Troll, you're right. This sick diatribe is exactly what I need to read in the middle of the night. Don't paint all us "liberals" with the same brush. I feel that Bush is doing a pretty good job, and has some excellent advisors at this time. I feel no need to blame America for this tragedy,and I am hopeful that a multinational coalition can at least reduce this sort of thing.

But last night, on the Politically Incorrect, some Republican dickhead attacked the much reviled Susan Sontag, and stated, people like you "should not be permitted" to express their opinions in public. Because she said in some piece that we need to look at the reasons for terrorism, and not just willy nilly bomb the hell out of them. This from someone professing to believe in individual rights.

He later retracted that statement, but his retraction rang hollow to me. He said what he meant. That's why the Conservative movement has always been pretty scary to me.

Tonight's show was pretty much the same. Bill Maher and Jesse Jackson were on the side of trying to understand why this act of terrorism occured, and a couple of conservatives stating that this is not necessary, we just need to go and get the bastards. And a comedian thrown in for laughs.

You know what? I, a known Liberal, also think we ought to go and get the bastards. But I think we need to examine the causes of terrorism as well. How long is it going to be before the millions of AIDS victims in Africa begin commiting terrorist acts against the U.S. and Europe? What about South America? Indonesia? Southeast Asia? We'd better damn well start thinking about this shit.

I think Bush's handlers have done fairly well so far. If Bush's daddy had shown even half the compassion for the Afghans after the Soviet war, that the Junior is showing today, we might not be in the position we are today. I am NOT attacking America, but that was a serious blunder, by Republicans and Democrats as well.

I don't have the answers. Obviously, we can't afford to feed everyone in the world. But as long as two thirds of the world's population is living in diseased, abject poverty and famine, these types of attacks will continue. We have made a start. Some of the drug companies who produce AIDS medications have reduced their prices to third world countries. And that was before September 11th. I applaud them. But it's just a start.

Thanks, BlueJay