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9/11: It's like the Fourth of July in a way...
What the FUCK?
*seethes*
Are you shitting me about the Walk-A-Thon/Country Music Concert to "celebrate freedom" and "support the troops" and to "remember the victims of 9/11"? And it's actually ORGANIZED by the Department of Defense?
As in this is MY tax dollars at work?
I. Have. No. Fucking. Words.
This picture from Dependable Renegade pretty much says it all, dontchya think?
Orwell must be laughing his ass off.
Allow me to join Steve Gilliard in wishing Rumsfeld a one-way express ticket to hell. Way to once more hide behind the pile of rubble that was the World Trade Center and International Good Will as more and more of the general American public figures out that you and your boss FUCKING LIED because you had a hard-on for reshaping the Middle East according to some mushroom-inspired neocon fantasy.
Oh, and Clint Black? I'm ordering an express ticket to hell for you, too. Maybe you and Rummy can share a seat. Can't come soon enough for either one of you, baby. *kiss-kiss*
To make me feel better, I've decided to make a wee small donation to support Cindy Sheehan as she continues to dare President Bush to come out and answer her questions.
Woman's got serious OVARIES people. And we all know that Bush has no balls. It's really an unfair fight. I put $25 on Sheehan to win.
Rumor has it they're going to arrest her if she doesn't leave the side of the road by Thursday.
As Maureen Dowd points out, ignoring Sheehan (and trust me, you don't ever want to piss off a Gold Star Mother with a mission because that's just bad juju) is probably the stupidest way to handle the situation.
As our Chickenhawk-in-Chief (bwack-bwack-bwack-BWACK!) continues to hide his alcoholic ass from one Gold Star Mother, the Right Wing Slime Machine continues to tie itself in knots to the point where the "t" word (that would be "traitor") has been applied. And before anyone tosses the Drudge/O'Reilly talking point at me that Sheehan said something completely different about holding Bush personally responsible for her son's death after meeting with the Chickenhawk-in-Chief last year, just to let you know: they're misquoting her just a little bit. Actually, they've edited, twisted, and basically lied about what Cindy Sheehan actually said.
So, while I'm wishing Clint Black and Donnie Rumsfeld a long, painful trip to hell, why don't I throw Bill O'Reilly and Michele Malkin on top of the flaming turd pile. Hope you all burn. Fuckers.
Since I can't call down a rain of fire on these people's asses, I guess I'll just have to toss some bucks in the Cindy Sheehan kitty. Poor woman is ill because of her outdoor vigil, but she ain't moving from her spot. The woman needs chicken soup. Hopefully my contribution will buy some of the good stuff for her.
I am irate now with the entire fucked-up government we've got in the U.S. I don't suppose there's a job waiting for me in Canada somewhere? I've always been a Maple Leafer at heart. Does it help that my mother's family is originally from Quebec?
*seethes*
Are you shitting me about the Walk-A-Thon/Country Music Concert to "celebrate freedom" and "support the troops" and to "remember the victims of 9/11"? And it's actually ORGANIZED by the Department of Defense?
As in this is MY tax dollars at work?
I. Have. No. Fucking. Words.
This picture from Dependable Renegade pretty much says it all, dontchya think?
Orwell must be laughing his ass off.
Allow me to join Steve Gilliard in wishing Rumsfeld a one-way express ticket to hell. Way to once more hide behind the pile of rubble that was the World Trade Center and International Good Will as more and more of the general American public figures out that you and your boss FUCKING LIED because you had a hard-on for reshaping the Middle East according to some mushroom-inspired neocon fantasy.
Oh, and Clint Black? I'm ordering an express ticket to hell for you, too. Maybe you and Rummy can share a seat. Can't come soon enough for either one of you, baby. *kiss-kiss*
To make me feel better, I've decided to make a wee small donation to support Cindy Sheehan as she continues to dare President Bush to come out and answer her questions.
Woman's got serious OVARIES people. And we all know that Bush has no balls. It's really an unfair fight. I put $25 on Sheehan to win.
Rumor has it they're going to arrest her if she doesn't leave the side of the road by Thursday.
As Maureen Dowd points out, ignoring Sheehan (and trust me, you don't ever want to piss off a Gold Star Mother with a mission because that's just bad juju) is probably the stupidest way to handle the situation.
As our Chickenhawk-in-Chief (bwack-bwack-bwack-BWACK!) continues to hide his alcoholic ass from one Gold Star Mother, the Right Wing Slime Machine continues to tie itself in knots to the point where the "t" word (that would be "traitor") has been applied. And before anyone tosses the Drudge/O'Reilly talking point at me that Sheehan said something completely different about holding Bush personally responsible for her son's death after meeting with the Chickenhawk-in-Chief last year, just to let you know: they're misquoting her just a little bit. Actually, they've edited, twisted, and basically lied about what Cindy Sheehan actually said.
So, while I'm wishing Clint Black and Donnie Rumsfeld a long, painful trip to hell, why don't I throw Bill O'Reilly and Michele Malkin on top of the flaming turd pile. Hope you all burn. Fuckers.
Since I can't call down a rain of fire on these people's asses, I guess I'll just have to toss some bucks in the Cindy Sheehan kitty. Poor woman is ill because of her outdoor vigil, but she ain't moving from her spot. The woman needs chicken soup. Hopefully my contribution will buy some of the good stuff for her.
I am irate now with the entire fucked-up government we've got in the U.S. I don't suppose there's a job waiting for me in Canada somewhere? I've always been a Maple Leafer at heart. Does it help that my mother's family is originally from Quebec?
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Now having said that, I agree that Iran is a sovereign nation with the right to pursue its own "energy" policy, if that's what it is. But it's also an avowed enemy of Israel, and it's doing its own version of saber-rattling these days. In full view of the UN, I might add. Not so smart, in my book.
On the other hand, they must know that we're over-extended and can't possibly support another military campaign. Except, given this administration, we'll probably go ahead and bomb the hell out of them anyway. A nuclear weapons program isn't a deterrent to this administration: it's a welcome mat.
I wonder what the fallout will be from this big party on 9/11? I wonder how NYC is going to deal with it?
FYI, I did move to Canada at the beginning of the year :)
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(Anonymous) 2005-08-13 03:49 am (UTC)(link)I don't like the aber rattling, either. I think Bush would have to be completely retarded to invade yet another country.
To be fair though, Iran is pursuing "uranium conversion" wich means turning it into plutonium. Wich has approximately 0% safe "energy" use. You use plutonium to make bombs, not reactors.
While I suppose there is no reason a plutonium based nuclear "breeder" reactor could not be used to generate electricity, its roughly 10x more hazardous to run for MUCH less than 10x as much electricity.
It also has the major side effect of turning normal uranium into weapons-grade plutonium.
--Dracul, who thinks our current foreign policy is being set by people too stupid to work in the Bush SENIOR Administration.
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Like I said above, Iran is clearly not being entirely honest about anything. God knows there are enough countries in its backyard (read: Europe) who are taking the situation very, very seriously. Had we kept our hands off of Iraq, I suspect Iran wouldn't be quite so blatant about creating its own nuclear capabilities. Furthermore, the U.S. would've had some authority in backing the EU's attempts to get Iran to back down and back off. As it is, we pretty much squandered that authority in Iran.
The thing is, if Bush Sr. were in charge, we would've never fucked up in Tora Bora and we would've had more cooperation from the Islamic governments, or at least a tacit agreement to keep their mouths shut because a lot of them aren't any happier about al Queada. Furthermore, there'd be no way we'd be in Iraq, either. Bush Sr. back then understood why the U.S. couldn't get bogged down in Iraq and agreed (reportedly unhappily) with the containment scheme his administration set up and the Clinton administration continued.
Like I said, I had issues with Bush Sr.'s domestic policy, and was suspicious about our involvement in Operation Desert Storm, but the man also had a very clear grasp of reality and was smart enough to play the international odds in favor of U.S. interests. Ultimately, you can't expect more than that from a U.S. president.
As for GeeDubbya? I think we can pretty much agree that he doesn't have his father's brains nor did he even ask for his father's advice. I think we can pretty much say that Bush Sr. does not have any influence in the current White House. Things wouldn't be this bad if he did.