Every day it gets a little bit easier to breathe

Ok, so how are we progressives/liberals/Democrats/pinko commies recovering from the Stolen Election Part Deux? Slowly. Polls show that 50% of Dems are afraid personally for our future and the future of our country. Terrified is more like it.
Today King George is launching an all out offensive on Fallujeh. My stomach clenches into a knot while watching footage of the bombardment on CNN; while across the bottom of the screen, scrolls the news that Pres. Bush and his Stepford Wife are "welcoming their new Scottish terrier, Miss Beazley into the family." It makes me want to puke, to use the fifth grade vernacular, that while people are dying and shivering in fear in Iraq on his orders, that "man" is getting his wife a puppy. Aww.
I am actually proud of the left this week. The Columbus Dispatch, cowardly traitorous rag that it is, has been running good articles by New York Times columnists on the aftermath of the election and how scary it is for some of us. (notice the good articles are not by Dispatch writers; no surprise, that)
Paul Begala, after looking like an ineffectual weenie when Jon Stewart was on Crossfire a few weeks ago, delievered a pretty spirited dose of Bush bashing the other day, for once.
All in all, there's less feeling sorry for ourselves than I expected, and more a sense of indignation that Bush thinks he has a "mandate." I am glad that liberals are still speaking up, even though it does no good, even though we lost. That gives me some comfort. I hope we can keep it up, and shine a light on all the shady things Bush is getting ready to do. I have even been hearing people mention the fact that over 100,000 Iraqi civilians have been killed in the Iraqi invasion. I'm glad that info like that is getting out to the public, because I'm so sick of the running tally of US soldiers, as if they are the only people dying as a result of this.
Kofi Annan also tried to warn the "coalition" of US and Britain that attacking Fallujeh will anger Iraqis and make it even more difficult to have elections in January. Of course, King George has ignored this advice. My thoughts and prayers go out to all the people involved in the ongoing bloody conflict: No matter what country they come from.