I'MMA LET YOU FINISH
I love to have antipathy for Janet Jackson's boob. Sadly, it's just the left one I love to have antipathy for. Damnedable Timberlake.
Weather report from Cali
No snow here
about 75
light clouds in the west
Sun sliding into the night
Another great day
Watching the whore gang
Repugs are SHOCKED that Kery takes "special interest" money
Janet's Boob!!
Whozawasa Boobies ??? splain to me that
Where's wOOt when ya need him
Is it the whole boobie that offends, or just the nipple ???
Yet another shamless bid for Google hits.
I didn't watch. Missed Janet's boob. No one shows it now, just the blanked out version.
Mikey Powell and pals have their priorites straight. No boob shots, and no shots of coffins at Dover.
These people could be Amish, if they weren't so bloodthirsty.
Since it's an open thread, I shall put out this request...does anyone have any of their local newspapers from September 12th or 13th, 2001?
Anything that might have some weird news stories about the event?
Mark Shields just read the passage from Colin "500 tons of sarin" Powell's autobiography about the privileged kids using the National Guard to get out of going to View Nam. It was on CNN's Capitol Gang.
I remain baffled that this article hasn't gotten more play, particularly since Helen Thomas's grilling of Scott McClellan at yesterday morning's White House press briefing made it abundantly clear that the mainstream press is chasing the story. Here's the money quote:
...For example, what if, rather than being grounded for missing a physical as the terse report we have all seen suggests, George W. was grounded for some other reason, such as an arrest? It would not be unusual for a guardsman to be suspended for being arrested, especially for certain types of offenses. It would also not be terribly unusual for the son of a prominent politician who was grounded verbally for being arrested to be afforded the courtesy of having his record reflect only the somewhat less embarrassing fact that he failed to take a required physical examination.
What if, then, George H. W. Bush used his political clout to convince Dubya's judge that instead of jail time, Little George should be enrolled in a community service program? What if Bush I, seeing the conflict this substantial time commitment would have on Dubya's ability to complete his Guard requirements, saw to it that in addition to being absolved of criminal wrongdoing, Bush II's service would count toward his TANG commitment as well?
And, just for fun, let's imagine what would happen to our picture of this flawed but fundamentally honest man if we found out that Bush had sent his campaign people to Texas in the late 90's to destroy any records that might prove this story to be accurate. How do you think that would go over with the Wyoming, Colorado and Montana families who comprise Dubya's most ardent base?
Soon, and very soon, we'll be able to stop wondering, because the foregoing description isn't hypothetical at all. It's exactly what happened. Three different sources told James Hatfield in 1998 that Dubya was arrested for cocaine possession in 1972. Dubya's 1972 stint at the community service organization, Project PULL, is still advertised in the President's bio on the State Department website in what I can only imagine is a gross oversight by the White House Truth Department.
The reason Bush got retirement credit and pay for service in 1972 despite the fact that his superiors on the military bases to which he was assigned never saw him is because he was not training at an Air Force Base but spending time in a community center with underprivileged children, working off his coke arrrest. And the story of Bill Beckett, who saw the trashed remains of Lieutenant Bush's service record in a military trash can, confirms the purge was the work of Bush staffers, working with the complicity of high-ranking Guard officers.
I like pastery based products...
Haven't been able to post much this weekend, but I just wanted to say you're doing a great job, Tena. (And aren't you glad that the trolls, for once, are bothering Kevin Drum instead of you? 
I was unfortunate enough to miss Woot's live Superbowl coverage.
What was it? This?
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So George Bush was kicked out of the Texas Air National Guard because he was arrested for cocaine possession ???
wonder how ling before cocaine possession becomes the easies way home from Iraq.
And the poor bastards in Nam had to shoot off toes and stuff
Janet's nipple on her unsighlty right boob seems to be out of place. Perhaps woot can correct this abnormality?
Does any have a link to video of Helen's pounding of poor widdle Scottie?
Hey, Tena. I also just wanted to say what a great job you're doing. Scooter, the trolls have been here too, and Tena has battled through some pretty nasty comments.
The WB cancelled Angel.
I know Atrios is a fan so let's have some sympathy here.
Well you did say it was an open thread...
Courtesy of What a Pickler
As his rivals scrambled, Kerry was targeted for individual attention from the Bush-Cheney Republican campaign, which distributed an attack video linking Kerry to special interests. Both President Bush and Vice President Cheney neglected to mention that they had sold their souls to Satan, as well as the souls of their children and grandchildren for seven generations in exchange for their election in 2000.
Man on dog action comics!
Tena Rocks
to this guy
"Does any have a link to video of Helen's pounding of poor widdle Scottie"
If ya want to see it , try TPM, I think JMM had it posted yesterday
Trolls took over at Calpundit
Total extermination needed
I'm really upset about Janets boob at the superbowl. For the money they spent on that extravaganza they could have at least given us Britneys or Shania's boob. I think we were ripped off.
Dean loses to Sharpton in D.C. Oh yeah!!!! HEHEHHEHHE
Scoopy; Great story. Helen rocks! A link to a transcript would be cool.
Awesome post, Scoopy Doo! I can see where you got your name.
If this is true, it's big, because even though the original cocaine bust was 30 years ago, the cover-up was recent. And as they say, it's always the cover-up that gets them.
Oh, please let this be true! Please!
WB cancelled Angel? WTF?????
Sunday, February 15th
MEET THE PRESS
RNC Chair Ed Gillespie and Rep. Charles Rangel, D-NY
Josh Marshall had the transcript up yesterday, which, incidentally, is freaking hilarious: http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/
week_2004_02_08.html#002555.
When I first read the transcript I had no idea what Helen was trying to get at, but once I came across that Democratic Underground article it all became very clear...
Michael Powell is a boob. He knows one when he sees one. Let's cut Dear Leader II some slack here.
Are the republicans talking about bringing civility back to politics yet? Enquiring minds want to know.
And Arlo is singing, and he says, he says:
Obie, did you think I was gonna hang myself for litterin'?"
Our 20-somethings need the education my children have had... Hell, my son is 31... my daughter is 26... they know what I know about all the bullroar. My question is why are all the rest of you parents not doing your job?
You can get anything you want at Alice's Restaurant..
"I had no idea what Helen was trying to get at"
Really, It was kinda obvious
I couldn't figure out what he was arrested for, but I knew why the question was posed
but, then again, like the president, I have been an involuntary community servant, and I've worked with people doing community service at other times
It isn't something you brag about, especially on your Presidential Website
Unless you are a doofus
Can't wait to see if our President is a doofus
Maureen Dowd : The Powells, father and son
And he asked me "have ya ever been arrested son"
So I told him about the 6 ft cop with the 3 ft gun, and the blind judge with the seeing eye dog, and the 8X10 black and white glossy photographs
And the micro bus and the implements of destruction
Arlo went on almost as long as
George, didn't he
You can get anything you want at George's restaurant
Are ya tierd yet, cause George and Scottie could go on for 4 more years
Forget the boobs. Watch your ass -- here comes Mr. Defense of Marriage!
Can't wait to see if our President is a doofus
Yes, I am a doofus.
Wanted: Comic Illustrator
Complete records or not, the military records of George W. Bush appear to contain a huge gap from 1972 to 1973, one dental appointment notwithstanding.
Let's fill in the gap! I'm proposing a web based comic book series on the "Lost Year in the Bush." I'll provide web space, domain, and we work together on dreaming up the adventures that young Lt. Bush had while not serving in the Alabama National Guard. You provide the pics.
In the meantime, a burning question: Did it all start with blotter or window pane?
Contact me at comics@bryrock.com
(AP) Authorities today are apologizing for what they are calling a "regrettable tragedy" in the slaying of Cupid, the Love Cherub. A frantic 911 caller described the scene as a "pinkish-hued naked boy laying in a bloody heap" outside the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. Unidentified agents of President Bush's security team shot the impish lad with a barrage of gunfire, then stopped and looked at each other with the International Symbol for "My Bad".
It was commonly known in the Beltway that Cupid had in fact been attempting to kill the President, but still...it was Cupid, man. That ain't right.
***
So a new way of testing for alcohol consumption has been developed, and I think it'll lead to some stupid new rules and unnecessary litigation.
I ran across this wild story yesterday that I had never heard the first thing about...I'm almost afraid to post it, but I'd like to know if there's anything to it. Here are a few excerpts:
"Woman who filed lawsuit found dead
The Fort Bend County woman would filed a December, 2002 lawsuit against former governor and current sitting President George W. Bush was found dead in September in her Lake Village home in Sienna Plantation. Margie D. Schoedinger of Missouri City, Texas, filed a lawsuit against George W. Bush in Fort Bend County Court. In her suit she alleged, "race based harassment and individual sex crimes committed against her and her husband." The suit lists numerous offenses and asks for actual damages, punitive damages and judgments against George W. Bush.
In the end, this investigation yielded the following information: Plaintiff had seven dates, (which became seven lovers), had told no lies, committed no crimes, gotten 2 traffic tickets and dated George W. Bush as a minor." Ms. Schoedinger's lawsuit was filed in Fort Bend County Court at Law 3. She is listed as her own legal representative. The case never progressed past the beginning stages, as George W. Bush was never served with the suit.
Based on the findings from the Medical Examiner's office has ruled her death a suicide. Walger's report indicates that the case was closed based on the findings of suicide by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. Her death certificate is on file in Fort Bend County Clerk's Office...."
As much as I dislike the Troll, I don't want to be party to any "misdisinformation, such as stooping to Falwell hawking "The Clinton Chronicles" as truth instead of fairy tale (among his many other atrocities)....so I ask if anyone here is familiar with the story. I pasted the link, but it wouldn't work in an email, so if it fails, you can search the archives on the homepage for Margie D. Schoedinger and the 2nd story listed opens.
Thanks, Jenk
what disgusted me about janet's boob was the white on black rape symbolism where mr timberlake, white schmuck, can just accidently tear off ms. jacksons appendage cover, and he gets to play the offended one. "oh lordy, the black booby forced me to be a jackass against my will!" Screw him and most of the people that look like him. Boobies don't kill people, people with boobies kill .... if boobies are outlawed only outlaws will ha.... crap.
YEEAAUURRGGHH... I feel GRRRREAT...
Babies EVERYWHERE!
I ran across this wild story yesterday that I had never heard the first thing about...I'm almost afraid to post it, but I'd like to know if there's anything to it. Here are a few excerpts:
"Woman who filed lawsuit found dead
The Fort Bend County woman would filed a December, 2002 lawsuit against former governor and current sitting President George W. Bush was found dead in September in her Lake Village home in Sienna Plantation. Margie D. Schoedinger of Missouri City, Texas, filed a lawsuit against George W. Bush in Fort Bend County Court. In her suit she alleged, "race based harassment and individual sex crimes committed against her and her husband." The suit lists numerous offenses and asks for actual damages, punitive damages and judgments against George W. Bush.
In the end, this investigation yielded the following information: Plaintiff had seven dates, (which became seven lovers), had told no lies, committed no crimes, gotten 2 traffic tickets and dated George W. Bush as a minor." Ms. Schoedinger's lawsuit was filed in Fort Bend County Court at Law 3. She is listed as her own legal representative. The case never progressed past the beginning stages, as George W. Bush was never served with the suit.
Based on the findings from the Medical Examiner's office has ruled her death a suicide. Walger's report indicates that the case was closed based on the findings of suicide by the Harris County Medical Examiner's Office. Her death certificate is on file in Fort Bend County Clerk's Office...."
As much as I dislike the Troll, I don't want to be party to any "misdisinformation, such as stooping to Falwell hawking "The Clinton Chronicles" as truth instead of fairy tale (among his many other atrocities)....so I ask if anyone here is familiar with the story. I pasted the link, but it wouldn't work in an email, so if it fails, you can search the archives on the homepage for Margie D. Schoedinger and the 2nd story listed opens.
Thanks, Jenk
Scoopy - Thanks for the DU snip up thread. Posted it over at Kevin's place (gave you credit).
Hi again Tena (great job)
Anyway, I thought you would all like to know that I just watched the BBC Folk awards 2004, and they had Joan Baez giving out a prize.
Anyway, she said she was so delighted to be with the BBC as she relied on it so much in Californa where "the state had just voted in a Neanderthal as governor"
She got a huge cheer, and their was a lot of anti war stuff. They even had Robin Cook give an award.
Sorry about the double post....I think it's because I hit refresh after I hit "OK"...I don't know...but I know that is annoying and I feel just plumb goofy.
Republicans have cooties. Pass it on...
What's worse, they seem to be carriers.
Media mayhem in Malvern
Reporters camp outside home of woman believed key to Kerry rumors
Any noise from third parties yet???
I went over to the seargent, said, "Seargeant, you got a lot a damn gall to ask me if I've rehabilitated myself. I mean -- I mean -- I mean that just -- I'm sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug." He looked at me and said, "Kid, we don't like your kind, and we're gonna send your fingerprints off to Washington."
"I remember Dubya. Yessir, that young man would sit their on the bench reading fight manuals. He'd sit in the middle, right between Elvis and Chuck Barris, and they'd all sing while they were reading. Yessir, I remember it well."
the end of the BBC?
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/
afp/20040214/wl_uk_afp/
britain_politics_media_040214223216
One more time... Helen Thomas kicked Scott McClellan butt all over the White House Press Room Friday. I give her a 10.
Sally:
>Anyway, she said she was so delighted to be with the BBC as she relied on it so much in Californa
a href="http://tinyurl.com/3cujc">She may not be able to rely on it much longer.
This is very troubling. No word yet from other Brit news outlets though.
I.
"the end of the BBC?"
Has Karl Rove been advising Tony Blair too?
Obie, did you think I was gonna hang myself for litterin'?"
Our 20-somethings need the education my children have had... Hell, my son is 31... my daughter is 26... they know what I know about all the bullroar. My question is why are all the rest of you parents not doing your job?
It's official. Donna, want to crack open a bottle of virtual chard with me sometime? I'd love to raid your record collection. My kids are younger than yours but they'd adore you, it's certain. Ahh, "blood and guts and veins in m' teeth..."
Now I hafta say goodnight and finish cleaning house for company in a measly half-hour, uh-oh... Happy V.D., y'all!
Bull beat me to it, but here it is again:
She may not be able to rely on it much longer.
Posted earlier today, but a must see:
Dishonest Dubya - Lying Action Figure
Bull
The Sunday Times is a Murdoch paper here in the UK. It has always been anti BBC.
It hates the BBC, because the BBC gives impartial reporting. Something Murdoch hates. He wants to see the BBC reduced to a minor role while his organisation gets bigger and bigger.
If Blair destroys the BBC, he will nail the final coffin lid down on himself.
Ilya, that is troubling, but somehow I don't think the british people would stand for it. They're not on Blair's side on this at all.
Forget the boobs. Watch your ass -- here comes Mr. Defense of Marriage!
David Ehrenstein | Email | Homepage | 02.14.04 - 8:15 pm | #
Another disorderly Repug, what is it with these guys.
.....
Some economic fun:
Huge US trade deficit hits dollar
The US trade deficit hit a record $489bn (£258bn) in 2003, with a quarter of the shortfall coming in trade with China, official figures have shown.
Another day, another fall in the dollar
World Bank condemns defence spending
I talk to people in the UK every day and I haven't heard anything about this. I'll just "confirm" four leg's comment that the people in the UK won't let that happen.
Wow, the BBC...despite all of the protesting and awareness against Blair, he is extremely shrewd and capable compared to W. This worries me quite a bit, I fear for democracy when education and communcation are being deconstructed daily.
Speaking of "confirming"
WATCH MORE BLAKE'S 7
WATCH MORE BLAKE'S 7
WATCH MORE BLAKE'S 7
Message ends.
Juan Cole doesn't say it, but I will for him.
Looks like they may have liedfuscated the truth again
"Zarqawi" Letter
Good read, usually is if you are trying to get the low down CNN is void of
Tony's only working on orders from his masters, George Bush, who is working on orders from his masters, Cheney and Murdoch. He makes Major and Thatcher look good these days. Well, maybe not Thatcher. He is a disgrace for a once independent country.
Dump him England, declare your independence from the Bush.S.A.
News From the Front:
Dems co-opt Powell Docrine and launch stunning multi-front offensive against Roverian brigades.
Roverian troops in ragtag retreat toward Bagdad. Splinter group lays seige to London in delaying counter offensive. BBC holding it's own while awaiting reinforcement.
US Press Brigade seen successfully defending America.
American people glimpse victory following 3-year occupation.
As a political activist from the UK I can confirm that we will NOT be allowing the BBC to be dismembered ! Actually there is more chance of that happening if Michael Howard were to slip into number 10 (minus a shadow of course - him being a creature of the night!).
So I'll be fighting tooth and nail to stop the Tories... 
CF, that is brilliant. Is it original?Hope it is the first paragraph of a novel.
The bloody price of occupation
How far will the US go to maintain its illegitimate primacy in Iraq?
sal -- go to intellectualize.org. There's a picture there linked to the Onion that's ... um ... full Montie.
On the BBC, I'm no expert but this is up there with getting rid of the Queen. If they could survive Charles and Diana, they'll survive this.
The private newspapers do not get an ass reaming when they screwup.
Use some common sense on this one.
And RF: I agree with your post on that letter. Apparently, intelligence is in season again and the administration and migrant cosksucker media field hands are again doing some cherry-picking.
Did not pass the smell test when I read reports about it today.
Intel 101: misdirection, plant false rumors.
Or read the Art of War.
So I'll be fighting tooth and nail to stop the Tories...
Steve UK
Maybe if they stopped telling the people in the U.S. what the Bush administration was doing, you know informing our public of what it's own government was doing, Bush wouldn't tell Tony the terrier to sic the BBC.
I don't think they realize what a shock it would be to the world if the BBC was destroyed. It would cause anger and disgust around the world. Tony would be hated by billions.
Do we have ourselves a movement?
"...And friends, somewhere in Washington enshrined in some little folder, is a
study in black and white of my fingerprints. And the only reason I'm
singing you this song now is cause you may know somebody in a similar
situation, or you may be in a similar situation, and if your in a
situation like that there's only one thing you can do and that's walk into
the shrink wherever you are ,just walk in say "Shrink, You can get
anything you want, at Alice's restaurant.". And walk out. You know, if
one person, just one person does it they may think he's really sick and
they won't take him. And if two people, two people do it, in harmony,
they may think they're both faggots and they won't take either of them.
And three people do it, three, can you imagine, three people walking in
singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and walking out. They may think it's an
organization. And can you, can you imagine fifty people a day,I said
fifty people a day walking in singin a bar of Alice's Restaurant and
walking out. And friends they may thinks it's a movement.
Take your pick:
There are several explanations of the gap between Bush Administration certainties that Iraq had WMD and its inability to find any after the war:
1. The best intelligence said Saddam had WMD but kept them secret (the neo-con line).
2. They're still hidden, but we'll find them (Cheney's line).
3. Saddam's WMD had been destroyed under UNSCOM supervision after the 1991 war (the doves' line).
4. Saddam had some WMD but sent them to Syria or destroyed them just before the 2003 war (the word of Iraqi scientists).
5. Intelligence before the war was too cloudy to confirm or refute any of the above (the CIA practicing CYA).
The BBC has had to put up with non stop attacks on it by Murdoch. If Blair tries to pull this shit, I think he will be finished.
Anyway, what do you all think about Ralph Nader? It looks like he is going to run as an independent.
I know he said things have to get worse before they get better, but how much worse does he think it needs to get? Is the man an idiot?
Please post my message. Alas, I fear posting my name as the retribution might be severe or insidious.
I am an Army Nurse Corps Captain stationed at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington D.C., and I feel compelled to share with anyone who will listen what I have seen. You see, when OIF troops are evac'd out of Germany, the huge majority are brought here to WRAMC by the Air Force flight nurses and docs. I do not have access to any of the numbers of how many wounded and what types of injuries, etc, but I can honestly tell you that the OIF wounded occupy more than half of our two major intensive care units (SICU and MICU) at any given time.
At times, we get so full and are expecting more to arrive, that we have to hound the docs to transfer somebody out of our unit to a ward upstairs so we have some beds for these soldiers. Most of these wounded soldiers come in to our unit on a ventilator breathing for them, with severe wounds caused by IEDs (improvised roadside bombs) or AK-47 GSW (gun shot wounds). Many, many soldiers have already lost arms, limbs, or eyes before they even get to us, and many have received dozens of units of blood before they left Germany.
I am very proud that I am privileged to take care of these brave men and women, but it breaks my heart to realize that the incredible loss that they and their loved ones will have to deal with for the rest of their life seems to have not been for the good of our country. Rather, their pain and sorrow has merely allowed a few greedy souls to make a power grab for more wealth and control. One of my dear friends has tried to convince me that this is all part of God's plan, and the death and pain is for some greater purpose that our leaders are not telling us yet.
I wish I could believe her. It would make my job and daily life much easier, but I cannot buy it. I apologize to the reader for my tangential thought processes, but this never ending situation is getting to many military nurses. Anyway, the following is my main point in reaching out to you.
As you might be aware, the press is being tightly controlled and what is being reported from a medical standpoint is only a fraction of the true reality. Yes, I do believe the daily number of killed that CNN and whoever report is accurate. What I am saying is that the walking wounded are being sorely ignored. Don't believe me? Walter Reed is an open base, not a tightly controlled fort. Just have a valid ID and consent to a vehicle search. Then park, and walk inside. You will see so many 20 something mostly men missing arms, legs, and eyes. The blinders covering your eyes will be ripped away as you see the poor families making their daily walk from the Malogne house to the wards and units to see their son's or husbands.
It is so sad to see a young wife or fiancee cry over her honey who was in Iraq less than one month before losing both legs and has had several abdominal surgeries which leaves his belly crisscrossed with st
Oh, it's Alice's Restaurant. My bad. Haven't heard it since I was a kid (but it's my own fault).
Hey Tena have you seen this? 23 killed (mostly police) in raid on Baghdad police station, supposedly with the US Army looking on and doing nothing:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/
S...1148650,00.html
It is so sad to see a young wife or fiancee cry over her honey who was in Iraq less than one month before losing both legs and has had several abdominal surgeries which leaves his belly crisscrossed with staples, and now he is fighting for his life from the infection that the injuries have caused. And that is just one example of what I saw this week. I will spare you any more wrenching true stories.
God help our men and women in uniform. Please do something to end this madness.
Name withheld by request
sally, when Nader says things have to get worse, he means he has to fuck the nation and have another 4 years of bush.
sally, Ralph is probably observing and if he isn't his wackolites are. You won't have long to wait. If he runs again he'll seal his reputation as an ego driven fraud for all time. He destroyed the first fourty years of his public life to settle personal scores.
If you want to see some real fast action say something bad about Herbert Hoover. Amazing how that old piece of garbage can still rouse the mighty Hoover Hagiography Machine at a second's notice. I did by accident it at 6:00 est one Sunday morning.
Anonymous, that is heartbreaking.
Wanna unseat a GOP Legislative leader in a battleground state?
This morning, I announced my candidacy in Oregon's 6th State Legislative District. The current occupant is the Majority Whip.
While the seat has a 15% edge in GOP reg, there are also 23% non-affiliated.
The GOP candidate raises in excess of $75K per race from such wonder Oregon (hah) companies as 7-11, Busch, Miller, RJ Reynolds, Safeway, etc...
I'd like to triple the usual Dem fundraising effort and give this guy a fight unlike anything he has ever seen. A tripling would be around $55K.
Wanna help?
Let me know you are an Eschaton donor with extra pennies (what is that amount sourced from here? it is $.01 at dKos).
Oregon has the highest unemployment in the nation, we closed school early last year and may have to again.
The GOP must go! This is part of the 'Taking Back the Nation' that Dean talks about!
Thanks
Anon on explanations of WMD.
I object to you attributing the destruction of existing WMDs by UN with Clinton's help as "the dove's line".
I think I would call it the line left by Occam's Razor.
All other explanations serve a political purpose and could be disproved by evidence. Everyday they each become sillier while the doves' becomes more realistic.
They were all destroyed. The "doves" were against the war because they saw through the BS.
Shit! Thanks, Atrios! Now this board has become the political equivalent of the "Please payoff my credit card debt" fad.
Mr. D'ohty: "Trailblazers" is one word.
But I did find your line, "the children of Oregon are our future", extremely insightful and original.
All politics is local. Especially yours.
If you want to win, start knocking on doors in your district.
Anonymous Nurse. If you are in fact who you say you are (sorry, too many trolls these days) I want to thank you for the work you do. I also want you to know that part of the reason I and many others fought against this war (and for more accurate info from the press) is that we value the lives of those soldiers.
I have written several times about this issue. Why are wounded soldiers not shown? Where are the images? The right says that to show the images is to politicize them and is disrespectful.
I say that NOT showing them is a political decision and that we don't honor the sacrifice the soldiers have made (and the work that you have done) by ignoring them.
Also, when it comes to supporting the troops it angers me that for all the money spent on this war we are still sending people out without the right equipment (unshielded Hummers and lack of bulletproof vests). These are all things that need to be addressed. If people in America can't see the effect (wounded soliders) they might not worry about the cause (lack of correct equipment.)
You have taken a brave first step in addressing this issue.
My recommendation to you:
Document, Document, Document.
Write what you feel, see and think and mail copies to people you trust.
Take photos of people with their permission (you don't have to publish them).
Sadly I know that people who come forward with this kind info are often attacked. Backgrounds are studied and sullied.
If you ever feel you can reveal your story, be sure to protect yourself both legally and financially before you speak out. The right has no honor when it comes to attacking people saying things they don't like. (I’m ashamed that the same is true of some of the left as well.)
That said, once again I thank you for your message. From the bottom of my heart I am SO grateful for the work that you and your colleagues do every single day.
You are in my prayers.
S
To the Captain nurse. You are in a tough spot and I would not dream to suggest what you should do. You are carrying a tremendous burden. Every morning you get up and pick it up and carry it through the day.
You might start trying to go inside yourself and look for the woman that you will be in 20 years. She is in there somewhere, she may be hiding, she may be yelling and jumping. And she will tell you what to do.
Get some therapy or see your pastor. Take a few weeks to decide what to do.
Stop watching and reading the news. Concentrate on reality, what you are experiencing.
Good luck.
Anomoymous,
That report from the nurse is so sad.
Fuck cnn and its bullshit, and all the other media whores who play at being reporters.
America is going to be paying for this crap for years and years. Remember how many Gulf war 1 soldiers went off the rails. And their war was over in a few months. What sought of state are some of these kids going to be in in 5,10 years down the line?
Of course, Bush will, by then be sitting on his ranch, living off the profits.
The troops now in Iraq aren't leaving any time soon. Before they're pulled out, about 2000 will be dead and about 20 to 30 thousand--maybe much more -- will be maimed for life.
Once we've rebuilt Iraq, while our own infrastructure crumbles at home, spending nearly a trillion of our tax dollars, the mullahs there will provoke millions into the streets to force the US out. Then they'll establish a theocracy.
anonymous, I pray everyday that those evil-doers in the outlaw bush regime burn in hell for all eternity. That is something we all can do for the death and destruction they have wrought upon both the American public and the world.
anonymous
Thank you. You vividly remind us of what we here at home are fighting for - our boys to come home.
I re-posted that nurse's letter from here:
Bring them home now! - Letters
Go read some more.
Whenever we're forced out, one way or another, the wingers will blame liberal democrats.
But for what it's worth, once they do return, they'll spend about a decade afterwards trying to understand and learn how and why it all happened. Once they do, they'll become liberal democrats. Many will run for political office as liberals. That's why all chickenhawks are Republicans.
Having just read his latest Times column, I unhesitatingly state: Tom Friedman is his own walking wet dream.
Wild eyed lefty
Yes, the wingers will blame the left, but the Dems have not helped by going along with this war. Now would be the time to really turn the heat up on Bush with all these soldiers getting injured. But the Dems can't, because they supported this crap.
Tommy Friedman panting and waving his hanky at John Kerry, yoo hoo, strong macho brave man, we always loved you sweetie, now that the twin doctrines of Crazier than Thou and Busting in Because We Could are coming a huge cropper and major liability and now because Dweeb-face is tangling in a web of his own spinning on so many topics, looks like Tommy’s looking around for some other rescuer and who better than a genuine Combat hero, my gosh, if they buy this, he’ll convince them he was for John Kerry all along, wave, wave, won’t you come and rescue us
Good ole Tommy, dialling as fast as he can.
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What a mixed up mess. Rove is really slipping. Either that or he figures his army of morons are beyond moronic.
Conrad Black rag:
This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/...news/
main.jhtml?
xml=/news/2004/02/15/wus15.xml&sSheet=
/portal/2004/02/15/ixportaltop.html
Herr Georgeoff Booshler today announced from the Reichhouse, that in addition to his 'sanctity of marriage' plan limiting marriage as a special-right available only for heterosexuals, he will be introducing a 'sanctity of human life' plan that will limit human life to a heterosexuals only option.
Details are still hazy at this time, however several large ovens are currently being constructed on the Reichhouse lawn.
Anonymous aat 9:37 pm: 3. This also is verified by some Iraqi scientists, pace 4.
Prior to W's seizing of the presidency, I had never been particularly concerned about women's rights. I had always assumed that even the Republicans were giving them a fair shake. However, after various individuals on this site have pointed out W's wanton disregard for the sensibilities of the weaker sex, I've had to adjust my thinking. His brutish treatment of the underaged exotic dancer, and his exploitation of his Hispanic maid have shocked me to the core. One wonders how many other innocent young "pussies" (to use his despicable term) have been despoiled because of his misplaced sense of entitlement. Did he launch the US into this regrettable war simply because he "wasn't getting enough ass"? This pseudo-macho-locker-room-bravado has no place when dealing in matters of life or death. Arouse the Lump, and work out your insecurities on her.
The bloody price of occupation
How far will the US go to maintain its illegitimate primacy in Iraq?
Anonymous | Email | Homepage | 02.14.04 - 9:20 pm | #
The writer probably means well, but it looks like more incendiary than it needs to be.
He goes on to say: Can US primacy be maintained indefinitely in the face of overwhelming hostility? Obviously not, but neither can the US, regardless of which party is in power, afford a setback in Iraq. That would be a major blow against the "empire" and weaken its ability to control other parts of the world.
This is predicated on several misconceptions
1 – the US is not looking for primacy, it is looking to transfer power and Bush would like nothing more than if somebody took the whole thing off of his hands and let him call a parade and call it victory
2 – overwhelming hostility is a whole nuther deal, there is not overwhelming hostility, there is a region that is overwhelmingly mad at Bush, but then who isn’t, and there are huge areas that want the Euros and US to do something to relieve their suffering and bring help, because they shore aren’t getting it from the status quo.
3 – true the US cannot afford a setback, but not because of ***empire*** it is not just ***empire*** which will suffer, it is also the prospect of any future in which dictators get replaced by democracy, because everyone knows that is a difficult transition and people like the Taliban can then turn around and say, you didn’t like us but see, we were able to maintain order, and all the petty dictators all over the place will also feel justified, so it is life-affirming true Dem values that will suffer a set-back
What Bushies and hanky waving Tommy types seem to be hoping is that we will get blunder-bussed into bailing them out and then they can go rah rah rah you see we were right all along. Most people can see through their little games, the place is gonna get fixed but it will take a lot of interaction with the world and the region, all the things that give Bushies a rash, but they are gonna do it and slowly we are gonna get the trajectory fixed.
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Can we start a rumor?
Why is the Bush Administration covering up the fact that Al-Quaida terrorists started the forest fires in southern California last fall? Are they afraid that the Murican people will lose confidence in their ability to protect us?
I remember reading a media report in the midst of the fires that someone of middle eastern appearence had been seen throwing highway flares into the woods in the San Bernardino area.
I know it's not as juicy as GW sleeping with Nedra Pickler, or whatever Sludge reported the other day, but it's at least as plausible.
Hey! Where's my tinfoil hat?
aheh...aheh...aheh...Someone said boob.
And it may not be the trajectory the Bushies wanted, but it is gonna be the trajectory they get and it may not be in a time and manner they prefer, but it is gonna be in a time and manner that is feasible, thank you, that is how it looks.
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It may be true that Nader's ilk does more harm than good but his point is accurate in that it is the people who will decide whether things continue to get worse. From his point of view people aren't motivated enough. Lets hope he is wrong. On the other hand it might be worthwhile to consider a green appointment the way the dems abosorbed the populists(this is just a muse for discussion)?
Check out http://www.rightwingnuts.org/ they have a transcript of a FOX news item discrediting the Drudge-Rove KerrySex smear.
Here's a better link:
FOX News discredits KerrySex rumors
Kerry:
"I promise you that when the Republican smear machine trots out the same old attacks in this election, this is one Democrat who will fight back," he said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news...el_pr/
democrats
Whoever the nominee is will need all the help they can get fighting off the GOP attack machine. Don't put up with porn filled slime thrown in your face every day. Fight back!
Watch MTP sunday morning:
Ed (attack dog) Gillespie - GOP Chairman
Ed's Bolg
http://www.rnc.org/blog/
More Ed:
http://www.gop.com/ChairmanCorner/
Ed is a big time creep. He'd trash his mother for a nickle. Yes, he would. If he starts throwing crap(and he will), email, call or whatever MTP, MSN whoever. Don't let them get away with it.
Ed quotes:
By the way, I heard Sen. Edwards was disappointed that he got only 13 percent of the vote in New Hampshire after getting 33 percent in Iowa. I guess as a trial lawyer he just assumed he would always get a third.
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And so when the unemployment rate drops, Senator John Edwards looks like his dog just died. When the Dow Jones Industrial Average gains for the day, Senator John Kerry looks like a Red Sox fan after Grady Little left Pedro Martinez in to pitch the eighth inning of Game 7.
Their promise to raise taxes would only reverse the economic gains we’re experiencing now. That’s why Republicans are seeking ways to make President Bush’s tax cuts permanent.
Thanks Cheney - spell check complete
Don't worry - doors are being knocked upon.
I'm probably making more out of this than need be -- but expect some interesting visuals tomorrow, or non visuals -- at the Daytona 500. whether Bush appears with Calhoun depends on the amount of skepticism in the air. The White House has little credibility to spare.
I don't know if they did it on purpose, but the Boston Globe homepage leads with a story re:Bush military records and has a nice photo of him (or a recent ancestor) just below. Irony? Karma? Either way, amusing!!
I don't know if they did it on purpose, but the Boston Globe homepage leads with a story re:Bush military records and has a nice photo of him (or a recent ancestor) just below. Irony? Karma? Either way, amusing!!
Speaking of boobs, here's a quick plug for you: check out The Daily Weasel tomorrow (Sunday) for our new feature: the Right Boob of the week!
First Daughter Barbara Bush's dirty-dancing partner has been hot-footing it from the law.
It must be part of that economic recover that 'pound' cans of coffee now contain 11.5 oz and cost more than the old 'pounds' that had 16 oz in them.
I think it may also be responsible for McDonalds capachino going from $1.20 a cup to $2.00 (an 80¢ increase) overnight.
Natual Gas is getting so expensive that I'll have to burn my furniture in a 55 gallon drum to heat my house.
Meat is so expensive that I've become a vegitarian out of necessity.
Thanks for the economic recovery Bush!
Good ole Mo Dowd, spinning as fast as she can, casting blame on EBB, Everybody But Dubya, ha, ha, yes, sure honey, it was everyone else’s fault, it was Wolfie, It was Rummy, it was the Powell daddy and son, it was poor ole Chalabi, it was the CIA, it was the CIA’s cat.
Everybody but Bush gets the blame.
Folks already grok that the dude is a duffer, deceitful and dysfunctional, he didn’t lead, he misled us, he has led us into all kinds of blunders and bamboozles both in the economy and in foreign policy, there was a right way and a wrong way and he chose the wrong way, he is now spinning furiously to escape a web of his own making on multiple issues and we are gonna bounce his sorry tuchas all the way back to the hokey palokey ranch in Texas and then we can say Mission Accomplished, thank you.
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"Dubya's 1972 stint at the community service organization, Project PULL, is still advertised in the President's bio on the State Department website in what I can only imagine is a gross oversight by the White House Truth Department."
Scoopy Doo | Email | Homepage | 02.14.04 - 7:26 pm | #
Yup, and here it is in case anyone is interested. Regrettably I haven't been keeping up with the timeline on all of this, so I'm not sure if it's significant that he performed the community service after his return from 'bama. Li'l help?
In the spring of 1972, he left this job and went to Alabama to work on the unsuccessful U.S. Senate campaign of Republican Winton Blount. Returning to Houston, he became a counselor for African-American youngsters in a program called PULL (Professional United Leadership League). The program brought together volunteers from the athletic, entertainment, and business worlds to work with young people in a variety of ways. George taught basketball and wrestling and organized field trips to juvenile prisons, so his young charges could see that side of life and resolve not to end up there themselves.
Greenspan urges social security cuts
Federal Reserve Board chairman Alan Greenspan said yesterday Congress should reinstate budget rules that would force lawmakers to cover the estimated $1 trillion (U.S.) that it will cost to make President George W. Bush's tax cuts permanent.
Greenspan said he favoured reductions in government spending to pay for making the tax cuts permanent and suggested that one place to look should be in reducing the social security benefits paid to retirees.
So, they just mentioned the Kerry scandal on Saturday Night Live.
Al Gore: "I heard you had an affair."
Kerry: "Now I have categorically denied that.."
Al Gore: "Don't worry, back in 92 I was running with a total pervert and we still beat Bush Sr."
Then on "Weekend Update" They said that Kerry has been accused of an affair in an internet rumor, and something like: "When asked if this was related to the Clinton scandal... close, but no cigar."
So all the viewers who don't own computers just went, "Hu-uhh? Kerry had an affair?"
Creeps a little more into the mainstream each day.. This better not become a thing.
So, they just mentioned the Kerry scandal on Saturday Night Live.
Al Gore: "I heard you had an affair."
Kerry: "Now I have categorically denied that.."
Al Gore: "Don't worry, back in 92 I was running with a total pervert and we still beat Bush Sr."
Then on "Weekend Update" They said that Kerry has been accused of an affair in an internet rumor, and something like: "When asked if this was related to the Clinton scandal... close, but no cigar."
So all the viewers who don't own computers just went, "Hu-uhh? Kerry had an affair?"
Creeps a little more into the mainstream each day.. This better not become a thing.
Hopefully "Greenspan" will be a debate question tomorrow night...but since it is a monetary policy question, I guess they'll only ask Sharpton.
Maybe this time Sharpton will say he will dump the dude.
Saturday Night Live has becoem a loser show. I wouldn't worry about it. They still probably think Dennis Miller is funny.
woot is a treasure! you are doing fine Tena...
woot is a treasure! you are doing fine Tena...
The weddings continue in SF:
Some out-of-town couples hadn't planned on getting married but happened to be in town -- people like Don Sund and Gary Thrift of Minneapolis, who said the stars were aligned right for them this Valentines Day.
It was their wedding day -- though until Saturday morning they didn't know it.
The couple of 14 years had flown to San Francisco on Friday to join in the annual festivities of the International Bear Rendezvous, an organization of "down-to- earth, regular guy" gay men who perform charitable works and fund-raising.
But instead of spending the afternoon drinking beer at the Thirsty Bear with their compadres, Sund and Thrift found themselves standing in a daunting line that wrapped around San Francisco's ornate City Hall like a wedding ring on a bride's finger.
"When we left on Friday, we knew that getting married was now a possibility in San Francisco," said Sund, a retired school counselor. "It said so in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune."
They woke up Saturday morning, saw that the weddings that had been possible Friday night still were possible, and they dressed for their big day. They pulled on faded blue jeans, grabbed their plaid flannel shirts and got excited at the prospect of fighting for their rights.
Getting married "is an act of civil disobedience," said Thrift, a continuing education coordinator.
"This country was founded on the principles that all people are created equal," he added. "So anyone should be allowed to marry, gay or straight."
Like Sund and Thrift, Rob Bauer, 63, and partner Peter Supers, 57, were visiting San Francisco from upstate New York when they realized Saturday morning that the marriages were taking place at City Hall. The couple, already celebrating their 34th anniversary on Valentine's Day, scrapped their sightseeing plans and decided to take the plunge together.
"The fates conspired to get us to San Francisco on Valentine's Day on our anniversary," Bauer said. "It was a fait accompli."
Though Bauer, a psychotherapist, and Supers, a teacher, live a short distance from Vermont, they never considered getting a civil union there. They said they were waiting for the real thing.
"Civil unions are not the same as marriage," Bauer said. "It's separate but not equal. This is what we've been waiting for. It's an acknowledgement of equality."
City Hall will be open tomorrow and Monday to continue the civil disobedience. Moronic brownshirt homophobes not welcome!
Sorry, here's the link.
OK, I think the nasty comments about Janet's right boob are realy off-side. I mean, sure, she's a Jackson, which makes it kind of weird thinking of her in a sexual way, but I thought her (apparently natural despite the plastic surgery rumours) boob was quite nice. And the sunburst nipple decoration was a shockingly hot touch.
Boobs are nice! Free your boobs!
I'm curious as to whether or not anyone knows about the following line in Bush's discharge papers:
HD TR TexANG per ANGR 36-05, SO ANG-A 158, State of Texas AG, Dept, Austin, Tx and transfered to...
It was redacted from the 2000 release, but released in 2004.
ANGR 36-05 has to do with, in part:
Purpose. National Guard officer personnel policies focus on attaining and maintaining military leadership which directly correlates with achieving a combat ready, professional and dynamic force. It is essential that personnel policies pertaining to the Texas National Guard provide for a viable mobilization capability, promotion opportunity and grade vitality. This regulation establishes the necessary policy and procedures to insure this goal by providing authority for administrative discharge of officers when and where necessary.
Policy. Officers who are substandard in performance of duty or conduct, deficient in character, lacking in professional qualifications or status, or otherwise unsuited for continued military service are not to be retained in the Texas National Guard. Presence of one or more of these conditions will be sufficient basis for the administrative discharge of an officer from the Texas National Guard. Additionally, an officer of the Texas National Guard may be administratively discharged from his appointment for one or more of the following reasons or conditions. [conditions not relevant to request]
Now, I know Bush got an HD, but why would the authority to release him be so damn nasty? Wouldn't they have a nicer reg they could release him under, or is this SOP?
Also, why redact this line in 2000, but release it in 2004?
"Civil unions are not the same as marriage," Bauer said. "It's separate but not equal. This is what we've been waiting for. It's an acknowledgement of equality."
City Hall will be open tomorrow and Monday to continue the civil disobedience. Moronic brownshirt homophobes not welcome!
dave"
When I was about 17 and realized I was gay, I immediately thought that meant I could never get married. That was really depressing. Now, for me, getting married isn't the most important thing. It's the equality I want. And I love the fact that we in the gay community are shoving this issue down the moronic bible-banger's throat.
kewl huh
I got teary eyed when I read about the couple of 50 years getting married. My parent's marriage didn't last 10 years.
Doesn't matter if your gay or straight, if someone has a relationship with that depth of committment, damnit they should be able to be married if they want to.
Perhaps the Kerry rumor is just an attempt to boost his sex appeal, something that might have helped Al Gore.
"A bit wooden, you say? Too stiff? There's a story about that..."
On Art Bell's radio show right now he's interviewing someone who claims he's a vampire. This guest just stated he married his vampire wife. So, in other words, vampires can marry each other but gays can't?
I'm curious as to whether or not anyone knows about the following line in Bush's discharge papers:
HD TR TexANG per ANGR 36-05, SO ANG-A 158, State of Texas AG, Dept, Austin, Tx and transfered to...
It was redacted from the 2000 release, but released in 2004.
ANGR 36-05 has to do with, in part:
Purpose. National Guard officer personnel policies focus on attaining and maintaining military leadership which directly correlates with achieving a combat ready, professional and dynamic force. It is essential that personnel policies pertaining to the Texas National Guard provide for a viable mobilization capability, promotion opportunity and grade vitality. This regulation establishes the necessary policy and procedures to insure this goal by providing authority for administrative discharge of officers when and where necessary.
Policy. Officers who are substandard in performance of duty or conduct, deficient in character, lacking in professional qualifications or status, or otherwise unsuited for continued military service are not to be retained in the Texas National Guard. Presence of one or more of these conditions will be sufficient basis for the administrative discharge of an officer from the Texas National Guard. Additionally, an officer of the Texas National Guard may be administratively discharged from his appointment for one or more of the following reasons or conditions. [conditions not relevant to request]
Now, I know Bush got an HD, but why would the authority to release him be so damn nasty? Wouldn't they have a nicer reg they could release him under, or is this SOP?
Also, why redact this line in 2000, but release it in 2004?
Monkey | Email | Homepage | 02.15.04 - 1:13 am | #
Good question, Monkey, we need to keep our eye on the ball and why Bush simply seems to have so much discussing that time.
NYT seems to be pushing the Bushie umbrage line, he is umbraged, well, what about the people, the people want answers, why do the Bushies have so much trouble giving the answers, if he just gave us the answers, we wouldn’t have all his umbrage, now would we.
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Saturday Night Live has becoem a loser show. I wouldn't worry about it. They still probably think Dennis Miller is funny.
No Name of the Mountain | Email | Homepage | 02.15.04 - 12:29 am | #
There are still occasional glimmers of fun, usually from a decent guest host or from some of the regulars, but the overall arc of the humor is terrible, it is so heavy and slanted and anti-Dem, prolly would make Phyllis Schafly, Gary Bauer and Ralph Reed split their sides laughing but it leaves regular folks pretty cold, most Saturday evenings I can’t even remember to switch to them.
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Here's a better link:
FOX News discredits KerrySex rumors
a train | Email | Homepage | 02.14.04 - 11:30 pm | #
Thanks for the link, yeah, ha, ha, you gotta wonder about how rightie SNL has lurched if they were still desperately plugging a rumor which even Fox has debunked, go figure.
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"George taught basketball and wrestling and organized field trips to juvenile prisons, so his young charges could see that side of life and resolve not to end up there themselves."
George Bush teaching African-Americans how to play basketball? Okay, stereotyping, but come on! Wrestling? I am pretty sure it wasn't wrestling with his conscience.
Looks like George may get to go on another field trip to prison.
Hope he can still wrestle.
"...I remember reading a media report in the midst of the fires that someone of middle eastern appearence had been seen throwing highway flares into the woods in the San Bernardino area..."
Those weren't arabs, those were mexicans fresh from across the boarder.
Those darkskinned swarthy types all look alike remember?
I always thought Saddam looked Mexican anyways what with all those Univision channel tv show hosts with the big bushy beards, etc.
MYOB'
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I've never forgiven SNL and especially Will Ferrell, who I really liked, for the 2000 campaign.
They went with the Bush as harmless simpleton routine, instead of the Bush as mean, greedy, damaged soul that he really is.
Karma is coming for Will Ferrell, just look at (but do not rent or watch) "Elf".
And "close but no cigar" is tired.
I do not watch SNL anymore either. But those NASCAR shows are great!
Found a huge collection of Daily Show clips:
http://www.onlisareinsradar.com/...clips/
index.php
Follow ups
Woot made it
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wÒÓ† | Email | Homepage | 02.14.04 - 10:35 pm |
What does wOOt got that others don't got ??
I guess the boobie conversation is complete
Sorry I forgot the 10 ft ticket
(6 ft cop with a 3 ft gun wrote a 10 ft ticket, and took the 8x10 glosssy black and white photographs)
And you can get anything you want at Alice's restaraunt, cept Alice
Update on the weather in CalI
About 58, clear, no breeze, still have the door open, all in all, a beautiful day to get hitched in Cali. Still no snow
I think Monkey @ 1:13 is on to something. ANGR 36-05 sounds like the all purpose "officers who are substandard in performance of duty or conduct" law. If they want to go easy on a guy, "deficient in character...or otherwise unsuited" is vague enough to cover anything short of murder. No officer could be indifferent to the harshness of this order, unless he wanted out by any means. This is a stone of shame.
Mr. Monkey, you are a brilliant investigative journalist.
Attach the stone of triumph!
I think Monkey @ 1:13 is on to something. ANGR 36-05 sounds like the all purpose "officers who are substandard in performance of duty or conduct" law. If they want to go easy on a guy, "deficient in character...or otherwise unsuited" is vague enough to cover anything short of murder. No officer could be indifferent to the harshness of this order, unless he wanted out by any means. This is a stone of shame.
Mr. Monkey, you are a brilliant investigative journalist.
Attach the stone of triumph!
dequincey | Email | Homepage | 02.15.04 - 4:49 am | #
I agree, we definitely need to hear more about this.
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Luv you guys, and no one gets more joy from kicking Shrub when he's down than me. But I want to stress a major point raised by the Army nurse at Walter Reed.
I have done my little part to feed the flames about coke-boy's misdeeds to undermine his credibility as WAR PRESIDENT, but the silence about the thousands of mangled men the press, the president and (by default) the public is excreble.
I live in Illinois so perhaps I have access to more media outlets than some. But we all have the same number of Senators, proportianately the same number of Congressmen and receive some amount of electonic and print media. I plan to spend eight hours eaach day on Sunday and Monday demanding, in a stentorious way if necessary, that our media and representatives address this misery post haste.
We understand Bush's desertion, drunkeness and drug abuse shame his malicious abuse of the finest and well intentioned of our fine military force is disgraceful, and that is his fault.
To be silent about the suffering of them is our fault. Enough. Join the power of the web and give the politicians and the media what for.
Apparently not just the Bushies spied on our allies, but they allegedly also went to them when they found out that a compromise might be feasible supposedly that would avert the war and told them to squish it, Mexico and Chile are plenty upset about it and they are about to spill the beans, besides, the Brits are under pressure to clear the name of the patriotic young lady who blew the whistle on their activities and Mexico and Chile are going to lodge a formal complaint.
Best part is where is it in the newspapers of record, gee they are more interested in talking about a photo which is actually bogus or something else, whatever, who knows.
First question for their ombudsman may be is there any chance these newspapers will quit being Bushie lap dawg poodles or is it now permanently the case, thank you.
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*****A joint British and American spying operation at the United Nations scuppered a last-ditch initiative to avert the invasion of Iraq, The Observer can reveal.*****
http://tinyurl.com/2fuef
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*****Spying games on the road to war*****
*****While Downing Street was seeking a UN resolution to avert conflict in Iraq, a US-led spying operation which involved Britain's GCHQ had another agenda*****
http://tinyurl.com/3fomc
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"About 58, clear, no breeze, still have the door open, all in all, a beautiful day to get hitched in Cali. Still no snow
free Patriot"
I left my house late for work into a heavy snowfall here in Louisiana. The snow didn't stick because it's too warm. People don't know how to drive in snowfall around here driving too slowly like they're caught in a blizzard. And they wouldn't move over to the right. Once I got to work, nothing was happening so I went back outside and sat in my car on the parking lot and watched it come down.
I was over an hour late for work. My boss was sitting at my desk when I walked in. He didn't say anything because I'm never late.
Apparently not just the Bushies spied on our allies, but they allegedly also went to them when they found out that a compromise might be feasible supposedly that would avert the war and told them to squish it, Mexico and Chile are plenty upset about it and they are about to spill the beans, besides, the Brits are under pressure to clear the name of the patriotic young lady who blew the whistle on their activities and Mexico and Chile are going to lodge a formal complaint.
The Guardian has this story on the front page of its web site right now. This really has serious Hit The Fan potential for a lot of people.
1) He covets your ass
2) He was as befuddled by the snowfall as anyone else
3) Your office has a view of something he desires
4) He was cooling his buns
5) He didn't want to fart in his own chair
No bad Jim. We joke around all the time at work and he was just messing with me. And it was sorta funny because I'm very professional at work but then I oversleep and come dragging in over an hour late.
I'll probably get some beer when I get off. I still have a couple more hours to go here. Damn, I hate buying beer at 7 in the morning.
Back when I used to work (this is a shitty remark, I'm only 52) I was generally made to feel bad when I came in after 10. My nominal target was 9 or 9:30, although most of my co-workers made it in considerably earlier. I inevitably out-stayed them, so they couldn't generally complain. (Being one of the owners didn't hurt.)
When we linked up with a Cambridge-based software outfit, I was told that my opposite number kept the same hours. Which in a sense was true: he showed up at noon (9am Pacific). It took me forever to realize that the intent of that statement was actually generous.
'This won't go away. What happened is much nastier than is being reported'
By Adrian Blomfeld in Nairobi and Andrew Alderson
(Filed: 15/02/2004)
Alex Polier, the twenty-four year old journalist who could end Senator John Kerry's hopes of becoming the next president of the United States is alleged to have had a two-year affair with the front-runner for the Democratic nomination. Last night the rumours were in danger of becoming a full-blown scandal.
"This is not going to go away," one American friend of Miss Polier said yesterday. "What actually happened is much nastier than is being reported."
The allegations come at a crucial time for the senator. Polls showed him leading Mr Bush by 52 per cent to 42 per cent, and aides will be anxious to see if the apparent scandal affects his standing among voters.
Miss Polier, a former intern who also spent some time in 1998 doing work experience at the Houses of Parliament in London, is in Kenya staying with Yaron Schwartzman, her fiance and a member of the country's fashionable young set. The couple have refused to make any comment on her alleged links with Senator Kerry, who is married to Teresa Heinz Kerry, an heiress to the food empire.
Senator Kerry, a decorated Vietnam veteran dubbed the new JFK, has vehemently denied any relationship with Miss Polier, and shrugged off allegations that he had a two-year affair with her from 2001. "I just deny it categorically. It's rumour. It's untrue. Period," he said.
Mr Kerry, 60, has won 12 out of the 14 Democratic primaries and has looked all but certain to seal the nomination to take on President George W. Bush in November's elections.
His aides have blamed a dirty tricks campaign for bringing the allegations about Miss Polier into the public eye; they first surfaced last week on a Right-wing internet site, the Drudge Report, which famously first broke the news of Bill Clinton's affair with Monica Lewinsky.
Miss Polier's parents, Terry and Donna, from Malvern, Pennsylvania, added fuel to the fire by claiming that Mr Kerry did pursue their daughter.
"I think he's a sleazeball. I did wonder if she didn't get that feeling herself," said Mr Polier. "He's not the sort of guy I'd choose to be with my daughter.
"John Kerry called my daughter and invited her to be on his re-election committee. She talked to him and decided against it."
The Drudge website also quoted retired Gen Wesley Clark, one of Mr Kerry's rivals for the nomination, as having told journalists off the record: "Kerry will implode over an intern issue."
Mr Clark later dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Kerry.
Miss Polier, a journalist who once worked for Associated Press, is a graduate of Columbia University, New York. She apparently met the senator as she was beginning her media career. Miss Polier and her fiance were believed to be hiding yesterday at the Nairobi home of Mr Schwartzman's parents, who moved to Kenya from
Huh? Is there a pony in there, somewhere?
"The Drudge website also quoted retired Gen Wesley Clark, one of Mr Kerry's rivals for the nomination, as having told journalists off the record: "Kerry will implode over an intern issue."
Mr Clark later dropped out of the race and endorsed Mr Kerry."
I don't know what the hell to believe anymore and I'm sick of it. Everywhere I turn I'm getting conflicting information.
First Daughter Barbara Bush's dirty-dancing partner has been hot-footing it from the law.
Some choice quotes:
"The social climber has been busted for speeding, driving under the influence and trespassing. He even jumped bail in one case, court records show."
The warrant was recalled after Basabe had Los Angeles bondsman Harry Fradkin post bail for him, but then he was a no-show at the next hearing - so the cash was forfeited.
"When we wrote the bond, we got collateral, the full 10 grand, from some friend of his, so we were covered," Fradkin said.
So: drunk driving, speeding, failing to show up when ordered to, and bailed out of his messes by anonymous rich friends.
I guess it's true: Girls really do want to mary their father.
I need a drink.
Not my sister, certainly not my father, although the guy she first wound up with wasn't much better.
Second husband, originally Republican, is having indigestion with most suggested swallowings. At best I'd call him a motorcyclist environmentalist (this desert is mine alone to despoil!) but by now even he can't digest the daily cartload of codswallop.
They live in Marin. If you know the type, you'll understand that my sister is such an angry feminist that we've lost evenings over my feeble jokes (witnesses whereto would likeliest side with her)
One swallow doesn't make a summer [WTF? hummer?] but damn! it's fun to see the Bushies in a dither!
I don't know what the hell to believe anymore and I'm sick of it. Everywhere I turn I'm getting conflicting information.
Wild Eyed Lefty
Don't believe anything Drudge puts out, for a start.
Rule of thumb, the more expensive the medium is to produce the more likely they are to have sold out. This is especially true if it is for profit broadcasting.
I'm just about convinced that the real future of real news is the internet. Along with the Republican lie machines the low cost of the internet opens it up for people who won't sell out. BuzzFlash is turning into my morning paper. Think of the trees it will save. This will all end if Bush gets four years to do it. Little Powell will get the rules changed and Eschaton, Buzzflash, Sully Watch, Fablog,... will be turned off faster than that Russian TV newsreader got the hook in the 80s for telling the truth about the war in Afghanistan. Someone pointed out at the time that that was something that would never happen in the U.S., that someone would tell the truth on TV news, that is.
I'd still like to know why, nearly a month after it appeared, the Financial Times story entitled "Bush's Pipe Dreams on Reconstructing Iraq" has gotten so little attention! Featuring an exclusive interview with fmr Energy Secy James Schlesinger, it shows that the entire Bush admin. defied all expert advice it received, continuing to argue until last month that Iraq's oil industry, not the US taxpayer, would fund reconstruction. In other words, they didn't just cherry pick: they seem to have manufactured their argument out of whole cloth.
Bound to tick off the business community.
Isn't this story worth more attention than it's getting???!
Silleigh: You got it! Virtual Chard. Name the time.
(((((All the Alice's Restaurant Lovers)))))
ha ha I got to work late and left early.
Tough guy Ed (attack dog) Gillespie, GOP Chairman, chickens out. Won't debate Rangle on MTP!
Rangle calls bush "governor bush."
Gillespie is such a slime ball with his greasy hair.
Meet The Press Flash:
Gillespie A.W.O.L.
George Stephanopolus is spoon-feeding Bremmer sound bites linking problems in Iraq to Al-Qaeda. And the Media Whore of the week prize goes to....
And this man worked in the Clinton Administration. What an ASSHOLE.
News flash - the infamous letter was written by a subordinate to superiors in Al-Qaeda, just like I could write my boss and suggest that our company start selling vibrators instead of teddy bears.
The "sectarian violence" is caused by the very real worries that the US is favoring one sect, e.g., the Sunnis over the Kurds and the Shiites.
Bremmer is beyond incompetent - he should be called before Congress to explain this ever-accelerating downward spiral.
Wanna get (more) pissed? Read the Newsweek cover story, "Their War." A comparison of Bush and Kerry on Vietnam. "Subtle differences in circumstance led them to take different paths." SUBTLE DIFFERENCES IN CIRCUMSTANCE? How about major differences in character and guts? The article also illustrates the madness we are experiencing in having this callow jackass in the White House. In college, he named his intramural stickball team "The Nads" so fans could yell, "Go Nads!" There's more. Geezus H. Christ. Also, read Alter's column. At least he is gronded in reality. He takes Bush on in no uncertain terms.
And the questions begin...
Mr. Gillespie, where were you on the morning of February 15, 2004?
Turkey out back.
Gillespie is up. Make sure the kids aren't watching. It's gonna be filthy.
Let's see if Tim asks the G-man why he is afraid of Rangle.
Oh, now I get it - won't spar with Charlie R.
Breslin! Breslin! The man strikes again. What a god among journalists.
Did anyone just catch Daniel Schorr's little radio essay on NPR concerning Saddam? He believes that Saddam made the same mistake twice by underestimating America's resolve.
Powell's bio:
My American Journey
on Page 144:
"... I am proud of the way American soldiers answered the call in a war so poorly conceived, conducted, and explained by their country's leaders. Dozens ... are too good to risk. I am angry that so many of the sons of the powerful and well placed and so many professional athletes (who were probably healthier than any of us) managed to wangle slots in Reserve and National Guard units. Of the many tragedies of Vietnam, this raw class discrimination strikes me as the most damaging to the..."
http://www.amazon.com/gp/reader/...der/0345407288/
ref=sib_vae_srch/002-2806114-2868012?v=search-
inside
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Rangle was told he would be debating the g-man.
Are any of these further muckers grounded in reality??? Maybe we really are in the so-called 'End-Times' when crap has taken over people's minds.
Maybe Rove will fake Armageddon to improve Bush's election chances. Talk about 'wag the dog.'
If he'd only talk a little faster...
I have another 20 minutes before MTP comes on.
It was almost not worth watching.
Oh boy, russert plays al gore clip. That makes it worth it.
You know that photo of Kerry and Honda that is fake. http://tinyurl.com/2h93d
Well the Sunday Times used it in Andrew Sullivan's latest article without saying it was a fake. I have dropped them a note asking them why they used it.
Computer Voting machines in your up coming election could cause problems
http://tinyurl.com/32gtq
Congratulations! By picking Kerry, we have now enabled the deep thinkers of the DNC to make another valiant effort at snatching defeat from the jaws of victory in November:
Democrats will try a hybrid of old, new policies
I guess they didn't really learn much at all from Dean's candidacy. They're still under the illusion that it was Clinton's right-of-center appeasement that got him reelected, rather than the obvious, and correct, reason, that Clinton was just a great campaigner. This party is doomed.
What? Am I surprised? They're showing previews of the upcoming MTP show with Bush in front of knobs in a plane and with him in uniform but they show Kerry's blurry picture in some backrow.
Just got done watching "Press the Meat", and I have only one conclusion: Tim Russert is fucking useless! I mean, Ed Gilespie goes on there and actually says that calling Bush aWol is a felony which should be punishable by jail time (yes, he actually said that!) - WTF! - and Russert doesn't even call him on it!! Why didn't Russert get after him about that whole "John Kerry is a Jane Fonda Democrat" meme? The RNC is dredging up Jane Fonda, for Christssake! This is their idea of being in step with "mainstream" America - bashing an actress who hasn't done anything remotely political in 30 years!!?? By the way, ED Gillespie is such a chickenshit he wouldn't even agree to go on, mano -a-mano with Charlie Rangel (who would have torn that lameass GOP hack a new asshole, right there on national TV). The only positive note I can think of occurred when Russert (sort of) took Gillespie to task for claiming that John Kerry gets his money from special interests, while Bush has been raising millions for his campaign. Again, however, a real journalist would have been way tougher.
oh hell,
You can't be that big a moron, or can you...
Why do I always now feel like just a finger in a growing crack in the dike?
Yeah oh hell, you're sucking all the life outta me!
Gillespie also repeated the nonsense that Bush's policies are creating jobs. Um, no, they're not.
Someone please tell Andrew Sullivan the bad news:
Bush Budget Breaks Promises on AIDS
Ok, Gillespie is on now with his typical little repug weak chin and mealy mouth. Hair still looks greasy in his shoulder-padded suit.
Russert has a padded suit, too.
hadenough - Your're right. Obviously the way to run the Democratic party is to continue the same Republican lite ideas that worked so well for Daschle and McAuliffe and company in 2002. Thanks for enlightening me. I'll just fall in line for another 4 years. /sarcasm
Russert's tie is crooked as always.
Catching up from late last night: "This country was founded on the principles that all people are created equal," he added. "So anyone should be allowed to marry, gay or straight."
Yes, but...
(Breeder posting here)
An amusing LTE in the St. Pete Times this morning:
Problematic parenting
After reading about an appeals court upholding Florida's ban on homosexuals adopting children, I decided to do an informal survey of my gay and lesbian friends, asking them one simple question: Were/are your parents heterosexual or homosexual? Amazingly, 100 percent responded that their parents where heterosexual. That's right, 100 percent. I found this to be a very disturbing statistic, and I hope that Florida will investigate this thoroughly before allowing any more heterosexuals to adopt children.
-- David Nelson, St. Petersburg
Larry David has an op-ed in the NYTimes telling us why he's grateful to Chimpy for his Guard service. A masterpiece.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/1...ion/
15DAVI.html
blah blah blah but I like seeing Gwen Ifill.
Gwen Ifill is wearing a padded suit.
Two U.S. convoys attacked in Baghdad
Fresh violence in Iraqi capital follows deadly raid on police station
Ron Brownstein isn't wearing a padded suit. John Harwood was.
oh hell,
Do some research. The GOP/RNC/BUSHCHENEY04 creeps regularly link to Jim VandeHei's trash.
If you had been doing your duty as an America citizen(Assuming you are one) you would know Jimmy is a tool.
"Amendment I
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances. "
http://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/
constitution.billofrights.html#amendmenti
The freedom of the press thing isn't just about the press. You to have use that power.
And that is just one example of what I saw this week. I will spare you any more wrenching true stories. Anonymous
Anonymous nurse, send your well-written post to newspapers. Newspapers will print "Name withheld" letters. Your stories need to get out into the public and newspapers would reach wide portions of the public that don't read the internet. If you need help, I'm sure there are people here who would help you distribute that letter, including myself.
Oh boy, russert plays al gore clip. That makes it worth it.
hadenough
That was fantastic! I've been a Gore supporter for many years, and that was a side of him I've never seen before!
Boston City Council in retribution refuses to distribute public notices of council meetings to people who submit feedback that is not in agreement with council practices
http://listserv.syr.edu/archives/foi-l.html
Gwen Ifill is wearing a padded suit. Wild Eyed Lefty
Ifill is a suit along with the rest of them!
Streaker,
The speech is on-line somewhere. Worth a read.
Gore absolutely, metaphysically trashs the current admin.
The media only play that short clip. They will not discuss anything Gore said. Period.
Something is in the air this weekend. The panelists on Fox News Sunday are ganging up on Bush water carrier Britt Hume, rather than genuflecting before him.
Bremer has moved over to CNN where he sounds just as unconvincing.
He says we have to show the American people the mass graves, the torture chambers, and the rape rooms. (Why, I don't know, since we've seen them before.) Doesn't say anything about showing dead and dreadfully wounded Americans, allies, and Iraqis though.
You're doing a great job, Tena, but you've brought out the Evil Editor in me...
You spell it "y'all", not "ya'll." It's a contraction of you all, not ya all.
Open thread...right?
Later,
please go vote!
http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Programs/...tion/
index.html
Condi likes seeing Gwen too.
But without the padding.
George Stephanopolus is spoon-feeding Bremmer sound bites linking problems in Iraq to Al-Qaeda. And the Media Whore of the week prize goes to....
And this man worked in the Clinton Administration. What an ASSHOLE.
Why not call him "Rentboy George", I am from now on.
I liked his round table this morning with Carla (Republcan whore emerita), Bow Tie George and Schumer. That's what they mean by balance on ABC these days. Carla and Bow Tie were so full of shit it made Rentboy George's job a cinch.
trickle down = trickle out.?
SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE
Did anybody see SNL last night. Right about now, they should be working on who is going to be the Kerry impersonator. I hope they bring Will Ferrel back to do Bush, he was great. The guy they have for Kerry though, Seth Meyers, needs to work on his impression. The only thing that keeps me sane during elections is the Daily Show and SNL.
No snow here in the UK atm, but it's cold and wet, as ever. Sheesh, the more I hear about some of these stories from Iraq the less I want to hear about them...
I don’t like the dweebie way they are playing Kerry, whoever is the dude who is playing him is looking like less than a cardboard cutout, he doesn’t get Kerry at all.
We need to show the sunshine part of Kerry, robust and fun-loving, the hockey player, the motorcycle rider, the guy with the cute, smart, warm wife.
.....
MLB Baseball sucks. The Yankees remind me of the GOP.
Gillespie also repeated the nonsense that Bush's policies are creating jobs. Um, no, they're not.
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Only thing more lulu than that is Steve Forbes and others claiming somehow the jobs will show up, um no, they won’t, plus the economy is lousy, this looks like the same kind of bubble they had before.
Even before they told us it was ***productivity*** we don’t think so, whatever it is, it should be raising take home pay and increasing jobs and if we don’t see that, it ain’t working on Main Street, so there.
Half the time I don’t even know what the Bushie eco team is saying, that Snow dude, he may be very nice but nobody knows what he is saying, I think it sounds like there, there, snookums, it is gonna be OK, well, huh, that doesn’t do it, it is not reassuring at all, and as for Greenspan, enough already, we need a change there too, he is losing all creds and now is practically near-zero.
We need our robust, reality-based and energetic eco team, we need Alice Rivlin, Bobby Rubin and Laura Tyson back, we need the Galbraiths and our other economists, we need to put this country back to work, retrieve our jobs from off-shoring and increase real wages and real benefits for families, only then will the economy take off, this Bush economy is in a ditch, only thing is they keep trying to tie a pretty little bow on it and make it try to pass, but it don’t work for us.
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Ed Gillespie is a HUGE Pussy
Blah3 reports that Gillespie chickened out of Meet The Press this morning because he's afraid of Charlie Rangel (with good reason!). Man, if the RNC chief is truly this big a baby, we may win this thing.
Clarification: Gillespie was on the show (obviously) but demanded his own segment.
I think Michael Jackson should donate his left nipple to his voluptuous sister Janet, who could then have it grafted onto her forehead. The entire Jackson clan is accustomed to plastic surgery, and think of it. A mans (?) nipple, is not offensive to most, and being on Janets face, would almost have to constantly photograghed. More publicity, hence cash, is had by all concerned, and the American public gets what they want, and truly deserve.
I'm pretty sure I heard Gillespie claim that the UN had sanctioned "regime change" in Iraq.
Revisionism alert!
MLB Baseball sucks. The Yankees remind me of the GOP.
As Jim Caple of ESPN said: Baseball without the Yankees would be like Casablanca without the Nazis.
The NYY need to get Tejada and Garciaparra, so they can have all the best AL shortstops playing in their infield.
Me, I love the NL, and Mets pitchers and catchers report next week.
I mean -- I mean -- I mean that just -- I'm sittin' here on the bench, I mean I'm sittin here on the Group W bench 'cause you want to know if I'm moral enough join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after bein' a litterbug
stammering, group *W* bench
it's all stating to make sense, Arlo was channeling aWol, aWol got booted from the guard for LITTERING.
OK, jes havin' some fun here
Saklad, aren't you satisfied just torturing librarians with your tinfoil hat shit? Now you have to torture everyone??????
The "brazen display of political chutzpah" by the Bush campaign accusing John Kerry of being "an 'unprincipled' collector of special-interest cash," via a "video e-mailed Thursday night to 6 million supporters," is brazen indeed, but in the light of Nader's imminent candidacy it seems more calculated as a maneuver having long term benefits that out-weigh the blatant hypocrisy recognized in the short term.
It's impossible to believe that the GOP political machine would be so naive to use this issue to contrast Bush with Kerry, or to call into question Kerry's sincerity regarding his frequent attacks on the power of corporate interests, since the issue diminishes Bush far more than Kerry when closely examined. There must be more behind this attack than what appears only as a self inflicted wound.
I suggest that Republican covert support of Ralph Nader and foreknowledge of his imminent decision to run for president inspired the video e-mail, the intention of which is to put Kerry in the same league as the shameless Bush with regard to corporate interests and exploit inevitable Nader accusations that there is no difference between the two major parties with regard to his central issue, corrupt corporate power over elected officials. This tactic also inoculates Bush against coming to mind first and foremost during Nader's general attacks on the political establishment being beholden to corporate interests, while at the same time peels off, into Nader's camp, would be Kerry voters who, when once again vividly reminded, are sickened by the overt bribery engaged in by corporations and lobbyists, an issue that Nader undoubtedly will make the cornerstone of his campaign. The ideas expressed in the video are tailor made for Nader's mind-set and become unavoidable for him to address, the result being Bush as the only real beneficiary of Nader's anti-corporate argument, in that, Republicans hope a portion of the progressive vote disillusioned by Nader's rhetoric will desert Kerry, as they did Gore in 2000.
Another indictator of the above design is, why has the GOP e-mailed this to 6 million supporters, as in, preaching to the choir? Is the e-mail tantamount to the distribution of a GOP talking point that is to be incessantly echoed? Or, is the well publicized release of the video e-mail merely a vehicle to get into the public forum Kerry's vulnerability on the issue before Nader declares his candidacy and invariably starts assailing corporate interests that infest Washington?
By painting Kerry with the same brush as Bush with regard to being corrupted by corporate interests, the GOP is hijacking a major portion of Nader's platform to be used as a tool that can only reduce Kerry's support, leaving Bush's support wholly intact since Republicans are brazenly in the pocket of corporations and their supporters don't seem to care one whit as they feel it's their due as the ruling class.
There's talk Janet Jackson's boob wants to run as an independent candidate for President in 2004.
You know if they Democrats
win the White House it will be years of them whining and moaning about how bad the GOP made a mess and how we just cant fix it so easily. 8 more years of Jimmy Carter.
God forbid!
Rember 9/11 and Vote For George Bush!
Rember 9/11 and Vote For George Bush!
Are you the famous Tena who has that chatroom on -- sorry, can't remember it's name?
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