Today we ran/hiked the Stanley Canyon/Reservoir Trail from the Air Force Academy--a trail I have done many times over. Today was Rebekka's first time on this scenic way...
Sunday, October 16, 2005
Running to Stanley Reservoir
Today we ran/hiked the Stanley Canyon/Reservoir Trail from the Air Force Academy--a trail I have done many times over. Today was Rebekka's first time on this scenic way...
Saturday, October 15, 2005
Guardian Unlimited | Bush told Blair of 'going beyond Iraq'
Wonder what our Dunce-in-Chief thought he'd find in Saudi Arabia? Or how he intended to "deal" with Pakistan who really does have WMD's? Good Lord, how could this man have been elected TWICE??
Bush told Blair of 'going beyond Iraq': "Mr Bush said he 'wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation, mentioning in particular Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan,' according to a note of a telephone conversation between the two men on January 30 2003."
Bush told Blair of 'going beyond Iraq': "Mr Bush said he 'wanted to go beyond Iraq in dealing with WMD proliferation, mentioning in particular Saudi Arabia, Iran, North Korea, and Pakistan,' according to a note of a telephone conversation between the two men on January 30 2003."
Miers Hit on Letters and the Law
Harriet is looking like she is going to go the way of Dan Quayle... She'll be made a laughing stock from which she'll never recover. Sad, she seems like a nice lady ruthlessly thrust into the limelight:
Miers Hit on Letters and the Law: "'The tipping point in Washington is when you go from being a subject of caricature to the subject of laughter,' said Bruce Fein, a Miers critic who served in the Reagan administration's Justice Department and who often speaks on constitutional law. 'She's in danger of becoming the subject of laughter.'
Blogs are posting satirical Miers correspondence featuring made-up grammatical errors. Via e-mail, authentic Miers quotations have raced around the country, prefaced by derisive comments about her qualifications.
One example, from a May 1996 letter asking George and Laura Bush to appear at a ceremony honoring her, displayed both an obsequious tone and a tortuous prose style. 'I am respectful of both of your great many time commitments and I realize you receive many, many requests,' she wrote. 'Of course, I would be very pleased if either of you is able to participate. However, I will be pleased with your judgment about whether participating in this event fits your schedule whatever your decision. . . . I feel honored even to be able to extend this invitation to such extraordinary people.'"
Miers Hit on Letters and the Law: "'The tipping point in Washington is when you go from being a subject of caricature to the subject of laughter,' said Bruce Fein, a Miers critic who served in the Reagan administration's Justice Department and who often speaks on constitutional law. 'She's in danger of becoming the subject of laughter.'
Blogs are posting satirical Miers correspondence featuring made-up grammatical errors. Via e-mail, authentic Miers quotations have raced around the country, prefaced by derisive comments about her qualifications.
One example, from a May 1996 letter asking George and Laura Bush to appear at a ceremony honoring her, displayed both an obsequious tone and a tortuous prose style. 'I am respectful of both of your great many time commitments and I realize you receive many, many requests,' she wrote. 'Of course, I would be very pleased if either of you is able to participate. However, I will be pleased with your judgment about whether participating in this event fits your schedule whatever your decision. . . . I feel honored even to be able to extend this invitation to such extraordinary people.'"
Conservative Crackup - Newsweek
Howard Fineman makes the case that the "neocons" are jumping ship:
Conservative Crackup:
How the neocons have developed a political exit strategy.:
"Oct. 12, 2005 - President George W. Bush may have no military exit strategy for Iraq, but the “neocons” who convinced him to go to war there have developed one of their own—a political one: Blame the Administration."
Conservative Crackup:
How the neocons have developed a political exit strategy.:
"Oct. 12, 2005 - President George W. Bush may have no military exit strategy for Iraq, but the “neocons” who convinced him to go to war there have developed one of their own—a political one: Blame the Administration."
Friday, October 14, 2005
t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | Punxsutawney Karl
t r u t h o u t - William Rivers Pitt | Punxsutawney Karl: " 'For the first time,' reports the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, 'more people say George W. Bush's presidency will be judged as unsuccessful than say it will be seen as a success, a poll finds. People were inclined to say Bush's policies have made things worse on a wide range of issues such as the federal budget deficit, the gap between rich and poor, health care, the economy, relations with US allies, the tax system and education. Republicans give the president mixed reviews in many of these areas. Almost half of Republicans said Bush's policies have made the deficit worse and just 12 percent say he has improved that situation.'
That last bit about Republicans giving Bush mixed reviews is especially unnerving for the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania, and is buttressed by a poll conducted by, of all things, the FOX News Channel. 'As has been the case for much of his presidency,' reports FOX, 'Bush's approval rating shows a huge partisan gap; however, this is the first time of his presidency that approval among Republicans has dropped below 80 percent.'
When GOP partisans start walking away from this administration, as they seem to be for the first time, you can almost hear the Fat Lady working her way through the do-re-mi's."
That last bit about Republicans giving Bush mixed reviews is especially unnerving for the folks at 1600 Pennsylvania, and is buttressed by a poll conducted by, of all things, the FOX News Channel. 'As has been the case for much of his presidency,' reports FOX, 'Bush's approval rating shows a huge partisan gap; however, this is the first time of his presidency that approval among Republicans has dropped below 80 percent.'
When GOP partisans start walking away from this administration, as they seem to be for the first time, you can almost hear the Fat Lady working her way through the do-re-mi's."
MoJo Blog: Park Service managers now must be screened for Bush loyalty
MoJo Blog: Park Service managers now must be screened for Bush loyalty: "The National Park Service is made up of civil service employees, and though they will continue to be called civil service employees, things have changed. Today, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility issued a directive which requires all mid-level and above managers to be approved by a Bush administration political appointee.
Managers must be screened by Park Service headquarters and by the Assistant Secretary for Fish, and Wildlife, and Parks. They must be willing to lead their employees in Bush's Management Agenda, which includes outsourcing to replace civil servants, the use of faith-based initiatives, and rollbacks of civil service rights.
They must also be able to lead employees in Interior Secretary Gale Norton's 4 C's: 'communication, consultation, cooperation, all in the name of conservation.' Presumably, they will provide milk and cookies at 3 p.m. every afternoon."
Managers must be screened by Park Service headquarters and by the Assistant Secretary for Fish, and Wildlife, and Parks. They must be willing to lead their employees in Bush's Management Agenda, which includes outsourcing to replace civil servants, the use of faith-based initiatives, and rollbacks of civil service rights.
They must also be able to lead employees in Interior Secretary Gale Norton's 4 C's: 'communication, consultation, cooperation, all in the name of conservation.' Presumably, they will provide milk and cookies at 3 p.m. every afternoon."
Thursday, October 13, 2005
Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945) - Joseph Goebbels
Need I say more? Requisite background material to understand the Faux News phenomenon and the Brush Lintball, James Dobson, Bill O'Lieley, Sean Hannity, Repuglican campaign to malign views that don't align with their right wing propaganda machine....
Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945) - Joseph Goebbels
Nazi Propaganda (1933-1945) - Joseph Goebbels
Stephanie Miller
I use IPodder to automatically download the podcast of the Stephanie Miller Show and I listen to it every night. I love her "Right Wing World" segment. You have to listen to her. She is so funny!! I love it....
Stephanie Miller
Stephanie Miller
Hit and Run
Don't blame me... I voted for Kerry.... We're headed over the cliff thanks to our Dunce-in-Chief...Guns and butter and tax cuts, oh my!
Hit and Run:
"First Five Years, Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending
LBJ: 25.2%
Nixon: -16.5%
Reagan: 11.9%
Clinton: -8.2%
Bush: 35.2%"
Hit and Run:
"First Five Years, Percentage Changes in Real Discretionary Spending
LBJ: 25.2%
Nixon: -16.5%
Reagan: 11.9%
Clinton: -8.2%
Bush: 35.2%"
A Polling Free-Fall Among Blacks
A Polling Free-Fall Among Blacks: "In what may turn out to be one of the biggest free-falls in the history of presidential polling, President Bush's job-approval rating among African Americans has dropped to 2 percent, according to a new NBC/Wall Street Journal poll."
onegoodmove: Hey LaLa
Pretty funny. Fletch has put together a Parody Music Video of Janet Parshall and Randi Rhodes on C-Span. Boy does Janet Parshall look like a goof...
onegoodmove: Hey LaLa
onegoodmove: Hey LaLa
What God Really Told Bush / Apparently, it wasn't just "invade Iraq and Afghanistan in my name." A special report
: "Scene: White House private residence, night, not long ago. President Bush present in his most favoritest guns 'n' bunnies PJs. Laura asleep, knocked out by a combination of too much Good Housekeeping and excessive hair-spray fumes. Suddenly, a burst of black smoke. A deep, resonant voice speaks:
'Psst! George! God here, taking a break from supervising the well-being of eight billion troubled souls along with infinite galaxies of unimaginable vastness to speak with you directly one more time because, well, you're special, aren't you, George? Yes you are! Yes you are! OK, stop giggling. I have more commands. Get off the damn hobbyhorse, George, and get a pen and a notepad. No, not a crayon. I don't care if blue is your favori-- George! Get a pen! OK? Good. Here we go"
What God Really Told Bush
'Psst! George! God here, taking a break from supervising the well-being of eight billion troubled souls along with infinite galaxies of unimaginable vastness to speak with you directly one more time because, well, you're special, aren't you, George? Yes you are! Yes you are! OK, stop giggling. I have more commands. Get off the damn hobbyhorse, George, and get a pen and a notepad. No, not a crayon. I don't care if blue is your favori-- George! Get a pen! OK? Good. Here we go"
What God Really Told Bush
Katrina prompts new energy proposals -- some green, most not
Katrina prompts new energy proposals -- some green, most not | Grist Magazine | Muckraker :
"Déjà Ew
Plenty of other energy-related proposals look to have better prospects, but they're largely of the 'pillage and plunder' variety, according to Becker. 'We're basically seeing all the bad stuff industry advocates couldn't squeeze onto the energy bill reemerge in these post-Katrina proposals,' he said.
Katrina exposed the extreme vulnerability of U.S. oil infrastructure, but instead of pushing for a more diversified energy system that would make good use of renewables and enhance long-term energy security, many Republicans want to perpetuate the fossil fuel-based status quo.
On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) announced that he and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, have a whole new energy bill in mind -- 'We are working on one as we speak,' he said at a press conference -- that would not only open up protected areas, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to oil and gas drilling, but also fast-track the environmental review process required to obtain permits for building new oil refineries.
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"Déjà Ew
Plenty of other energy-related proposals look to have better prospects, but they're largely of the 'pillage and plunder' variety, according to Becker. 'We're basically seeing all the bad stuff industry advocates couldn't squeeze onto the energy bill reemerge in these post-Katrina proposals,' he said.
Katrina exposed the extreme vulnerability of U.S. oil infrastructure, but instead of pushing for a more diversified energy system that would make good use of renewables and enhance long-term energy security, many Republicans want to perpetuate the fossil fuel-based status quo.
On Tuesday, House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-Texas) announced that he and Rep. Joe Barton (R-Texas), chair of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, have a whole new energy bill in mind -- 'We are working on one as we speak,' he said at a press conference -- that would not only open up protected areas, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, to oil and gas drilling, but also fast-track the environmental review process required to obtain permits for building new oil refineries.
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Tuesday, October 11, 2005
How to Withstand the Coming Bush Economic Crisis
How to Withstand the Coming Bush Economic Crisis: "It’s dawning on wall street that George W. Bush may be the first president since Lyndon B. Johnson who believes that we can have a guns-and-butter federal spending policy without creating a serious inflation spiral, if not outright government bankruptcy. At least LBJ, to his credit, believed that there were limits to profligacy and that taxes had to be raised. Not President Bush. He’s making Johnson look like a fiscal conservative, what with his insistence on waging a war in Iraq that’s costing $177 million a day and rebuilding New Orleans by taking on a monstrous load of federal debt.
For the longest time, because Bush is a Republican, we on Wall Street simply didn’t believe that he could be a reckless spender. We knew only two paradigms: You either spent less and cut taxes or you spent more and raised taxes. Both courses at least presumed some sacrifice at some time. Not Bush’s plan. He’s gone on both the biggest spending binge and the lowest taxation course in U.S. history, which, alas, will produce gigantic liabilities down the road. "
For the longest time, because Bush is a Republican, we on Wall Street simply didn’t believe that he could be a reckless spender. We knew only two paradigms: You either spent less and cut taxes or you spent more and raised taxes. Both courses at least presumed some sacrifice at some time. Not Bush’s plan. He’s gone on both the biggest spending binge and the lowest taxation course in U.S. history, which, alas, will produce gigantic liabilities down the road. "
News Orgs Working On Story Tying Cheney Into Plamegate… Developing… | The Huffington Post
News Orgs Working On Story Tying Cheney Into Plamegate… Developing… | The Huffington Post
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name.
The Wall Street Journal and Bloomberg are working on stories that point to Vice President Dick Cheney as the target of special prosecutor Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation into the leaking of CIA operative Valerie Plame's name.
Monday, October 10, 2005
Who Isn't against Torture?
Well that would be our president:
t r u t h o u t - Bob Herbert | Who Isn't against Torture?: " Senator John McCain, one of the strongest supporters of the war in Iraq, has sponsored a legislative amendment that would prohibit the 'cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment' of prisoners in the custody of the US military. Last week the Senate approved the amendment by the overwhelming vote of 90 to 9.
This was not a matter of Democrats vs. Republicans, or left against right. Joining Senator McCain in his push for clear and unequivocal language banning the abusive treatment of prisoners were Senator John Warner of Virginia, the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a former military lawyer who is also a Republican and an influential member of the committee. Both are hawks on the war.
Also lining up in support were more than two dozen retired senior military officers, including two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell and John Shalikashvili.
So who would you expect to remain out of step with this important march toward sanity, the rule of law and the continuation of a longstanding American commitment to humane values?
Did you say President Bush? Well, that would be correct."
t r u t h o u t - Bob Herbert | Who Isn't against Torture?: " Senator John McCain, one of the strongest supporters of the war in Iraq, has sponsored a legislative amendment that would prohibit the 'cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment' of prisoners in the custody of the US military. Last week the Senate approved the amendment by the overwhelming vote of 90 to 9.
This was not a matter of Democrats vs. Republicans, or left against right. Joining Senator McCain in his push for clear and unequivocal language banning the abusive treatment of prisoners were Senator John Warner of Virginia, the Republican chairman of the Armed Services Committee, and Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, a former military lawyer who is also a Republican and an influential member of the committee. Both are hawks on the war.
Also lining up in support were more than two dozen retired senior military officers, including two former chairmen of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Colin Powell and John Shalikashvili.
So who would you expect to remain out of step with this important march toward sanity, the rule of law and the continuation of a longstanding American commitment to humane values?
Did you say President Bush? Well, that would be correct."
Juan Cole argues with Bush
Another installment of the ever-popular "Arguing with Bush" series:
Arguing with Bush and GWOT
Arguing with Bush and GWOT
Think Progress » ElBaradei, Smeared By Administration, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Think Progress is a great site to constantly check for ground truth. ElBaradei, Smeared By Administration, Wins Nobel Peace Prize
Excerpts: "Today, the Nobel Committee issued a strong rebuke to the Bush administration by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei...
John Bolton, recess-appointed-ambassador to the UN, led the charge against ElBaradei and went “out of his way to bad-mouth” him during those months.
Why did the administration want him out so badly? It disagreed with ElBaradei about Iraq’s nonexistent WMD program. ElBaradei, if you’ll recall, turned out to be right. "
Excerpts: "Today, the Nobel Committee issued a strong rebuke to the Bush administration by awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to IAEA head Mohamed ElBaradei...
John Bolton, recess-appointed-ambassador to the UN, led the charge against ElBaradei and went “out of his way to bad-mouth” him during those months.
Why did the administration want him out so badly? It disagreed with ElBaradei about Iraq’s nonexistent WMD program. ElBaradei, if you’ll recall, turned out to be right. "
t r u t h o u t - Frank Rich | The Faith-Based President Defrocked
t r u t h o u t - Frank Rich | The Faith-Based President Defrocked
" Beware of leaders who drink their own Kool-Aid. The most distressing aspect of Mr. Bush's press conference last week was less his lies and half-truths than the abundant evidence that he is as out of touch as Custer was on the way to Little Bighorn. The president seemed genuinely shocked that anyone could doubt his claim that his friend is the best-qualified candidate for the highest court. Mr. Bush also seemed unaware that it was Republicans who were leading the attack on Ms. Miers. 'The decision as to whether or not there will be a fight is up to the Democrats,' he said, confusing his antagonists this time much as he has Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden."
" Beware of leaders who drink their own Kool-Aid. The most distressing aspect of Mr. Bush's press conference last week was less his lies and half-truths than the abundant evidence that he is as out of touch as Custer was on the way to Little Bighorn. The president seemed genuinely shocked that anyone could doubt his claim that his friend is the best-qualified candidate for the highest court. Mr. Bush also seemed unaware that it was Republicans who were leading the attack on Ms. Miers. 'The decision as to whether or not there will be a fight is up to the Democrats,' he said, confusing his antagonists this time much as he has Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden."
Sunday, October 09, 2005
Saturday, October 08, 2005
Wednesday, October 05, 2005
Remember the Memo
As the noose tightens at the White House, the State Department memo may be the key piece of Plame evidence.
"Think it’s fair to say that the combination Sunday of the Walter Pincus-Jim VandeHei piece in The Washington Post and George Stephanopoulos’ bombshell on television’s This Week felt like a tug on the noose around the White House’s neck?"
"Think it’s fair to say that the combination Sunday of the Walter Pincus-Jim VandeHei piece in The Washington Post and George Stephanopoulos’ bombshell on television’s This Week felt like a tug on the noose around the White House’s neck?"
TPMCafe || Gore on the Threat to American Democracy
Must Read:
Gore on the Threat to American Democracy:
Al Gore gave a speech this morning on the decline of the media, our public discourse and the threat to American democracy itself.
Gore on the Threat to American Democracy:
Al Gore gave a speech this morning on the decline of the media, our public discourse and the threat to American democracy itself.
Tuesday, October 04, 2005
Miers is the wrong pick by George Will
I'm thinking that if the right wing hates her she can't be all bad:
Miers is the wrong pick by George Will
Miers is the wrong pick by George Will
Monday, October 03, 2005
t r u t h o u t - Frank Rich | In the Beginning, There Was Abramoff
Classic Frank Rich. Read it in full:
In the Beginning, There Was Abramoff
'Terri Schiavo is not brain-dead; she talks and she laughs, and she expresses happiness and discomfort. Terri Schiavo is not on life support.'
- Tom DeLay, March 20, 2005
If you believed Tom DeLay then, you no doubt believe now that the deposed House majority leader is only on 'temporary' leave from his powerful perch in Washington and that he'll soon bounce back, laughing all the way, from a partisan witch hunt that unjustly requires his brief discomfort in a Texas courtroom.
Those who still live in the reality-based community, however, may sense they're watching the beginning of the end of something big. It's not just Mr. DeLay, a k a the Hammer, who is on life support, but a Washington establishment whose infatuation with power and money has contaminated nearly every limb of government and turned off a public that by two to one finds the country on the wrong track.
In the Beginning, There Was Abramoff
'Terri Schiavo is not brain-dead; she talks and she laughs, and she expresses happiness and discomfort. Terri Schiavo is not on life support.'
- Tom DeLay, March 20, 2005
If you believed Tom DeLay then, you no doubt believe now that the deposed House majority leader is only on 'temporary' leave from his powerful perch in Washington and that he'll soon bounce back, laughing all the way, from a partisan witch hunt that unjustly requires his brief discomfort in a Texas courtroom.
Those who still live in the reality-based community, however, may sense they're watching the beginning of the end of something big. It's not just Mr. DeLay, a k a the Hammer, who is on life support, but a Washington establishment whose infatuation with power and money has contaminated nearly every limb of government and turned off a public that by two to one finds the country on the wrong track.
The Xoff Files: Play the Blame Game for hurricane relief
Play the Blame Game for hurricane relief
"'Those who complain about the blame game?
They're usually to blame.' – Jon Stewart.
“Bush says he doesn’t want to play the ‘Blame Game.’
Makes sense. Never heard of a chicken who wanted
to play the ‘Extra Crispy’ game”. --Will Durst
It is called “The Blame Game,” and the object is to get out of New Orleans – but there is no way out on the board, as players encounter the same problems the city’s residents did before, during, and after the hurricane.
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"'Those who complain about the blame game?
They're usually to blame.' – Jon Stewart.
“Bush says he doesn’t want to play the ‘Blame Game.’
Makes sense. Never heard of a chicken who wanted
to play the ‘Extra Crispy’ game”. --Will Durst
It is called “The Blame Game,” and the object is to get out of New Orleans – but there is no way out on the board, as players encounter the same problems the city’s residents did before, during, and after the hurricane.
"
t r u t h o u t - Juan Cole | Bush Dunnit
t r u t h o u t - Juan Cole | Bush Dunnit
An Excerpt:
" As long as the Republicans control both houses of congress, Bush is probably safe. I'm not sure a special counsel like Fitzpatrick could by himself bring down a president. But if the Democrats can take the Senate in 2006, this scandal could turn into an impeachment trial.
I have long been frustrated by the US press's tendency to talk about Bush's cabinet officers as though they were independent agents, and to put Bush on a pedestal. Let me just follow through on some further assertions in the spirit of Stephanopoulos's remark.
It is fruitless to speculate about who dissolved the Iraqi army in May of 2003, and why. (This move contributed to the rise of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement). Bush did it!
Who ordered the Marines, against their better judgement, to launch a reprisal attack on Fallujah after four Western private security guards were killed and their bodies desecrated there? Bush did it!.
Who authorized torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib? Bush did it!
Who appointed Michael Brown, a man with no experience in emergency management, head of FEMA? Bush did it!
Who let Bin Laden escape from Tora Bora? Bush did it!
Who completely destroyed the fiscal health of the US government and forced us into massive debt, squandering Clinton's surplus and endangering social security? Bush did it!.
Bush is the president. He makes the decisions. If there has been a major bad decision, it has been his.
Who outed Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA operative? Bush did it!"
An Excerpt:
" As long as the Republicans control both houses of congress, Bush is probably safe. I'm not sure a special counsel like Fitzpatrick could by himself bring down a president. But if the Democrats can take the Senate in 2006, this scandal could turn into an impeachment trial.
I have long been frustrated by the US press's tendency to talk about Bush's cabinet officers as though they were independent agents, and to put Bush on a pedestal. Let me just follow through on some further assertions in the spirit of Stephanopoulos's remark.
It is fruitless to speculate about who dissolved the Iraqi army in May of 2003, and why. (This move contributed to the rise of the Sunni Arab guerrilla movement). Bush did it!
Who ordered the Marines, against their better judgement, to launch a reprisal attack on Fallujah after four Western private security guards were killed and their bodies desecrated there? Bush did it!.
Who authorized torture at Guantanamo and Abu Ghraib? Bush did it!
Who appointed Michael Brown, a man with no experience in emergency management, head of FEMA? Bush did it!
Who let Bin Laden escape from Tora Bora? Bush did it!
Who completely destroyed the fiscal health of the US government and forced us into massive debt, squandering Clinton's surplus and endangering social security? Bush did it!.
Bush is the president. He makes the decisions. If there has been a major bad decision, it has been his.
Who outed Valerie Plame as an undercover CIA operative? Bush did it!"
Sunday, October 02, 2005
Iraq war delayed Katrina relief effort, inquiry finds
Independent Online Edition > Iraq war delayed Katrina relief effort, inquiry finds:
"Relief efforts to combat Hurricane Katrina suffered near catastrophic failures due to endemic corruption, divisions within the military and troop shortages caused by the Iraq war, an official American inquiry into the disaster has revealed."
"Relief efforts to combat Hurricane Katrina suffered near catastrophic failures due to endemic corruption, divisions within the military and troop shortages caused by the Iraq war, an official American inquiry into the disaster has revealed."
Iraq's President Calls for PM to Step Down - Yahoo! News
Now the Kurds are calling out the Shiites... They all hate each other... civil war is all that is left.... The Bushites maintain there is progress and we must "stay the course".... If you are not in the "reality based community" then you are delusional.... The administration is in the nuthouse....
Iraq's President Calls for PM to Step Down - Yahoo! News: "KIRKUK, Iraq -
Iraq's Kurdish president called on the country's Shiite prime minister to step down, the spokesman for the president's party said Sunday, escalating a political split between the two factions that make up the government."
Iraq's President Calls for PM to Step Down - Yahoo! News: "KIRKUK, Iraq -
Iraq's Kurdish president called on the country's Shiite prime minister to step down, the spokesman for the president's party said Sunday, escalating a political split between the two factions that make up the government."
LA Times -- The dark side of faith
The dark side of faith:
"IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing.
This is the implication of a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Religion and Society, a publication of Creighton University's Center for the Study of Religion. The study, by evolutionary scientist Gregory S. Paul, looks at the correlation between levels of 'popular religiosity' and various 'quantifiable societal health' indicators in 18 prosperous democracies, including the United States."
"IT'S OFFICIAL: Too much religion may be a dangerous thing.
This is the implication of a study reported in the current issue of the Journal of Religion and Society, a publication of Creighton University's Center for the Study of Religion. The study, by evolutionary scientist Gregory S. Paul, looks at the correlation between levels of 'popular religiosity' and various 'quantifiable societal health' indicators in 18 prosperous democracies, including the United States."
Stumbling Storm-Aid Effort Put Tons of Ice on Trips to Nowhere - New York Times
$100M here, $100M there....pretty soon you're talking about real money!
Stumbling Storm-Aid Effort Put Tons of Ice on Trips to Nowhere:
"Ninety-one thousand tons of ice cubes, that is, intended to cool food, medicine and sweltering victims of the storm. It would cost taxpayers more than $100 million, and most of it would never be delivered."
Stumbling Storm-Aid Effort Put Tons of Ice on Trips to Nowhere:
"Ninety-one thousand tons of ice cubes, that is, intended to cool food, medicine and sweltering victims of the storm. It would cost taxpayers more than $100 million, and most of it would never be delivered."
Retired general: Iraq invasion was ‘strategic disaster'
Here's another retired general speaking the truth. From Lowell Sun Online
"The invasion of Iraq was the “greatest strategic disaster in United States history,” a retired Army general said yesterday, strengthening an effort in Congress to force an American withdrawal beginning next year.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom, a Vietnam veteran, said the invasion of Iraq alienated America's Middle East allies, making it harder to prosecute a war against terrorists."
"The invasion of Iraq was the “greatest strategic disaster in United States history,” a retired Army general said yesterday, strengthening an effort in Congress to force an American withdrawal beginning next year.
Retired Army Lt. Gen. William Odom, a Vietnam veteran, said the invasion of Iraq alienated America's Middle East allies, making it harder to prosecute a war against terrorists."
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