Not likely.

I've had about enough of hearing how the GOP will ruthlessly and viciously make Sonia Sotomayor's nomination hearings as difficult as possible. I wish I could claim misogony or racism, however what it really comes down to is that dirty little " D" word; democrat.

Now, I would be a liar if I were to claim that democrats did not do their best to make republicans uncomfortable during any process that involved nominating a conservative. I am not pointing fingers at republicans alone for such immature, selfish and ridiculous behavior. However, regardless of your political persuasion, you should all desire an end to this nonsense, immediately.

I am so tired of sour grapes. When our country's economy is in the toilet, our service men and women are involved in two wars and multiple international conflicts and our citizens are desparate for some peace, and piece of mind, all the GOP can do is initiate conflict and try and prohibit any effective progress.

Last week, when the Credit Card Holder's Bill of Rights passed ( thank God!), were you aware that the republicans only allowed it to pass because it included an ammendment to allow automatic weapons in our national parks? Really? Millions of Americans are being ripped off by credit card companies. These companies tanked our economy, thus resulting in a stronger dependence on said credit cards. These companies have taken our tax dollars to pay for their bad mistakes only to slam us with uneccessary fees and charges. The entire nation should be outraged. However, the GOP didn't care too much but as long as ole' Johnny can bring his automatic weapon into his nearest national park, then I suppose it can pass.

In the aftermath of the Bush administration, you would think that the GOP would want to rebuild its image. You would think that they would want to chose leaders with integrity and intelligence. Instead, they chose a moose hunter and a foul-mouthed, drug- addicted talk show host. In addtion, Michael Steele may be a man of color, but he is no Obama. You would think that any opportunity to shed some positive light on the GOP would be jumped at. You would think that the GOP would scour their base to find an smart and likeable individual to represent the party on a national stage.

You would think.

Guess not.

Weathering the extreme cold and the overwhelming throngs of people in Washington D.C. on inauguration day this past January was a feat that I gladly undertook in order to take part in such a monumentous moment in history. I was there to both applaud Obama and to " Boo" Bush and his administration, literally. History smiled on our nation the day that Obama stepped in, and Bush and Cheney and the like, stepped out.

Many of my readers are aware of my deep contempt for the Bush administration. I often observe others blaming Bush, solely, for the horror that was his two terms in office. We all know that Georgey was too stupid to act alone. In fact, he was more of a puppet whose strings were skillfully and wickedly controlled by the ass- face himself, Dick Cheney.

I will not mince words; Cheney is a greedy, selfish, soul-less, pathetic excuse for a human and an American. I truly believe that he is the face of evil. I wasn't aware that I could harbor any more loathing for the man, but over the past few weeks, I have realized that I very much can, and do. In additon, I have found yet another justified title for him; coward.

Over the past few weeks, Cheney has been speaking out to Americans against Obama's national security measures. I find this somewhat amusing for two reasons:

1) He barely said a word while in office ( he preferred not to be seen or heard because that may have drawn attention to the fact that he was actually in charge)

and

2) Our government has recently been probing into the Bush administration for what will hopefully be, criminal charges against them for breaching our privacy and employing illegal torture and detainment practices on the inmates at Guantanamo.

Cheney is so terrified of what may, and should, become of him, that he has been making desparate attempts to boulster the GOP base into believing that our nation is under the threat of attack by terrorists and that Obama is doing nothing about it. Moreover, Cheney feels that Obama's plan to close ( Thank God!) Guantanamo will result in a terrorist backlash against our citizens.

Hasn't this all been said before? Aren't these the same tactics the Bush administration used to scare and intimidate us into looking the other way while they imposed on our civil rights and those of the detainees at Guantanamo ? Isn't this why we didn't mind our privacy being invaded by paranoid hooligans? Have we forgotten the most eggregious breach of our privacy under the Patriot Act? I only hope that Dick Cheney himself can listen in on my phonecalls. I have verbally kicked that man's ass from here to wherever his stupid hidden bunker is.

Don't fall for it again! Taking down Dick Cheney should not be a partisan endeavour! I think Republicans, Democrats and Independents alike should be outraged. I would like to know if Republicans think that having that sociopath represent their party would be a good move in the GOP's part? I don't say this to be glib, but come on! Cheney is not helping you! The GOP needs to get its act together. On that note, having your own congressman, Rep. Paul Broun (R-Ga.) try to create legislature to legally name 2010 the " year of the bible" is not helping things much either.

I never thought that I would be urging Republicans to help their own party, but seen as how they're not helping themselves, I feel as if I don't have much of a choice. If they can't keep fighting the good fight, who can I pick on in my blogs?

I'm not trying to be a pessimist, but with Cheney, Broun and the possibility of Sarah Palin running for president in 2012, you guys are just asking for it. You may not have supported Cheney's ideas of interrogation techniques but you certainly seem to be tortuting yourselves by sitting back and watching the GOP implode.

Get a grip.

Recently, Bank of America informed millions of its credit card holders that it would be raising their interest to an ungodly amount. No, these are not people who are deemed as having " bad" credit. They are people, like me, who work hard to pay their bills on time, and over the minimum.

Last I checked, my taxes just skyrocketed due to bailouts of financial industries such as Bank of America.

Hmm.

So, I pay more in taxes, and now I have to shell out even more to them because I am being punished for being a good customer? How the hell is that fair? More importantly, what is the government going to do about it?

Congress is well aware of the problem and has, for some time now, been trying to pass a Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights. This would make interest hikes, like Bank of America's illegal. Furthermore, the increased interest would be lowered, and retroactive ( Yippee!).

Unfortunately, the bill , if passed, won't go into effect until 2010. In addition, greedy GOP's, with their greasy hands in big banker's pockets, are doing everything that they can to stop it! We can't count on Arlen Spector ( and hopefully Al Franken) to be the filibuster to pass this. Democrats are not devoid of corruption either. THEREFORE, you ( yes I mean you, literally) need to write your local representative and demand your rights as a credit card holder.

If you're too lazy to look up your local representatives info, let me know and I'll do it. Hey, I'll even write the damn letter, all you have to do is sign it!

Change doesn't happen just because we want it to. And, we won't have any change left in our pockets unless we do something about this!

A recent survey showed that more than 60% of the nation feel that Obama is taking this country in the right direction. Additionally, over 81% of Americans admit that they just " like" him.

The approval rating of our last president was abysmal. I don't even think that Republicans even " liked" him more than they tolerated him because he was the figurehead of the GOP.

Huh.

Well ladies and gentlemen, whether you think Obama is doing the right thing for our country, change HAS come to America.