Bad American

Pain Dealer

It’s too bad you can’t see (here) the picture on A3 of John Campbell of Euclid saluting John McCain’s bus (no I’m not kidding). It’s so touching. . . and sad in a way. “That man has been through hell and back,” Campbell said of McCain. “He’s a war hero.”

And the look on Campbell’s is that of the True Believer. He’s wearing a US Army jacket with the requisite POW/MIA insignia, etc. And you just know he’s the kind of person who is going to be impervious to any logic or facts about what has happened in Iraq and Afghanistan.

He just needs to root for the home team, no matter what. Without that, what is there? The NFL?

And John McCain promises more of the same - more of the same war glory and hard earned national pride.

When, oh when, are we going to get our fill of militarism? How many have to die or come home maimed for oil pipelines and put options and government contracts?

Does Mr. Campbell realize who and what he’s really saluting?

Of course not. Any more than any of the McCainiacs understand how the life of the average Iraqi has been since the US brought them ‘democracy’ at the barrel of a gun.

So on with the star spangled show:

Sen. John McCain vowed that if elected president he will work to defeat what he called “the great transcendent evil of the 21st century - more widespread than it was before 9/11.”

Largely because our actions made it so. But of course, you can’t say THAT in polite company. Nor can you mention how the actions of our government largely created the Taliban and whatever you conceive Al Qaeda to be. Despite no further terrorist action directed at ‘der Homeland’ since 9-11, the boogie man is out there and we have to spend ourselves into a national poor house to ‘protect us’ from ‘them.’

Prompting a standing ovation from several hundred of his supporters Monday in the packed Don Umerley Civic Center Memorial Hall in Rocky River, McCain said that he would never abandon the war on terror.

“If I have to follow him to the gates of hell, I will get Osama bin Laden,” McCain declared to thunderous applause.

Hmmm. I seem to recall a US President who said pretty much the same thing in 2001 only to completely forget about him a year later. I wonder if the irony ever occurred to any of the people thunderously applauding?

And he said that under his administration, U.S. troops would never surrender to insurgencies in Iraq and Afghanistan.

I’m sure Halliburton loves that kind of talk from “100 years” McCain. And the people who make body bags. And the Iraqis and Afghanis, but they don’t count.

McCain also outlined his strategy to re-energize the economy by giving permanent tax breaks to the middle class and by lowering corporate taxes to encourage companies to remain rooted in the United States.

If you believe any of that, I have a bridge to Canada to sell you.

McCain said that Ohio, ripe with manpower and manufacturing capability, could play a key role in exploring alternative energy sources to reduce dependence on foreign oil and mitigate the impact of fossil fuels on the environment.

Like all the other candidates, McCain lies to the American people by not discussing the impact that Peak Oil and Global Climate Change will have on our economy and our way of life. And since when has McCain or anyone of his ilk given a damn about environmental impact?

But when he was asked to speak on his urban agenda and the foreclosure crisis gripping Ohio, many of his responses were vague and circuitous. Answers to questions about the economy meandered back to the subject of tax breaks.

Earth to McCaniacs: he doesn’t give a shit about the people losing their homes. They are LOSERS in the American Game. His people are the “have mores” that George W. Bush so admired and let into his inner circle. And the cities can go to hell, which they are. They’re full of non-whites anyway. And yes, tax cuts will save us all. Right. Tax cuts and the tooth fairy.

McCain described a plan to bring more accessible health care to veterans but said he does not believe in the Democrats’ vision of universal health care or that government should interfere with the industry.

“We must let American families make their own choices,” McCain said.

Yes, they’ll choose whether to purchase health care or pay the rent. Whether they have to sell their home and all of their assets so their kid can get a life saving operation. NEVER interfere with capitalism!!! In that way you’ll give money to the losers and hurt Wall Street! Can’t have that.

But what the hell? You’re not voting for McCain for health care or any of those mamby-pamby issues where the Democrats are going to give your hard earned tax dollars to America’s losers! Your voting McCain so that hard earned tax dollars go into the gaping maw of the military-industrial complex (you remember, the one Eisenhower warned us about) where they belong.

And John Campbell can keep saluting all the flag draped caskets coming home.