More of that GOP hypocrisy we've come to expect in the past 5-6 years.
On and On about family values and yet SO MANY examples of completely
inappropriate behavior. Especially when they try to sell themselves as
the arbiter of morality in this country. In this case, possibly
pedophile behavior and apparently a nice little cover-up by the
Republicans. Now, they are all "astounded" and "horrified", but only
because they couldn't keep it secret anymore...read: got caught.
Disgusting and hypocritical, but yet...becoming so typical.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15063977/
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Oops...more data to disprove the lies
A few weeks ago my Bushie Friend told us with Hannity-like certainty
(read: having no data and just having a desire for it to be true amounts
to "Reality") that Iraqis loved having America soldiers in Iraq. Too
bad the data says otherwise:
Iraqis Want U.S. to Go Home
"
This came from those "liberals" at Cato.
(read: having no data and just having a desire for it to be true amounts
to "Reality") that Iraqis loved having America soldiers in Iraq. Too
bad the data says otherwise:
Iraqis Want U.S. to Go Home
"
About six in 10 Iraqis say they approve of attacks on U.S.-led forces,
and slightly more than that want their government to ask U.S. troops to
leave within a year, a [University of Maryland] poll finds," the
Associated Press reports. "The State Department, meanwhile, has
conducted its own poll... [which] found two-thirds of Iraqis in Baghdad
favor an immediate withdrawal of U.S. forces."
This came from those "liberals" at Cato.
Wednesday, September 20, 2006
Bush reverses another Clinton trend
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/18/national/main2019494.shtml
So much for the "law and order" party.
* An estimated 16,692 persons were murdered nationwide in 2005, an
increase of 3.4 percent from the 2004 figure.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/september06/crimeintheus091806.htm
So much for the "law and order" party.
* An estimated 16,692 persons were murdered nationwide in 2005, an
increase of 3.4 percent from the 2004 figure.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/september06/crimeintheus091806.htm
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
Bush reverses another Clinton trend
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/09/18/national/main2019494.shtml
So much for the "law and order" party.
* An estimated 16,692 persons were murdered nationwide in 2005, an
increase of 3.4 percent from the 2004 figure.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/september06/crimeintheus091806.htm
So much for the "law and order" party.
* An estimated 16,692 persons were murdered nationwide in 2005, an
increase of 3.4 percent from the 2004 figure.
http://www.fbi.gov/page2/september06/crimeintheus091806.htm
Oops...Sorry. Oh yeah and we lied too.
Sorry we tortured you, even though we don't torture people in foreign
prisons. Sorry you are innocent, even though Bush has a messiah like
omnipotence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14897315/
prisons. Sorry you are innocent, even though Bush has a messiah like
omnipotence.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14897315/
Monday, September 18, 2006
an excuse for the zealots
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/europe/09/18/pope.islam.ap/index.html\
So, when I first heard about the pope's speech I wondered what all theexcitement was about. He was, after all, quoting a 700 year oldpassage, not as if he was speaking it as if it were his own thoughts.So, I figured I'd try to find the speech and look at the context. Well,I can assure you that the idiots burning effigies and getting all crazywould have NO IDEA what the Pope was saying.
I think I'm a prettybright guy, Chuck's opinion notwithstanding, but the Pope's speech is about "Faith and Reason", I had a tough time understanding it. This part of philosophy has never been my thing, but this is a theological/philosophical discussion, hardly something that you could take out of context and blast him for it. Regardless of what I think of The Church, this Pope or what he believes, this speech of itself is just another way for the despots to get their followers riled up. And the Media in the West and the East has done a poor job covering this (by not really covering it).
So, when I first heard about the pope's speech I wondered what all theexcitement was about. He was, after all, quoting a 700 year oldpassage, not as if he was speaking it as if it were his own thoughts.So, I figured I'd try to find the speech and look at the context. Well,I can assure you that the idiots burning effigies and getting all crazywould have NO IDEA what the Pope was saying.
I think I'm a prettybright guy, Chuck's opinion notwithstanding, but the Pope's speech is about "Faith and Reason", I had a tough time understanding it. This part of philosophy has never been my thing, but this is a theological/philosophical discussion, hardly something that you could take out of context and blast him for it. Regardless of what I think of The Church, this Pope or what he believes, this speech of itself is just another way for the despots to get their followers riled up. And the Media in the West and the East has done a poor job covering this (by not really covering it).
Saturday, September 16, 2006
Bush insults anyone who disagrees with him...so much for "unity"
Combative Bush warns Congress detainee bill is critical
So yesterday Tony Snow called Powell “confused”, and now Bush is calling the former Joint Chief Chairman a man who supposedly believes that “it’s ok to kill innocent women and children”. (I think because Powell’s whole point was to protect American soldiers, but in classic Bush style, he insults his opponents with things they’ve never said or believed)
I like how Congress is stupid too. “Act wisely” because Bush says so. Has he been right about anything he’s said in 6 years?
Insulting everyone, questioning their morality, intellect and love of country is growing very tiresome. Didn’t this bozo call for Unity on Monday? (Sure that was days after he called everyone who disagrees with him morally and intellectually lacking and Nazi-like). I guess that call for Unity did not extend to him. His idea of “unity” is to agree with him no matter what, regardless of the Constitution, treaties, morality…just follow blindly. “Don’t question our Great Leader”
My favorite part is what was supposed to be a genius move by Rove to make the democrats look soft on terror by not supporting the tribunals has turned into GOP infighting. Rove is losing his touch, he didn’t realize how much Bush is damaged goods now.
By Terrence Hunt The Associated PressWASHINGTON –
Facing a GOP revolt in the Senate, President Bush urged Congress today to join in backing legislation to spell out strategies for interrogating and trying terror suspects, saying "the enemy wants to attack us again."
"Time is running out," Bush said in a Rose Garden news conference. "Congress needs to act wisely and promptly." Bush denied that the United States might lose the high ground in the eyes of world opinion, as former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested.
"It's unacceptable to think there's any kind of comparison between the behavior of the United States of America and the action of Islamic extremists who kill innocent women and children to achieve an objective," said Bush, growing animated as he spoke.
So yesterday Tony Snow called Powell “confused”, and now Bush is calling the former Joint Chief Chairman a man who supposedly believes that “it’s ok to kill innocent women and children”. (I think because Powell’s whole point was to protect American soldiers, but in classic Bush style, he insults his opponents with things they’ve never said or believed)
I like how Congress is stupid too. “Act wisely” because Bush says so. Has he been right about anything he’s said in 6 years?
Insulting everyone, questioning their morality, intellect and love of country is growing very tiresome. Didn’t this bozo call for Unity on Monday? (Sure that was days after he called everyone who disagrees with him morally and intellectually lacking and Nazi-like). I guess that call for Unity did not extend to him. His idea of “unity” is to agree with him no matter what, regardless of the Constitution, treaties, morality…just follow blindly. “Don’t question our Great Leader”
My favorite part is what was supposed to be a genius move by Rove to make the democrats look soft on terror by not supporting the tribunals has turned into GOP infighting. Rove is losing his touch, he didn’t realize how much Bush is damaged goods now.
Those with the knowledge of war oppose Bush on prisoner treatment
Why do men who spent much of their lives defending America, with guns… in combat…as opposed to fake deferments in Wyoming or coked up in Alabama, hate America?
Colin Powell: Powell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was one of the 16,000 military advisors dispatched to South Vietnam by President Kennedy in 1962. In 1963, Lieutenant Powell was wounded by a punji-stick booby trap while patrolling the Vietnamese border with Laos. He was awarded the Purple Heart, and later that year, the Bronze Star.
Powell served a second tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968-69. During this second tour he was injured in a helicopter crash. Despite his own injuries, he managed to rescue his comrades from the burning helicopter and was awarded the Soldier's Medal. In all, he has received 11 decorations, including the Legion of Merit.
John McCain: After graduating from Annapolis, McCain reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida to begin training as a Naval Aviator. While in training, he suffered a mishap during which his aircraft crashed into Corpus Christi Bay, though he escaped. Eventually he graduated and entered the U.S. Navy's light attack community.
McCain escaped death once again on July 29, 1967. While the USS Forrestal steamed off the coast of Vietnam preparing to launch attacks, a Zuni rocket from an F-4 Phantom was accidentally fired across the carrier's deck. The rocket struck McCain's A-4E Skyhawk as the jet was preparing for launch. The impact ruptured the Skyhawk's fuel tank - after which leaking fuel ignited, knocking two bombs loose. McCain escaped from his jet by climbing out of the cockpit, walking down to the nose of the plane, and jumping off the nose boom onto the burning deck. Ninety seconds after the impact, the bomb exploded underneath the airplane. McCain was struck in the legs and chest by shrapnel. The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.[1] Film shot aboard the Forrestal shows McCain narrowly escaping the explosion.
On October 26, 1967, McCain was shot down in his A-4 Skyhawk over Vietnam, by a Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile, landing in Truc Bach Lake. McCain was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five-and-a-half years, mostly in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. He suffered two broken arms and a broken leg after ejecting from his plane. After he regained consciousness, a mob gathered around him and stripped him of his clothing. He was then tortured by Vietnamese soldiers who bayonetted him in his left foot and groin. His shoulder was crushed by another soldier's rifle butt. He was then transported to the Hanoi Hilton, also known as Hoa Lo Prison.
He was released from captivity in 1973. McCain was reinstated to flight status and became Commanding Officer of VA-174 Hellrazors, the East Coast A-7 Corsair II Navy training squadron. He then became the Navy's liaison to the Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981 as a Captain. On the same day he watched his father buried next to his grandfather in Arlington National Cemetery. During his military career he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
John Warner: The Senator’s first public service opportunity began during World War II when, in January 1945, at age 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served on active duty until the summer of 1946 when he was honorably discharged as Petty Officer 3rd Class, electronic technician's mate. Following the war, he attended Washington and Lee University on the G.I. Bill, and was awarded a B.S. degree in 1949. He then entered the University of Virginia Law School.
At the outbreak of the Korean War in the summer of 1950, Warner interrupted his law studies and commenced a second tour of active military duty, beginning in October 1950, this time as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. A year later, in October 1951, as a first lieutenant in communications, he volunteered for duty in Korea and served as a ground officer with the First Marine Air Wing. Following his active service in Korea, he remained in the Marine Corps Reserve for 10 years and was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Lindsey Graham: From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
During the first Gulf War, Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region. His duties included briefing pilots on the law of armed conflict, preparing legal documents for deploying troops, and providing legal services for family members of the South Carolina Air National Guard. He received a commendation medal for his service at McEntire.
Since 1995, Graham has continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Reserve Judge to the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
As opposed to:
George W. Bush: 6 years National Guard “duty”; never showed up for National Guard duty for a period of approximately one year, possibly more, in 1972-1973.
Dick Cheney From 1963 to 1966, Cheney received five deferments: four student deferments while attending the University of Wyoming and one for having a child. "I had other priorities in the '60s other than military service," Cheney told a reporter in 1989.
Paul Wolfowitz, did not serve
Donald Rumsfeld - Mr. Rumsfeld attended Princeton University on academic and NROTC scholarships (A.B., 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. In 1957, he transferred to the Ready Reserve and continued his Naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist until 1975. He transferred to the Standby Reserve when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and to the Retired Reserve with the rank of Captain in 1989.
Colin Powell: Powell was commissioned a second lieutenant in the United States Army, and was one of the 16,000 military advisors dispatched to South Vietnam by President Kennedy in 1962. In 1963, Lieutenant Powell was wounded by a punji-stick booby trap while patrolling the Vietnamese border with Laos. He was awarded the Purple Heart, and later that year, the Bronze Star.
Powell served a second tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968-69. During this second tour he was injured in a helicopter crash. Despite his own injuries, he managed to rescue his comrades from the burning helicopter and was awarded the Soldier's Medal. In all, he has received 11 decorations, including the Legion of Merit.
John McCain: After graduating from Annapolis, McCain reported to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida to begin training as a Naval Aviator. While in training, he suffered a mishap during which his aircraft crashed into Corpus Christi Bay, though he escaped. Eventually he graduated and entered the U.S. Navy's light attack community.
McCain escaped death once again on July 29, 1967. While the USS Forrestal steamed off the coast of Vietnam preparing to launch attacks, a Zuni rocket from an F-4 Phantom was accidentally fired across the carrier's deck. The rocket struck McCain's A-4E Skyhawk as the jet was preparing for launch. The impact ruptured the Skyhawk's fuel tank - after which leaking fuel ignited, knocking two bombs loose. McCain escaped from his jet by climbing out of the cockpit, walking down to the nose of the plane, and jumping off the nose boom onto the burning deck. Ninety seconds after the impact, the bomb exploded underneath the airplane. McCain was struck in the legs and chest by shrapnel. The ensuing fire killed 134 sailors, destroyed at least 20 aircraft, and threatened to sink the ship.[1] Film shot aboard the Forrestal shows McCain narrowly escaping the explosion.
On October 26, 1967, McCain was shot down in his A-4 Skyhawk over Vietnam, by a Soviet-made anti-aircraft missile, landing in Truc Bach Lake. McCain was held as a prisoner of war in Hanoi for five-and-a-half years, mostly in the infamous Hanoi Hilton. He suffered two broken arms and a broken leg after ejecting from his plane. After he regained consciousness, a mob gathered around him and stripped him of his clothing. He was then tortured by Vietnamese soldiers who bayonetted him in his left foot and groin. His shoulder was crushed by another soldier's rifle butt. He was then transported to the Hanoi Hilton, also known as Hoa Lo Prison.
He was released from captivity in 1973. McCain was reinstated to flight status and became Commanding Officer of VA-174 Hellrazors, the East Coast A-7 Corsair II Navy training squadron. He then became the Navy's liaison to the Senate. He retired from the Navy in 1981 as a Captain. On the same day he watched his father buried next to his grandfather in Arlington National Cemetery. During his military career he received a Silver Star, a Bronze Star, the Legion of Merit, the Purple Heart, and a Distinguished Flying Cross.
John Warner: The Senator’s first public service opportunity began during World War II when, in January 1945, at age 17, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy. He served on active duty until the summer of 1946 when he was honorably discharged as Petty Officer 3rd Class, electronic technician's mate. Following the war, he attended Washington and Lee University on the G.I. Bill, and was awarded a B.S. degree in 1949. He then entered the University of Virginia Law School.
At the outbreak of the Korean War in the summer of 1950, Warner interrupted his law studies and commenced a second tour of active military duty, beginning in October 1950, this time as an officer in the United States Marine Corps. A year later, in October 1951, as a first lieutenant in communications, he volunteered for duty in Korea and served as a ground officer with the First Marine Air Wing. Following his active service in Korea, he remained in the Marine Corps Reserve for 10 years and was promoted to the rank of Captain.
Lindsey Graham: From 1984-1988, he was assigned overseas and served at Rhein Mein Air Force Base in Germany. Upon leaving the active duty Air Force in 1989, Graham joined the South Carolina Air National Guard where he served until his election to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1994.
During the first Gulf War, Graham was called to active duty and served state-side at McEntire Air National Guard Base as Staff Judge Advocate where he prepared members for deployment to the Gulf region. His duties included briefing pilots on the law of armed conflict, preparing legal documents for deploying troops, and providing legal services for family members of the South Carolina Air National Guard. He received a commendation medal for his service at McEntire.
Since 1995, Graham has continued to serve his country in the U.S. Air Force Reserves and is the only U.S. Senator currently serving in the Guard or Reserves. He is a colonel and is assigned as a Reserve Judge to the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals.
As opposed to:
George W. Bush: 6 years National Guard “duty”; never showed up for National Guard duty for a period of approximately one year, possibly more, in 1972-1973.
Dick Cheney From 1963 to 1966, Cheney received five deferments: four student deferments while attending the University of Wyoming and one for having a child. "I had other priorities in the '60s other than military service," Cheney told a reporter in 1989.
Paul Wolfowitz, did not serve
Donald Rumsfeld - Mr. Rumsfeld attended Princeton University on academic and NROTC scholarships (A.B., 1954) and served in the U.S. Navy (1954-57) as an aviator and flight instructor. In 1957, he transferred to the Ready Reserve and continued his Naval service in flying and administrative assignments as a drilling reservist until 1975. He transferred to the Standby Reserve when he became Secretary of Defense in 1975 and to the Retired Reserve with the rank of Captain in 1989.
Wednesday, September 13, 2006
Random comments about Bush's failure
I made the following in an email string with a Bushie:
Oh yeah, and there is the way that Bush squandered a world that mourned with America on 9/11. A world that supported and cried with us 5 years ago. He has turned that goodwill around 180 degrees. I know you don’t care about anyone that lives outside of you house, but I work with people around the world daily. I’ve talked to people in Malaysia, India, Ireland, England, Israel, Germany and others about politics in recent years and I know this goes against your poorly informed opinions. But these people do not hate America. They LOVE America, they LOVE Americans. They do NOT like the current administration. They are smart enough to know the difference between the Bush Administration and its citizens. They know the difference between Bush policy and American Ideals and American culture. Why is it that these people who you have such contempt for are smart enough to know the difference, but you are not? America is not Bush and Bush is CERTAINLY not America.
Oh yeah, and there is the way that Bush squandered a world that mourned with America on 9/11. A world that supported and cried with us 5 years ago. He has turned that goodwill around 180 degrees. I know you don’t care about anyone that lives outside of you house, but I work with people around the world daily. I’ve talked to people in Malaysia, India, Ireland, England, Israel, Germany and others about politics in recent years and I know this goes against your poorly informed opinions. But these people do not hate America. They LOVE America, they LOVE Americans. They do NOT like the current administration. They are smart enough to know the difference between the Bush Administration and its citizens. They know the difference between Bush policy and American Ideals and American culture. Why is it that these people who you have such contempt for are smart enough to know the difference, but you are not? America is not Bush and Bush is CERTAINLY not America.
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