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.

-- Benjamin Franklin

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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.

-- Benjamin Franklin

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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.

-- Benjamin Franklin

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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?