ThinkFast: September 4, 2006
ThinkFast: September 4, 2006
Terrorism prosecutions have fallen back to pre-9/11 levels. A new report notes, “In the eight months ending last May, Justice attorneys declined to prosecute more than nine out of every 10 terrorism cases sent to them by the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies.”
Tough job market for the nation’s 45 million young workers: “Entry-level wages for college and high school graduates fell by more than 4 percent from 2001 to 2005, after factoring in inflation.”
More women are returning to work. “Among women age 20 and older, 60.8% were working or looking for a job in July. That’s close to the all-time peak of 61% that occurred in April 2000 and again in June 2003.”
Yesterday, Sudan’s Foreign Ministry spokesman said African Union troops must leave when their mandate expires on Sept. 30. Today, a presidential advisor softened that position and said the AU troops can stay if their mandate is renewed. But Sudan continues to resist a U.N. peacekeeping force. U.N. officials warn Darfur “is on the brink of a return to all-out war.”
Most news stories are reporting that U.S. and Iraqi forces have captured the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. But one military official notes that while Hamed Jumaa Faris Juri al-Saeedi was a “top-tier guy,” he’s not “ready to put a number on him.”
Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has told his aides that he “will not be a political leader any more” and will abandon “attempts to restrain his followers,” admitting “there is nothing he can do to prevent the country sliding towards civil war.
Mark B. McClellan, administrator of the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, will be announcing his resignation sometime this week.
And finally: RIP Steve Irwin. The Crocodile Hunter was killed by a stingray while filming a documentary on “things that can kill you in the sea.” Crikey.
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$2 gallon gas by November. While the price of oil is increasing relatively.
Why on earth would gas drop 50% while oil does not just before the November elections?????????????????
September 4th, 2006 at 9:36 amDon’t worry, dixieblood, when civil war breaks it will be your fault and mine and alittle Clinton’s fault…
September 4th, 2006 at 9:37 am#1, db
September 4th, 2006 at 9:44 amThe Kurds have also demanded that they be allowed to fly their own flag and become independent.
So far, Maliki has said NO – but that would seem to be another indicator of the stress that is breaking Iraq.
Pardon me, $3 to $2 is a 33% drop. I need coffee…
September 4th, 2006 at 9:45 amPeople need to know that “Al Qaeda in Iraq” is like the minor leagues… we gotta get the major league players in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia — and now Northern Africa.
We leave Iraq and the IED’s will stay there. We let Bin Laden and his sophisticated network continue to plot the next attack and we’re in deep doo-doo.
September 4th, 2006 at 9:47 amwe gotta get the major league players in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia — and now Northern Africa.
Or -just thinking- US attacks its own real problems: social welfare, health insurances, public education, minorities recognition, same opportunities for everybody…
September 4th, 2006 at 9:51 amI bet that will destroy terrorism.
The local FOX affiliate and WPAB in Dallas are really playing up this “#2″ guy.
September 4th, 2006 at 9:54 am#8 – someone should make up some T-shirts like the old “I’m with stupid” and an arrow pointing, but instead, they should have the arrow with the following – “#2 al Qaeda guy in Iraq.”
September 4th, 2006 at 10:00 amThey seem to get a #2 every other week. What a great marketing campaign for al Qaeda: “Lot’s of opportunity for advance in al Qaeda-Iraq! Become #2 in no time!”
America’s Least Wanted
The reports indicate the this purported # 2 has been in custody for several weeks. Yet the story is making headlines on Labor Day.
Nice timing.
-GSD
September 4th, 2006 at 10:04 amBetween the capture of the 37th second-in-command , and the death of Crocodile Hunter, Irwin, I don’t expect the 24/7 news channels to cover much more, and certainly Fox won’t.
September 4th, 2006 at 10:08 amElaine Chou was up early this morning telling Americans how fantastic the job market is — she even referred back to the old BO claim that the poverty level is improving under Bush as compared to the mid-90’s. Of course, that the poverty level was on its way down in the 90’s while Bush’s is on the way up they like to focus on the moment in time when the two lines in the graph meet.
#10 GSD,
September 4th, 2006 at 10:10 amIncredible – they must have a file drawer full of items they can release to the press at regular intervals, depending on the opportunity.
Why does this surprise anyone any longer???? If it does, you are sadly in denial that this administration is doing anything but giving lipservice to our “readiness” to handle terrorism or a national emergency. It’s been a year since Katrina and where is the government today? Some gulf coast homeowners haven’t heard a single word or received any help yet! This is a crime and a tradegy and definitely convinces americans that we are definitely seeing “the little man behind the curtain at Oz”. This means that we’re all “on our own” and our hard-earned tax dollars will not be there to help us when we need it.
How do you spell security against terrorism? It certainly isn’t “OPEN BORDERS” in my book!
September 4th, 2006 at 10:11 amMARIE
I saw Chou on TV on Sunday saying that the wages for amurkans has increased 8% since 2000.
All other stats that she spouted were also lies.
September 4th, 2006 at 10:19 amJust to let you all know
8 US soldiers have died in Iraq and 2 British in 4 days
14 UK soldeirs and 4 canadians killed in Afghanistan this monthe alone and today another british
Terrorist arrests are at before 911 levels
TIME TO LEAVE
September 4th, 2006 at 10:22 am29 dead US and coalition troops in just 4 days eh………….I get the feeling insurgents are out to kill a lot more yet
September 4th, 2006 at 10:36 amTOBEY TALL
And, according to Slate, these facts and figures are being hidden on the inside and back pages of all our major newspapers.
The MSM will make every effort they can to buttress the GOP between now and the mid-terms.
September 4th, 2006 at 10:36 amI see we have captured our 25th, or is it 35th, #2 Al Qaeda operative in Iraq. But, there is a fly in the soup.
Even the officers on the ground are saying that the man was NOT A MAJOR PLAYER.
More lies from the oval office and the pentagon.
BTW, living in Mexico, I watched Mexican news this morning. Shades of GWB. The financial people are reporting that Vicente Fox is the worst president in 18 years in terms of the economy, which only increased by 2% during his 6 year term.
I will bet right now that for his 8 years in office GWB will be hardpressed to match his drinking and sniffing buddy Fox.
September 4th, 2006 at 10:44 amTaliban: NATO inflating Afghanistan death tollKANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) — The top Taliban military commander on Monday said that NATO’s claims to have killed more than 200 insurgents over the weekend were propaganda and warned that his men would target journalists who reported “wrong information” given by the U.S.-led coalition or NATO.
“They are saying that they have killed 200 Taliban but they did not kill even 10 Taliban,” said Mullah Dadullah, Taliban military commander for south and southeastern Afghanistan. “They are just destroying civilian homes and agricultural land. They are using the media to do propaganda against the Taliban.”
September 4th, 2006 at 10:49 amThe whole “#2 man of al-Qaeda in Iraq captured” is just one more PR spin to continue to connect Saddam/Iraq with 911, thus justifying our invasion and continuing our occupation. They are blaming these fringe connections to al-Queda for most of the sectarian violence in Iraq. The Shite death squads (run by the Ministry of Justice within the Iraqi government) is blamed on Iran, as the war drums beat.
I watched “Inside the Twin Towers” last night on the Discovery channel, a docu-drama about the victims and their ordeal. And all I could think was “why the hell is Osama still a free man?” Answer: OBL was a CIA-asset during the Reagan years. Probably still is. I’m more convinced than ever that 911 was an inside job, and they were directly responsible for the “Pearl Harbor-like” event that this administration wanted and needed to do all they have done since 911. Including (and perhaps especially) the gradual destruction of the U.S. Constitution and the pending and open dictatorship within the U.S.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:10 amTerrorism prosecutions have fallen back to pre-9/11 levels. A new report notes, “In the eight months ending last May, Justice attorneys declined to prosecute more than nine out of every 10 terrorism cases sent to them by the FBI, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and other federal agencies.â€
Doh!
You won’t hear this on the MSM.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:17 amWe Americans will be lucky if we all survive the next 2 years of the Bush Regime > Dubya is stark raving insane and Cheney is worse, so it looks dark ahead everyone > wish I could be optimistic, but fat chance with Bush around!
September 4th, 2006 at 11:19 amInfluential Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has told his aides that he “will not be a political leader any more†and will abandon “attempts to restrain his followers,†admitting “there is nothing he can do to prevent the country sliding towards civil war.
Hey GWB! Civil war.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:20 amMore women are returning to work. “Among women age 20 and older, 60.8% were working or looking for a job in July. That’s close to the all-time peak of 61% that occurred in April 2000 and again in June 2003.â€
Those minimum wage jobs are really drawing in the younger crowd…
September 4th, 2006 at 11:21 amMark B. McClellan, administrator of the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, will be announcing his resignation sometime this week.
Mark McLellan: Yep, my job is done here. It’s a certifiable clusterf*ck.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:23 amOBL was a CIA-asset during the Reagan years.
I don’t know why this isn’t repeated weekly as a public service.
The “#2 man of al-Qaeda in Iraq captured†is just one more PR spin — especially since he was ARRESTED weeks ago!
#14 Rebel
September 4th, 2006 at 11:23 amChou’s interview this AM was chock full of bullshit – just as you saw on Sunday – The WH is on full propaganda spin in every department!
BTW – is everyone getting to see their typing in normal font today instead of the teensy-weensy print of recent months?
September 4th, 2006 at 11:24 amThanks for that TP! Maybe it will improve my typing editing.
RIP Steve Irwin. The Crocodile Hunter was killed by a stingray while filming a documentary on “things that can kill you in the sea.†Crikey.
The first time I ever heard of Steve Irwin: It was a cold winter’s day, snow up to our waists outside, and my boys and I were looking for something to watch on television. On Discovery Channel, we came across this show called something like “The World’s 10 Most Deadly Snakes.” In Zookeeper Land, that’s a winner. For the next hour we watched, with our chins literally on our chests, this crazy Aussie guy running around grabbing these “kill you in a minute” snakes. “Isn’t she a beauty!?” His passion for the animal world drew us in, and while we no longer sought him out every week, we remained great fans.
Rest in Peace, Steve Irwin.
Everyone! Please share a story about the Croc Hunter!
September 4th, 2006 at 11:30 am#25 Zooey – where did you read that on McClellan? I can’t find it.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:30 amI’ve lost count. How many #2s of AlQaeda have been captured, killed? I also seem to remember a number of #3s and #4s. Just how many second-in-command can AlQaeda have?
The White House still relies on this meaningless fact as a measure of success because they expect people to forget that AlQaeda is an organization and, as such, everytime #2 is killed someone else will take that position. No doubt, the faithful Bush followers will hail this capture as a big success in the “war on terror” -for the nth time.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:31 amBTW – is everyone getting to see their typing in normal font today instead of the teensy-weensy print of recent months?
Thanks for that TP! Maybe it will improve my typing editing.
Comment by Marie
I noticed it was bigger this weekend — it’s nice. Although mine was never all that small. I recommend bifocals, the progressive kind. :)
September 4th, 2006 at 11:32 amZooey the Croc Hunter was interesting to watch, but I always suspected that he was too willing to take risks with poisonous creatures > his swimming atop a sting raw was rather stupid, because he is the only known person to die by a ray barb puncturing his chest and hitting his heart > he was fascinated with dangerous wildlife and it killed him!
September 4th, 2006 at 11:36 amBill Clinton, rather than just breaking the law, decided to go to the Republican congress in 1996 and ask them for increased authority to do more eavesdropping in order to stop the terrorists – stop September 11. Senior Republican Senator Orrin Hatch, one of the GOP’s top picks for the Supreme Court and a GOP committee chair, objected.
The Republicans … opposed giving President Clinton all the tools he needed to stop September 11. . .
Maybe we need to ask the Republicans up for re-election why they wanted to appease the terrorists?
President Clinton urged Congress Tuesday to act swiftly in developing anti-terrorism legislation before its ( 1996) August recess.
“We need to keep this country together right now. We need to focus on this terrorism issue,” Clinton said during a White House news conference.
But while the president pushed for quick legislation, Republican lawmakers hardened their stance against some of the proposed anti-terrorism measures.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:40 amAmericaBlog 9/4
where did you read that on McClellan? I can’t find it.
Comment by Marie
It’s right above the Steve Irwin thing.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:41 amhe was fascinated with dangerous wildlife and it killed him!
Comment by Jay Randal
It’s the only way he would have wanted to go.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:43 ami’m on the fence about Irwin… a little bit of zooey’s awe and jay’s consternation…
September 4th, 2006 at 11:43 ammy first thought was: and his kid(s) lost a father…
way too young… it just seems when you get children in the picture, one should not take stupid chances… i aggree with jay, that was a stupid chance…
just too bad and sad to lose such spirit and energy…
Well Zooey I always thought he would die by a Crocodile chomping off his head while being filmed, but instead a sting ray got him?!
September 4th, 2006 at 11:46 amWell Zooey I always thought he would die by a Crocodile chomping off his head while being filmed, but instead a sting ray got him?!
Comment by Jay Randal
Me too, Jay! But you know, this probably was filmed…crikey.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:48 amMarie, #25. The McClellan snippet is right above the Crocodile Hunter one — last but one
September 4th, 2006 at 11:49 amPlaying Al Qaeda is not like shooting a game of eight ball on the pool table. In the pool game the balls don’t change their numbers and move up the line. It does the Bushco very little good to catch the number 14 guy or the number 15 guy. However, they can claim a great victory if they can play NASCAR and change the lead number every lap and get the current #2. As long as there is more than one there will always be a number 2. The goal is to get the number one guy. A goal that is beyond the capability of Bushco.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:56 amWell one thing can be said about Irwin. He pioneered a project to safely and humanely remove and repatriate crocs from areas inhabited by humans in Australia, vice the old method of shhoting or hacking them to death. he said crocs were dangerous but controllable. He trapped crocs and removed them from inhabited areas for years. His death is a testament to the fact he was right, crocs didn’t get him despite how dangerous they are.
September 4th, 2006 at 11:58 amAl Queda #2, just propoganda
Now from the NYT:
September 4th, 2006 at 12:02 pmBut an American military official was more cautious in describing Mr. Saeedi’s place in the Al Qaeda pecking order. While Mr. Saeedi was certainly a “top-tier guy” who supervised the insurgents who carried out the Samarra mosque bombing, “I’m not sure we are ready to put a number on him,” the American official said. “It’s a very decentralized operation.”
New war totals
2653 US killed in Iraq
333 US killed in Afghanistan
227 US Civillian Contractors Killed in Iraq
851 US Wounded in Afghanistan
19323 US wounded in Iraq
232 Coalition Troops killed in Iraq
136 Coalition Troops killed in Afghanistan
122 Coalition Civillian Contractors killed in Iraq
Total 3703 Killed on this war on terror ( aledgedly )
Cost of war to America £1052 per man woman and child in America
and dont forget the running costs of the wounded still to be added on for years and years to come
Lastly about 175,000 Iraqies killed of which 100,000 are women and children …………. SHAME ON BUSH deaths this month alone run at 3.25 per day highest since 11- 2003
September 4th, 2006 at 12:04 pmWorst thing I remember about the Croc Hunter was him holding his newborn son over a Crocodile, that he had just fed with a dead chicken carcus > not a smart thing to do since the Croc could have eaten the baby thinking it was another chicken?!
September 4th, 2006 at 12:05 pmAustralia will find another guy to take the Croc Hunter’s place > the replacement will be more of an actor, so not someone like Irwin who took too many risks!
September 4th, 2006 at 12:14 pmThanks for the info on McClellan.
Another rat jumping ship.
Regarding the so called #2 man — over the course of the next days/weeks, we will see the facts of his arrest weeks ago, the lowered status of his placement within AlQaeda, and perhaps other bits of useful information — but they will be buried in tiny articles at the bottom of pages deep within the papers, and they will go unmentioned on the “liberal” 24/7 news programs.
September 4th, 2006 at 12:16 pmMarie the Al Qaeda thing in Iraq is all made up Bush baloney > they just capture some Iraqi cab driver and claim the guy is a top terrorist > Rumsfeld needs to do new tricks, because this crap is getting old fast!
September 4th, 2006 at 12:21 pmMaliki is fending off threatened secession from the Kurds; Sistani is surrendering to the militias, and will be only a spiritual leader. He’d rather remain silent than speak and be ignored.
September 4th, 2006 at 12:22 pmThings are just ducky in Iraq.
Cheney promised stability, love and adoration, freedom and democracy.
We are also witness to the effects of his grand – but secret – energy plans for our own country.
And those “terrorism” arrests in the papers at regular intervals- I guess most of them can’t be prosecuted after all — so much for the Bushie’s “war on terrorism.”
Yes as for those regular terror STORIES
Evidence thin on some U.K. terror suspects
By Joseph Chrysdale
Evidence is thin against some of the 25 Muslims British police detained in the alleged plot to bomb U.S. aircraft, the Chicago Tribune reports.
Gareth Peirce criticized police for calling documents found in the youth’s home “suicide notes” signed by other young Muslim men preparing to die.
“They’re not suicide notes at all,” Peirce said. “They’re really simple wills. To call these suicide notes was absolutely disgraceful.”Police also seized a crude map of Afghanistan Peirce says was drawn years ago by the boy’s younger brother.
September 4th, 2006 at 12:34 pmWith a bit of philosophical reflection I have come to the conclusion that we have all misjudged DUHbya. Youth will give way to age, immaturity to majority, and ignorance to education, but stupid is forever. Long live the King!
September 4th, 2006 at 12:40 pmDoncha just want to put your hands around the necks of these so-called journalists (who are no more than stenographers) and scream at them to do their job of investigating before they transcribe the dictation from the White House and call it “news.”
September 4th, 2006 at 12:42 pmIt’s like a part time job for the average guy to find the facts to either back up or refute news stories. We just can’t trust that the media has checked for veracity and accuracy.
Democrats see support for anti-Rumsfeld vote
By Susan Cornwell
Reuters
Monday, September 4, 2006; 1:13 AM
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A resolution demanding the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld after he compared Iraq war critics to Nazi appeasers has strong support among U.S. Senate Democrats, a senior Democrat said on Sunday.
…
let them know you think that is a GOOD idea!!!
September 4th, 2006 at 12:55 pm(a start, anyway!)
YAHOO NEWS
Bush warns on foreign oil dependence
Bush said “dependence on foreign oil jeopardizes our ability to grow.”
“Problem is, we get oil from some parts of the world and they simply don’t like us,” he said. “The more dependent we are on that type of energy, the less likely it will be that we are able to compete and so people can have good paying jobs.”
WELL BUSH IS AM IDIOT THEN …some parts of the world they simple dont like us……. surely that should read ALL the world hates us ………including 79% of Brits your best allies
September 4th, 2006 at 1:09 pmMost news stories are reporting that U.S. and Iraqi forces have captured the No. 2 leader of al-Qaeda in Iraq. But one military official notes that while Hamed Jumaa Faris Juri al-Saeedi was a “top-tier guy,†he’s not “ready to put a number on him.â€
Erm… but Al Qaeda, at least in Iraq, is a sort of confederation of islamic terrorists, a joint venture, or a franchise. So, there are a LOT of faction leaders and sub-leaders ready, and eager, to take the helm. Simply look at what happened with Bin Laden, or Al Zarqawi.
Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has told his aides that he “will not be a political leader any more†and will abandon “attempts to restrain his followers,†admitting “there is nothing he can do to prevent the country sliding towards civil war.
If even a so powerful and influential iraqi leader as is al-Sistani throws in the towel, why thinks Bush that he can win the war, or simply stop the subsequent civil war?
September 4th, 2006 at 1:16 pmWhat your news should be saying is 40 million Pushtuns from Pakistan have joined forces with the taliban and are doing hit and run missions from pakistanh which there is no control……… So expect massive casualties from now on
September 4th, 2006 at 1:25 pmI find it Amazing that America is cutting and running and cannot even complete a mission in Afghanistan leaving a complete mess to NATO forces
MISSION FAILED BUSH
September 4th, 2006 at 1:28 pmKaty –
September 4th, 2006 at 1:34 pmRaw Story has the letter — below is a brief summary.
Insisting that current US policy “is neither working, nor making us more secure,” Democratic leaders from both houses of Congress today wrote US President George W. Bush to urge the beginning of a withdrawal from Iraq
I am sorry to see Steve go but I am not surprised.
I knew since probably the third time I saw him that he would end up being killed on the job.
He took too many unnecessary risks and continually upped the risk factor to keep veiwership… he did not need to pick up dangerous animals to cultivate an appreciation for them.
September 4th, 2006 at 1:37 pmTortured And Innocent
After four hellish years in Guantanamo, Murat Kurnaz, a Turkish man with German residency, was released back to Germany this week with a final “f-you†from our government. According to his lawyer, for his flight home Kurnaz was “kept blindfolded and in chains.†Sure, prisoners are often transported in chains (although why the blindfold?) but aside from the fact that sending him back to Germany was pretty much an admission that Kurnaz wasn’t considered “dangerous,†it’s just a plain outrage that our government couldn’t resist getting in one final dig at the guy after reportedly torturing him for years while he was in their custody. But here’s the other outrage: Reuters, which first covered the details about the flight, failed to mention a key fact about Kurnaz: that he was cleared of being al-Qaida and was never charged with any crime.
Torture allegations
In the US air base in Kandahar, Murat Kurnaz says that:
interrogators repeatedly forced his head into a bucket of cold water for long periods;
interrogators gave electric shocks to his feet;
he was held for days shackled and handcuffed with his arms secured above his head;
on one occasion, a military officer loaded his gun and pointed it at Murat Kurnaz’ head, screaming at him to admit to being an al-Qa’ida associate;
he witnessed other detainees being beaten, one of whom apparently died as a result.
In Guantánamo Bay, Murat Kurnaz says that:
he suffered sexual humiliation and taunting by young women in the interrogation room where he was shackled to the floor. When one of them began to caress him from behind, he jerked his head back, hitting her head. A response team of guards in riot gear entered the room, beat him and sprayed him with pepper spray. He was subsequently taken to an isolation cell, where he was left on the floor with his hands tied behind his back for about 20 hours.
Bucking fastards
September 4th, 2006 at 1:44 pmSorry to you Liberal minded Americans and to TP for using this site to vent my anger at the American Goverment and Arsehole republicans. BUT there is a war on ,,, Me v the neocons and republicans
20 years ago on a train from london I was seated next to an America so i thought i would tell him what i thought about his country ,, he said
America has the Power to F_ck you
America has the Money to F_ck you
And if America dont F_ck you, You will only F_ck yourself
I always knew what he meant , although I now dissagree , Im at war with you arsehole republicans and let me tell you , you want to leave Iraq, You are going to Leave Iraq, But you cant leave Iraq because you are holding onto your dreams of stealing their oil and its not going to happen, Your a Disgrace to the human race, America is finished I can see it coming , its happening , the world will soon be free from your control, and to all you arsehole republicans you can blame BUSH
September 4th, 2006 at 1:56 pmBucking fastards
Comment by Tobey Tall
I am so ashamed of this country…so disgusting.
September 4th, 2006 at 1:56 pmAmerica has the Power to F_ck you
America has the Money to F_ck you
And if America dont F_ck you, You will only F_ck yourself
Comment by Tobey Tall
That’s disgraceful, Tobey. Sounds like a friend of George W. Bush. I hope you realize that most Americans do not feel that way — I know I don’t.
September 4th, 2006 at 1:59 pmblah…who cares if No 2 man is captured? They still haven’t gotten Numero Uno and seem to be looking in all the wrong places. Could it be that House of Bin Laden/House of Bush have been strange bedfellows for so long that they never will? Hmmmm….so much to learn about the truth of 9/11 that it’s frightening. Now THAT’S something to warrant a modicum of fear – not the trumped up artificial fear mongering by the GOP as they attempt to pull our strings. Today, however, the tide is turning and more people are getting smarter and catching on….the game’s just about over for these goons.
September 4th, 2006 at 2:38 pmI hope i did not offend any liberal minded americans, may you get your country back . best wishes
I would now like to rename the war on Terror to the war on Karma ????
September 4th, 2006 at 3:00 pm#66 – dixie blood,
September 4th, 2006 at 4:06 pmI call it the Brush War.
Tobey Tall
September 4th, 2006 at 4:35 pmFeel free to vent your anger – you are in like company. I decided very early in the Bush Administration that a level of patience was going to be required. It seems that America has to go through cycles of political philosophies and with that occasionally comes an incompetent, forgetable, or regretable President. Unfortunately, with Bush we got an incompetent, regretable one who had both houses of Congress to aid and abet him. Thus, anger creeps into the patience. However, I still find it helpful personally to remember the saying “be careful what you wish for, you might get” and hope that the American people wake up to their folly. Then, the cycle of a different political philosophy and agenda can begin. I think and fervently hope that that is happening right now.
69# PLC , Yes I Agree with You, actually you must ( all ) find it even more frustrating than I , As Bushes acts are being done in your name. How awful that must be
Then, the cycle of a different political philosophy and agenda can begin. I think and fervently hope that that is happening right now.
I think your right Im sensing a change for the better the last week ? dont wish to speak to soon so I’ll keep it to myself..
Thanks for your wise words -
September 4th, 2006 at 4:57 pm[...] Al-Sistani asked for a timetable and was told to fuck off. If I am lucky enough to live another 50 years, I suspect that I will never understand the reasoning behind any of our decisions in Iraq. This makes me very sad. Via. [...]
September 4th, 2006 at 7:24 pmLastly about 175,000 Iraqies killed of which 100,000 are women and children …………. SHAME ON BUSH deaths this month alone run at 3.25 per day highest since 11- 2003
Comment by Tobey Tall — September 4, 2006 @ 12:04 pm
Yes Tobey but, you foreget that; Freedoom is on the march, we are not cutting nor running, We will stand down when they stand up, They love us so much there is a shortage of flowers in Bagdad, and Shit happens. Where is NFL guy when you need him.
September 4th, 2006 at 8:27 pm20 years ago on a train from london I was seated next to an America so i thought i would tell him what i thought about his country ,, he said
America has the Power to F_ck you
America has the Money to F_ck you
And if America dont F_ck you, You will only F_ck yourself
Tobey posts…You know Toby I think GWB(bubble boy/chimp) will go down as worst American President in history and still can’t get over nearly 50 million fellow citizens voting for him, However(that negates a lot) what did you tell that American on the train you thought about us?? You know I can call my son a “meat head” but if you do it watch out. Spent tonnes of time in UK love it but, what is with the lack of ice in a mixed drink?
September 4th, 2006 at 8:37 pmTobey, just jacking with you–I like your posts. Still that one ice cube in a mixed drink–WTF is that?
September 4th, 2006 at 8:41 pmMark B. McClellan, administrator of the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, will be announcing his resignation sometime this week.
September 5th, 2006 at 1:36 am==
Man the waters are just full of vermin jumping from the pirate ship…
Condolences to the Irwin family…
September 5th, 2006 at 1:42 amMark B. McClellan, administrator of the nation’s Medicare and Medicaid programs, will be announcing his resignation sometime this week.
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Is this guy being haunted by his conscience, or being told to make way for the newest more-favorable strawman?
September 5th, 2006 at 2:55 am[...] ThinkFast: September 4, 2006Think Progress, DC - 18 hours ago… Influential Iraqi Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani has told his aides that he will not be a political leader any more and admitted that … [...]
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Interestingly, this was on CNN last week.
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April 12th, 2008 at 11:44 pm