Posted March 22nd, 2003 by Michelle

I have no time to write, as I have just begun my ugly work week. And all I would want to do is rant and rave with disgust for the people in charge of my country. But I have to quote one of the smartest people I know: my mother. In a rant today, referring to Hussein and his supposed stores of weapons, she actually said, “but I think he doesn’t have all that stuff they have been talking about, and I think Bush is going to have egg all over his stupid monkey face when this is over.”

Oh my god, I’m still laughing.

And you crazy people monitoring the internet, looking for terrorists in our very own country, know three things: I was born in Iowa, I am a certified NYS EMT, and I love the West WIng… I have to say that if I am not proud to be an American, I am definitely proud to be a New Yorker. If you want to see what the feelings are here, sit in Union Square for an hour and just look at the t-shirts. There is hate, but it is NOT directed towards Iraq. One t-shirt had a picture of our president and beneath the image it said “FOREIGN TERROIST”. I would love to know who they are polling to get this ridiculous 70% approval rate. I’ll tell you who: NO ONE I KNOW. And that is a lot of people.

When Bush was running for president, I scoffed at him, thinking there was no way he would ever win. I thought EVERYONE in my country was at least smart enough to recognize him for what he was. And then when he didn’t win, but took over the office anyway, I was baffled. But, I figured he’d just be a puppet, and we could work hard to correct his mistakes as soon as we got him out of office. And now… how many years, how many decades will it take for us to repair our ties with the ENTIRE WORLD? I am so ashamed of him. I want him in the front lines, dropping the bombs, breathing the sandstorms, risking his pathetic life rather than the lives of our young troops over there. I don’t think he’s so smart that we need him making decisions in Washington. I think he should personally observe the blood he is spilling.

Ugh. I need one day when I don’t obsess over this. Or one day when I can actually do something about it, actually help someone my government has hurt.