Why are you so political..?

I was asked that, yesterday. I didn't think I was political. I just thought I was ethical. Murder is wrong. Stealing is wrong. Lying is wrong. We're not talking "No, those pants don't make your ass look fat" lying, we're talking "This is why you should send your kids off to die" lying. There is no excuse. There is no justification. There is no point at which these things become right, or even less wrong. Don't give me that speech about omelettes and broken eggs, either. People aren't eggs, and if you're eating people omelettes, you are one sick puppy, and have no business in a leadership position.

I've been told I have a black and white view of the world. That's not entirely true. There are all those shades of grey, sure, but there's still white at one end, and black at the other. Murder, theft, and deception are all pretty damn black.

And one other thing - Nearly twenty years ago we started shouting "No blood for oil." The blood was spent, anyway, so where the hell is the oil? Did Bush and Bush II think we meant "Blood for no oil?" Exxon/Mobil, Shell, and British Petroleum report record profits every quarter, and we pay record-breaking prices for gas every year, but we're sitting on three of the largest untapped oilfields in the world in Iraq. Which part of that equation adds up? Here's an idea: Let's pull out of Iraq, and buy oil from them at a reasonable rate. They'll have an economy that isn't based on chlorine gas, and we won't have to kill civilians, torture people, or put black bags on old ladies' heads before throwing them down the oubliette. This is a good plan.