tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post7514027623912061162..comments2023-12-21T03:31:54.013-07:00Comments on Alternate Reality: An Irrelevant State of the Unioncapthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comBlogger75125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-24784994173599314602007-01-24T10:49:00.000-07:002007-01-24T10:49:00.000-07:00I have read that Rove has immunity. Libby trial is...I have read that Rove has immunity. Libby trial is over. Rove can lie on the stand and nothing can be done to prosecute him for perjury. Let's hear no more about the Libby trial.<br /><br />We must find an exit strategy for Bush to leave office before January, 2009.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-40118443141142491612007-01-24T07:21:00.000-07:002007-01-24T07:21:00.000-07:00I drifted into nap land and didn't both with the B...I drifted into nap land and didn't both with the Bush blather but my better half recorded what Webb had to say. <br /><br />Simply put Webb ROCKS! <br /><br />You know he is an old GOPhers that made the necessary adjustment (reality and all of that) and became a Democrat.<br /><br />We need more like him! <br /><br /><br />captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-55295152833423218042007-01-24T06:48:00.000-07:002007-01-24T06:48:00.000-07:00My observations on the SOTU. I watched MSNBC from ...My observations on the SOTU. I watched MSNBC from 6-11p.m<br /><br />Both Olbermann and Matthews tried to cover their own asses about the MSM coverage of the run-up to the war!<br /><br />Keith Olbermann said "we all the media and the American people suspended criticism" <br /><br />Chris Matthews said "we have all been part of groupthink up until recently"<br /><br />WHAT A BUNCH OF BULLSHIT! THEY ARE BOTH GUILTY OF WHAT THEY SAID BUT MILLIONS OF AMERICANS MARCHED, E-MAILED, CALLED AGAINST THE INVASION THEY JUST HAPPENNED NOT TO COVER THESE MARCHES FAIRLY OR ACCURATELY. MANY MANY EXPERTS FOREWARNED OF EXACTLY WHERE WE FIND OURSELVES, INCLUDING MADELINE ALBRIGHT, JIMMY CARTER, ZBIGNIEW BREZINSKIM IAEA MR. EL BARADEI, CIAN ANALYST, SCOTT RITTER, RICHARD CLARKE ETC ETC. <br /><br />I AM SO FUCKING TIRED OF THIS MYTH BEING REPEATED BY THE MEDIA AND SOME OF OUR REPRESENTATIVES. THAT WE WERE ALL ON THE SAME PAGE. WHAT A BUNCH OF HOGWASH!<br /><br />Senator Clinton during her interview with Olbermann had the nerve to say when pressed by Olbermann about her vote for the war to say "Well if only we knew then what we know now". Weak<br /><br />Christ all you had to do was listen to the BBC, Diane Rehms and a few other programs every other day and you could have heard all of these experts forewarn of a potential quagmire and question the false intelligence being used to drag our nation into a "war of choice".<br /><br />Weak Hillary really weak!<br /><br /><br /><br />Senator Webb dropped the reality bomb on the Bush administration. Addressing how our military has been abused by this administration by abusing their trust. HE ROCKED!kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825791488028032591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-47544133605354538932007-01-24T06:37:00.000-07:002007-01-24T06:37:00.000-07:00Not one of our representatives stood up when Bush ...Not one of our representatives stood up when Bush said that he supports an independent and secure Palestinian state living side by side peacefully with the independent and secure state of Israel.<br /><br />THIS BARELY RECEIVED ANY APPLAUSE AND NOT ONE OF OUR CHICKEN SHIT REPRESENTATIVES STOOD UP NOT ONE!<br /><br />HOW MANY TIMES DO WE NEED TO HEAR THAT IS THE THORN IN THE SIDE ON ALL COUNTRIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST!<br /><br />What a bunch of cowards on this issue!kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825791488028032591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-82656818298252925052007-01-24T06:32:00.000-07:002007-01-24T06:32:00.000-07:00Here was my question and statement for Senator She...Here was my question and statement for Senator Sherrod Brown this morning on C-span<br /><br />Senator Brown, during your debate with Senator Dewine at the City Club of Cleveland the two of you were asked a question about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict. The question "President Bush supports a two state solution an independent and secure Palestine and Israel living peacefully side by side". <br /><br />You responded by saying that you support Israel, always have and always will, and that this is where you and Senator Dewine do not differ. Senator Dewine followed by basically repeating what you said. Neither one of you took the opportunity to be more fair and balanced about this critical issue.<br /><br />During the SOTU last evening President Bush stated once again that he supports an independent and secure Palestine and Israel.<br /><br />This barely received any applause. Why are our representatives so chicken to take a fair and balanced stand on this issue?<br /><br />Kathleen<br />Athens Ohio<br />(I worked incredibly hard for you in the last election)kathleenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05825791488028032591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-56435033880405355382007-01-24T02:51:00.000-07:002007-01-24T02:51:00.000-07:00It's also time for Americans to reinvent this Nati...It's also time for Americans to reinvent this Nation of ours. The last 25 years have not been, shall we say a learning stage? It seems that in the last twenty-five or thirty years we have lost our direction as a people. We need to focus on our own sense of morality. We need to stop being a country that has a mind set of "What's in it for me?" into a nation that thinks, "How can we solve these problems?" When I hear George W. Bush say with a completely straight face, that people who are fighting against us in Iraq "Hate us for our freedom", I can't believe my own ears. That is absolutely preposterous. Who would hate somebody for their freedom? Let me say this to poor old dumb George, if you really think they "hate us for our freedom", they probably hate us a lot less since you became our President. We've lost so much of our freedom that they'll probably start falling in love with us pretty soon. George, the way this world works is Karmic. What goes around, comes around. What we do to make this world a better place will come back to us tenfold. We need to be the America that we can become. What people said America once was, if in fact it ever really was, we can become again. We can become that light in an otherwise dark and dismal world. We need to do this, not only because it's morally right, but because it's the only way out of this mess we find ourselves in. We need to do the best we can to just do the right thing. Just because it's the right thing to do.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-88376170254439826832007-01-24T02:47:00.000-07:002007-01-24T02:47:00.000-07:00Are the Democrats too chickenshit to impeach assho...Are the Democrats too chickenshit to impeach asshole Bush???Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-22277983816941029072007-01-24T02:45:00.000-07:002007-01-24T02:45:00.000-07:00Yes and Yes!!!<a href= "http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_timothy__070122_is_america_now_total.htm" >Yes and Yes!!!</a>Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-57563048132326497932007-01-24T02:41:00.000-07:002007-01-24T02:41:00.000-07:00Hitler Bush pleads for a second chance. I say neve...Hitler Bush pleads for a second chance. I say never give a hypocrite a second chance. Bush is an asshole personsified. Will he give our dead and maimed soldiers a second chance? Will he give the dead and maimed Iraqis a scond chance? Will he give the dead and maimed Iranians a second chance through his dropping of nuclear bombs on Iran?<br /><br />Hitler Bush does not deserve a second chance. He is a nutcase: impeach the hypocrite.Geraldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01394481186826177509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-51830416843315920402007-01-23T23:09:00.000-07:002007-01-23T23:09:00.000-07:00How dumb does Libby's defense team think we are? ...How dumb does Libby's defense team think we are? They make it sound like Libby was Atlas, carrying the political weight that's spread among thousands in D.C. And, as if his day-to-day job was so stressful that outing a deep cover CIA operative is a forgettable non-event. Keep in mind what was on the line: the Administration's whole credibility, and put before the public by the CIA operative's husband whose op-ed had validity. <br /><br />I'd go lightly on Libby if a Real Big Fish could be brought in. You'd hear me singing "Oh Happy Day" on the west coast if that came to pass!!!<br /><br />Oh yeah. <br /><br />PatPathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12456685757193348323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-47163245262626376382007-01-23T23:05:00.000-07:002007-01-23T23:05:00.000-07:00Israelis, America and Iran
By Gideon Rachman, FT
...<b>Israelis, America and Iran</b><br /><I>By Gideon Rachman, FT</I><br /><br />It sounds like the stuff that conspiracy theories are made of. In a coastal resort near Tel Aviv, senior Israeli politicians and generals confer with top officials and politicians from Washington to discuss the threat of a nuclear Iran. In any good conspiracy theory, however, these talks would be going on in secret preferably in an underground bunker. In fact the Herzliya conference on Israel’s national security is taking place perfectly openly in a smart hotel. And I am in the audience. <br /><br />The Israel participation is, as one would expect, high level. The conference is scheduled to close with a speech from Ehud Olmert, the prime minister. The lunchtime speaker yesterday was Benjamin Netanyahu, the Likud leader, and maybe the next prime minister. We’re hearing from the foreign minister, the defense minister and a string of present and former generals.<br /><br />But what has really struck me is the number of top Americans who have bothered to come over for the conference. The speaker at dinner last night was Gordon England, America’s deputy defense secretary; earlier in the day we heard from Nick Burns, the number three at the State Department. Several contenders for the presidency in 2008 have also felt obliged to tip their hat to Herzliya. Mitt Romney, who is probably second favorite for the Republican nomination, is turning up in person. John McCain, the GOP front-runner is appearing by satellite, so is Rudy Giuliani. For the Democrats, John Edwards is also scheduled to make a satellite address. I cannot think of any other country in the world that could summon up this level of American participation for a conference like this. Certainly not Britain.<br /><br /><a href="http://blogs.ft.com/rachmanblog/2007/01/israelis_americ.html">more HERE</a>O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298161341394034059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-15064577091448798362007-01-23T22:55:00.000-07:002007-01-23T22:55:00.000-07:00What did you think of his State of the Union speec...<a HREF="http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/global_grabs/009461.html"><B> What did you think of his State of the Union speech?</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Posted by Geoff Spencer <br />January 24, 2007 1:34 PM<br /><br />LATEST COMMENTS<br /><br />Full of CRAP Really! Can't believe this guy can get away with making fool of so many people!<br /><br />Posted by: d gill at January 24, 2007 2:00 PM <br /><br />Predictable, the guy inhabits another planet along with his whole administration and all of Howards government<br /><br />Posted by: chris at January 24, 2007 2:11 PM <br /><br />On Iraq, the Shrub sounds just like the Administrations back in 60s trying justify their ramping up of the Vietnam war, and we all know our Prime Miniature's views on that debacle. There was no terrorist activity in Iraq until the Shrub arrived on the scene.<br /><br />I say we ship the Shrub, our Prime Miniature and B-liar off to the Hague to be tried as war criminals. <br /><br /><br />Posted by: Sarty at January 24, 2007 2:11 PM <br /><br />Yea we won the war 4 years ago, were winning the war as late as 6 months ago and now we 'can still win the war'. No reason to believe a word he says.<br /><br />Posted by: Alex at January 24, 2007 2:11 PM<br /><br /><a HREF="http://blogs.smh.com.au/newsblog/archives/global_grabs/009461.html">More HERE</a><br /><br />*****end of clip*****<br /><br />A little SOTU blogging from down-under. I find it reassuring that others from other places see things so much the same way. <br /><br /><br /><br />captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-88189692389158948732007-01-23T22:06:00.000-07:002007-01-23T22:06:00.000-07:00My God, what is to become of us? We are left to ou...My God, what is to become of us? We are left to our own devices, but are censored. I have received my book on Afghanistan and want to encourage anyone who has the ability to buy the book and support the cause. The democracy being wrought against the poor people of Afghanistan in our name, and elsewhere, is heartbreaking, $40 is not too much to ask to build a clinic for the people who so desperately need it. Though I must warn you, you may be listed as a terrorist supporter.Saladinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11756928226921879640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-66990952337483991282007-01-23T21:47:00.000-07:002007-01-23T21:47:00.000-07:00kathleen said...
Libby to Rove "I wish I could qu...kathleen said... <br />Libby to Rove <b>"I wish I could quit you"</b><br /><br />Who else maybe immunized? Wurmser, Hannah, Rove, Fleisher (he has been quiet for years)<br /><br />The folks at FDL are betting on Ari Fleisher.O'Reillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02298161341394034059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-88536774262052197392007-01-23T21:00:00.000-07:002007-01-23T21:00:00.000-07:00re. SOTU
...The pundits, almost to a man, menti...re. SOTU <br /><br />...The pundits, almost to a man, mentioned that even the Rethuglicans will give Bush only till June or so before tossing flushing him like the the turd in the party punchbowl that he is.<br /><br />My question for them is...<br /><br />At an average of 2.36 American deaths, and at least 100 Iraqi deaths each day, are they willing to accept the additional 1500 or so American and the many thousands of Iraqis lives as the price of being able to FINALLY say, "uhm, gee, I guess you were wrong on that one, Bushie!"<br /><br />"Come to think of it, you've taken the wrong turn at every single turn around which this war-wagon has careened!" I wish that somebody would've pointed out your <b>MISERABLE FAILURES</b> before...I mean we could've saved SO MANY LIVES!?"<br /><br />Shit-can 'em all...start all over... who wants to be a "founding father" to this juvenile delinquent of a country we've raised?<br /><br />G'nite,<br /><br />-THajjihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08474174174383452147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-35846018361433191922007-01-23T20:57:00.000-07:002007-01-23T20:57:00.000-07:00The Onion is great satire. (see capt's link) But,...<I>The Onion</I> is great satire. (see capt's link) But, Dr. B, perhaps you have outdone them!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-84842694817028540382007-01-23T19:02:00.000-07:002007-01-23T19:02:00.000-07:00Well, 2007 Jan 29 is National Call-in Day on Iraq....Well, 2007 Jan 29 is National Call-in Day on Iraq. Call your representative's Washington office to say your bit on Iraq.<br /><br />Don't need nuk-u-lar insurance for that.<br /><br />But it occurred to me that maybe the insurance has to sit for awhile, so that it doesn't look like you bought it with pre-knowledge of the insured event. If this is so, 2007 Mar 2 is a Friday more than one month after 2007 Jan 29.<br /><br />Duhhh...David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-11485271267522954032007-01-23T18:38:00.000-07:002007-01-23T18:38:00.000-07:00Micki --- That sounds about right. UN Resolution e...Micki --- That sounds about right. UN Resolution expires when, 2007 Feb 23?<br /><br />Then why was the CIA director so insistent in having his nuk-u-lar insurance effective on 2007 Jan 29?<br /><br />Brrr... (And its not cold out.)David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-13534904273388325352007-01-23T18:12:00.000-07:002007-01-23T18:12:00.000-07:00Happy Valentine's Day?<a href="http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1107AP_Mideast_US_Warships.html">Happy Valentine's Day?</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-74889515601389734502007-01-23T17:57:00.000-07:002007-01-23T17:57:00.000-07:00Capt --- When is the second carrier group going to...Capt --- When is the second carrier group going to arrive in the Persian Gulf?David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-30434123213338750492007-01-23T17:55:00.000-07:002007-01-23T17:55:00.000-07:00Cardinal urges Vatican to think again on right to ...<a HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cardinal-urges-vatican-to-think-again-on-right-to-die/2007/01/23/1169518709444.html"><B>Cardinal urges Vatican to think again on right to die</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />ROME: The Vatican's rigid opposition to euthanasia has come under fire from within its own ranks after it denied a religious funeral to a paralyzed man who had asked to be removed from a life-saving respirator.<br /><br />The influential former archbishop of Milan, Cardinal Carlo Maria Martini, said on Sunday that terminally ill patients should be given the right to refuse treatments and that the doctors who assist them should be protected by law.<br /><br />On December 20 a doctor in Rome unplugged the respirator that for many years had kept alive Piergiorgio Welby, who had muscular dystrophy.<br /><br />Although the Vatican has agreed that protracted treatments for the terminally ill can be ended by doctors if no cure is possible, the Vicariate of Rome denied Mr Welby's family permission to hold a Catholic funeral, saying his "desire to end his life, expressed frequently and publicly, is contrary to Catholic doctrine".<br /><br />In an article published on Sunday in the Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore, Cardinal Martini, 79, said there were likely to be more cases like Mr Welby's and the church "should pay closer attention to the issues".<br /><br />Cardinal Martini, who has Parkinson's disease, called for Italy to follow France's example and introduce legislation allowing patients to request the ending of treatments.<br /><br />He said he opposed active euthanasia, where a patient requests a fatal injection, but also opposed "unreasonably obstinate" treatments that keep the terminally ill alive.<br /><br />"Avoiding drawn-out therapy need not mean looking for death, but accepting that you cannot stop it," he said.<br /><br /><br /><a HREF="http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/cardinal-urges-vatican-to-think-again-on-right-to-die/2007/01/23/1169518709444.html">More HERE</a><br /><br />*****end of clip*****<br /><br />Imagine a world where the government or church is so steadfast in their beliefs that compassion for the person dying is sacrificed and the person also pays for it in suffering? <br /><br />Quality of life and dignity in death are considered many times each day all over the globe by all religions and under all governments. It is the insanity of the Terri Schivo thing all over again, and these crazy people (institutions and governments) want to act like the issue is new or novel? <br /><br />I have been in critical care units both as a patient and an observer. I have been in ER's and a couple of hospices (visiting) and the issues of life and death are every day business with or without sanction from any power real or imagined. The people that face such deserve support and understanding not insane considerations about the sanctity of life from on high. <br /><br /><br /><br />captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-40340697582126940242007-01-23T17:53:00.000-07:002007-01-23T17:53:00.000-07:00DB,
I am clueless on the days. A good friends B-...DB, <br /><br />I am clueless on the days. A good friends B-day but I doubt that is of any significance. <br /><br />Do tell? <br /><br /><br />captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-62391671275558728182007-01-23T17:50:00.000-07:002007-01-23T17:50:00.000-07:00"None of us would trade freedom of expression for ..."None of us would trade freedom of expression for the narrowness of the public censor. America is a free market for people who have something to say, and need not fear to say it."- Hubert H. Humphrey (1911-1978) US Vice-President, US Senator (D-MN) Source: New York Times, 9 March 1967<br /><br />=<br />"The liberty of the press is not confined to newspapers and periodicals. It necessarily embraces pamphlets and leaflets. These indeed have been historic weapons in the defense of liberty, as the pamphlets of Thomas Paine and others in our history abundantly attest." -- Justice Charles Evans Hughes (1862-1948) Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court Source: Lovell v. City of Griffin<br /><br />=<br />"I am entirely persuaded that the American public is more reasonable, restrained and mature than most of the broadcast industry's planners believe. Their fear of controversy is not warranted by the evidence." -- Edward R. Murrow - (1908-1965), American Broadcast Newsman<br /><br />=<br />"No man has a natural right to commit aggression on the equal rights of another, and this is all from which the laws ought to restrain him." -- Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President<br /><br />===<br /><br />Read this newsletter online http://tinyurl.com/dy6yy<br /><br /><br />Thanks ICH Newsletter!capthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-5007292085319520722007-01-23T16:44:00.000-07:002007-01-23T16:44:00.000-07:00capt --- Good lord! What is special about 2007 Jan...capt --- Good lord! What is special about 2007 Jan 29 or 30?<br /><br />I can guess, but what's yours?David B. Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917182411282836875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8529911467686742944.post-71068192818693686542007-01-23T16:27:00.000-07:002007-01-23T16:27:00.000-07:00CIA Director Quietly Buys Nuclear Attack Insurance...<a HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/57712?utm_source=slate_rss_1"><B>CIA Director Quietly Buys Nuclear Attack Insurance</b></a><br /><br /><br /><br />BETHESDA, MD—According to sources at the Allstate Insurance Company, CIA Director Michael Hayden purchased nuclear-attack insurance Wednesday, paying a $100,000 monthly premium for his homes in suburban Washington, Pittsburgh, and near Cheyenne Mountain, CO. "It's a typical nuclear policy that protects the insured from damages caused by fallout—pretty straightforward, though at that monthly rate, I don't usually sell too many of them," said Bethesda, MD–based Allstate agent Gary Rutter, adding that Hayden paid for the first premium with a certified bank check to guarantee that the policy would take effect no later than next Monday. "After he purchased the insurance, he asked again if everything was set for Monday. I assured him it was, and then he left." Insurance agents throughout the D.C. area reported selling 35 such policies in the last week, all to high-ranking government officials. <br /><br /><a HREF="http://www.theonion.com/content/node/57712?utm_source=slate_rss_1">More HERE</a><br /><br />*****end of clip*****<br /><br />Makes sense to me. <br /><br /><br /><br />captcapthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04541180524537586259noreply@blogger.com