Bounce
It remains to be seen if George II can achieve the kind of positive numbers increase in the polls that could translate the Presidential campaign into a tight race now that the convention is over, the balloons have tumbled prettily from the rafters of Madison Square Garden, and the hundreds upon hundreds of political protestors bounced illegally into jail by Bush's toadying mayor, Bloomberg the Beholden, are being summarily bounced right back to the street. I sincerely hope every effort is being made to capitalize on the police-state mentality exhibited in NYC during the convention, as these arrests, among so many other examples too numerous to mention in the days since September 11, 2001, are typical of the kind of fear-mongering oppression Bush has imposed on the nation. Don't forget: they want you to be afraid; they want you to be divided. Bush and Cheney and Ashcroft and Rumsfield and Rice and all their cronies and lackeys want to divide the nation into those who stand with them and those they can rob. Yes, it's all about the money, the power and privilege money conveys. If you have it, they don't; so they'll take it from you. They do this best when you're too afraid to stop them. But they can be stopped, on November 2, so if you're an American, register to vote and then get out there and do it. If your an expatriate American, or just away from home, register to vote by September 15 and then do it when the ballot arrives. If you know an American, tell him or her to vote, a lot. We only get one shot at this for the next four years, and the next four years will shape the next decade.