Lovely timing as always with the Bin Laden tape...

Just after Bush saw his approval plummet to 33%, which was at the time, a low for him, his dear old friend Osama Bin Laden releases an audio tape from his grave. It was the first time in a couple months that Bin Laden has been heard from. He has not been seen on a video since just before the election of '04.

It's always perfect timing with these Bin Laden tapes, isn't it? Just before the election? Directly following Bush's lowest approval rating and just before film "United 93" opens in theaters nationwide? Yes, perfect timing indeed.

The question now is, will it work? For a while after 9/11, the answer to that question would have been a resounding yes, but it's gotten to be less and less effective as time moves along. Will "United 93" be the awakening that Bush wants from America to bring back visual memories of what happened on 9/11, strike fear into our minds and hearts, and support him once again? Only time will tell.

The numbers may not indicate such a thing now, as CNN just released a poll showing Bush's approval at an all-time low of 32%, but I believe in the next few weeks, we'll see Bush's approval steady off some and even increase in some polls, due to the audio tape from Bin Laden and the movie about flight 93 on 9/11.

There have not been any verifications on the audio tape. Former spokesman Scott McClellan says they are genuine, but he's been known to lie a time or five-hundred and thirty-six, so, it's hard to believe anything he has to say. Pakistan has no idea where he is. Nobody else has claimed it to be genuine. I think Bush and company have stored away a full cabinet's worth of Bin Laden videos and tapes that will last them into Bush's last two years as president. Heck, maybe they're all out of video tapes, since Osama is dead. Audio tapes are easy. Anyone can do those. If I worked on my accent some, I could help Bush and company out with that. But, I won't.

So, please, to everyone reading, if you go and see the film "United 93," use that time to remember the lives that were lost that day, especially on flight 93, but don't let it regress us back to the fear and panic we suffered from directly following the attacks. This movie was made in honor of the families (and to make mucho buckos), not to put fear back into our minds, hearts, and souls like we felt directly after the attacks.