Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Like An Oscar Winning Film Maker Only Sooner
Michael Moore has a great essay on why invasion ≠ liberation. He writes more eloquently than I did last year on this subject.
Friday, November 24, 2006
Like A Counter-Terrorism Expert Only Sooner
Richard A. Clarke, the only member of the Executive Branch to apologize for Bush sleeping at the wheel on Sep 11th says,
More detailed than my peace plan of more than two years ago but Speaker Pelosi might actually listen to him.To do this, we should announce our intention to reduce U.S. forces in Iraq beginning in December and concluding with the withdrawal of all major ground combat units within 18 months; declare that the United States seeks no permanent military bases in Iraq; gain permission from Kuwait to station additional combat units there to create an “over the horizon” capability to deal with terrorists in Iraq; accelerate the training and equipping of the Iraqi army with embedded Special Forces; work with our regional allies to create an enhanced covert action capacity to combat Iraq-based terrorism; speed up U.S. reconstruction efforts; and convene a regional process to guarantee the stability of Iraq, inviting Iran, Syria, Jordan, Turkey and the Gulf countries to join.
Sunday, November 19, 2006
New Theme - Pass It On
Republicans won't let the troops get candy and flowers at home this Christmas.
Like A Nobel Prize Winning Diplomat Only Sooner
Kissinger, in November of 2006 intoned that a military victory is not possible in Iraq. Sounds like something I said in October of 2003.
Wednesday, November 15, 2006
No One Could Have Anticipated...
... that a boy who liked to torture frogs would one day write a memo ordering the CIA to torture people.
Saturday, November 11, 2006
2006 - A Watershed Moment
A commenter at Eschaton noted Majority Party - that feels good to say. Whooooooooooo!NSA
We have been the majority all along. Democrats far outnumber Rethuglicans. It was the strange effect of huge amounts of money spent on TV ads that warped electoral results for many of those years. This includes the free advertising Republicans get from their news whores.
2006 is the year Americans stopped believing everything they saw on TV. Media Matters has cataloged what America is told by the talking heads. It isn't pretty. Network TV is still very powerful but it is no longer the sole source of a national dialogue.
We have been the majority all along. Democrats far outnumber Rethuglicans. It was the strange effect of huge amounts of money spent on TV ads that warped electoral results for many of those years. This includes the free advertising Republicans get from their news whores.
2006 is the year Americans stopped believing everything they saw on TV. Media Matters has cataloged what America is told by the talking heads. It isn't pretty. Network TV is still very powerful but it is no longer the sole source of a national dialogue.
Wednesday, November 08, 2006
Good News, Bad News
The good news is Bush is finally going to be have some brakes put onto his reckless ways. The bad news: it isn't going to be as much fun cleaning up after aWol as he had making the mess.
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Woof!!!
In Pennsylvania, Democrat Bob Casey, son of a popular former governor, soundly defeated incumbent Sen. Rick Santorum.
No jokes about coming from behind...
Does Sen. Reid Have Clitoris Envy?
No jokes about coming from behind...
Congrats, Sen. Reid! Of course, Pelosi's majority is bigger.
Bush to hold press conference Wednesday
He will reportedly chastise Democrats for saying "stay the course." He will also make fun of Democrats for supporting his failed invasion before they opposed it.
He will reportedly chastise Democrats for saying "stay the course." He will also make fun of Democrats for supporting his failed invasion before they opposed it.
Monday, November 06, 2006
Bushed
Bush runs a war as well as he did an oil business in Texas. Tomorrow's elections are a clear choice and I wish I could be more forceful than this. Democrats might hold Bush accountable for his military failure. Republicans won't.
Sunday, November 05, 2006
McGavick$!
Hyprocisy is your name. You accept fundraising help from George Bush while at the same time criticizing Sen. Cantwell for supporting the Iraq invasion; saying stay the course for years and having no exit strategy. Sen. Cantwell is wedded to Bush's policy of ethnic cleansing in Iraq for reasons beyond my understanding. She is getting my vote despite her horrific shortsightedness in this regard because, unlike a Republican like McGavick$!, she won't be wedded to Bush's economic and environmental disasters as well.
Saddam To Hang
No one could have anticipated that Saddam's death sentence would make Iraq more violent and unstable.
