As with 'torture' so it goes with the death penalty. We are not arguing the barbarity of such actions exacted on one human being by other human beings, merely the semanitics of what constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. This country will continue to torture and execute both the guilty and the innocent as an example to the rest of the world of our justice and compassion. We shall remain consistent and steadfast in our pursuit and implementation of laws that completely contradict our self-styled civil society.
Why? Ask the most devolved man in America and he will tell you!
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Flogging A Dead Horse
Karen Hughes finally realizes that even she is incapable of removing the stench and stain this administration has left upon the sphere of world opinion. There was just never going to be enough 'Mr. Clean'.
She will return to Texas to spend more time with her damaged reputation...
She will return to Texas to spend more time with her damaged reputation...
Tuesday, October 30, 2007
Endangered Species?
I am so behind the times... They just got a big shout-out in the New Yorker, I 'tubed a lot but this is the most resonant, for me, right now.
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Bush Speak... No One Listen
The 'urgent' need for a ballistic missile defence in Europe is well, not that urgent. Bush is making a mockery of himself in order to protect his legacy of having created a program that doesn't work... seems about par for the course.
Did I mention he's an idiot!
Did I mention he's an idiot!
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Wankers Of The World Unite...Already!
Today is 'National Islamofascist Awareness Day.'
To celebrate such, I intend to smoke hashish from a hookah whilst quoting extended passages of Mein Kampf to my twelve and thirteen year old boys.
Now that's what I call, a quality education!
To celebrate such, I intend to smoke hashish from a hookah whilst quoting extended passages of Mein Kampf to my twelve and thirteen year old boys.
Now that's what I call, a quality education!
No One Could Have Predicted... Episode MMMCLXXI
So, a major drought creeps up on Georgia, the Governor sits on his hands, the entire populace goes about it's daily business as if the good times can never end and the long, hot summer rolls endlessly along.
Suddenly, there is no fricking water, it becomes a complete clusterfuck of recriminations and back-stabbing, the blame game erupts and still nothing is getting done to mitigate a disaster that is happening in 'ultra-slow motion.'
It's like New Orleans in reverse and once again everybody's favorite whipping boy is the Army Corps of Engineers... why?
October is 'Take A Shorter Shower Month'!!!! Gawd 'elp us!
Suddenly, there is no fricking water, it becomes a complete clusterfuck of recriminations and back-stabbing, the blame game erupts and still nothing is getting done to mitigate a disaster that is happening in 'ultra-slow motion.'
It's like New Orleans in reverse and once again everybody's favorite whipping boy is the Army Corps of Engineers... why?
October is 'Take A Shorter Shower Month'!!!! Gawd 'elp us!
More Missiles...? Maybe Later.
It appears that SecDef Gates has been managing a more pragmatic approach to the European Missile Shield (designed to intercept phantom Iranian missiles). In as much as he has decided, with Russia's apparent agreement, not to activate the system until definitive proof of Iran's capabilities is established... imagine such a sanguine strategy from this administration!
Who is Tomas Pojar and what is he talking about:
Earlier Tuesday, Tomas Pojar, deputy minister of foreign affairs, told U.S. reporters traveling with Gates that his government's support for the defense plan is based not only on a shared worry about future missile threats but also a ''moral, historical'' sense of appreciation for American support for Czech democracy.
What kind of mumbo jumbo is that? What 'moral and historical' support. Did we declare war on Germany when Hitler's tanks rolled into Prague, no. Did we declare war on Communist Russia as their tanks rolled into Prague a few years later, no. Has George W. Bush or any other member of his cabinet seen a Vaclav Havel play, no. Our historical indifference to former German and Soviet satellites is well documented, I'm sorry Mr. Pojar but you must be reading from the wrong history books.
Who is Tomas Pojar and what is he talking about:
Earlier Tuesday, Tomas Pojar, deputy minister of foreign affairs, told U.S. reporters traveling with Gates that his government's support for the defense plan is based not only on a shared worry about future missile threats but also a ''moral, historical'' sense of appreciation for American support for Czech democracy.
What kind of mumbo jumbo is that? What 'moral and historical' support. Did we declare war on Germany when Hitler's tanks rolled into Prague, no. Did we declare war on Communist Russia as their tanks rolled into Prague a few years later, no. Has George W. Bush or any other member of his cabinet seen a Vaclav Havel play, no. Our historical indifference to former German and Soviet satellites is well documented, I'm sorry Mr. Pojar but you must be reading from the wrong history books.
Dithering
The Times opinionators kind of pussyfoot around the Kurdish 'problem' as tensions escalate not only on the Turkish-Iraq border but also, as reported in their own newspaper, the Iraq-Iran border in the Kurdish Autonomous Region.
The Kurds already consider themselves freelancers in the 'great game', answerable only to their apparent singular objective which is probably true independence from the nascent Iraq federation.
This administration has shown a wanton lack of concern with regards to Kurdish posturing and, if anything, has turned a blind eye to the repeated attacks of the PKK on it's own NATO ally.
We can now see how this administration is being forced, by Cheney, to focus entirely on Iran at the expense of all other, now broiling, problems within the greater middle-east. It is this singular and determined disregard for conventional thinking and the repercussions of their reflexive actions that has become the hallmark for this administrations blundering foreign policy initiatives. Ignore reality, invent enemies, ignite hostilities and initiate ineptitude.
The Kurds already consider themselves freelancers in the 'great game', answerable only to their apparent singular objective which is probably true independence from the nascent Iraq federation.
This administration has shown a wanton lack of concern with regards to Kurdish posturing and, if anything, has turned a blind eye to the repeated attacks of the PKK on it's own NATO ally.
We can now see how this administration is being forced, by Cheney, to focus entirely on Iran at the expense of all other, now broiling, problems within the greater middle-east. It is this singular and determined disregard for conventional thinking and the repercussions of their reflexive actions that has become the hallmark for this administrations blundering foreign policy initiatives. Ignore reality, invent enemies, ignite hostilities and initiate ineptitude.
Thursday, October 18, 2007
Hey Hey Hey... Goodbye
We hardly knew ye! And that could only be a good thing!
Brownback, that man of mystery and misery will retire from the Presidential race tomorrow.
Brownback, that man of mystery and misery will retire from the Presidential race tomorrow.
So Gonzo!
Murray Waas in the HuffPo outlines the story behind the story.
That Gonzales was a stooge was aways known, that he also acted as an internal check and firewall to the now known criminal activities of this administration was less well known by the American public. That is about to change and is the reason Gonzo lawyered up.
He clearly stated, on repeated occassions, that there was no internal disagreement on the illegal wiretapping of Americans, when clearly there was, to the extent that three, so far, higher ups in DoJ and the DG of the FBI have contradicted his statements and were willing to resign en mass if these activities were not brought within the rule of law.
It is now, also, apparent why the OPR investigation was terminated by Bush, Gonzo was reviewing the investigation and realized that the writing was on the wall, he should never have been allowed near that investigation for all the obvious reasons, most notably because he, like the good servant he was, would report whatever progress was being made to the people being investigated, this administration and ironically, himself.
That Gonzales was a stooge was aways known, that he also acted as an internal check and firewall to the now known criminal activities of this administration was less well known by the American public. That is about to change and is the reason Gonzo lawyered up.
He clearly stated, on repeated occassions, that there was no internal disagreement on the illegal wiretapping of Americans, when clearly there was, to the extent that three, so far, higher ups in DoJ and the DG of the FBI have contradicted his statements and were willing to resign en mass if these activities were not brought within the rule of law.
It is now, also, apparent why the OPR investigation was terminated by Bush, Gonzo was reviewing the investigation and realized that the writing was on the wall, he should never have been allowed near that investigation for all the obvious reasons, most notably because he, like the good servant he was, would report whatever progress was being made to the people being investigated, this administration and ironically, himself.
Truth To Power
As Ezra mentioned, Putin met with the real power in Iran in order to broker some movement and dissipate the ridiculously childish war of words perpetuated by Bush and Ahmadinejad.
Russia is a 'real' player in Tehran and Khameini the real power in Iran, Bush is a sideshow and let's be honest, a pretty poor sideshow at best, his latest World War III pronouncement was not only glib and inflamatory but risible.
There is no doubt we have significant and longstanding differences with Iran but, a pragmatic opposition to the mullahs exists even as part of that leadership and Khameini knows it, it is those factions that will decide the outcome in this fracas and this administraton has not even looked at that angle choosing, instead, to hurl insults at the regimes powerless front man.
This administration is always caught having to sustain untenable positions because of their initial misreading or ignorance of the situation at hand, they always shoot from the hip first instead of sitting down and actually figuring out a reasoned, adult approach to the problems facing them.
Russia is a 'real' player in Tehran and Khameini the real power in Iran, Bush is a sideshow and let's be honest, a pretty poor sideshow at best, his latest World War III pronouncement was not only glib and inflamatory but risible.
There is no doubt we have significant and longstanding differences with Iran but, a pragmatic opposition to the mullahs exists even as part of that leadership and Khameini knows it, it is those factions that will decide the outcome in this fracas and this administraton has not even looked at that angle choosing, instead, to hurl insults at the regimes powerless front man.
This administration is always caught having to sustain untenable positions because of their initial misreading or ignorance of the situation at hand, they always shoot from the hip first instead of sitting down and actually figuring out a reasoned, adult approach to the problems facing them.
Allez Le Bleu
Things are going real well for our new/old ally... Mr. & Mrs. Sarkozy are not so cozy anymore. And the natives are restless, par for the course in France but it will be interesting to see how Sarkozy handles the crisis. Interesting that they were going to split a year and a half ago but the process was paused and the information was kept from the public and Cecilia kept her mouth shut. Would he have won a presidential election if he was going through divorce proceedings? What kept Cecilia quiet?
It appears Republicans/Conservatives are the same the world over, incompetent, power corrupted hypocrites!
It appears Republicans/Conservatives are the same the world over, incompetent, power corrupted hypocrites!
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Merde
Bush, not content with just Iraq and Iran as his personal salt licks, wants to involve the whole fricking planet in his wanton, lunatic crusade to be the most dangerous cowboy on the range.
Backed up by an equally obtuse and ironic ally, France, the Chimperor lays down the law to Putin and his Tehran pals, fortunately for the rest of the world, by the time Iran gets the bomb, probably never, Bush and his idiotic band of warmongering incompetents will have been out of office for quite some time.
Backed up by an equally obtuse and ironic ally, France, the Chimperor lays down the law to Putin and his Tehran pals, fortunately for the rest of the world, by the time Iran gets the bomb, probably never, Bush and his idiotic band of warmongering incompetents will have been out of office for quite some time.
Thompson The 'Tank' Engine
Mr. Thompson appears not to be the second coming of Ronnie 'Sugar' Reagan. Rudy will probably start to put a bit more daylight between himself and the rest of field now.
Yikes!!
Zogby has the Chimperor at 24%, it's getting practically Nixonian. Of course the hard core couldn't give a damn about approval ratings, except that is, when they apply to Democrats - Clinton at the same time in his Presidency, 59% and rising! The right is quick to point to Clinton when they've been caught with their pants around their ankles or their hands in the cookie jar but they never mention that he was one of the most popular and successful post war Presidents, it must really stick in their craws.
Friday, October 12, 2007
Getting Whipped Up
Mark Malamud at BoingBoing brings his 'A' game.
This should be spread across the intertubes for all to see... teh niiiice!
This should be spread across the intertubes for all to see... teh niiiice!
A Great American
Al Gore wins the Nobel Peace Prize and deservedly so...
A great American we can all be proud of.
The SCOTUS should be ashamed of themselves.
A great American we can all be proud of.
The SCOTUS should be ashamed of themselves.
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Gonzo
Mr. Gonzalez ex DoJ, ex Oval Office, ex Governor of Texas Office, serial liar and most incompetent AG of all time lawyers up!
I feel quite sure, he is not the first nor will he be the last ex Bush administration lacky to do so.
Funny how this administration will rely so heavily on trial lawyers in the future.
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