The U.S. lost 80,000 jobs in March and 81% now think the economy is on the wrong track. In the meantime, President Bush ignores Congress and the people by using his authority to bypass over 30 laws and regulations to snub his nose at legislation to finish building almost 700 miles of fence along the Mexican boarder while the U.S.A. has the most people drawing unemployment since 2005. We are seeing  Wall Street socialism for folks like Bear Sterns with a disregard for the workers while Ben Bernanke finally concedes the "R" word.

As of yesterday, there were 4009 dead from the President's War on Fear and we're hearing that less than half of 28 contracts to manufacture body armor for Army soldiers were completed without the gear ever going through an initial test. Another KRB employee reports being raped and was “told to keep quiet" about the incident by a KBR supervisor and warned that if she spoke up, she would be “in danger.” KRB is not held accountable for for any illegal actions and employees are not allowed to sue. The now-infamous John Yoo torture memo, discloses that the Bush regime lied about torture being done a "select few". How many lowly privates are serving time for simply following orders? This week, Jonathon Turley, a Constitutional professor told Keith Olbermann:

"It’s really amazing, Congress, including the Democrats, have avoided any type of investigation into torture because they do not want to deal with the fact that the president ordered war crimes. But, evidence keeps on coming out. The only thing we don’t have is a group picture with a detainee attached to electrical wires"  

It should be obvious that the Bush years and that of the 109th Republican lead Congress has been a hay day for the rich at the expense of the less than rich. It seems to go further than simply legislating for the wealthy and tax breaks but has seemed to have become a blatant snub towards anyone that's not of an extremely wealthy caliber.

We all heard President Bush state to his rich friends:  "This is an impressive crowd of the haves and have mores. Some people call you the elite, I call you my base."

It's hard to dismiss Mitch McConnell speaking of the dead soldiers. It's as if Bush had open the door for Republicans to express their contempt towards the lower class struggling to get ahead.

“Unfortunately, most of our friends on the other isle are having a hard time admitting things are getting better; some days I almost think the critics of this war don't want us to win. Nobody is happy about losing lives but remember these are not draftees, these are full-time professional soldiers."

Once again, we hear from the White house as Dick Chaney responds to the overwhelming public opposition to the war with "So?".

And yet this week,as if it's just okay for anyone of this class, we hear from another Republican publicly spewing his contempt for those that have committed themselves to his protection. Rep. Patrick McHenry (R-NC) referred to a gaurd as a “two-bit security guard“  simply for following orders by not allowing the Congressman into the gym without proper identification. This is becoming the norm for this arrogant Republican party. McHenry made the following statements at a public appearance:

"We spent the night in the Green Zone, in the poolhouse of one of Saddam’s palaces. A little weird, I got to be honest with you. But I felt safe. And so in the morning, I got up early — not that I make this a great habit — but I went to the gym because I just couldn’t sleep and everything else. Well, sure enough, the guard wouldn’t let me in. Said I didn’t have the correct credentials.

It’s 5:00 in the morning. I haven’t had sleep. I was not very happy with this two-bit security guard. So you know, I said, “I want to see your supervisor.” Thirty minutes later, the supervisor wasn’t happy with me, they escort me back to my room. It happens. I guess I didn’t need to work out anyway."

 

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