Cheney: Rumsfeld ‘Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had’
Cheney: Rumsfeld ‘Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had’
Today, Vice President Dick Cheney spoke at a ceremony honoring outoing Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Cheney, himself a former Defense Secretary under George H. W. Bush, said Rumsfeld was the “finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had.”
Watch it:
Cheney and Rumsfeld have been close political allies for decades. In 1969, Rumsfeld hired Cheney to “his first job in the federal government” as an assistant at the Office of Economic Opportuntiy. Five years later, Rumsfeld became White House Chief of Staff and made Cheney his deputy.
Transcript:
In his regard for our people in uniform, in his unwavering strength through unprecedented challenges, in his example of leadership and patriotic service, I believe the record speaks for itself: Don Rumsfeld is the finest Secretary of Defense this nation has ever had.
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December 15th, 2006 at 4:29 pm“…here in Bizarro world!”
Pathetic.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:31 pmIf it wasn’t so sad, it would be funny.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:35 pmFirst Bush, now Cheney. Who’s next? Maybe Condi saying how Donnie was the greatest lover she’s ever had.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:35 pmI believe Cheney has forgotten about Henry Stimson.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:35 pmSo let me get this straight:
BushCo just spent millions (Previously earmarked for Iraq Victory bash) of taxpayers’ money to celebrate the life and times of a total warmongering moron who
1- Knew things that he did know, and knew things that he did not know, and did not know things that he did not know.
2- Told us the weapons of mass destruction were around Baghda and Tikrik and somewhat to the North, the South, the East and the West of there;
3- Who believed the war was so simple that it was complex, and
4- Insisited that we must “stay the course” and then changed his tune after he was shit-canned.
Like I said before in the other related post; Bullshit at its finest.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:36 pmMaybe Condi saying how Donnie was the greatest lover she’s ever had.
Comment by buzzbomb
Oh god, I’m gonna puke…
December 15th, 2006 at 4:37 pmWhy does Dick Cheney hate American history? (And everyone in it)
December 15th, 2006 at 4:39 pm…and that’s why Bush axed him?
Stupid is as stupid does.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:40 pmFirst Bush and now Cheney……maybe he WAS the greatest Secretary of Defense there ever was……I am starting to believe them because they are sooooo trustworthy and they are never wrong…..NNNAAAAHHHHH.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:41 pmDidn’t George Marshall serve as Secretary of Defense for a while? I bet he was better than Rummy was. (My dog would have been better than Rummy.)
December 15th, 2006 at 4:43 pmGeorge Marshall served one year. He was Secretary of State when he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Which is something that will never be placed on Rummy’s wall.
Henry Stimson was the only Sec. Def for WWII. He was the guiding force behind waking this sleeping giant up to kick the industrial war machine into gear. he was also a Republican that worked under a Democrat. Yeah, when the obstacles are big enough partisan politics takes a back seat.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:49 pmThose guys are purebred fascist with a Nazi rethoric even Göbbels would have envied. It seems to be obvious that
December 15th, 2006 at 4:50 pmDick Göring’s ‘Nation’ (The Thousand Year Reich) has just begun in the year 2000.
It is exactly the same insanity spreading as under Hitler in
Germany. Celebrating 3000 dead and thousands of wounded Americans…
Sieg Heil!!!
You have got to be kidding me! this whole thing is pathetic. Iam truly amazed at the arrogance of these people, please, please begin the investigations now on pre war data, we are up to thousands of fathers, sons daughters husband and wives lost because of their negligence, greed, and lack of moral conscience. Do you realize that in the 6 yrs this knucklehead has been in power their has not been 1 program to benefit anybody in our country. All this president has done is wiretap our country, walk away from the Kyoto agreement, try to rape the social security system, added signing statements to any piece of cooperative legislation, disbanded habeus corpus, incited a religious sectarian war, ruined our reputation across the world, tried to sell our ports to a Dubai company and lauged at all of us when he said “these WOMD must be around here somwhere !!” When are we going to wake up! this administration is an atrocity led by a megalomaniac who is not living in the real world with a Stepford wife who says the press doesn’t report any of the good he’s done!, you have got to be kidding me ! America please wake up, you are not a patriot or an american if you do not get behind impeaching this whole band of fools that have ruined our currency, made billions on their oil and Carlyle military investments and will walk away safe and secure because they own the Supreme Court. I am truly saddened by our whole demise as a nation.
A passionate concernerd and scared AMERICAN
December 15th, 2006 at 4:50 pmHmmm… you’d think one of those former Defense Secretaries (fka War Secretaries) who actually won a war would be considered to be more praiseworthy. Shows what I know about what it takes to run a war.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:52 pmand bush is the best president this nation has ever had.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:54 pmwhat a f’n piece of shit.
If I was Cheney, with my bank account all fortified and piled high with cash, I would tell Rummy how fewkin great he was too. Hell, Rummy helped Cheney get even more rich.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:56 pmThat reminds me to dig up the old videos of The Three Stooges.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:57 pmYeah, his record speaks for itself all right, so says Cheney upon exit from his underground cave.
December 15th, 2006 at 4:58 pmAre they all nuckin’ futz?
...In his regard for our people in uniform, (by NOT listening to the commanders in the field; in responding to soldiers asking why they had to dig scrap medal out of dumps to fortify their vehicles by declaring we go to war with the army we had, not the one we wish we had, etc). in his unwavering strength through unprecedented challenges, (no matter what the challenge, his “strategy” remained the same) in his example of leadership (based on his ideology of “transformation” and a refusal to allow the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs to report DIRECTLY to the President as mandated by law) and patriotic (with patriots like this, who needs enemies?) service…
December 15th, 2006 at 4:58 pmby finest i think he meant worst.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:00 pmWords just can’t describe what’s going on here anymore.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:01 pmThose fascists are insulting the ‘American Ideal’ and the
majority of good spirited Americans.
They want a civil war at home. Edgar Cayce once said in a reading that the US will come to and end in the 21st century.
I believe him now more than ever.
The Department of Defense was more accurately described by its original name in the 1940s, which was the Department of War. But the Pentagon most likely realized at the time that that title was too realistic and changed it to its present deceptive name. The DoD deserves to be changed back to the Department of War so the people in this country can ponder what happens when this country invades another sovereign nation under extremely specious reasons. Bring the troops home- safely- now.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:03 pmThis is the finest defense of a secreatary, in a nation that was had.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:09 pmI agree, to hell with these Orwellian fools, bring our troops home now, stop spilling blood and treasure in the sand.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:10 pmAt least they aren’t going to be dragging him around everywhere for 2 weeks congratulating him like they did with Reagon’s dead ass, rotton, smelly, falling off the bone, corpse.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:11 pmLET THE GAMES BEGIN!
US Army might break Goodyear strike
‘The US Army is considering measures to force striking workers back to their jobs at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber plant in Kansas in the face of a looming shortage of tyres for Humvee trucks and other military equipment used in Iraq and Afghanistan.’
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16226231/
December 15th, 2006 at 5:13 pmBUT–WHOAH, MAN, WHAT THE?!? How can these men say these things? I am actually shocked…flabbergasted even. I need to lie down.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:18 pmWith Secretary of Defense like Rumsfeld, who needs Osama? Rummy has done a lot of damage to our country and more Americans are dead because of Rummy’s and Bush’s folly in Iraq than any terrorist ever killed.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:19 pmThis is the finest defense of a secreatary, in a nation that was had.
Comment by Mr Nice
Excellent….
December 15th, 2006 at 5:19 pmI have to disagree with Cheney here. I would say the greatest Defense Secretary this nation has ever had was Caspar Weinberger. Together with Ronald Reagan, Weinberger restored the United States military strength and helped bring about the downfall of the Soviet Union. While Reagan was the man who won the Cold War, Secretary Weinberger undoubtedly was a key component in helping President Reagan achieve that victory over communism.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:19 pmUS Army might break Goodyear strike
And the good dumb folks of the USA realize they aren’t as free as they thought, the hidden police state rears its ugly head.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:19 pmI wonder how many of the military that were present for this had to stifle their gag reflex?
BTW, if you are ever slightly north of Taos NM, and smell a rotten scumbag, that would be Rummy’s other home. Just outside of Arroyo Secco, where the sheep are scared!
December 15th, 2006 at 5:20 pm“…right up there with Brownie, DeLay, and turdblossom.”
December 15th, 2006 at 5:21 pmI want what Cheney is smoking.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:22 pm#33. But, of course, Rumsfeld comes in as a close second, right?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:23 pmI will be flabbergasted if the Army physically forces striking American workers back to work, “make me” I would tell them. How about meeting the workers demands, and all pulling together here? How about the corporate greed mongers give a little to help thier phucking country. This is really getting me angry, and I’m usually all funny and crap.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:23 pmCould this mean that Cheney doesn’t have any friends or family that have experienced extraordinary rendition?
Just wondering…
December 15th, 2006 at 5:24 pmIF the Army intervenes on striking workers, thats it, the beginning of a civil war, the workers against the elites.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:26 pmExley, go look at the record of Mr. Stimson and then compare it to Weinberger. If you still think you have a case after that then we’ll discuss. Either way, Cheney couldn’t be more wrong.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:29 pmUS Army might break Goodyear strike
Comment by ItsJustKarma
It’s hard to even let that penetrate into my brain, it’s so unbelievable.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:29 pmsomeone should ask cheny about hes “LAST THROES” statement
December 15th, 2006 at 5:30 pmI think his “regard for the people in uniform” was best exemplified by this famous quote: “You go to war with the army you have, not the army you want.”
Now, that’s what neocons call “showing the troops respect.”
December 15th, 2006 at 5:30 pmThen why’d Dubya give him the boot?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:30 pmUS Army might break Goodyear strike
As Calvin Coolidge said in 1919 when, as governor of Massachusetts, he was confronted with a strike by Boston policeman:
“There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.â€
December 15th, 2006 at 5:31 pmThis meme has now gone from laughable to once again not laughable.
Worst President Ever.
Worst Sec. of Defense Ever.
Worst and scariest VP ever.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:32 pmI believe the military has been used a number of times to break strikes. I think it has even happened during periods when we were not at war, but i could be wrong about that.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:36 pm#43, HiB, I was limiting myself to Defense Secretaries. I wasn’t including Secretaries of War. If I were to do, Stimson has to be right there at the top, most likely number one.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:38 pmWill we ever be able to say ‘I am proud to be an American’ again?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:40 pmSee Exley, once again you limit yourself. Tsk, tsk, tsk.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:40 pmThe best one we’ve ever had? Was that the first or second go-round?
They should’ve given him a 140,000 gun salute.
Anyway, it’s been a while but I finally did a new Twenty Bucks, Same as in Town post. I hope it was worth the wait, because I have some great links up, so…
Oh, you weren’t waiting for it? OK. Carry on, then…
December 15th, 2006 at 5:41 pmExley,
The Goodyear strike is not against the safety of the public, sorry, aint the same. It’s against the safety of corporate interests. No hummer tire, no go out in hummer, stay at base. Sounds safe to me.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:41 pmCheney, Rumsfeld, Bush, Perle, etc. have all been good friends for decades.
What we are seen is a group of all friends patting each other on the back and complementing each other for their mutual allegiance.
Of course, in their minds, what is good for them is good for the country.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:41 pmI wonder if the families of our dead troops agree. These brave men/women died thinking they were fighting to protect the US from WMD yet that was a lie. Cheney never served his country with his 5 deferments and Rummy taught class and never saw combat. What an example of military leadership. Bush is just a drunken coward who’s Daddy used his position to get his idiot son out of the military.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:41 pmWell I’m a young pup at 38, so the idea of the Army breaking up a strike is new to me.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:42 pmTime to get off the blogs and into the streets.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:42 pmExley, didn’t someone cut your nuts off last night?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:43 pmIs this any surprise coming from Dick Cheney? By his standards, they have accomplished their Noecon/Zionist goals. They have destabilized Iraq and caused the genocide of countless Arabs. All the while, effectively squashing public dissent.
Heck of a job there Rummy.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:45 pmForTruth, A Taft-Hartley injunction against striking steel workers was upheld as valid and constitutional in 1959 by the U.S. Supreme Court when there was not even a “hot” shooting war going on.
STEELWORKERS v. UNITED STATES, 361 U.S. 39 (1959)
This current situation seems similar.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:47 pm#60, ForTruth…Not that I am aware of….Must have been a dream you were having.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:49 pmWell Exley,
Using the courts sounds more appropriate. Does the army need to be involved, or can the riot police handle it?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:49 pmSince there is no Declaration of War, the legal hurdles for the Army to proceed are large. For the Army to call on Congress and the President to even consider this shows the piss poor planning and execution of this 6 month adventure. Or at least that’s what Rummy said. Hell, why don’t we just get some of that oil revenue to pay for the tyres?
Shouldn’t need much though because it’s just a few dead enders and they are in their last throes.
History will show what a complete failure this administration is. It will take decades for the American public to get this horrible taste out of our mouths and even longer for Republicans to shed this image of corporate greed and incompetence.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:50 pmYeah Exley must have been a dream…sorry.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:50 pm#64, ForTruth….The MSNBC article says that the Army will seek a Taft-Hartley injunction. They are not going in there with tanks and bayonets. The Army will be going through the courts.
“According to Mr Hunter, the army is exploring a possible injunction under the Taft-Hartley Act to force the 200 Kansas workers back to their jobs.”
December 15th, 2006 at 5:53 pmSo what your saying Exley is that something that took place in 1919 was found valid in 1959?
December 15th, 2006 at 5:54 pm“There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.â€
Comment by Exley — December 15, 2006 @ 5:31 pm
And what exactly does not affect the ‘public safety’? A strike at the toilet paper plant? The crayon plant? The dog food processing plant?
Man if You want to apply 1919 statements into a 2006 scenario something is seriously wrong with your mind.
We have workers rights nowadays,
Would a strike against breaking the rules of Equal
Opportunity Employment not as well affect public
safety, only from the other side of the scale?
And finally, do you want our troops to die because of use of
malfabricated tyres as a result of miserable working conditions
and underpaid workers?
It’s so funny that it seems to be always the welfare class that speaks up for the elite. It’s never the people that actually have to work hard for their money.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pmThanks Exley,
I was too lazy to read it all, you picked up my slack.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:55 pm#70 No problem, ForTruth….Okay, folks…Have a good evening. I have procrastinated too long. I must go face the crowded malls and the dreaded Christmas shopping.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:58 pmOMG, did Rumsferatu finally run out of blood, or did someone sneak up on him with a wooden stake and a clove of garlic? This ceremony has all the pomp of an official state funeral, so maybe that’s what it is. Rejoice, rejoice my brethren, for even vampires can actually die. Now, if someone will open a curtain and shed a little sunlight on succubus Cheney, global terror will indeed be defeated.
December 15th, 2006 at 5:58 pm#68 HiB, Well, sort of…Coolidge’s statement made in 1919 in response to a police strike in Boston was, in essence codified nationally in the Taft-Hartley Labor Act of 1947, which allowed for an injunction upon a showing to a judge that a strike was having an adverse effect on public safety/national security. The Supreme Court had an opportunity to decided on the constitutionality on the law in 1959 during a steelworkers’ strike. So, in a way, Coolidge was ahead of his time.
Okay, now I really do have to go…Good night, folks.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:03 pmOh man, I am seriously relieved now:
December 15th, 2006 at 6:09 pmThe Labor-Management Relations Act, commonly known as the Taft-Hartley Act, is a United States federal law that severely restricts the activities and power of labor unions. The Act, still largely in effect, was sponsored by Senator Robert Taft and Representative Fred A. Hartley, Jr.. U.S. President Harry S. Truman described the act as a “slave-labor bill” and vetoed it, adding that it would “conflict with important principles of our democratic society”. The Senate followed the House of Representatives in overriding Truman’s veto on June 23, 1947, establishing the act as a law. The Taft-Hartley Act amended the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA, also known as the Wagner Act), which Congress had passed in 1935.
from Wikipedia
It’s all good now. It’s just a military enforcement of the “slave-labor-bill”.
Rumsferatu.
Classic.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:10 pmRumsferatu is brilliant.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:14 pmBut the bastard has more innocent blood on his hands then
Nosferatu who sucked some blood in the Fritz Lang movie
I wonder how much Exley spends on his mom’s christmas gift?
December 15th, 2006 at 6:15 pmWhatever, I’m glad that prick is gone…
Comment by Zooey
Hilarious. Heh.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:19 pmExley likes to blog while in his Gimp outfit, and wearing his ball-gag. Like in Pulp Fiction.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:26 pmExley likes to blog while in his Gimp outfit, and wearing his ball-gag. Like in Pulp Fiction.
Comment by ForTruth
Fantastic…
I can picture it.
December 15th, 2006 at 6:34 pmHahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!!
These IDIOTS CRACK ME UP! First Bush, now Cheney!!!
I some meds, because these guys gave me a headache from laughing too much…
December 15th, 2006 at 6:35 pmWhy does anyone pay attention to anything Cheney says anymore? Hasn’t he proven sufficiently that he is an unremorseful liar? Is there anything left for him to prevaricate on?
December 15th, 2006 at 6:56 pmCheney: Rumsfeld ‘Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had’
Yet all evidence proves otherwise. I long for the day when these assholes are nothing but a bad memory.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:00 pm#33, Exley, Ronald Regan didn’t win the Cold War. The indomitable American worker, who paid his/her taxes won the Cold War. The Soviet economy crumbled under its own inefficiencies. The American economy soared. The tax base of our economy allowed us to develop a military arsenal that the Soviets simply couldn’t keep up with.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:02 pmIf Cheney thinks Rummy is the greatest, he must be the greatest. After all, Cheney is the guy who said, “My belief is we will, in fact, be greeted as liberators, ” and “Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.”
December 15th, 2006 at 7:04 pmExley, in the spirit of Ronald Regan…
“Mr. Bush, tear down those permanent military bases in Iraq!”
December 15th, 2006 at 7:05 pmThe people of the communist bloc wanted Big Macs and Levis. State Dept. and CIA estimates as early as 1978 estimated that the Soviet Bloc would crumble under its own weight by the end of the 80’s. The military buildup, which, incidently, began under Jimmy Carter, had less to do with the fall of the communist bloc than did market forces.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:10 pm“There is no right to strike against the public safety by anybody, anywhere, anytime.â€
Comment by Exley
Yeah, Ive heard that one too. You can do all kind of atrocities arguing public safety. I live in a developing country. I can tell.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:27 pmI think it has even happened during periods when we were not at war, but i could be wrong about that.
Comment by Bluedog49
Here in the III World. It happens all the time. Some of the times US forces are involved.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:30 pmI can picture it.
Comment by Zooey
You have a strong stomach. :)
December 15th, 2006 at 7:33 pmTP bloggers:
I just realised something. In almost all of my posts I throw some shit over US government´s actions. And although thats the least that those actions deserve, you are good-spirited, open-minded and thoughtful people. Therefore I shouldnt be throwing my shit to you. I deeply apologize and I will keep my personal opinions for different forums or posters.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:40 pmWow Juan, cool.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:48 pmimpeach the ape!
December 15th, 2006 at 7:52 pmhilarious
December 15th, 2006 at 7:52 pmWho do you think they are talking too? Most I know have given up on Bushco a while back. Are their folks who still actually believe the “talking points”? If so, I’ve got a bridge to sell if anyone is interested.
December 15th, 2006 at 7:59 pmYou have a strong stomach. :)
Comment by Juan C
I do. :)
I deeply apologize and I will keep my personal opinions for different forums or posters.
Comment by Juan C
You’re sweet, Juan. I understood your comments were not personal.
December 15th, 2006 at 8:19 pmFor a long time, I will mentally picture Jon Stewart’s animation of George Bush vibrating like a big dildo whenever anyone mentions the boy king.
December 15th, 2006 at 8:32 pmFor a long time, I will mentally picture Jon Stewart’s animation of George Bush vibrating like a big dildo whenever anyone mentions the boy king.
Comment by unbelievable
Will that be on the repeat tonight?
December 15th, 2006 at 8:43 pmJuan — (((hugs)))
December 15th, 2006 at 8:51 pmWill that be on the repeat tonight?
Comment by Zooey — December 15, 2006 @ 8:43 pm
That was the repeat I just saw at 8:00 here.
It was hilarious.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:19 pmI’ll make sure to watch it. Thanks!
December 15th, 2006 at 9:23 pmYou gotta love these hawks (military and chicken). A little history of Dick Cheney (Bush’s balls): Cheney was of military age and a supporter of the Vietnam War but he did not serve in the war, applying for and receiving five draft deferments. On May 19, 1965, Cheney was classified as 1-A , “available for service” by the Selective Service. On October 26, 1965 the Selective Service lifted the constraints on drafting childless married men. Cheney and his wife then had a child after which he applied for and received, a reclassification of 3-A, gaining him a final draft deferment.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:26 pmAnd the child Cheney had to get out of Vietnam turned out to be some good karma, in my opinion.
December 15th, 2006 at 9:47 pmI wish someone more learned than I would set the record straight on Ronnie Ray-Gun and his fabled “winning of the cold warâ€. I’ve spoken to many Europeans about their perception of US influence (Ray-Guns in particular) related to the demise of the Soviet Union. (After all it happened in their back yard.) All stated that it was laughable that Ray-Gun claimed victory for something he had little if anything to do with. A woman from East Germany laughed perhaps the heartiest. Basically, her view is that the USSR ate itself long before it admitted it and could no longer contain its people. She also warned that the US could be on the same path!
Interesting that the European acquaintances gave tremendous credit to Pope John Paul 11 for being the final breaking straw. Afghanistan didn’t help their cause either and here is where the US deserves a bit of credit. Osama who?
BTW- Lech Walesa (sp?) is given far more credit than Ray-Gun in splitting the USSR. Revevant given the current BushCo union busting angle.
December 15th, 2006 at 10:13 pmWhat.? Juan C. is changing, no way, better not, this old woman will bitch slap ya…..Stay as you are, we love you…Blessings
December 15th, 2006 at 10:37 pmYou want me to watch it? What kind of sadist are you?
December 15th, 2006 at 10:54 pmMay I get sick now please?
December 15th, 2006 at 11:04 pm#78, Awwww Zooey, It is so flattering that you think so often about me…I very pleased that my posts have inspired you to do some reading about history. With each passing day, you learn.
December 16th, 2006 at 1:13 am#44 Poor Zooey….She had no understanding or knowledge of STEELWORKERS v. UNITED STATES, 361 U.S. 39 (1959) … Sad (yet funny!)…Zooey, maybe when you learn a little United States history,you can comment…Until you do some reading, maybe it would be best for you if you sit back and learn before you start embarassing yourself and commenting on things of which you have no knowledge or understanding. Okay? Good for you!!!!
December 16th, 2006 at 1:37 amman that precious, I dont know who believes this clown. 12% of public or is it 12 people in his family and people he bribed…. what a joke of a vp. god bless america and may god help us get rid of this scourge on our democracy
December 16th, 2006 at 3:47 amI have been so unsettled this past week. When I came upon this post I was sick. Ashamed is the emotion I felt. Ashamed for America. Ashamed for my self. Ashamed of torture. Ashamed of Katrina. Ashamed of Bush. Ashamed of Cheney. Ashamed of America. Shame. I felt ashamed today because this is not the country that I belove. This is not the country that I learned about in history books. What I do know is that we are the government and if we the government are behaving in a shameful way then it is time for a time out. We need to to treat this government like an unruly child and give it boundries. We need to suspend this government or expel those in office. We are the government and if those in office continue to make bad choices then as a parent would, we must take away the car.
December 16th, 2006 at 5:05 amWell then, How come he got FIRED?
December 16th, 2006 at 8:12 amOh yeh, For mismanaging an immoral “War”.
The other day, Bush compared himself with Harry Truman. I recall Truman also used unusual force (or threat of it) to stop strikers during the Korean War. Maybe the President’s allusion to Truman was intended in multiple ways.
But wasn’t Truman eventually cited for overstepping his authority by the Supreme Court?
December 16th, 2006 at 8:51 amQuite a compliment from the shittiest president ever
December 16th, 2006 at 8:51 amyou go to war with the rummy you have not the rummy you want, said Dick the shootist. Now that all have come a cropper, change the rummy that you have, so you don’t have the rummy that started the war, redeclare war, and off to accomplish the mission redux.
Meanwhile back at the Crawford, staying the course is agreed upon with Barney, and Lara, so that Condy can come out and read the lines Olmert has hastily written(coaching Perodi takes time, don’t mention the Pope) on the back of the brown envelope; No talking, to Syria, and Iran!
On goes the charade, down go the wounded and dead Gis, apart blow the Iraqis, and all is well for the next ten fifteen hours, before the routine is replayed again.
This is the measure of success, when special interests and idiots get together organizing a country!
December 16th, 2006 at 8:51 amCheney and Bush represent how GOP men are, even in the face of truthful events they still are stiff-necked toward reality. Just think of GOP wives and kids, how can you live in this kind of environment. No wonder they get divorced and cheated on.
December 16th, 2006 at 9:43 amWhy are all these people against Rumsfeld?
December 17th, 2006 at 1:32 amThe war profiteers love Rummy.
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December 17th, 2006 at 2:13 amWhat OTHER kinda comment would you expect from the Finest Vice President This Country Has Never Had?
December 17th, 2006 at 6:45 amCheney: Rumsfeld ‘Is the Finest Secretary of Defense This Nation Has Ever Had’
December 17th, 2006 at 9:13 amand the chimp is the queen of spain.
i think it is about time this administration fired their speech writer, he/she, must have bush and cheney confused with someone else.
December 17th, 2006 at 9:15 ami think it is about time this administration fired their speech writer, he/she, must have bush and cheney confused with someone else.
December 17th, 2006 at 9:15 amRumhead makes Robert McNamara look brilliant by comparison.
December 17th, 2006 at 4:40 pmBefore the election Dr. Dark told us no matter,,,,, we’ll continue as we want.
December 17th, 2006 at 9:08 pmHis endorsement of Rumsfield was a slap in the face of us citzens and the soldiers . They think we’re all stuipd!
Bush isn’t on a listening tour once again he’s seaking out those who has the same opinion he has. To at least look like he has sucess in Iraq he’s finally realized we need to either send more troops or bring them home .
Its totally to late. Years to late.
Sunday, December 17, 2006
Rumsfeld-loo
Another egostistical nutcase that came back to take another whack at destroying his own country was of course Napoleon. Where does one begin with how absurd the notion that Rumsfeld could ever be considered as the Best Defense Secretary “ever” over real American honorees such as Knox and Stimson is disturbing in the face of the disaster he has created for us now. Certainly Knox was not fired by Washington, nor was Stimson fired by Rooselvelt. Why would they be ? Why would you fire the person in charge of military operations at a time when we are in very bad trouble with a war that was declared “accomplished” nearly four years ago ? Well friends, we all know the emporer is not wearing clothes at this point but really, it should be a law that no Defense Secretary will take that office without a significant record of combat experience. Both McNamara and Rumsfeld would have been rejected if that were the case, and hundreds of thousands would have been spared their agony.
But alas, the nut that uttered those absurd words of praise last week was himself a failed defense secretary with no combat experience. You see, Dick has managed to make a life for himself off the misery others, a role played countless times before by men who have not seen first hand the true hell of war up close, for only they are true warriors we need to lead the defense of this still very fine nation we call home.
How could a this all be ? I’m having a nightmare that I’m in a Fox news episode. You too ? OK, wake me up now… please.
How could we they have underestimated the fact that with oil averaging $65 -$70 pb over the past couple of years, that the Middle East is awash in cash, and a good portion of this absurd misbalance fuels this war - the explosives used to blow up our troops on the roads every day. You think it comes from selling honey ? Rugs ? Cut the crap. The best defense strategy we could employ would be to rip the rug right out from under them - orchestrate a massive strategy to bring down the price of oil to say back to $10 dollars a barrell. Take 25% of the “Defense” budget that has been working for us so well (sure) and put it into domestic incentives, conservation, smart and aggressive alternative programs. The we would surely have more support globally. This is something that would have been seriously considered by Stimson and Knox if they were serving us today. Take out their supply lines, right !!!
OK. Now I am dreaming pleasant thoughts of eventual peace. Don’t wake me please…
December 18th, 2006 at 1:40 amIf Cheney thinks that Rumsfeld was that good why doesn’t Cheney resign to protest the firing of Rumsfeld. That would be the honorable thing to do.
December 18th, 2006 at 9:55 amSomeone should just lock up Mr. Cheney in a psych ward.
December 18th, 2006 at 10:00 amBlah!
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December 18th, 2006 at 1:03 pmtoast
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