should Bush be helping?

Oh yeah, I forgot. They have the same problem as Sudan .

Sorry citizens, God didn’t bless you with natural resources the West needs, so you’re freedom and democracy is less important to us. (Oh yeah, I said it)

If we stand for democracy and freedom, shouldn’t Bush be doing something to help these people who are taking up arms against one of the most brutal regimes in the world? These people are fighting for their freedom right now, rising up will result in a certain death for them, shouldn’t America help?

Just asking…

Rush hates soldiers

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/

Where is the President’s condemnation of Rush? He is actually attacking soldiers, attacking them. MoveOn.org attacked the political show man for the Bush war, while maybe not the right thing to do, let’s not pretend that Patreaus is anything but a Bush Spokesman now, as never before has a US Military leader been trotted out for such a dog and pony show. Anyway, this is about Rush attacking soldiers. Disgusting, but typical of all the Chicken Hawks.

The sham that is the "sanctity of marriage"

I was looking for an article that caught my eye when I was browsing some news site. Couldn't find it again, but I came across this story from June where the Vatican REVERSED the annulment of Joe Kennedy Jr.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articles/2007/06/21/vatican_reverses_kennedy_ruling/

It's old news, but this goes to the sham that the sanctity of marriage (and all that tradition and Godly grace CB keeps putting on it) is. You can get married by the Church, then if you're rich and/or powerful enough you can get it "annulled", meaning it was flawed in some way and then they wipe the slate clean. Then they can change their minds again. Seems like if it was such a holy union human beings wouldn't be able to break it and unbreak it so easy, not to mention that such a sacred institution could be "flawed" in some way even with the sanction of the Church.

Proof how little control the Iraqi government has over Iraq

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/21/blackwater/index.html

This goes to show how very little influence and control Iraq ’s so-called government has over Iraq . I'm sure Condi straightened them out after they tried to ban Blackwater. I'm sure she let them know who is REALLY calling the shots in Iraq and that those in "power" shouldn't delude themselves with thinking they are actually governing Iraq themselves. (not that a handpicked and approved slate of politicians "governing" a country that is being policed by the army of another country is really sovereign anyway)

more of that Bush magic

For all of the bitching they do about “the media” not reporting good things, you have to seek out columns like this to understand the truth depth of their incompetence, arrogance and immorality.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20892483/site/newsweek/

Chrisitian-Correctness...always more forceful than Poltical Correctness

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20888502/from/ET/



And before someone points out how under siege straight white Christians are (while their religious doctrine is being put into law all over this country) think about the following and tell me it’s not true. This country will elect a woman, an African America, a Muslim and maybe even a gay person to be President before it EVER elects an Athiest.

The irony of all of this is Griffin was pointing out (in her special way) the very Unchristian way that people ostentatiously thank Jesus for their Emmy, Grammy, Touchdown or Homerun.

As I’m sure you are well aware, the Bible is pretty clear on this ostentatious display of religion/faith:

Matthew 6:1-16

Concerning Almsgiving

6‘Beware of practicing your piety before others in order to be seen by them; for then you have no reward from your Father in heaven.

2 ‘So whenever you give alms, do not sound a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in the synagogues and in the streets, so that they may be praised by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 3But when you give alms, do not let your left hand know what your right hand is doing, 4so that your alms may be done in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.*

Concerning Prayer

5 ‘And whenever you pray, do not be like the hypocrites; for they love to stand and pray in the synagogues and at the street corners, so that they may be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 6But whenever you pray, go into your room and shut the door and pray to your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.*

Concerning Fasting

16 ‘And whenever you fast, do not look dismal, like the hypocrites, for they disfigure their faces so as to show others that they are fasting. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward. 17But when you fast, put oil on your head and wash your face, 18so that your fasting may be seen not by others but by your Father who is in secret; and your Father who sees in secret will reward you.*

Now what?

http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/meast/09/17/iraq.main/index.html

If Blackwater is banned from Iraq , how will Bush keep his troop counts low and more importantly since the death of Blackwater employees don’t count, keep his death toll of American soldiers lower?

That MBA comes in handy ...again

I recall someone going on and on and on about how our President had that very valuable MBA from the Ivy League and how that would be put to good use. Well, once again Bush's administration fails the most basic requirements for running a business. (Although, borrowing extensively so you can spend more while causing a decrease in revenue is the most anti-business thing you can do, but fortunately he's done that too.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20780840/

Ten years after Congress ordered federal agencies to have outside auditors
review their books, neither the Defense Department nor the newer Department of Homeland Security has met even basic accounting
requirements, leaving them vulnerable to waste, fraud and abuse.

And for those people that feel that welfare and social security are so rife with abuse and fraud, like the horrors of paying $1.65 to feed poor kids on the East Side of Seattle, I would think this mismanagement and failure to maintain the most basic of business fundamentals would be appalling.

"miracle" or science?

Bills TE Kevin Everett may very well walk again thanks to quick thinking doctors, the fact that the injury occurred with some fantastic Emergency Responders and trainers literally feet away and due to years of scientific research.

Now, Kevin's mom claims it could be a miracle and I don't begrudge her that. If her son walks again, she can claim whatever she wants.

But what I find most interesting (and ironic) is that the very same people who would claim that his possible recovery is the hand of God, are the very same people who will do everything they can to halt the very types of research that gave him the chance to walk again. Much of the research into spinal cord injuries has occurred in recent years and thanks to the work and focus of Christopher Reeves. A man who called for more money, more research including research into stem cells.

So, don't you find it ironic that those who would claim incredible advances in medical science as "miracles" are the very same people who are doing everything they can to stop medical science progress.

I for one would prefer to rely on medical science and not wait for the miracle if I'm ever in need of medical care. I'll accept any miracles that come my way, but it seems like a better bet to focus on medical research.

The GOP...restoring integrity every single day since 2001

This isn’t a big deal to me, but it just shows how just about every single day a member of the Republican Party that ran on “restoring integrity” is involved in some immoral, illegal, unethical behavior and that they can’t even follow even the lowest standard and that is to abide by House/Senate rules.



http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-wellersep07,1,83079.story?track=rss

Weller, a southwest suburban congressman with a fondness for Latin America, has
sunk a large share of his investment capital into a land development in
Nicaragua . But he didn't declare the extent of his holdings on his required
congressional disclosures, and he indicated dramatically different purchase
prices for the land in American and Nicaraguan
records.

…

What he didn't say was that, while he
publicly pushed CAFTA, Weller privately was pursuing his land development, some
2,000 miles away. The House approved the trade pact in July 2005 by only two
votes, 217-215.Besides not mentioning his Nicaraguan investments during the
CAFTA debate on the House floor, Weller did not give anywhere close to a
complete accounting of them in his required 2005 financial disclosure statement.
House ethics rules require representatives to disclose all property they own
except for their personal residences.

…

The
congressman listed only one Nicaraguan property purchase on his 2005 disclosure
form, but property records in Nicaragua show that he bought or sold at least
eight pieces of land.
…
For example, Weller's first disclosed
purchase in the coastal town of San Juan del Sur appeared on his 2002 financial
filing, listing a lot with a purchase price of between $50,001 and $100,000. But
in property records at the Registrar's office in Rivas, the department seat for
San Juan , Weller is reported paying 78,000 cordobas, or about $4,333, for
four-tenths of an acre in a transaction on Dec. 7, 2002.Records indicate that
Weller sold the same property in February 2005 for about $95,000. That sale does
not appear on Weller's 2005 House disclosure.

SUBJECT: And all along I thought things in Iraq were not going so well.

My response to a friend's email:

SUBJECT: And all along I thought things in Iraq were not going so well.

Now I see how wrong I was.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/


Subject: RE: And all along I thought things in Iraq were not going so well.
Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2007 15:31:51 -0700
FROM:

Well, you see. If you had your head up your butt, you might think things were going well. But those who actually look at the real situation may disagree with this assessment.

The best part of being him, is that he’s never proclaimed what “success” is in Iraq , so that he can just walk around one day and say “we’ve been successful” and call it a win. Even if global terrorism continues to rise, Iraqi’s have no government, no police, no army, no electricity, no water, hundreds of thousands of Iraqi’s are dead, there is a full scale civil war taking place, 3000 Americans are dead, the middle east is more unstable now than it has been since the 70s, Iran is now unchecked, bin Laden is still alive, the Taliban controls 90% of Afghanistan and the war that was going to cost America a few million dollars is going to cost a TRILLION.

For all we know, that may have been his definition of success, and therefore we ARE indeed “kicking ass”.