she could find that the whole purpose of the Bush "government" is to put itself out of business--which is to say, put only business into "government." Every one of their happy little laws seems calculated to kick workers out of the public sector and privatize their positions (with no collective bargaining or benefits or anything). I used to be a Libertarian until I realized that such "freedom" could go haywire and actually be more oppressive than a Nanny-State. (I admit I was mighty pissed off at Mario Cuomo for all his seatbelt and alcohol control laws--and the so-called Republicans here in New York--Pataki and Blumberg--overstepped their bounds in banning SMOKING in BARS. Where else WOULD you smoke, if not in a saloon? BARS are not health clubs, for God's sake--except perhaps for developing elbow muscles.) Sue thinks the whole "No Child Left Behind" unfunded mandate is a master plan to dismantle public education--and replace public schools with private charter schools (with no tenure, unions, or health benefits). The charter schools would also keep people "in their place"--filling their heads with shit about the dinosaurs drowning in Noah's flood and whatever prevailing hooey the Corporate/Christian right deems sanitary. That trigger-happy, remote-controlled pseudo-cowboy seems intent on dismantling this country like it was some defunct Montgomery Wards store and auctioning it off to his buddies for scrap.

And so, while Sue was going through a rainforest worth of paper and a whole ink cartridge to unearth her various smoking guns (I know--shitty metaphor), I composed a concise Letter to the Editor on my 1937 Underwood about the crying need to IMPEACH BUSH. He lied about those weapons. I saw the clip of Dennis Kucinich at that Iowa picnic--how different he was from the day we saw him in Lake Placid! He was magnificent--I am proud to have shaken his hand. "Where are the weapons, Mr. Bush?" Even people here in Utica are starting to ask that question now.