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Wednesday, August 22, 2007

Bush And His Speechwriters Are Idiots

After steering clear of the Iraq-Vietnam comparison for the last four and one-half years, Bush told a congregation of Veterans of Foreign Wars today in Kansas City, Missouri, that if we'd stayed longer in Vietnam, the Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot may not have ever happened. Damn, these idiots love to... Sign in to see full entry.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

Rasputin... Uh, I Mean Karl Rove... Is Gone... Kind Of, Sort Of

Former White House Chief of Staff and current policy maker Karl Rove has resigned, effective September 1. At the announcement, Bush called him "turd blossom". And you thought Dubya couldn't look any less presidential... The man who has been dubbed Dubya's "brain" is stepping aside, or so they claim.... Sign in to see full entry.

Saturday, August 11, 2007

Can Anybody Give Me A Good Reason Not To Say, "Misdirection"?

Director of Homeland Security (that term still makes me think "KGB" and "Gestapo") Michael Chertoff told the press yesterday that, since he wasn't given the necessary broad range of tools needed to secure the borders and stymie the flow of illegal immigration (he was sarcastically referring to the... Sign in to see full entry.

Sunday, August 5, 2007

Who Wants To Run This Country... And Not Into The Ground?

Let's talk politics. Capitol Hill politics. White House politics. Let's talk about why we elect our public officials to their posts... We the people... Of the people... For the people... Let's start with the last three words, shall we? For the people. Good words to govern by. They do not mandate... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Bush Says Al Qaeda 95 Times In 29 Minutes

Bush was at the Citadel, South Carolina's preeminent military college, a day after the Democratic debate and apparently believes that if you say something enough times, your audience will come to believe it. He used the term "al Qaeda" 95 times in the space of 29 minutes. John Ware of CNN stated... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, July 20, 2007

Bush, The Hypocrite

When asked today if he would commute the sentence of Jose Compean and Ignacio Ramos, the two Texas Border Patrolmen that are serving over a decade in prison for shooting a drug dealer in the ass, the president yesterday stated that Compean and Ramos had been tried fairly by his "friend" Johnny... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 17, 2007

Can You Say, "Needless Grandstanding"?

In what appears to be a pointless show of pointlessness, the Democrats are staging an all-night session of Congress to draw attention to the Republican obstruction of withdrawing American troops from Iraq. Although I personally agree that the troops should be brought home as soon as is logistically... Sign in to see full entry.

Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Pardon, Commute -- It Amounts To The Same Thing

Call it whatever you want, but the commutation of "Scooter" Libby's 30-month sentence was out-and-out amnesty. Bush couldn't get it for illegal immigrants, so he gave it to a convicted felon. How noble. In the meantime, two gentlemen by the names of Campeon and Ramos sit in federal prisons,... Sign in to see full entry.

Thursday, June 28, 2007

The "Grand Compromise" Dies -- And Good Riddance

The ridiculously worded, ineptly compiled bill and accumulated amendments known as the "Grand Compromise" presented by the bipartisan wranglings of Senators Kyl, Kennedy, McCain, and others died a quick death in the Senate today, despite president Bush's resurrection efforts last week. In what may... Sign in to see full entry.

Friday, June 22, 2007

Accountable To No One

Pundits, analysts and comedians have said it for the past six years and now they damn near have proof -- Vice-President Richard Cheney is accountable to no one. Nobody. Not a soul. According to California Democratic congressman Henry Waxman, chairman of the House oversight committee, the... Sign in to see full entry.

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