BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
TODAY, JUDGE PAUL L. FRIEDMAN HAS SENTENCED FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DAVID SAFAVIAN TO 18 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT
SAFAVIAN WAS ALSO THE EX-WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE APPOINTEE BUT THAT LITTLE RUN IN WITH THE LAW PREVENTED THAT.
NOW HE'S DOING THE DANCE THAT'S SWEEPING THE NATION!
THE G.O.P. PERP WALK!
IT'S A DANCE THAT'S SWEEPING THE NATION IN THE REPUBLICAN SET. JUST YESTERDAY DAVID A. PETERSON OF ARIZONA WAS DOING IT, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA.
SOON, IT'S SAID, SCOOTER LIBBY WILL BE DOING IT.
AND BOOKIES ARE TAKING ON EVEN MONEY ON BETS THAT BULLY BOY WILL BE DOING THE PERP WALK BEFORE 2009.
HERE'S HOW THE DANCE WORKS:
1) BALL YOUR FISTS IN FRONT OF YOU.
2) MOVE RIGHT TO LEFT, RIGHT TO LEFT WITH YOUR FEET.
3) POINT FINGER AND SAY, "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! I'M NOT GUILTY!"
4) THROW YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOU (AS THOUGH HANDCUFFED), BEND AT THE WAIST AND DUCK WALK ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Tomorrow Kyle Snyder will return to the United States, Mike Howell reports for the Toronto Star noting that Snyder notes war resister Darrell Anderson's decision to return to the US (Anderson returned September 30th). Like Anderson, Snyder elected to self-check out of the military. For Snyder, that happened in April 2005. As Snyder explains in Michelle Mason's Breaking Ranks, military recruiters were circling throughout high school: "I had just received my high school diploma. I get off of the stage and here's another recruiter right outside the door -- waiting for me. I look back at i now and everything that I'm going through, everything that I've worked through I can retrace down to that moment that I signed the f**king contract." Snyder has addressed how the military broke its contract with him -- such as by refusing to investigate incidents of violence targeting Iraqis.
In August, Synder explained his decision to self-check out of the US military and go to Canada to Karen Button noting, "You know, if they want to help people in Iraq . . . imagine a 15 year-old kid, for the last . . . years all he's seen is [US] military personnel with weapons going through his city. How is that child supposed to believe that the man, in that uniform is helping him? Now, if that child saw a convoy of logs being brought to his city, or a convory of water being brought to his city, still guarded, it would be a completely different situation. That's where the American military messed up. Because they forgot about the perception of civilisation. They forgot about the perception of the Iraqi people."
Kyle Snyder intends to return to the US Saturday and turn himself in. Michelle Mason's documentary Breaking Ranks takes a look at US war resisters who have gone to Canada seeking asylum. In addition to Mason's film, more information on war resisters hoping to be granted refugee status (which the Canadian government has thus far refused to do, unlike during the Vietnam era) can be found at War Resisters Support Campaign.
Kyle Snyder, Darrell Anderson, Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, Agustin Aguayo, Corey Glass, Patrick Hart, Jeremy Hinzman, Brandon Hughey, Carl Webb, Camilo Mejia, Pablo Paredes, Aidan Delgado, Ryan Johnson, Joshua Key, Katherine Jashinski, Ivan Brobeck, Robin Long, Kevin Benderman and Clifford Cornell are among those war resisters who have gone public. And that's only the names of those who have gone public. The war resistance within the military is a movement.
Earlier this week, US service members created a website, Appeal for Redress, and are attempting to collect 2000 signatures for their petition to Congress to end the illegal war. From Appeal for Redress
An Appeal for Redress from the War in IraqMany active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S. military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2007.The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone.As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.If you agree with this message, click here.The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions that apply to service members click here.Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to suppress this communication with members of Congress.Several members of Congress have expressed interest in receiving the Appeal for Redress.Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives.
Meanwhile, Citizen Soldier announces the opening, today, of "the first soldiers' coffeehouse of the current Iraq war in Watertown, NY." More information can be found at Citizen Soldier and at Different Drummer, the name of the coffeehouse. It is a movement and for those wanting more information on the importance of the GI coffeehouse to a peace movement should view David Zeiger's Sir! No Sir! documentary.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"War resister Kyle Snyder returns to the US tomorrow"
"NYT: "42 Iraqis Die as Insurgents Attack Police Near Baquba" (Richard A. Oppel Jr & Kirk Semple)"
"thoughts"
"Iraq"
"Tough Scandalous Times for the GOP (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! ANOTHER GOP OFFICIAL BITES THE DUST!"
Friday, October 27, 2006
Thursday, October 26, 2006
Tough Scandalous Times for the GOP (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
DAVID A. PETERSEN, REPUBLICAN, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA HAD A STRANGE REQUEST. HE WANTED HIS COMPUTER CLEANED.
NOT THE KEYBOARD, NOT THE MONITOR SCREEN. HE WANTED "EVIDENCE OF VISITS TO PORNOGRAPHIC WEB SITES . . . SANTIZED FROM HIS COMPUTER".
APPARENTLY WHEN NOT "MEETING WITH A CONTROVERSIAL EVANGELIST," PETERSON ENJOYED A BIT OF THE PORN IN THE MIDST OF THE WORK DAY.
REACHED FOR COMMENT, PETERSEN TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "NO COMMENT." HE ALSO CURSED US OUT ABOUT "KNOCKING ME OFF THE WEB BY CALLING!" LEADING THESE REPORTERS TO ASSUME HE HAD A DIAL UP CONNECTION AND ONLY ONE PHONE LINE.
A CLOSE FRIEND WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE NOTIFIED ("WOULD YOU?!!!?") TOLD US THAT HE FELT DAVID A. PETERSEN "PROVES THAT BEING THE FATHER OF 8 DOESN'T MEAN YOU LOSE INTEREST IN THE PORN. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PORNY LITTLE DEVIL."
POSSIBLY, BUT PLEADING GUILTY YESTERDAY MEANS HE IS NOT STATE TREASURER MUCH LONGER. PETERSEN PLEADED TO A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR FOR "FAILURE TO DISCLOSE A $4,200 COMMISSION HE RECIEVED FROM THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE." ONE THINKS HE SPENT TOO LITTLE TIME AT THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE BUT MAYBE THEY USED A "NET NANNY" ON THEIR COMPUTERS. PETERSEN WILL BE SENTENCED DECEMBER 1ST AND "AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL TERRY GODDARD, MR. PETERSEN MUST RESIGN NO LATER THAN DEC. 1".
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Meanwhile, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) notes that the US military death toll in Iraq has "reached the highest level in nearly two years on Thursday following the deaths of four U.S. Marines and one Navy sailor in volatile Anbar province." The US military announced: "One Sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Wednesday from injuries sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province." The BBC notes that Bully Boy "on Wednesday admitted being seriously concerned about the scale of American casualties." Not 'seriously concerned' enough to get the number of American fatalities correct. Some people are seriously concerned such as Diana Unger who spoke to CBS' Byron Pitts about her son David Unger: "My son died in a country that I have no idea, really, why we're even there" and, of the Bully Boy, "Unless he puts his daughters over there and he has that real fear everyday of not wanting to turn on the television, that fear that gets into your heart and your head, he can't fathom what that means."
[. . .]
". . . truth is often denied at first, then grudgingly accepted until it becomes comventional wisdom," Danny Schechter News Dissector notes writing about the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq (at BuzzFlash): "There is a word missing in most of the coverage of Iraq. It's a ghost-laden word that conjures up distressing memories that Washington and most of our media prefer to keep in that proverbial 'lock box,' hidden away in dusty archives and footage libraries. The word is Vietnam. Its absence was never more noticeable than in the coverage this past weekend of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, marked in Vietnam with celebrations, but largely ignored in America where CNN led with the story of a bride who went missing when she had second thoughts. Is this denial or is it deliberate?"
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"Bully Boy doesn't know the number of US fatalities but timid media can't tell you that"
"Knickmeyer raised the issue (that Gen. Casey ignored)"
"Daniel Ellsberg, the Mamas and the Papas, Iraq"
"Iraq and Tony picks 12 of his favorite Ava & C.I. TV reviews"
"THIS JUST IN! IRAQ RESPONDS!"
"Iraq hollers back to the Bully Boy (humor)"
DAVID A. PETERSEN, REPUBLICAN, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA HAD A STRANGE REQUEST. HE WANTED HIS COMPUTER CLEANED.
NOT THE KEYBOARD, NOT THE MONITOR SCREEN. HE WANTED "EVIDENCE OF VISITS TO PORNOGRAPHIC WEB SITES . . . SANTIZED FROM HIS COMPUTER".
APPARENTLY WHEN NOT "MEETING WITH A CONTROVERSIAL EVANGELIST," PETERSON ENJOYED A BIT OF THE PORN IN THE MIDST OF THE WORK DAY.
REACHED FOR COMMENT, PETERSEN TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "NO COMMENT." HE ALSO CURSED US OUT ABOUT "KNOCKING ME OFF THE WEB BY CALLING!" LEADING THESE REPORTERS TO ASSUME HE HAD A DIAL UP CONNECTION AND ONLY ONE PHONE LINE.
A CLOSE FRIEND WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE NOTIFIED ("WOULD YOU?!!!?") TOLD US THAT HE FELT DAVID A. PETERSEN "PROVES THAT BEING THE FATHER OF 8 DOESN'T MEAN YOU LOSE INTEREST IN THE PORN. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PORNY LITTLE DEVIL."
POSSIBLY, BUT PLEADING GUILTY YESTERDAY MEANS HE IS NOT STATE TREASURER MUCH LONGER. PETERSEN PLEADED TO A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR FOR "FAILURE TO DISCLOSE A $4,200 COMMISSION HE RECIEVED FROM THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE." ONE THINKS HE SPENT TOO LITTLE TIME AT THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE BUT MAYBE THEY USED A "NET NANNY" ON THEIR COMPUTERS. PETERSEN WILL BE SENTENCED DECEMBER 1ST AND "AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL TERRY GODDARD, MR. PETERSEN MUST RESIGN NO LATER THAN DEC. 1".
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Meanwhile, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) notes that the US military death toll in Iraq has "reached the highest level in nearly two years on Thursday following the deaths of four U.S. Marines and one Navy sailor in volatile Anbar province." The US military announced: "One Sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Wednesday from injuries sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province." The BBC notes that Bully Boy "on Wednesday admitted being seriously concerned about the scale of American casualties." Not 'seriously concerned' enough to get the number of American fatalities correct. Some people are seriously concerned such as Diana Unger who spoke to CBS' Byron Pitts about her son David Unger: "My son died in a country that I have no idea, really, why we're even there" and, of the Bully Boy, "Unless he puts his daughters over there and he has that real fear everyday of not wanting to turn on the television, that fear that gets into your heart and your head, he can't fathom what that means."
[. . .]
". . . truth is often denied at first, then grudgingly accepted until it becomes comventional wisdom," Danny Schechter News Dissector notes writing about the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq (at BuzzFlash): "There is a word missing in most of the coverage of Iraq. It's a ghost-laden word that conjures up distressing memories that Washington and most of our media prefer to keep in that proverbial 'lock box,' hidden away in dusty archives and footage libraries. The word is Vietnam. Its absence was never more noticeable than in the coverage this past weekend of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, marked in Vietnam with celebrations, but largely ignored in America where CNN led with the story of a bride who went missing when she had second thoughts. Is this denial or is it deliberate?"
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"Bully Boy doesn't know the number of US fatalities but timid media can't tell you that"
"Knickmeyer raised the issue (that Gen. Casey ignored)"
"Daniel Ellsberg, the Mamas and the Papas, Iraq"
"Iraq and Tony picks 12 of his favorite Ava & C.I. TV reviews"
"THIS JUST IN! IRAQ RESPONDS!"
"Iraq hollers back to the Bully Boy (humor)"
Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Iraq hollers back to the Bully Boy (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
TODAY BULLY BOY ADDRESSED THE PRESS AND, BY PROXY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DECLARE "THAT MEDIA REPORTS FROM IRAQ ARE DISTORTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY."
REACHED FOR COMMENT, IRAQ HOLLERED (OVER THE SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS AND GUN SHOTS) BACK, "IRAQ THINKS THAT THE BULLY BOY OF THE UNITED STATES IS DISTROTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION HERE. IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU KNOW."
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Starting with peace news. As Ann Scott Tyson (Washington Post) reports, Appeal for Redress is up and running: "More than 100 U.S. service members have signed a rare appeal urging Congress to support the 'prompt withdrawal' of all American troops and bases from Iraq" and that the action's goal is to gather 2,000 signatures to the appeal before presenting it to Congress. Drew Brown (McClatchy Newspapers) reports that the target date for delivery to Congress is MLK Day (Monday, January 15, 2007). [Readers of the New York Times who are wondering where this in their paper, it's right there on page A13, a whopping one paragraph -- from AP -- in National Briefing.]
From Appeal for Redress:
An Appeal for Redress from the War in IraqMany active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S. military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2007.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone.
As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.
If you agree with this message, click here.
The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions that apply to service members click here.
Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to suppress this communication with members of Congress.Several members of Congress have expressed interest in receiving the Appeal for Redress.
Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives.
Ehren Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz, is quoted by Drew Brown: "The kinds of resistance and opposition and outrage that military people are now beginning to express has been simmering for quite a while. But it's about to just burst out in huge waves." Ehren Watada is the first commissioned US officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq. His father, Bob Watada, is beginning his third speaking tour to raise awareness of his son's case [an Article 32 hearing recommended court-martial, no decision has yet been annouced]. This speaking tour will last from October 26 through November 17th.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: 'General May Call for Increas in U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad' (John F. Burns)"
"'Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home'."
"Isaiah, Howard Zinn, Cindy Sheehan, Tina Turner, Chris Cornell"
"fashion house, elections (feminist wire, robert parry, green party)"
"College, Jeff Cohen, John Walsh, Iraq"
"THIS JUST IN! BIG DENNY HASTERT TRAVELS WITH ENTOURAGE!"
"Big Denny wants to be America's Top Model (humor)"
TODAY BULLY BOY ADDRESSED THE PRESS AND, BY PROXY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DECLARE "THAT MEDIA REPORTS FROM IRAQ ARE DISTORTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY."
REACHED FOR COMMENT, IRAQ HOLLERED (OVER THE SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS AND GUN SHOTS) BACK, "IRAQ THINKS THAT THE BULLY BOY OF THE UNITED STATES IS DISTROTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION HERE. IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU KNOW."
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Starting with peace news. As Ann Scott Tyson (Washington Post) reports, Appeal for Redress is up and running: "More than 100 U.S. service members have signed a rare appeal urging Congress to support the 'prompt withdrawal' of all American troops and bases from Iraq" and that the action's goal is to gather 2,000 signatures to the appeal before presenting it to Congress. Drew Brown (McClatchy Newspapers) reports that the target date for delivery to Congress is MLK Day (Monday, January 15, 2007). [Readers of the New York Times who are wondering where this in their paper, it's right there on page A13, a whopping one paragraph -- from AP -- in National Briefing.]
From Appeal for Redress:
An Appeal for Redress from the War in IraqMany active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S. military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2007.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone.
As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.
If you agree with this message, click here.
The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions that apply to service members click here.
Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to suppress this communication with members of Congress.Several members of Congress have expressed interest in receiving the Appeal for Redress.
Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives.
Ehren Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz, is quoted by Drew Brown: "The kinds of resistance and opposition and outrage that military people are now beginning to express has been simmering for quite a while. But it's about to just burst out in huge waves." Ehren Watada is the first commissioned US officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq. His father, Bob Watada, is beginning his third speaking tour to raise awareness of his son's case [an Article 32 hearing recommended court-martial, no decision has yet been annouced]. This speaking tour will last from October 26 through November 17th.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: 'General May Call for Increas in U.S. Troop Levels in Baghdad' (John F. Burns)"
"'Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home'."
"Isaiah, Howard Zinn, Cindy Sheehan, Tina Turner, Chris Cornell"
"fashion house, elections (feminist wire, robert parry, green party)"
"College, Jeff Cohen, John Walsh, Iraq"
"THIS JUST IN! BIG DENNY HASTERT TRAVELS WITH ENTOURAGE!"
"Big Denny wants to be America's Top Model (humor)"
Tuesday, October 24, 2006
Big Denny wants to be America's Top Model (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BIG DENNY HASTERT WENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO TRY OUT HIS "I KNOW NOTHING" ROUTING REGARDING THE MARK FOLEY/PAGEGATE SCANDAL.
WHETHER OR NOT HE'S ABLE TO FOOL THE COMMITTEE, THE REALITY IS THE MOST INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT BIG DENNY'S TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TODAY IS THIS: "SHORTLY BEFORE THE SPEAKER APPEARED, HIS SECURITY DETAIL ARRIVED AND WENT INSIDE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE ROOM, WHERE TESTIMONY IS TAKEN IN SECRET SESSIONS. HASTERT THEN ARRIVED WITH HIS ATTORNEY, J. RANDOLPH EVANS OF ATLANTA."
WHEN ASKED BY THESE REPORTERS ASKED VARIOUS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS "WHAT THE F**K WAS UP WITH THAT?" ALL BUT ONE DECLINED TO GO ON THE RECORD.
REPUBLICAN BOB NEY, OF ALL PEOPLE, AGREED PROVIDED WE NOT REVISIT "FELON IN THE CONGRESS." HIS GROUND RULES WERE THAT THE TERM "FELON IN THE CONGRESS" NOT APPEAR IN OUR REPORT. WHEN THESE REPORTERS INFORMED WE DID NOT AGREE TO THE GROUND RULES, HE RELENTED.
"IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WON'T EVEN BE BILLED AS 'CONGRESSMAN' ANYMORE," NEY SAID WIPING THE SWEAT FROM HIS FOREHEAD. "LET ME GRAB ALL THE PRESS I CAN NOW."
DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN NEY TOLD US, "BIG DENNY'S ALWAYS HAD A DIVA STREAK. HE'S TRIED FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS TO GET ON TYRA BANK'S AMERICA'S TOP MODEL. TRAVELING WITH THE MAKE UP GALS AND HANGER ONS THAT MAKE UP HIS POSSE MAKE HIM FEEL PRETTY."
WE THANKED CONVICTED FELON AND CONGRESSMAN BOB NEY FOR HIS TIME AND ASKED HIM IF HE INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN CONGRESS UP TO THE MOMENT HE'S HANDCUFFED AND LED OFF TO PRISON?
"HELL YEAH!" WHOOPED THE SOON TO BE IMPRISONED NEY. "I'M GOING TO RIDE THIS GRAVY TRAIN 'TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF!"
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ruth's Report"
"NYT: 'Troops Look for American Soldier Missing in Baghdad' (Sabrina Tavernise)"
"Other Items"
"dr. helen caldicott"
"Iraq, Kyle Snyder, James Baker and more"
"Betty filling in for Kat"
"2 Highlights"
"White house intervention (parody)"
"THIS JUST IN! AN ATTEMPTED WHITE HOUSE INTERVENTION!"
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BIG DENNY HASTERT WENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO TRY OUT HIS "I KNOW NOTHING" ROUTING REGARDING THE MARK FOLEY/PAGEGATE SCANDAL.
WHETHER OR NOT HE'S ABLE TO FOOL THE COMMITTEE, THE REALITY IS THE MOST INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT BIG DENNY'S TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TODAY IS THIS: "SHORTLY BEFORE THE SPEAKER APPEARED, HIS SECURITY DETAIL ARRIVED AND WENT INSIDE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE ROOM, WHERE TESTIMONY IS TAKEN IN SECRET SESSIONS. HASTERT THEN ARRIVED WITH HIS ATTORNEY, J. RANDOLPH EVANS OF ATLANTA."
WHEN ASKED BY THESE REPORTERS ASKED VARIOUS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS "WHAT THE F**K WAS UP WITH THAT?" ALL BUT ONE DECLINED TO GO ON THE RECORD.
REPUBLICAN BOB NEY, OF ALL PEOPLE, AGREED PROVIDED WE NOT REVISIT "FELON IN THE CONGRESS." HIS GROUND RULES WERE THAT THE TERM "FELON IN THE CONGRESS" NOT APPEAR IN OUR REPORT. WHEN THESE REPORTERS INFORMED WE DID NOT AGREE TO THE GROUND RULES, HE RELENTED.
"IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WON'T EVEN BE BILLED AS 'CONGRESSMAN' ANYMORE," NEY SAID WIPING THE SWEAT FROM HIS FOREHEAD. "LET ME GRAB ALL THE PRESS I CAN NOW."
DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN NEY TOLD US, "BIG DENNY'S ALWAYS HAD A DIVA STREAK. HE'S TRIED FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS TO GET ON TYRA BANK'S AMERICA'S TOP MODEL. TRAVELING WITH THE MAKE UP GALS AND HANGER ONS THAT MAKE UP HIS POSSE MAKE HIM FEEL PRETTY."
WE THANKED CONVICTED FELON AND CONGRESSMAN BOB NEY FOR HIS TIME AND ASKED HIM IF HE INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN CONGRESS UP TO THE MOMENT HE'S HANDCUFFED AND LED OFF TO PRISON?
"HELL YEAH!" WHOOPED THE SOON TO BE IMPRISONED NEY. "I'M GOING TO RIDE THIS GRAVY TRAIN 'TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF!"
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ruth's Report"
"NYT: 'Troops Look for American Soldier Missing in Baghdad' (Sabrina Tavernise)"
"Other Items"
"dr. helen caldicott"
"Iraq, Kyle Snyder, James Baker and more"
"Betty filling in for Kat"
"2 Highlights"
"White house intervention (parody)"
"THIS JUST IN! AN ATTEMPTED WHITE HOUSE INTERVENTION!"
Monday, October 23, 2006
White house intervention (parody)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
AS NEWS LEAKED OUT THE BULLY BOY ADMINISTRATION WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET DEADLINES FOR IRAQ, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ISSUING DENIALS.
WHEN THAT DIDN'T FLY, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ARGUING THAT THEY WERE SETTING "MILESTONES" NOT "DEADLINES."
IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEM THE LOSS OF LIVES IN IRAQ (2800 U.S. TROOPS KILLED, OVER 655,000 IRAQIS KILLED) AND TO SALVAGE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THESE REPORTERS MET WITH CONDI RICE TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM EST ARMED WITH WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX!
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE GREETED US WARMLY, "THANK GOD! A MEETING. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PRETEND TO SKIM TODAY'S P.D.B. I HATE THESE THINGS. THEY NEVER HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY AND THEY GO ON SO LONG. CAN'T THE C.I.A. JUST PREPARE A DRAWING WITH A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN? THAT WOULD TELL US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW."
SECRETARY RICE THEN LOOKED ALARMED WHEN SHE NOTED WE WERE CARRYING A BOOK.
"NO ONE TOLD ME READING WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS MEETING," SHE SAID NERVOUSLY RISING TO HER FEET.
AFTER WE CALMED HER BY STATING WE WOULD BE READING TO HER, SECRETARY RICE RETURNED TO HER POSITIVE PERSONALITY AND ASKED IF MAYBE THERE WAS TIME TO ASK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD TO BRING IN SOME MILK AND COOKIES AS WELL AS "MY BLANKETA BECAUSE I LOVE TO TAKE A NAP AFTER I'M READ TO? YOU KNOW HE'S GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT RUN ERRANDS THESE DAYS. HE'S SHUT OUT OF THE LOOP."
EXPLAINING THAT THE READING WOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG PROMPTED A HEAVY SIGH FROM SECRETARY RICE BUT SHE WAVED HER HAND TO INDICATE WE SHOULD CONTINUE.
"DEADLINE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A LINE DRAWN WITHIN OR AROUND A PRISON THAT PRISONER PASSES AT THE RISK OF BEING SHOT, (2) A DATE OR TIME BEFORE WHICH SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: SPECIF: THE TIME AFTER WHICH COPY IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR A PARTICULAR ISSUE OF A PUBLICATION'."
"MILESTONE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A STONE SERVING AS A MILEPOST, (2) A SIGNIFICANT POINT IN DEVELOPMENT'."
"WHAT'S YOUR POINT?" ASKED A NERVOUS RICE. "YOU DIDN'T SAY THERE WOULD BE A VOCABULARY TEST. I COULD HAVE RESCHEDULED YOU FOR NEXT WEEK AND PREPARED."
THESE REPORTERS EXPLAINED THEY WERE JUST QUESTIONING THE ADMINISTRATION'S QUIBBLING OVER THE TERMS "DEADLINES" AND "MILESTONES."
"OH, THAT," CONDI RICE SAID LAUGHING. "OKAY, SURE. I CAN FIELD THAT. SEE A 'MILESTONE' IS SOMETHING YOU SEND OUT INVITATIONS TO. LIKE A WEDDING OR ANNIVERSARY OR THE 1ST TIME A BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS RUNS OVER AND KILLS SOMEONE."
AFTER GASPING FOR BREATH FROM LAUGHING AT HER OWN JOKE, SECRETARY RICE RESUMED SPEAKING, "LEAVE THAT IN, BY THE WAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REALIZE IT'S NOT ALL GLOOM & DOOM HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE LIKE TO LAUGH AS MUCH ANYONE. IN FACT, I'LL CALL MAGGIE [MARGARET SPELLINGS, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION] AND TELL HER TO SHOW YOU GUYS HER WHOOPIE CUSHION COLLECTION ON THE WAY OUT. BUT A 'MILESTONE' IS SIGNIFICANT. A 'DEADLINE,' WELL WE JUST BLOW THOSE OFF. HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED ANYTHING IN THE LAST 6 YEARS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?"
WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS JOKING, SECRETARY RICE LOOKED PETURBED, "NO, I'M NOT JOKING. WE BLOW OFF DEADLINES. AM I JOKING? PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO GET MY SENSE OF HUMOR. KIM JONG IL DIDN'T EITHER. WE DON'T 'DO DEALINES' IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND YOU CAN PRINT THAT. IF I CATCH ANY FLACK, I'LL JUST CLAIM I WAS MISTRANSLATED."
WHEN REMINDED THAT THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, A WEARY CONDI RICE ASKED, "WHAT'S YOUR POINT?"
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
In other peace news, war resister Kyle Snyder intends to return to the United States from Canada next month as Courage to Resist reported in an e-mail sent out Friday. In August, Synder explained his decision to self-check out of the US military and go to Canada to Karen Button noting, "You know, if they want to help people in Iraq . . . imagine a 15 year-old kid, for the last . . . years all he's seen is [US] military personnel with weapons going through his city. How is that child supposed to believe that the man, in that uniform is helping him? Now, if that child saw a convoy of logs being brought to his city, or a convory of water being brought to his city, still guarded, it would be a completely different situation. That's where the American military messed up. Because they forgot about the perception of civilisation. They forgot about the perception of the Iraqi people."
Meanwhile, Ehren Watada's father Bob Watada is launching another speaking tour to raise awareness on his son -- the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq. The tour kicks off October 26 in Phoenix, AZ and is set to conclude November 17th in Atlanta, GA. A full schedule can be found at Veterans for Peace.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"Christian Hill & The Olympian take a look at the peace movement"
"86 US troops killed in Iraq thus far (John Ward Anderson & Debbi Wilgoren)"
"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'Bully Alone'"
"NYT: 'Precarious Cease-Fire in Amara Holds' (John F. Burns)"
"Violence and chaos continue in Iraq, Bob Watada continues speaking out"
"Kyle Snyder, war resister, plans to return to the US"
"for third, john mayer"
"kyle for third"
"kyle snyder, war resister, is coming back to the u..."
"clowns for third"
"swirl for third"
"pastel for third"
"for third"
"six degrees for third"
"quick post"
"Amara"
"Isaiah and Amara"
"Halloween Gorp in the Kitchen"
"It's Back"
"War resister Kyle Snyder prepares to return to the US (C.I.)"
"A Note to Our Readers"
"Editorial: Kyle Snyder's return to the US is part of a movement of resistance"
"TV: Parlor games are rarely riveting"
"The students of Gallaudet University are standing up"
"John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change"
'Matthew Rothschild's "shameful thing"'
"The Third Estate Sunday Review E-mail Bag"
"Quck take: The Generals!"
"CounterWhen?"
"Bully Boy remembers dress up (humor) "
"THIS JUST IN! 'BULLY BOY REMEMBERS VIETNAM'!"
AS NEWS LEAKED OUT THE BULLY BOY ADMINISTRATION WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET DEADLINES FOR IRAQ, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ISSUING DENIALS.
WHEN THAT DIDN'T FLY, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ARGUING THAT THEY WERE SETTING "MILESTONES" NOT "DEADLINES."
IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEM THE LOSS OF LIVES IN IRAQ (2800 U.S. TROOPS KILLED, OVER 655,000 IRAQIS KILLED) AND TO SALVAGE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THESE REPORTERS MET WITH CONDI RICE TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM EST ARMED WITH WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY.
MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX!
SECRETARY OF STATE RICE GREETED US WARMLY, "THANK GOD! A MEETING. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PRETEND TO SKIM TODAY'S P.D.B. I HATE THESE THINGS. THEY NEVER HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY AND THEY GO ON SO LONG. CAN'T THE C.I.A. JUST PREPARE A DRAWING WITH A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN? THAT WOULD TELL US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW."
SECRETARY RICE THEN LOOKED ALARMED WHEN SHE NOTED WE WERE CARRYING A BOOK.
"NO ONE TOLD ME READING WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS MEETING," SHE SAID NERVOUSLY RISING TO HER FEET.
AFTER WE CALMED HER BY STATING WE WOULD BE READING TO HER, SECRETARY RICE RETURNED TO HER POSITIVE PERSONALITY AND ASKED IF MAYBE THERE WAS TIME TO ASK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD TO BRING IN SOME MILK AND COOKIES AS WELL AS "MY BLANKETA BECAUSE I LOVE TO TAKE A NAP AFTER I'M READ TO? YOU KNOW HE'S GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT RUN ERRANDS THESE DAYS. HE'S SHUT OUT OF THE LOOP."
EXPLAINING THAT THE READING WOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG PROMPTED A HEAVY SIGH FROM SECRETARY RICE BUT SHE WAVED HER HAND TO INDICATE WE SHOULD CONTINUE.
"DEADLINE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A LINE DRAWN WITHIN OR AROUND A PRISON THAT PRISONER PASSES AT THE RISK OF BEING SHOT, (2) A DATE OR TIME BEFORE WHICH SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: SPECIF: THE TIME AFTER WHICH COPY IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR A PARTICULAR ISSUE OF A PUBLICATION'."
"MILESTONE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A STONE SERVING AS A MILEPOST, (2) A SIGNIFICANT POINT IN DEVELOPMENT'."
"WHAT'S YOUR POINT?" ASKED A NERVOUS RICE. "YOU DIDN'T SAY THERE WOULD BE A VOCABULARY TEST. I COULD HAVE RESCHEDULED YOU FOR NEXT WEEK AND PREPARED."
THESE REPORTERS EXPLAINED THEY WERE JUST QUESTIONING THE ADMINISTRATION'S QUIBBLING OVER THE TERMS "DEADLINES" AND "MILESTONES."
"OH, THAT," CONDI RICE SAID LAUGHING. "OKAY, SURE. I CAN FIELD THAT. SEE A 'MILESTONE' IS SOMETHING YOU SEND OUT INVITATIONS TO. LIKE A WEDDING OR ANNIVERSARY OR THE 1ST TIME A BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS RUNS OVER AND KILLS SOMEONE."
AFTER GASPING FOR BREATH FROM LAUGHING AT HER OWN JOKE, SECRETARY RICE RESUMED SPEAKING, "LEAVE THAT IN, BY THE WAY. I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REALIZE IT'S NOT ALL GLOOM & DOOM HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE. WE LIKE TO LAUGH AS MUCH ANYONE. IN FACT, I'LL CALL MAGGIE [MARGARET SPELLINGS, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION] AND TELL HER TO SHOW YOU GUYS HER WHOOPIE CUSHION COLLECTION ON THE WAY OUT. BUT A 'MILESTONE' IS SIGNIFICANT. A 'DEADLINE,' WELL WE JUST BLOW THOSE OFF. HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED ANYTHING IN THE LAST 6 YEARS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?"
WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS JOKING, SECRETARY RICE LOOKED PETURBED, "NO, I'M NOT JOKING. WE BLOW OFF DEADLINES. AM I JOKING? PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO GET MY SENSE OF HUMOR. KIM JONG IL DIDN'T EITHER. WE DON'T 'DO DEALINES' IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND YOU CAN PRINT THAT. IF I CATCH ANY FLACK, I'LL JUST CLAIM I WAS MISTRANSLATED."
WHEN REMINDED THAT THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, A WEARY CONDI RICE ASKED, "WHAT'S YOUR POINT?"
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
In other peace news, war resister Kyle Snyder intends to return to the United States from Canada next month as Courage to Resist reported in an e-mail sent out Friday. In August, Synder explained his decision to self-check out of the US military and go to Canada to Karen Button noting, "You know, if they want to help people in Iraq . . . imagine a 15 year-old kid, for the last . . . years all he's seen is [US] military personnel with weapons going through his city. How is that child supposed to believe that the man, in that uniform is helping him? Now, if that child saw a convoy of logs being brought to his city, or a convory of water being brought to his city, still guarded, it would be a completely different situation. That's where the American military messed up. Because they forgot about the perception of civilisation. They forgot about the perception of the Iraqi people."
Meanwhile, Ehren Watada's father Bob Watada is launching another speaking tour to raise awareness on his son -- the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq. The tour kicks off October 26 in Phoenix, AZ and is set to conclude November 17th in Atlanta, GA. A full schedule can be found at Veterans for Peace.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"Christian Hill & The Olympian take a look at the peace movement"
"86 US troops killed in Iraq thus far (John Ward Anderson & Debbi Wilgoren)"
"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'Bully Alone'"
"NYT: 'Precarious Cease-Fire in Amara Holds' (John F. Burns)"
"Violence and chaos continue in Iraq, Bob Watada continues speaking out"
"Kyle Snyder, war resister, plans to return to the US"
"for third, john mayer"
"kyle for third"
"kyle snyder, war resister, is coming back to the u..."
"clowns for third"
"swirl for third"
"pastel for third"
"for third"
"six degrees for third"
"quick post"
"Amara"
"Isaiah and Amara"
"Halloween Gorp in the Kitchen"
"It's Back"
"War resister Kyle Snyder prepares to return to the US (C.I.)"
"A Note to Our Readers"
"Editorial: Kyle Snyder's return to the US is part of a movement of resistance"
"TV: Parlor games are rarely riveting"
"The students of Gallaudet University are standing up"
"John Mayer's Waiting on the World to Change"
'Matthew Rothschild's "shameful thing"'
"The Third Estate Sunday Review E-mail Bag"
"Quck take: The Generals!"
"CounterWhen?"
"Bully Boy remembers dress up (humor) "
"THIS JUST IN! 'BULLY BOY REMEMBERS VIETNAM'!"
Friday, October 20, 2006
Bully Boy remembers dress up (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
'BULLY BOY REMEMBERS VIETNAM!'
WORLD LAUGHS!
DRESS UP NO LONGER FUN!
DRESSING UP DAYS AREN'T SO FUN FOR BULLY BOY ANYMORE. (PICTURED ABOVE IN MAY 2003.)
AFTER BULLY BOY COMPARED IRAQ TO VIETNAM, EVERYONE HAS BEEN COMPARING IT. AND MOST HAVEN'T BEEN TOO KIND LIKE THE SCOTLAND HERALD'S EDITORIAL "BUSH HAS HIS VIETNAM."
SAID A WHITE HOUSE LAPDOG, "HE'S SAD AND HE'S MAD. HE FEELS PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT HIM AND HE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY DRESS UP AGAIN. IF HE CAN'T PLAY DRESS UP, HE MIGHT HAVE TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH REALITY."
FORTUNATELY, KARL ROVE GAVE BULLY BOY A NEW SHOVEL AND PAIL.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"NYT: 'U.S. Says Violence in Baghdad Rises, Foiling Campaign' (John F. Burns)"
"Other Items"
"bo derek's 'acting,' pete seeger, iraq"
"Iraq, Media Matters, Randi Rhodes"
"THIS JUST IN! WHO IS THE AP HELPING?"
"AP provides PR to new website"
"The Blood box."
THIS JUST IN!
'BULLY BOY REMEMBERS VIETNAM!'
WORLD LAUGHS!
DRESS UP NO LONGER FUN!
DRESSING UP DAYS AREN'T SO FUN FOR BULLY BOY ANYMORE. (PICTURED ABOVE IN MAY 2003.)
AFTER BULLY BOY COMPARED IRAQ TO VIETNAM, EVERYONE HAS BEEN COMPARING IT. AND MOST HAVEN'T BEEN TOO KIND LIKE THE SCOTLAND HERALD'S EDITORIAL "BUSH HAS HIS VIETNAM."
SAID A WHITE HOUSE LAPDOG, "HE'S SAD AND HE'S MAD. HE FEELS PEOPLE ARE LAUGHING AT HIM AND HE'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO PLAY DRESS UP AGAIN. IF HE CAN'T PLAY DRESS UP, HE MIGHT HAVE TO ACTUALLY DEAL WITH REALITY."
FORTUNATELY, KARL ROVE GAVE BULLY BOY A NEW SHOVEL AND PAIL.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"NYT: 'U.S. Says Violence in Baghdad Rises, Foiling Campaign' (John F. Burns)"
"Other Items"
"bo derek's 'acting,' pete seeger, iraq"
"Iraq, Media Matters, Randi Rhodes"
"THIS JUST IN! WHO IS THE AP HELPING?"
"AP provides PR to new website"
"The Blood box."
Thursday, October 19, 2006
AP provides PR to new website
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
WHO IS THE AP HELPING?
WILL LESTER, WHO IS NOT THE COMEDY DUO WILLIE & LESTER, WRITES TODAY ABOUT A STORY FUELED BY A WEBSITE HEYJOHN.ORG AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?
THE WEB SITE, WHICH ATTEMPTS TO SHAME JOHN KERRY, ONLY STARTED POSTING ON OCTOBER 18TH. THE SITE ALLOWS COMMENTS AND CURRENTLY HAS A WHOPPING 10 COMMENTS -- 6 TO THEIR OLDEST, 4 TO THE SECOND OLDEST AND NONE TO THE NEWEST.
A WEB SITE THAT TAKES COMMENTS AND HAS ONLY GENERATED 10 COMMENTS IN ITS ENTIRE EXISTANCE IS WORTHY OF COVERAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS?
OR IS IT A CASE OF WHO YOU KNOW? IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A CASE OF A WEBSITE THAT HAS RECEIVED MASSIVE ATTENTION FROM THE PUBLIC ATTRACTING THE PRESS.
WHEN THE PRESS COVERAGE LEADS, THESE REPORTERS WOULD ARGUE YOU NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
1) WHO IS BEHIND THE WEBSITE?
2) WHY DID THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DECIDE TO WRITE ABOUT IT?
3) WHO CALLED IN A FAVOR?
THE WEBSITE DESCRIBES ITSELF AS:
Hey, John! is a grassroots effort to help the Democrats take back Congress in 2006 by freeing up the money we donated John Kerry in 2004.
Whether or not he runs for President again, John Kerry owes it to all of us who supported him two years ago to help the party and its candidates now. President Kerry would go farther with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid than with the corrupt GOP still in power.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Iraq"
"NYT: 'Premier of Iraq Seeks Assistance of Shiite Clerics' (Kirk Semple & John F. Burns)"
"Other Items"
"Justice"
"Iraq"
"Guns & Butter (Ruth)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY PLOTS HIS ESCAPE!"
"To escape impeachment . . ."
"short post"
THIS JUST IN!
WHO IS THE AP HELPING?
WILL LESTER, WHO IS NOT THE COMEDY DUO WILLIE & LESTER, WRITES TODAY ABOUT A STORY FUELED BY A WEBSITE HEYJOHN.ORG AND THE QUESTION IS WHY?
THE WEB SITE, WHICH ATTEMPTS TO SHAME JOHN KERRY, ONLY STARTED POSTING ON OCTOBER 18TH. THE SITE ALLOWS COMMENTS AND CURRENTLY HAS A WHOPPING 10 COMMENTS -- 6 TO THEIR OLDEST, 4 TO THE SECOND OLDEST AND NONE TO THE NEWEST.
A WEB SITE THAT TAKES COMMENTS AND HAS ONLY GENERATED 10 COMMENTS IN ITS ENTIRE EXISTANCE IS WORTHY OF COVERAGE FROM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS?
OR IS IT A CASE OF WHO YOU KNOW? IT IS CERTAINLY NOT A CASE OF A WEBSITE THAT HAS RECEIVED MASSIVE ATTENTION FROM THE PUBLIC ATTRACTING THE PRESS.
WHEN THE PRESS COVERAGE LEADS, THESE REPORTERS WOULD ARGUE YOU NEED TO ASK QUESTIONS.
1) WHO IS BEHIND THE WEBSITE?
2) WHY DID THE ASSOCIATED PRESS DECIDE TO WRITE ABOUT IT?
3) WHO CALLED IN A FAVOR?
THE WEBSITE DESCRIBES ITSELF AS:
Hey, John! is a grassroots effort to help the Democrats take back Congress in 2006 by freeing up the money we donated John Kerry in 2004.
Whether or not he runs for President again, John Kerry owes it to all of us who supported him two years ago to help the party and its candidates now. President Kerry would go farther with Speaker Pelosi and Majority Leader Reid than with the corrupt GOP still in power.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Iraq"
"NYT: 'Premier of Iraq Seeks Assistance of Shiite Clerics' (Kirk Semple & John F. Burns)"
"Other Items"
"Justice"
"Iraq"
"Guns & Butter (Ruth)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY PLOTS HIS ESCAPE!"
"To escape impeachment . . ."
"short post"
Wednesday, October 18, 2006
To escape impeachment . . .
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY PLOTS HIS ESCAPE!
IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE USED TO ENJOY WATCHING STAR TREK WHILE HE ROLLED ONE.
IT'S THAT HE NEEDS TO PLAN FOR HIS FUTURE.
AND MAYBE THAT 100,000 ACRE RANCH IN PARAGUAY THAT HE JUST SNAPPED UP WON'T GIVE HIM ALL THE ROOM HE NEEDS?
IN CASE A U.N. WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IS CALLED, BULLY BOY NEEDS SPACE TO MOVE AND AND WHAT BETTER SPACE THAN . . . SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO BULLY HAS GONE BEFORE.
BULLY BOY SIGNED THE "NATIONAL SPACE POLICY THAT REJECTS FUTURE ARMS-CONTROL AGREEMENTS THAT MIGHT LIMIT U.S. FLEXIBILITY IN SPACE AND ASSERTS A RIGHT TO DENY ACCESS TO SPACE TO ANYONE 'HOSTILE TO U.S. INTERESTS'."
THE PLAN, A FORMER WHITE HOUSE LAP DOG NAMED SCOTTY SAID, IS, SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS REGAIN THE HOUSE, PREPARE TO LAUNCH BULLY BOY INTO SPACE TO AVOID HIM HAVING TO STAND TRIAL FOR IMPEACHMENT.
THE SOURCE STATES THAT BULLY BOY WAS VERY EXCITED BY THE PLAN AND ASKED FOR A LIGHT SABER TO IMPRESS THE "SPACE BABES WITH, ESPECIALLY THAT HOT-CHA-CHA SEA HAG."
WHEN ASKED, THE SOURCE STATED THAT, YES, THIS WAS THE SEA HAG FROM THE POPEYE CARTOONS.
"HE GETS SPACE AND UNDER WATER CONFUSED," SCOTTY EXPLAINED. "HE KEEPS WANTING TO SHOW US HOW HE'LL DOG PADDLE THROUGH THE MILKY WAY."
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"'Violence in Iraq Kills 10 U.S. Soldiers' (Ellen Knickmeyer)""When the 'options' grow even fewer"
"Why John Kerry Will Lose the Dem Nomination in 2008"
"gail collins is on her way out - good riddance"
"NYT waters down reality (again)"
"Lieberman will never change his evil ways"
"THIS JUST IN! JOE LIEBERMAN SINGS "I NEVER CHANGE MY EVIL WAYS"
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY PLOTS HIS ESCAPE!
IT'S NOT JUST THAT HE USED TO ENJOY WATCHING STAR TREK WHILE HE ROLLED ONE.
IT'S THAT HE NEEDS TO PLAN FOR HIS FUTURE.
AND MAYBE THAT 100,000 ACRE RANCH IN PARAGUAY THAT HE JUST SNAPPED UP WON'T GIVE HIM ALL THE ROOM HE NEEDS?
IN CASE A U.N. WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL IS CALLED, BULLY BOY NEEDS SPACE TO MOVE AND AND WHAT BETTER SPACE THAN . . . SPACE. THE FINAL FRONTIER. TO BOLDLY GO WHERE NO BULLY HAS GONE BEFORE.
BULLY BOY SIGNED THE "NATIONAL SPACE POLICY THAT REJECTS FUTURE ARMS-CONTROL AGREEMENTS THAT MIGHT LIMIT U.S. FLEXIBILITY IN SPACE AND ASSERTS A RIGHT TO DENY ACCESS TO SPACE TO ANYONE 'HOSTILE TO U.S. INTERESTS'."
THE PLAN, A FORMER WHITE HOUSE LAP DOG NAMED SCOTTY SAID, IS, SHOULD THE DEMOCRATS REGAIN THE HOUSE, PREPARE TO LAUNCH BULLY BOY INTO SPACE TO AVOID HIM HAVING TO STAND TRIAL FOR IMPEACHMENT.
THE SOURCE STATES THAT BULLY BOY WAS VERY EXCITED BY THE PLAN AND ASKED FOR A LIGHT SABER TO IMPRESS THE "SPACE BABES WITH, ESPECIALLY THAT HOT-CHA-CHA SEA HAG."
WHEN ASKED, THE SOURCE STATED THAT, YES, THIS WAS THE SEA HAG FROM THE POPEYE CARTOONS.
"HE GETS SPACE AND UNDER WATER CONFUSED," SCOTTY EXPLAINED. "HE KEEPS WANTING TO SHOW US HOW HE'LL DOG PADDLE THROUGH THE MILKY WAY."
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"'Violence in Iraq Kills 10 U.S. Soldiers' (Ellen Knickmeyer)""When the 'options' grow even fewer"
"Why John Kerry Will Lose the Dem Nomination in 2008"
"gail collins is on her way out - good riddance"
"NYT waters down reality (again)"
"Lieberman will never change his evil ways"
"THIS JUST IN! JOE LIEBERMAN SINGS "I NEVER CHANGE MY EVIL WAYS"
Tuesday, October 17, 2006
Lieberman will never change his evil ways
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
JOE LIEBERMAN SINGS: "I NEVER CHANGE MY EVIL WAYS."
THE ULTIMATE UGLY BETTY (MODELING BEACH WEAR AT LEFT) JUST GOT A LITTLE UGLIER IN HIS DESPERATION TO HOLD ONTO A SENATE SEAT SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTY WITH BILL FRIST AND TRENT LOTT. JOE LIEBERMAN, AFTER TAKING SEVERAL DAYS TO PONDER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTRY WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JOE UGLYMAN, LIE-MAN, AND ALL ROUND G.O.P. SUCK UP, DECLARED, "IT'S NOT GOINT TO BE MUCH OF A STEP FORWARD IF THERE'S A NEW DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE TONE IN WASHINGTON."
APPARENTLY THE CHANGED "TONE" NEEDS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE PRAISING THE WET KISSES HE AND BULLY BOY EXCHANGE.
HIT THE DOOR, ISADORE, HIT THE DOOR.
Recommended: "Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'The 'Strategy'"
"Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: 'Iraqis Ask Why U.S. Forces Didn't Intervene in Balad' (Michael Luo)"
"Other Items"
"Informed Dissent, Iraq, elections, and more"
"lynne stewart"
"Illustration"
"Kat's Place (Betty)"
"A Soldier's Tale"
"Bully Boy does it for love (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY GETS HOT & HEAVY FOR LOVE!"
THIS JUST IN!
JOE LIEBERMAN SINGS: "I NEVER CHANGE MY EVIL WAYS."
THE ULTIMATE UGLY BETTY (MODELING BEACH WEAR AT LEFT) JUST GOT A LITTLE UGLIER IN HIS DESPERATION TO HOLD ONTO A SENATE SEAT SO HE CAN CONTINUE TO PARTY WITH BILL FRIST AND TRENT LOTT. JOE LIEBERMAN, AFTER TAKING SEVERAL DAYS TO PONDER THE QUESTION OF WHETHER OR NOT THE COUNTRY WOULD BE BETTER OFF WITH DEMOCRATS IN CHARGE OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, JOE UGLYMAN, LIE-MAN, AND ALL ROUND G.O.P. SUCK UP, DECLARED, "IT'S NOT GOINT TO BE MUCH OF A STEP FORWARD IF THERE'S A NEW DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP THAT DOESN'T CHANGE THE TONE IN WASHINGTON."
APPARENTLY THE CHANGED "TONE" NEEDS TO INCLUDE PEOPLE PRAISING THE WET KISSES HE AND BULLY BOY EXCHANGE.
HIT THE DOOR, ISADORE, HIT THE DOOR.
Recommended: "Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'The 'Strategy'"
"Iraq Snapshot"
"NYT: 'Iraqis Ask Why U.S. Forces Didn't Intervene in Balad' (Michael Luo)"
"Other Items"
"Informed Dissent, Iraq, elections, and more"
"lynne stewart"
"Illustration"
"Kat's Place (Betty)"
"A Soldier's Tale"
"Bully Boy does it for love (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY GETS HOT & HEAVY FOR LOVE!"
Monday, October 16, 2006
Bully Boy does it for love (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY REASSURE AL-MALIKI!
NOURI AL-MALIKI, THE PUPPET OF THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, WOKE UP FEEL TENSE AND BLOATED.
SOMETIMES A PUPPET JUST NEEDS TO FEEL THE LOVE, NEEDS TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE STILL CARES.
SO BULLY BOY CALLED AL-MALIKI. HE REASSURED HIM THAT HE STILL CARED, HE TOLD AL-MALIKI HE DIDN'T LOOK FAT AND THAT THE NEW HAIR CUT WAS 'SNAZZY.' HE ASSURED AL-MALIKI THAT LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS DON'T HAVE TO END AND THAT HE'S NEVER FAR FROM THE BULLY BOY'S THOUGHTS OR HEART.
AL-MALIKI WORRIED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING ABOUT HIM AND BULLY BOY RESPONDED BY DUSTING OFF AN OLD CAROLE KING AND GERRY GOFFIN CHESNUT, "OH NO, NOT MY SWEET BABY," AND SINGING IT TO AL-MALIKI:
WHEN MY FRIENDS TOLD ME YOU HAD SOMEONE NEW
I DIDN'T BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD WAS TRUE
I SHOWED THEM ALL I HAD FAITH IN YOU
I JUST KEPT ON SAYING
OH, NO, NOT MY BABY
OH, NO, NOT MY SWEET BABY
YOU'RE NOT LIKE THOSE OTHER GUYS
WHO LEAD YOU ON AND TELL YOUR LIES
THEN BULLY BOY TOLD AL-MALIKI HE'D LEAVE U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ FOR AS LONG AS AL-MALIKI WANTED OR AS LONG AS TARGETS WERE NEEDED.
AFTER MAKING KISSY NOISES AND SAYING "NO, YOU HANG UP FIRST!" THEY
ENDED THEIR PHONE CALL.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Mike noted Pacifica's new program Informed Dissent which is a thirty minute, weekly program covering the national election. The September 23rd broadcast focused on the Iraq war and featured many discussions and reports. On the war, Jodie Evans (CODEPINK) declared, "This issue is effecting every other" and listed concrete examples of what isn't being funded as the illegal war is. Evans also noted that, "It's baffling to look at the Democratic Party and see how spineless and lacking in leadership they are." Informed Dissent airs once a week, a half-hour show, looking at the 2006 US elections, hosted by Mitch Jeserich and featuring contributions from many Pacifica broadcasters.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on""Ehren Watada covered by Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)""NYT: '5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month's Toll to 53' (Kirk Semple)"
"NYT: 'Iraiq Interior Minister to Purge Agency to Stem Killings' (Semple and Luo)""'Justice' (Josh White, Karla Adam and Kevin Sullivan)"
"Ruth's Report"
"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'Nostalgic Bully'"
"More American troops dead in Iraq as violence continues"
"Music, Ricky Clousing and the hypocrisy of presenting sexual predators as respectable"
"The Queen Bee Gets Stung"
"Ricky Clousing (covered by NYT if not much more)"
"Halloween in the Kitchen"
"Books (C.I.)"
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Editorial: What does it say?
TV Review: Try to ignore the Shark in the room
War Hawks Anonymous (Parody)
Target: 14-year-old Julia Wilson
The Brazen Cindra
Felon in the Congress
About the TV reviews
Ruth's Report
Mike and C.I. each pick a highlight
"THIS JUST IN! FELON IN THE CONGRESS"
"Felon in the Congress!"
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY REASSURE AL-MALIKI!
NOURI AL-MALIKI, THE PUPPET OF THE ILLEGAL OCCUPATION OF IRAQ, WOKE UP FEEL TENSE AND BLOATED.
SOMETIMES A PUPPET JUST NEEDS TO FEEL THE LOVE, NEEDS TO KNOW THAT SOMEONE STILL CARES.
SO BULLY BOY CALLED AL-MALIKI. HE REASSURED HIM THAT HE STILL CARED, HE TOLD AL-MALIKI HE DIDN'T LOOK FAT AND THAT THE NEW HAIR CUT WAS 'SNAZZY.' HE ASSURED AL-MALIKI THAT LONG DISTANCE RELATIONSHIPS DON'T HAVE TO END AND THAT HE'S NEVER FAR FROM THE BULLY BOY'S THOUGHTS OR HEART.
AL-MALIKI WORRIED ABOUT WHAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING ABOUT HIM AND BULLY BOY RESPONDED BY DUSTING OFF AN OLD CAROLE KING AND GERRY GOFFIN CHESNUT, "OH NO, NOT MY SWEET BABY," AND SINGING IT TO AL-MALIKI:
WHEN MY FRIENDS TOLD ME YOU HAD SOMEONE NEW
I DIDN'T BELIEVE A SINGLE WORD WAS TRUE
I SHOWED THEM ALL I HAD FAITH IN YOU
I JUST KEPT ON SAYING
OH, NO, NOT MY BABY
OH, NO, NOT MY SWEET BABY
YOU'RE NOT LIKE THOSE OTHER GUYS
WHO LEAD YOU ON AND TELL YOUR LIES
THEN BULLY BOY TOLD AL-MALIKI HE'D LEAVE U.S. FORCES IN IRAQ FOR AS LONG AS AL-MALIKI WANTED OR AS LONG AS TARGETS WERE NEEDED.
AFTER MAKING KISSY NOISES AND SAYING "NO, YOU HANG UP FIRST!" THEY
ENDED THEIR PHONE CALL.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Mike noted Pacifica's new program Informed Dissent which is a thirty minute, weekly program covering the national election. The September 23rd broadcast focused on the Iraq war and featured many discussions and reports. On the war, Jodie Evans (CODEPINK) declared, "This issue is effecting every other" and listed concrete examples of what isn't being funded as the illegal war is. Evans also noted that, "It's baffling to look at the Democratic Party and see how spineless and lacking in leadership they are." Informed Dissent airs once a week, a half-hour show, looking at the 2006 US elections, hosted by Mitch Jeserich and featuring contributions from many Pacifica broadcasters.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on""Ehren Watada covered by Teresa Watanabe (Los Angeles Times)""NYT: '5 Americans Killed in Iraq, Bringing Month's Toll to 53' (Kirk Semple)"
"NYT: 'Iraiq Interior Minister to Purge Agency to Stem Killings' (Semple and Luo)""'Justice' (Josh White, Karla Adam and Kevin Sullivan)"
"Ruth's Report"
"Isaiah's The World Today Just Nuts 'Nostalgic Bully'"
"More American troops dead in Iraq as violence continues"
"Music, Ricky Clousing and the hypocrisy of presenting sexual predators as respectable"
"The Queen Bee Gets Stung"
"Ricky Clousing (covered by NYT if not much more)"
"Halloween in the Kitchen"
"Books (C.I.)"
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Editorial: What does it say?
TV Review: Try to ignore the Shark in the room
War Hawks Anonymous (Parody)
Target: 14-year-old Julia Wilson
The Brazen Cindra
Felon in the Congress
About the TV reviews
Ruth's Report
Mike and C.I. each pick a highlight
"THIS JUST IN! FELON IN THE CONGRESS"
"Felon in the Congress!"
Friday, October 13, 2006
Felon in the Congress!
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
FELON IN THE CONGRESS!
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE BOB NYE APPEARED BEFORE JUDGE ELLEN S. HUVELLE AND PLEADED GUILTY TO (A) CONSPIRACY AND (B) MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.
NYE COULD FACE A MAXIUMUM OF 10 YEARS IN JAIL AND A $500,000 FINE FOR THE TWO FELONIES HE PLEADED GUILTY TO TODAY. TO THE JUDGE, NYE SAID, "I PLEAD GUILTY YOUR HONOR." TO THE PUBLIC, HE SAID, "I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS AND I AM PREPARED TO FACE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT I HAVE DONE."
BUT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT INCLUDE LEAVING CONGRESS ANYTIME SOON. MARK TOUHEY, BOB NYE'S CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, BECAUSE HE IS NOW A CRIMINAL HAVING PLEADED GUILTY TO NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO FELONIES, EXPLAINED TO THE JUDGE THAT BOB NEY WAS PREPARED TO RESIGN FROM THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS . . . SOMETIME BEFORE JANUARY, 19 2007.
WELL WHY NOT? WHY SHOULDN'T A CONVICTED FELON CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR THE REST OF OCTOBER, FOR NOVEMBER, FOR DECEMBER AND SOME OF JANUARY IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS? ISN'T THAT THE REPUBLICAN WAY?
THE MAKE UP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOW READS 434 MEMBERS. NOT 435 BECAUSE REPUBLICAN MARK FOLEY HAD TO RESIGN IN DISGRACE THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER OVER HIS EFFORTS TO 'COMMUNICATE WITH JAIL BAIT.'
SO THE MAKE UP IS 434 -- THAT'S 433 MEMBERS SERVING AND 1 MEMBER ABOUT TO BEGIN SERVING TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON.
A WHITE HOUSE INSIDER TELLS THESE REPORTERS THAT KARL ROVE IS HARD AT WORK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO 'BUMPER STICKER THAT.'
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"NYT: Laurie Goodstein covers Ricky Clousing's court-martial"
"Other Items"
"barbra streisand in concert and ricky clousing sentenced"
"An award and news on Ricky Clousing found in the paper"
'Ricky Clousing, TV raid in Baghdad kills 11 and we pick "Idiot of the Week"'
"Idiot of the week, non-governmental"
"THIS JUST IN! IDIOT OF THE WEEK, NON-GOVERNMENTAL DIVISION!"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY ACHIEVES!"
"Bully Boy achieves . . . record deficit"
THIS JUST IN!
FELON IN THE CONGRESS!
REPUBLICAN CONGRESS REPRESENTATIVE BOB NYE APPEARED BEFORE JUDGE ELLEN S. HUVELLE AND PLEADED GUILTY TO (A) CONSPIRACY AND (B) MAKING FALSE STATEMENTS.
NYE COULD FACE A MAXIUMUM OF 10 YEARS IN JAIL AND A $500,000 FINE FOR THE TWO FELONIES HE PLEADED GUILTY TO TODAY. TO THE JUDGE, NYE SAID, "I PLEAD GUILTY YOUR HONOR." TO THE PUBLIC, HE SAID, "I ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR MY ACTIONS AND I AM PREPARED TO FACE CONSEQUENCES OF WHAT I HAVE DONE."
BUT ACCEPTING RESPONSIBILITY DOES NOT INCLUDE LEAVING CONGRESS ANYTIME SOON. MARK TOUHEY, BOB NYE'S CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, BECAUSE HE IS NOW A CRIMINAL HAVING PLEADED GUILTY TO NOT JUST ONE, BUT TWO FELONIES, EXPLAINED TO THE JUDGE THAT BOB NEY WAS PREPARED TO RESIGN FROM THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS . . . SOMETIME BEFORE JANUARY, 19 2007.
WELL WHY NOT? WHY SHOULDN'T A CONVICTED FELON CONTINUE TO SERVE FOR THE REST OF OCTOBER, FOR NOVEMBER, FOR DECEMBER AND SOME OF JANUARY IN THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS? ISN'T THAT THE REPUBLICAN WAY?
THE MAKE UP OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES NOW READS 434 MEMBERS. NOT 435 BECAUSE REPUBLICAN MARK FOLEY HAD TO RESIGN IN DISGRACE THE LAST WEEK OF SEPTEMBER OVER HIS EFFORTS TO 'COMMUNICATE WITH JAIL BAIT.'
SO THE MAKE UP IS 434 -- THAT'S 433 MEMBERS SERVING AND 1 MEMBER ABOUT TO BEGIN SERVING TIME IN A FEDERAL PRISON.
A WHITE HOUSE INSIDER TELLS THESE REPORTERS THAT KARL ROVE IS HARD AT WORK TRYING TO FIGURE OUT TO 'BUMPER STICKER THAT.'
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"And the war drags on"
"NYT: Laurie Goodstein covers Ricky Clousing's court-martial"
"Other Items"
"barbra streisand in concert and ricky clousing sentenced"
"An award and news on Ricky Clousing found in the paper"
'Ricky Clousing, TV raid in Baghdad kills 11 and we pick "Idiot of the Week"'
"Idiot of the week, non-governmental"
"THIS JUST IN! IDIOT OF THE WEEK, NON-GOVERNMENTAL DIVISION!"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY ACHIEVES!"
"Bully Boy achieves . . . record deficit"
Thursday, October 12, 2006
Idiot of the week, non-governmental
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX & MIKEY LIKES IT & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & THE THIRD ESTATE SUNDAY REVIEW -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
IDIOT OF THE WEEK, NON-GOVERNMENTAL DIVISION!
And the idiot of the week? Missy Kurzweil!
Writing in The Cornell Daily Sun, Kurzweil, a senior, demonstrated that Cornell has serious problems and there's something stinky in the "College of Agriculture and Life Sciences" as well as with the school paper itself. For instance:
a) Tom Cruise is not "someone who has played Maverick". Tom Cruise wasn't even in the film "Maverick". Mel Gibson played that role.
b) Kurzweil writes: "If Streisand absolutely must rally for the Democrats or deface President Bush, she should follow the example of Bono, lead singer of U2, who helped organize the Live 8 concert in July of 2005 with the specific (and publicized) purpose of making a political stand." Since Bono refuses to criticize Bully Boy publicly, how can Streisand "follow the example" Bono set and criticize him? And since when is "criticize" and "deface" the same term? Bono's a good little monkey for his organ grinder. Streisand showed some bravery.
c) When you're writing for a newspaper, you should get your words correct. This isn't a blog, it's a school newspaper. But Kurzweil writes for a paper and writes: "ardent democrat". That's Big-D, Missy, Big-D: "Democrat." Don't they teach politics in the college of Ag?
d) The idiot writes: "I dislike Bush as much as the next gal, maybe more. But my political views are totally irrelevant, as were Streisand’s on Monday night." Sounds like all of the idiot's "views" are irrelevant. Streisand isn't handing out an order of fries. She's an artist. Art comments on the world around it. We will agree with the idiot; however, when she writes "my own political views are totally irrelevant" -- and so is she.
e) The idiot also writes: "Kanye West’s infamous outburst at the televised Hurricane Katrina relief concert -- 'George Bush doesn't care about black people!' -- was no different. Sure, Kanye has a right to free speech and he certainly exercised it that day. He also got viewers to laugh mockingly at him for months to follow."
Little Whitey and her friends apparently mocked and laughed at West. Well it's a White-White World for Missy. But maybe the laughter she's hearing is that she's again gotten her facts wrong. She can't even quote West correctly.
"Doesn't like," Missy, "doesn't like." Not, "doesn't care." She really tired herself out writing this one.
Missy Kurzweil: Idiot of the Week -- and not afraid to show it to the world.
But, good news for the Miss-ter, she can count on a career as a 'liberal pundit' for the mainstream rags -- she's proven she has no respect for facts, no respect for research and, note, she slams the ones who speak out against Bully Boy but never the Bully Boy or those who favor him. Missy Kurzweil, A Pundit Whore in waiting.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
So Ricky Clousing had a court-martial today and did you even hear about it or read about in the media? Did your day start with a heads up to it and a note that there would be a rally today, that he would speak to the press? Where was independent media?
Clousing? He was on his own. He was at the mercy of the big media which has not demonstrated a great deal of interest in the subject.
The AP was there. From the AP's "Paratrooper gets three months confinement for going AWOL:"
A Fort Bragg paratrooper who says he left his military base because he disagreed with the U.S. mission in Iraq was sentenced to three months of confinement after pleading guilty Thursday to going absent without leave.
Sgt. Ricky Clousing, 24, of Sumner, Wash., also will receive a reduction in rank before getting a bad conduct discharge. His plea allowed him to avoid a more severe sentence for desertion.
Where was independent media?
David Miner, Clousing's attorney, is quoted as saying that Ricky Clousing doesn't regret his decision (by the AP). Good for him. He shouldn't. He should be proud of himself, he's demonstrated true bravery. But any war resister who wants to complain about the lack of coverage has every right to do so. Bob Watada is on his second speaking tour and who's interviewing him and who isn't?
Mark Wilkerson is in a state of limbo, awaiting to hear what charges will be brought against him. He was a one day news cycle and, if he's charged, after his hearing he might get another one-day cycle. It doesn't cut it.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ricky Clousing stands trial today (and will the media cover it?)"
"Iraq moves further closer to dividing into three separate regions"
"Q&A (C.I.)"
"Call on Me"
"Is the media going to cover Ricky Clousing or not?"
"Bully Boy adds it up"
'THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SAYS: "THEY DON'T MATTS!"'
"Kat & Blogging (Betty)"
"Thomas Friedman's Bad Ideas & Blurry Boundaries"
"Ruth's Report"
"Wayne Madsen and Dr. William Pepper (Ruth)"
"Brownies and school party tips in the Kitchen"
"Editorial: Going to where big media is and ignoring war resisters"
"TV Review: Men in Trees, Water Cooler Critics swinging from them"
"Thoughts on Mark Foley"
"Mutha Cokie and the Blind"
"Are You On CounterSpin's Guest List?"
THIS JUST IN!
IDIOT OF THE WEEK, NON-GOVERNMENTAL DIVISION!
And the idiot of the week? Missy Kurzweil!
Writing in The Cornell Daily Sun, Kurzweil, a senior, demonstrated that Cornell has serious problems and there's something stinky in the "College of Agriculture and Life Sciences" as well as with the school paper itself. For instance:
a) Tom Cruise is not "someone who has played Maverick". Tom Cruise wasn't even in the film "Maverick". Mel Gibson played that role.
b) Kurzweil writes: "If Streisand absolutely must rally for the Democrats or deface President Bush, she should follow the example of Bono, lead singer of U2, who helped organize the Live 8 concert in July of 2005 with the specific (and publicized) purpose of making a political stand." Since Bono refuses to criticize Bully Boy publicly, how can Streisand "follow the example" Bono set and criticize him? And since when is "criticize" and "deface" the same term? Bono's a good little monkey for his organ grinder. Streisand showed some bravery.
c) When you're writing for a newspaper, you should get your words correct. This isn't a blog, it's a school newspaper. But Kurzweil writes for a paper and writes: "ardent democrat". That's Big-D, Missy, Big-D: "Democrat." Don't they teach politics in the college of Ag?
d) The idiot writes: "I dislike Bush as much as the next gal, maybe more. But my political views are totally irrelevant, as were Streisand’s on Monday night." Sounds like all of the idiot's "views" are irrelevant. Streisand isn't handing out an order of fries. She's an artist. Art comments on the world around it. We will agree with the idiot; however, when she writes "my own political views are totally irrelevant" -- and so is she.
e) The idiot also writes: "Kanye West’s infamous outburst at the televised Hurricane Katrina relief concert -- 'George Bush doesn't care about black people!' -- was no different. Sure, Kanye has a right to free speech and he certainly exercised it that day. He also got viewers to laugh mockingly at him for months to follow."
Little Whitey and her friends apparently mocked and laughed at West. Well it's a White-White World for Missy. But maybe the laughter she's hearing is that she's again gotten her facts wrong. She can't even quote West correctly.
"Doesn't like," Missy, "doesn't like." Not, "doesn't care." She really tired herself out writing this one.
Missy Kurzweil: Idiot of the Week -- and not afraid to show it to the world.
But, good news for the Miss-ter, she can count on a career as a 'liberal pundit' for the mainstream rags -- she's proven she has no respect for facts, no respect for research and, note, she slams the ones who speak out against Bully Boy but never the Bully Boy or those who favor him. Missy Kurzweil, A Pundit Whore in waiting.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
So Ricky Clousing had a court-martial today and did you even hear about it or read about in the media? Did your day start with a heads up to it and a note that there would be a rally today, that he would speak to the press? Where was independent media?
Clousing? He was on his own. He was at the mercy of the big media which has not demonstrated a great deal of interest in the subject.
The AP was there. From the AP's "Paratrooper gets three months confinement for going AWOL:"
A Fort Bragg paratrooper who says he left his military base because he disagreed with the U.S. mission in Iraq was sentenced to three months of confinement after pleading guilty Thursday to going absent without leave.
Sgt. Ricky Clousing, 24, of Sumner, Wash., also will receive a reduction in rank before getting a bad conduct discharge. His plea allowed him to avoid a more severe sentence for desertion.
Where was independent media?
David Miner, Clousing's attorney, is quoted as saying that Ricky Clousing doesn't regret his decision (by the AP). Good for him. He shouldn't. He should be proud of himself, he's demonstrated true bravery. But any war resister who wants to complain about the lack of coverage has every right to do so. Bob Watada is on his second speaking tour and who's interviewing him and who isn't?
Mark Wilkerson is in a state of limbo, awaiting to hear what charges will be brought against him. He was a one day news cycle and, if he's charged, after his hearing he might get another one-day cycle. It doesn't cut it.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ricky Clousing stands trial today (and will the media cover it?)"
"Iraq moves further closer to dividing into three separate regions"
"Q&A (C.I.)"
"Call on Me"
"Is the media going to cover Ricky Clousing or not?"
"Bully Boy adds it up"
'THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SAYS: "THEY DON'T MATTS!"'
"Kat & Blogging (Betty)"
"Thomas Friedman's Bad Ideas & Blurry Boundaries"
"Ruth's Report"
"Wayne Madsen and Dr. William Pepper (Ruth)"
"Brownies and school party tips in the Kitchen"
"Editorial: Going to where big media is and ignoring war resisters"
"TV Review: Men in Trees, Water Cooler Critics swinging from them"
"Thoughts on Mark Foley"
"Mutha Cokie and the Blind"
"Are You On CounterSpin's Guest List?"
Bully Boy achieves . . . record deficit
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY ACHIEVES!
THE MAN WHO STARTED AN ILLEGAL WAR WITH IRAQ AND WHO STOOD BY DOING NOTHING DURING HURRICANE KATRINA, THE E-COLI SPINACH OUTBREAK, THE MARK FOLEY SCANDAL, ETC. APPEARED DOOMED TO BE REMEMBERED AS THE VACATIONING LEADER OR THE NAPPING ONE.
BUT BULLY BOY HAS ACHIEVED A CREDIT!
"THE US TRADE DEFICIT WIDENED BY MORE THAN EXPECTED DURING AUGUST, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY. . . . THE DEFICIT IS ON COURSE TO SET A NEW RECORD, TOTALLING $784.2BN [784.2 BILLION DOLLARS] AT THE END OF AUGUST, 9.4% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO."
AND SOME THOUGH HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO SURPRISE US WITH.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Returning to reality, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ricky Clousing's court-martial began and ended (and the world wonders: WHERE THE HELL WAS INDEPENDENT MEDIA?). April Johnston (Fayetteville Observer) reports that Clousing "pleaded guilty to being absent without leave" and that was the end of the hearing: "The Army originally charged Clousing with desertion, but allowed him to plead guilty to the lesser charge." AP reports: "Sgt. Ricky Clousing, 24, of Sumner, Wash., was expected to be sentenced Thursday afternoon. His attorney, David Miner of Seattle, has said he would argue against sending Clousing to prison."
War resister Ricky Clousing is part of a larger story of resistance within the military as well as the story of one person's brave stand. In June 2005, he self-checked out of the military after returning from Iraq. On August 11th of this year, Mike Barber (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) broke the news that 24-year-old Ricky Clousing had decided to turn himself in and noted that Clousing went AWOL from "Fort Bragg in 2005 after returning from Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division." Clousing spoke publicly about his decision to return at the Veterans for Peace conference that was being held in Seattle. Clousing turned himself in at Fort Lewis (Washington) and was instructed that Fort Bragg handled the issue. On August 18th, Clousing turned himself to Fort Bragg. September 1st, the military announced, to Clousing's attorney David Miner, that Clousing had been charged with desertion the day before. Again, Miner states he will argue against sending Clousing to prison.
What if they gave a war and no one showed up? What if they gave a resistance and indymedia was too busy partying? (And promoting the party.) The "coverage" isn't cutting it.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ricky Clousing stands trial today (and will the media cover it?)"
"Iraq moves further closer to dividing into three separate regions"
"Q&A (C.I.)"
"Call on Me"
"Is the media going to cover Ricky Clousing or not?"
"Bully Boy adds it up"
'THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SAYS: "THEY DON'T MATTS!"'
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY ACHIEVES!
THE MAN WHO STARTED AN ILLEGAL WAR WITH IRAQ AND WHO STOOD BY DOING NOTHING DURING HURRICANE KATRINA, THE E-COLI SPINACH OUTBREAK, THE MARK FOLEY SCANDAL, ETC. APPEARED DOOMED TO BE REMEMBERED AS THE VACATIONING LEADER OR THE NAPPING ONE.
BUT BULLY BOY HAS ACHIEVED A CREDIT!
"THE US TRADE DEFICIT WIDENED BY MORE THAN EXPECTED DURING AUGUST, RAISING CONCERNS ABOUT THE STATE OF THE WORLD'S LARGEST ECONOMY. . . . THE DEFICIT IS ON COURSE TO SET A NEW RECORD, TOTALLING $784.2BN [784.2 BILLION DOLLARS] AT THE END OF AUGUST, 9.4% HIGHER THAN A YEAR AGO."
AND SOME THOUGH HE HAD NOTHING LEFT TO SURPRISE US WITH.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Returning to reality, in Fayetteville, North Carolina, Ricky Clousing's court-martial began and ended (and the world wonders: WHERE THE HELL WAS INDEPENDENT MEDIA?). April Johnston (Fayetteville Observer) reports that Clousing "pleaded guilty to being absent without leave" and that was the end of the hearing: "The Army originally charged Clousing with desertion, but allowed him to plead guilty to the lesser charge." AP reports: "Sgt. Ricky Clousing, 24, of Sumner, Wash., was expected to be sentenced Thursday afternoon. His attorney, David Miner of Seattle, has said he would argue against sending Clousing to prison."
War resister Ricky Clousing is part of a larger story of resistance within the military as well as the story of one person's brave stand. In June 2005, he self-checked out of the military after returning from Iraq. On August 11th of this year, Mike Barber (Seattle Post-Intelligencer) broke the news that 24-year-old Ricky Clousing had decided to turn himself in and noted that Clousing went AWOL from "Fort Bragg in 2005 after returning from Iraq with the 82nd Airborne Division." Clousing spoke publicly about his decision to return at the Veterans for Peace conference that was being held in Seattle. Clousing turned himself in at Fort Lewis (Washington) and was instructed that Fort Bragg handled the issue. On August 18th, Clousing turned himself to Fort Bragg. September 1st, the military announced, to Clousing's attorney David Miner, that Clousing had been charged with desertion the day before. Again, Miner states he will argue against sending Clousing to prison.
What if they gave a war and no one showed up? What if they gave a resistance and indymedia was too busy partying? (And promoting the party.) The "coverage" isn't cutting it.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
"Ricky Clousing stands trial today (and will the media cover it?)"
"Iraq moves further closer to dividing into three separate regions"
"Q&A (C.I.)"
"Call on Me"
"Is the media going to cover Ricky Clousing or not?"
"Bully Boy adds it up"
'THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SAYS: "THEY DON'T MATTS!"'
Wednesday, October 11, 2006
Bully Boy adds it up
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY SAYS "THEY DON'T KNOW MATTS!"
IN THE MIDST OF A MORNING JOG BULLY BOY EXPLODED.
"THEY DON'T KNOW MATTS!"
"MATTS WHO? DRUDGE?" WONDERED SECRETARY OF STATE CONDI RICE NERVOUSLY.
SHE WAS AFRAID HE COULD TELL HOW MUCH SHE WAS HOLDING BACK IN HER EFFORTS NOT TO MAKE HIM APPEAR SO PUNY.
"MATTS! MATTS! HOLY SPIT, CONDI, DON'T YOU KNOW NOTHING? MATTS!"
"I AGREE SIR," HUFFED AND PUFFED SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD. "WE NEED MORE MAPS. MAPS THAT SHOW KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS. MAPS THAT --"
"SHUT IT, POINDEXTER!" SNAPPED BULLY BOY. "MATTS! DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING?"
DONALD RUMSFELD COULD FEEL HIS NOW REGULAR LIGHT MORNING STROKE COMING ON AND CURSED HIMSELF FOR CARING WHETHER OR NOT THAT IDIOT-IN-CHIEF FIRED HIM. HE KNEW NO JOB WAS WORTH IT.
"BATHS! I AGREE, SIR! I DO! WE COULD ALL USE A NICE LONG BATH!" BEAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK-A-LIKE ALBERTO GONZALES.
"WHAT? YOU MORON!" SNAPPED BULLY BOY.
DONALD HAD TO LAUGH, DESPITE THE TINGLING IN HIS LEFT ARM, SERVED ALBERTO RIGHT FOR TRYING TO SNEAK IN ON THE MORNING JOBS WITH A DOCTOR'S NOTE AND A HOVER-ROUND!
"MATTS, YOU IDIOTS!" YELLED BULLY BOY. "MATTS! DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING. MATTS IS 'PLUSES' AND 'TAKE AWAY'S AND 'TIMES' AND THAT FUNNY THING LIKE A NOSE CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 EYES."
"DIVISION!" ALBERTO SAID NODDING AGREEABLY.
"GOD, HOW I HATE HIM," THOUGHT TO DONALD RUMSFELD TO HIMSELF. "LITTLE KISS ASS IN AN ELECTRIC CHAIR WHILE I'M SWEATING AND --"
"DONALD!" CONDI SCREAMED AS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FELL TO THE GROUND.
"RIGHT, 'DA TRILLION.' DATS WHAT MATTS IS ALL ABOUT AND THIS STUDY SAYING THAT -- HOW MUCH IS IT CONDI?"
"ABOUT 655,000, SIR. 655,000 IRAQIS DEAD AS A RESULT OF THE WAR," CONDI SAID WITH RELIEF AS SHE SAW DICK CHENEY'S PERSONAL STAFF RUSH TO THE TRACK WITH A GURNEY.
"RIGHT, LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN LIKE A ZIMAMILLION."
"A ZIMAMILLION, SIR?"
BULLY BOY REACHED OVER AND PATTED ALBERTO ON THE BACK.
"SEE, CONDI, ALBERTO CULVER GETS IT. 6 AND 5 AND 5 AND ZERO AND ZERO AND ZERO IS JUST NOT EVEN LIKE A NUMBER. IT'S JUST NOT CREDIBLE."
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"NYT: 'Iraqi Dead May Total 600,000, Study Says' (S. Tavernise)"
"Other Items"
"barbra, ricky clousing and more"
"Rested"
"James Baker, the "savior"?, and voter registration deadlines"
"Brownies and school party tips in the Kitchen"
"A soldier's resistance""Bully Boy wastes more time & money"
"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY WASTES MORE TIME & MONEY"
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY SAYS "THEY DON'T KNOW MATTS!"
IN THE MIDST OF A MORNING JOG BULLY BOY EXPLODED.
"THEY DON'T KNOW MATTS!"
"MATTS WHO? DRUDGE?" WONDERED SECRETARY OF STATE CONDI RICE NERVOUSLY.
SHE WAS AFRAID HE COULD TELL HOW MUCH SHE WAS HOLDING BACK IN HER EFFORTS NOT TO MAKE HIM APPEAR SO PUNY.
"MATTS! MATTS! HOLY SPIT, CONDI, DON'T YOU KNOW NOTHING? MATTS!"
"I AGREE SIR," HUFFED AND PUFFED SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD. "WE NEED MORE MAPS. MAPS THAT SHOW KNOWNS AND UNKNOWNS. MAPS THAT --"
"SHUT IT, POINDEXTER!" SNAPPED BULLY BOY. "MATTS! DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING?"
DONALD RUMSFELD COULD FEEL HIS NOW REGULAR LIGHT MORNING STROKE COMING ON AND CURSED HIMSELF FOR CARING WHETHER OR NOT THAT IDIOT-IN-CHIEF FIRED HIM. HE KNEW NO JOB WAS WORTH IT.
"BATHS! I AGREE, SIR! I DO! WE COULD ALL USE A NICE LONG BATH!" BEAMED ATTORNEY GENERAL AND INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK-A-LIKE ALBERTO GONZALES.
"WHAT? YOU MORON!" SNAPPED BULLY BOY.
DONALD HAD TO LAUGH, DESPITE THE TINGLING IN HIS LEFT ARM, SERVED ALBERTO RIGHT FOR TRYING TO SNEAK IN ON THE MORNING JOBS WITH A DOCTOR'S NOTE AND A HOVER-ROUND!
"MATTS, YOU IDIOTS!" YELLED BULLY BOY. "MATTS! DON'T YOU PEOPLE KNOW NOTHING. MATTS IS 'PLUSES' AND 'TAKE AWAY'S AND 'TIMES' AND THAT FUNNY THING LIKE A NOSE CAUGHT BETWEEN 2 EYES."
"DIVISION!" ALBERTO SAID NODDING AGREEABLY.
"GOD, HOW I HATE HIM," THOUGHT TO DONALD RUMSFELD TO HIMSELF. "LITTLE KISS ASS IN AN ELECTRIC CHAIR WHILE I'M SWEATING AND --"
"DONALD!" CONDI SCREAMED AS THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE FELL TO THE GROUND.
"RIGHT, 'DA TRILLION.' DATS WHAT MATTS IS ALL ABOUT AND THIS STUDY SAYING THAT -- HOW MUCH IS IT CONDI?"
"ABOUT 655,000, SIR. 655,000 IRAQIS DEAD AS A RESULT OF THE WAR," CONDI SAID WITH RELIEF AS SHE SAW DICK CHENEY'S PERSONAL STAFF RUSH TO THE TRACK WITH A GURNEY.
"RIGHT, LIKE, WHAT IS THAT? THAT SOUNDS LIKE MORE THAN LIKE A ZIMAMILLION."
"A ZIMAMILLION, SIR?"
BULLY BOY REACHED OVER AND PATTED ALBERTO ON THE BACK.
"SEE, CONDI, ALBERTO CULVER GETS IT. 6 AND 5 AND 5 AND ZERO AND ZERO AND ZERO IS JUST NOT EVEN LIKE A NUMBER. IT'S JUST NOT CREDIBLE."
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"THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY WASTES MORE TIME & MONEY"
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Bully Boy wastes more time & money
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY WASTES MORE TIME & MONEY.
FILE UNDER: DESTROYING THE PUBLIC 1 MORE TIME.
NOT CONTENT WITH TURNING A GENERATION INTO SEXUAL INCOMPETENTS AND FUMBLERS, THE BULLY BOY KEEPS TRYING TO DRAG HIS RELIGION INTO SCHOOLS.
WITH A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL SAFETY" SUPPOSEDLY INTENDED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC EDUCATION, BULLY BOY PACKED IT WITH "MANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS".
A WOMAN WHO LOOKED LIKE LAURA BUSH AND WAS DOWNING CANS OF LONE STAR DECLARED, "I URGE ALL ADULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHILDREN -- THEIR OWN CHILDREN, AND THEIR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN -- SERIOUSLY."
THE GHOST OF ETTA BARSTOW HOLLERED BACK, "START BY URGING YOUR OWN HUSBAND!"
THE GHOST OF BARTOW WAS REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT BULLY BOY IS ATTEMPTING "TO CUT $347 MILLION IN SCHOOL-SAFETY GRANTS FOR STATES THIS YEAR."
WHILE BULLY BOY ATTEMPTED TO IGNORE THE GHOST, DICK CHENEY BEGAN SCREAMING AT SECRET SERVICE THAT THE LATE MS. BARSTOW'S REMARKS COUNTED AS "AN ASSAULT."
WHEN A SECRET SERVICE AGENT RESPONDED, "BUT MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THEY ARE ACCURATE."
"THAT'S THE MOST OFFENSIVE THING ABOUT THEM!" DICK CHENEY EXPLODED.
NEAR THE END OF THE CEREMONIES AWARDS WERE HANDED OUT AND AN ACTIVIST WHO POSED WITH THE BULLY BOY EARLIER WON "MOST INSULTING REMARKS."
HE EARNED THAT FOR EARLIER DECLARING THAT 'MORALITY' NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CLASSROOMS.
ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE AMISH FOR A RESPONSE TO THE SMEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AT PRESS TIME.
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THIS JUST IN!
BULLY BOY WASTES MORE TIME & MONEY.
FILE UNDER: DESTROYING THE PUBLIC 1 MORE TIME.
NOT CONTENT WITH TURNING A GENERATION INTO SEXUAL INCOMPETENTS AND FUMBLERS, THE BULLY BOY KEEPS TRYING TO DRAG HIS RELIGION INTO SCHOOLS.
WITH A CONFERENCE ENTITLED "CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL SAFETY" SUPPOSEDLY INTENDED TO DISCUSS PUBLIC EDUCATION, BULLY BOY PACKED IT WITH "MANY REPRESENTATIVES FROM RELIGIOUS ORGANIZATIONS".
A WOMAN WHO LOOKED LIKE LAURA BUSH AND WAS DOWNING CANS OF LONE STAR DECLARED, "I URGE ALL ADULTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY TAKE THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHILDREN -- THEIR OWN CHILDREN, AND THEIR COMMUNITY'S CHILDREN -- SERIOUSLY."
THE GHOST OF ETTA BARSTOW HOLLERED BACK, "START BY URGING YOUR OWN HUSBAND!"
THE GHOST OF BARTOW WAS REFERRING TO THE FACT THAT BULLY BOY IS ATTEMPTING "TO CUT $347 MILLION IN SCHOOL-SAFETY GRANTS FOR STATES THIS YEAR."
WHILE BULLY BOY ATTEMPTED TO IGNORE THE GHOST, DICK CHENEY BEGAN SCREAMING AT SECRET SERVICE THAT THE LATE MS. BARSTOW'S REMARKS COUNTED AS "AN ASSAULT."
WHEN A SECRET SERVICE AGENT RESPONDED, "BUT MR. VICE PRESIDENT, THEY ARE ACCURATE."
"THAT'S THE MOST OFFENSIVE THING ABOUT THEM!" DICK CHENEY EXPLODED.
NEAR THE END OF THE CEREMONIES AWARDS WERE HANDED OUT AND AN ACTIVIST WHO POSED WITH THE BULLY BOY EARLIER WON "MOST INSULTING REMARKS."
HE EARNED THAT FOR EARLIER DECLARING THAT 'MORALITY' NEEDED TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO THE CLASSROOMS.
ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE AMISH FOR A RESPONSE TO THE SMEAR WERE UNSUCCESSFUL AT PRESS TIME.
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Monday, October 09, 2006
School play (humor)
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
ALBERTO WILL BE THE CROSSING GUARD!
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS ADVISED THAT ALBERTO GONZALES WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN BULLY BOY'S CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL SAFETY TOMORROW IN CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND.
ALBERTO WANTED TO PLAY SCHOOL NURSE BUT JAMES BAKER III HAD ALREADY SIGNED UP AND BOUGHT HIS COSTUME. "YEARS AGO," LAUGHED JIMMY BAKER, "YEARS AGO. THE HOSE REQUIRES GARTERS."
SO ALBERTO THOUGHT HE'D SIGN UP TO BE THE TEACHER BUT APPARENTLY THE UNWRITTEN CHENEY FAMILY NEPOTISM QUOTA FOR 2007 HAS ALREADY KICKED IN. "IT FIGURES," SAID ALBIE, THE INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK-A-LIKE CHAMP, "THEY'D GEAR IT TO THE FISCAL YEAR AND NOT THE CALANDER YEAR."
SO ALBERTO ASKED DICK CHENEY WAS HE WAS PLANNING ON BEING?
HOLDING A 3 FOOT WIDE, WOODEN PANEL IN ONE HAND AND STROKING IT WITH THE OTHER, DICK CHENEY SAID, "OH, I'M GOING TO BE THE COACH. I'M GOING TO WHIP THAT YOUNG 'UN INTO LINE."
IN DESPERATION, ALBERTO GONZALES OFFERED TO BE BULLY BOY'S "BUDDY" BUT CONDI SAID, "BACK OFF, B***CH. I'LL BE OPENING HIS JUICE BOXES AND HOLDING HIS HAND. THREE'S A CROWD UNLESS YOU'RE FREAKY. YOU LIKE TO FREAK?"
SO ALBERTO DECIDED FINALLY JUST TO BE THE CROSSING GUARD. TO CHEER HIM UP, DICK CHENEY OFFERED TO LET HIM SET UP THE SKEET TARGETS FOR GYM CLASS.
"YOU'RE NOT A BLEEDER, ARE YOU?" DICK ASKED.
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THIS JUST IN!
ALBERTO WILL BE THE CROSSING GUARD!
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE HAS ADVISED THAT ALBERTO GONZALES WILL BE PARTICIPATING IN BULLY BOY'S CONFERENCE ON SCHOOL SAFETY TOMORROW IN CHEVY CHASE, MARYLAND.
ALBERTO WANTED TO PLAY SCHOOL NURSE BUT JAMES BAKER III HAD ALREADY SIGNED UP AND BOUGHT HIS COSTUME. "YEARS AGO," LAUGHED JIMMY BAKER, "YEARS AGO. THE HOSE REQUIRES GARTERS."
SO ALBERTO THOUGHT HE'D SIGN UP TO BE THE TEACHER BUT APPARENTLY THE UNWRITTEN CHENEY FAMILY NEPOTISM QUOTA FOR 2007 HAS ALREADY KICKED IN. "IT FIGURES," SAID ALBIE, THE INTERNATIONAL BILLIE JEAN KING LOOK-A-LIKE CHAMP, "THEY'D GEAR IT TO THE FISCAL YEAR AND NOT THE CALANDER YEAR."
SO ALBERTO ASKED DICK CHENEY WAS HE WAS PLANNING ON BEING?
HOLDING A 3 FOOT WIDE, WOODEN PANEL IN ONE HAND AND STROKING IT WITH THE OTHER, DICK CHENEY SAID, "OH, I'M GOING TO BE THE COACH. I'M GOING TO WHIP THAT YOUNG 'UN INTO LINE."
IN DESPERATION, ALBERTO GONZALES OFFERED TO BE BULLY BOY'S "BUDDY" BUT CONDI SAID, "BACK OFF, B***CH. I'LL BE OPENING HIS JUICE BOXES AND HOLDING HIS HAND. THREE'S A CROWD UNLESS YOU'RE FREAKY. YOU LIKE TO FREAK?"
SO ALBERTO DECIDED FINALLY JUST TO BE THE CROSSING GUARD. TO CHEER HIM UP, DICK CHENEY OFFERED TO LET HIM SET UP THE SKEET TARGETS FOR GYM CLASS.
"YOU'RE NOT A BLEEDER, ARE YOU?" DICK ASKED.
Recommended: "Iraq Snapshot"
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"'Sectarian Havoc Freezes the Lives of Young Iraqis' (Sabrina Tavernise)"
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Friday, October 06, 2006
Bad Times for Bully Boy
BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
BAD TIMES FOR BULLY BOY!
WITH "DIRTY DEPENDS" MONTH OVER, REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO FIND SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO GET THEM SOME TRACTION AS THE NOVEMBER ELECTION LOOMS.
SHOULD THEY STAND BY THE BULLY BOY OR DISTANCE THEMSELVES?
NUMBER FOR SEPTEMBER JOBS ARE OUT AND IT'S CALLED "THE WEAKEST PAYROLL GROWTH IN A YEAR, IN A FURTHER SIGN OF COOLING ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS."
THIS AS BULLY BOY BULLIES-UP, DEMONSTRATES THE DANGERS OF AN UNCHECKED BULLY BOY, AND TELLS CONGRESS HE CAN "EDIT THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT'S REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER IT OBEYS PRIVACY RULES WHILE HANDLING BACKGROUND CHECKS, ID CARDS AND WATCHLISTS."
IN NORTH CAROLINA, A CHEMICAL PLANT HAS CAUGHT FIRE AND 17,000 RESIDENTS OF RALEIGH HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. AS USUAL NO COMMENT OR ACTION FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY -- SHADES OF THE E-COLI OUTBREAK IN SPINACH.
KARL ROVE'S "KEY AIDE" AND BULLY BOY'S "SPECIAL ASSISTANT" (SHE HELPED JIGGLE HIS LIPS SO HE COULD READ) SUSAN RALSTON HAS RESIGNED. RALSTON PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO JACK ABRAMOFF THE NOW "DISGRACED LOBBYIST" WHO HAS PLED GUILTY TO BREAKING THE LAW.
JOHN WARNER, REPUBLICAN SENATOR, IS TELLING THE PRESS IRAQI LEADERS HAVE "TWO OR THREE MONTHS" TO GET IT TOGETHER OR THEN THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT "A CHANGE OF COURSE . . . AND I WOULDN'T TAKE OFF THE TABLE ANY OPTION AT THIS TIME."
IT'S BAD NEWS 24/7 FOR THE BULLY BOY.
SO, CONSISTENT WITH THEIR USUAL BEHAVIOR, NO ONE IS TELLING HIM HOW BAD THINGS ARE.
SAID SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD, "HE'S GOT A PLAY DATE SATURDAY AND IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIS BRAND NEW PAIR OF 'BIG BOY' SHORTS SO NO ONE WANTS TO UPSET HIM."
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THIS JUST IN!
BAD TIMES FOR BULLY BOY!
WITH "DIRTY DEPENDS" MONTH OVER, REPUBLICANS SCRAMBLE TO FIND SOMETHING, ANYTHING, TO GET THEM SOME TRACTION AS THE NOVEMBER ELECTION LOOMS.
SHOULD THEY STAND BY THE BULLY BOY OR DISTANCE THEMSELVES?
NUMBER FOR SEPTEMBER JOBS ARE OUT AND IT'S CALLED "THE WEAKEST PAYROLL GROWTH IN A YEAR, IN A FURTHER SIGN OF COOLING ECONOMIC GROWTH, THE LABOR DEPARTMENT SAYS."
THIS AS BULLY BOY BULLIES-UP, DEMONSTRATES THE DANGERS OF AN UNCHECKED BULLY BOY, AND TELLS CONGRESS HE CAN "EDIT THE HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT'S REPORTS ABOUT WHETHER IT OBEYS PRIVACY RULES WHILE HANDLING BACKGROUND CHECKS, ID CARDS AND WATCHLISTS."
IN NORTH CAROLINA, A CHEMICAL PLANT HAS CAUGHT FIRE AND 17,000 RESIDENTS OF RALEIGH HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. AS USUAL NO COMMENT OR ACTION FROM THE FEDERAL AGENCY THAT IS SUPPOSED TO REGULATE THE INDUSTRY -- SHADES OF THE E-COLI OUTBREAK IN SPINACH.
KARL ROVE'S "KEY AIDE" AND BULLY BOY'S "SPECIAL ASSISTANT" (SHE HELPED JIGGLE HIS LIPS SO HE COULD READ) SUSAN RALSTON HAS RESIGNED. RALSTON PREVIOUSLY SERVED AS THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT TO JACK ABRAMOFF THE NOW "DISGRACED LOBBYIST" WHO HAS PLED GUILTY TO BREAKING THE LAW.
JOHN WARNER, REPUBLICAN SENATOR, IS TELLING THE PRESS IRAQI LEADERS HAVE "TWO OR THREE MONTHS" TO GET IT TOGETHER OR THEN THE UNITED STATES NEEDS TO THINK ABOUT "A CHANGE OF COURSE . . . AND I WOULDN'T TAKE OFF THE TABLE ANY OPTION AT THIS TIME."
IT'S BAD NEWS 24/7 FOR THE BULLY BOY.
SO, CONSISTENT WITH THEIR USUAL BEHAVIOR, NO ONE IS TELLING HIM HOW BAD THINGS ARE.
SAID SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD, "HE'S GOT A PLAY DATE SATURDAY AND IS REALLY EXCITED ABOUT HIS BRAND NEW PAIR OF 'BIG BOY' SHORTS SO NO ONE WANTS TO UPSET HIM."
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"NYT: Rice's plane circles Baghdad, unable to land (Philp Shenon)"
"World Can't Wait link-fest"
"Community Note"
"Blue Angels buzzing rally and power cut (San Francisco)"
"the world truly can't wait"
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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.
THIS JUST IN!
MILITARY JETS BUZZ RALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO!
THE WAR DRAGS ON!
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS SYNDICATE.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Thursday, October 5, 2006. Chaos and violence continue in Iraq; American fatalities for the month of October already reach the double digits; Condi makes "Janie's Got a Gun" her personal theme song; World Can't Wait mobilizes (if you're not taking part you can hear reporting on some actions on KPFA's Flashpoints today at 5:00 pm Pacific, 7:00 pm Central, 8:00 pm EST); a "self-made" begs the question of what do you do after you've blazed a trail begun with the sounds of Motor City? Cave to Bully Boy appeasers?; and the economic and human costs of the illegal war continue."
Janie's Got a Gun" (Aerosmith), but US Secretary of State Condi Rice appears to use the club. Though bullying is a characteristic of the US administration, diplomacy is required when you're in the State Department. But the AP reports that: "Britain says top U-N allies will meet tomorrow in London to decide a next step in the nuclear stand-off with Iran. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Britain's foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, will join high-level envoys from France, Germany, Russia and China." The so-called "nuclear stand-off" has been and remains a US led one. Gearing up for her Friday meeting, Condi first stopped off in Baghdad where, CBS and AP report, she bragged to reporters about instructing the 'leaders' of Iraq that they had "limited time" and that "They don't have time for endless debate about these issues [political differences]. They have really got to move forward." That is the US Secretary of State giving orders to the supposedly independent government of Iraq. A far cry from, as AFP notes, her previous visit April 26th when she congratulated the newly installed puppet of the occupation Nouri al-Maliki.
Rice's blatant exposure of who pulls the puppet government's strings come at a time when the US administration unveils a 'new' 'military' plan for the war. Outsourced to 'private groups,' the supposed military 'strategy' attempts to put a kinder, gentler face on illegal war. Michael Gordon (New York Times) salivated over the 'plan' in a manner that in many areas would land him with a public obscenity charge. The 'plan' can be boiled down to a "new face for illegal war will come when US troops act like store greeters at Wal-Mart" and decries the fact that they have been holed up on bases without ever grasping the whys of that decision. Those "private groups" thinking up the 'plan' should be encouraged to enlist and and carry out their 'plan' throughout Iraq for however many days they manage to remain alive as they stand around like sitting ducks and wait for the Iraqi police forces to do anything. The plan won't address anything because, despite Andy Card's beliefs, you can't market war. It certainly doesn't address CBS and AP's report that Rice's plane was prevented from landing in Baghdad for 35 minutes due to "mortar rounds or rockets."
The amount paid to "private groups" for their 'input' is unknown; however, Katrina vanden Heuvel (The Nation) reports that, according to the NPP, "$378 billion has already been spent or allocated for the Iraq war. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz estimates that the economic costs of war, occupation, and related expenditures may reach $2 trillion -- despite the Bush administration's promise that this conflict would cost $50 billion and its firing of its economic advisor for daring to estimate the cost between $100 to $200 billion." Meanwhile the Pentagon has earmarked $20 million of its budget for a 'victory' monument to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anne Plummer Flaherty (AP) reports a "$20 million victory party" has been earmarked out of the Pentagon's $532 billion budget for the fiscal year of 2007. This would make Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld the ultimate "party girl."
The economic realities come at a time when China's Xinhua reports that thirty corpses were discovered today in Baghad while the US military announces two US troops dead in Al-Anbar Province follwoing the US military announcment of four US troops dead -- shot dead in Baghdad. This comes as the number of American troop fatalities for the month of October (this is the fifth day) reach 22. Last Thursday, the total number of US troop fatalities stood at 2710. Right now? 2738.
Bombings?
AFP reports a bomb in Baghdad's Tayyaran Square that wounded 20. Reuters identifies it as a roadside bomb and notes a car bomb in Baghdad also left eight wounded and two dead. Reuters also notes two police officers were wounded in Mahmudiya by a roadside bomb and that mortar rounds killed one man in Mahmudiya and injured five members of his family while mortar rounds "near Balaz Ruz" took two lives and left five wounded.
Shootings?
In Samawa, AFP notes that "two women and a girl from the same Shiite family" were shot dead. Reuters reports that it was a home invasion which resulted in the "shooting dead [of] three women and slitting the throat of a baby girl". In addition, Reuters notes two people shot dead in Falluja, a police officer shot dead in Baquba and four people shot dead in Ramadi.
Corpses?
As already noted, Xinhua reports thirty corpses found in Baghdad. Reuters reports that five corpses were discovered in Ukashat, two in Mahmudiya, one near Kirkuk.
In the United States, Jerome L. Sherman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) reports on a poll of people serving in the US military which "found that 63 percent of veterans of both conflicts describe the Army and Marine Corps as 'overextended,' while many soldiers also complained about encountering emotional and physical problems when they came back from active duty."
In peace news, World Can't Wait is ongoing (this is a dictated entry). In addition, war resistance gains attention. Ehren Watada, Darrell Anderson (who turned himself in Tuesday), Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, and others serving have said no to war. Zeroing in on Agustin Aguayo and Anderson, Andrew Gumbel (LA City Beat) takes a look at war resistance, notes the risks ("going to prison, losing contact with their families, being forced back to Iraq at gunpoint") and concludes " the rumblings of discontent are unmistakable, and growing louder. Next month, the Iraq resistance movement is planning a national demonstration -- time and place still to be decided. There may be objections to the form of their protest, because of the belief that military personnel are there to serve, not ask questions. But the content is becoming ever more compelling."
Meanwhile, Aaron Glantz (OneWorld) takes an in depth look at Darrell Anderson who self-checked out of the US military in January 2005 and went to Canada. Last Saturday, Anderson returned to the United States and Tuesday he turned himself in at Fort Knox. Anderson was wounded while serving in Iraq and has suffered from PTS since. Glantz notes that the American Journal of Psychiatry has "found that large numbers of returning soldiers suffer from PTSD. Those like Anderson, who suffered severe physical injuries, often developed PTSD within seven months of being hurt. Among injured soldiers, researches found that after one month, 4.2 percent had probable PTSD and 4.4 percent had depression; at 4 months, 12.2 percent had PTSD and 8.9 percent suffered from depression; at 7 months, 12 percent had PTSD and 9.3 had depression."
Turning to war resister Ehren Watada, Mary Adamski (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) reports: "The Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii will honor Army Lt. Ehren Watada for taking a stand against the war in Iraq by refusing to serve there with his Stryker combat unit. The organization chose the Honolulu-born artillery officer for its Flame of Hope Award to be presented Oct. 21 at its 2006 Community Awards Dinner." In June, Watada became the first US officer to publicly refuse to serve in Iraq.
As the Ventura County Star notes, Bob Watada, Ehren Watada, will be speaking "7 p.m. Monday meeting of Ventura County Veterans for Peace and Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions. Admission is free. The meeting will be in the Topping Room at E.P. Foster Library, 651 E. Main St., Ventura. On June 22, 2005, Ehren Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the Iraq War and occupation. He has been formally charged with contempt toward President Bush, conduct unbecoming an officer and missing movement. On Aug. 24, the Army recommended a general court-martial on all charges. Last week, an additional charge was added because Watada made an August speech to the Veterans for Peace National Convention in Seattle, stating, 'To stop an illegal and unjust war, soldiers can choose to stop fighting it.' For the first time since 1965, the military is prosecuting an objector for his opinions. He faces more than eight years in prison. . . . For information on Veterans for Peace call 486-2884; on Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, 850-5849."Other speaking dates for Bob Watada include:
Thurs 10/5 5:00 pm World Can't Wait March & Rally
(March starts at noon at pershing S1/Bob speaks in front of Federal Bldg 300 N. Los Angeles St. at 5:00 pm.
Contact: Nicole Lee 323-462-4771 email: la@worldcantwait.org
Fri. 10/6 7:00 am Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Bl., Los Angeles
Contact: Thalia 626-683-9004 email: incuip@pacbell.net
Fri 10/6 12:30 San Fernando Valley Japanese Community Center
SFV Japanese American Community Center, 12953 Branford St., Pacoima 91331
Contact: Phil Shigkuni 818-893-1851, cell: 818-357-7488, email pshig2000@yahoo.com.
Sat 10/7 2:00-4:00 pm Welcome Reception for Bob Watada
JACCC Garden Room, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles
Contact: NCRR 213-680-3484, email: ncrrla@yahoo.com.
Sun 10/8 2:00-5:00 pm Forum with Bob Watada
Nat'l Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles.
Contact Ellen Endo 213-629-2231 or Mo 323-371-4502
Sun 10/8 6:00-8:00 pm An Evening of Discussion and Learning hosted by Rev. Phyllis Tyler
11326 CherryLee Dr., El Monte (Rev. Tyler is Senior Pastor of Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church in Alhambra) Co-sponsored by NCRR and the National Japanese American United Methodist Church Caucus
Contact: NCRR 213-680-3484 email: ncrrla@yahoo.com
For a complete schedule, click here (PDF) and for more information on war resisters, visit Courage to Resist.
In news of cowardice/caving, Suzanne de Passe rose from upper-middle class African-American to become one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. Early on she realized the importance of image which was among the reasons she traveled by limo even before she "made it" (the other reason -- cab drivers wouldn't stop for African-Americans at night in the sixties). Becoming Berry Gordy's girl-Friday quickly resulted into a powerful position, overseeing Diana Ross & the Supremes and grooming the Jackson Five. Throughout her tenure, she continued to rise (Academy Award nomination for co-writing the screenplay to Lady Sings the Blues, etc.) at Motown -- until Motown founder Berry Gordy sold her the company's TV and features division which she renamed de Passe Entertainment. The accomplishments and accolades continue to mount (Lonesome Dove, et al). Now Jeff Bercovici (Radar) reports that the power player takes a dive when Paul Mooney's comedy routine offends Bully Boy loyalists. The comedy routine was being taped to air on Showtime at the Apollo which de Passe Entertainment produces. The routine included jokes of Gin and Tonic (a staple of any Mooney routine, the Bully Boy's alleged heavy drinking daughters) and Mooney tells Bercovici "They wanted me out of there, the Republicans, the Time Warner people, They said I was Bush bashing, and it was hatred. I felt like I was in Iran or Cuba or somewhere." Since Showtime at the Apollo is largely geared to an audience where Bully Boy has never, over six years, managed to reach even 20% in approval ratings, the act might seem a natural for the program; however, Mooney states that power player de Passe stopped his act in the middle of taping and blamed it on "unnamed officials from Time Warner" which appears to include Richard Parsons, Time Warner chair and on the Apollo Theater Foundation's board of directors. Power player? Or the woman still best remembered for running around with a steno pad and asking (repeatedly), "What did Miss Ross want?" Mooney's routine was nothing surprising or out of charcter to anyone who knows his standup but when a power player plays lackey, censorship can occur.
FROM THE MLI! WIRE:
What in the world is going on in San Francisco? Elaine, Rebecca, Fly Boy, Ma, my sister and I went to our World Can't Wait rally which went great. In San Francisco, they've been buzzed by military jets repeatedly. The electricity has been turned off. I'm on the phone with Jess and at first I thought they had the sound back but no. They've got sound from the power system they've brought in. The rally ("permitted" Jess says) had the power cut off. I was planning to just post the snapshot today but I'm on the phone with Jess getting a report from San Francisco (Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.) Buzzed with fly overs by military jets???? In the United States?????This is insane. Hold on. Jess is asking me to hear something and I can't hear it. He'll tell me what it is when it's over (someone's speaking and I can't hear them). Okay, he's telling me a woman just announced that the sound permit is pulled until 7:00 pm. If you're out there in the Bay Area get out there to Justin Herman Plaza . Jess says this is being broadcast on KPFA's Flashpoints (which I can't get to play right now, maybe too many listening) and that you can hear an archived broadcast if you miss the live broadcast going on right now.
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"NYT: The war is lost but Gordie's hot for 'doggie style'"
"WP: "Attacks in Baghdad Kill 13 U.S. Soldiers in 3 Days" (Paley)"
"Blue Angels buzzing rally and power cut (San Francisco)"
"Under Cheney, democracy's done"
"Guns and Butter (Ruth)"
"Cheney, Iraq and Buckingham Gets to be a Boy after big bad Christine McVie leaves the group"
"if i were pbs, i'd ask, 'who are you to criticize?'"
"Why can't Johnny answer questions? (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! CAN JOHN ASHCROFT ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE!"
THIS JUST IN!
MILITARY JETS BUZZ RALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO!
THE WAR DRAGS ON!
ILLUSTRATION COURTESY OF THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS SYNDICATE.
FROM THE TCI WIRE:
Thursday, October 5, 2006. Chaos and violence continue in Iraq; American fatalities for the month of October already reach the double digits; Condi makes "Janie's Got a Gun" her personal theme song; World Can't Wait mobilizes (if you're not taking part you can hear reporting on some actions on KPFA's Flashpoints today at 5:00 pm Pacific, 7:00 pm Central, 8:00 pm EST); a "self-made" begs the question of what do you do after you've blazed a trail begun with the sounds of Motor City? Cave to Bully Boy appeasers?; and the economic and human costs of the illegal war continue."
Janie's Got a Gun" (Aerosmith), but US Secretary of State Condi Rice appears to use the club. Though bullying is a characteristic of the US administration, diplomacy is required when you're in the State Department. But the AP reports that: "Britain says top U-N allies will meet tomorrow in London to decide a next step in the nuclear stand-off with Iran. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Britain's foreign secretary, Margaret Beckett, will join high-level envoys from France, Germany, Russia and China." The so-called "nuclear stand-off" has been and remains a US led one. Gearing up for her Friday meeting, Condi first stopped off in Baghdad where, CBS and AP report, she bragged to reporters about instructing the 'leaders' of Iraq that they had "limited time" and that "They don't have time for endless debate about these issues [political differences]. They have really got to move forward." That is the US Secretary of State giving orders to the supposedly independent government of Iraq. A far cry from, as AFP notes, her previous visit April 26th when she congratulated the newly installed puppet of the occupation Nouri al-Maliki.
Rice's blatant exposure of who pulls the puppet government's strings come at a time when the US administration unveils a 'new' 'military' plan for the war. Outsourced to 'private groups,' the supposed military 'strategy' attempts to put a kinder, gentler face on illegal war. Michael Gordon (New York Times) salivated over the 'plan' in a manner that in many areas would land him with a public obscenity charge. The 'plan' can be boiled down to a "new face for illegal war will come when US troops act like store greeters at Wal-Mart" and decries the fact that they have been holed up on bases without ever grasping the whys of that decision. Those "private groups" thinking up the 'plan' should be encouraged to enlist and and carry out their 'plan' throughout Iraq for however many days they manage to remain alive as they stand around like sitting ducks and wait for the Iraqi police forces to do anything. The plan won't address anything because, despite Andy Card's beliefs, you can't market war. It certainly doesn't address CBS and AP's report that Rice's plane was prevented from landing in Baghdad for 35 minutes due to "mortar rounds or rockets."
The amount paid to "private groups" for their 'input' is unknown; however, Katrina vanden Heuvel (The Nation) reports that, according to the NPP, "$378 billion has already been spent or allocated for the Iraq war. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz estimates that the economic costs of war, occupation, and related expenditures may reach $2 trillion -- despite the Bush administration's promise that this conflict would cost $50 billion and its firing of its economic advisor for daring to estimate the cost between $100 to $200 billion." Meanwhile the Pentagon has earmarked $20 million of its budget for a 'victory' monument to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Anne Plummer Flaherty (AP) reports a "$20 million victory party" has been earmarked out of the Pentagon's $532 billion budget for the fiscal year of 2007. This would make Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld the ultimate "party girl."
The economic realities come at a time when China's Xinhua reports that thirty corpses were discovered today in Baghad while the US military announces two US troops dead in Al-Anbar Province follwoing the US military announcment of four US troops dead -- shot dead in Baghdad. This comes as the number of American troop fatalities for the month of October (this is the fifth day) reach 22. Last Thursday, the total number of US troop fatalities stood at 2710. Right now? 2738.
Bombings?
AFP reports a bomb in Baghdad's Tayyaran Square that wounded 20. Reuters identifies it as a roadside bomb and notes a car bomb in Baghdad also left eight wounded and two dead. Reuters also notes two police officers were wounded in Mahmudiya by a roadside bomb and that mortar rounds killed one man in Mahmudiya and injured five members of his family while mortar rounds "near Balaz Ruz" took two lives and left five wounded.
Shootings?
In Samawa, AFP notes that "two women and a girl from the same Shiite family" were shot dead. Reuters reports that it was a home invasion which resulted in the "shooting dead [of] three women and slitting the throat of a baby girl". In addition, Reuters notes two people shot dead in Falluja, a police officer shot dead in Baquba and four people shot dead in Ramadi.
Corpses?
As already noted, Xinhua reports thirty corpses found in Baghdad. Reuters reports that five corpses were discovered in Ukashat, two in Mahmudiya, one near Kirkuk.
In the United States, Jerome L. Sherman (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) reports on a poll of people serving in the US military which "found that 63 percent of veterans of both conflicts describe the Army and Marine Corps as 'overextended,' while many soldiers also complained about encountering emotional and physical problems when they came back from active duty."
In peace news, World Can't Wait is ongoing (this is a dictated entry). In addition, war resistance gains attention. Ehren Watada, Darrell Anderson (who turned himself in Tuesday), Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, and others serving have said no to war. Zeroing in on Agustin Aguayo and Anderson, Andrew Gumbel (LA City Beat) takes a look at war resistance, notes the risks ("going to prison, losing contact with their families, being forced back to Iraq at gunpoint") and concludes " the rumblings of discontent are unmistakable, and growing louder. Next month, the Iraq resistance movement is planning a national demonstration -- time and place still to be decided. There may be objections to the form of their protest, because of the belief that military personnel are there to serve, not ask questions. But the content is becoming ever more compelling."
Meanwhile, Aaron Glantz (OneWorld) takes an in depth look at Darrell Anderson who self-checked out of the US military in January 2005 and went to Canada. Last Saturday, Anderson returned to the United States and Tuesday he turned himself in at Fort Knox. Anderson was wounded while serving in Iraq and has suffered from PTS since. Glantz notes that the American Journal of Psychiatry has "found that large numbers of returning soldiers suffer from PTSD. Those like Anderson, who suffered severe physical injuries, often developed PTSD within seven months of being hurt. Among injured soldiers, researches found that after one month, 4.2 percent had probable PTSD and 4.4 percent had depression; at 4 months, 12.2 percent had PTSD and 8.9 percent suffered from depression; at 7 months, 12 percent had PTSD and 9.3 had depression."
Turning to war resister Ehren Watada, Mary Adamski (Honolulu Star-Bulletin) reports: "The Interfaith Alliance of Hawaii will honor Army Lt. Ehren Watada for taking a stand against the war in Iraq by refusing to serve there with his Stryker combat unit. The organization chose the Honolulu-born artillery officer for its Flame of Hope Award to be presented Oct. 21 at its 2006 Community Awards Dinner." In June, Watada became the first US officer to publicly refuse to serve in Iraq.
As the Ventura County Star notes, Bob Watada, Ehren Watada, will be speaking "7 p.m. Monday meeting of Ventura County Veterans for Peace and Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions. Admission is free. The meeting will be in the Topping Room at E.P. Foster Library, 651 E. Main St., Ventura. On June 22, 2005, Ehren Watada became the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse deployment to the Iraq War and occupation. He has been formally charged with contempt toward President Bush, conduct unbecoming an officer and missing movement. On Aug. 24, the Army recommended a general court-martial on all charges. Last week, an additional charge was added because Watada made an August speech to the Veterans for Peace National Convention in Seattle, stating, 'To stop an illegal and unjust war, soldiers can choose to stop fighting it.' For the first time since 1965, the military is prosecuting an objector for his opinions. He faces more than eight years in prison. . . . For information on Veterans for Peace call 486-2884; on Citizens for Peaceful Resolutions, 850-5849."Other speaking dates for Bob Watada include:
Thurs 10/5 5:00 pm World Can't Wait March & Rally
(March starts at noon at pershing S1/Bob speaks in front of Federal Bldg 300 N. Los Angeles St. at 5:00 pm.
Contact: Nicole Lee 323-462-4771 email: la@worldcantwait.org
Fri. 10/6 7:00 am Interfaith Communities United for Justice and Peace (ICUJP)
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Bl., Los Angeles
Contact: Thalia 626-683-9004 email: incuip@pacbell.net
Fri 10/6 12:30 San Fernando Valley Japanese Community Center
SFV Japanese American Community Center, 12953 Branford St., Pacoima 91331
Contact: Phil Shigkuni 818-893-1851, cell: 818-357-7488, email pshig2000@yahoo.com.
Sat 10/7 2:00-4:00 pm Welcome Reception for Bob Watada
JACCC Garden Room, 244 S. San Pedro St., Los Angeles
Contact: NCRR 213-680-3484, email: ncrrla@yahoo.com.
Sun 10/8 2:00-5:00 pm Forum with Bob Watada
Nat'l Center for the Preservation of Democracy, 111 N. Central Ave., Los Angeles.
Contact Ellen Endo 213-629-2231 or Mo 323-371-4502
Sun 10/8 6:00-8:00 pm An Evening of Discussion and Learning hosted by Rev. Phyllis Tyler
11326 CherryLee Dr., El Monte (Rev. Tyler is Senior Pastor of Sage Granada Park United Methodist Church in Alhambra) Co-sponsored by NCRR and the National Japanese American United Methodist Church Caucus
Contact: NCRR 213-680-3484 email: ncrrla@yahoo.com
For a complete schedule, click here (PDF) and for more information on war resisters, visit Courage to Resist.
In news of cowardice/caving, Suzanne de Passe rose from upper-middle class African-American to become one of the most powerful women in Hollywood. Early on she realized the importance of image which was among the reasons she traveled by limo even before she "made it" (the other reason -- cab drivers wouldn't stop for African-Americans at night in the sixties). Becoming Berry Gordy's girl-Friday quickly resulted into a powerful position, overseeing Diana Ross & the Supremes and grooming the Jackson Five. Throughout her tenure, she continued to rise (Academy Award nomination for co-writing the screenplay to Lady Sings the Blues, etc.) at Motown -- until Motown founder Berry Gordy sold her the company's TV and features division which she renamed de Passe Entertainment. The accomplishments and accolades continue to mount (Lonesome Dove, et al). Now Jeff Bercovici (Radar) reports that the power player takes a dive when Paul Mooney's comedy routine offends Bully Boy loyalists. The comedy routine was being taped to air on Showtime at the Apollo which de Passe Entertainment produces. The routine included jokes of Gin and Tonic (a staple of any Mooney routine, the Bully Boy's alleged heavy drinking daughters) and Mooney tells Bercovici "They wanted me out of there, the Republicans, the Time Warner people, They said I was Bush bashing, and it was hatred. I felt like I was in Iran or Cuba or somewhere." Since Showtime at the Apollo is largely geared to an audience where Bully Boy has never, over six years, managed to reach even 20% in approval ratings, the act might seem a natural for the program; however, Mooney states that power player de Passe stopped his act in the middle of taping and blamed it on "unnamed officials from Time Warner" which appears to include Richard Parsons, Time Warner chair and on the Apollo Theater Foundation's board of directors. Power player? Or the woman still best remembered for running around with a steno pad and asking (repeatedly), "What did Miss Ross want?" Mooney's routine was nothing surprising or out of charcter to anyone who knows his standup but when a power player plays lackey, censorship can occur.
FROM THE MLI! WIRE:
What in the world is going on in San Francisco? Elaine, Rebecca, Fly Boy, Ma, my sister and I went to our World Can't Wait rally which went great. In San Francisco, they've been buzzed by military jets repeatedly. The electricity has been turned off. I'm on the phone with Jess and at first I thought they had the sound back but no. They've got sound from the power system they've brought in. The rally ("permitted" Jess says) had the power cut off. I was planning to just post the snapshot today but I'm on the phone with Jess getting a report from San Francisco (Jim, Dona, Ty, Jess, Ava and C.I.) Buzzed with fly overs by military jets???? In the United States?????This is insane. Hold on. Jess is asking me to hear something and I can't hear it. He'll tell me what it is when it's over (someone's speaking and I can't hear them). Okay, he's telling me a woman just announced that the sound permit is pulled until 7:00 pm. If you're out there in the Bay Area get out there to Justin Herman Plaza . Jess says this is being broadcast on KPFA's Flashpoints (which I can't get to play right now, maybe too many listening) and that you can hear an archived broadcast if you miss the live broadcast going on right now.
Recommended: "Iraq snapshot"
"NYT: The war is lost but Gordie's hot for 'doggie style'"
"WP: "Attacks in Baghdad Kill 13 U.S. Soldiers in 3 Days" (Paley)"
"Blue Angels buzzing rally and power cut (San Francisco)"
"Under Cheney, democracy's done"
"Guns and Butter (Ruth)"
"Cheney, Iraq and Buckingham Gets to be a Boy after big bad Christine McVie leaves the group"
"if i were pbs, i'd ask, 'who are you to criticize?'"
"Why can't Johnny answer questions? (humor)"
"THIS JUST IN! CAN JOHN ASHCROFT ANSWER THE QUESTION, PLEASE!"
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