Can Bush Win?

The US Election scares me. Can Bush actually win a second term? How is this possible for somebody who mislead the country into war? Yes, mislead. Can you remember the marketing campaign that Iraq had stockpiles of WMDs? Surprise! There were no WMDs (just as the weapon inspectors had asserted) and Bush has now a new justification for the war: Humanitarian grounds and Saddam’s capacity for building WMDs. Sounds like doublethink to me, and roughly 50% of American voters don’t seem to care.

Regardless if Bush acted on the best available intelligence and regardless of how flawed it was, this war was started on his watch and therefore he is accountable. That alone (plus much, much more) is enough reason that he must go.

Summer 2004

I was thinking of what a great summer it has been. In April I made a trip to Louisiana for the New Orleans Jazz Festival, in May I went to Canada for a wedding, in June I turned 30 and celebrated with a number of friends and coworkers, in July I took a week off and cycled the Swiss Aarau Route (325km) and visited London and saw two musicals, in August I visited a client in South Africa for two weeks and went for a balloon ride in eastern Switzerland, and today I returned from a hiking weekend in the Graubünden kanton of Switzerland.

The hike was long, painful, but fun. The weather could not have cooperated better and the company was great. The downside was a twisted foot that I’m still being reminded of when I walk. I’m questioning if low-cut trekkers are suitable for this type of hiking. Today we were all in too much pain to bother returning to the mountains, so we opted for a day at the beach instead.