Enough of the "Holier than thou"

All political candidates should have to wear Mr. Toles cartoon around their neck as a constant reminder to can the holier than thou hypocrisy.

The Prince of Peace

We are near the day that we celebrate the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, aka Jesus Christ, aka "The Prince of Peace". Some of the teachings of Jesus extoll the virtues of peace and tolerance, as shown here:

 

Ye have heard that it hath been said, An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth: But I say unto you, That ye resist not evil: but whosoever shall smite thee on thy right cheek, turn to him the other also." (Matthew 5:38-39)...Ye have heard that it hath been said, Thou shalt love thy neighbour, and hate thine enemy. But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you. (Matthew 5:38-44)

 

According to Matthew, these are the words of Jesus, the very same Jesus whose teachings many politicians speak of reverently, but in hypocritical practice seem to ignore, all the while preaching the virtues of war.

 

As a prime example, I offer George of Crawford.

Presidential Candidates and Truth

I want to know the name of the presidential candidate or candidates who TRULY care more for their country than their ambitions.

Is there such a person?

Or is it just, "I love Jesus more than you love Jesus, SO THERE!!"

 

Politics and Religion

 

The teaching of Jesus from the Book of Matthew "And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto thee, they have their reward. But when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret, and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly."  -------------------------------------------------                          The foolish politicians prattle on endlessly about how wonderful they are and how they follow Jesus. Give me a break. Have they never read the book of Matthew? Keep all this stuff to yourself. If you deserve a reward, you will get it. Bloody hypocrites!

THE TRAITOR

Former Dem Lieberman Endorses McCain

By JENNIFER LOVEN – 3 hours ago

http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5ggxnWTV9PhEvOxiaeYS1wYfr8BsgD8TJA4D80

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Joe Lieberman, the wolf in sheep's clothing is more and more showing his true colors as a Republican war lover. It's politicians of his ilk that are bringing our country down, fiscally, economically, morally, and militarily. The sins of this "father" will be passed down to the children of future generations.

Can Congress Fix Baseball?

Congress wants new steroids hearing; one lawmaker calls on Selig to quit

14 hours ago

WASHINGTON - U.S. Congress wants to hear more about the Mitchell Report on drug use in baseball.

http://canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeqM5jrlkq53yJrwVdYtYfU6gNYsmssig

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What a break for Congress. They can't seem to fix anything else, so the steroid scandal gives them the chance for endless pusillanimous pontification.

Get 'em tigers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Iraq can wait. 

National Debt=National Disgrace=Pending Disaster

U.S. NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK

The Outstanding Public Debt as of 12 Dec 2007 at 08:03:00 PM GMT is:

The estimated population of the United States is 303,784,313
so each citizen's share of this debt is $30,188.67.

The National Debt has continued to increase an average of
$1.51 billion per day since September 29, 2006!
Concerned? Then tell Congress and the White House!

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Just imagine!! The moment you are born you are $30,000 in debt.

 

it's the American way

Hooray For Them

Calif. town recalls planning board that endorsed Blackwater plan

The Associated Press

http://origin.mercurynews.com/news/ci_7698680?nclick_check=1

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Blackwater is the private army of the Republicans and should be put out of business. They are a threat to democracy

Torture

US intel chief faces grilling amid torture claims

http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i2_qU6K93S_CamaIasXZftj_1Xsw

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Is torture the official policy of our "Christian" leadership? Do we want to be the sort of people who indulge in this reprehensible behavior?

 

Jesus was tortured on the cross. Does this make torture the Christian way?

 

Just thought I'd ask.

Michael and Scooter

Michael Vick has been sentenced to a well deserved 23 months in prison for gross cruelty to dogs.

 

Scooter Libby got a similar sentence for what should be called treason for outing a covert CIA agent.

 

Vick obviously isn't a FOB as is Scooter whose sentence was commuted, and who will no doubt get a pardon before the end of Dubya's term.

 

Vick is a nasty man, but not a traitor

A Political Conundrum

Can Hillary capture the female vote? Can Barack nail down the black vote? Can Bill lift Hill over the top? Can Oprah carry Barack on her powerful shoulders to capture both black and white votes in sufficient numbers to win the nomination?

Here we have some of the most fascinating political questions in anyone's memory, no matter how far back that memory may go. And mine goes back to FDR vs. Wilkie in 1940.

If our next president is a white woman, or is a black man. it will be a most extraordinary historical event, the like of which has never been seen in our country.

Democrats' fury grows over destroyed CIA tapes

http://ca.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2007-12-07T182337Z_01_N06547983_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-SECURITY-CIA-INTERROGATIONS-COL.XML

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Is this administration the most corrupt in our history? If not, it's certainly close to the bottom of the pit.

We must remember why this country was created, and heed the wisdom of our founding fathers.

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They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Willard and his landscape crew

 

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2007/12/05/more_immigrant_woes_for_romney/

- More immigrant woes for Romney GOP candidate fires landscaper after Globe shows continued use of illegal workers

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If Willard the Mitt was a smart enough politician to be president, he would have covered himself on the illegal worker problem before he started his campaign.

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The Brainwashed Candidate

 

Click here: The Brainwashed Candidate - TIME

Friday, Sep. 15, 1967

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Romney the elder ruined his chances to be president by claiming to have been "brainwashed" by generals when he visited South Vietnam during the war. Has Willard " landscaped" himself by being no more politically astute than his father?

Stay tuned for more of the Romney saga.  or not

 

The accomplishments of George W. Bush

Our credibility in the world community is diminished

 

Our power in the world is diminished.

 

Our military strength is damaged.

 

Our economy is struggling and is headed toward recession.

 

Our debt to foreign countries is at an unheard of level.

 

Our industry is dying in the face of foreign competition.

 

Our citizens are confused as to where we are and where we are going.

 

Our self respect is diminished

 

On and on we go. Down and down we go

Iran nuke con

 

 

 http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/12/03/iran.nuclear/?imw=Y&iref=mpstoryemail

U.S. report: Iran stopped nuclear weapons work in 2003

 

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I do not believe for a minute that Bush and his neocon gang of dimwits didn't know all along the story about Iran and nukes. This was more WMD scare propaganda as was used to justify the Iraq war. In spite of their stupidity, they came to the dim realization that this pure glob of horsepucky might backfire, and put them in more electoral trouble than they are in now.

 

May their numbers diminish and our Country be saved.

Rudy "Casanova" Giuliani

 
'Politico' Gets Scoop on Giuliani: He Charged Visits During Affair to NYC

http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003678650

Another goody2shoes Republican

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"What did he know-------------------------------------

--------------------------and when did he know it?"

 

Scott McClellan has returned us to the Watergate days and Dick Nixon. Nothing seems to change, except the level of courage and sense of duty to the Country. Back then, leading Republicans went to Nixon and told him his presidency was over, and they couldn't cover for him.

He resigned.

Where are leaders with courage now?

Gone with the wind.

Turkey Pardon

I saw on the news today that Bush pardoned "The Turkey". Where in the Constitution does it say that Bush can grant himself a pardon? I imagine that the current Supreme Court will be able to find a Constitutional precedent that allows this revolting development.

Illegal immigrant debate

My ancestors on my mothers side of the family came here in 1635, settled in what is now New Milford, Connecticut on land they stole from the Natives.

There is a great deal of hypocricy in this country about immigration.

To impeach, or not to impeach. That is the question.

Kucinich Offers Bill to Impeach Cheney

By THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: November 7, 2007

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/washington/07cheney.html?ref=us

 

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Clinton lied about sex, but nobody died.

BushCheeny lied about WMD in Iraq, and thousands upon thousands have died.

 

Now,

who

should

be

impeached?

Not a difficult question for a rational person to answer.

Is torture our policy?

Judiciary Panel Approves Mukasey

By LAURIE KELLMAN

The Associated Press
Tuesday, November 6, 2007; 11:26 AM

WASHINGTON -- The Judiciary Committee advanced Attorney General designate Michael Mukasey's nomination to the Senate floor Tuesday, virtually ensuring confirmation for a former judge ensnarled in bitter controversy over terrorism-era prisoner interrogations.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/06/AR2007110600778.html

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Is torture to be the official policy of the United States? I was a child during World War 2 and still remember the stories of atrocities practiced by Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan.

 

Have we now become the barbarians that we fought against? Have we descended into the hell of evil treatment of those that are considered enemies?

 

Our so-called leadership claims to be "Christian". Would Jesus condone "waterboarding" and other horrors? I don't think so.

Will Mukasey Defend the Constitution?

Mukasey's testimony raises question: Is the president above the law?

DAN RATHER

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/336858_ratheronline26.html

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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."

Ben Franklin

"I'm a war President" Dubya

The Idiot-in-Chief is sabre-rattling about attacking Iran.

I BEG YOUR PARDON!!

Our troops in Iraq have all the trouble they can handle, and more is to be loaded on their shoulders?

 

INSANE!!

 

"WHEN WILL THEY EVER LEARN"?

 

SoCal Fire

There will be a major difference in the Federal response to the SoCal fire compared to Katrina. Not the least of the reasons will be that SoCal is rich Republican country.

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Text below from Google

Thomas "Tip" O'Neill—a longtime Speaker of the House in the U.S. Congress—once declared, "All politics is local." He was explaining how the problems and concerns of towns and cities around the country affect the actions of their representatives and senators in Washington, D.C.

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If the locality is wealthy, the action is much faster. I'm sure Tip would understand.

Fear is the Enemy

Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the greatest Democrat famously said, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself."

What would FDR think about the inability of his party to overcome fear, stand up to Bush, and find a way out of the horrible and deadly quagmire that is Iraq?

 

John F. Kennedy wrote a book titled "Profiles in Courage". He would find precious few candidates in Washington DC at this point in history.

 

Democrats had better wake up, and fast, or they will no longer be relevant, and the power of Congress will be ceded totally to the Executive Branch.

 

No guts, no glory.

LETTER TO SENATOR BOXER

Dear Senator Boxer

 

If Bush attacks Iran without a Declaration of War by Congress, and Congress doesn't shut off funding, and initiate Articles of Impeachment, then Congress has become irrelevant and impotent.

 

Or tripartite system of government will be crippled, and a dictatorship will take over.

 

This is an unbearable thought. My ancestors fought for our freedom, and now it's being frittered away.

 

What is to be done?

Letter to Senator Boxer

 
I just saw you on the Chris Matthews Show. The word "unstable" was uttered. but not by you. I am deadly afraid that this word is appropriate to the situation we find ourselves in.
I remember Pearl Harbor. That was horrific, but just a firecracker compared to what could happen now, if "instability" runs rampant.
What is the answer? I fear that there is not enough spine in the branches of our government opposed to this situation to find the answer.
Please assure me that I'm mistaken.

Military run high schools?

 First High School Run By The Marines Opens In Chicago To Mixed Reactions

October 15, 2007 2:59 p.m. EST

http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7008833900

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Military high schools? Military training, discipline and brainwashing? What a great idea! If you're looking forward to the day when the Constitution of the United States is tossed into the paper shredder, and a military junta replaces our current form of government, then go for it!!

 

Glory glory hallejullah!!

Rats deserting the sinking ship of state

 

Oct. 13, 2007, 1:01AM
Retired Gen. Sanchez savages Iraq policy
He calls U.S. leaders inept, mission flawed

WASHINGTON — Retired Army Lt. Gen. Ricardo Sanchez, the former top military commander in Iraq, on Friday delivered a blistering critique of U.S. involvement in the Iraq conflict, calling American political leaders "incompetent."

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5210980.html

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WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE 
by Pete Seeger, verse 4

Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone?
Gone to graveyards every one
When will they ever learn?
When will they ever learn?
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WHEN? ALWAYS THE QUESTION. NEVER AN ANSWER.

 

Should Larry stay or go?

I think Senator Craig should stay to the end of his term, attend every session of the Senate, and force his fellow Republicans to face their hypocrisy on a daily basis.

Maybe if Larry came out of the closet, he could stay out of the stall.

Both sides of the street

Hillary is trying to work both sides of the street on the war issue. It takes a real professional whore to successfully work both sides without getting run down when she crosses over to the other side.

 

From 02/07:  Hillary Clinton urges troop withdrawal to begin in 90 days

US Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, the early front-runner for the Democratic presidential nomination, has called for a 90-day deadline to start pulling American troops from Iraq.

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Now in September 07 she votes for war again. What are we to believe?

Hillary Clinton Votes for War Again

Posted September 27, 2007 | 02:54 PM (EST)

Read More: Bush Iran, hezbollah, Hillary Clinton, Hillary Clinton Iran, iran, Kyl-Lieberman Iran, lieberman-kyl, Obama Iran, Breaking Politics News

     

Yesterday, by a vote of 76-22, the Senate passed the Kyl-Lieberman amendment in support of military actions against Iran. This is the second such endorsement of the president by a senate majority in just three months. In July, the Lieberman amendment to "confront Iran" passed with the far stronger majority of 97-0.

Does Bush hate the poor?

Bush's veto of the health care bill for children proves that killing families and their children in Iraq is more important than providing adequate care for poor children in our country. Can't afford to do both.

Letter to Senator Barbara Boxer

I'm concerned about the power that seems to have accrued to the mercenary outfit, Blackwater. The head of this gang is a big contributor to the Republicans, and the payoff is huge.
Will there be a quid pro quo? Is Blackwater the private army of the Republican Party? If push comes to shove, such as Impeachment, will this mercenary gang do the Bush bidding?
Will the  "piece of paper" that is our Constitution be rendered obsolete by scoundrels such as these? Is coup d'tat in their vocabulary?
My Great-great grandfather, Medad Bostwick fought in the War of Revolution that freed us from the monarchs of England, and launched this grand experiment in democracy. Will we allow it to slip away?
I surely hope that I don't live long enough to see it

More Bucks for Bush

Warrior-in-Chief Bush is going to ask Congress for $50 billion more for the Iraq war. Is it reasonable to assume that this money is strictly for Iraq, or is it a prelude to attacking Iran?

Whatever the case, we are like a man in quicksand. The more he struggles, the deeper he sinks                                                             Meanwhile, our country is sinking deeper and deeper into the unforgiving quicksand of the 3 D's.  Death. Debt. Doom.

Big Day at the UN

There may be history made today at the United Nations. The 2 biggest jerks in the world speak on the same day.

 

wow

General Betray Us

The Bushites are in a state of high dudgeon over the Moveon.org ad referring to General Patraeus as "General Betray Us" Well golly gee, I feel so bad for them that I propose another name that may not cause them so many tears.

 

How about "General Praytellus"? As in General Praytellus, pray tell us:

 

How much longer will we be in Iraq?

How many more of our soldiers will die in Iraq?

Are we safer because they have died? Or is it all in vain?

How many trillions of dollars in debt will we be?

When will we get the oil that was supposed to pay for the war?

When we defeat al-Qaeda in Iraq, will they go away forever and not "follow us home"? Or will this disaster become the next "One-hundred Year War?

When this war has ruined the two party political system here, what sort of government will we have then?

 

General Praytellus, pray tell us.

Blackwater

At some time in the future, whether it be the near future or distant, the deaths of innocent Iraqi citizens at the hands of Blackwater will be regarded as war crimes.

Letter to Senator Boxer

One can debate whether or not the "Gen. Betray Us" ad was appropriate.
What to my way of thinking is not debatable is that the General was playing political hack for Bush and his evil war. This justifies the criticism of the General implied in the ad.

Chairman Greenspan has articulated what I've believed for years. Iraq is about oil.
It's also about our permanent military presence in the area. This is what the neo-cons want, and what they are planning for.
War forever. Power forever.

DO YOU WANT TO END THE IRAQ WAR?

Bring back the draft. There will be riots in the streets, Bush will be brought down, and the war will end.

HAIKU FOR O J SIMPSON

lost in the desert

not a living soul in sight

struck down by lightning

 

 

BLACKWATER

How dare the Iraq government tell us that our Blackwater mercenaries can't shoot and kill Iraqi citizens. After all we've done for them? What ingrates they are. Maybe we should pack up and leave. That'ed show 'em.

SURGE

Looks to me like one of the reasons for the "surge" was to be able to lower the troop numbers in time for the election. Cynical? Perhaps. However, there's nothing these scoundrels won't stoop to. They know the dum-dums that are their voter base.

Bush Iraq speech

 

I've said from the beginning of the Iraq war that the neo-con plan was for a permanent United States military presence in the Middle-east, the better to protect our oil interests, and other concerns. The Bush speech Thursday night would seem to confirm my theory.

 

OK Democrats, what are you going to do about this? Will there be decisive action. or more weeping, wailing, and gnashing of teeth while body bags of "fallen angels" return to grieving families ? It's your turn to stand up and be counted.

And so it came to pass---------------

As democracy is perfected, the office of president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their hearts desire at last and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.

 H. L. Mencken

Patreaus

 

As a practicing Democrat, I felt it necessary to watch on tv the Senate hearings in which Gen. Patraeus and Amb. Crocker testified as to their opinions on the Iraq disaster.

 

As a practicing Democrat, I need to say that I don't feel the Democrats are trying hard enough to extricate us from this most disastrous foreign policy mistake in our country's history.

 

As a practicing Democrat, I was sad to see that the most telling points were made by Republican Senator Warner. I suppose because he is retiring at the end of his term, he was able to do this. He forced Gen. Patraeus to admit that there was no al Queada in Iraq before the invasion. He also made the General admit that he didn't know if the Iraq war was making our country safer. That being the case, what the hell are we doing there?

 

Finally, as a practicing Democrat I propose that both parties change their names. For the Republicans, the obvious change will be to "War Party". Sad to say, for the Democrats the name may have to be the "Duh Party".

 

For sure, the above opinion won't be heard on FOX News. FOX stands for Foolish Old Xenophobes.*

 

*

NOUN:

A person unduly fearful or contemptuous of that which is foreign, especially of strangers or foreign peoples.

 

 

 

Petraeus Report

While listening to the report given by Petraeus and Crocker, one must remind one's self who they work for.

Laura Bush

Laura Bush goes in the hospital today to have her pain in the neck corrected. What happens to George then?

More on Larry Craig

Parody on an old Judy Garland song:

I was born in a trunk

In the Princess theatre in POCAFELLOW, Idaho

Senator Larry Craig

Senator Craig will probably have to resign soon, because his colleagues have very little tolerance for homosexuality.

I think that before he takes the drastic step of giving up his Senate seat, he should put himself in the hands of one of the far right Republican preachers that claim they can cure his "disease".

I would hope that his "friends" on the Republican side of the aisle would give Larry every opportunity to take the cure and remain an important part of the hypocrite machine.

 

Later: Now Craig says he may not resign. He claims that he is not gay, but his behaviour is more than a bit queer.

Alberto GONEzales

A letter to Senator Barbara Boxer

Regarding the resignation of Alberto Gonzales, "good riddance to bad rubbish".
A name being bandied about as his replacement is Michael Chertoff. This is absolutely unaccepable, and I expect you as a United States Senator, and your fellow Senators to make certain that this doesn't happen. Surely there must be an honorable and competent potential nominee out there somewhere.
Please Senator Boxer, save us from this gang of thugs. Our country can't stand much more of their business as usual.

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added next day

Regarding the departure of Alberto Gonzales, what will change? Gonzo was nothing more than the "bus boy". The "kitchen" still has the same "bad cooks" with their pots of boiling trouble on the stove and the burners set on high.

No Honor among Thieves?--------------

Breaking News!!

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from Bloomberg news:

Warner Says U.S. Should Start Withdrawing Troops on Sept. 15

By Bill Roberts

Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- Virginia Senator John Warner said President George W. Bush should begin withdrawing troops from Iraq on Sept. 15 to show the Iraqi government that the U.S. commitment there isn't open-ended.

Bush should announce that ``we will start an orderly, carefully planned, thought-out redeployment,'' said Warner, the No. 2 Republican on the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Warner said the number of troops to be withdrawn and the timing of the withdrawal would be up to the president.

Warner suggested Bush should pick a few thousand soldiers out of the 162,000 U.S. combat troops now in Iraq, or ``whatever number he wants,'' Warner said.

``Say 500 could begin to redeploy and be home not later than Christmas of this year,'' Warner said.

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Or is this the Republican version of "good cop. bad cop"?

So-called Petraeus Report

Whose Report Is It, Anyway?

By Dan Froomkin

Special to washingtonpost.com
Thursday, August 16, 2007; 12:26 PM

The "Petraeus Report" -- the supposedly trustworthy mid-September reckoning of military and political progress in Iraq by Army Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker -- is instead looking more like a White House con job in the making.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/blog/2007/08/16/BL2007081601003.html?hpid=topnews

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The conventional wisdom circulating around Washington and the talking heads is that General Petraeus will give a "report" written by Bush flunkies in the White House.

If this is true, and the General is an honorable man, he will RESIGN, before this report is even written.

Bushrove

I can put the Bush-Rove legacy into very simple terms. They knew how to win elections. They knew not how to govern.

Karl Rove, Minister of Propaganda

Joseph Goebbels

                 The Karl Rove of Nazi Germay

I want to say GOOD RIDDANCE, but I'm afraid we haven't seen the last of Karl, aka "Turdblossom", as Dubya calls him.

Minneapolis "crime scene"

Shortly after the Minneapolis bridge collapse, a local law enforcement official said that they were treating it like a crime scene. Well, it is a crime scene, the criminals are in positions of power, and they have been derelict in their duty to protect innocent citizens.

How do you charge an incompetant official with manslaughter?

Bridge problem solution

Dick Cheney is working on the problem. As soon as he can figure out how to give all the infrastructure maintenance to Halliburton, there will be plenty of money to upgrade and replace bridges. Of course, we will borrow this money from China.

Minneapolis bridge collapse

 

The wolf is at the door. For decades we have squandered our national resources on foolish foreign adventures, and now the neglect of critical domestic infrastructure is going to cause untold grief.

The Minneapolis bridge collapse is a clarion call to warn us of more impending disasters. "therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls" (John Donne). It tolls for each and everyone of us.

 

 

California’s e-voting systems are full of holes

http://www.pcw.co.uk/vnunet/news/2195262/california-voting-systems-full

This is why I went to ballot by mail. The possibility for fraud is becoming too great.

You think Florida was bad in 2000? Ya ain't seen nothin' yet.

$20 billion Saudi arms deal on way

http://www.gulf-daily-news.com/Story.asp?Article=189091&Sn=WORL&IssueID=30131

ARE WE STUPID OR WHAT?             

 

Lest we forget, all but 2 of the 9/11 terrorist bombers were Saudi Arabians.

War and Peace

 

Senator Barack Obama is being flayed for stating that he would, as his opponents are saying, "talk to our enemies".

I sincerely believe that the most effective way to "defeat" your enemy is to make him your friend.

Only the morally weak prefer to face the "enemy" on the battlefield rather than across the conference table.

Economic Lesson for the Day

Our major imports:

Almost everything.

 

Our major export:

 

War!

News Headline

Bush Transfers Power to Cheney

Where's the news here?

Well pardon me!!

Regarding the commutation of Scooter Libby's prison sentence and the probability of full pardon, this was the easy choice for Bush. If he didn't let Scooter off, there may have been a good chance that he would have started singing the canary song. Bush/Cheney couldn't take this chance.

There were 2 choices. Spring him, or kill him.

Scooter knowing what he does, better keep his eye on his back. Bush is a simple minded patsy, but Cheney is a dangerous man.

More Iraq War

The news is saying that none of the "BENCHMARKS" expected of the so-called Iraqi puppet government that we set-up have been met.

Well DUH!! There is no social or political order in Iraq. There was before we invaded and deposed Saddam. Now it is anarchy, and will continue to be as long as we are there, and for a very long time after we leave. Saddam may have been a bad guy, but the evil people that are following him will make him seem like very sweet fellow.

The Washington idiots have created a haven and breeding ground for terrorism that will bedevil us for generations.

How could they be so stupid?

"the sins of the fathers-------------"

Iraq War

I see on the news that more and more Senators are starting to stand up and go against Bush on the Iraq war.

I have to ask, what has taken these people so long to see what has been obvious to many of us for a very long time?

Are they stupid, or just plain obtuse?

One does wonder.

4th of July

 

On this 4th of July, i find myself ruminating on where we came from, and where we seem to be today. Our ancestors fought the War of Revolution to free us from the yoke of a corrupt English monarchy, and created a Constitution to guarantee us the freedoms they fought for.

 

Will these freedoms survive?

 

The Halls of Power in our capitol, Washington, DC, seem to have become rife with corruption and greed. The most egregious example of this is in that symbol of freedom, the White House. There we have not only corruption, but also a near Shakespearean story of failure at the very top. As a President of the United States, George W. Bush is an abject failure. He, his Vice President Dick Cheney, and their sorry band of groveling flunkys have led us into an unwinnable war that over the long term could be a serious threat to the freedoms we cherish.

 

It's time to wake up America. It's time to stand up and demand the leadership we need to continue to prosper and live free. If we don't stand up, we may get what we deserve, which will be more of the same that comes out of Washington, and surely this will portend the end of the grand experiment in self government given us by our forefathers.

 

Olbermann: Bush, Cheney should resign

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19588942/

This is great stuff. Someone with the balls to tell it like it is. May he live long and prosper.

Scooter rhymes with Treason

Scooter Libby, having outed a secret agent of the CIA, has given aid and comfort to the enemy, and therefore he is guilty of treason.
George Bush, the handmaiden of Dick Cheeney has commuted the prison sentence, and most likely will grant a full pardon before he leaves office.

Does this make Bush and Cheeney guilty of after the fact treason?

Can you imagine the uproar from the right if a Democratic president had commited the same act?

Bush and Blair, what a pair

Bush, Blair discussed envoy role
NEWS.com.au, Australia - 5 hours ago
US President George W. Bush has talked with Tony Blair about his becoming a Middle East envoy once he steps down as Britain's prime minister, ...

What's the matter Dubya? Conde can't do the job? No credibility? Blair is short on credibility also. You and your whole gang are incredible. The meaning of incredible in this case is: WITHOUT CREDIBILITY.

From the dictionary under "incredible":

Related words doubtful, dubious, far-fetched, fishy, flimsy, questionable, suspect, unlikely, unreasonable; hopeless, impossible; absurd, outlandish, preposterous, ridiculous; indefensible, insupportable, untenable

Stem cell research

Bush vetos stem cell research bill. What a big surprise! He uses religion to justify this, because it's his belief that souls are being murdered in the name of science.

We can only wish that he, in his fits of sanctimony, would consider the poor souls in Iraq that are being murdered to further his evil venture.

Maybe if Congress would promise Bush so many barrels of oil for each stem cell murdered, he would reconsider.

Everyone has their price ya know.

Email to my Congressman

Dear Congressman Lantos
I'm distressed by having to say this, but I believe that Congress has abandoned the majority of the American people and our desire to get out of this awful and hopeless war in Iraq.
Bush has guaranteed that terror will continue for generations, and every year tens of thousands of innocent people,us and them, will die in a vain cause.
This must stop. If it continues, evil will triumph, and democracy will die.

 

Scooter goes to jail

It's about time that one of the Bushits headed for the cold stone walls. This is only the tip of the iceberg.

For Scooter to catch a break, he needs to rat out his boss. Here is the real criminal, and upon his hands is the blood of tens of thousands. 

Scooter, do your duty for your country and tell the truth.

Or rot in Hell.

Poem for the Dead

The following is a famous WWI poem I have recycled for the tragedy that is Iraq.

In Flanders Fields
By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

IN FLANDERS FIELDS the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

"Ye Shall know the truth-------------------

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Carter: Bush Administration "worst ever"

http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2007/05/carter_bush_adm.html

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The time has come for the "Bushwhackers" to whack the Bush. Better late than never. However, it should have been sooner, and maybe there wouldn't be so many bodies.

The shame and the stain will linger for generations.

"The evil that men do__________________"

Stranded Whales

 

I've been thinking about the plight of the poor whales stranded in the shipping channel. The experts are trying to lure them back toward the ocean with "whale talk", but it seems to drive them in the opposite of the desired direction.

Maybe they are going at this all wrong. Instead leading them with sounds, perhaps they need to be upstream from the whales and drive them with sounds.

To this end I suggest they broadcast old Bush speeches into the water. If this doesn't run them back to the ocean, then it's hopeless.

"DEFENSE" CONTRACTORS, PATRIOTS ALL

Coast Guard Seeks Deepwater Refund Problematic Patrol Boats to Be Scrapped

By Renae Merle

Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, May 18, 2007; Page D03

The Coast Guard said yesterday that it will seek damages from Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman for eight failed patrol boats that have come to exemplify the problems with its $24 billion modernization effort.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/05/17/AR2007051702282.html

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In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

President of the United States   1953-1961

Impeach Gonzales

From the Constitution of the United States: 

Article 2, Section 4

The President, Vice President and all Civil Officers of the United States, shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction of, Treason, Bribery, or other high Crimes and Misdemeanors.

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The AG won't leave on his own? The Constitution show the way to remove this cancer from the body politic.

GOOD RIDDANCE TO BAD RUBBISH!!!

Today's news: "Wolfowitz bows to pressure and quits World Bank"

Here is an evil man for whom hanging would be too good. Maybe drawn and quartered would be better,

He is one of the gang of neo-cons in the DOD that started planning the invasion of Iraq 2 years before Bush was elected. He and his cohorts invented all sorts of rationalizations to justify the invasion such as WMD, bad Saddam, democracy for the Iraqis, yada-yada-yada. The plain truth is that they wanted a base for military operations in the middle east, and control over a large oil reserve. It was so easy for Cheney and this gang to bring Bush into their evil plans. All they had to do was wait for terrorists that they knew were in the country to attack, and give them the excuse they needed to start the war. He and his cohorts have the deaths of tens of thousands on their consciences.

The sins of these "fathers" will be visited upon the children, even unto the fourth generation.

 

Falwell and Radicalism

 

A radical Christian is as big a danger to world order as a radical Islamist.

They both have a world domination agenda. They both hate Democracy.

They both hate the Constitution and the guarantees of freedom contained therein.

The world needs people of love and tolerance, not preachers of hate.

 

Never confuse dissent with disloyalty.

Edward R. Morrow

Stability in Iraq

We are telling the Iraq "government" that they must stabilize their country, because our patience is running out and we can't stay there forever.

HUH??

Iraq was stable before we invaded. We wiped out that stability, and now we blame the Iraqis.

SAY WHAT??!!

This is like I punch you in the nose and then berate you because your nose is bleeding.

WAKE UP, PEOPLE

Wolfowitz Broke Bank Rules With Pay Raise, Panel Says

http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=azGXV4skm37w&refer=home

Wolfowitz is one of the idiots who got us into the Iraq disaster. Now he wants to loot the World Bank.

Hanging would be too good for this evil man.

Impeach the Bush/Cheeney

Letter from a General to Bush

May 1, 2007

President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, DC 20500

Dear Mr. President,

Today, in your veto message regarding the bipartisan legislation just passed on Operation Iraqi Freedom, you asserted that you so decided because you listen to your commanders on the ground.

Respectfully, as your former commander on the ground, your administration did not listen to our best advice. In fact, a number of my fellow Generals were forced out of their jobs, because they did not tell you what you wanted to hear -- most notably General Eric Shinseki, whose foresight regarding troop levels was advice you rejected, at our troops' peril.

The legislation you vetoed today represented a course of action that is long overdue. This war can no longer be won by the military alone. We must bring to bear the entire array of national power - military, diplomatic and economic. The situation demands a surge in diplomacy, and pressure on the Iraqi government to fix its internal affairs. Further, the Army and Marine Corps are on the verge of breaking - or have been broken already - by the length and intensity of this war. This tempo is not sustainable - and you have failed to grow the ground forces to meet national security needs. We must begin the process of bringing troops home, and repairing and growing our military, if we are ever to have a combat-ready force for the long war on terror ahead of us.

The bill you rejected today sets benchmarks for success that the Iraqis would have to meet, and puts us on a course to redeploy our troops. It stresses the need for sending troops into battle only when they are rested, trained and equipped. In my view, and in the view of many others in the military that I know, that is the best course of action for our security.

As someone who served this nation for decades, I have the utmost respect for the office you hold. However, as a man of conscience, I could not sit idly by as you told the American people today that your veto was based on the recommendations of military men. Your administration ignored the advice of our military's finest minds before, and I see no evidence that you are listening to them now.

I urge you to reconsider your position, and work with Congress to pass a bill that achieves the goals laid out above.

Respectfully,

Major General Paul D. Eaton, USA, Retired

Another General speaks up:

The President vetoed our troops and the American people. His stubborn commitment to a failed strategy in Iraq is incomprehensible. He committed our great military to a failed strategy in violation of basic principles of war. His failure to mobilize the nation to defeat world wide Islamic extremism is tragic. We deserve more from our commander-in-chief and his administration.

--Maj. Gen. John Batiste, USA, Ret.

The Attorney General will be demoted to private

Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General of the United States, is slowly being burned to a crisp by the political firestorm surrounding him. His days are numbered. This is a case of political patronage gone very bad. We have a person in high office who is obviously unable to cope with the difficulties of the job, and will soon be a footnote in the history of the times.

Let us not be too quick to condemn this poor fellow. Let us remember that the voters of the United States put into power the incompetent that appointed his pal Alberto to be head of the Justice Department.

In a democracy, the blame is eventually laid at the feet of "We the People".

 

For the sadly departed

John Donne
Meditation 17
Devotions upon Emergent Occasions

"No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main. If a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friend's or of thine own were. Any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee..." 

Massacre at Virginia Tech

In the aftermath of the horror and tragedy of the Virginia Tech massacre, what will be done? In the long run, not a damn thing. There will be endless weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, beating of breast and strident pontificating by the talking heads. After the dust has settled and the din has become quiet, we will be back to business as usual. Any homicidal lunatic will be able to legally purchase high power weapons, and use them to kill and maim his fellow citizens.

 

We live in a culture of violence and death. You doubt that? Just look around. Television, rap lyrics, foreign policy, the tragedy of Iraq. What more do you need to see?

 

It's only a matter of time until the next tragic massacre brought about by the easy access to high power weapons. Mark my words.

Don Imus

"The evil that men do lives after them;The good is oft interred with their bones."
William Shakespeare in Julius Caesar

So let it be with Imus

"Support" the troops

The Pentagon has extended the length of a tour of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan from 12 months to 15 months, and also a shorter turnaround time after home duty. The unfairness of this new policy is staggering.

There is still a sizable percentage of United States citizens who support the Bush-Cheney war. Why is there no clamor among these folks to re-instate the draft? What better way to "support the troops" than to provide them with more warm bodies to patrol the mean streets of Baghdad?

Do you suppose that the spectre of "the draft" would make more pacifists out of the warmongers? Hey, it's worth a try!

 

Imus

Ignorant

Moronic

Ugly

Stupid

spells IMUS

More climate and Dubya

There are probably 2 reasons for Bush's attitude on climate change, one political and one religious.

Politically, there's big money to be had from the fossil fuel producers, coal and oil. He can't turn his back on that.

There may be a primary reason, and that is his fanatic evangelicalism. Armageddon and apocalypse are part of his belief system. That being the case, why take any measures against global warming? It would be contrary to God's will.

There's a message here. NEVER put a religious fanatic in a position of great power.

Climate Calamity And Dubya

 

 

Report predicts climate calamity All continents face drought, starvation, rising seas, panel says Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer What, me worry?

 

 

Karl Rove, evil man

http://www.artofbonsai.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=9497#9497

Protesters Confront Karl Rove

POSTED: 1:08 pm PDT April 4, 2007

UPDATED: 1:09 pm PDT April 4, 2007

WASHINGTON -- White House adviser Karl Rove was confronted by more than a dozen protesters who blocked his car and threw things as he tried to leave a speaking engagement at American University, officials said.

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The Joseph Goebbels of the Republican (Nazi) Party got a close-up and personal view of how he is hated in this country.

The sooner we are rid of  him and his ilk, the sooner we will be back on the road to restoring democracy to our country, and practicing the principals of peace.

Rats desert the sinking ship

Abdullah Remarks Spark US Retort

Thursday, Mar. 29, 2007 By AP/LEE KEATH AND DONNA ABU-NASR

 

(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia)—King Abdullah's harsh — and unexpected — attack on the U.S. military presence in Iraq could be a Saudi attempt to signal to Washington its anger over the situation in Iraq and build credibility among fellow Arabs.

 http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1604762,00.html

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The Saudi royal family has been good friends with the Bush family for a very long time. I guess they figure Bush is going down, and they need to repair relations with their close neighbors.

Are you happy with the price you are paying for gasoline? You will soon be UNHAPPY!

Regarding the Iraq war , I think Bush and John Murtha should debate face to face. Murtha knows all about dodging bullets. All Bush knows is dodging draft.

Slam dunk for big John.

 

Dare they use the "I" word?

Hagel: Some Might Seek Bush Impeachment GOP Senator Says Impeachment Possible If President Pushes Ahead With Iraq Strategy

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/03/26/politics/main2608082.shtml

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Will the Congress ever get the backbone to deal with would-be dictator Bush? Is a Republican Senator the only one with guts? 

I suspect Congress is using AG Gonzales as a surrogate for Bush as a way of trying to ramp up their courage to deal with  "The Decider". If they are able to dump the Toad, will they rest on their laurels, or will they get the guts to deal with the real disaster?

Anyone who has any doubt about the mess we have made of Iraq should read the article in THE NEW YORKER of March  26 by George Packer titled "BETRAYED". Grim and grimmer.

If the worst foreign policy blunder in our history that has resulted in the deaths of many tens of thousands isn't grounds for impeachment, then we can only hope that Bush does something sexual and lies about it. That may be our only salvation.

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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

-- Benjamin Franklin

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Shut Guantanamo ?

Report: Gates Wanted to Shutter Guantanamo

Newly Sworn in, Robert Gates Argued to Close the U.S. Prison in Cuba; President Bush Did Not Agree

WASHINGTON -- March 23, 2007— Soon after becoming defense secretary, Robert Gates argued the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, should be closed because the international community would view any trials there as tainted, The New York Times reported on Thursday.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=2975521

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Sounds to me like a high level game of "good cop, bad cop".

 

Mitt Romney, Like Father, Like Son

The other day Mitt Romney was making a speech to Cubans in Florida and made a major gaff by ending his speech with a quote by Fidel Castro. Went over like a lead balloon.

I remember back in the Vietnam era, Mitt's father, George Romney was running for presidential nomination on the Republican ticket. He went on a tour of Vietnam while the war was still raging. When he returned to the States, he complained that he had been "brainwashed" by the generals. concerning the state of the war.

He was savaged for this remark, and any chance he may have had for the nomination was ruined.

Ye shall speak the truth and the truth shall screw ye.

Like Father, like Son.

Finito

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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

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Subpoena the White House

There is no justification for White House personnel to be above the law, and only speak to Congress off the record with no sworn testimony on the record concerning the firings of Attorneys General.  They would without doubt, lie like a rug covering a dirty floor, and worse, get away with it. This is not right.

Subpoena the scoundrels, and if they lie, lock 'em up with Scooter.

 

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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

-- Benjamin Franklin

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"So far. so good"=========

========says Sec. of Defense Robert Gates concerning the "troop surge" in Iraq.

Once upon a time, there was a man who jumped off the Empire State Building. As he passed the 30th floor, he was heard to cry out, "so far, so good".

Beware of politicians who say, "so far, so good". It ain't gonna be good.

http://www.defensenews.com/story.php?F=2632032&C=america

 

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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

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War Without End

We were misled into the Iraq war by propagandizing falsehoods such as WMD, terrorism, "freedom" for Iraq, yada, yada, yada.

We are told that if we wind down the war, the Middle East will be destabilized, and chaos will reign. That may well be true.

How ironic it is that before the invasion, things were far more stable than they are now, and every move we've made has worsened the situation.

Before we invaded, Saddam had full control. There is no way he would have allowed any of bin Laden's terrorist thugs to set up shop in Iraq. They would have been shot or beheaded so fast it would take your breath away. Now look at the mess we made. Civil war has totally broken down Iraq society and the terrorists have gained a stronghold that they would NEVER have had before. How clever are we?

The real reasons we invaded Iraq are oil, and to gain a base for military operations in the Middle East. The true intention was for troops to stay indefinitely, and control the oil distribution infrastructure, and set up a buffer between Iran and Israel. The theory was that the oil profits would "pay" for the occupation.

Lest there be any doubt of this, the real leader for this mess was no other than the evil eminence gris Dick Cheney, former head of Halliburton. This must be believed. What corporation was first on the scene with huge no-bid contracts that so far have made them billions of dollars? None other than Cheney's Halliburton. Quid pro quo. What does Cheney get out of this deal?

It's a safe wager that if the Democrats in Congress, and the assumed coming Democratic President can't find a way out, we will be there far into the future, and that future will at the very least involve war with Iran.

Body bag making will be a growth industry.

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Whoever would overthrow the liberty of a nation must begin by subduing the freeness of speech.

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Attorney General=============

=======Albertoad Gonzalas better git to hoppin' his way back to Texas. He seems to have overstayed his welcome in Bushiland. Speaking of overstaying welcome, it's getting close to the time for Dubya to git outa Dodge.

How much more of these people can the country stand?

General Peter Pace on immorality

To paraphrase Shakespeare, " The General doth protest too much, methinks".

The General seems to be very worried about homosexual relations, and his belief in the immorality of these relations.

Let us speak of the immorality of thousands of US soldiers dead, tens of thousands of soldiers grievously wounded and more tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi men, women and children dead and wounded, all because of this evil, ill conceived and incompetently prosecuted war.

Let us speak of the immorality of wounded soldiers returned to Walter Reed and housed in rat infested, cockroach overrun, and mold encrusted quarters. You can be certain that these Generals would not keep their pet dogs in such conditions.

Let us speak of Generals whose main concern would seem to be the number of medals they can pin on their chest, all the while strutting about in self glorification.

Let us speak of the far right "Christians" whose moral compass seems more pointed to acquisition and consolidation of power unto themselves and their cohorts, rather than concern for the well being of mankind.

They claim to follow Jesus and his teachings. Are they aware of this one? Sometimes called the Golden Rule.

"Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets." Matthew 7:12, King James Version.

 

 

 

 

Halliburton to Dubai

http://www.salon.com/tech/htww/2007/03/12/halliburton/

Halliburton: We're going to Dubai-land!

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Please Halliburton, take Cheney with you. We don't want him, you can have him. He belongs in the desert like Ozymandias.

Did the poet Shelley anticipate Bush?

P. B. Shelley

Ozymandias

I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said:—Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,
Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown
And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,
The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.
And on the pedestal these words appear:
"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye mighty, and despair!"
Nothing beside remains: round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,
The lone and level sands stretch far away. ---------------------------------------------------- I love this poem. I first read it in college English in 1957. It tells the story of power gone awry. It tells the story of ambition gone to madness. It tells we the people that if we don't carefully consider who we vote for, and to whom we grant great power, our freedom, and even our life may be lost in the swirling sands of time.

Pardon Libby?

The neo-nazi rag, National Review is already calling for a Presidential pardon for Scooter Libby.

http://tinyurl.com/2xsxyp

Bush has brought so much shame and disgrace on the Presidency, that one more shameful and disgraceful act won't make much difference in history's verdict.

 

Lewis "Scooter" Libby===============

=============has been found guilty.

He should be sentenced to 10 years of cleaning up dirty veterans hospitals.

Dirt to dirt.

More on Walter Reed

 

The First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States is an ongoing tribute to the wisdom of our Founding Fathers.

 

The latest proof of this is in the area of freedom of the press, and the expose' of the shameful and disgraceful conditions involving the care of wounded soldiers at Walter Reed Army Medical Center.

 

I've heard it said that the one of the duties of an investigative reporter is "to comfort the afflicted, and afflict the comfortable". The Walter Reed situation is a perfect example of this principle. The reporters that brought this horror to the attention of the American people, and forced the hand of the authorities to begin to correct the problems deserve the Pulitzer Prize.

 

These reporters also deserve the heartfelt thanks and admiration of all the American people.

 

Another thought on Walter Reed

Regarding the disgraceful care given to wounded soldiers at Walter Reed. There's a strong possibility that it's a rank and class situation. I'm willing to make a sizeable wager that it was only enlisted personnel in the dirty and substandard facility. If there had been officers treated this poorly, the stink would have hit the fan long ago.

RHIP (rank has it's privileges) One of the first things I learned as a buck private.

Support the troops============

=======as long as they are healthy and able to carry a rifle.

Once they are wounded, they become a liability and no longer worthy of "support". Events at Walter Reed seem to prove this.

Disgraceful and incompetent. That's our government.

"Wasted" lives

McCain Says He Regrets Iraq Comment

By LIZ SIDOTI, Associated Press Writer

Thursday, March 1, 2007

 (03-01) 10:23 PST WASHINGTON, (AP) --

Republican presidential contender John McCain, facing criticism from Democrats, on Thursday said he regretted using the word "wasted" to describe the more than 3,100 U.S. lives lost in the Iraq war.

http://tinyurl.com/2ryco6

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What's wrong with "calling a spade a spade"?  History, in all it's ruthless truth, will judge it to be a waste of lives, ours and theirs, our fortune and our honor.

How can the wealthy and powerful, situated as they are with all the trappings of luxury and security, send the innocent to die in a vain attempt to satisfy their evil ambitions?

We the people, when will we ever learn?

An Inconvenient Truth

 

Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" won the Oscar for best documentary. This may not, in his mind, make up for losing the Presidential election in 2000, but it does have the potential to create an interesting irony.

 

In Florida there were some shananigans involving the Presidential vote that may have cheated Gore out of the win.

 

Here's the irony. If the scientist's global warming predictions are correct. large parts of Florida will be under water.

 

Take that, hanging chads!

Our Government is a Disgrace

Bush and the gang prattle on endlessly about "support the troops".  Here's an example of "supporting the troops".

These people have no shame.

==============================                                Dana Priest On Walter Reed: An ‘Unbelievable’ Story of ‘Neglect’ and ‘Indifference’

Dana Priest and Anne Hull of the Washington Post revealed over the weekend that Walter Reed hospital, once perceived as the “crown jewel of military medicine,” has become “something else entirely — a holding ground for physically and psychologically damaged outpatients.”

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I hope Dana gets a Pulitzer Prize

bin Laden still at large

I wrote this more that a year ago. bin Laden is still alive. What I said then, I still believe.

Thursday, December 29, 2005
1:39:00 PM EST  Where is bin Laden?

Does bin Laden have more propaganda value to Bush and Co. if he remains free and can be perceived as a major threat in the "War on Terror"?

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Exclusive: CIA Commander: U.S. Let bin Laden Slip Away    http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8853000/site/newsweek/

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I have long suspected that there were more reasons than meet the eye for the seeming abandonment of the war against the Taliban and bin Laden in Afghanistan.

To maintain a constant state of war, one's enemy must remain alive and healthy.

Iraq debate

I listened to some of the debate in the House and Senate on the Iraq question. The Republican theme was to accuse the Democrats of wanting to "cut off funding to troops in harms way".

 

Let us get to the truth here. From the very beginning of this war, it's been Bush and the Republicans who have "cut off funding to troops in harms way" by trying to make war on the cheap, all the while giving huge tax breaks to their wealthy friends. They have sent "troops into harms way" without proper equipment such as body armor and vehicles not properly armored.  They have sent "troops into harms way" without proper training. They have kept "troops in harms way" by extending tours of duty for battle weary soldiers. Soldiers who have already served one or more tours are being returned to "harms way", while their families and loved ones are sick with fear that this time they will return in a body bag.

 

The Bush administration may be the most cruelly incompetent in our history. It is imperative that their ability to continue to make war in the Middle East be reined in and a rational way out of this horror be found.

The new Virginia

 

Click here: WHDH-TV - National News - Virginia governor to endorse Obama

 

How times have changed since I was a boy in Salem, VA, from around 1935-1947.

Schools were "separate but equal". Back of the bus for blacks. Balcony in the movies. Separate restrooms,  on and on and on. Come a long way, Still a long way to go.

Barack Obama

An excerpt taken from a letter by Obama that I thought had a deft turn of phrase:

"-----it's not the magnitude of our problems that concerns people the most. It's the smallness of our politics."

Hillary on Iraq war vote

Hillary, if you make a mistake, and are unable to admit that you made a mistake, it's likely that you will make more mistakes.

I'm a loyal Democrat. I hate that I have to say this about a fellow Democrat.

Dixie Chicks

From the Grammy Awards:

"I, for the first time in my life, am speechless," said Maines, who generated controversy during a 2003 UK concert by telling the audience that she was ashamed George W. Bush was from her home state of Texas.

http://www.livedaily.com/news/Grammys_make_nice_with_Dixie_Chicks-11503.html?t=98

Natalie Maines spoke the truth in 2003 and for that the Dixie Chicks suffered the "slings and arrows" of public condemnation and lost bookings.

Ms. Maines has been vindicated by history. I can only wish that more of our politicians had her courage. Maybe we wouldn't be in this most awful mess that's Iraq.

 

Barack Obama---------------------

----------------has announced that he is in the running for the Democratic nomination to be the candidate for President of the United States.

He will be taking plenty of criticism for his lack of experience in Washington.

Lets talk about the current occupant of the Oval Office. His only relevant experience was as Governor of Texas. If you look into the strange and wonderful document known as the Constitution of the State of Texas, you will learn that the Lt. Governor holds more power than the Governor.

So, if Obama was to win the nomination, and subsequently win the Presidency, he would have at the time he's sworn in, 4 more years experience in Washington than Bush had at the time he was sworn in.

Experience is good, but intelligence is better.

Once there was a wise Republican

Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies, in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed. The world in arms is not spending money alone. It is spending the sweat of it's laborers, the genius of it's scientists, the hopes of it's children.

-- Dwight D. Eisenhower

Debate?

The Senate dithers

While soldiers die

The Congress fiddles

While innocents cry

The world is watching,

You and I

We won't forget

How they did lie

Letter to Senator Boxer

Dear Senator Boxer
I know that you understand the meaning of the last election. I would hope that the Republicans are smart enough to get the meaning also.
A non-binding resolution concerning the war would be "nice", but not much more.
We need a binding resolution that would force a Bush veto. Then put the Republicans feet in the fire. Say to them: "Are you for the war or against the war. Does "vox populi" mean anything to you?"
The "Emperor has no clothes". It's way past time that people came to grips with this fact.

The Mayor of San Francisco

Gavin Newsom, what was he thinking?

I knew that I should have told that boy the Parable of the Cat and the Railroad Track. Too late

Once upon a time there was a tomcat in a small town. He liked to wander about from neighborhood to neighborhood, meeting friends, stealing food, and occasionally stopping in his travels for a rest.

This particular day was very warm, and Mr. Tom soon became sleepy and decided to nap. As usual. he wasn't fussy about where he snoozed, and on this day, it was beside the railroad track.

Soon he was sleeping very soundly too close to the track. As he slept, his tail twitched back and forth, and came to rest on the track. Poor timing, as a train was rolling by.

Mr. Tom's tail hit the track, and the wheel cut off a bit of the tip, which woke up Tom. He saw what had happened to his tail, and in a rage tried to bite the train. Lo and behold, his head was cut off.

The Moral:

Never lose your head over a little piece of tail.

 

"throwing good money after bad"----------------

--------------is an old saying about people who never learn, and keep doing the same thing over and over again in the vain hope that it will finally work.

Does this describe Bush? One who is incapable of learning? His "surge" is all about throwing live bodies after dead. None of his children will come back in body bags.

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“How do you ask a man to be the last man to die in Vietnam -– How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?” -- John Kerry in his 1971 appearance before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee

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Who is the poor soul to be the last to die for the miserable failure that inhabits the Oval Office?

 

Impeach Bush

 

 

Letter from Baghdad

Cong. Tom Lantos was in Iraq and Afghanistan with Cong. Nancy Pelosi and several other members of Congress. As a constituent I receive a regular email from Tom.

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This is a paragraph from the latest email:

"What we saw and heard in Baghdad leaves me even more convinced than before that the Administration’s ‘stay the course’ approach will only lead us deeper into disaster.  Placing more of our troops in harm’s way in order to shore up a failed policy is unconscionably reckless and only compounds the mistakes already made."

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Bush is an evil man who cares not a bit about how many have to die for him to get his way.

IMPEACH BUSH