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What's the solution? (Letters to the Editor).


I read Kate Clinton's commentary ("Regimen regimen /reg·i·men/ (rej´i-men) a strictly regulated scheme of diet, exercise, or other activity designed to achieve certain ends.

reg·i·men
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 Change," November issue) with a smile and nod of agreement. I, too, desperately need a Bush Free Day, or B.F.D., as she called it. My nerves are on edge, my blood pressure seems to be rising, I've lost my appetite, and my brain is spinning. Why? Because I feel as if our nation is on the edge of a cliff and we are about to collectively jump off. I try to relax, sip on some beer, watch a bit of television, but inevitably I'll find myself channel surfing Channel surfing is the practice of quickly scanning through different television channels or radio frequencies in order to find something interesting to watch or listen to.  to some news show in which inane people with vacuous smiles report yet another Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, or Ashcroft outrage.

So what is the solution? How do we stop the Administration's psychotic psychotic /psy·chot·ic/ (si-kot´ik)
1. pertaining to, characterized by, or caused by psychosis.

2. a person exhibiting psychosis.


psy·chot·ic
adj.
 rush to war now that the Congress, the media, and apparently even the United Nations are cowering cow·er  
intr.v. cow·ered, cow·er·ing, cow·ers
To cringe in fear.



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 under the onslaught of megatons of Bushshit?
Laura Vaidya
Sherman Oaks, California
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Author:Vaidya, Laura
Publication:The Progressive
Article Type:Letter to the Editor
Date:Jan 1, 2003
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