Not asked

A question not asked (mine) at the interesting Republican YouTube was the following to Senators McCain and Thompson as well as Guliani: If you represent the "party of values" how come it's well known about your marital affairs and is it o.k. to have them and why when you have had them did you attack President Bill Clinton for the same thing?

I must say though the questions as I said were interesting even though there was no real opposition questions.

Conservative Media

So I always claim how the media is not liberal as conservatives claim and here, thanks to thinkprogress.org, is more proof of that. Remember when Democrats were reaching out to Syria to try to get them into the peace process in the middle east? Here is what the conservative media said:

CNN’s Suzanne Malveaux: “Why should the Americans, or even the international community, see this any more as a political stunt here, a publicity stunt, a big wet kiss to President Al-Assad?”

Washington Post Editorial Board: “Ms. Pelosi’s attempt to establish a shadow presidency is not only counterproductive, it is foolish.”

Thomas Sowell of the Baltimore Sun: “All that Ms. Pelosi’s trip can accomplish is to advertise American disunity to a terrorist-sponsoring nation in the Middle East while we are in a war there.”

NBC’s Matt Lauer: “But if the Democrats and Speaker Pelosi appear to be acting irresponsibly or incompetently — and let’s face it, a lot of people think she messed up on this one — what’s the impact for Democrats overall?”

Now that Syria is in the conference that Bush is holding (which will accomplish nothing) here is what the media is saying:

New York Times: “Syria announced Sunday that it would attend the Middle East peace meeting beginning here Monday night, joining Saudi Arabia and the rest of the Arab League participants in a turnabout that represented a victory for the Bush administration.”

The Denver Post: “Victory for U.S.: Syria to attend summit.”

The AP’s Amy Teibel: “The Bush administration was able to declare a clean sweep when Syria, the last Arab world holdout, said Sunday it would attend this week’s high-stakes Mideast peace conference.”

The Wall Street Journal: “The Bush administration is even courting a long-time pariah, Syria. … Talks with Syria could go some way in weakening Tehran’s strongest alliance in the region.”

The AP’s Sam Ghattas: “The Syrian participation is already seen in Washington as a success for the Bush administration.”

So again if this isn't enough proof for all you conservatives out there you must be on whatever Bush is right now.

Bad Values

http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-oe-gilgoff27nov27,0,6145546.story?coll=la-opinion-rightrail

I always laugh at the religious right since they are the biggest hypocrites of them all in a sea (Republicans) that's filled with them. Here is yet another example backing my point.

The religious right seems to be split among backing the Republican candidates for President and I really, considering their "values" that the religious leaders hold so dear to their hearts don't apply to any of the leading candidates on the right. I've typed so many times about how the leading candidates do not hold any "values" that they hold close to them including extra marital affairs, stances on abortion that if the religious leaders have any "values" they would not endorse any of the candidates based on their beliefs.

But there they are endorsing Guliani, McCain, Thompson, etc. showing that they are hypocrites. I guess I shouldn't be surprised.

Afghanistan

So Bill O'Idiot today is talking about his trip to Afghanistan. First he talks about a stone wall he passed with iron rings where they stoned people as their punishment saying it was a Taliban thing. Obviously being ignorant to the Arab region as he is he is not aware that goes all over the place. Didn't he read the papers recently where a Saudi Arabian woman was whipped for being raped? Yes for being raped.

http://news.aol.com/newsbloggers/2007/11/16/saudi-arabia-gives-woman-jail-sentence-and-200-lashes-for-being/

I've always said this about the war in Afghanistan: If Bush paid as much attention there, especially since the person who is responsible for attacking us on 9/11 is there, as he did Iraq would we achieve victory. But since Bush doesn't that's why things are not going well there.

And as far as O'Idiot I suggest he brush up on Arab rules of law cause they are screwed up in all countries.

Biggest Turkey

I found the biggest turkey this year. Believe it or not I'm not going to say Bush. It is a "gentlemen" named T. Boone Pickens.

http://capitolannex.com/2007/11/18/john-kerry-versus-t-boone-pickens-with-a-million-dollars-on-the-line/

Why is this gentlemen in my opinion the biggest turkey? Here is why: He offered 1 million dollars to prove the people who "swift boated" John Kerry in the election a couple of years ago wrong. John Kerry accepted that wager and after he did he demanded all sorts of records that would be impossible to have. So in other words he had no intention of paying the wager he offered.


Absolutely a typical Republican and absolutely the biggest turkey.


Anyway I do hope everyone has a Happy Thanksgiving and remember DO NOT drink and drive.

Thanks

I just wanna take some time to show what I am thankful for:

I am thankful that we only have a little over 1 more year of the psychopath in the White House

I am thankful for Bill O Reilly,Rush and the whole right wing media and all the material they give me to post to show how stupid and ignorant they are

I am thankful that my niece is doing fine and at least for now her cancer is in remission

I am thankful that I have such great friends (to many to mention) who have put of with me all these years

I am thankful for Geoffrey Church who livened things up around here for awhile

I am thankful that I have a great family who is there for me when I need them

I am always thankful for your support of this site

Disgusting

You would think since this is Thanksgiving week the Bush Administration would want to give a special thanks to the men and women soldiers who have sacrificed so much in Iraq for their phony war and you know with him you will get a photo-op I'm sure since that's all the prick is good for you really won't hear stories like this:

http://kdka.com/local/military.signing.bonuses.2.571660.html

So this disgusting story states how the military is trying to collect bonuses that they gave soldiers who signed up for service back for the reason they got wounded in Iraq. Again it's on Bush cause he is in charge of the military but I guess since he, like most in his administration,dodged serving in Vietnam when it was their time he wouldn't know what it's like to be in combat.

As I said disgusting.

I wonder

I know a few people who try to talk scenario's where Bush would stay President after the election. I can't really think of one except where there would be some attack at a debate or something between whoever gets nominated from both parties. Can anyone think of any other one??

Indicted

I see they indicted Barry Bonds on 4 counts of Perjury and 1 count of Obstruction of Justice. If he is found guilty on any charges I hope baseball erases his record. Throw the book at him.

Old Friend

I was saddened to see that they imploded the Frontier Hotel in Las Vegas yesterday. I have a lot of fond memories of times I've stayed there and it will be missed as yet another monstrosity is built. The old Las Vegas is going away hotel by hotel.

Veterens Day

As we take a day (something I feel is not done enough) to honor or soldiers who are the bravest of the brave I would like to ask why has our President, who dodged serving in Vietnam when it was his term and our Vice President who also did not serve when it was his time, has allowed our soldiers to be treated so horribly after they have come home from serving in Iraq and Afghanistan!

Take a look at Walter Reed and the soldiers treatment there. I know of soldiers who have to wait months at a time to see doctors and I feel that's disgusting and needs to improve. It shoudn't be like this for our brave men and women.

So pathetic and remember Bush is in charge of the military that's why it falls on him.

War for Oil

If anyone needs reminding how this disaster in Iraq was not about anything BUT oil just remember prices for oil before Bush occupied Iraq was $30 per barrel. Now it's $100. Also remember when Cheney had his secret energy meeting before Bush occupied Iraq and he refused to release the information about the meeting remember we don't know who was there and if you don't think this was discussed you live in Fantasyland.

Interesting

This is not surprising I see where some Republicans are starting to lobby to get Republican Joe Lieberman as Vice President. Believe it or not that makes sense cause he fits right in with them and as I said he really is a Republican with his Bush suck-ups.

Let's See

So Rudy Guliani said the following today regarding his friend, someone who Bush wanted to head the Department of Homeland Security, Bernie Kerik:

"I think voters should look at it, and what they should say is in that particular case I made a mistake," Giuliani said during a press conferred in Dubuque, Iowa. "I made a mistake in not clearing him effectively enough, and I take the responsibility for that"

"But when you balance that mistake against all the successes that we had and the reality that you make some mistakes and you make some correct decisions, I think the overwhelming record is a record of great success," the New York Republican added..

I have said this many times before regarding Guliani: If not for 9/11 he would have gone down as one of the most hated, unpopular mayors in New York City. His approval ratings were about the same as Bush's currently are and a lot of the things which caused failures during 9/11 that he was in charge of are going to come out if he gets nominated.

But back to Guliani's friend he just got indicted on tax fraud, corruption, and conspiracy counts. If you think Guliani didn't know about this you are wrong.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2007/11/08/giuliani-on-kerik-i-made-a-mistake/

Flip Flop

So I see Pat Robertson did a flip-flop and decided to endorse Rudy Guliani even though he said he wouldn't endorse anyone. Way to go. Typical Right-winger.

Just a reminder

Although the media is ignoring the fact the year 2007 is the deadliest year for soldiers dying in Iraq at 852 so far. What we are hearing from the media is how the deaths of soldiers have dropped off in October but facts are facts.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/07/world/middleeast/07iraq.html?hp

Funny

It's funny how the Bush Administration is quick to complain about how Pakistan, an alleged friend of the United States and a country that has nuclear weapons, when they suspend the constitution but no one is looking how many laws on our constitution that Bush has broken. Just to remind you here are a few:

First Amendment: In September, a federal judge ruled that the FBI’s use of secret “national security letters” to obtain citizens’ personal data from private companies for counterterrorism investigations “violate[d] the First Amendment and constitutional provisions on the separation of powers.”

First Amendment, Fourth Amendment: In Aug. 2006, a federal district court in Detroit ruled that the Bush administration’ss NSA warrantless wiretapping program was unconstitutional, violating the “separation of powers doctrine, the Administrative Procedures Act, the First and Fourth amendments to the United States Constitution, the FISA and Title III.”

Article I: Testifying before the Senate Judiciary Committee in June, then Attorney General Alberto Gonzales attempted to justify the administration’s detainee policy by claiming, “There is no express grant of habeas in the Constitution.” (Article I, Section 9, Clause 2 of the Contitution reads: “The Privilege of the Writ of Habeas Corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in Cases of Rebellion or Invasion the public Safety may require it.”)

Article II: In June, House investigators revealed that Vice President Dick Cheney had exempted his office from an executive order order designed to safeguard classified national security information by claiming that he was not an “entity within the executive branch.” (Read the duties of the Vice President, outlined in Article II of the Constitution HERE.)

http://thinkprogress.org/

One of the things also Musharraf is complaining about is "judicial activism" isn't that also one of the things Bush and the right always complain about? Or am I wrong?

Real Threat

So Bill O'Idiot seems to, as usual, forget a point when he has whoever write his commentary in the Los Angeles Daily News but today he attacks those (and since all he knows is how to attack) who are not taking the made up war on terror seriously. Well hell I guess that includes me too since smart people know no matter how much security we allegedly have, an attack will happen. Now to remind you this is the same "person" who said awhile ago that it's o.k. for Al Queda to attack San Francisco.

I'd also like to remind you how George "dead or alive" Bush has failed to capture the mastermind behind 9/11 Osama Bin Laden. And Al Queda is still as much as a threat today as they were before 9/11 and things like the Patriot Act are failures because we are constantly reminded how attacks can happen by terrorist by the Bush Administration.

But really I'd like to bring up how Bush is using, with the help of the friendly right-wing media the "war on terror" to both deflect attention to the criminal actions of his administration and to scare people to getting the laws he wants passed.

This is from one of the few shows that doesn't suck of to the Bush Administration, Keith Olbermann.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19055859/

OLBERMANN: Number one, May 18^th, 2002; the first details of the president‘s daily briefing of August 6^th, 2001 are revealed, including its title “Bin laden determined to strike in U.S.” The same day, another memo is discovered revealing the FBI knew of men with links to al Qaeda training at an Arizona flight school. The memo was never acted upon.

Questions about 9/11 intelligence failures are swirling. May 20^th, 2002.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: The terror warnings from the highest level of the federal government tonight are—

OLBERMANN: Two days later, FBI Director Mueller declares that another terrorist attack is “inevitable.”

The next day, the Department of Homeland Security issues warnings of attacks against railroads nationwide, and against New York City landmarks like the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.

Number two, Thursday, June 6^th, 2002.

UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I never really anticipated this kind of impact.

OLBERMANN: Coleen Rowley, the FBI agent who tried to alert her superiors to the specialized flight training taken by Zacarias Moussaoui, whose information suggests the government missed the chance to break up the 9/11 plot, testifies before Congress. Senate Intelligence Committee Chair Graham says Rowley‘s testimony has inspired similar pre-9/11 whistle blower.

Monday June 10^th, four days later.

JOHN ASHCROFT, FORMER ATTORNEY GENERAL: We have disrupted an unfolding terrorist plot.

OLBERMANN: Speaking from Russia, Attorney General John Ashcroft reveals that an American name Jose Padilla is under arrest, accused of plotting a radiation bomb attack in this country. In fact, Padilla had by this time already been detained for more than one month.

Number three, February 5^th, 2003; Secretary of State Powell tells the United Nations Security Council of Iraq‘s concealment of weapon, including his 18 mobile biological weapons laboratories, justifying a U.N. or U.S. first strike. Many in the U.N. are doubtful.

Months later, much of the information proves untrue.

February 7^th, 2003; Two days later. As anti-war demonstrations continue to take place around the globe.

TOM RIDGE, FORMER HOMELAND SECURITY DIRECTOR: Take some time to prepare for an emergency.

OLBERMANN: Homeland Security Secretary Ridge cites credible threats by al Qaeda and raises the terror alert level to orange. Three days after that, Fire Administrator David Paulison, who would become the acting head of FEMA after the Hurricane Katrina disaster advises Americans to stock up on plastic sheeting and duct tape to protect themselves against radiological or biological attack.

Number four, July 23^rd, 2003; the White House admits that the CIA, months before the president‘s State of the Union Address, expressed strong doubts about the claim that Iraq had attempt to buy uranium from Niger. On the 24^th, the Congressional report on the 9/11 attacks is issued. It criticizes government at all levels. It reveals an FBI informant had been living with two of the future hijackers.

It concludes that Iraq had no link to al Qaeda. Twenty eight pages of the report are redacted. On the 26^th, American troops are accused of beating Iraqi prisoners.

July 29^th, 2003, three days later; amid all of the negative headline.

UNIDENTIFIED MALE: Word of a possible new al Qaeda attack.

OLBERMANN: Homeland Security issues warnings of further terrorist attempts to use airplanes for suicide attacks.

Number five, December 17^th, 2003; 9/11 Commission co-chair Thomas Kean says the attacks were preventable. The next day, a federal appeals court says the government cannot detain suspected radiation bomber Jose Padilla indefinitely without charges, and the chief U.S. weapons inspector in Iraq, Dr. David Kay, who has previously announced he has found no weapons of mass destruction there, announces he will resign his post.

December 21^st, 2003, four days later; the Sunday before Christmas.

RIDGE: Today the United States government raised the national threat level.

OLBERMANN: Homeland Security again raises the threat level to orange, claiming credible intelligence of further plots to crash airliner into U.S. cities. Subsequently, six international flights into this country are canceled after some passenger names purportedly produced matches on government no fly lists. The French later identified those matched names. One belongs to an insurance salesman from Wales, another to an elderly Chinese woman, a third to a five-year-old boy.

Number six, March 30^th, 2004; the new chief weapons inspector in Iraq, Charles Duelfer, tells Congress we have still not found any WMD in that country. And, after weeks of having refused to appear before the 9/11 Commission, Condoleezza Rice relents and agrees to testify.

On the 31^st, four Blackwater USA contractors working in Iraq are murdered. Their mutilated bodies dragged through the streets and left on public display in Fallujah. The role of civilian contractors in Iraq is now widely questioned.

April 2^nd, 2004 --

BRIAN WILLIAMS, NBC NEWS ANCHOR: The FBI has issued a new warning tonight.

OLBERMANN: Homeland Security issues a bulletin warning that terrorists may try to blow up buses and trains using fertilizer and fuel bombs like the one detonate in Oklahoma City, bombs stuffed into satchels or duffel bags.

Number seven, May 16^th, 2004; Secretary of State Powell appears on “Meet the Press.” Moderator Tim Russert closes by asking him about the enormous personal credibility Powell had placed before the U.N. in laying out a case against Saddam Hussein. An aide to Powell interrupts the question, saying the interview is over.

TIM RUSSERT, NBC NEWS ANCHOR: I think that was one of your staff, Mr. secretary. I don‘t think that‘s appropriate.

COLIN POWELL, FORMER SECRETARY OF STATE: Emily, get out of the way.

OLBERMANN: Powell finishes his answer, admitting that much of the

information he had been given about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was

POWELL: Inaccurate and wrong, and, in some cases, deliberately misleading.

OLBERMANN: On the 21^st, new photos showing mistreatment of Iraqi prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison are released. On the 24^th, Associated Press video from Iraq confirms U.S. forces mistakenly bombed a wedding party, killing more than 40.

Wednesday, May 26^th, 2004, two days later.

ASHCROFT: Good afternoon.

OLBERMANN: Attorney General Ashcroft and FBI Director Mueller warned that intelligence from multiple sources—

ASHCROFT: Indicates al Qaeda‘ specific intention to hit the United States hard.

OLBERMANN: And that 90 percent of the arrangements for an attack on the United States were complete. The color coded warning system is not raised. The Homeland Security secretary, Tom Ridge, does not attend the announcement.

Number eight, July 6^th, 2004; Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry selects Senator John Edwards as his vice-presidential running mate, producing a small bump in the election opinion polls and producing a huge swing in media attention towards the Democratic campaign.

July 8^th, 2004, two days later.

RIDGE: Credible reporting now indicates al Qaeda is moving forward with its plan to carry out a large scale attack in the United States.

OLBERMANN: Homeland Secretary Ridge warns of information about al Qaeda attacks during the summer or autumn. Four days after that, the head of the U.S. Election Assistance Commission, Deforest B. Soaries Jr., confirms he has written to Ridge about the prospect of postponing the upcoming presidential election in the case the event it is interrupted by terrorist attacks.

Number nine, July 29^th, 2004; at their party convention in Boston, the Democrats formally nominate John Kerry as their candidate for president. As in the wake of any convention, the Democrats now dominate the media attention over the subsequent weekend.

August 1^st, 2004, Monday morning, three days later.

RIDGE: It is as reliable a source—a group of sources as we‘ve ever seen before.

OLBERMANN: The Department of Homeland Security raises the alert status for financial centers in New York, New Jersey and Washington to orange. The evidence supporting the warning, reconnaissance data left in a home in Iraq; later prove to be roughly four years old and largely out of date.

Number ten, October 6^th, 2005, 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time; the president addresses the National Endowment for Democracy, once again, emphasizing the importance of the war on terror and insisting his government has broken up at least 10 terrorist plots since 9/11.

At 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time, five hour after the president‘s speech has begun, the Associate Press reports that Karl Rove will testify again to the CIA leak Grand Jury and that Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has told Rove he cannot guarantee that he will not be indicted.

CHRIS MATTHEWS, MSNBC ANCHOR: We‘re awaiting a news conference at the bottom of the hour.

OLBERMANN: At 5:17 p.m. Eastern time, seven hour after the president‘s speech has begun, New York official disclosed a bomb threat to the city‘ subway system based on information supplied by the federal government. The Homeland Security spokesman says the intelligence upon which the disclosure is based is of doubtful credibility.

And later it proves that New York City had known of the threat for at least three days and had increased police presence in the subways long before making the announcement at that particular time. Local New York television station WNBC reports it had the story of the threats days in advance of the announcement, but was asked by high ranking federal officials in New York and Washington to hold off on its story.

Less than four days after having reveal the threat, Mayor Michael Bloomberg of New York says, since the period of the three now seems to be passing, I think over the immediate future, we‘ll slowly be winding down the enhanced security. While news organizations, ranging from the “New York Post” to NBC New quote sources who say there was reason to believe the informant who triggered the warning simply made it up.

A senior U.S. counter terrorism official tells the “New York Times,” quote, there was no there there.

Number 11, a sequence of event in August 2006 best understood now in chronological order. As the month begins, the controversy over domestic surveillance without legal warrants in this country crests. Then on August 9^th, the day after the Connecticut Democratic Senatorial Primary, Vice President Cheney says the victory of challenger Ned Lamont over incumbent Joe Lieberman is a positive for the, quote, al Qaeda types, who he says, quote, “clearly betting on the proposition that ultimately they break the will of the American people, in terms of our ability to stay in the fight.”

The next day, British authorities arrest 24 suspects in an alleged imminent plot to blow up U.S. bound aircraft using liquid explosives smuggled on board in sports drink bottles. Domestic air travel is thrown into chaos as carry-on liquids are suddenly banned.

On August 14^th, British intelligence reveals it did not think the plot was imminent. Only the U.S. did. And our authorities pressed to make the arrests. Eleven of the 24 suspect are later released. And in the months to come, the carry-on liquids ban is repeatedly relaxed.

Number 12, May 7^th, 2007, Greensburg, Kansas leveled by a tornado and the state‘ governor notes, more in sorrow than in anger, that the redeployment of so much of the Kansas National Guard and its equipment to Iraq might now cripple the soldiers‘ ability to respond if another disaster hits Kansas.

GOV. KATHLEEN SEBELIUS (D), KANSAS: What we‘re really missing is equipment. And that is putting a strain on recoveries like this one.

OLBERMANN: The next day, the authorities announce arrests in a far-fetched plan to attack soldiers at Fort Dix in New Jersey. The so-called terrorists planned to gain access to the base by posing as pizza delivery men. It is not a suicide mission. They state clearly, they intend to kill personnel and then retreat to safety, even though they were going to attack a closed compound, full of trained soldiers with weapons.

And though the plan is branded sophisticated, its perpetrators are not sophisticated enough to have not handed over the videotape of themselves training with weapons to a Circuit City store in order to be transferred to DVD. The Fort Dix plot not only erases from most news coverage the issue of disaster readiness in Kansas, but it also obscures the next day‘ story that in anticipation of his testimony to a House panel, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales has submitted opening remarks that match, virtually word for word, the remarks he had given the previous month to a Senate committee.

ALBERTO GONZALES, ATTORNEY GENERAL: Recognizing my limit involvement in the process, a mistake I freely acknowledge—

a mistake that I freely acknowledge, I have soberly questioned my prior decisions.

OLBERMANN: And number 13, June, 2007, the JFK plot to blow up the jet fuel pipeline feeding John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City, thus causing the entire airport to be consumed in an horrific conflagration. One of the men arrested has, as past employee access, to the sprawling complex, but little knowledge of the reality of the pipeline system.

The manager of that system tells the “New York Times” that the pipeline is not some kind of fuse. Shut off valves throughout would have easily contain any damage, just as a leak in a tunnel in any city would not flood everything in that city below ground. The so called plot happens to be revealed the day before the second Democratic presidential debate.

And as the scandal continues to unfold over the firings of U.S. attorneys, and their replacements by political hacks, the so called plot is announced by the Bush appointed U.S. attorney for Brooklyn, New York, and by the police chief of New York City, the father of a correspondent for Fox News Channel.

So you see Bill it's NOT left-wingers but right-wingers who are using the "War on Terror" to further their agenda. As usual you are wrong again.

And by the way are "friends" in Pakastan really know how to run a Government don't they? Looks like our troops are going to be in the middle of not one but two Civil Wars and when Bush invades Iran he will sacrifice even more of our brave men and women.

Makes You Wonder

Has anyone really noticed the two most qualified candidates for either party seems to have no chance in anyway to win the election. I feel the most liberal Democratic candidate is Denis Kucinich and the most conservative Republican is Mike Huckabee but they seem to have no chance in winning next year.

The best line of the debate season so far was by Joe Biden the other night when he accurately described Guliani (paraphrasing a tad) "the only way Guliani knows how to make a sentence is with a noun, a verb, and 9/11." That's so true and shows nothing how Guliani is qualified to be president.