After watching Olbermann and Abrams on MSNBC skewer the media on this bitter issue the last two days, I must confess, I am also bitter (or angry, frustrated, disappointed, not content, discontented - substitute your choice).<br><br>I am bitter every time Bush or McBush mention terrorism and Iraq in the same sentence.<br>I am bitter every time problems with free trade are mentioned and the only possible alternative is protectionism.<br>I am bitter that the most favored nation status was granted China in 2001 and we get poisoned food and toys for our children while China expands their military budget to match that of Great Britian and runs up nearly a trillion dollar trade deficit with the US.<br>I am bitter when our Constitution is violated by the Bush administration and nothing happens to the violator.<br>I am bitter when laws are violated by the Bush administration and nothing happens to the violator.<br>I am bitter that the 109 Congress passes the Military Commissions Act that prevents the Bush administration for being charged with war crimes just before the 110 Congress showed up.<br> 
I am bitter when the White House is turned into party and corporate headquarters and the needs of the few outweigh the needs of the many.<br>I am bitter that one of the largest US institutional bond funds had the intelligence to move their fund to 88% cash and avoid the pending credit crisis while our Federal government was deaf, dumb, and blind, and now citizens and their communities pay the price of others greed and incompetence.<br>
I am bitter when corporations are given preferential treatment and rights over citizens.<br>I am bitter when CEOs run companies into the ground and still get millions of dollars in bonuses.<br>I am bitter when our country looses its international standing and respect.<br>I am bitter every time a child is left behind by No Child Left Behind.<br>I am bitter every time seniors are stuck paying higher prescription prices by the Prescription Drug Benefit Plan.<br>I am bitter that scientific evidence and research is suppressed or ignored on subjects like climate change.<br>I am bitter every time the Clinton campaign diverts attention from the issues that make me bitter, and a majority of the MSM tags along.<br>