ThinkFast: January 22, 2007
“President Bush’s record of getting his State of the Union proposals enacted, after successes in his early years in office, has dropped off substantially.” Of the 12 initiatives that he proposed or called on Congress to pass in 2006, the White House can claim complete success on just three.
25: Number of U.S. service members killed on Saturday, marking “the third-deadliest day for American troops since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.”
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said he’s concerned that President Bush has proposed cutting funding to the National Cancer Institute for the second year in a row. “The people who want to be president in 2008 should talk about something that kills 600,000 Americans a year,” he said.
Sens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who have strongly backed sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, indicated they may not support a promotion for Gen. George Casey, the current military commander there, because of past U.S. mistakes.
33 percent: President Bush’s approval rating according to a Washington Post-ABC poll. “Only two presidents” — Richard Nixon and Harry Truman — “have had lower approval ratings on the eve of a State of the Union speech.” 71 percent of Americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Today marks the 34th anniversary of the Supreme Court’s Roe v. Wade decision. President Bush will call in his support to the annual anti-abortion March for Life rally. Pro-choice activists will hold a vigil at the Supreme Court and present political leaders with a pro-choice petition signed by thousands of women.
In an interview with the USA Today, Bush said he “can’t guarantee that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of his presidency because ‘we don’t set timetables.’”
“Stretched thin from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has sharply reduced its role in the war on drugs, leaving significant gaps in the nation’s narcotics interdiction efforts.”
The Taliban plans to open its own schools in areas of southern Afghanistan under its control, following “a violent campaign by the fundamentalist Islamic group against state schools in the five years since its ouster by U.S.-led forces.” Mohammad Hanif Atmar, Afghanistan’s education minister, said the Taliban’s announcement “is like putting salt into the wound.”
And finally: Rich Little previews a “joke” he hopefully will not tell at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. In the President’s voice: “George W. Bush here. I tell you, I’m between I-raq and a hard place.” “That’s funny,” Little claimed. “But, believe me, you won’t hear the word ‘Iraq’ out of my mouth the whole evening. They know I’m a safe bet over there at the White House.”
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Must concern you alot that McCain, who polls ahead of Hill’reh, is espousing an even greater escalation in Iraq, all while there is movement to strike Iran.
If your position was so popular, why are your candidates polling so far behind the Reps?
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:09 am71 percent of Americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction.
Remember, Shrub is a consumate FAILURE, always has been, so he’s VERY COMFORTABLE with his low, low ratings.
Hell, he probably thinks he’s doing a BETTER job when his approval ratings are SO LOW…
The joys of being a “dry drunk”.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:10 am25: Number of U.S. service members killed on Saturday, marking “the third-deadliest day for American troops since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.â€
Expect more announcements like this as Chimpy’s ill-conceived ’surge’ make targets out of even more of our troops.
What is it going to take to remove this criminal junta from office?
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:11 amabsolutely no chance that bush has a 33% approval rating - even comments on the wall street journal online are overwhemingly negative towards bush - could bush propose immpeachment and trials for the criminals in his administration including himself? that would certainly be acheviable and would provide a nice legacy and be realistic, too
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:12 amAbout two months ago I pointed out here that Tribune Co. was looking to sell its tv station, WGN, to raise money. WGN is on EVERY basic cable package in the country. WGN news is watched by millions daily.
I suggested that it’d be an incredibly shrewd buy for George Soros or some other weatlhy liberal/independent. With the purchase, immediately, liberals would have a news show to get THEIR viewpoint out to the entire country. Something to counter Fox News.
It appears too late. The Carlyle Group has made an offer and is seriously considering buying this giant cable channel. If they purchase it they’ll control WGN news and have yet another Fox News Type broadcast. Why oh why are the libs/independents so slow to understand how important media is in shaping opinion? Its infuriating!
http://sanantonio.bizjournals.com/ washington/ stories/ 2007/ 01/ 15/ daily46.html
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:22 am#1:
Probably has something to do with the fact that McCain has flip-flopped so much it has left some confused. However, with his newly flopped position being mroe clear, we’ll see his numbers drop.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 amJason M. Hendler sez:
Actually, no, it doesn’t…for two reasons:
1) Every day that John McCain advocates sending troops over to Iraq to die in this misbegotten invasion of imperial expansion…troops that don’t even exist, he alienates more Americans.
2) Mind posting a link to where McCain is “polling ahead” of Hillary? The source I found says something different.
‘there is movement’??? That’s a wonderful euphemism for ‘the neocons want it, and they mean to do it, regardless of what Congress, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the vast majority of American citizens want’.
‘there is a movement’… You make me sick, Jason.
Link, please.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:23 amHey Hendler, please stop referring to the 2004 polls. You really need to update your lies.
The latest polling:
Democrats Crush Republicans in 2008 Poll
In a 2008 presidential poll, Newsweek finds a generic Democratic presidential candidate “has a 21-point lead over an unnamed GOP challenger. The race becomes much closer, however, when voters are asked to choose among actual names.”
Among named hypothetical matchups only John Edwards wins all pairings:
* Edwards 48%, McCain 43%
* Clinton 48%, McCain 47%
* Obama 46%, McCain 44%
* Edwards 48%, Giuliani 45%
* Giuliani 48%, Clinton 47%
* Giuliani 47%, Obama 45%
Losers……and sore losers to boot.
-GSD
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:27 amThe poll they showed on MTP yesterday, had Hillary up by one point over McCain,
So, a statistical dead-heat.
Just sayin’..
I support neither of them.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:28 amI’d like for Jason M. Hendler to link to those so called polls that have the dems coming in far below the reps. Thanks Hendler, I am sure you will post it and prove us wrong, right? bwahahahahaha!!
Links to polls that have reps coming in OVER the Dems? Hendler, we are waiting.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 am-GSD
Looks likethey are all within the margin of error, dosn’t it.
I grew up in a rural area. One thing we learned early was something about counting chickens a little too early, if you know what I am saying.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:30 amBob,
The point Hendler made was that McCain was winning. These recent polls put a lie to that. I never said anything about the Democrats winning the election.
Please spend you lame attacks on someone who won’t respond to your mandacity.
-GSD
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:32 amLMFAO - of course Newsweek will generate a poll that puts the Dems ahead by a thing margin. It is always safe to add 5 - 7 points to the Rep when Newsweek produces a poll, but don’t late me dissuade you - please keep pushing retreat.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:33 amHas a President ever been booed at his SotU?
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:34 amWait till the Republican right wing starts to savagely attack Rudy Giuliani for his marital infidelity, for marrying a cousin, for supporting abortion, gun control and gay rights and for having lived with two gay men.
Oh the Republican civil war will be a real hoot.
-GSD
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:36 amfreebird9 sez:
Yes…I asked as well, freebird9…but I’m not holding my breath, and I’d advise you likewise.
This is merely another one of Jason’s hit-and-run misinformation posts…as soon as he’s called on his lie, he disappears.
Jason M. Hendler sez:
Two things, Jason:
1) You still haven’t responded to the link I provided.
2) You still haven’t provided a link of your own.
Is it any wonder no one can take you seriously?
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 amI think Speaker Pelosi, Jack Murtha, Chuck Rangel and Barney Frank should moon Bush and Snarly Dick Cheney.
Will Bush be delivering the State of the Union from his bunker under the Reichstag in Berlin?
-GSD
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:40 amrethugs must get out of bed every morning thinking about what lie they will tell that day. I mean even when caught lying they just lie some more or in bob the chicken farmers case spin the lie.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:40 amhacker bob sez:
And there is the single most important point here. The elections are still a long, long ways away, and anyone who attempts to cherry-pick polls at this early date to make a case that the Dems ‘aren’t popular’ is a blithering idiot.
Jason, I’m looking at you.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:42 amWell, in that case, then Hill’reh, safely ahead of McCain, should start backing troop withdrawal and courting the netroot movement. How can I help?
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:42 amNo, what concerns me a lot are “Christians” such as yourself who suspend their “Christianity” when it comes to bombing innocent children, women and men, but pull it back out of the closet to: come between a doctor and patient; and codify prejudice based solely upon gender into marriage laws.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:43 amHow can I help?
Comment by Jason M. Hendler
Start to make sense in your comments and provide links would be a good start.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:45 amBriseadh na Faire sez:
Briseadh, Jason is doing his part to support the neocon fascists by attempting to disseminate misinformation via the internet…at least that’s what he tells himself every time he looks in the mirror…
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:49 amHeh…classic, DieNowForPeace. ^_^
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 amBush said he “can’t guarantee that all U.S. troops will be out of Iraq by the end of his presidency because ‘we don’t set timetables.’â€
Given that bush continues to blame others for his failures, it is not surprising that he has no idea when the mess he has created will end. The reality is that he will continue to lead the USA down the path of ruin.
The terrorists have won and bush was the key to their success. When he finally leaves office, regardless of how it’s done, historians will be much more candid on his failure to comprehend the big picture of his failed actions to control “terrorism and the long term impacts on the USA.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:51 am25: Number of U.S. service members killed on Saturday, marking “the third-deadliest day for American troops since the March 2003 invasion of Iraq.â€
I believe 5 were killed in an attack on an outpost. Bush wants to put more of our troops in such outposts throughout Baghdad. He may insist on the sematics of “surge” but for the casualty count, the only appropriate word will be “escalation.”
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:52 am#1 JMH
Must concern you alot that McCain, who polls ahead of Hill’reh, is espousing an even greater escalation in Iraq, all while there is movement to strike Iran.
If your position was so popular, why are your candidates polling so far behind the Reps?
Sen. Hillary Clinton (D-NY) holds a narrow lead over Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) in a Sunday Washington Post poll taken before the New York Democrat threw her hat into the rign, Reuters reported Sunday.
Jason, you’re wrong so often that I’d suggest, whatever your next impulse is, just do the opposite.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:52 amThe Taliban plans to open its own schools in areas of southern Afghanistan
I wonder if we built any of those. Laying down the conerstones of democracy and education.
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said he’s concerned that President Bush has proposed cutting funding to the National Cancer Institute for the second year in a row. “The people who want to be president in 2008 should talk about something that kills 600,000 Americans a year,†he said.
So in short Lance has given up on this president to do the right thing and is looking to a time when this man is gone. Aren’t we all.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:52 amPoliticalCritic sez:
FOX News watchers.
Nixon and Truman never had access to such a potent propaganda tool.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:54 amComment by Jason M. Hendler — January 22, 2007 @ 9:42 am
Be all you can be, join the Army. Merely registering for the Draft doesn’t count.
Volunteer for assignments outside the Green Zone. See this War first hand. Maybe the sight and smell of death will change your mind about the Reich-ness of your cause.
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:55 amWhere is the link to the polls Jason? WE ARE WAITING!!
You don’t really think we’d take YOUR word for it. I mean someone who supports the President lying to the American People probably has no problem lying to the rest of us. Tell Rove you are wasting your time on this blog. NO ONE IS EVER GOING TO BELIEVE YOU! EVER!!
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:02 amABC News/Washington Post Poll. Jan. 16-19, 2007.
Rudy - 47 / Hillary 49
McCain - 45 / Hillary 50
Not saying I’d vote for either, but Hendler doesn’t do much researching, now does he.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:02 amIt’s been 45 minutes since my original request, Jason, and you have yet to produce support for your vapid claim that John McCain is “polling ahead” of Hillary Clinton.
Put or shut up, Jason. Produce a link substantiating your claim or admit you made it up.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:02 amOn Rich Little….
Fine, whatever. Don’t mention Iraq. But it won’t fool anyone. Everyone WILL be thinking about Iraq during the diner. And if there are people who watch that event who havent been reading about it before hand, will probably be EXPECTING to hear an Iraq joke.
So… go ahead and not say anything, it won’t make the people forget.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 amShame on McCain for blaming the generals!
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:04 amTheir mission is untenable, their foe is unidentified, they’re just IED fodder.
The strategy, tactics and mission does not fit for an “OCCUPATION”.
This is not a war, just a failed OCCUPATION.
Oh, yeah, not cherry picking the polls here:
Newsweek Poll conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International. Jan. 17-18, 2007. N=896 registered voters nationwide. MoE ± 4.
McCain 47 / Hillary 48
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:05 amMcCain 44 / Obama 46
Comment by TripMaster Monkey
WOW, you understood my post exactally how it was ment.
-GSD
Here is the point, if everything is basically in a statistical lock, no one is winning or losing. You mislead things when you put comments like “Democrats Crush Republicans in 2008 Poll” because that is not the case. Nor does and unnamed Dem havea 21 point advantage over an unnamed Repub. In your best example, it is a 5 point lead.
Or, lets that the cumulative. if you total the PERCENTAGES as points, the Dems come up with 285 and and the Repubs 271. A difference of 14 points. (yes, I know this is not the correct way to total it.) Also if you AVERAGE the PERCENTAGES (285 divded by 6) you get and average of 47.5 for the Dems. For the Repubs (271 divided by 6) you get an average of 45.1. A difference of 2.4. Where is this presumed 21 point lead?
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:05 amI’m betting Hendler’s poll consisted of little kids in his neighborhood he bribed with lollipops.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:07 am14 Characteristics Define Fascism!
22nd of January 2007
by Jay Randal
FASCISM: “A philosophy or system that is marked by stringent social and economic control, a strong centralized government usually headed by a dictator, and often a policy of belligerant nationalism.”
“The 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism.”
by Dr. Lawrence Britt
1) Powerfull and Continuing Nationalism
2) Disdain for The Recognition of Human Rights.
3) Identification of Scapegoats as a Unifying Cause.
4) Supremacy of The Military (Industrial Complex).
5) Rampant Sexism (Outlawing Abortions & Anti-Gay).
6) Controlled Mass Media (Corporate Press Propaganda).
7) Obsession with National Security (Terrorism Attacks).
8) Religion and Government are Intertwined (US Taliban).
9) Corporate Power is Protected (Lobbying the Congress).
10) Labor Power is Suppressed (Unions have NO power).
11) Disdain for Intellectuals and The Arts (Ignorance Rules).
12) Obsession with Crimes and Punishment (Phony Trials).
13) Rampant Cronyism and Corruption (Halliburton in Iraq).
14) Fraudulent Elections (Every Election since 2000 in US).
“Fascist governments are often closely associated with large corporations …Modern fascism is often called Corporatism.”
( Jay Randal, political activist and writer in Georgia, USA.)
PS: The Bush Regime exhibits all 14 Characteristics of Fascism!
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:08 amhasn’t cheney always liltted left in his chair at the SOTU, towards Denny? What will he do with Pelosi in Denny’s chair. Can he go right or is he like Zoolander and can only go left? I can’t wait to see.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:09 amThat comment about “crushing” was from the link at Political Wire. I should have made that clear. The “crush” comment I think referred to the large generic advantage of the Democrats.
Nothing is over till it is over.
-GSD
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:11 amMy only comment on Hendler’s poll numbers; if he is as accurate with his 2008 predictions, as he was in his 2006 predictions, not much to worry about.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 am#1 JMH
When you have as clear a statement as this to tell you how Americans feel about escalation:
The poll also finds that the public trusts congressional Democrats over Bush to deal with the conflict by a margin of 60 percent to 33 percent.
or this:
The Post-ABC poll shows that 65 percent of Americans oppose sending more troop to Iraq; it was 61 percent immediately after the president unveiled the plan on Jan. 10 in a nationally televised address.
why would you need to try and interpret the results of outdated polls to figure it out?
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:14 amBeing a yes man has suddenly gotten more difficult. General Casey decided that survival in the military under Bush and Rumsfeld required that he become a yes man by showing more concerns for his military career than for the soldiers he commanded. Because his bosses were wrong he has likewise been wrong. Now we see that his career may be going down the tubes due to that decision. Unlike McCain, I have long been a critic of the Generals in Iraq like Casey that put their military career ahead of core military principles in the execution of the Iraq war. While I agree with McCain that Gen. Casey should not receive Senate confirmation to a new post I find his reasoning for just now making this statement both odd and politically suspect.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:16 am-GSD, thanks for clearing that up. But I still fail to see the large lead. Eveything is still pretty well even (within the margin of error) with a long way to go.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:17 amSo two Senators with military experience are going to vote against the general because they won’t vote against Bush who gave the generals an impossible plan.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:19 am#41 — I agree….shame on these armchair ex-military hacks who continue to mislead Americans about the possibility of military success in Iraq. It is moronic to think that putting young Americans in the way of death will mend thousands of years of hatred. We destroyed the only thing holding Iraq together and it cannot be repaired with guns and dead American soldiers.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:25 amTMM - No self respecting troll should let Jason sleep under their bridge.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 amI think the Dem takeover of Congress has damaged our Jason.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:26 amRich Little previews a “joke†he hopefully will not tell at the White House Correspondents Association dinner. In the President’s voice: “George W. Bush here. I tell you, I’m between I-raq and a hard place.â€
Oy. Painful….
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:28 amWhat would be the reasons to wage war against Iran? “National Security”
How would we ramp up for it.
We would start by sending extra Carrier Groups to the Gulf and increasing troops strength in the region.
What would be the tax hike to accomplish this (if any)?
Common sense would say, tremendous.
Just sayin’..
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:29 amIt obviously got too hot at TP for “Urban Heat Man”.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:32 amThose Bush “successes” (renewing the Patriot Act, expanding health savings accounts and expanding electronic medical records) are questionable as successes for the American people.
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:34 amPLC, what about Medicare part “D”umb
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:37 amWe would start by sending extra Carrier Groups to the Gulf and increasing troops strength in the region.
Comment by hacker bob
Aren’t there a couple of carriers over there now?
January 22nd, 2007 at 10:58 amPLC, what about Medicare part “Dâ€umb Comment by RUCerious
I just took the three from the article. I’m not sure Medicare was part of the 2006 initiatives, but from earlier.
Bottom line for me is that I can’t find anything that Bush has had “success” with being beneficial for this country. Everything he touches turns to gold, but only for him and his enabling cronies. For the rest of us, it turns to …well, you know!
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:05 amIn honor of the 34th anniversary of Roe v. Wade, a classic article from The Onion:
http://www.theonion.com/ content/ node/ 33680?issue=4227&special=1999
Disclaimer: This article is from a satire site, if you have no sense of humor or are way too sensitive, PLEASE DON’T READ IT.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:07 amAren’t there a couple of carriers over there now?
Comment by Zooey
So, you caught that did ya’?
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:08 amSo, you caught that did ya’?
Comment by hacker bob
Not everything gets by me. :)
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:13 amSens. John McCain (R-AZ) and Lindsey Graham (R-SC), who have strongly backed sending more U.S. troops to Iraq, indicated they may not support a promotion for Gen. George Casey, the current military commander there, because of past U.S. mistakes.
Oh…NOW they are concerned about “past mistakes? These two are such a joke. I guess Rummy, Bremmer, and Tenet did such a standup job that they get medals and parties.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:27 amZooey and All, another carrier left Bremerton, Wash last week headed for there also…Blessings
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:36 amHave you ever noticed the padded shoulders in Bush’s suits?
Check out the photo. Any more padding and he could play Dallas.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:49 am#63, the USS Stennis, along with a full complement of tactical warships (strike group).
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 amLooks like the moderator whacked my 40 lb necktie comment.
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:52 amLooks like the moderator whacked my 40 lb necktie comment.
Comment by RUCerious
Sorry I missed it. :)
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:56 amMistress Z~
January 22nd, 2007 at 11:59 amSome rude thing about a medal.
To be worn of course around the neck.
Some other note about 13 loops.
With the medal weighing in at approx 40 lb…
Thank You for adding that RUCerious, you are correct, I haven’t had enough coffee this A.M. and forgot the name of the ship…Blessings
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:00 pmWith the medal weighing in at approx 40 lb…
Comment by RUCerious
Ah yes, I understand.
Nice one.
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:03 pmGood morning, Sharon!
Above freezing temps over here for the first time in a loooong time. Once we get past the “slush” stage of the snow, we’re good for walking normally again. Whew!
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:06 pmCHENEY BLEW IT
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:12 pmhttp://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/ mpapps/ pagetools/ print/ news.bbc.co.uk/ 2/ hi/ middle_east/ 6274147.stm
From Huffington Post:
Burdened U.S. military cuts role in drug war
Air and sea patrolling is slashed on southern smuggling routes.
By Josh Meyer, Times Staff Writer
January 22, 2007
WASHINGTON — Stretched thin from fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. military has sharply reduced its role in the war on drugs, leaving significant gaps in the nation’s narcotics interdiction efforts.
Since 1989, Congress has directed the Pentagon to be the lead federal agency in detecting and monitoring illegal narcotics shipments headed to the United States by air and sea and in supporting Coast Guard efforts to intercept them. In the early 1990s, at the height of the drug war, U.S. military planes and boats filled the southern skies and waters in search of cocaine-laden vessels coming from Colombia and elsewhere in South America.
But since 2002, the military has withdrawn many of those resources, according to more than a dozen current and former counter-narcotics officials, as well as a review of congressional, military and Homeland Security documents.
Internal records show that in the last four years the Pentagon has reduced by more than 62% its surveillance flight-hours over Caribbean and Pacific Ocean routes that are used to smuggle cocaine, marijuana and, increasingly, Colombian-produced heroin. At the same time, the Navy is deploying one-third fewer patrol boats in search of smugglers.
The Defense Department also plans to withdraw as many as 10 Black Hawk helicopters that have been used by a multi-agency task force to move quickly to make drug seizures and arrests in the Caribbean, a major hub for drugs heading to the United States.
And the military has deactivated many of the high-tech surveillance “aerostats,” or radar balloons, that once guarded the entire southern border, saying it lacks the funds to restore and maintain them.
The Department of Defense defended its policy shift in a budget document sent to Congress in October: “The DOD position is that detecting drug trafficking is a lower priority than supporting our service members on ongoing combat missions.”
Members of Congress and drug-control officials have said the Pentagon’s cuts and redeployments have hamstrung the U.S. drug interdiction effort at a time when an estimated 1,000 metric tons of inexpensive, high-quality cocaine is entering the country each year.
[. . .]
http://www.latimes.com/ news/ nationworld/ nation/ la-na-drugwar22jan22,0,7593287.story?coll=la-home-headlines
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:26 pmBack at ya Zooey, sorry I am so slow, multi tasking and sending out anti war email’s again this morn…Like spring here above 40…..T shirt weather but getting gusty wind’s, snow’s gone….Been weaning away from TP so will not be around much…
Question for the researcher’s on board……Does any one know what the poll number’s were if any when we ended Viet Nam.?…….Blessings all…BTW, as you all knew already, jason’s numbers on poll;s are way off….bull shit’s numbers are down again and continue to sink as we get our message pounded into our elected officials’……Sadly they are all slow learner’s….
January 22nd, 2007 at 12:49 pmSharon - you had mentioned moving to Montana…
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:01 pmKrazny and I want to take you out for a beer? or whatever before you leave…
What say?
I second that beer and politics before you go Sharon.
=)
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:10 pmWould be great RUCerious, not leaving for Montana untill later this year….Maybe sometime this summer we can all get together…No beer for me but a nice glass of wine will do….Wonder if there are any activest’s in Billings, Montana…I can only hope….Blessings
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:14 pmthere will be when you get there, sharon!
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:16 pmshow ‘em how it’s done!
Must concern you alot that McCain, who polls ahead of Hill’reh,
Comment by Jason M. Hendler — January 22, 2007 @ 9:09 am
There is very little I can add to what other posters have said to skilfully rip your inane post apart except one thing: You have some gall to come here and post taunting comments, when it is you you have been wrong all along; wrong about the invasion, wrong about the occupation, wrong in your support of Pres Bush’s other misguided initiatives, wrong about Global Warming, and more recently, wrong in your predictions about the mid-term elections.
In true Bush cultist fashion, you do not base your opinions on reality, Mr. “Standford/Ivy League Graduate” Hendler. But we already know that.
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:22 pmYep!, Katy, was just thinking of all the younger generation I can convert like I have here….My best buddy who is a Dem already has our new home set up….Our plan is to turn this big house into a safe haven for any abused person’s and their children…An over night or to of safety while on their trip to escape and recovery…..We are both anxious to get it started….Gonna be a great endevor….Gotta go prune some fruit trees and hug a big cedar…..Have a diamond day all…Blessings
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:27 pmspeaking of GEN. CASEY, this story was in my local paper… found this link at the google news:
Casey: Troops might start leaving Iraq in summer
By ROBERT BURNS, The Associated Press
TALLIL AIR BASE, Iraq - President Bush’s troop increase in Iraq is not selling well at home, in part because critics worry that it won’t work and that even more troops might be on the way. But the top U.S. commander in the country is sounding a more optimistic note.
Gen. George Casey told reporters Friday that even as the first of the 21,500 U.S. reinforcements take their positions, security in the country might improve enough for the extra forces to start leaving by late summer.
“You’re going to see some progress gradually over the next 60 to 90 days,” Casey said, standing alongside the visiting Defense Secretary Robert Gates.
Asked when he thought some of the added U.S. troops could be pulled back, Casey replied, “I believe the projections are late summer, but the first troops are just arriving,” so nothing is sure.
[…]
http://www.southernillinoisan.com/ articles/ 2007/ 01/ 20/ top/ 18937724.txt
so, what kind of ploy is this?
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:27 pm.
something else i found at the google news… could explain dubya’s problem… not that it’s an excuse, but an explanation:
Why Do Good? Brain Study Offers Clues
01.22.07, 12:00 AM ET
MONDAY, Jan. 22 (HealthDay News) — People may not perform selfless acts just for an emotional reward, a new brain study suggests.
Instead, they may do good because they’re acutely tuned into the needs and actions of others.
[…]
http://www.forbes.com/ forbeslife/ health/ feeds/ hscout/ 2007/ 01/ 22/ hscout601147.html
and now we understand why the sharons of the world are such jewels!
well, as if we didn’t already know…
but dubya, we know, is just not wired right, or correctly… whatever…
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:35 pm.
#80 - katy,
January 22nd, 2007 at 1:35 pmIt’s called “Bait and Switch.”
katy - It did indeed seem wierd of wierds that it was supposed to take several months to deploy (since most of the buildup was stop loss and keeping scheduled rotations in country). That would mean that as soon as they are all there, they can start coming back.
January 22nd, 2007 at 2:04 pmHmmmm.
Casey’s a short timer, for sure.
Remember, Shrub is a consumate FAILURE, always has been, so he’s VERY COMFORTABLE with his low, low ratings.
Comment by DieNowForPeace #2
This posting is proof positive that…
…even well-informed, well-intentioned, Progressives have a hard time digesting the concept of…
…the criminal Bushites stealing so much money…
…that approval/disapproval ratings are the least of their concerns…
…Too many of us cannot bring ourselves to believe that this administration is perpetrating (through the office of the POTUS)…
…the biggest FRAUD, con job, rip off of the American tax payers in history…
…$9 billion dollars is NOTHING compared to the overall tally they’ve stolen through Iraq no-bid contracts, contracts to non-existent companies, security companies….
…the list goes on and on…
…then add on Katrina, tax breaks to oil companies, tax amnesty (remember that one when the Bushites first rolled into D.C.?)
…the Repulsivescam-led Congress voted in a one-time tax amnesty for offshore corporations to declare their offshore profits at a lesser rate of (from 35%) down to 5%…
…they said it would bring more corporate criminal enterprises into the fold, and to have them pay a portion of their taxes owed, and keep the rest to reinvest in the American economy…
…but as we all know now, they took their windfalls and invested them in emerging (foreign) markets…
…now the Bush dollar is tanking, and there are plans to merge U.S. , Canadian, and Mexican currencies into an “Amero” (like the European Euro)…
Nope, I’d say Bushiva and L’il Dick have done exactly what they set out to do…
January 22nd, 2007 at 2:08 pmWonder if there are any activest’s in Billings, Montana…I can only hope….Blessings
Comment by Sharon Cox
Crap, Sharon! All the way to frickin’ Billings!? How about Missoula, it’s nice in Missoula…… The only thing between Billings and the North Pole is a couple of weeds. *shiver*
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:24 pmSeven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said he’s concerned that President Bush has proposed cutting funding to the National Cancer Institute for the second year in a row. “The people who want to be president in 2008 should talk about something that kills 600,000 Americans a year,†he said.
Marijuana. The chemical THC injected into the tumor. Studies have already been done showing it eliminates cancer. You heard it here first folks.
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:25 pmJust in case I don’t get a chance to post tomorrow.
State of the Union address
Pig
Lipstick
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:50 pmSeven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong said he’s concerned that President Bush has proposed cutting funding to the National Cancer Institute for the second year in a row. “The people who want to be president in 2008 should talk about something that kills 600,000 Americans a year,†he said.
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Does this mean that Lance won’t be accepting any more “Tour De Crawford” invitations to go biking with Bush any time soon, since he’s not only not providing more funding but is in fact proposing cuts in funding? Yeah, Lance — this is the sort of thanks you get from Bush for providing him with such a wonderful photo-op…
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:27 pmYep! Zooey, look’s like it will be Billings this time..Nothing set in stone , will go over for a viset first this fall I think..Then plan to move over one year from now..If not will stay put and my buddy will wing it alone..Lived south of Missoula for many year’s, loved it also love St.Regis and Kalaspell, spectacular mountain ranges…Truth be known any winter in Montana can be hard work,89 was dreadful if I remember well…
Trees pruned and Bear run for the afternoon, lot’s of new’s coming down the pike….Many running for President, mite early I think..Great post’s all…Blessings
January 22nd, 2007 at 6:37 pmtest post
January 24th, 2007 at 1:23 am