Holy Crap!

I do believe the Dems are getting it together. I don’t know whether I should get my hope up, but they have a plan and that’s a good start. Let’s look at it, shall we?

First their plan is called “Real Security”. Ah, yes, take Bush’s words and use them against him. That’s good. As opposed the half-assed security the Bushbots give us, nice.

Now some points of interest.

21st Century Military

To Ensure Unparalleled Military Strength and Honor our Troops, we will:

Rebuild a state-of-the-art military by making the needed investments in equipment and manpower so that we can project power to protect America wherever and whenever necessary.

Guarantee that our troops have the protective gear, equipment, and training they need and are never sent to war without accurate intelligence and a strategy for success.

Enact a GI Bill of Rights for the 21st Century that guarantees our troops — active, reserve, and retired — our veterans, and their families receive the pay, health care, mental health services, and other benefits they have earned and deserve.

Strengthen the National Guard, in partnership with the nation’s Governors, to ensure it is fully manned, equipped and available to meet missions at home and abroad.

Yep. Good. Bush sent our people out to fight without making sure they had the intelligence and equipment to do it right. Let’s fix that.

War on Terror

To Defeat Terrorists and Stop the Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, we will:

Eliminate Osama Bin Laden, destroy terrorist networks like al Qaeda, finish the job in Afghanistan and end the threat posed by the Taliban.

Double the size of our Special Forces, increase our human intelligence capabilities, and ensure our intelligence is free from political pressure.

Eliminate terrorist breeding grounds by combating the economic, social, and political conditions that allow extremism to thrive; lead international efforts to uphold and defend human rights; and renew longstanding alliances that have advanced our national security objectives.

Secure by 2010 loose nuclear materials that terrorists could use to build nuclear weapons or “dirty bombs.”

Redouble efforts to stop nuclear weapons development in Iran and North Korea.

Osama bin Who? Oh, yeah, him. Good to know there’s someone out there that remembers that guy and his real connection to you-know-when.

And did they day “North Korea” and “nuclear weapons” in the same sentence? That’s certainly ballsy. I hope that we don’t preemptively strike Iran before this plan gets set into motion, that’s for sure. I don’t think focusing on Iran is such a good idea right now, preferring to just keep a close eye on them. But countries that already have weapons and aren’t afraid to use them? Hmmm, I don’t know about that one either, come to think about it. If we pressure N.Korea then we’ll piss China off and then all that crap we buy from them will cost a fortune.

And who would have thought that doing something about the conditions that breed terrorists could actually eliminate terrorism? Brilliant! Is Bush reading this because I think he should be.

Homeland Security

To Protect America from Terrorism and Natural Disasters, we will:

Immediately implement the recommendations of the independent, bipartisan 9/11 Commission including securing national borders, ports, airports and mass transit systems.

Screen 100% of containers and cargo bound for the U.S. in ships or airplanes at the point of origin and safeguard America’s nuclear and chemical plants, and food and water supplies.

Prevent outsourcing of critical components of our national security infrastructure — such as ports, airports and mass transit — to foreign interests that put America at risk.

Provide firefighters, emergency medical workers, police officers, and other workers on the front lines with the training, staffing, equipment and cutting-edge technology they need.

Protect America from biological terrorism and pandemics, including the Avian flu, by investing in the public health infrastructure and training public health workers.

I just had an idea! What if we really did increase security at all of our ports of entry? That could create tons of jobs! People could leave Wal-Mart and work for real money. Hallelujah, two birds with one stone on that one.

And preventing outsourcing of our property? Well, that’s not going to fly well with the “sell our forests and ports to pay for education” crowd. Screw ‘em. They can’t have national security and a foreign owned port at the same time. Good luck trying to stop the flu, though.

Iraq

To Honor the Sacrifice of Our Troops, we will:

Ensure 2006 is a year of significant transition to full Iraqi sovereignty, with the Iraqis assuming primary responsibility for securing and governing their country and with the responsible redeployment of U.S. forces.

Insist that Iraqis make the political compromises necessary to unite their country and defeat the insurgency; promote regional diplomacy; and strongly encourage our allies and other nations to play a constructive role.

Hold the Bush Administration accountable for its manipulated pre-war intelligence, poor planning and contracting abuses that have placed our troops at greater risk and wasted billions of taxpayer dollars.

That’s right, folks, give Iraq back to Iraqis. Amen! Let them walk on their own. No one wants to be ruled by ~~Bush~~ a puppet administration. But how do we “insist” that they get along? Are we still going to parent this fledgling nation? I guess it’s better than letting the Taliban take control there, too. And what do they mean by “strongly encourage”? I’m not liking most of this point. But it may sit well with swing voters so I can live with it- I guess.

Energy Independence

To Free America from Dependence on Foreign Oil, we will:

Achieve energy independence for America by 2020 by eliminating reliance on oil from the Middle East and other unstable regions of the world.

Increase production of alternate fuels from America’s heartland including bio-fuels, geothermal, clean coal, fuel cells, solar and wind; promote hybrid and flex fuel vehicle technology and manufacturing; enhance energy efficiency and conservation incentives.

I’m all about becoming oil-free (or lite, as the case may be). I say put a hefty tax on the sale of gas guzzlers (Hummer, get outa here!). Of course, that’s not fair, but who the flap cares. They’re destroying my home with their madness so they should have to pay more. Oh, to see all big, nasty Suvs (and NASCAR) phased into oblivion…Ok, I’m back now. I went to some utopian dreamland where everyone gave a shit about menial things like oxygen and water cleanliness. It was nice there.

I did find one thing lacking in this proposal/plan/talking point memo. I think they forgot about Afghanistan. Unless, of course, that part was inferred in the actually catching the bad guys part. Could be, could be. Overall, I like it. I think it might actually work. And maybe Dems, like me, who are saddened and disgusted by our party’s lack of backbone will find reason to smile again.
(H/t Brad)

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