Life in 'Pelosigrad'

In a recent news conference, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Ca., asked, "When are people going to face the reality?" The "reality" she is referring to is her belief that President Bush's economic and foreign policies have failed. But when you look at the facts, as Democrats so seldom do, you see that the "reality" Pelosi suggests is not reality at all, but a made up fantasyland where you will find most liberal minds.\nI will affectionately refer to this fantasyland as "Pelosigrad." \nIn Pelosigrad, no one is able to find work and the economy is suffering horribly. The people need the government to provide them with jobs. But in the real world (not the "Real World" you find on MTV), President Bush has relied on our free market to provide jobs, while the government has supplied the stimuli to get the market going. \nNearly every economic indicator reported by the Government Printing Office, including gross domestic product, national income and disposable personal income, has risen. In April alone, 278,000 new jobs were created and the unemployment rate fell to 5.6 percent. \nBut back in Pelosigrad, economic conditions could not be worse. The government needs to either provide everyone with a job, or redistribute the hard-earned wealth of the "fortunate." \nIn other Pelosigrad news, President Bush lied to the American people about Saddam Hussein having weapons of mass destruction so he could take over Iraq, and thus reap the benefits of Iraqi oil. Pelosi said in her news conference Friday that "without adequate evidence, we put our young people in harm's way." \nIn the real world, when President Bush made his case for the war in Iraq, he had the backing of intelligence agencies in numerous countries, all stating Saddam had WMD. And now, with the discovery of both Sarin nerve and mustard gas in Iraq, it seems as if that intelligence was correct. Although these are only two known cases, according to foxnews.com, a former Iraqi nuclear scientist proclaimed, "I'm sure they're going to find more once time passes." \nHe also stated Saddam either stored his weapons underground or sent them to Syria, where they are now popping up with the insurgents in Iraq. You would think information from such a high-profile source would carry some weight, but not in the Ivory Towers of Pelosigrad.\nOn a side note: If this war in Iraq was concocted in Texas to gain control of Iraqi oil, wouldn't we now be paying less at the pump? Just a thought.\nPelosi also said Iraq could have been handled "without the deaths of our troops." But in the real world, progress does not come without some cost. Any loss of life is tragic, but our soldiers and Marines enter the armed services voluntarily, knowing there is a chance they will be sent off to experience the dangers of war.\nThey are trained to be able to handle any situation that may come their way, and are willing to risk their lives to enable the spread of American values.\nIn about 430 days in Iraq, the coalition has lost a little over 900 people, nearly 800 of whom were Americans. If the war in Iraq and against terrorism is useful in combating events in which we lose 2,752 people in one day, like we did on Sept. 11, then it is a noble cause.\nSo as House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi sits in her 14th floor office of her height-controlled Ivory Tower in San Francisco criticizing President Bush's "failed" policies, take a look for yourself at the real world facts. \nFacts which are lost upon the fantasyland of Pelosigrad, where most of the modern Democratic Party leaders dwell.