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The Latest From The ?Dubya Legacy Salvage Project?
2009-05-13 00:01:00 (And I posted here too - this is a recording.)I really went back and forth concerning whether or not I should even waste my time with this, but I felt I had to.Last week, CBS Golf broadcaster Peter David (oops...my bad) Feherty quite rightly caused an outrage with a ridiculous, utter non-joke based on that tired remark about ?suppose (insert your three most hated people here ? usually ends up with a lawyer and two others) get out of an elevator, and you only have a gun with two bullets. What do you do,? and the punch line is that you ?shoot the lawyer twice,? or something like that (ha ha).Well, as noted here, Feherty?s supposed quip involved the murder of the two Democratic Party leaders in Congress. And I must admit that it?s shocking that, to date, there has been no comment on the matter from the CBS broadcasting network.Feherty made his remark in a column that appeared in something called ?D Magazine,? which I suppose has to do with the city of Dallas, Texas (I guess, though, th...
Obamatard Praises Dubya
2009-04-18 15:24:00 An interesting snippet from William Kristol, Weekly Standard: What was more interesting was the accompanying statement by the Director of National Intelligence, Dennis Blair, trying to justify Obama’s decision–or at least put it “into perspective.” The perspective, the context, is that in the months after 9/11, “we did not have a clear understanding of the enemy we were dealing with, and our every effort was focused on preventing further attacks that would kill more Americans. It was during these months that the CIA was struggling to obtain critical information from captured al Qaida leaders, and requested permission to use harsher interrogation methods. The OLC memos make clear that senior legal officials judged the harsher methods to be legal.” Blair continues: “Those methods, read on a bright, sunny, safe day in April 2009, appear graphic and disturbing. As the President has made clear, and as both CIA Director Panetta and I have stated, ...
By: BitsBlog
Getting "Faced" With Dubya
2009-03-31 00:48:00 Even though he?s officially gone from public office (as many of us wish for him to disappear altogether and live a hermit-like existence), the legacy of Dubya continues to live on, as it does in this article in the WaPo today by Dan Froomkin (h/t Atrios).And it?s worth it to revisit the following, as Froomkin notes (registration required)?In a June 6, 2002, address, Bush called (Abu) Zubaida al Qaeda's "chief of operations" and said that "[f]rom him and from hundreds of others, we are learning more about how the terrorists plan and operate, information crucial in anticipating and preventing future attacks."At a Republican fundraiser on October 14, 2002, Bush called Zubaida "one of the top three leaders in the organization."But according to Suskind, even as Bush was publicly proclaiming Zubaida's malevolence, he was privately being briefed about doubts within the intelligence community regarding Zubaida's significance -- and mental stability. Suskind quotes the following exchange ...
More ?Freedom? Fairy Tales From Dubya
2009-03-16 23:29:00 (And by the way, I also posted here.)In yesterday?s New York Times, writer James Traub profiled Dubya?s ?legacy project,? or whatever it?s being called this week, on the grounds of Southern Methodist University (a background video follows with Keith Olbermann and Jim Moore of HuffPo from last Friday ? spares me from having to go over all the details again)..msnbcLinks {font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;} .msnbcLinks a {text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px;} .msnbcLinks a:link, .msnbcLinks a:visited {color: #5799db !important;} .msnbcLinks a:hover, .msnbcLinks a:active {color:#CC0000 !important;} I thought Traub?s report was pretty good, and he basically captured all of the angst arising from this attempt by the Bushies to rewrite history, but I just wanted to point out a couple of excerpts?T...
BO to Scrap Dubya’s Domestic Security Plan
2009-01-08 17:23:00 Even the leftards are forced to admit that George W. Bush kept the nation safe. Dubya may not have been as nice to illegal combatents as the left migbt have prefered, but he kept the nation safe. Well the one who ran on the mantra of change, plans on scrapping the Bush Adninstration domestic security program, Peter Baker, New York Times: WASHINGTON - President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to scrap the way President Bush oversaw domestic security in the White House and name a former Central Intelligence Agency official to coordinate counterterrorism, people close to the transition said Wednesday. Catch this: Democrats close to the transition said Mr. Obama’s choice for that job was John O. Brennan, a longtime C.I.A. veteran who was the front-runner to head the spy agency until withdrawing in November amid criticism of his views on interrogation and detention policies. His appointment would not require Senate confirmation. If Brennan is too fricking toxic to be t...
By: BitsBlog
Watch Your Ass In 2019, Dubya!
2009-01-06 00:22:00 (I should emphasize that I don?t encourage violence against anyone except bin Laden, not even this loser ? I also posted over here.)This McClatchy story tells us that Dubya, thanks to congressional legislation passed in 1997 (when the Repugs were in charge, trying to figure out how many times Bill Clinton unzipped his fly to the exclusion of practically everything else), will be the first president to receive Secret Service protection for only ten years upon leaving office.And as for Deadeye Dick, the Dems actually did him a favor (God only knows why) and cosponsored legislation covering his mangy butt for six months after he departs, as noted here.Of course, if Jeb gets in (as Poppy talked about here - God help us), then he?ll change the law back to protect both his brother and his "boss" for the rest of their lives, right?Well, as I said here, let?s unearth all of the ?dead bodies? that the former FLA governor is responsible for again, shall we? Let?s have that discussion once and...
Some Saturday Dubya Fluffery
2009-01-04 05:59:00 Ben Feller of the AP brings us the following from here, what he laughably calls ?analysis? of the all-but-over foul, fetid Bushco reign (in particular the following)?In sessions with policy experts, Bush tends to ask questions that get right to the nub of a sticky issue. His top aides speak regretfully about how the country never got to see that side of him, even after all this time. They describe a man who is deeply inquisitive, not blithely incurious as much of the world thinks.In response, I have only to say this: on page 247 of ?State of Denial? by Bob Woodward, President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History, in a meeting in August 2003, took the lead in asking questions about whether or not we ?we have a communications strategy to be able to run with Al Jazeera,? so that we could supposedly encourage the Iraqis to ?not allow foreign fighters? to come into their country (making a half-hearted attempt to fight what was then the growing insurgency; Woodward notes that...
Dubya discards the free market
2008-12-18 22:36:00 As a going-away present to his supporters, Dubya says that: “I’ve abandoned free-market principles to save the free-market system.”He also qualifies for the Illogicality Award, if such a thing were ever invented. Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.
By: Tel-Chai Nation
SAY WORD! | BUSH DODGES 50 MPH SHOES AT IRAQI PRESS CONFERENCE
2008-12-15 15:05:00 George W. is a good sport after an Iraqi reporter hurls not one, but two shoes at the outgoing President during a press conference. Gotta give props to Dubya on his excellent ducking reflexes. Check it out!
Dubya, Meet John Gotti
2008-12-10 23:38:00 This AP story tells us that Bushco?s EPA is going to produce a ?most wanted list? for ?environmental fugitives accused of assaulting nature.?Why does this sound to me like it?s akin to Vladimir Putin decrying assaults against freedom of the press in Russia (re., journalists who criticize him end up shot to death execution style or falling out of the windows of high-rise buildings)?A top EPA enforcement official said the people on the list represent the "brazen universe of people that are evading the law." Many face years in prison and some charges could result in hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines."They are charged with environmental crimes and they should be brought before the criminal justice system and have their day in court," said Pete Rosenberg, a director in the agency's criminal enforcement division.?But Walter D. James III, an environmental attorney based in Grapevine, Texas, says the EPA is critically understaffed to investigate environmental crimes. While the budg...
Dubya is mistaken on the mideast
2008-12-08 22:16:00 Daniel Pipes looks at one of Dubya's recent speeches where the outgoing president claimed that the middle east is now a freer place. Alas, Dubya is either mistaken, or is unable to admit the reality. For example, Turkey is slowly moving back towards Islamic fundamentalism, and anti-Americanism, and Arab rejectionism of Israel has spread. And even Pakistan is nearing a state of Islamofascism.
By: Tel-Chai Nation
The Final "World AIDS Day" For Lame-Duck Dubya
2008-12-01 18:23:00 This VOA News story tells us that..More than a thousand people living with HIV and their allies (were) expected to gather near the White House (on November 20th) in a preemptive public demonstration for AIDS advocacy. They are staging a pretend inauguration ceremony to urge President-Elect Barack Obama to improve the way the United States fights AIDS domestically and globally.The rally comes one day after former Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle accepted Mr. Obama?s offer to become Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) and implement a campaign pledge to deliver comprehensive universal health care to Americans. Associate director Michael Swigert of the group Africa Action is coordinating today?s simulated inaugural ceremony near the White House, which takes place two months before the actual swearing-in on January 20. He says that President Obama?s first 100 days in office will be crucial in setting priorities for fighting HIV/AIDS.I would be remiss if I didn?t note here that...
A Job For Dubya In The Spirit Of The Season
2008-11-25 00:13:00 I have to admit that I was inspired a bit by the following column from Gail Collins in the New York Times over the weekend in which she basically tells Dubya, in so many words, to quit (of course, if our elected representatives in Congress actually had a spine, they would have impeached Commander Codpiece and made the decision for him by now, but there you are).Well, along comes the news today that, in addition to many other shortages in the world, it turns out that there is also a shortage of Santa Clauses in Germany.Now, I?m not asking that we send Dubya to another continent for employment, though the idea does have its merits. I?m merely suggesting that we send some of our more-qualified Santas abroad, assuming they have language skills (voluntarily, of course, offering a nice payday; oh, but that?s just a joke, kids ? Santa doesn?t really get paid?silly me) and Dubya would move from one short-term contract job (the presidency of the United States) to another (Kris Kringle).Why, ...
Echoes Of Dubya From John W. McBush
2008-09-06 00:30:00 Believe it or not, there?s still more from Michael Morrill at Keystone Progress that I didn?t get to previously?Like McCain, Bush Promised Bipartisanship1999: Bush Bragged He "Worked Closely With Both Parties." At a speech given to the Latin Business Association Luncheon, George W. Bush said, "This reform movement also requires a different mindset in politics. Education is too important to have a strategy of divide and conquer. Unless parents and principals, teachers and academics, Republicans and Democrats can find common purposes, reform will fail. I have worked closely with both parties in my state, because I know that if we set out to score partisan points, we will never solve problems. If we do not share credit for progress, all of us deserve the blame for failure." ["No Child Left Behind" speech, via Project Vote Smart, 9/2/99, emphasis added]2008: McCain Bragged About Working "With Members Of Both Parties." In his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention, McCain said, "...
More On Dubya And Our Military
2008-09-05 21:08:00 CNN tells us here that Dubya is ?considering? 8,000 troop cuts (? ? shouldn?t that be ?a cut of 8,000 troops??) in Iraq (gee, how nice of President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History to ?consider? that, huh, seeing as how the majority of this country has wanted our people out of Iraq for ? oh, gee, I don?t know - FOREVER???).However, The Almighty Petraeus tells us here that no cuts could take place before 2009.I report, you decide, my friends.
Dubya Kisses Off The G8
2008-07-10 16:22:00 Thus sayeth President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History as he recently departed from a gathering of world leaders (here)??I wish for a world free from tyranny: the tyranny of hunger, disease and free from tyrannical governments,? the president wrote. ?I wish for a world in which the universal desire for liberty is realized. I wish for the advance of new technologies that will improve the human condition and protect our environment. I wish God?s blessings on all. George W. Bush.?193 days and counting, people?
More Hot Air From Dubya On Global Warming
2008-07-07 16:48:00 This Yahoo News story tells us that President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History is poised once more to muff an opportunity on the climate crisis (and I love the way "constructive" is in quotes here)?"Yeah, I'll be constructive," Bush told a joint news conference after meeting Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda on the eve of the G8 summit in the northern mountain resort of Toyako.I sincerely hope that our next president will not answer a reporters? question with ?yeah,? in a manner as if he had been interrupted from trying to buy prophylactics inside a public rest room."I also am realistic enough to tell you that if China and India don't share the same aspiration that we're not going to solve the problem," Bush said.God, I am so sick of this numbskull blaming India and China for the climate crisis while our planet continues to melt! Besides, as the story tells us later?Some 190 nations including the United States agreed in December in Bali to reach a deal on a po...
A Summer Dubya "Two Minutes Hate"
2008-07-02 21:18:00 President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History tells us from the White House web site today that?Next week I'm going to travel to Japan for the eighth and final G8 summit of my presidency.?As I said the other day, we need people who not only make promises, but write checks, for the sake of human rights and human dignity, and for the sake of peace."This link from March 2003 tells us of our POW mistreatment in Iraq (3rd) as well as the laughable inclusion of some nations in the "Coalition Of The Willing" (remember them?); this from May of that years tells of how we shielded human rights abusers; this notes the response from our allies to the revelations of torture at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo in March 2005 (no word of anyone protesting the claim of former Judge Advocate General (JAG) Kyndra Miller Rotunda that Gitmo is ?really more like a Boy Scout camp than a prison camp? here, by the way); and this notes our own human rights violations in Iraq from May of 2005.You may ...
?Dubya The Dud? Becomes ?Dubya The Stud??
2008-07-02 18:00:00 This Think Progress post tells us that, with many of the economic stimulus checks in the hands of loyal Americans doing their best for the economy, guess which industry has seen an immediate benefit?If you said porn, then you?ve automatically entered yourself in the drawing for free passes to the Bunny Ranch in Las Vegas!(just kidding?)An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans? mailboxes across the country.According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, ?Many of the sites we surveyed have reported 20-30% growth in membership rates since mid-May when the checks were first sent out, and typically the summer is a slow period for this market.?And can you say ?irony,? given the fact that this administration once set out to bust the ?adult entertainment?...
Dubya is here
2008-06-15 15:19:00 BBC says, "Protesters greet Bush's UK visit"I welcome this much maligned president; a much better man than his predecessor.
By: Christian Quoter
President “Surge” Dubya Bush Cites History To Demonstrate How H
2008-06-09 07:32:00 Just Call Him General George Armstrong Custer “Honest Abe Bush” President “Surge” Dubya Bush is already patting himself on the back for the end results he envisions due to his reliance upon [ahem... "faulty"] to send our troops to war in one of the biggest “OOPS!” situations in modern world history. “It’ll be a Utopia!”, he claims. “Democracy will be established in the Middle East and everybody’s going to look back upon MY administration a few hundred years from now and I’ll be a jenn-you-wine “cult hero”, he insists. No scrutiny for his direct involvement in hundreds of THOUSANDS of dead, innocent, peace-loving Iraqi citizens due to his huge miscalculations. No scrutiny for the tens of THOUSANDS of maimed or dead American troops. President “Surge” Dubya Bush is vain enough to envision himself and his HUGELY flawed, “criminal” even (according to many) presidency in the p...
Time For The "Duce/Dubya Duet"
2008-05-27 23:48:00 I recently came across a copy of Time Magazine?s 100 Most Influential People issue from earlier this month, and of course, the magazine is obliged to include President Highest Disapproval Rating In Gallup Poll History in the list.For anyone unfamiliar with the concept (maybe one or two people), a peer, fan, or someone highly familiar with that individual writes a brief tribute in the magazine (I have a feeling I?ll be coming back to this issue of the magazine, since there are a couple of other inclusions worthy of commentary).And the author of Dubya?s little paean was none other than Italy?s third-time PM, Silvio Berlusconi; his writeup appears next to a photo of Incurious George in which he, quite appropriately, is largely in the dark.Uh oh, Silvio tells us?George W. Bush, 61, will be remembered as Commander in Chief, but not only for that. He was above all a President who felt the moral obligation that the leading nation of the free world must carry. My thoughts return again to th...
Dubya Moves The Goalposts Again
2008-05-19 23:07:00 Sheryl Gay Stolberg reported the following in the New York Times yesterday (from here)??when Mr. Bush arrived in this Red Sea resort city on Saturday, he seemed cozy with the president of the Palestinian Authority, Mahmoud Abbas; the two ended a quick photo opportunity by strolling down a stone walkway, holding hands. And the president was also back to making predictions. Previewing a speech planned for Sunday, he said, ?I?ll make it clear that I believe we can get a state? ? as in, a Palestinian state ? ?defined by the end of my presidency.??Defined by the end of my presidency??? Gee, that sounds a lot less strident than ?a Mideast deal by the end of my term,? doesn?t it (as noted here)?OK, so what exactly is involved in ?defining a Palestinian state,? Dubya (to be fair, though, he does use the ?defined? language in the MSNBC story as well as Stolberg?s account). Since our corporate media cousins aren?t going to ask you, then I guess it?s up to me to do so.Does it include the right...
A Quick Note On The Latest Dubya Idiocy
2008-05-15 17:05:00 A recent utterance from President Clueless (from here)?"Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along," the President said to the country's legislative body, "We have heard this foolish delusion before. As Nazi tanks crossed into Poland in 1939, an American senator declared: 'Lord, if only I could have talked to Hitler, all of this might have been avoided.' We have an obligation to call this what it is ?- the false comfort of appeasement, which has been repeatedly discredited by history."The response from Obama (as always, more like this)?"It is sad that President Bush would use a speech to the Knesset on the 6Oth anniversary of Israel's independence to launch a false political attack. It is time to turn the page on eight years of policies that have strengthened Iran and failed to secure America or our ally Israel. Instead of tough talk and no action, we need to do what Kenne...
Dubya Discovers Good Government?
2008-05-15 00:24:00 (Completely tongue-in-cheek headline; don?t worry.)As I?ve noted in the past, one of the advantages (if you can call it that) of reading the Bucks County Courier Times is that you?re alerted to the very latest in wingnuttia, and the paper didn?t disappoint again recently, republishing this column from Cokie and Steve Roberts.And isn?t it such a shame ? boo hoo! ? that Dubya is sooo unhappy that ?his proposals have died on Capitol Hill?? I?m sure ?no one could have predicted? how that would happen with this hanging around the neck of Incurious George like the proverbial millstone.Well, in response, Dubya said to Cokie darling that he has found a new foe ? the gerrymander (cue scary incidental theme music; du-du-duuuh!)?Too many congressional districts, he said, are drawn to guarantee safe seats for one party or the other. So for many lawmakers, their only real threat comes from their "flank," from a primary challenger who accuses them of ideological impurity. As a result, they respon...
I less-than 3 George Dubya
2008-04-30 17:39:00 Yay for retardastic economic 'stimulus' packages! I got mine today. So, hey. I have an Idea, let's give the American people a few bucks so that they can spend it as a diversion to the fact that they're spending too much. Or better yet, since most of the...(read more)
By: Wooties!
Schooling Dubya On Student Loans
2008-04-28 17:37:00 President George W. Milhous Bush says here that…"Congress needs to pass legislation that would give my administration greater authority to buy federal student loans," Bush said. "By doing so, we can ensure that lenders will continue to participate in the guaranteed loan program and ensure that students continue to have access to tuition assistance."I think that statement gives us the order of Dubya’s true priorities here, by the way, namely that lenders come first and students second (and as you'll see, Dubya typically misses the boat when it comes to "guaranteed" loans).Interesting, isn’t it, how our “don’t know much about nothin’ at all” leader (apologies to Sam Cooke) has now become a cheerleader of sorts for students to receive affordable aid for advanced education.As this Village Voice article from January 2006 tells us, though, that was not always the case. Here’s a brief history: President Clinton tried to end the federally guaranteed student loan program in ...
Dubya Plays "Pope-A-Dope"
2008-04-17 00:48:00 From here?WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Pope Benedict, making only the second visit by a pontiff to the White House, on Wednesday urged Americans and their leaders to base social and political decisions on moral principles to create a more just society.I agree, and it would have been nice if His Holiness had bothered to tell his host that you cannot have such a society when you deprive funding on behalf of those in need in favor of never-ending war, as noted here.
Has McCain Overdosed on Dubya Vision?
2008-04-14 10:22:00 by Tom Chartier and Elizabeth Gyllensvard Two terms of gloriously delusional leadership are poised come to an end next January. What will we do without our old toga chum Dubya? Hes a tough act to follow. Who can possibly replace the worst US president in history? At one thing Americans do excel: picking lousy presidents. James Bryce writing in 1888 observed: the ordinary American voter does not object to mediocrity. He has a lower conception of the qualities requisite to make a statesman than those who direct public opinion in Europe have. Yeah thats it! Senator Mediocre Buffoon for President! If Americans could clone, we could resurrect a real stinker. Wed have so many to choose from. However, I have no fear that quality will taint the White House anytime in the foreseeable future. Bushs replacement as if anyone could replace The Decider may just be as deranged and confused! Thats right, you guessed right. The secret word for tonight is: Amnesia! The Mo...
Dubya Approved Meetings On Tummy Rubs, Sleep Deprivation, And Removal Of Te
2008-04-12 14:00:00 Oh, the humanity! To think that the President would actually approve of meetings that discussed just how to deal with Islamic terrorists who were part of a group that had recently destroyed the World Trade Center, damaged the Pentagon, and killed 2,996 of our friends and neighbors. (Washington Post) President Bush said Friday that he was ...
By: Pirate's Cove
Classic Dubya: exposing the terrorism?tax cut linkage
2008-03-27 00:00:00 From a speech George W. Bush delivered in October 2001: I strongly believe we need to make sure that consumer confidence stays high, by giving people more of their own money back. (Applause.) We need to counter the shock wave...
Dubya?s Final ?FU? To The CPB
2008-03-19 16:49:00 Eric Boehlert of Media Matters for America tells us a few things in this post; one is that President George W. Milhous Bush just presented, in his last budget, the largest cut ever proposed to public broadcasting (timed, coincidentally, before the presentation of ?Bush?s War? on ?Frontline? to coincide with today?s fifth anniversary), and Boehlert also tells us that Dubya received a little help in the anti-PBS propaganda department recently from Charles McGrath of the New York Times here (the Corporation for Public Broadcasting is in charge of PBS, by the way).I thought that Boehlert might have been a little harsh, so I went back and read McGrath?s original Times commentary called ?Is PBS Still Necessary.? And after doing so, I still think Boehlert erred slightly, but only because he may have been too kind.As Boehlert states, McGrath argues that public television may be obsolete (an opinion I contest greatly), though McGrath curiously defends public radio. And in attacking public TV...
The Mess That Dubya Made?
2008-03-05 22:25:00 Is it fair to blame the White House for our country?s economic woes? I mean, just how much influence does the President of the United States wield over the economy? I had always thought that their influence was extremely limited in scope. Whether this belief is right or wrong, I do know ...
Snatching Foot From The Jaws Of Dubya?
2008-03-04 20:15:00 By- Suzie-Q @ 12:15 PM MST Bush incoherently praises Odierno for ?snatching defeat.? March 3, 2008 7:00 pm Today, President Bush thanked Lt. Gen. Ray Odierno, who until recently served as the No. 2 commander in Iraq, for his service in Iraq. In attempting to apply the phrase ?snatching defeat from the jaws of victory,? Bush ...
By: Suzie-Q
End of an era: Dubya?s White House visits (Yahoo! Sports)
2008-02-28 14:29:00 When we look back at George W. Bush’s tenure as President, I think it’s likely the brightest spot will be the… Read the full story.
By: MLB News Blog
Dubya Versus The U.N., Again
2008-02-22 20:09:00 I think Max Bergmann at Democracy Arsenal is being a bit too kind to President George W. Milhous Bush here when he touts Dubya?s record for fighting HIV/AIDS and malaria in Africa (a related post appears here, as well as this news story). However, Bergmann does note that the preznit, in typical bait-and-switch fashion, has cut funding for U.N. peacekeeping efforts?According to White House figures quietly released this week, more than $193 million for U.N. troops would be cut for missions in Liberia, Rwanda, Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire and elsewhere....Most people don?t realize that the UN has the highest number of troops deployed abroad than anyone else besides the U.S. The UN has 90,000 peacekeeping troops deployed around the world in 17 different missions in some of the most dangerous hot spots, including Kosovo, Congo, East Timor, Haiti, and Lebanon. While the favorite conservative talking point is that UN missions are ineffective, because of the failu...
Dubya Sure Knows About ?Spirits,? Doesn?t He?
2008-02-08 21:57:00 So President George W. Milhous Bush visited Lafayette, Tennessee as noted here to ?raise the spirits? of area residents hardest hit from tornadoes that swept across that state, Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky and Alabama on Tuesday (as noted here).And when it comes to trying to correct past mistakes?White House spokesman Scott Stanzel said the government has learned many lessons since Katrina, and is much better now at not only answering locals' needs in times of emergency, but anticipating them. FEMA assets were in the tornado-struck region as early as Tuesday night, he said.?States and localities have also given a lot of thought to the issue over the years and have improved their response as well,? he said.Well, that?s positive, but allow me to live up to my name again and dash all of this happy talk with the following bit of bad news, courtesy of Dubya?s utterly awful (and fortunately, last) proposed budget?The Proposed Elimination and Reduction of Key Programs in the President?...
Note To Dubya On The '08 SOTU: STFU
2008-01-29 18:29:00 Actually, I really should thank George W. Milhous Bush because, for almost each year of this abomination of a presidency at this time, he provides all kinds of blogging material for your humble narrator and various other like-minded miscreants who do this for a profit motive or out of masochistic impulses (I of course am in the latter category).And last night was no exception of course; I?m linking here to the text of the speech from the White House web site because that way you can note each time Our Dear Leader received applause from those in attendance (of course, there?s no way you can quantify who it was who applauded, how strenuously or for how long, or whether or not at times it was just from Deadeye Dick, Dubya's family and select other suckups, but such is life). And this includes his snarky BS about how the IRS ?accepts both checks and money orders,? forever harping about tax cuts (ha ha, laugh it up, funny boy ? your approval ratings will remain in the toilet until you a...
Huckabee Would Pardon Kenneth Copeland at See Ya Dubya
2008-01-29 06:02:00 Mike Huckabee has had a long standing relationship with billionaire televangelist (and Huckabee supporter) Kenneth Copeland. Huckabee appeared on Copeland's show last fall. He not only encouraged people to support Copeland's dubious ministry, he announced that if given the opportunity he would stop the investigation into Cope6 Zoom(s)
Dear Dubya: Its The Hour of the Desert Wolf
2008-01-22 13:06:00 by Tom Chartier with Elizabeth Gyllensvard Dear Dubya, I hear youve celebrated Spring Break early with a trip to the Holy Land. You lucky devil. How was the trip? Were you treated with the courtesy merited by a man of your stature? Oh I hope so. No one wants to be on your No Fly List. Miffed by shoddy protocol, you might just launch another war or a bloated federal bureaucracy. Speaking of good manners, when one is visiting, one always brings a gift to ones host. There are those having difficulty making the connection between your free gifts of armaments (to the tune of $30 billion to Israel and $20 billion for the House of Saud), and the stated peaceful purpose of your trip. Sillies. What else would a self-proclaimed War President give to his hosts at a Peace Mission? You did make it clear that America is committed to the Road Map to Peace between Israel and the occupied territories oops, I mean the Future Palestinian State. Indubitably, your thought...
Today's "Dubya Moment"
2008-01-12 17:45:00 From this post I found on the web site of the Baltimore Sun yesterday, concerning the visit of George W. Milhous Bush to the Middle East...BETHLEHEM, West Bank ? After descending the stone stairs to the dim grotto beneath the Church of the Nativity, President Bush lit a candle Thursday and stood in silent, somber reflection at the place where Jesus Christ is believed to have been born.Emerging a short while later into the sunlit courtyard outside, he described the experience as "a moving moment for me. ... For those of us who practice the Christian faith, there's really no more holy site than the place where our Savior was born."From this post by Chris Kelly at HuffPo yesterday..."War on the one hand is such a terrible, such an atrocious thing, that no man, especially no Christian man, has the right to assume the responsibility of beginning it." - TolstoyAnd don't worry; even though Coulter would never return the favor and Kelly's post is funny, I won't take a shot at her as she...
Somewhere Dubya Is Loved At Last
2008-01-10 20:04:00 Yes, we all know that George W. Milhous Bush is currently in the Middle East playing president and pretending to care about negotiating peace between Israel and Palestine (even predicting a peace treaty by the time he is FINALLY out of office), but I?d just like to take a moment and contrast this frantic, last-minute scramble by a highly unpopular head of state with the more methodical approach of a president who actually knew what he was doing on this vital issue (aided in a huge way by Anwar Al Sadat of Egypt, who ultimately died because of his recognition of Israel).As this Wikipedia article about the Camp David Accords tells us?(Former President Jimmy) Carter also wasted no time in visiting the heads-of-state on whom he would have to rely to make any peace agreement feasible. By the end of his first year in office, he had already met with (Sadat), King Hussein of Jordan, Hafez al-Assad of Syria, and Yitzhak Rabin of Israel. Carter's and (Secretary of State Cyrus) Vance's explo...
Prescott Bush - Dubya?s Grandpappy - funded Nazis.
2008-01-09 22:15:00 Here is a story about it. And here is a video about bankers in the US and the UK funding Nazis. The video does not mention Bush though. Cheney is probably on the board of directors of the company that owns the History Channel. :/ You would think this would be front page news on every newspaper ...
Who will replace Dubya?
2008-01-09 18:59:00 I thought that The Amazing Race Asia Season 2 would be the most exciting thing I’d catch on television these days, but I find the US presidential presidential primaries more thrilling. That’s odd because I’m not even an American citizen. What kept me hooked to CNN is the battle for the democratic nomination. ... [ This is a content summary only. Visit PinoyBlogoSphere.com for full links, other content, and more! ]
Dubya "Decides" To Run For Cover
2007-12-14 22:52:00 In today?s New York Times, Sheryl Gay Stolberg does some more ?by the numbers? reporting on Dubya ?win(ning) on energy, children?s health and spending bills,? a claim I won?t contest because of the appalling failure of the Democratic leadership to stand up to George W. Milhous Bush.However, I will defend Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid somewhat for this?Mr. Bush likes to say his relations with Democrats are cordial. Just last week, he played host to members of Congress at the White House?s annual black-tie Christmas ball.But munching on crab cakes and sipping spiced eggnog are not the same thing as hashing out policy, something Mr. Bush, who prefers delegating over details, is loath to do. At a ceremony in the Capitol for the Dalai Lama last month, Ms. Pelosi, the House speaker, and Mr. Reid, the Senate Democratic leader, buttonholed Mr. Bush and asked to meet to discuss their differences on children?s health.He told them their aides should talk to his health secretary instead.??Bush do...
Seasons Greetings From Dubya, Kids
2007-12-13 04:50:00 I'm so glad President Numbskull is "off the sauce." Only someone drunk would veto SCHIP for a second time.Oh, wait...
Another quality gaffe from Dubya
2007-12-11 08:09:00 Repetition in politics can get boring (Cox is thinking particularly of "education, education, education" or "tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime") but somethings that never get old are Dubya's verbal gaffes.In a televised address he gave out the wrong help line number so that home owners expecting to get through to a call centre providing adivce on higer interest rates instead found themselves getting through to Freedom Christian Academy in Texas.Adding stupidity to embarassment the President repeated the incorrect number, 1-800-995-HOPE, twice instead of 1-888-995-HOPE which left left callers hoping for a miracle (which they probably enquired about when the school answered).Those eager for more entertainment on the Dubya front can visit: http://www.dubyaspeak.com/
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Dubya Writes A Letter
2007-12-06 20:18:00 (This would not be news for any other president, of course...).In response to the story about our chief executive finally deciding to contact a head of state he doesn?t like after seven years in office, I should note that I have tracked down the contents of Dubya?s correspondence, as follows...Dure Kim John ill,I hop yure r gun to bide bi tha gree ment to disabul yure nukuler pro graam be four I leve off iss in Januery uf two thousan ann nine. I haaf to du suum thin too haf uh legucy lik mah daddy diid when he wus presedent.Sinceerely,Goerge W. BushP.S. Jus? jokin? aah bout tha ?little pigmy? and ?asses of eveil? there?hee heee.And he?s finally going to The Middle East also? Ya? think, on some level, George W. Milhous Bush is starting to get the hang of this whole ?president? thing?Naaahh.
G. Dubya MuggShot
2007-11-30 20:33:00 NYC library goes postal with FBI Most Wanted phony mugshots of George W and Deadeye Dick Cheney. MyFox NYCNBC hot anchorbabe Erin Burnett offers Dubya a receptacle for his banana after calling him a "monkey." YouTube video Burnett blamed "jet lag" for her verbal projectile vomiting. Fox Business Network's sexy tarts with skirts so short you can see Cleveland cause Dow Jones economics expert to collapse and die minutes after his FBN appearance. FBN
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Tell Dubya How The Choo Choo Goes
2007-11-28 21:33:00 (Possibly the most infantile blog post title I?ve ever come up with, but I?m trying to communicate in a way that could be easily understood by George W. Milhous Bush.)So our preznit is going to act now, thus ?forestalling a possible strike by Amtrak workers on Saturday,? is he (as noted here)? Wow, talk about being proactive! I mean, this is only Wednesday; he could have waited two more days at the most?(Yes, that was snark.)The Inquirer story also notes?The labor dispute centers on health-care contributions, proposed changes in work rules, and back pay to Jan. 1, 2000, when the last contract ended.Amtrak has about 15,000 unionized workers in its workforce of 18,500. About half of the union workers are represented by the nine unions affected by the current impasse. They include train dispatchers, track repairmen, signal operators, machinists, electricians and coach cleaners.A strike, which would be the first by Amtrak workers, would also disrupt commuter railroads, including SEPTA a... |
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