May Day in the USA

May Day is the real Labor Day, and it was brought to you by anarchists, vicious repression by police and militia, and the desire for an eight hour work day. In Russia? No, here is the USA. Our current Labor Day is merely window dressing to cover the unpleasant truth.

Let's see how far we've progressed.

This week's cover story to The Nation is called "Race to the Bottom", featuring Hillary Clinton on the cover.

"Watching the brass ring of the presidency slip out of Clinton's grasp as she is buffeted by this torrent of misogyny, women--white women, that is, and mainstream feminists especially--have rallied to her defense."

and

"The sexist attacks on Clinton are outrageous and deplorable, but there's reason to be concerned about her becoming the vehicle for a feminist reawakening. "

The primary should not be a contest about feminism or race, even though it will be hard to avoid. I don't think Presidential races ever took the high ground. This should be a contest about how we can recover from the boy emperor's war, if we can. There is a McCain plan to make Bush permanent. If the other two hopefuls can stop attacking each other long enough to talk specifics, I'd like to hear REAL proposals for recovery.

My opinion: I don't care too much who gets the nomination. Both Democratic candidates aren't too far apart on the war. My main reason for voting against Hillary was her unabashed and continued support for it. The war is destroying every aspect of the American way of life.

Yet,

Obama Says His Foreign Policy Would Be Like That of President Bush's Father, JFK, Reagan

Totally scary. As much as they appear to be 'against' it, I don't think either has voted to "unfund" the war yet. We're in Iraq for a long time, till the end of the empire. Only the history books will report whether the end was was short and sweet, or long and painful. We merely have to live it, unfortunately.

Compare our candidates to someone who is actually doing something about peace in the political world, and you will see how far we've fallen. Ever since he left office, this outstanding person has lived his principles. Yet, he gets no respect.

Read the Pariah Diplomacy editorial to see who I mean.

OK? Now I'm here to tell you, there is only one true peace candidate.

Go ahead, hate me - it's sad no one can believe we could ever have such a vision of democracy in the USA. My vote is really going to be against McCain, not for a candidate who represents my values.