Cow flatulence and global warming

My husband is not a fan of the Bush administration. Lately he has been on a weather kick lambasting Bush and his cronies. He has been walking around sarcastically saying things like, "There's no such thing as global warming! If global warming is happening, it's because of methane gas released from cows and pigs." He has also been saying for several years now, "If you believe in God then you have to accept that he is pretty pissed off! Hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunami's, fires, come on! The weather is a sign from God that Bush is an asshole. We need to kick his butt out of office!"

He was also sarcastically ranting about the war. "We must fight them over there, otherwise we will have to fight them over here, because the terrorists will follow us home. See if we leave, they have to follow us because they are incapable of pulling out a map and figuring out how to get here." My guy's point is that it makes no difference if we stay in Iraq or leave. If they want to attack us on our soil they will. The argument that they will fight us here, or that they will follow us is just dumb and doesn't validate our continued presence in Iraq.

As far as I am concerned, I'm still trying to figure out what the "war on terror" really is. From the onset it seemed to me like the beginning of a new version of a cold war. For the record I do not consider 9-11 the onset of the "war on terror". Yes, I agree that 9-11 was one of the worst things this country has ever experienced. But it was when Bush started pointing false fingers at Iraq that the "war on terror" started in earnest. From my perspective Bush has always been the obnoxious and petty bully on the schoolyard. He wants to beat everyone up. The problem is you cannot beat everyone up. Eventually the obnoxious bully gets his ass kicked royally (and he usually deserves it).

Now I'm certainly not a political scientist, but it didn't take much common sense to see that if you took out Saddam Hussein you would create a whole host of other problems that would actually be worse.

I remember a few years back when my mom said, "But we have to get the WMD's! Didn't you hear Powell speak before the UN?!" I answered, "No Ma. As bad as Saddam Hussein is, the balance of power in the Middle East is very delicate. If you take him out you will destabilize the entire region. I don't doubt for a minute that Saddam would love to get his hands on some WMD's. I wouldn't be surprised if he had some at one point. But he doesn't have them anymore. Not with the US & the UN breathing down his neck. If we go into Iraq we will mess everything up. We're good at that. Look at Cuba! We put Castro into power. Look at Haiti-we left them high and dry! We have a history of putting crappy puppet governments into power. That's what will happen to Iraq. It will come back and bite us in the ass."

Several years later our asses are quite sore and Bush still doesn't get it. Now where is that map...it seems to me that we are the ones that need it to find our way home.