So, what about this administration and this President continues to appall you and constantly terrifies you about our future? 

·        Is it that the President has disregarded the overwhelming November vote against the war and sent thousands more Americans on a hopeless mission to die in Iraq? 

·        On the other hand, can it be the illegal and politically motivated firing of eight United States Attorneys because they refused to allow elected Republican officials dictate and guide their decisions and prosecutions?

·        Perhaps it is the inferior care given to our veterans, (wounded victims of an illegal war), upon their return from Afghanistan and Iraq?  

·        Maybe it’s the conviction of ‘Scooter’ Libby, an obvious ‘fall-guy’ for the crimes of unscrupulous cronies and higher-ups, and the seemingly inherent promise that he will be pardoned before Mr. Bush leaves office? 

·        Could it be the steady obliteration of those of our rights, which are guaranteed in the Constitution of the United States? 

·        How about the continued ineptitude of Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez, who is undoubtedly an unqualified expert on how and when to subjugate the Constitution of the United States according to Mr. Cheney’s demands? 

·        Possibly it is the vicious assault on labor unions and the vise-like crunch put on the middle class to the point where they are both rapidly disappearing from the American scene and are largely absent from the American psyche. 

·        Conceivably, it is the complete ignoring of any healthcare crises even though now an estimated 47 million Americans are without any medical coverage at all?   

·        Is it the terrible truth that the devastation left by Katrina has still not been adequately dealt with and thousands of Americans are being ignored? 

·        Possibly, it is the fact that we are now the most hated nation in the world, disdained and feared by most of our former friends and allies. 

Worst of all:  

YOU ARE NO LONGER SURPRISED BY ANY OF THE ABOVE!!!! 

Richard Rapp