Life in the American Bush

I'm dying...

2006-03-14T02:56:00.000-08:00

glub glub...I've fallen into a state of apathetic neuralgia...is anyone there?

as if the medical industry wasnt already cleaning up...

2006-03-08T12:31:00.000-08:00

I'm seeing all these health insurance commercials promising to help people avoid catastrophy by getting their insurance. cause if they dont, they'll never be able to dig out of their hospital bills.

nice job, george. let's make people vulnerable by letting employers drop their employee benefits, then send in the wolves to clean up.

nice job.

lie # 4,337

2006-02-15T16:08:00.000-08:00

state dept spokesman replying to the release of new U.S. torture photos released overseas.

"we continue to not release photos in order to protect the privacy of the detainees."

I'm getting very used to flinging fingers at the tv these days. on another front entirely, gnomeland security head chertoff is getting the most fingers today in the midst of congressional hearings.

the result of U.S. foreign policy

2006-02-11T23:45:00.000-08:00

In Houston, where homicides rose 24 percent last year, disputes were by far the largest category, 113 out of 336 killings. Officials were alarmed by the increase in murders well before Hurricane Katrina swelled the city's population by 150,000 people in September; the police say 18 homicides were related to evacuees.

In Philadelphia, where 380 homicides made 2005 the deadliest year since 1997, 208 were disputes; drug-related killings, which accounted for about 40 percent of homicides during the high-crime period of the early 1990's, accounted for just 13 percent.

"When we ask, 'Why did you shoot this guy?' it's, 'He bumped into me,' 'He looked at my girl the wrong way,' " said Police Commissioner Sylvester M. Johnson of Philadelphia. "It's not like they're riding around doing drive-by shootings. It's arguments — stupid arguments over stupid things."

.... ... "stupid arguments over stupid things". sound familiar? I believe a goodly portion of the population will echo the demeanor of its president. when he says "youre either with us or against us" and all the militaristic wild west crap bush is famous for that attitude is going to find its way to the streets. how much wisdom do you need to realize such rhetoric is clearly a sign of personal weakness and negative self image?

snd of course there's that word "stupid". no other president in my life has earned that adjective.

and the knfe in the back

2006-02-01T20:54:00.000-08:00

yet another how is this possible...

so, the day after, here comes the budget vote in which the repugnuts slash the domestic budget again much to the glee of bushites everywhere. hundreds of billions for the military while taking more money out of education, healthcare and services for the poor.

here's a short animation about it. I didnt realize how much More we were spending on the pentagon compared to the rest of the world. ridiculous.

http://www.truemajorityaction.org/oreos/

Same shit, different year...again.

2006-02-01T09:28:00.000-08:00

Of course its the same shit....they figure by the time 2008 rolls around, he'll have it nailed and can deliver it pretty much on spot. Change it up any and, well, thats tantamount to defeat....not to mention bushy being unable to pronounce the new words. I admit...I couldnt watch it. But the blurbs I saw were revolting. The monkeys in place, cue cards in position, Cheney looking like he could slit throats on cue with his hand goin into your wallet at the same time....typical state of disunion speech. And today, he's takin it on the road.....first stop? Nashville. Yee-haw.

lying ass son of a bitch

2006-01-31T23:12:00.000-08:00

can he Be any more predictable...I dont know who I'm talking about here, bush, rove, whoever...?

can he be more formulaic? isnt this the same speech? I mean, isnt it?

there was that one long section where the order seemed identical as last year...

1. tell the military "Good Dog".
2. tell the rest of the citizens "Good Dog".
3. tell congress to keep cutting taxes.
4. tell the country about all the great domestic programs your going to start with absolutely no plan to implement any of them.
5. say God Bless America.
6. say Anybody seen my drink?

put the speech away for another day.

disgusting. though I have to admit, my lines were pretty much the same as last year, too.

1. ...yeah right
2. ...you idiot
3. ...whose fault is That, you moron?
4. ...Fuck You!
5. ...Fuck You!
6. ...Ass Hole!!!
7. ...you mother fucker
8. ...Fuck You! (applause on the right) Fuck all you guys!
9. ...yeah, right. that's ridiculous. lying ass son of a bitch!
10....you fucking idiot! Fuck YOU!!!

click on the title of the piece below to go to the link

2006-01-27T03:47:00.000-08:00

anyway...for a man with little to say he certainly tries to say a lot. or is that the other way around? sometimes I get the impression he's being directed by tarantino or felini or some other bizarre italian avant gardist who's fucking with us for his own warped amusement.

listened to the press conference at...

2006-01-27T03:07:00.000-08:00

interesting...on this page it says something like "sea island conference 2004". this is on the frigging white house dot gov page. what kind of intern is That? not monica, I can assure you. she always focused on what was at hand.

okay, enough of that. anyway, the conference was fairly typical bush accept that he was a bit more relaxed and letting his english (if you wanna call it that) go wherever it wanted to go. a strange mix of policy cliches, political speech fragments of the last several years and trying his best to be texas charming. which IS disarming if not totally doofus in practice.

obviously there was a plan to go from one question to the next in order only there were so many missing reporters some of the questions came off as unexpected so bush had to fall back again and again on the importance of a free iraq, the war against whatever and a few strange references back to hussein.

I especially love the contradictions and misdirections...how we're only in iraq to help the iraqis secure their country but of course theyre not ready to do that so it's their responsibility to secure their country and we're simply there to help them do that even though they cant.

how he never communicates with kadafi but he sent him a note about cooperating on the arab assasination a few years back. and, most glaringly, how he's always directed the government to operate within the law while the justice department works overtime to find loopholes in the law so he wont have to which is also a lawful pursuit because we're a nation of laws, a free nation who doesnt believe in torture even when it has to defend americans at all costs cause that's his job.

very bush. very entertaining. incredibly disturbing and maddening. that's our president.

yeah well

2006-01-26T22:27:00.000-08:00

I didnt see the press conference, but the few scraps I heard were just that.

I guess one of the thing that irks me the most about this super ream court is that I'll be in a hoveround before clarence will be replaced. I cant call him an idiot cause I dont know him personally but his reputation and decisions speak for themselves.

Its pretty tellin.....

2006-01-26T21:50:00.000-08:00

When conservative talk show hosts tonight said that their leader was an embarrassment when put on stage, live.
One even went so far as to say that shrub can't speak a single English sentence correctly.
Well, we've known that all along.
But I gotta say, his pressed conference performance was pretty putrid....even for him.
On the other hand, it does show that anybody...and I mean anybody...can grow up to be prez.
Especially if ya got the right breedin.

Nightline

2006-01-23T20:42:00.000-08:00

Interesting story on Nightline right now. Didja know...the Soupream Court is the only federal branch without an ethics code??
Hmmmm....
Justice after justice....all appointed by Repubes....are being shown on expensive junkets and at meetings sponsored by such broad-minded organizations as the Federalist Society.
Clarence Thomas received a set of tires from NASCAR.
Gentlemen, start your briberies!

my bad

2006-01-21T17:59:00.000-08:00

obviously, when I said they "shoot and ask questions later"...

I should have said they "shoot first and cant imagine why anyone would ask questions cause theyre the fucking government and the president is an adolescent prick who's never learned about such insignificant things as actions having consequences".

that's what I should have said.

amen, bruthuh

2006-01-21T13:54:00.000-08:00

http://www.adcritic.com/interactive/view.php?id=5927

gimme privacy or gimme death

2006-01-20T17:48:00.000-08:00

I know it must be a hand tying dilemma not to be able to look under everyone's carpet to find the dirt theyre looking for.

I can sympathize though there's no way I can condone the invasion. it's just another example of the total lack of respect for individual americans. if bush and his henchmen had one ounce of caring about the world from our perspective, they'd know where these "little lines" are.

but, of course, they are the essence of shoot first and ask questions later.

Get off my Google

2006-01-20T14:29:00.000-08:00

How Orwellian is it for the Gubment to start looking for our Google records?
Isn't anyone else the least bit incensed by the ever-dwindling privacy and civil rights in this land of the free?
If this goes through, I really really hope we see the start of a revolt...because it is revolting.
On the plus side, how many congressmen and cabinet members are feeling a bit nervous right now?

please, lord, no...

2006-01-19T23:01:00.000-08:00

no condo leesa in the white house, pahleeza. dont even suggest the possibility.

not that conservatives would Ever have hilary. my fear, then, is, of course, our house will be divided yet again in 2008 and the worst will happen deja vu gore, hilary, ralph...tooo many past losers sniping at the obvious.

the question will likely be can dean overcome past weirdness or will bam bam or someone new captivate the voting public enough to get america back on track.

I just pray bush wont be able to make hay with the new osama truce tape, whether from a macho no quarter crap or "see? we got the boy on the run". though I expect nothing more.

diplomacy not dipshit lunacy, georgie. we Got here by not taking advantage of that which diplomacy supports...friends, leverage, strength in numbers. the way things get done in the Real World.

The future according to Laura the Librarian

2006-01-16T00:30:00.000-08:00

When asked over the weekend if America is ready for a female president, Queen Laura replied with an enthusiastic "YES".
And her choice?
Condompleezer Twice.
Lets all stop to comtemplate this. The Secretary of Hate as our next Prez?
One thing's for sure...she's the only African-American politician guaranteed to get more white votes than black.
Thats gotta be one of the most repulsive things ever to come outta zoned-out Laura's mouth...
Unless of course you count George's pubes...
And I'm not.

bye, bye, Roe

2006-01-15T00:15:00.000-08:00

I didnt realize till someone mentioned the other day how Alito would make the 5th Catholic on the supreme court. excuse me, but arent they pretty tight with the pope and all? wont that make them a 5-4 top heavy "god decides who lives and dies" kinda club?

sure looks that way on paper.

the spine bone connected to the brain bone

2006-01-10T10:18:00.000-08:00

not always.

I still cant get over the number of times I hear people calling talk shows on privacy rights saying..."if ya aint doin nothin wrong ya aint got nothin ta worry bout." these are the people who play the lottery cause they believe in luck over justice. these are the people who believe good works equal the lord's blessins. these are the people who cant imagine the odds arent in their favor even as they live in the shadow of the sword of deregulation.

then there's the guy sunday night. the host was talking about how weird the XBox 360 thing is, how microsoft promoted the hell out of it before xmas then failed to deliver the goods. how the games are merely trickling out of the factory a few hundred at a time. as the host is batting around the possibilities...manipulation, conspiracy, marketing genius running up the value...this guy calls in saying, "I cant buhlieve youre talking about this stupid computer stuff when we're so close to the end of the world."

these are the brains of the citizens who are contributing to the voting pool. they dont know what's at stake, their priorities are in the clouds. and our luck is running out regardless of what faith we have in our fellow american.

You say fuck....

2006-01-09T19:57:00.000-08:00

I say fucked.
Thats what we'll be if Alito gets on board.
The "legislation from the bench" stuff is a pile of shit. Frankly, the only legislation they don't like is that which furthers the liberal agenda. If it benefits them its not legislation...its judicial process.
The constitution is set to be turned upside down, inside out by bushy and co., and most people aren't gonna know, not gonna care until Average Joe Citizen wakes up to find G-men climbing the front yard live oak with binoculars and walkie-talkies.
Oh...it could happen.
Or is it hap'nin already?

the distinguished senator from alabam

2006-01-09T13:40:00.000-08:00

okay...so the alito hearings are on kera.

god, I cant stand it. I had to turn it off when Jeff Sessions got on the mic and repeated 5 times in a row how much of a pleasure it is to talk with someone who doesnt believe in "legislating from the bench".

fuck. "this country needs judges who wont bring their personal agendas to the court. and I'm sure, as long as you overturn Roe and get jesus back in schools and make it possible for the president to tap on our phones and put cameras in our bedrooms, america will be proud you were able to reverse all these perverted judges who have railroaded their unconstitutional will upon this proud country over the last 50 years."

did I say fuck?

whistle blowers and balls

2006-01-07T13:43:00.000-08:00

that's all it takes.

hell, the scandals are There...they need only be rooted out and exposed to the sun.

the american people can take it from there. that is, the mule Will pull the cart if you whack it in the right place with the a big enuff stick.

go, america, go.

So far..

2006-01-05T18:49:00.000-08:00

2006 looks alot like 2005.
Freaky weather worldwide, 130 dead in Iraq today, Washington plagued by scandelocusts...
Feels like the same ol same ol.
Damn I hope that psychic was right on.

back

2006-01-05T08:03:00.000-08:00

yo, flicker sticks

been outta town for a week. I heard a psychic on coast to coast overnight on my way into town. she said she saw the bush plague subjected to scandal after scandal this next year.

bring it on.

Can't wait to see..

2006-01-03T22:30:00.000-08:00

....who Abramoff trots out to the spotlight in the name of savings his own ass.
My guess is he knows the core of dirty dealins and illegal wheelins in Washingtown.
The question is...how deep and wide does the corruption go?
When we pull the string, how much of the political sweater will be in tact when it finishes unraveling?

It truly is a case of one hand washing the other...all in dirty water. Politicians have free reign over what they do and, when they are policed, those doing the policing are usually crooked too.

Best case scenario....this will change the face of political power as we know it. Not only will those who have committed sins of the dollar be convicted, but the entire way of doin business will shift as well.

Worst case scenario...all will be relegated to more backroom dealings and the guilty mules will be let off with slap on the ass, with coverage limited to a short, five line blurb in your fav'rite Belo-run publication.

I remain optimistic....pass the popcorn.

Happy New Year...

2006-01-02T19:40:00.000-08:00

.....Fellow keepers of the positive flame.
My new year's wish?
Simple....
Documentation of an impeachable offense.
Peace, all

Let's look at it like this....

2005-12-29T01:32:00.000-08:00

We really have only two more New Year's Eves (after this un) with Gorgy still in the house. I don't count '08 since his ass will be on the way out then.
In reality, we've been putting up with the shit since 1980, with the exception of those 8 Clinton years.
Gorgy was spawned by King Gorgy who suckled the floppy man-teats of the The Great Eradicator.
So yeah, we gotta right to be sick of this shit.
Oh...any of you guys been spied upon lately?

reagan

2005-12-29T01:12:00.000-08:00

I'm watching a repeat broadcast of the PBS American Experience documentary called REAGAN.

I feel like a young Sioux on the reservation watching a tv show entitled "Manifest Destiny".

the simple facts of the Reagan Revolution make me livid.

The Great Communicator...how bout The Great Liar?

george w. sage

2005-12-27T19:34:00.000-08:00

"If we wait till the bird flew gets here as a pandemic it'll be too late to prepare."

so, I guess if you get hit by a truck it's too late to look both ways.

if you stop paying your bills your credit score may suffer?

if you stop eating altogether you'll die?

I think I'm getting the hang of this.

merry xmas, guys

2005-12-25T16:29:00.000-08:00

3 more bushmases. I know I know.

that's 3 too many.

according to the dems...

2005-12-19T21:50:00.000-08:00

this is Not strictly according to the rules. the rider writer has to prove it's connected in Some way to the original bill...which alaskan rep. teddy boy stevens is trying to do by saying the drilling will help us be less dependent on the middle east. and, of course, the military uses at least a few barrels of crude on a daily basis.

matter of fact, I have to think the awesome use of oil by our military forces has no small impact on domestic gas prices. the wasteful spending in military circles is so profound. all the people I've known in the military tell stories of the barbaric use of ammo and resoures.

one sticks out: an old navy friend who said at certain times on every mission, due to weather or coming into home port, all hands were expected to decrease the ammo to reduce the possibility of explosive accidents. so, for days before such an event, everyone goes on deck and fires weapons at whatever trash they wanna throw overboard...or at birds...even dolphins. side arms, 50 cal machine guns, deck guns.

sounds pretty loud. annoying. and incredibly expensive.

meanwhile, dick's on nightline tonight...lying through what teeth he has left.

my tummy is churning churning churning.

Riders in the sky

2005-12-19T19:24:00.000-08:00

These damn bill riders that they attach on to everything are appaling.
I want to know how these things get snuck by us....and why doesn't anybody call our attention to it?
Sounds to me like somebody's asleep at the wheel.
Fact is, there's no quicker, easier way to rape the land and the people than sticking your crap of choice onto a more widely acceptable bill.
And with people like Bushndick (I'da done it innyway) in charge, we all oughta look alot more closely at the legislation bein' pushed through.

oh, and damn them all to hell...

2005-12-19T15:17:00.000-08:00

the truly evil empire inside congress who snuck drilling in Alaska onto the military spending bill. dammit, that's like putting logos on the moon. fuck the exploiters, fuck the fat cat fat asses in our faces.

george george george

2005-12-19T15:01:00.000-08:00

that's okay. we all make mistakes. look at all our elected peeps who went along with the iraq bullshit because they really thought we the peeps wanted em to. not because they really believed iraq was a threat, but just because it was the expedient thing to do.

notice I didnt say "prudent".

georgie contiues to mount up stupid points every time he says, "no matter what, I would have invaded iraq to get that big bad saddam." so, even if there were no WMDs and no nukular program and no connection with alqaeda and whatever lies he yanked off the short list...even if there was No legitimate reason or threat he could muster...he would have still invaded cause the world is better off without boogieman hussein.

is That what were sayin here, georgio? cause if that's the kinda house we're cleanin, we're pretty far behind in our work and it's one palace of a place we're dealin with. we're gonna need all the illegals and bucket mops we can get our hands on.

man, the arms dealers must be doing their celebration dances 24/7 in our brave new world.

Damn..

2005-12-17T09:53:00.000-08:00

I'm sorry...
I feel so much better now...not to mention relieved.
How could I have been so so SO stupid to think that our gubmint had anything but our own safety in mind.
This serves as a lesson to me....I know not what is best for me; Washingtown does. We can all sleep in peace...Uncle Georgie has our backs....and our wallets, phone numbers, addresses, schedules, eggnog recipes...
But oh nevermind all that....
God I feel so ashamed.

oh no oh no oh no

2005-12-17T00:11:00.000-08:00

did you not hear white house spokesmonkey scott mcclellan? protecting american civil rights has always been one of the bush administration's top priorities. not living up to the spirit and letter of the law is inconceivable. I heard him say it on tv.

I trust that settles That.

Check your phones!

2005-12-16T23:52:00.000-08:00

They may be Bushtapped....
Tapped in the name of freedumb...in the name of nashnul security....
Like a wolf wrapped in sheeps' skins...
Beware, America....your constitutional rights are bein bulldozed again by BushnDick.
Anybody gonna watch the liathon Sunday night?

another positive development

2005-12-16T14:28:00.000-08:00

man, things certainly seem to be going our way.

kudos to the repuglican senators and reps who are lining up with democrats to tear down some of the totally unamerican patriot act, especially in the light of the Times report on Bush government spying on american citizens in the wake of 911.

and a big texas fuck off to arlen spectre who continues to spout fear mongering rhetoric about maintaining the governments rights to do Whatever in the name of protecting us.

Roll Back the Nazi Crap!
Roll Back the Nazi Crap!
Roll Back the Nazi Crap!

on all things considered this afternoon, andre codrescu said a poet friend of his used to say american elections were nothing more than plays put on by rich texans. a fact andre has had to agree with more and more as years go by.

hopefully, we can start moving the other direction as more and more people acknowledge what a bad show it's turned out to be.

FUCK YOU,

2005-12-16T05:14:00.000-08:00

CONDI!!!

she was on the CBS Early Show this morning saying how happy they are they were able to work with Senator McCain to let the world know America would never condone the use of torture.

how can they STILL think we're so dumb and blind to not know how hard they've fought against the Senator the last 2 months. it's sooo increeeedibly unbuhlieeeeeeveable!!!

every time I think they cant keep blowing my mind, something like this happens.

now what's he doing

2005-12-16T01:36:00.000-08:00

I dont know what kind of redefining is going on here, but does anyone else believe bush is simply rolling over on the mccain no torture legislation? there's some legaleez going on here. rove or someone on cheney's staff has found some kind of loophole.

either that or someone actually sat bush down and explained to him in 3rd grade terms what was really going on. he probably thought we were just poking and tickling detainees in a game of hide and seek or keep away.

"you mean we aint playin by the goldman rule? every good boy always plays by the goldman rule. you know, do unto yourself...uh...do yourself like you'd...like you...uh...do yourself like you...like you do wah diddy."

blame it on the holidays

2005-12-13T02:00:00.000-08:00

obviously the enemy isnt paying attention to us or they'd find the following highly suspicious.

could times be looking up? seems like all my friends who were on the verge of ruin just a few years ago have recovered from the economic battering we were all suffering from.

so bush's economy is the reason. fat chance. deregulation still scares me to death. the neocons and conservative republicans still think theyre right and that's not going away anytime soon.

what I'm saying is I think we liberals have been fighting back, showing our strength by finding ways to survive despite the incredible assault we continue to suffer. but we can feel good about ourselves personally and our senators and reps are finally questioning what's going on...challenging the oil companies...standing up against the machine that would destroy the environment and all we value.

. . .

the bush gaff of the day just appeared on the overnight news summary. in today's rare press conference, someone asked him how many iraqi citizens have died. he squeenched for a moment and said "around 30,000."

later, an administrative spokesman clarified by saying that's not an official figure but simply a figure the president heard on the news. so, youre saying the president is not "officially" briefed on such figures. what does that say about his handle on the situation and his compassion for the people we're killing?

reminds me of the older bush having No idea how much a loaf of bread was during his own grilling over how outta touch the bush crime family was.

. . .

then there's the christian uprising to put christ back in merry christmas. I dont care about political correctness, I dont care about saying "happy holidays" out of respect for religious diversity. obviously, the whole idea is to NOT force your lifestyle and beliefs on others.

were we better off 40-50 years ago when we were surrounded by old fashioned rhetoric and environment, basically what christians want to get back to? which begs the question, were "we" better off when we ignored diversity in a largely dont ask dont tell culture seen entirely through western euro red and green glasses this time of year?

which leads us to how much of the religious resurgency is about eliminating the multi-culturalism brewing these last 20-30 years? it tastes a bit too much like an anti-civil rights supremacist backlash. I guess anything I might hear coming out of limbaugh's mouth is impossible for me to accept and I'm sure he's a big reason for the season fan.

what political correctness comes down to for me is I just dont care what people do and hope they feel the same way about me. is that too much to ask?

dont get me started

2005-12-10T18:04:00.000-08:00

on kera. I wake up everyday with a clear conscious, knowing I'm no longer associated with a company in the quicksand of republican blindness. with what used to be a quality listener serving hold out against the down hill shit laden marketplace. who is daily becoming the shit themselves. and it's all in their hands. it's their choice. and all they can see, all the decision makers understand is their puny jobs and the dirty silver theyre taking to betray those they claim to "serve".

thank god my classes arent brought to you by Walmart or the new I'm Lovin It Chicken Toes. I cant be reached by the shit flow no mo and that's the way it should be...the way it Has to be.

so, I'm off to a xmas party where I'll raise a glass to the ever shorter time between now and the end of bush crime family...at least the public part of it and this horrendous american experience inflicted on us and the world at large.

we may not die at W's hands but the blood still drips...from his, from all of ours.

I saw that one.......

2005-12-10T14:36:00.000-08:00

...and couldn't believe it either.
Mainsteam news is getting more like tabloid journalism on a daily basis.
Check it out sometime...
On the 10p news on Channel 8, the anchors (of which Campos is one) stand rather than sit in that "Current Affair" mode, adding to the drama in a city that already has way too much pomp and posturing.
Missin Glenn Mitchell more and more every day.
However, that said, KERA can't seem to bail itself out of the sinking ship of mediocrity. I'm not sure what or if the station managers and program directors are thinking.
I'm sure our own artie could add a few pointed points here.
As for the Cheney "Come as your favorite corporate robberbaron intent on giving the populace a big one up the ass" Xmas hoe-down, let us all rememeber that this is the next to the next to the last holiday season that band of un-merry men will be in the White's House.

beyond ridiculous

2005-12-10T06:27:00.000-08:00

I can Not buh-Lieve this one.

I turn on the news this morning to see wuzzup and there's Gloria Compos, about to give us her "TEXAN OF THE YEAR", a most exclusive lot headlined by earlier appointees, G.W. and the truly remarkable Karl Rove.

so, who is it this year? we Have to know who this outstanding citizen is.

as I stood there with my jaw dropped, this quote unquote Journalist stands in front of the camera and actually nominates the freakin egyptian twins. you know, the kids who were here in 2002 getting the tops of their heads separated from one another? they went back to egypt 2 years ago and here's gloria pickin their little punkin heads to be the 2005 Texan of the Year.

what the Fuck could this woman possibly be thinking????

"now I've gotta choose Texan of the Year. let's see, how bout 2 toddlers, non-texans who live 8,000 miles away, who never even knew where they were when they were here, who never did anything that affected the people of texas outside their human interest novelty act 3 years ago? oh, I know, the freakin egyptian twins. of course."

huh??? oh, but she laid it all out on tv. "they may not be with us any more, but they'll always be in our hearts cause their hearts are as big as texas."

that's the point at which she earned my one finger salute for most ridiculous notable nominator of the year.

P L E A S E ! ! !

giddy dogs

2005-12-09T02:00:00.000-08:00

tonight, tony snow was talking to giant running back tiki barber and they were both so excited about getting invited to cheney's xmas party.

reminds me of the time I played at the dallas country club and found myself within armslength of ross perot, thinking about the public service I'd be performing if I just reached out and broke his scrawny neck.

I dont know why it reminded me of that...it just did.

friends of george

2005-12-07T21:15:00.000-08:00

the usual seasonal commercials are especially poignant this year.

someone sitting there trying to figure out what to give sweetie or hubby for xmas and the answer pops up...a new lexus. of course! why didnt I think of that in the first place???

so, I'm thinking who has the money to give a lexus? who can afford to cough up 40-60 Gs like it was a dozen roses or something.

perhaps someone with a few too many dollars lying around? like maybe one of those guys whose getting a very tasty tax break on their quarter million dollar salary? it's gotta be enough people that lexus gets their commericial money's worth, right?

so, now, who might That be, mmmm? could it be the same folks who are getting cards from pennsylvania ave this time of year?

speechifyin parties

2005-12-04T23:57:00.000-08:00

you best buhlieve narry a night goes by that georgie does give the late night staff a treat by practicin his one speech to em just for fun. they be some gut bustin ice creamin sessions those. georgie gettin all tangled up and the staff fallin all over each other, spittin up hair balls and squirtin each other with whipped cream and other delights. it's yuck monkeys on parade in the wee hours of the ollie north memorial basement theatre for sick and demented souls. you betcha.

Tis the season for givin...

2005-12-04T00:30:00.000-08:00

Givin more military cargo transport pilots more bodies to fly back to the US...
Givin more Humvee makers job security...
Givin more craters to Iraq...
Givin more profit to Big Oil, whose collective mouths are wrapped around the collective phalli of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches and vice-versa in a course in American politics cataloged as Government 6969.
Ah yea, I'm in the spirit.
So, I wonder what hand-picked group georgie will choose this week to give a speech in front of?

so, wuzzup...?

2005-12-03T01:19:00.000-08:00

I forgot to say I'm thankful Iraq
is nothing like Nam. Just thought
I'd pass that along. Christmas in
Baghdad. Wonder what That's like.

hey, I'm thankful I dont know and
never will. Life is good.

happy holidays.

bushratings

2005-11-27T19:26:00.000-08:00

bushratings
Originally uploaded by kcorbet.

more of the same, please.

click on chart for larger image

So I wonder...

2005-11-24T23:18:00.000-08:00

What do you suppose the Native Americans were thinkin about this time, 1:20am, the day after the first Thanksgiving?
Perhaps....
"How come they took all the second helpins for themselves?"
"You think they pray like that before every meal?"
"They sure were quiet during dinner, weren't they?"
"Somethin tells me we're screwed"
The more things change....the more they stay the same.
Phreedumb, indeed.

7 fun facts about living in america

2005-11-24T18:16:00.000-08:00

1. Living in America, where speech is so free, it's
broken loose from the truth altogether.

2. Living in America, where our leaders have so
much integrity, they've redefined the word.

3. Living in America, where our thoughts are so
profound, the President has to cut them into
bite sized bits and spit them out very slowly.

4. Living in America, the richest per capita
country in the world. We're not poor...
that's just our attitude.

5. Living in America, where the liberal media
is so humble, they always defer to their
corporate elders.

6. Living in America, where Anyone can become
President...or havent you noticed?

7. Living in America, rich in tradition...like
Manifest Destiny, for example.

thankful

2005-11-23T15:16:00.000-08:00

well, one thing we can be thankful for is we're over
halfway through the hellish horror of george.
as unending as this sad time is for
all of us, there's less of it
ahead than we've
had to endure.

thanks for That.

bush in china

2005-11-19T23:12:00.000-08:00

maybe mao be bustin outta his case when the dubmeister be walkin by and give him a few lessons on respectin the yellow man cause they never be short on keepin the faith, bein uppity in the face of thems what thinks they can just come right on in with their shoes on.

big test for chinese capitalists. have they really gone so far down our road that they will worship at the feet of the sleeping yankee doodle noodle or will they show a little red no. 5 pride when dubby starts in to givin them the what would gee zus do speech a roni?

will they have the 9 billion raw footage spunk to bind the president's feet and make him turn his head to the wall to see how it feels when he actually speak and spells his lame rhetoric to someone our own size for a change?

which I admit will take courage on both sides regardless. but I mean come on, we're talking about big biz here and everyone speaks that language. the greatest consuming countries in the history of the world meeting the greatest money makers ever and they both are both and same.

no one's seen this kind of action since "King Kong v Godzilla", the monkey and the dragon...bush in china.

Its embarrasin

2005-11-19T20:56:00.000-08:00

I am vomit level sick of seein georgie porgie standin before a handpicked audience of sheeple in his bomber jacket talking about "staying the course".

What course? Thats the question. Just what fuckin' course does he have in mind??
The course that has us movin toward 3,000 KIA I suppose...five more today, folks.

Then, back here, while Georgie is in the Korean "peninchewla", his legislative goons proceed to bully forth his policy in the house, calling Rep Murtha...a 30 yr Marine Corp Vet who achieved the rank of Colonel and was awarded two purple hearts in Nam a coward??
Is it just me, or has this past week brought a wind of change; a possible 60s like galvanization and arising of all of us who are less than thrilled with our current management?

I'm seeing folks of good will....Dems, 'Pubs and Indies...starting to say enough is enough. Be it Reid or Hagel; Pelosi or McCain, those who think are startin to think what we've thought all along, that bushie and his brethren are immorally and likely illegally outta touch with reality.

and another thing...

2005-11-17T20:49:00.000-08:00

how do these boobs think they can accomplish their see through goal of fooling some of the people all of the time by sticking to eXact talking points...where everyone in the white house and all the key rebooblican whiskey brains use eXactly the same words in every interview on any given topic???

dont they know that if they ALL use the same lines like "democrats are 'rewriting history'" and "they do a 'disservice to our troops'", the impression is not good, real or true. expecially if the president and vice president are echoing each other in the same afternoon and senators are dittoing them on sunday news shows???

one thought, one brain...and it's not even Theirs?

yet another nazi oversight.

darth dick

2005-11-15T23:01:00.000-08:00

I could definitely see cheney coming into a cabinet meeting some morning and supernaturally choking the crap out of anyone who doesnt see eye to eye with the dark force of corporate bread buttering. I just assume he does it all the time. like his sith buddy delay used to.

tommy can you hear me? if I dont see ya again in this world, see ya in the next, dont be late.

I dont know that I hold out much hope for princess hilary. nevertheless, there's hope in the air. now if we can simply pull some of it down into the trenches where it can do the most good.

any bets on who the democratic heir apparent may be? we'll probably know them when we see them.

who's on the short list of Please, God, Nooo??? I'll start that list with gore and kerry.

america hates a loser. I seriously dont know how nixon did it in 68. like 2008, I'm guessing, people will simply want a change. then they took the big lie bait in 72, just like they did in 2004.

but gore? kerry? even my buddy, howard dean...I think most folks would actually want clinton back first.

stupidity defined

2005-11-15T22:37:00.000-08:00

it's clear bushy two shoes still doesnt know the difference between rhetoric and rhett butler. when it's clear the reason 40 something percent of us want to leave iraq Merely cause we shouldnt have been there in the first place, the dog man of alcatraz continues to characterize that position as a "loss of nerve".

like the majority suddenly has cold feet and is too scared to "stay the course".

yo no no, nasty bush boy. quit throwing words like nerve and freedom and democracy around as you travel the planet when most of us know what youre actually referring to is dissention, oppression and imperialism.

check out the following site to see how we are indeed not just on a course toward fascism...we're pretty much already there...obvious, I realize so, hey, enjoy the movie...

http://www.ericblumrich.com/14.html

The SoupReam Court

2005-11-15T21:02:00.000-08:00

Don't you find it interesting that the Repubs only don't like legislation from the bench if its liberal legislation. Looks like Alito is gonna come on board with an agenda firmly in place.

I guess my favorite line from the day, paraphrased of course, was from Sen. Dr. Hon. Ahole. Bill Frist who, when rejecting a timetable for leaving Iraq, stated that such a plan would be an open invitation for insurgent attacks.

Guess what?

The insurgents have already attacked.

Whats really pissing me off hardcore these days is how bushead has played fast and loose with over 2,000 lives. People are pawns in the political mortarshell game.

As far as I'm concerned, his approval ratings can't sink low enough.

Good indeed

2005-11-13T22:37:00.000-08:00

Good to be back indeed...I was wonderin where our stage of discontent went.
Or, we can reverse it....
Doesn't Darth Vader look downright natural being shrub's VP?

back in the saddle again

2005-11-13T20:23:00.000-08:00

Well, it's good to be back. I had no idea that this blog site had suffered tech problems.

Is it just me, or would our very own sweet vp Dickie Cheney look downright natural wearing a Darth Vadar uniform?

answering my own question

2005-11-12T14:39:00.000-08:00

I forgot. even if the media does an excellent job of reporting all the slam bang controversy, only so many of us are watching the news. if we didnt know anything but our prejudice...no facts, no perspective...we'd be just as clueless as, say, 35% of the population...those who still approve of the truly incredible job the president is doing for america.

those who equate agression with pride with strength with confidence with "doing the right thing". those who agree, even at this late date, that there is no debate when it comes to America being the "greatest nation on earth". those who believe the best foreign policy comes down to "an eye for and eye", "all's fair in love and war", "W The President".

"America, Love it or Shove it"

Veteran's Day 05

2005-11-11T22:33:00.000-08:00

I know the numbers are down down, but I dont understand why theyre not even worse when bush refuses to talk publicly to Anyone not in uniform. how can our pussy president, being the wimp ass pussy that he is, not simply break down in mid speech and start sobbing about his overwhelming fear of talking "publicly" at all???

how can he not just go home some night and blow his brain out cause he cannot bring himself to talk to americans who dont owe him a salute up front???

I think I might have to elvis myself into the next dimension. I cant wait till future studies, maybe frontline in 2010, digs in there and finds out the depth of heir dubyah's personal issues. the drugs he's hooked on, the paranoia, the neuroses, all the veils of weakness that are at once obvious and which, take drinking for example, from his perspective, must be like seeing through a glass darkly.

the whole thing must be even more of a twilight zone to him than it is for us. he CAN'T possibly know what he's doing...no one would Consciously do Any of this crap.

p.s. go media go...keep telling the truth. do your job. let people know what's happened to them. show them how theyve been screwed. show them what WE already know.

that old feeling

2005-11-09T19:33:00.000-08:00

the old cancer kicks up again...the knowledge that, regardless of public opinion, he'll never get what he deserves. what a great role model for playing dumb in life while feeding the profits of your buddies and donors behind everyone's back.

how bout those oil kings before congress trying to defend their 3rd quarter record profits while raising prices dramatically every week? my question is can senators and congressmen really afford to challenge oil execs?

doesnt that qualify as anti-american in bushlandia? can the polls be so devastating that elected officials can ignore what corporate america has come to demand...total subservience and obedience?

or could human values and morality take an upturn even as the evil W takes a downslide?

damn this optimistic streak o mine.

Life in the American Bush

2005-11-07T20:43:00.000-08:00

I just read a story that reviewed a recent GWB speech in which he addressed the uproar about torture and US policy.

While on one hand he says that "We do not condone torture" (and I paraphrase), he is on record in opposing the senate bill currently under consideration that bans torture by U.S. agents. Hmmmm

Tell me Shrub, what is it. Where do you stand.

There is no other way of assessing this moron; he is a lying sack of shit.

Personally, I would love to see Cheney get his comeuppance by having his sorry ass thrown in prison. He can be someone's love toy for awhile. Maybe his karmic imbalance can be amended that way?

case in point...This Old Guitar

2005-11-06T23:25:00.000-08:00

imagine this sung as a total drone,
a simplistic melody repeated ad nauseum
by a man looking into the freezer for
nothing in particular. you can
almost see neil saying, "shit,
that's probly good enough"
every line or two...
...
This old guitar ain't mine to keep
Just taking care of it now
It's been around for years and years
Just waiting in its old case
It's been up and down the country roads
It's brought a tear and a smile
It's seen its share of dreams and hopes
And never went out of style

This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar

This old guitar has caught some breaks
But it never searched for gold
It can't be blamed for my mistakes
It only does what it's told
It's been a messenger in times of trouble
In times of hope and fear
When I get drunk and seeing double
It jumps behind the wheel and steers

This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
This old guitar
...
you can smell him find:

It cant be blamed for my mistakes
It only does what it's told.

which is cool...but then he has to
back up to set the line up with:

This old guitar has caught some breaks
But it never searched for gold.

huh? please tell me he's not simply
referencing "Heart of Gold" ala one
of Lennon's biographical quips...
cause that's a whip of a quip
and shitty wit if true.

neil young on conan all week

2005-11-03T22:17:00.000-08:00

I know he has a cult following
I know he can play with anyone he wants
I know his royalities could retire the columbian debt
I know he has 3 mansions on hills overlooking 3 different seas
I know he's worked long and hard to get where he is
I know he never has to work another day
I know he's been everywhere
and done everything
but I swear...

I dont know why.

yo yo bush yo yo

2005-11-02T21:41:00.000-08:00

and so our fearless leader continues to twist in the wind.

when his lady lawyer friend flagged out and his
right hand mob called for their dog in her stead,
the big W was happy to comply and put in a nomination
he was sure was bound to fly across the nation.

"we'll put the court back 60 years!" is what he said.

"not if we have Our way," the democrats replied.

damn it

2005-10-28T16:48:00.000-07:00

no roasted rove.

damn it.

keep the home fires burning

2005-10-27T17:54:00.000-07:00

it's so great to see all the crashing and burning. all the masks coming off. even the weird americans on the far right having problems with really weird americans in the white house.

by the way, when youre submitting blogs, do all you guys also have blank fields for "title", "link" and the big text box? if so, you can put a URL into that link field and it will automatically link to whatever URL youre recommending in your comments.

thanks for blogging, greggo. good luck with your benefit thing.

when I think I have seen it all.....

2005-10-26T20:42:00.000-07:00

I keep thinking that I can't be shocked by the shit that comes out of this administration, then along comes reports like this.

http://tinyurl.com/73am7

Oh yes, we have a gentler kinder president....christian too rumor has it. RIGHT

how much would you pay?

2005-10-25T15:58:00.001-07:00

for front row seats to see the upcoming instant classic...

CHENEY ON THE CHAIN GANG

the epic tale of a black hearted Montanaoan in his mindless mission to undermine credibility...his own and that of the american people. just when he thought no one could see the sins of his sordid past, the betrayal of american intelligence, the for us - against us mindset that pitted his black hattedness against america itself...

down comes the curtain ashcroft draped over Liberty and down comes her swift sword through the legion of undead known as the bush administration. lucky are those who jumped ship in disgust during the first four years cause now it's time to pay the piper.

now it's time to drive the rest of the rats from the sacred ship of state into deep boiling seas of come uppins and against the shore of all such washed up enemies of the republic. and up goes a fresh betsy ross and the freedom and justice for which it Truly stands.

frontline rocks

2005-10-21T02:51:00.000-07:00

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/torture/

how can rumsfeld not swing for what he's done? no wonder he's kept such a low profile the last few years. why hasnt bush been proudly saying, "Now ya'll need ta give my little Rummy boy some love. His philosophy toward torture is the same as mine and will be the same 20 years from now"?

let me see your papers...and I dont mean Please!

2005-10-19T19:51:00.000-07:00

I cant believe the "pledge allegiance to george" thing. I mean I Can but I mean I cant believe how neroesque this guy is. he IS nero. he isolates himself from Everyone who doesnt adore him. he condemns and exacts revenge on all who arent with him.

and he does so to such an extreme it colors everthing...every echo and artifact of this strange, groteque regime. I can only pray the vast majority of the population will see him for what he is by the time he leaves office. and that he will never achieve the diplomatic status of carter or clinton or even his hideously deceptive old man...heinous old spymaster.

I'm under no delusion that bush II's karma will catch up with him so fast or that even, as a society, there will be a public outcry to repeal the republican revolution for the bitter abhorrent might makes right abomination its been from the beginning.

I know better than to assume that the worse it gets, the sooner better days will return. didnt happen with nixon, didnt happen with reagan, why would bush be any different. it will take another massive union movement to bring us back to domestic sanity and I dont see that happening for another 2-3 decades.

we'll probably see the rich-poor gap widen more and more for many, many years...more and more poor dropping out...I dont know...the whole hellish human sacrifice procession is progressing at an alarming rate. anyone else have their crystal ball handy and wanna weigh in on our sorry fate?

corporate support

2005-10-18T22:08:00.000-07:00

anyone else see the article in the morning news that displayed the decline in retirement health care in corporate america. when bush 41 took office in 88, 60% of american corporations provided employee health benefits in retirement. during his 4 years, that dropped to 32%, almost half.

clinton didnt do much to turn that around as if congress was in the mood to get back in the biz of regulation after 12 years of the free marketeers bogusly propogandizing that there was even such thing as a "free" market. but at least the situation started to reverse itself till bush 43 resumed the screwing of employees. now it's back down to just above 30% and any reasonable analysis shows a zero sum at some point.

which brings us to the weird part. when the the article talked about what employees need to do, there was absolutely no mention of trying to get lawmakers to help, to think in terms of organizing against getting screwed, no union contact info. there was nothing about whether there was even screwing going on. it was simply accepted that benefits that were there before arent there now and it wont be long before they'll be nothing but a memory.

so, they ended with how much the average retiree will have to save to get by...assuming nothing catastrophic. hey, maybe I'm wrong about this. who ever heard of anyone getting sick after they retire? I mean, as long as you take your vitamins and eat fish once a week, you should be fine, right?

what's next? child labor? how much more Victorian, pre-union work place policies are we going to go back to ? ? ? totally insane.

gettin' ready...

2005-10-17T19:54:00.000-07:00

lately i've seen soldiers walking around austin...

on the street, at the mall, sometimes in pairs, sometimes alone...

a good friend of mine who trained and once considered a career with the forestry service just told me that all mid-level managers and up must now swear an 'oath' to the president. the president mind you...

national parks are a good place to hide.

people are looking at these things and saying 'what the fuck is going on here?'

i'll tell you what's going on.

why do you think bush wants his personal attorney on the supreme court?

get prepared to present your papers before curfew...

rhymes with 'bird flu'...

38% and falling

2005-10-15T01:12:00.000-07:00

I heartily approve.

have you googled "failure" yet?

seems like that was there a few
years ago and here it is again.

maybe jesus is firing back.

bushline

2005-10-11T23:56:00.000-07:00

bushline
Originally uploaded by kcorbet.

hello? katrina who? rita??? I cant, uh, uh...youre in a bad cell. call back later.

who the fuck knows?

2005-10-11T22:31:00.000-07:00

sometimes I wonder how ominous the Whatcha Don't Know factor is with these guys...the leads And supporting cast. we can see how some of the shit will haunt us for years to come, here and around the world, politically, socially, any yardstick you care to pull outta the basket.

again, I didnt hear Roberts say anything that made me think Thumbs Down and Miers seems relatively harmless. Now.

what it comes down to is, given the track record, how can we possibly trust W's judgement on ANYTHING???

I mean, we have a saying here in Texas. "Fool me once, uh, uh..."

speaking of which, how bout a few more bushisms:

"We discussed the way forward in Iraq, discussed the importance of a democracy in the greater Middle East in order to leave behind a peaceful tomorrow."

"It's in our country's interests to find those who would do harm to us and get them out of harm's way."

"But Iraq has - have got people there that are willing to kill and they're hard-nosed killers and we will work with the Iraqis to secure their future."

(while surveying Katrina damage from air force one) "It's totally wiped out... devastating. It's got to be doubly devastating on the ground."

"My thoughts are we're going to get somebody who knows what they're talking about when it comes to rebuilding cities."

good idea, george. and a refreshing change in judgement.

The Miers Connundrum

2005-10-10T22:41:00.000-07:00

Well, the Harriet Miers situation has got me in a bit of a quandry.
Sure, she's got a whole shitload of credentials that I' m not too crazy about...not the least of which is the house legal whore to our own Guvner turned national fuckup.
But...the mere fact she's got people like Brownback in a dither leads me to wonder if this might not be the lesser of many many evils.
On a more personal note, I have met her twice. She used to frequent LaMadeleine by SMU in the early 90s and was looked upon quite fondly by many of the alterna-activists who held court there. Hell, if they like her....
Whats really going to be interesting is how the Rove mess plays out. Just what did he promise those senators?
A trip to the Harriet Dairyette for a sack of fresh votes, I reckon.

come back, shane

2005-10-10T22:30:00.000-07:00

The President, Condeleeza Rice and Dick Cheney are flying on Air Force One. George looks at Condi, chuckles and says, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Condeleeza shrugs her shoulders and says, "Well, I could throw ten $100 bills out the window and make 10 people very happy."

Cheney says, "Of course then, I could throw one-hundred $10 bills out the window and make a hundred people very happy."

Overhearing the conversation from the cockpit, the pilot glances at the ground 32,000 feet below and says to his co-pilot, "Hell, I could throw all three of them bozos out the window and make 57.3 million people friggin ecstatic."

who do you believe?

2005-10-06T13:49:00.000-07:00

(click on the title to see the entire ny times article)

bush: "But let's be clear," Mr. Bush continued. "It is cowardice that seeks to kill children and the elderly with car bombs, and cuts the throat of a bound captive, and targets worshipers leaving a mosque. It is courage that liberated more than 50 million people. It is courage that keeps an untiring vigil against the enemies of a rising democracy, and it is courage in the cause of freedom that once again will destroy the enemies of freedom. "

(how much courage does it take for the most advanced military on earth to attack weak little iraq? just another in our shameful history. grenada, panama, afghanistan, iraq. george...if you wanna prove your so-called courage, invade china or germany...oh, wait, we already did that...and we're still fucking there...sheesh.)

pelosi (d-calif): "The president's statement that Iraq is the central front on the war on terror is a mistake," she said. The Bush administration "has totally mismanaged the war in Iraq" and "now he's trying to justify his actions with a series of excuses that are not reasons for us to be there."

what is it about the undeveloped personalities of certain conservative politicians who still look at life through the filter of a B-Western? the bad guys are always yeller and aint nobody gonna cross my line in the sand.

please. does anyone believe bush or any of his buddies would strap on a bomb with the intention of blowing himself up for his beliefs? I dont know...I dont see bush smithereening himself for jesus or for any of his freedom and democracy diatribe. unless maybe he could do it with a bag of exploding pretzels.

how deep the hole?

2005-10-05T19:43:00.000-07:00

as bush continues to kill off potential republican voters wherever he can...in international wars against nobody in particular and through domestic ineptness, he seems to think he can make everything okay by making more and more mistakes.

"uh, well, if 2 wrongs dont make a right, how many does it take exactly?"

or "hey, seems like if I dig deep enough I'll find a way outta this dang hole."

so, his approval rating keeps going down and what is he trying to get congress to do? "let's pay for my little war on nobody and the shit left by whatever that big rain was or whatever by cutting food help for the poor, slashing environmental conservation (you mean, like those wetlands around N.O. that might have saved the day during katrina?) and, hey, lets really piss off the farmers by cutting their programs while theyre grappling with the one thing that makes a farm go...fuel for their machines."

meanwhile, we're pouring hundreds of millions into airfields in iraq and afghanistan. now isnt That special? saudi arabia tossed us out so we cant build bases there. very likely iraq will send us packing once they get off the ropes. of course the sunnis keep saying they're not playing along as long as we're there. prognosis: we build a state of the art air base that we'll have to abandon in the next few years anyway. what the fuck...another $150 million for what may become a camel lot.

sorry. I'm not implying theyre still driving camels over there, but I couldnt pass up the pun.

what's clear is the bush priorities are marching forward like a light house in the middle of the desert.

"SHE'S NOT GONNA CHANGE!"

2005-10-04T19:24:00.000-07:00

not the issue, george. we wanna know what she IS, not that she'll be the same in 20 years.

same as WHAT, dog?!

it's a girl!

2005-10-03T20:17:00.000-07:00

but she has zero bench time, george.

yeah, but she's been such a pal.

what the hell, george. we're talking about the SUPREME COURT here. this crap reminds me so much of a seinfeld scene where george is talking with jerry about possible career directions.

I like history. maybe I could teach history in college.

well, you usually have to have a degree in something before you can teach it.

maybe I could be a newscaster.

they usually give those jobs to broadcast journalists.

yeah. hey, I could be the color guy in the football booth.

well, again, they usually give those jobs to broadcasters and former football players.

that really isnt fair, is it?

I guess no one ever told dubyah about the connection between experience and expertise. what am I sayin? obviously, he never had to worry about such details to get where he's been.

personally, I cant imagine booking one of my teaching buddies to play a jazz gig if they dont know how. fuck. I used to ask my musician buddies to teach music history class till I saw how rare it is that they actually know how to teach. I mean...some can...some. but I no longer assume someone can do something just because I LIKE them and think theyre cool.

bushisms

2005-10-02T14:10:00.000-07:00

"They want the federal government controlling Social Security like it's some kind of federal program."
- George W. Bush

"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the propaganda."
- George W. Bush

"Uhh Gosh, I.. don't think I ever said I'm not worried about Osama bin Laden. It's kind of one of those, uhh, exaggerations."
- George W. Bush, 10/13/2004
"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."
- George W. Bush, 3/13/2002
"The most important thing is for us to find Osama bin Laden. It is our number one priority and we will not rest until we find him."
- George W. Bush, 9/13/2001

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking of new ways to harm our country and our people.. and neither do we."
- George W. Bush

"There's a lot of people in the world who don't believe that people whose skin color may not be the same as ours can be free and self govern. I reject that. I reject that strongly. I believe that people who practice the Muslim faith can self-govern. I believe that people whose skins aren't necessarily.. are a different color than white can self-govern."
- George W. Bush

axisposter

2005-10-02T00:15:00.000-07:00

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army grunts

2005-10-01T13:20:00.000-07:00

anyone else bugged by the recruiting ads these days?

I see these things and wonder who's falling for this crap. I can only hope the 2000 dead and countless maimed will eventually decrease the overly-testosteroned gene pool.

to all potentially great artists, leaders and scientists watching these ads who may not live cause theyre being tossed on the bonfire of dubyah's pointless posse, I say "go back, little spermies! go back! it's a blow job!"

con du lisa

2005-10-01T00:02:00.000-07:00

I wonder if condi would even disagree with bennett's statement. if she is so brainwashed that she will willingly do and say the most outrageous things in support of bush's insanity, she either is A. so disconnected with reality as to have no sense of personal integrity or B. believes loyalty is the only priority and, therefore, has no sense of personal integrity whatsoever.

the parallels with corporate america are too obvious. the first thing you have to get upclose and comfy with is all lies great and small. the first thing out of your mouth when you arrive is "so nice to meet you" to someone you may well not trust from the get go. and everyday thereafter there is someone or some thing you can never be honest and open about.

this white house, the big house and westinghouse all share a common pressure...know when to lie and know when to keep your mouth shut. there is no truth beyond. if you cant live every moment on those terms, youre not long for the good ship lollypop.

how can that not be desensitizing? how can you so completely give up how you feel about what happens "at work"? I couldnt do it and will never put myself in that position again.

I doubt condi gave old boy bennett a second thought. I'm guessing he could have said, "if you wanna stop crime lynch all the jigaboo chucker boys and order in lunch" and condi's smile would have remained unchanged.

she wouldnt have been able to advance to her current place of notority otherwise. but I dont care. of all the vermin in the bush house of horrors, she never fails to boil my blood. some say she may be the first woman president. the way I feel about bush is like eating ice cream to the way I'd feel about her in the oral office.

The Bennett Diagnosis

2005-09-30T22:36:00.000-07:00

Infuriating...frustrating....depressing, yes.

But not surprising.

Ben-it's diatribe this week revealed the basic fundamental flaw with the republican party; the flaw that motivates us to seek change.
The flaw? A total disregard, if not outright contempt, for the "have-nots" of society.
Not for one second do I believe that he is the only one of his elephant-ilk who thinks that way.
The proof we see daily in the policies and appointments of this administration; an administration that clearly favors loyalty over truth.

Hey Bennett...have you asked Condomtweezer what she thought of your statement?

Hmmm?

DeLay punishment & Bennett bullshit

2005-09-30T15:53:00.000-07:00

these news items are sadly related in a sadly sad way.

it's called america. the same system that perpetuates poverty, creating desperate landscapes in which cops desperately nab those who (allegedly) have succumbed to the need to overcome unliveable circumstances, gives others a free pass...if they can afford it.

whether drug users or petty criminals and even real bad boys...one has to ask how societal and environmental change might affect choices and lifestyles. if the desperation was relieved by the same money now used to kill people here and abroad, would the crime and incarceration rate drop dramatically?

as part of the same system, if Justice were truly blind, would money and political influence be such a thick shield for the real bad guys...the politicians and high public figures who, at the very most, face a few months in country club lock up after committing crimes that victimize the entire nation?

which is worse, getting caught with pot or stealing a dvd player or making millions of lives worse for your selfish and self-serving actions? the most we can hope here is that at least a few assholes will be taken off line and others will be put on notice not to be too selfish.

but Land of the Free, Home of the Brave??? Greatest Nation on Earth???

Justice is obviously Not the blind one here. Justice isnt blind at all. She knows who her friends are and who she doesnt give a shit about.

all of which makes me wonder...what IS the relationship between Justice and Fairness?

america doesnt seem to have a clue.

unfuckingbelievable

2005-09-30T13:49:00.000-07:00

It is rare that I am actually shocked by anything a politician says these days, but for an ex-education secretary (of all people) to say this is absolutely reprehensible.

William Bennett was born 50 years too late. He would have fit right in with the Nazi party.

Read the story on his comments on crime. >>>http://tinyurl.com/dy98f

different page, same book

2005-09-30T08:50:00.000-07:00

According to this NYTimes editorial, the house Republicans intend to continue business as usual with the absence of DeLay..

Sad.

what are the chances

2005-09-29T22:22:00.000-07:00

What are the odds that T9m DeLay will end up actually being convicted and being sent to a real prison? (instead of some country club affair where he spends his afternoons working on his tennis and golf games)

I want to see this asshole pounding out license plates. He needs to be asking his wife for soap on a rope in his care packages. I figure a nice stretch in a cell with Bubba would do him some good.

Somehow I doubt he will pay the price. People like him always seem to squirm off the hook.

this just in

2005-09-28T20:55:00.000-07:00

Rumsfeld is giving President Bush his morning
briefing and tells the President that, in overnight
military maneuvers, 3 Brazilian soldiers were killed.

The President says, "Oh, my God. Oh, my God."

Rumsfeld is taken aback by the President's response
as he puts his head in his hands, noticeably shaken.

After a moment of prayer, Bush finally looks up.

"Rummy? exactly how many Is a brazillion?"

Hangman

2005-09-28T19:51:00.000-07:00

Hang down your head, Tom (strum) DeLay
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Oh boy your pants're on fire.

This time to(strum)morrow
Wonder where you'll be
Up in New York City
Hangin from Miss Liberty.

Hang down your head, Tom (sincere canned applause) DeLay
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head, Tom DeLay
Oh boy your butt's on trial.

Say Goodnight, Tom.

HERE HERE

2005-09-28T14:32:00.000-07:00

And here's hoping the train to shuttle his crooked ass off to Conspiracy Island won't be DeLayed one millisecond.
Justice, served.

about fucking time

2005-09-28T10:18:00.000-07:00

DeLay finally faces the music. I have grown so tired of his arrogant tone and his hypocritical behavior. I want to see his ass gone.

http://tinyurl.com/d84qr

Life in the American Bush

I'm dying...

as if the medical industry wasnt already cleaning up...

lie # 4,337

the result of U.S. foreign policy

and the knfe in the back

Same shit, different year...again.

lying ass son of a bitch

click on the title of the piece below to go to the link

listened to the press conference at...

yeah well

Its pretty tellin.....

Nightline

my bad

amen, bruthuh

gimme privacy or gimme death

Get off my Google

please, lord, no...

The future according to Laura the Librarian

bye, bye, Roe

the spine bone connected to the brain bone

You say fuck....

the distinguished senator from alabam

whistle blowers and balls

So far..

back

Can't wait to see..

Happy New Year...

Let's look at it like this....

reagan

george w. sage

merry xmas, guys

according to the dems...

Riders in the sky

oh, and damn them all to hell...

george george george

Damn..

oh no oh no oh no

Check your phones!

another positive development

FUCK YOU,

now what's he doing

blame it on the holidays

dont get me started

I saw that one.......

beyond ridiculous

giddy dogs

friends of george

speechifyin parties

Tis the season for givin...

so, wuzzup...?

bushratings

more thanksgving injun questions

So I wonder...

7 fun facts about living in america

thankful

bush in china

Its embarrasin

and another thing...

darth dick

stupidity defined

The SoupReam Court

Good indeed

back in the saddle again

answering my own question

Veteran's Day 05

that old feeling

Life in the American Bush

case in point...This Old Guitar

neil young on conan all week

yo yo bush yo yo

damn it

keep the home fires burning

when I think I have seen it all.....

how much would you pay?

frontline rocks

let me see your papers...and I dont mean Please!

corporate support

gettin' ready...

38% and falling