Iraq. No Exit

Experts see no clear options for exiting Iraq

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/10/09/MNGUMLLEQP1.DTL

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The Bushites seem to have convinced themselves that they can walk on water. In this case however, the water has turned to quicksand, and as they sink inexorably into the grasping mire, they drag the rest of us with them. And as we sink, there seems to be no one willing to throw a rope and try to extricate us.

Down and down we go.

Congressional Oxymoron

House Ethics Committee

Power corrupts the Republicans

http://www.libertystory.net/LSTHINKACTON.html

Lord Acton's epic warning that "power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely"

     Historian Lord Acton (1834-1902) issued epic warnings that political power is the most serious threat to liberty.

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Has this warning ever had more relevance than to the current state of our national government?

If these scoundrels aren't run out of office and out of Washington, liberty is in danger.

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

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Great men and great thinkers have given us great advice. Are we smart enough to listen and act?

Holy Moly, it's Rep. Foley

READER DISCRETION STRONGLY ADVISED: Foley's Exchange With Underage Page

http://abcnews.go.com/WNT/BrianRoss/story?id=2509586&page=1

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Bush brags about the education bill, "No Child Left Behind"

For Foley, it's "Any child's behind".

This guy is a criminal. When will he be busted?

Senator George Allen

Well George, I'd rather be a macaca than a Republican.

And George, when you lose the election, you can talk nasty all  you want, and nobody will give a damn. Won't that be nice?

You betcha!!

San Francisco Chronicle, Sunday 9/24, Iraq war

WAR IN IRAQ FUELS ISLAMIC RADICALISM, REPORT SAYS
- Mark Mazzetti, New York Times
Sunday, September 24, 2006

(09-24) 04:00 PDT Washington -- A stark assessment of terrorism trends by U.S. intelligence agencies has found that the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq has helped spawn a new generation of Islamic radicalism and that the overall terrorist threat has grown since the Sept. 11 attacks.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2006/09/24/MNGNSLBRUI1.DTL&type=printable

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well DUH!!!

Any damn fool could have predicted this. It would seem though that we're not governed by any ordinary damn fools.

Haiku:

THE GLORY OF WAR

RAPTURES OF ARMAGEDDON

APOCALYPSE NOW

 

Former Nazi deported

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US Sends Elderly Widow Back to Germany

http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,438234,00.html

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While the president advocates the torture of prisoners of war, the United States has deported an 84 year old widow to Germany because she had been a guard at a prison camp during WW2.

Am I missing something here?