(Disclaimish note: Below rant is targeted towards Bush and his puppet masters, not the USAian people themselves. I do know better than to hold a country responsible for their leaders.)

I am seething with righteous fury. I have never been this fucking angry in my life.

It's no secret that I have a hate-hate relationship George Bush Jr. I seriously cannot stand the fucker. I was perfectly willing to not hold the entire election debacle against him, but ever since assuming the position (and all puns are more definitely intended here) as President of the USA, he hasn't managed to make a single important decision about international politics that did not piss me off mightily.

First there was the incident where he insisted on leaving nukes at the American military base in Kleine Brogel, Belgium. Okay, fine, whatever. For reasons I still don't get or agree with, it is USA soil, and if they want to store enough nukes there to blow up my entire country, surely that's their business.

Then there was the Kyoto protocol, which pissed me off a lot more, because hi, this affects the whole of the world, several generations into the future, but well, I guess the economy comes first.

But what Bush (and/or whoever is pulling his strings) is doing with the International Criminal Court is unforgivable. And trust me when I say that I don't go throwing that word around lightly.

We are talking here about an international court that "will investigate and bring to justice individuals who commit the most serious violations of international humanitarian law, namely war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide, when countries cannot or will not prosecute the crimes themselves. " (USA for ICC)

Sounds like a worthwhile thing, right? Well, apparently not everyone in the Bush administration thinks so, because not only did Bush unsign the goddamn Treaty of Rome (which established the ICC), the US government is also requesting immunity from the ICC when on peacekeeping missions.

I really wish I could be calm and collected and to the point about this, but I really can't. Because it escapes me why anyone would do things like this and then be surprised that the world's public opinion of the USA isn't much. I'm sorry, you just asked to be exempts from having to respect basic human rights. And you're wondering where your PR problem lies?

And what do I read in the paper this morning? "Bush has signed a law which enables the USA to use any means necessary to free US citizens from the ICC jail." I just. There are no words. None.

I'm not usually one to get this angry about politics, and if I am I usually don't let it shine through when I vent my opinion, but in this case I have to choose between righteous fury and deadly fear, and well, it's not that hard a choice. Because the USA, no matter how much I wish they weren't, are the most powerful nation in the world right now, militarily speaking, and apparently certain people at the top believe that makes them god, or at least above the law.

And the most frightening thing is, they may very well be right.<p

sandrine: (axe murderer (Enrique))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Bush has pissed me off long before he was ever standing for election. As a governor of Texas, the US state with the highest amount of death penalties, the man has killed more people than Charles Manson, Ted Bundy and Hannibal Lector together. Don't get me started, man. >:( The fact that someone like him is one of the mightest men - if not actualy the mightiest man - on earth scares me to know ends.

And if Stäuber wins the election here in Germany, we have our own private Mini-Bush. Yay!

From: [identity profile] ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com


Don't scare me like that. Only problem is that right now, it really seems as if he's going to win. Sure, people like Schröder better, but the CDU is ahead in the polls. Gods... Stoiber and Westerwelle, together. Heaven help us.
sandrine: (axe murderer (Enrique))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


My problem is that I don't like Schröder either, he's merely the lesser evil. And as much as I like Westerwelle, even if they could get enough votes (which they won't), I doubt he'd make a good cancelor. I'd emigrate, but I haven't actually found a country where the leaders aren't either complete fools, Brush's cronnies, or maniac radicals. :S

I love your usericon, btw. :D

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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You could come live over here. our govt. is relatively sane, for now, and I have a free couch. =D
sandrine: (happy (Heidi))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Hmm, Belgium actually sounds like a nice option. The fact that at the moment, there's a Belgian on top of my to-shag list helps, too. :D

Incidentially, I almost would have been over there last weekend, but had to cancel the trip for a family celebration. Blah.

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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Name only vaguely rings a bell. Am a v. bad Belgian. *hangs head in shame*
sandrine: (horny/sexy (Cora))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


LOL! Well, you're forgiven - he's just a currently unemployed race car driver who was never all that big anyway. And he doesn't even live in Belgium anymore. But he has the most gorgeous legs I've ever seen on a male human being. :P

From: [identity profile] jintro.livejournal.com


Thanks for dashing my hopes so quickly.   :p

(If you don't know me... I'm a friend of [livejournal.com profile] femgeek's, but I think she'll deny it.)
sandrine: (happy (Heidi))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Of course I know you. Both Nat and Melle are on my friends list, so there's no way of not knowing you. You're a legend. *g*

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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Careful, you'll inflate his ego. And that doesn't need inflating as it is.
sandrine: (happy (Heidi))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


LOL. No worries. Men's egos are like balloons. Easy to inflate, but just one poke with a tiny needle and they burst. ;)

From: [identity profile] ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com

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Schröder is definitely the lesser evil, no doubt about that one. But, I have to admit that I can't stand Westerwelle. He's, all in my opinion, of course, a populist. And don't even get me started on, ahem, "Die Partei der Besserverdienenden." The party of those who earn more than your average employee? Gods. Why don't they simply call themselves "The Party of the Big Bosses?" Then again, that description would fit many parties, huh? Oh, wahtever.

I'd emigrate, but I haven't actually found a country where the leaders aren't either complete fools, Brush's cronnies, or maniac radicals.

How about some kingdom? ::g::

Um. Which one was it? The axe? Because the axe is reserved for rants and general pissiness.
sandrine: (axe murderer (Enrique))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


I don't really care about the FDP, but Westerwelle as a person is one of the few (two, actually) German politicians I'd go have a cup of coffee with.

How about some kingdom? ::g::

I'd have to be some kingdom where the monarch has actual executive rights, unlike, say the UK (where Blair is Bush's lov-- er, right hand, I mean).

And yes, I meant the axe icon. Fits with my axe murderer one. *g*

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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where Blair is Bush's lov-- er, right hand, I mean

There are images even I don't need, you know.
sandrine: (slashy (F1 boys))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Oops. Sorry. *hangs head* It's not my fault, though. It's her *points at [livejournal.com profile] slippery_fish* who said that. I still believe Bush has something going on with Putin...
sandrine: (slashy (F1 boys))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Thanks. :)

Who started that PoliSlash thing anyway? It's rather scary when you think twice about it.

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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Vali and Mary started the trend with That's The Ticket, I believe.

From: [identity profile] ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com

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Westerwelle as a person is one of the few (two, actually) German politicians I'd go have a cup of coffee with.

Who's the other?

I'd have to be some kingdom where the monarch has actual executive rights, unlike, say the UK (where Blair is Bush's lov-- er, right hand, I mean).

::gasp:: Don't shock me like that. The image of Bush and Blair? Eurgh. Just... ::shudders:: Must. Think. Of. Pretty. Boys. Prettyboysprettyboysprettyboys.

Okay. I'm better now. Oh gods, just imagine that there's actually some Bush slash out there. Heaven help us.

Anyway. Kingdom. Um. Norway? Sweden? I think they're quite okay. Or you could go to Switzerland, considering their all-around neutrality, you can't go wrong there.
sandrine: (slashy (F1 boys))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Who's the other?

Klaus Wowereit. The man is just too cool to be a politician. ;)

::gasp:: Don't shock me like that. The image of Bush and Blair? Eurgh. Just... ::shudders:: Must. Think. Of. Pretty. Boys. Prettyboysprettyboysprettyboys.

Hmm. Well, I definitely prefer the Formula One boys, too, but I still think Bush has something going on with Putin. Probably with Blair, too. The man is just a whore. ;)

Okay. I'm better now. Oh gods, just imagine that there's actually some Bush slash out there. Heaven help us.

I think there most likely is. There has to be. They just aren't brave/crazy enough to post it in a semi-public place. *g*

From: [identity profile] ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com

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Well, I'd definitely agree with your theories about Bush and Blair. Putin, though? I don't know. I have yet to see proof that they can even stand to be in the same room when there's no press around. But Blair? Yeah. Bush's bitch, he is.

Well, you know that Melle gave us the directions to a little bit of Politician porn, no?
sandrine: (slashy (F1 boys))

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Yeah, I saw it. I'm still recovering from the shock.

But yes, I think Putin and Bush would be kinda... well cute together. If asked, never said this, though. ;)
sandrine: (Default)

From: [personal profile] sandrine


Can we make that Tom Riddle instead of Voldie and we have a deal. ]:-P

From: [identity profile] dolores.livejournal.com


A-men to that. I mean, it really is government of the oilmen, by the oilmen for the oilmen, with the added arrogance that they are the chieftains of US of A and there isn't any chance they could possibly be wrong.

Still, pride always comes before a fall.

From: [identity profile] ex-zarah5186.livejournal.com


Ahem. Melle, are you sharing my brain? Or something? Can I charge rent? Because, well.

He's a professional son with a range of facial expressions to rival a monkey. And he's the President of the United States of America. (http://www.livejournal.com/talkread.bml?journal=zarah5&itemid=20103)

From: [identity profile] caribbeanblue.livejournal.com


I apologize for the president of my country of birth, though I doubt that helps anything. Enough nukes to blow up your entire country? Why the hell are they storing them there, anyway?

M <--- getting dual citizenship (American/German) while she still can... and v. much a supporter of the ICC

From: [identity profile] bubosquared.livejournal.com

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Oh, don't. Half of it is due to a bizarre (in my eyes) election system, anyway.

And I have no clue. IIRC, they're leftovers from the Cold War.
ext_9362: (fuck off and die.)

From: [identity profile] izzybeth.livejournal.com


All I can think is "this is definitely not what they had in mind in the beginning." It was about high taxes and military occupation, dammit....

From: [identity profile] sonatine.livejournal.com


I have never been more ashamed of my birth country than when that started worming its way over Livejournal. It was like, My parents emigrated from China for THIS shit? Since when did being American entitle anybody to immunity from anything? The sheer arrogance of it all just makes me want to march into the White House and smack Dubya a good one with a 2x4. And all the rest of the oilmen for good measure. Not necessarily because they've done something bad, but I know they will in the near future. I laugh at the notion of self-regulatory business. And stuff.

From: [identity profile] kitsune13.livejournal.com


Hear fucking hear. The morons my countryfolk choose (well, not really, in this case) to lead them disgust me. Bush is an absolutely worthless piece of horseshit.
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