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It was gone in a blink of an eye.

Top House Democrats retreated Monday from an attempt to limit President Bush’s authority for taking military action against Iran. The Democrats have abandoned the war authority provision. Apparently Nancy Pelosi stripped it from a military spending plan,

The overall bill — which requires that the withdrawal of U.S. combat troops from Iraq by Sept. 1, 2008, if not earlier — remained on schedule for an initial test vote Thursday in the House Appropriations Committee.

The measure provides nearly $100 billion to pay for two wars and includes more money than Bush had requested for operations in Afganistan and what Democrats called training and equipment shortages. Still, House Republicans said they wouldn’t support it and the White House threatened a veto.

What’s wrong about this picture? I guess I’m just waiting for someone to stop talking about the war and start doing something about moving us out of there. With non-binding resolutions and now this, what are the Democrats doing. It has become tedious at this point, and with many of the people I know who have already gone to Iraq once and looking at going back, I can’t help but be impatient. I can’t imagine what their families are going through.

I am a true believer that things are going on underneath the soil, if you will. If you have ever seen the movie Blue Velvet, there is the scene at the opening of the movie where everything is beautiful on the surface, but underneath the blanket of grass you see you much and the insects lying underneath the surface in the dirt and the muck.

That’s what I believe is happening in Washington right now. Mainstream media is covering lottery winners, Anna Nicole and the presidential race among candidates who will not take office for nearly another two years, and yet the grinding machine of Washington keeps putting off any real action regarding a subject that most Americans want some resolution on. It’s a mess, there will be no easy fix. I’m not naive, I know that, but something is better than nothing, but Bush keeps sending troops in.

Of course, the Democrats say they will focus on the Iraq Withdrawal portion of their agenda. But I’m ready to see this soon.

I guess I’m just aggravated. Very, very aggravated.

Has anything really changed? I sure hope so, but I’m ready to see it all happen. Something is afoot. Halliburton is moving to Dubai, there seems to be a shift going on, but I guess I would like to know what’s really happening.

Because I’m not too sure anyone really knows.