While I may not care so much whether or not Windows XP survives (I would be happy migrating to Ubuntu), I would be discouraged if both my workplace and my family were forced to switch to Vista. At my workplace it would mean endless headaches, and since I am the IT support person in my family, I would be forced to attempt to fix the Vista bugs that my wife found at home. Sign the petition! Regardless of your feelings about open source vs. proprietary, no one should be forced to switch by a manufacturer.
Senator Kerry calls this a "tragic milestone," and the most catastrophic of the administration's mistakes made so far. Regardless of his mistakenly voting for the war at the time, he's right. For him to turn against the Iraq war is a flip-flop I would be happy with. Hopefully he has an exit strategy, even though he's not telling us about it at the moment.
This is why Bush must be defeated in November. I realize the economy is an important issue, but compared to 1000++ dead soldiers? Come on. Not to mention 7,000++ wounded, and the 11,000++ estimated by the Iraq Body Count . This is a slam dunk, as George Tenet would say.
Prediction: if Bush is [re]elected, the U.S. will engage in pre-emptive war against Iran and/or North Korea. Is that really what we want?
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