Gonzales’ Defense of Bush: “The President Is Not A Lawyer”
Gonzales’ Defense of Bush: “The President Is Not A Lawyer”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) confronted Alberto Gonzales about Bush’s now-famous quote that “a wiretap requires a court order.” When confronted with the quote, Gonzales’ defense boiled down to “the President is not a lawyer.” Watch it:
Note to the Attorney General: The President took an oath to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States” and to the best of his ability, “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.” No law degree is required.
Transcript below:
FEINSTEIN: We know nothing about the program other than what we’ve read in the newspapers. And so it comes with huge shock as Senator Leahy said that the President of the United States in Buffalo, New York in 2004 would say, and I quote, “Any time you hear the United States government talking about wiretap, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order. Nothing has changed by the way. When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so.†Mr. Attorney General, in light of what you and the president have said in the past month, this statement appears to be false. Do you agree?
GONZALES: No, I don’t senator. In fact, I take great issue with your suggestion that somehow the President of the United States was not being totally forthcoming with the American people. I have his statement, and, in the sentence immediately before what you’re talking about he said he was referring to roving wiretaps, and so, I think anyone who — I think –
FEINSTEIN: So you’re saying that statement only relates to roving wiretaps?
GONZALES: That discussion was about the Patriot Act. And right before he uttered those words that you’re referring to he said, “Secondly, there are such things as roving wiretaps. You know, now, by the way any time you hear the United States talk about wiretaps, it requires — a wiretap requires a court order.†As you know, the president is not a lawyer.
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What a jerk this guy is. He won't answer any questions at all. Once again, the republicans are having a Senate orgy.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:16 pmSo what was your job as counsel to GWB? Are you telling me that you didn't do your f'in job?!
February 6th, 2006 at 1:16 pmWho are the thug-robots behind him?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:17 pmNo where is it written that the President of the United States of America is to protect the people or soil. His job is to protect the Constitution. Even in times of war, as the Commander and Chief. He then is in charge of the malitia, so as to prevent the invasion and takeover of the country. Again, the purpose soley driven in the protection of our Bill of Rights and Constitution.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:20 pmThat would be the Secret Service...... With the lies that this administration is making, they are very aware that many people would like to take them out.
Really, I don't know who they are but what I said above would not surprise me.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:20 pmWho blurted out "get a warrant"? during the hearing?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:20 pmYou don't need to be a lawyer to know that wiretaps require a warrant. Millions of Americans know this without any legal training at all.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:21 pmOnce again the argument is that we can't expect too much of Bush, can't expect him to understand his constitutional obligations, to read natural security briefings, or to ask his own VP was he knew about Valerie Wilson and when. No, all of that is too heavy a burden for Bush and how dare we bother him with the finer details of his job anyway. How mean and partisan!!!
February 6th, 2006 at 1:25 pmWait - let's all try that one! "Oh, I'm sorry officer I didn't know it was against the law to drive 100 MPH down the interstate. Jeez, I'm not a lawyer, you know..." I bet we'll all get off! This is a joke. Or a nightmare. I can't tell which...
February 6th, 2006 at 1:26 pmI'm taking what gonzo said about bush not being a lawyer as being the empty suit that takes his orders from someone eles.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:27 pmEvidently Alberto Gonzales is not much of a lawyer himself.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:28 pm#11, I don't agree with your adjectives for Mr. Gonzales, but worse AG ever? John Ashcroft, Ed Meese, worse than those guys, I don't know.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:33 pmHow many times as a youngster did I hear, "Ignorance of the law is no excuse"?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:36 pmThe "he's not a lawyer" line is meant to make it sound like there are intricacies of the law involved in this and that they are far too arcane for mere mortals to understand. As Bush himself might put it, "That dog won't hunt."
Gonzales is going to lie through his teeth just like Bush, because he knows that the law was clearly broken and he is trying to fog the issue to avoid impeachment.
It was illegal when Nixon did it and it's still illegal today.
Time for the White House Gang to do the perp walk!
February 6th, 2006 at 1:39 pm"As you know, the president is not a lawyer."
He's also not:
1. Coordinated
February 6th, 2006 at 1:40 pm2. Functionally literate
3. a real christian
4. A uniter, (not a divider)
5. An equestrian (although cowboy is another matter)
6. Duke Cunningham (in the cockpit)
7. Ronald Reagan (although his incurious ignorance could give Reagan's Alzheimers a real run for the money)
8. Attuned to his party's needs - otherwise he'd try to change course from the electoral cliff just ahead.
7.
I get it. So when Bush gets drunk, he's excused because he isn't a chemist.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:45 pmHe may not be alawyer, but he has hundreds if not thousands of them to advise him on legal matters. Ultimately the preisndet is responsible even when he gets bad advice. Heck Clinton was held responsible for Somalia when Bush I invaded and Powel was the expert giving Clinton his military advice.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:47 pmUm. "He's not a lawyer," I believe, is code for:
What do expect from a dumb bigot?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:49 pmFeingold is grilling the gonzo but doesn't look like gonzo is going to budge.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:51 pmThe President is not a LAWYER.
Gee No S---!
But, Yet, thru Alitos/Reagans 'Signing Statements' Bushis able to reinterpret the Law?
Cmon Mr Gonzales, BUSH has teams of Lawyers.
How do you Expect this REALLY REALLY Lame excuse to Fly?
Tell me MR Gonzales HOW many signing Statements has this NON LAWYER, MR BUSH, made?
More than any other president?
So a Non LAWYER interprets Laws?
Good Luck with that Tripe Gonzales
February 6th, 2006 at 1:52 pmIf he's not under oath why not ask him who makes the best mole in Austin? Who makes his suits? You know, hey how's Harriet and Andy?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:52 pmThe President is "on the lam"...permanently it seems...
...while Leonard PELTIER "CELEBRATES" his 30th year of illegal incarceration today.
Is something amiss with the CRIMINAL justice system, Mr. Gonzales?
February 6th, 2006 at 1:53 pmThe oath to be taken by the president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Unfortunately for us it says in the presidential oath that he will to the BEST IF HIS ABILITY, and we all know how inept those abilities are. But it does nto say anything about protecting the Ameircan people and there is a reason for that. The constitution and the idea of America are far more important than any one citizen.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:53 pmDuring a break in the Senate testimony by Attorney General Gonzales this morning, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions became just the latest Republican to resort to the now standard GOP defense of President Bush's illegal domestic spying program. Call it the "Give Me Death" strategy.
"Over 3,000 Americans have no civil rights because they are no longer with us."
- Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL), 2/6/06
"You really don't have any civil liberties if you're dead."
- Senator Pat Roberts (R-KS), 2/3/06
"None of your civil liberties matter much after you're dead."
- Senator John Cornyn (R-AL), 12/20/05
For the full story, see:
February 6th, 2006 at 1:54 pm"The GOP on Domestic Spying: The 'Give Me Death' Defense."
http://rawstory.com/news/2005/Powells_former_chief_of_staff_on_0205.html
Lets put some HEAT on the HOAXERS;
Powell's former chief of staff on Iraq intel: 'I participated in a hoax'
Muriel Kane
Published: February 5, 2006
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Larry WilkersonIn an interview that aired on PBS on Friday, Feb. 3, Colin Powell's former chief of staff claimed that the speech Powell made before the United Nations on Feb. 5, 2003, laying out a case for war with Iraq, included falsehoods of which Powell had never been made aware. He said, "My participation in that presentation at the UN constitutes the lowest point in my professional life. I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council."
February 6th, 2006 at 1:55 pm"The President is not a lawyer." That's the best he can come up with?!?!
Sorry, Al -- that excuse is so flimsy that it doesn't even qualify as half-baked, and it just doesn't wash. The President may not be a lawyer, but *you* are -- and as Attorney General, your primary role is to serve as a legal advisor to the government. You're supposed to be trying to stop the President from breaking the law -- not aiding and abetting him.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:56 pmThe HOAX is out. Start confessing Bush. Or resign.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:56 pmLIARS LIARS LIARS
Bushco
'the best and brightest?'
Naw, 'the Lowly and inept'
February 6th, 2006 at 1:57 pmJesus Christ Mr. HO, ONE MOTHER FCKING DEBACLE AT A TIME PLEASE.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:58 pmThe BUSCHO Liars ARE OUTTED!!
Larry WilkersonIn an interview that aired on PBS on Friday, Feb. 3, Colin Powell’s former chief of staff claimed that the speech Powell made before the United Nations on Feb. 5, 2003, laying out a case for war with Iraq, included falsehoods of which Powell had never been made aware. He said, “My participation in that presentation at the UN constitutes the lowest point in my professional life. I participated in a hoax on the American people, the international community and the United Nations Security Council.â€
February 6th, 2006 at 1:58 pm"You're being honest, but I disagree with you." -Lindsey Graham
What the hell does that mean?????????????????????????????
February 6th, 2006 at 1:59 pmLet's get everyone on record. Let's have an up-or-down vote on the NSA program, immediately following the end of the Judiciary Committee hearings. Then let's let the voters decide in November.
Poor Democrats. They never miss an opportunity to shoot themselves in the foot. The GOP will gain seats in both houses if this keeps up much longer.
PS: I'm especailly looking forward to the Sherrod Brown/Paul Hackett take on all this. DeWine may be a ninny at times, but at least he's our ninny - and he's looking safer and safer all the time.
February 6th, 2006 at 1:59 pmDoes noone here NOT KNOW who blurted out "Get a warrant" during the hearing this morning?????????????????????????
February 6th, 2006 at 2:00 pmesus Christ Mr. HO, ONE MOTHER FCKING DEBACLE AT A TIME PLEASE.
Comment by the fly-man — February 6, 2006 @ 1:58 pm
Sorry Fly-Man..But I didnt create these.
Lets take a Different spin. If Bushco allowed the Hoax of the UN, then that Harms his Credibility, about War, and ALSO about the Warrantless Taps.
And this is Why I posted it. To Mimimalize Bush and Gozales Credibility. They are really very much related. Now I Shant post on this anymore on this thread. Yet surely one can see the parallels. --mr ho
February 6th, 2006 at 2:02 pm#Does noone here NOT KNOW who blurted out “Get a warrant†during the hearing this morning?????????????????????????
Comment by Gus, the Loving OBGYN — February 6, 2006 @ 2:00 pm
I dunno, who?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:03 pmThis is a serious test of the strength of our Republic. If the Republicans can not or will not clean up this mess themselves then they are in serious trouble.
All Bush had to say was he's headed to Iraq for oil. That's all he had to say. If he were being "intellectual" about is, he could point to the Carter Doctrine on the topic.
But no. He lies. He bobs. He weaves. Everyone around him does the same.
It's all about Peak Oil, folks. Until the MSM and Repugs come to grips with the truth, we'll be lied to like we're not paying attention to what they're really doing.
This is sick. Alberto isn't even under oath.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:04 pm#15 - :-)
Book him, Dano.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:04 pmyeah, he's not a lawyer - he's a Nixon wannabe
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February 6th, 2006 at 2:05 pmPS: I’m especailly looking forward to the Sherrod Brown/Paul Hackett take on all this. DeWine may be a ninny at times, but at least he’s our ninny - and he’s looking safer and safer all the time.
Comment by Blue State Red — February 6, 2006 @ 1:59 pm
Did somebody hear something?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:05 pmNaw it was Nothing.
Wait a minute, what this up or down vote thing. This criss crosses with the renewal of the Patriot Act and very certain provisions that will spell out backwards what they've been up to. I think we'll have a classified peel off of some statutes and a major argument over probable cause. Why trust a President who makes recess appointmens while he is hte leader of the mjority party?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:06 pmho,
February 6th, 2006 at 2:06 pmIt was during discussion about phone conversations twixt two people both in country. Specter had to call the blurter into order.
"The President is not a lawyer". This is the best defense that Gonzo can give? Where did Gonzo get his law degree?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:06 pmSo pathetic and laughable.
If Gonzo had any shred of honor, he would resign.
ho,
It was during discussion about phone conversations twixt two people both in country. Specter had to call the blurter into order.
Comment by Gus, the Loving OBGYN — February 6, 2006 @
Aye Thanxx =)
February 6th, 2006 at 2:08 pmthese lying f***s have thought about all this stuff.
We're going to have to get them to the Supreme Court.
That's the only way to hold them accountable. Even that's iffy.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:09 pmyeah, but he has you as his lawyer, Gonzo... what are you doing for that retainer he pays you?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:09 pmCorruption, dishonesty, treasonous behavior, spying on Americans, massive deficits- that's a real winner of a platform. Extra hubris/chutzpah points points for degree of difficulty.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:10 pm“The President is not a lawyerâ€.
So? He's not many things he should be.
Isn't this why he has advisers? To advise him? Come on! This is just silly.
Are Repugs really this intellectually challenged?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:10 pmThe president is not a lawyer.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:12 pmThe president is not a human being.
The president, is a War Pig.
The thought of that freaking uneducated moron sitting there in the White House laughing and smirking at our powerlessness makes my blood boil!
He is a ne'er-do-well schleprock! Everything he touches turns to crap!
This will not protect our civil liberties one bit, but I have to vent.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:12 pmWhat is the point of swearing him in when he lies under oath anyway? He smiles and lies while he does it, just like Bush (who has added that obnoxious smirk as well). They really do think they're above the law, and judging from the love-fest between Gonzo and those Republican 'lawmakers' (and I use that term loosely), they are right.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:13 pmIt would be easier to list what the president is, rather than not.
Inept comes to my mind
February 6th, 2006 at 2:14 pmAfter they caych us saying Impeach this admistration and planing our protest they have a place for us. A little off topic..
Customs 'camps' cause for concern
by Tom Hennessy
Long Beach Press-Telegram
February 3, 2006
Maybe a lifetime in the news business makes one paranoid. Or maybe it was just a matter of timing.
The story showed up in Tuesday's Press-Telegram, as I was reading "Night," Elie Wiesel's horrifying autobiography of a teenager in Buchenwald and Auschwitz.
Appearing on page A5, the story said the federal government had awarded a $385 million contract for the construction of "temporary detention facilities." These would be used, the story said, in the event of an "immigration emergency."
Jamie Zuieback, an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), explained such an emergency like this: "If, for example, there were some sort of upheaval in another country that would cause mass migration, that's the type of situation that the contract would address."
That sounds a tad fuzzy, but let's concede that the camps do have something to do with immigration, illegal or not. In fact, there already are thousands of beds in place at various U.S. locations for the purpose of housing illegal immigrants.
But for anyone familiar with history U.S. or European the construction of detention camps for whatever purpose should prompt a chilling scenario.
Same folks
The new detention camps will be built by Kellogg, Brown and Root (KBR), a subsidiary of Halliburton. The latter, as you likely know, is the defense-related corporate giant with fists full of contracts involving the war in Iraq.
Halliburton was led by Vice President Dick Cheney from 1995 to 2000. Democrats in Congress have accused the administration of favoring the company via no-bid contracts. But KBR says the detention contract was competitive.
Tuesday's story also said the contract was awarded by the Army Corps of Engineers. However, Halliburton says it was awarded by the Department of Homeland Security in support of ICE.
The contract is for a year, but includes four one-year options. It is a renewal of an existing ICE contract, notes Halliburton.
KBR, in fact, had the $9.7 million contract to build the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base, Cuba. This facility, popularly dubbed "Gitmo," holds 660 prisoners classified by the government as "enemy combatants."
Anyone care?
This column is written with the distinct feeling that not many people will give a hoot about any or all of this. But as already noted, a news story about construction of government detention centers should give us all pause.
Considering what took place in Nazi Germany, as well as the shameful incarceration of Japanese-Americans in 1942, no detention camp should be built without the widest possible public scrutiny.
Bottom line: The contract cries out for greater attention. So far, the government's expressed reason for building them is insufficient and ill-defined. And even if the camps do relate to illegal immigration, their purpose could be changed overnight.
This is an instance in which we could be well served by our representatives in Congress. They need to look at this and give constituents a better picture of what is going on.
Let's not have it said, years from now, that no one ever questioned this.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:17 pmThe thought of that freaking uneducated moron sitting there in the White House laughing and smirking at our powerlessness makes my blood boil!
We The People are not powerless. Many good things can come from well directed anger. Please remember this.
Failing to remember this puts us in the same position as Germany and the former Soviet Union.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:17 pmW has spent more time away from Washington, D.C. than George Washington.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:19 pmThere should be nationwide, bipartisan outrage over what the Attorney General of the United Sates has NOT answered today (so far).
Is our mail being opened and surveilled by the central government?
Refused to answer.
Can the president suspend the application of the Posse Comitatus Act?
Refuse to answer.
What about creeping (it's a very fast creep) authoritarianism don't people understand?
February 6th, 2006 at 2:19 pm#53 - We are already there....
February 6th, 2006 at 2:20 pmWhat about creeping (it’s a very fast creep) authoritarianism don’t people understand?
There are no guarantees that our Republic will survive this Madman. Nothing.
We must act! Otherwise everything may be lost. Leaving it in the hands of the Repugs only helps dig a deeper grave.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:22 pmThe president is not a lawyer > that is obvious > lol.
I do not believe that Alberto Gonzales really passed his law exam to get a license or he cheated to get it!
He is just a sleazy attorney who kisses up to King Bush!
February 6th, 2006 at 2:23 pmJesus Christ God of WAR - They control the Military and thus the country. Keep your weapons and ammunition handy AND dry. They will stop at nothing.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:26 pmThe president is not a lawyer? well neither is Gonzo because in a reply to Sen. Graham he stated these are difficult questions at the same time he stated he didn't read up? Isn't a lawyer supposed to bone up on the relevant issues and points of law, Gonzo's not.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:30 pmwe'er all AWAKE to all of this, we must keep waking up the sheep out there that the whole country is in trouble. A real good sign is my repub.friends are disgusted with all this, it took a long time for them to wake up, they are now spreading the word.....FINALLY. Nixon did it for me,and now I clearly see a repeat of abuse of power.
February 6th, 2006 at 2:38 pmnext stop...
Martial Law....
All Aboard...
February 6th, 2006 at 2:51 pm#52,
February 6th, 2006 at 2:52 pm$385/$9.7*660 is approximately 25000 detainees. The dollar figures are in millions. If it is renewed over 4 years, it will total out to 100,000.
Appearing on page A5, the story said the federal government had awarded a $385 million contract for the construction of “temporary detention facilities.†These would be used, the story said, in the event of an “immigration emergency.â€
Jamie Zuieback, an official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), explained such an emergency like this: “If, for example, there were some sort of upheaval in another country that would cause mass migration, that’s the type of situation that the contract would address.â€
February 6th, 2006 at 3:05 pm~~~~
Hmm from what I gather Mexican economy is currently about to collapse. Exxon has said it wont buy Mexican Oil because of the Corruption (yeh right) in the Mexican Government.
'IF' this is so, we could expect a Huge onrush of Mexican Immigrants
walt #54 - "W has spent more time away from Washington..."
norm ornstein remarked on franken's show that congress was in session a total of ..........62 days .......it's no wonder there's no oversight - they're not there...
(i think i heard that right - correct me if i'm wrong)
February 6th, 2006 at 3:11 pmThe thought of that freaking uneducated moron sitting there in the White House laughing and smirking at our powerlessness makes my blood boil!
We The People are not powerless. Many good things can come from well directed anger. Please remember this.
~~~~~~~~
Agreed, a violent protests could bring us into marshall law. Something that must be avoided at all costs.
Those interested should read up on the posse comitatus act.
(what keeps Us from being a Banana Republic)
June 18, 1878
CHAP. 263 - An act making appropriations for the support of the Army for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-nine, and for other purposes.
SEC. 15. From and after the passage of this act it shall not be lawful to employ any part of the Army of the United States, as a posse comitatus, or otherwise, for the purpose of executing the laws, except in such cases and under such circumstances as such employment of said force may be expressly authorized by the Constitution or by act of Congress; and no money appropriated by this act shall be used to pay any of the expenses incurred in the employment of any troops in violation of this section And any person willfully violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on conviction thereof shall be punished by fine not exceeding ten thousand dollars or imprisonment not exceeding two years or by both such fine and imprisonment.
10 U.S.C. (United States Code) 375
Sec. 375. Restriction on direct participation by military personnel:
The Secretary of Defense shall prescribe such regulations as may be necessary to ensure that any activity (including the provision of any equipment or facility or the assignment or detail of any personnel) under this chapter does not include or permit direct participation by a member of the Army, Navy, Air Force, or Marine Corps in a search, seizure, arrest, or other similar activity unless participation in such activity by such member is otherwise authorized by law.
18 U.S.C. 1385
Sec. 1385. Use of Army and Air Force as posse comitatus
Whoever, except in cases and under circumstances expressly authorized by the Constitution or Act of
February 6th, 2006 at 3:13 pmCongress, willfully uses any part of the Army or the Air Force as a posse comitatus or otherwise to
execute the laws shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than two years, or both.
Editor's Note: The only exemption has to do with nuclear materials (18 U.S.C. 831 (e)
"The President is not a lawyer, however he is dumber than a bag of donuts, and no where near as delicious."
February 6th, 2006 at 3:16 pmHeres an Ironic Twist
Gonzales Says Bush isnt a Lawyer, yet Mr gonzales Advises Bush about legal things, Ergo Gonzales is saying that he isnt a Lawyer.
February 6th, 2006 at 3:20 pmSo it takes a lawyer to "realize" that saying "When we’re talking about chasing down terrorists, we’re talking about getting a court order before we do so" while the NSA was at that very moment wiretapping without a court order is not a lie? This from the party who went apesh*t when a president split hairs over the word "is".
February 6th, 2006 at 4:00 pmNote to the Attorney General: The President took an oath to “faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States†and to the best of his ability, “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States.†No law degree is required.
Posted by Faiz
Are you suggesting that the President of the United States has forsaken his oath and is therefore a liar and treasonous cur who should be arrested and imprisoned for 20 years? Is that this site's official position?
February 6th, 2006 at 5:01 pmHey IRI, it is MY official position.
February 6th, 2006 at 5:13 pmHey IRI, it is MY official position.
Comment by progressive and proud
That's nice but, really, who cares what you think?
February 6th, 2006 at 5:38 pmDesperate times call for desperate housewives, no sorry, MEASURES,, isn't that right IRI? What color of desperate are we right now? And BTW? What is a fVktard?
February 6th, 2006 at 5:54 pmThe president isn't a lawyer. The president isn't a speechwriter. He only says the words that others put in his mouth. Gonzales is a lawyer, just not a very good one. He has not made a case for the NSA.
February 6th, 2006 at 6:14 pmNot only is Bush not a lawyer, but he couldn't get into law school. After he graduated from Yale, he applied to the University of Texas Law School in Austin and he was rejected. Don't know why! Then he applied to Harvard Business School and they took him!!
February 6th, 2006 at 6:15 pmPlease, everyone, spread the word. The man in the White House is DANGEROUS. Sadly, much of America still listens to his lies, and those around him and believe them. He is doing to this country what he did to Texas. They are STILL recovering. Time for him to resign.
February 6th, 2006 at 7:11 pmToo many of our representatives are a joke, regardless of party affiliation.
The media is a joke. They would not know a tough question if it asked to borrow a pen from them during a press conference, then kicked them in the shin.
The people are naive, distracted & misdirected: unaware of their true power, tuned into meaningless media glitzy fads, and chasing dreams they can hardly define, let alone understand.
The people who critique this mess and think they know how to improve it are mostly hateful and basically want to argue and fight. That's a big help.
Life is good. I'll never do that to one of my songs ever again...
February 6th, 2006 at 8:53 pmNeither is Bush an accountant, economist, doctor, ecologist, rescue expert or soldier. Therefore he cannot be blamed for the ballooning deficit, declining economy, shambolic health service, poisoned earth and sky, deaths in New Orleans or the debacle in Iraq.
Maybe he should resign and run a holiday resort. He's pretty expert on vacationing
February 6th, 2006 at 10:25 pmSomeone asked who the robo-thugs behing Gonzo are. I don't know, but when one of them adjusted his jacket, he revealed two automatic weapon clips. I am guessing FBI.
February 6th, 2006 at 10:46 pmGet these moronic right wing fearbased bigots out of office as fast as possible while we still have a country.Anybody for a revolution? I sure the fck am!
February 6th, 2006 at 11:18 pmAre you suggesting that the President of the United States has forsaken his oath and is therefore a liar and treasonous cur?
Comment by I-RIGHT-I —
If my memory is correct, didn't George W. Bush recently refer to the Constitution as "just a (curse word) piece of paper?" It doesn't sound as he has much respect for the Constitution, does it? And his actions give further proof to that.
February 6th, 2006 at 11:57 pmIf my memory is correct, didn’t George W. Bush recently refer to the Constitution as “just a (curse word) piece of paper?†It doesn’t sound as he has much respect for the Constitution, does it? And his actions give further proof to that.
Comment by Lora
Nope, that was John Kerry who said that with Jimmy Carter concurring. It must be true I read it on a website.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:05 amThose who doubt that the Bush-Cheney-Rumsfeld team will attack Iran, while so conspicuously overextended in Iraq, are ignoring the subtleties of the administration’s Middle East strategy.
Bush has no intention of occupying Iran. Rather, the goal is to destroy major weapons-sites, destabilize the regime, and occupy a sliver of land on the Iraqi border that contains 90% of Iran’s oil wealth. Ultimately, Washington will aim to replace the Mullahs with American-friendly clients who can police their own people and fabricate the appearance of representative government. But, that will have to wait. For now, the administration must prevent the incipient Iran bourse (oil-exchange) from opening in March and precipitating a global sell-off of the debt-ridden dollar. There have many fine articles written about the proposed “euro-based†bourse and the devastating effects it will have on the greenback. The best of these are “Petrodollar Warfare: Oil, Iraq and the Future of the Dollar†by William R. Clark, and “The Proposed Oil Bourse†by Krassimir Petrov, Ph.D.
The bottom line on the bourse is this; the dollar is underwritten by a national debt that now exceeds $8 trillion dollars and trade deficits that surpass $600 billion per year. That means that the greenback is the greatest swindle in the history of mankind. It’s utterly worthless. The only thing that keeps the dollar afloat is that oil is traded exclusively in greenbacks rather than some other currency. If Iran is able to smash that monopoly by trading in petro-euros then the world’s central banks will dump the greenback overnight, sending markets crashing and the US economy into a downward spiral.
The Bush administration has no intention of allowing that to take place. In fact, as the tax-cuts and the budget deficits indicate, the Bush cabal fully intends to perpetuate the system that trades worthless dollars for valuable commodities, labor, and resources. As long as the oil market is married to the dollar, this system of global indentured servitude will continue.
Battle Plans
The Bush administration’s attention has shifted to a small province in southwestern Iran that is unknown to most Americans. Never the less, Khuzestan will become the next front in the war on terror and the lynchpin for prevailing in the global resource war. If the Bush administration can sweep into the region (under the pretext disarming Iran’s nuclear programs) and put Iran’s prodigious oil wealth under US control, the dream of monopolizing Middle East oil will have been achieved.
Not surprisingly, this was Saddam Hussein’s strategy in 1980 when he initiated hostilities against Iran in a war that would last for eight years. Saddam was an American client at the time, so it is likely that he got the green light for the invasion from the Reagan White House. Many of Reagan’s high-ranking officials currently serve in the Bush administration; notably Rumsfeld and Cheney.
Khuzestan represents 90% of Iran’s oil production. The control over these massive fields will force the oil-dependent nations of China, Japan and India to continue to stockpile greenbacks despite the currency’s dubious value. The annexing of Khuzestan will prevent Iran’s bourse from opening, thereby guaranteeing that the dollar will maintain its dominant position as the world’s reserve currency. As long as the dollar reigns supreme and western elites have their hands on the Middle East oil-spigot, the current system of exploitation through debt will continue into perpetuity. The administration can confidently prolong its colossal deficits without fear of a plummeting dollar. In fact, the American war-machine and all its various appendages, from Guantanamo to Abrams Tanks, are paid for by the myriad nations who willingly hold reserves of American currency.
This extortion-scheme is typically referred to as the global economic system. In reality, it has nothing to do with either free markets or capitalism. That is just philosophical mumbo-jumbo. It is the dollar-system; predicated entirely on the ongoing monopoly of the oil trade in dollars.
February 7th, 2006 at 10:59 amIn fact, the American war-machine and all its various appendages, from Guantanamo to Abrams Tanks, are paid for by the myriad nations who willingly hold reserves of American currency.
Comment by Smedley
Actually Smedly, you terrorist appeasing and supporting asshole, they are paid for by American tax dollars generated by the strongest economy in the world. By the way if you're going to cut and paste from that ratbastardcommietumblefuck Mike Whitney the least you can do is give the dipshit credit. It wouldn't do to have the losers around here thinking some Paki-Brit moon god worshiper can speak the King's English. Loser.
February 7th, 2006 at 12:11 pmActually Smedly, you terrorist appeasing and supporting asshole, they are paid for by American tax dollars generated by the strongest economy in the world. By the way if you’re going to cut and paste from that ratbastardcommietumblefuck Mike Whitney the least you can do is give the dipshit credit. It wouldn’t do to have the losers around here thinking some Paki-Brit moon god worshiper can speak the King’s English. Loser.
Comment by I-RIGHT-I #84
Looks like somebody struck a nerve...
...thinkin about dumping your dollars
Incephalitic-Recycled-Insect?
February 7th, 2006 at 1:07 pmThe oath to be taken by the president on first entering office is specified in Article II, Section 1, of the Constitution:
I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States.
Unfortunately for us it says in the presidential oath that he will to the BEST IF HIS ABILITY, and we all know how inept those abilities are. But it does nto say anything about protecting the Ameircan people and there is a reason for that. The constitution and the idea of America are far more important than any one citizen.
Comment by Mark #23
Mark,
Actually bushiva had a "signing statement" attached to that oath...
February 7th, 2006 at 1:11 pm'terrorist appeasing'
Must be the New CODE word from Limbaugh and the FAUX media.
It Aint workin IRI
February 7th, 2006 at 1:18 pmNow IRI talks about SPEAKING the Kings ENGLISH?
Now thats FUNNY IRI.
Bush speaking Clearly?
In Kings English?
HAHHAAA.
Hang on a Sec, lets see what the Brits thought of Duhbya
2003 the Independent UK
Indeed, today's Washington has a whiff of Soviet ways; suffocating internal discipline, resentment of even reasoned, moderate opposition, and a refusal to admit even the tiniest error. For imperialists, read "evildoers". With their condescending "we know best" attitude, Messrs Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and the rest offer as close an impersonation of the Politburo as you will find. As was said of the pre-glasnost Kremlin then, so with the White House now: you know nothing, but understand everything.
Finally, there is Bush the buffoon. There is another reason for his aversion to press conferences: in anything but the most tightly scripted circumstances he is capable of saying anything. Sometimes it works fine, as at his father's state banquet for the Queen in 1991, when he boasted to her that he had embroidered his new cowboy boots with the phrase "God Save the Queen", before confessing he had been his family's black sheep. "Who's yours?" he then asked the sovereign, to the horror of his mother.
But he's President now. And if there's anything that jars with liberals more than his gilded, semi-accidental glide to the White House, it's his capacity to mangle the English language. In the US and Britain alike, the chattering classes don't know whether to laugh at Bush or loathe him. The antipathy is assuredly mutual. Is he dumb, Barbara Bush was once asked of her son. Yes, came the acid reply, "dumb as a fox".
Well DAMN IRI, ol Bush is mangling the Kings English..Whaddya say to that?
February 7th, 2006 at 1:30 pmNow IRI talks about SPEAKING the Kings ENGLISH?
Now thats FUNNY IRI.
Bush speaking Clearly?
In Kings English?
Well DAMN IRI, ol Bush is mangling the Kings English..Whaddya say to that?
Comment by mr ho
I did say the "Kings English" didn't I Mr. ho? That comment was directed to some jack leg half-assed Paki-Brit who thinks he's an Englishman. Bush talks American with Texas accent. If I were you I wouldn't make fun of us because we'll stick our size 13 cowboy boot up your ass. I call it my "Clue Boot". I don't know what George calls it but he'll whip your ass too. That's why we win. That's why we're better than you.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:35 pmHAHHAAHAAA I live in Dallas IRI
February 7th, 2006 at 2:43 pmGeorge cant even ride a sedgeway much less Talk correctly.
Beside that IRI, he wasnt even born in Texas. Marvin Busch Was.
Bush is a Ivey League Whore thru and thru.
Now he can put on a Cowboy and clear some Brush from a OLD Pig Farm, and fool some of you WHOM think your texan,but thats all fluff. The Man cant even tell the Difference between a Steer and a Heffer.
Now Im here In texas Suppose you come into Dallas, and do som of this ass Whooping you keep speaking of.
AI am 6'0 and 240 Lbs and raised in the Bad Sections of Town.
Bring it on Windbag. Take Off that "HAT" that you falsely wear.
And I will show you a good old Texas Ass Whoopin. Street Style.
You better start working out Scared little man
February 7th, 2006 at 2:48 pmAND you damn well be ready to shut that mouth of yours, and back up what you say.
February 7th, 2006 at 2:50 pmANd Guess what ELSE IRI, there are no Bush Stickers on Cars here anymore...We REAL Texans KNOW that Bush is full of it and so are you,
February 7th, 2006 at 2:51 pmHAHHAAHAAA I live in Dallas IRI
Comment by mr ho
When I lived in Dallas we busted a terrorist cell of Islamofucks who were collecting money under a fake charity to buy guns to kill Americans. I guess they missed you. I'll let my friends know you're still around. I lived in Dallas for 20 years, I have a lot of friends there in the DA's office and police. Punks like you are a dime a dozen. In Dallas as elsewhere money talks and bullshit goes to jail. Have a nice day and be glad that you're nobody.
February 7th, 2006 at 5:16 pmIRI, Are you at satirist or a left winger trying to make right wingers look bad? If it is the second, then you are doing a splendid job.
February 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pmIRI, Are you at satirist or a left winger trying to make right wingers look bad? If it is the second, then you are doing a splendid job.
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If there's something particular you'd like to take issue with please tell me about it but of course there's no guarantee I'll spend much time with you. I'm particularly fond of our foreign guests though so we'll see.
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