CFHFP%3A Quotes and Opinions From Vets Who Served With Bush - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution

CFHFP%3A Quotes and Opinions From Vets Who Served With Bush - A BuzzFlash Reader Contribution: "why can't he recall a single name out of the 700 men he served with and why hasn't a single guy come forward to say he served with Bush?"

Capital Games

Capital Games

"The latest volley from the Swift Vets shows what motivates these anti-Kerry veterans. They remain mad at him for opposing the war and addressing its worst aspects."

There must be more to it than that...
if that were the whole story why would Elliot have campaigned with him in '96? They'd like the only subtext here to be Kerry's behavior after the war. However, the real behavior that needs to be examined is their behavior right now.

The New York Times %3E Opinion %3E Op-Ed Columnist%3A Voting While Black

The New York Times %3E Opinion %3E Op-Ed Columnist%3A Voting While Black: "It turns out that a Florida Department of Law Enforcement investigation%2C in which state troopers have gone into the homes of elderly black voters in Orlando in a bizarre hunt for evidence of election fraud%2C is being conducted despite a finding by the department last May %22that there was no basis to support the allegations of election fraud.%22"

The New York Times - Friendly Fire - The Birth of an Anti-Kerry Ad

Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

this is the article on SBVFT everyone should be reading...
and linking to...

Something Awful

Something Awful

wow...
Watchmen remixes courtesy of somethingawful...
via bookslut...
not quite dysfunctional family circus...
but funny...

Something Awful

Something Awful

wow...
Watchmen remixes courtesy of somethingawful...
via bookslut...
not quite dysfunctional family circus...
but funny...

The Washington Monthly

The Washington Monthly: "As these individuals are retired officers, they are still subject to the UCMJ. A courts martial might be the best way to resolve who is currently telling the truth."

this is the best idea I've seen yet for dealing with the SWBVFT.
if the are in fact admitting to falsifying military documents shouldn't they be prosecuted by a military court for it?

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Suppress the Vote?

The New York Times > Opinion > Op-Ed Columnist: Suppress the Vote?: "The vile smell of voter suppression is all over this so-called investigation by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement."

they are doing it again.

Daily Kos || The Politics of Science/Stem Cells

Daily Kos || The Politics of Science/Stem Cells: "The Dark Ages can't end soon enough."

Even the scientists are united against Bush...
the gutting of career civil servants over political considerations during this administration is nowhere more damaging than in the sciences...
Soon we'll have the gov't telling us the earth is flat and the moon is made of green cheese...
mmm...
cheese...

Nola.com: NewsFlash - Former aide says Alexander's anti-GOP letter genuine

Nola.com: NewsFlash - Former aide says Alexander's anti-GOP letter genuine: "'After discussions with members of the Republican Party who understand the need to support our nation's workers, I have come to the conclusion that it would be impossible to join a party that not only ignores the people that make this country great, but also pressures their members to vote against any and all bills that are supported by unions,' says Alexander's letter, released Wednesday by the Louisiana Federation of Teachers."

Alexander claims he didn't approve the partisan language in the letter...
Do letters often leave his office with his name on them without his approval?
if so maybe he is as incompetent as he is rotten...

The Doctored Clip Sean Hannity Doesn't Want You to Know About - Center for American Progress

The Doctored Clip Sean Hannity Doesn't Want You to Know About - Center for American Progress

How do they keep getting away with this?
What kind of world is this when Hannity still has a job?

What Would Buffy Do? Home.

What Would Buffy Do? Home.

via bookslut...
I still think I prefer "What Would Willie Do?"

KTRU Playsheet

KTRU Playsheet

Just got back from a KTRU set...
fun fun...
been missing it...
3 hours seems long for a general shift...
and two is way too short for a jazz shift...
just sayin...

Sea and Sky and Land - GRRR!

Sea and Sky and Land - GRRR!: "I pause and say, in that tone of voice that most people would recognize as meaning, 'have you lost your grip completely, chuckles?': 'You need to confiscate... a book.'

'Yes. I feel it's inappropriate for the other people on the ferry to be exposed to it.'"

they hate our freedom?
who, the terrorists?
no, the people in charge!

mattgunn.com

mattgunn.com: "REP. GOSS: It is true I was in CIA from approximately the late 50's to approximately the early 70's. And it's true I was a case officer, clandestine services officer and yes, I do understand the core mission of the business. I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified. I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably. And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day, 'Dad you got to get better on your computer.' Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have."

well, there you have it...
the man himself says he's not qualified for the job...
case closed.
This better come up in the confirmation hearings...

Krugman vs. O'Reilly -- my clips

Krugman vs. O'Reilly -- my clips

one of the producers of "outfoxed" has put together his own highlight reel of the OReilly/Krugman debate (from the Russert Show)...
I found the whole thing somewhere and it's worth downloading and watching if you missed it...

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow: August 08, 2004 - August 14, 2004 Archives

This Modern World by Tom Tomorrow: August 08, 2004 - August 14, 2004 Archives

once a cheat, always a cheat.

FIT FOR COMMAND?

someone at B&N is on our team...
this was the pic they had posted on the actual page for the book for a (short) while...

The Washington Monthly

The Washington Monthly

WOW! First Plame, now this...
this gang has NO respect for our people in the intelligence services...
revealing undercover ops for political gain is really just astounding behavior.
It's the kind of behavior honest security minded conservatives should be HOWLING over...

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Book extract: How To Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson

Guardian Unlimited | The Guardian | Book extract: How To Be Idle by Tom Hodgkinson: "(I would question the sanity of a religion that holds up the ant as an example of how to live. The ant system is an exploitative aristocracy based on the unthinking toil of millions of workers and the complete inactivity of a single queen and a handful of drones.) "

in defense of slack...

First Draft - Wage Data from Today's Job Report

First Draft - Wage Data from Today's Job Report

so, not only are jobs not even increasing at a rate to keep up with the new folks reaching working age, but we're still bleeding real wages!
grrr....

Voters live in Cartoon Nation. The nation's big news orgs? 'Don't care'

Voters live in Cartoon Nation. The nation's big news orgs? 'Don't care': "YOU�LL SEE IT HERE AND NOWHERE ELSE: �By any measure of his votes,� Carlson said, Kerry is �the most liberal member of the Senate.� When GOP hacks say that Kerry and Edwards are first and fourth most liberal senators, they are citing a survey from National Journal. But on March 6, that very same Journal�explicitly responding to this misleading claim�published its list of current senators with the most liberal lifetime voting records. Here it is�the Journal�s Top Ten. Guess whose names aren�t on it?
National Journal: Most liberal senators, lifetime voting
1. Mark Dayton, D-Minn.
2. Paul Sarbanes, D-Md.
3. Jack Reed, D-R.I.
4. Jon Corzine, D-N.J.
5. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.
6. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif.
7. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa
8. Richard Durbin, D-Ill.
9. Frank Lautenberg, D-N.J.
10. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt
�By any measure of his votes,� Carlson said, Kerry is �the most liberal member.� Will CNN correct this groaning misstatement�an apparent lie? Of course they won�t; the net doesn�t care. Of course, there�s little sign that Brazile or McMahon give a good flying f*ck either. It�s good to be a Washington pundit. Why waste time on such affairs?"


sorry about the crummy formatting, but hey, I'm lazy...
the point is...
let's get this list circulating...

MMFA investigates: Who is Jerome Corsi, co-auth ... [Media Matters for America]

MMFA investigates: Who is Jerome Corsi, co-auth ... [Media Matters for America]

co-author of?
the swift boat veterans attack book...
go check it out...
we need to get these quotes out there so reasonable folks can see who they are listening to...

M

The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail: "There is just no explanation for what was going on at that time, Mr. Rutkowski says."

Oh there is an explanation all right...
but you don't want to hear it...
you don't want to hear about the hollow earth!
or the underground bases in New Mexico!
or the Nazi's at the north pole!
NO! You just want to ignore the reptiles among us!

yeah, well, I guess that's your choice...
but don't say you weren't warned!!!

The Washington Monthly

The Washington Monthly: "So what do we know? We know that Bush skipped five months of drills without permission, but we've known that since last March. In addition, though, we now know that despite what he says, Bush never made up any of the drills he missed."


How is it folks can even think about attacking Kerry's military record when Bush's record is that he went AWOL in wartime?

Daily Kos || Comments || McCain lashes out against anti-Kerry ad

Daily Kos || Comments || McCain lashes out against anti-Kerry ad

Ok...maybe you've heard about this "swift boat veterans for truth"?
Maybe you've seen their ad condeming Kerry's Vietnam record even though none of them served with him on his boat?
even though every medal Kerry got had to be requested and approved by his higher ups (they are essentially calling his officers liars)...
Well, most of their funding comes from Bob Perry, of Perry Homes...
check out the link above for a link to one way to contact them, and read through more of the comments for other ways and people to contact...
Let's let Perry know we'll be buying our homes elsewhere...

Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung Moon?: Rev. Moon's submarines, sold to Kim Jong-Il, empower a nuke threat to the West Coast

Where in Washington, D.C. is Sun Myung Moon?: Rev. Moon's submarines, sold to Kim Jong-Il, empower a nuke threat to the West Coast

VIA Atrios of course...

so, can Kerry go after Moon when he's elected?
the man is obviously an enemy of the United States,
and he gives generously to many conservatives and conservative causes. We need to shut him down.

Eschaton: "The Times reports today that much of the information that led to the heightened alert is actually three or four years old and that authorities had found no concrete evidence that a terror plot was actually under way. This news does nothing to bolster the confidence Americans need that the administration is not using intelligence for political gain."

yes, this is about the recent "terror alert"...
the one right after the dem convention...
is there no level to which these folks won't sink?

Ashcroft Tells Libraries to Destroy Citizen-Friendly Publications - BuzzFlash News Alert

now they are actually trying to get the texts of federal statutes out of the libraries...
wouldn't want citizens to be able to know and take advantage of the law, would we?

GRRRR!

Daily Kos || Everyone Should Take Action on Computerized Voting Machines

I am.
I'm ordering an absentee ballot...
I suggest everyone who would like their vote counted do the same.

Will Ferrell - A message from White House West

WHOOHOO!
Will Ferrell reprises his SNL GW role in a political ad directed by one of the SNL directors...

Guardian Unlimited | Guardian daily comment | Kerry's war didn't end in the Mekong: "In October 1986, Kerry questioned the neoconservative assistant secretary of state for Latin America, Elliot Abrams, who brazenly lied about foreign funding for the contras. This testimony led, in time, to Abrams pleading guilty to a felony. (He was pardoned by Bush Snr and is now NSC chief for Middle East policy.) "

This article makes a pretty good argument for Kerry possibly being an honest fighter against the "secret government"...
you know, the guys who actually run things (at least since the Kennedy administration (and assassination) if not before...)

but since he's skull & bones and probably a reptile to boot I'm not holding my breath for a real house cleaning in the intelligence community...

Pandagon: My Foot Is Full Of Holes; I Blame Democrats: "This is the long and short of it - Bush rejected a biill that served his political purposes because it appealed to too many people. Game over - everybody loses!"

the inanity of this is mind-boggling...
and is yet another illustration of this administrations dedication to politics over policy...

Off the Kuff: "But privately, many GOP Members and aides said they have reached a strategic conclusion: If there's an ethics war, they can't win."

You know, I never followed Chris Bell at all until he brought Delay up before the ethics committee... If he can get rid of the bug man it'll be a truly great day for Texas and I'll support him in ANY future races from here on out...

Jesus' General: "The General has always thought that corporate influence in government is good thing, and he did not see any irony in the fact that while the corporate sponsors wined and dined and pitched the governors, working people were forced to petition their elected officials from behind police lines a block away. That's how 21st century American capitalism works. Those who don't like it should accept the fact that there are two Americas and be happy that they're at least citizens of one of them. I am, and I take pleasure in my service to the ruling class. "

that about sums it up...
ready to head to your free speech zone sir?

Liberty - Dark Horse on the Third Ballot: "The nomination process was over. LP delegates had chosen as their standard-bearer a man who had willfully refused to file his federal tax return for years, refused to get a driver's license but continued to drive his car despite having been ticketed so many times that he couldn't recall the exact number, proposed to blow up the United Nations building, wanted to force criminals in prisons to stay in bed until their muscles atrophied, and planned to force Congress to take a 'special version' of his class on the Constitution. And the overwhelming majority of delegates didn't know any of this about their nominee"

via www.washingtonmonthly.com and Hit & Run

The Libs did it! They actually found a bigger nutcase than GW to run!
Don't get me wrong, I love me some tinfoil hat...but I'm not running for president...yet...
I have plans for '08, but since I'll be running strictly as a nutcase I think that'll be o.k...

Eschaton: "In 1994, an eight-year old girl named Valerie Lakey was playing in a wading pool. She got caught in a defective drain. Her intestines were ripped from her body by the suction. She is now 17. She will have to be fed through a tube, 12 hours a day, for the rest of her life. In 1997, John Edwards won her family a $25 million judgment, of which he took a portion. The judgment helped jump-start his political career.

On the first day of last year, as part of his opening comments on Crossfire, this is how the incident was described by Tucker Carlson, whom public and private broadcasting networks tumble all over themselves to hire: 'Four years ago, he (Edwards) was a personal-injury lawyer specializing in Jacuzzi cases.'"

ARGH!
It's really amazing what lapdogs for bush and the crew the media has become...

www.AndrewSullivan.com - Daily Dish: "Of course, Pat Boone's orange-chartreuse-sherbert jacket stole the show. But hey, no one can accuse the GOP of being out of touch with the 1950s, can they? "

hehe...
Mostly I read Andy to get mad...kinda like watching O'Reilly...
but that one really made me laugh...

Eschaton

Send a letter to George...
to be read as part of theatre project in October...

interesting stuff...

Columns: The GOP doubters on Bush: "'My father was a Democrat and used to say that when Republicans are in charge even the fishing is bad. You know what? The fishing around here has been terrible.'"

a nice story about Republicans turning against Bush...
via atrios...

HoustonChronicle.com - I write badly, therefore I am a would-be terrorist: "If I could give myself practical advice and take it, this is what I'd say: Forget the things you read in history class about America, Charlie. Forget all the stuff about life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Just keep your head down and your eyes peeled for that 'line.'"

just read it...
via political animal...

Eschaton: "Under the proposal, some prisoners would in effect be kept off public records and away from the scrutiny of lawyers and judges."

see, when the SUPREME court makes a call you don't like, well ya just go ahead and ignore it...
that's the thing to do, right?

The Poor Man: My! Such A Silly Series Of Entirely Inadvertent Accidental Exculpatory Evidence-Erasing Mistakes!

"What a silly series of time travel screw-ups have prevented us from seeing the exact files which would have conclusively proven the President's complete innocence!"

I just talking about how I needed a time machine the other day...
and I wouldn't even use mine to get the president off the hook...
c'mon time machine people, get in touch!

Abu Ghraib, USA | Anne-Marie Cusac | July 2004 Issue: "When I heard that dogs had been used to intimidate and bite at least one detainee at Abu Ghraib, I thought of the training video shown at the Brazoria County Detention Center in Texas."

if the state of the world doesn't have you nauseous already then this article should just about do it...
via TalkLeft

News Hounds: Typical Fox "Fair & Balanced" Interview

I think the Dems need to start playing the access game a little better...
Lefties, Libs, Progressives, and even Demcratic centrists should just stop agreeing to appear on Fox News for anything and we should fight to deny them press credentials...
they are no more objective than Michael Moore and something tells me he didn't get press credentials to the Repub convention...

Sadly, No!: Children in Iraqi prisons

so, are these kids better off without Saddam?

Eschaton: "The defining case in Edwards' legal career wrapped up that same year. In 1993, a five-year-old girl named Valerie Lakey had been playing in a Wake County, N.C., wading pool when she became caught in an uncovered drain so forcefully that the suction pulled out most of her intestines. She survived but for the rest of her life will need to be hooked up to feeding tubes for 12 hours each night. Edwards filed suit on the Lakeys' behalf against Sta-Rite Industries, the Wisconsin corporation that manufactured the drain. Attorneys describe his handling of the case as a virtuoso example of a trial layer bringing a negligent corporation to heel. Sta-Rite offered the Lakeys $100,000 to settle the case. Edwards passed. Before trial, he discovered that 12 other children had suffered similar injuries from Sta-Rite drains. The company raised its offer to $1.25 million. Two weeks into the trial, they upped the figure to $8.5 million. Edwards declined the offer and asked for their insurance policy limit of $22.5 million. The day before the trial resumed from Christmas break, Sta-Rite countered with $17.5 million. Again, Edwards said no. On January 10, 1997, lawyers from across the state packed the courtroom to hear Edwards' closing argument, 'the most impressive legal performance I have ever seen,' recalls Dayton. Three days later, the jury found Sta-Rite guilty and liable for $25 million in economic damages (by state law, punitive damages could have tripled that amount). The company immediately settled for $25 million, the largest verdict in state history. For their part, Edwards and Kirby earned the Association of Trial Lawyers of America's national award for public service. "

had to quote the whole thing...

when you hear folks going after Edwards for being a trial lawyer remember this story...and tell it loudly and often. Lawyers are at times the only defense we have against corporate wrongdoing...

DNC Video: McCain

The Republicans are getting ready to release a Bush ad with McCain and the dems have pre-emptively responded...
here's what McCain really thinks of Bush and his policies...

M

Telegraph | News | Rumsfeld gave go-ahead for Abu Ghraib tactics, says general in charge: "The former head of the Abu Ghraib prison in Baghdad has for the first time accused the American Secretary of Defence, Donald Rumsfeld, of directly authorising Guantanamo Bay-style interrogation tactics."

It's the story everybody's talking about!
right?
I mean it is, isn't it?

has he resigned yet?

ok...
just like I've been avoiding the comic shop, I've been avoiding the record shop...
but I did go in today and pick up the new remaster of Eno's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy"...
no bonus tracks, no frills, nice packaging, and overall a pretty amazing job at cleaning up this classic...
the drums are crisper and cleaner, the reverb and other effects are much easier to hear...some of the changes in the sound make it even more Eno if that's possible...but some of the horns seem a little shrill now...
I'd put it just under the Willie Nelson "Stardust" remaster (which is amazing...made a revelation of one of my favorite records without destroying my memories of the original), and way above the job Prince did on "The Hits" or whoever did that awful ZZ top hits cd where they made all the old stuff sound like "Eliminator"....grr...
anyway, if you're wondering, yes it's safe and a good idea to go pick up the new eno remasters...
if anyone gets or has any of the others post in comments and let me know what you think...

oh, also, gonna go trade in some stuff later in the week for the Sonic Youth DVD (not "screaming fields of sonic love" but it will do for now) and the new Galaxie 500 2 dvd set...2 dvd's for a band with 4 videos...impressive...and even more impressive is that it looks like cool enough of a package that I want it...

Now, where are my Jesus and Mary Chain DVD's?

M

The Onion | Good-Citizenship Tips

Another Independence Day Special!
Citizenship tips from our good friends at the The Onion...

My favorite?:

Make an effort to "follow" politics, much the way you would follow, say, sports or the career of J-Lo.

NEWSARAMA - CLOWES & ZWIGOFF RE-TEAM FOR ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL: "EIGHTBALL #23 HITS STORES AS CLOWES &
ZWIGOFF RE-TEAM FOR ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL!"

WHOOHOO!
I've been avoiding the comic shop, but now I'll have to go back in...
A NEW EIGHTBALL!
and an "ART SCHOOL CONFIDENTIAL" movie...
YAY!
If you haven't read Clowes before go out and pick up "Caricature", "David Boring", or if you're feeling adventurous, "Like a Velvet Glove cast in Iron"...
all quality stuff.

Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.: "On the morning of November 29, 1864, the southern Arapaho chieftain, Black Kettle, awoke to the sounds of the Third Colorado Volunteers thundering across the snow covering the hills around Sand Creek, Colorado. He immediately raised a white flag alongside the 34-star American flag he had been given in Washington the previous year by the Commissioner of Indian Affairs. He had been told soldiers would not attack if he flew that flag.

He had been lied to. When the slaughter was over, at least 200 southern Cheyenne and Arapaho were dead. Soldiers mutilated their bodies and took trophies of breasts and scrota to be turned into tobacco pouches and other memorabilia. The Denver papers praised the Third Colorado and Colonel Chivington, their Washington-appointed leader. In 1866, Congress held hearings on the massacre and excoriated Chivington.

When I put out the Stars and Stripes, I fly it in memory of Black Kettle and anticipate the day when everyone can justifiably put their trust in it as a flag of peace. "


happy 4th everybody...

The Raw Story | Xanadu Xero | Exposing the Illuminati: "A prophet, an opportunist, a danger, a kook --- Icke is one or a combo of these, depending whose dogma is barking. He is earth's most credible voice touting earth's most incredible theories."

I for one welcome our reptilian overlords!

Something's Got to Break :: The Time is Coming
"These people are used to wielding their power with such impunity that they've become petty, and that should scare the crap out of all of us."

exactly. I think G.W. has such a huge sense of entitlement that he has no idea how it looks for him to get snippy with a reporter. Just like he had no idea what it would look like when he cleaned his glasses on the back of one of the letterman's shows producer's during a commercial break... Everyone is there to serve him. If they aren't he can't figure out why they are there.

Balkinization
I believe Anita Hill!

F9/11: Who Knew?

I can't be the only one who assumer f911 was going to open huge. I assumed #1 movie opening weekend and breaking box office records for a documentary...
I mean come on...with Clinton's book selling millions, all the free press the our SCLM are giving it...I think it was obvious...Moore's audience has been building with ever film and people have NEVER been as hungry to hear what he has to say than right now.

M

Neil Gaiman: "So, after a week away I'm -- well not really back, but I'm home anyway, having seen The Magnetic Fields in Minneapolis last night (and chatted to Stephin about his plans for a musical stage play of Coraline), and tomorrow I fly in to New York, give the Harvey speech (which I will start to write as soon as I've finished writing this) and then straight home again, and back into my hole. "

WHOOHOOO! A musical version of Coraline done by stephen merrit...
this could be awesome!

the american street: Are You Better Off Now Than You Were in 1980?:
"The great progressive era extended from 1932 to 1968 and produced risk collectivization in the form of Social Security, Medicare, and welfare. The economy boomed and the US emerged from WWII as a financial superpower. In 1970, at the conclusion of the period, the median family household paid 16% of their incomes in tax (income and FICA) and the top 1% paid 69%. At the same time, corporations had a tax rate of 17%. The period, known as 'the great compression' because the richest and poorest Americans were closer in wealth than at any time since the early 1800s, ended in 1980 with the election of the optimistic Ronald Reagan."


the fact is, liberalism works...
when will all you "real-worlders" out there get it?

M

Dick Advice
"CNN is reporting that on the floor of the Senate yesterday, Dick Cheney told Sen. Pat Leahy, 'Go fuck yourself.'"

good thing the adults are in charge...
CRIPES! IS THIS ACCEPTABLE BEHAVIOUR FOR A VICE-PRESIDENT ON THE SENATE FLOOR?!?!
I don't remember Gore EVER telling anyone to go fuck themselves...
in fact, if every sperm is sacred, is Cheney commanding Leahy to sin...that isn't very Christian...

Billmon: "Then during a trip to Paris, he took me to a sex club in Paris, without telling me where we were going. I told him I thought it was out of his system. I told him he had promised me we would never go. People were having sex everywhere. I cried, I was physically ill. [He] became very upset with me, and said it was not a 'turn on' for me to cry. "

alt.sex.stories?
No...
Jeri Ryan's declaration in her divorce from Republican Senator Jack Ryan. He's running against Barack Obama in Illinois.
I just hope they publish the rest of the declaration, or maybe turn it into a made for Showtime movie...

Salon.com Politics: "Bush tried to steer funding through U.S. agencies instead of an established international body, asked Congress not to fund his initiative because he said Africa governments couldn't handle the funding an even tried to delay full funding for his proposals until after his current term expired. Since signing the global AIDS Bill in May 2003, Bush has requested $1.2 billion less than what Congress approved and he signed into law, Zeitz said. The result of all this: The U.N. estimates that nearly 12 million people in poor countries will have died from AIDS during Bush's presidency and only a few thousand people will have received antiretroviral drugs from the U.S."


Gee, maybe Bush is more like Reagan than I give him credit for...

Hullabaloo

Digby helps put the torture thing in perspective...

freejazz.org - Freedom in music: "In March they were phoned from a tourist office, by some people who wanted to rent it for a month. They agreed to this, as they had no reason to suspect the people who wanted to rent, and it is not usual to ask for papers for such a short term deal. Unfortunately, unknown to them, the renters were two of the leading lights of ETA � the separatist Basque terrorist organisation."


Kent Carter and his wife rent their place to two folks...not asking for any papers or anything...next thing you know they've been placed under arrest, and although now cleared of all wrongdoing they are still not allowed to leave France...meaning Kent is having to cancel gigs...

go read the rest...

M

Discourse.net: OLC's Aug. 1, 2002 Torture Memo ("the Bybee Memo"): "('the Bybee Memo')"
great breakdown ofthe latest torture memo...

Eschaton: "5) If they can do it to Padilla, they can do it to you."

we are so screwed.
it's going to take more than a few minor corrections to put us back on course here folks...
I'm a nutcase. A screwball.
A genuine tin-foil hat wearin crazy.
I've always assumed when they decided to get any one of us, they could and would...
well, damn if it ain't turnin out to be so...
so, if you need to know how to make a tin foil hat, just ask...
who knows? it might come in handy...

I was 10 when Ronald Reagan was first elected President.
I would have voted for him then...
what did I know?
I was 10.
by 84 I was 14 and becoming a real lefty.
I had heard the Dead Kennedys and there was no turning back.
We're not supposed to celebrate his death.
Well, he was an evil man responsible for many horrible things,
and at the very least, I'm not sorry he's gone...

Can I revel when Kissinger dies at least?

M

Fragments From a Diary
via Scott Rosenberg via Salon (I think)...

Wallace Shawn on the Iraq war...from March 2003...

Eschaton

if my tinfoil hat gets any tighter I might not be able to think straight...

M

Yahoo! News - $132K of Grant to Combat Goth Returned

If the city government of Blue Springs Missourri can't help us fight the terror of Goth culture,
then who can?

News and Information | News
how did Jon Stewart become our spokesperson?
all I can say is I'm glad he's out there...

Cold Turkey -- In These Times

Vonnegut...so right on you'll double up in pain or with laughter...or some frightening combination of both...

CNN.com - Chalabi blames Baathists for raid - May 20, 2004: "When asked about that issue Thursday, Chalabi said he still believes Iraq had WMDs that are 'hidden.'
'They must be found. They constitute a danger to the Iraqi people,' he said. 'We will look for them after sovereignty.'"

how does that jibe with this?

"As far as we're concerned we've been entirely successful. That tyrant Saddam is gone and the Americans are in Baghdad. What was said before is not important. The Bush administration is looking for a scapegoat. We're ready to fall on our swords if he wants."
(First link I found offa google search for "Chalabi what was said before does not matter")

the rate stories change these days it really makes my head spin...

M

The Daytona Beach News-Journal: Editorials: "The girl's mother, also a teacher, was ordered by the principal to destroy the child's poetry. The mother refused and may lose her job."

This is completely insane. Let's teach kids to express themselves and then punish them for expressing themselves...
good thinking...

just go look...a>

via the howling curmudgeons

this is a test...
this is only a test...
test test test...
whoohooo!

TH Online

BUSH AFRAID TO FACE WWII VETERAN!

that should be the headline...

Eschaton

see, at first, I was all for the draft...thinking it would leave me here alone with all the young women...

but this just ruins everything...

not only are all the young women going to be drafted,

but I might be too...

good thing I'm so unhealthy...

way too unhealthy to die in a war...

US News Article | Reuters.com

How can Bush, Rice, etc continue to claim they were focussed on terrorism before 9/11?

Daily Kos || Political Analysis and other daily rants on the state of the nation.

YES! YES! YES! we must take the battle to them...
Delay should be priority #2...right under the presidency...
gotta let folks know we've had enough Republican thuggery!

Off the Kuff: There's your tort "reform": "And the reason you were wrong is because the case for tort 'reform' is a myth. Instead of getting tough on the small minority of doctors who are responsible for a disproportionate amount of med-mal cases, instead of working to make the free market of doctors more efficient, Republicans pushed for a new artificial hindrance on that free market, and are shocked to find that it has had an unintended (albeit not unforeseeable) consequence. Best of all, to compensate for that unintended consequence, they're talking about enacting price controls. The irony is just killing me."


How is it that so many conservatives don't even understand what they claim they believe in. Tort reform is just classic class war. Protecting Goliath from David.

Whiskey Bar: Son of the Huston Plan

I am normally a rather articulate person. The reason this blog doesn't reflect that is, well, look what can I say about things like this that won't get me locked up (at best) eventually? These are dark and scary times my friends... Dark and scary.

Claim vs. Fact: Condoleezza Rice's Opening Statement - Center for American Progress

Condiliar.

Jesus' General

just in case you need another reason NOT to shop at wal-mart...

Jesus' General

"Obedience is listening attentively,
Obedience will take instructions joyfully,
Obedience heeds wishes of authorities,
Obedience will follow orders instantly.
For when I am busy at my work or play,
And someone calls my name, I'll answer right away!
I'll be ready with a smile to go the extra mile
As soon as I can say "Yes, sir!" "Yes ma'am!"
Hup, two, three!"

oh man...
this is some scary scary scary scary scary stuff...
(not exactly enlightened criticism on my part,
but as so often happens these days I find myself
lacking the words to describe the state I'm in...
AAARRGGHHH!)

The New Republic Online: Iraq'd
Today has been a day full of laughing out loud at sad things for me...but this one...this one had me rolling on the floor...

via calpundit...who's now over at www.washingtonmonthly.com

Yahoo! News - Purported Al Qaeda Letter Calls Truce in Spain: "The statement said it supported President Bush (news - web sites) in his reelection campaign, and would prefer him to win in November rather than the Democratic candidate John Kerry (news - web sites), as it was not possible to find a leader 'more foolish than you (Bush), who deals with matters by force rather than with wisdom.' "

SEE! Bush has foreign support too!

Calpundit: More Employment News

ok...this makes the even weak job gains weaker...
check it out...
turns out Bush really is a big government Republican.

This Modern World: "Now of course, the free traders in the audience are already composing lengthy emails about the inevitability of change and the invisible hand of the free market and so on--but here's the problem: the invisible hand only functions efficiently when labor and capital are equally mobile. Unfortunately, here in the real world, pretty much any job can be outsourced, but human beings are still stuck living where they live, in Buffalo, New York, or Little Rock, Arkansas, or wherever they may be. They're not going to move to Bangalore to keep their jobs. And since the cost of living is considerably higher, even in Little Rock, Arkansas, than it is in Bangalore, they simply can't compete, and the invisible hand is transformed into an invisible fist which pummels one side at the behest of the other--not exactly what Adam Smith had in mind. And decades and decades of progress for working people in this country are simply wiped out, as we devolve further and further into a winner-take-all, screw-the-rest society. "

This is the argument we ALL need to be making right now!

Opinion / The Irish Times on the Web / ireland.com: "



Tuesday, August 11, 1998

When marriage between
gays was by rite



RITE AND REASON: A Kiev art museum contains a curious icon from St Catherine's monastery on Mount Sinai. It shows two robed Christian saints. Between them is a traditional Roman pronubus (best man) overseeing what in a standard Roman icon would be the wedding of a husband and wife. In the icon, Christ is the pronubus. Only one thing is unusual. The 'husband and wife' are in fact two men.
Is the icon suggesting that a homosexual 'marriage' is one sanctified by Christ? The very idea initially seems shocking. The full answer comes from other sources about the two men featured, St Serge and St Bacchus, two Roman soldiers who became Christian martyrs.
While the pairing of saints, particularly in the early Church, was not unusual, the association of these two men was regarded as particularly close. Severus of Antioch in the sixth century explained that 'we should not separate in speech [Serge and Bacchus] who were joined in life'. More bluntly, in the definitive 10th century Greek account of their lives, St Serge is openly described as the 'sweet companion and lover' of St Bacchus."


via buzzflash

Eschaton

Don't Switch Horsemen Mid-Apocalypse
- Bush/Cheney '04

I love it...

WOODTV.com & WOOD TV8 - Grand Rapids news and weather - Adult magazine part of school fundraiser (via bookslut)...

hmm...sounds like I should be reading more science fiction...

one day I'll have time to write something insightful, fix comments, and do other acts of bloggy goodness...
but not right now...
sigh...

the american street: �Free� Trade, Offshoring, Jobs and the Concept of "Ownership" in General

Calpundit: Conservative Lysenkoism....The Definitive Report

O.k. there are those who would like to argue that the president isn't a moron... I know, I know, I don't see it either...but if he's not a moron then I think this article proves, if there was any doubt, that he is evil and a clouder of men's minds.

TOMPAINE.com - The Dreyfuss Report

you'll want to go ahead and bookmark it...

Talking Points Memo: by Joshua Micah Marshall: February 15, 2004 - February 21, 2004 Archives: "This is the arsonist in your house telling you that stranger outside with the hose can't be trusted. "

Honolulu Star-Bulletin Hawaii News

of course they're cousins...
and skull & bones...
what they don't tell you is that they are reptiles!

USA Vanguard - This is how Bush supports our troops

"An army of veterans twice the size of that involved in Operation Iraqi Freedom has lost health insurance benefits since Bush took office."

AlterNet: Alan Greenspan and the D-Word

I like Greenspan better back when he supported the gold standard.