Pelosi and Reid respond
Pelosi and Reid respond
to President Bush’s request for a non-negotiation: “The President is demanding that we renew his blank check for a war without end. Despite the fact that the President persists in trying to score political points at the expense of our troops, congressional Democrats have repeatedly reached out in the spirit of cooperation.”
UPDATE: Reid assails Bush during a press conference:
The president is inviting us down to the White House with preconditions. Things are not OK in Iraq. As the Pope said on Easter Sunday, a slaughter is taking place in Iraq. The Pope further said nothing good is coming from Iraq. The president must realize that. He has to deal with Congress. We are an independent branch of this government, and by our Constitution we have equal say that he has. And he’s got to listen to us. Because we are speaking for the American people; he isn’t.
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April 10th, 2007 at 2:34 pmAccountability
Wow, turning the tables on rethugs by using their own words! Bravo!
April 10th, 2007 at 2:37 pmWhy play ball with the idiot in the WH ?His idea of bipartisanship is only his ideas are acceptable.Like Harry Reid said anything Bush says believe the opposite.This may be an attempt to use the Dems in away that is not immediately imaginable.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:38 pmIn four years, the Iraq conflict has done nothing but get progressively worse. There is nothing in the Bush non-plan that would give us any hope that the situation in Iraq would improve with our continued presence. Let us stop throwing more good money after bad money and the sooner the better.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:39 pmI love it even more that Senator Reid is using the words of the Pope to fight this battle.
If you look into the demographics, a lot of Bush’s support comes from Catholics throughout the country.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:44 pmWhy would a Mormon care what the Pope said?
April 10th, 2007 at 2:44 pmPelosi and Reid keep the pressor up. We need to bring our Troops home NOW. If he vetos this than send him the same bill back. If he vetos that than send the one that Senator Russ feingold has witch will state we should bring our Troops home and end the war. RIGHT ON!!!!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 2:45 pmIt’s like a great weight has been placed upon the executive branch. One that may force it to crumble to the ground. That weight? OVERSIGHT!
April 10th, 2007 at 2:45 pmbush is still trying to lead the nation by posturing and bluffing, just the way he always has, only now he’s getting called on it, and about goddam time, too…!
April 10th, 2007 at 2:46 pmAnd, yes, I DO take it personally
BULLY!
April 10th, 2007 at 2:48 pmGo Harry!!
Kick Chimpy’s shiny red monkey butt!!
Americans have spoken. We want the war to end. NOW.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:50 pmTell Bushiva to get on his cowardly belly…
…and crawl up to Capitol Hill…
…and only THEN will Pelosi and Reid…
…consider speaking with him…
…say it publicly, and LOUDLY!
…and if the Bush worshipping sh*teating inbreds don’t like it…
…let them pick up those guns they love so much…
…and spill out into the streets…
…America needs to weed out its right wing monarchist, fascist TRAITORS…
April 10th, 2007 at 2:52 pmGo Harry, Go Nancy
This is too delicious for words.
Bush gets SPANKED.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:54 pmGASP! Did Reid just speak the ultimate blasphemy? Did he actually say Congress is equal to the president? That can’t be! Bush is the decider! the law doesn’t apply to him.
Wow. I bet Bush is blowing a fuse over that little reminder.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pmGive’em Hell Harry
April 10th, 2007 at 2:55 pm“a lot of Bush’s support comes from Catholics throughout the country.”
Yeah, stupid pro-life anti-stem cell research gay-bashing MACKERAL SNAPPERS.
They can all go to hell for supporting Chimpy, afaiac.
April 10th, 2007 at 2:56 pmThe embryo that stem cells are harvested from is the size of the period of the end of this sentence.
If the embryo is not used for stem cells, it is disposed of. These are going to be thrown away anyway.
Bush is threatening to veto this again. He will be signing a death warrant for millions of people who could be saved by stem cell research.
So much for you pro-life pukes. You’re hypocrites.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:01 pmBush described continuing funding of US military operations in Iraq as an “emergency supplemental” .
April 10th, 2007 at 3:01 pmIts basically four years since he declared “mission accomplished”–and yet Iraq is still an “emergency”?
Well yeah, it is–but not in the sense that Bush imagines.
Is it just me or does it seem that the Bushies are actually desperate to have the Dem congress cut off funds for Iraq. It seems to me that this constant raising of the bar isn’t meant to make the Dems blink but more to make them dig in and cut off funds. I keep hearing the Republickins on the talking head shows challenge the Dems to do just that “if they are serious about wanting ending this Warâ€. Wouldn’t it be nice for the ’lickers if they could somehow make it seem that it was the Dems who lost the war when of course, it is already lost.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:03 pmoh my goodness… are those balls growing!?
ITMFA!!!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:04 pmSenator Reid, in his statement, is making a common error: “. . . by our Constitution we have equal say that he has . . .”
If two branches of government have equal responsibility then neither has responsibility, and that’s not the case.
The US Constitution clearly gives the Congress, speaking for the people, predominate power for military affairs. Article I, Section 8, Powers of Congress: “The Congress shall have Power To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States”
The president is merely the commander-in-chief of the military forces. Article II, Section 2, Civilian Power over Military, Cabinet, Pardon Power, Appointments: The President shall be Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States”
That’s it. Not an “equal say,” Harry–you’ve got the power. But power isn’t any good unless it’s used, so use it to represent the people’s wishes–get out of Iraq “Because we are speaking for the American people; he isn’t.” The senator got that part right.
Tell that sumbitch you’ve got the power, senator, and he doesn’t, and he’s to GET OUT OF IRAQ!!! (before they throw us out)
April 10th, 2007 at 3:06 pmWhat they need to do when they visit Bush is to be the ones who say “this is the way it’s going to be.” Bush thinks he’s going to be the one to do that, but he needs to be put in his place and be made to realize that he’s been put in his place.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:07 pmHarry’s not giving ‘em hell. He’s just telling the truth and Republicans think it’s hell.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:08 pm#19
April 10th, 2007 at 3:08 pmGood call ………..
All his life G.W. Bush has been rescued from his failures, and has always been able to find someone else to blame.
#6 ex. of no. 5
#6 Why would a Mormon care what the Pope said?
Comment by Alejandro — April 10, 2007 @ 2:44 pm
6 ways trolls hope to disrupt constructive liberal blog discussion:
April 10th, 2007 at 3:10 pm1.Flames_2. Post a comment that is catchy but completely off topic_3. Lie, presenting “facts†that take time to debunk, therefore creating doubt for the moment._4. Create super long posts so scrolling that down to the next post is a chore and disruptive._5. Ask questions ( ala Fox News) in order to draw in other posters – get them engaged with said troll – with no intention of listening to the responses. 6. Just outright denial….
( courtesy of the troll alert –at your service)
Yea for the Dem’s. They are finally calling the cheney/rove bluff.
Americans know that bush has never been successful in his life. He doesn’t care to think and doesn’t care about others. He was raised in such a manner that he never was held accountable for any of his multiple failures in his life. Why would he suddenly decide to become responsible, when his entire focus has been to be the “war president” and rule the country? This is not a man of measured reason or intellect. He’s a cheney/rove puppet and does not need to be recognized for anything more than being a worst president in the modern America.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:13 pmjesus reid – could you add a bit more OOMPH to your pressers so that bush can hear you better? nice rebuke but seriously, i had to turn my speakers way up to hear ya!!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:14 pmI have a thought…..
Soon we will se Marshall Law enforced by Blackwater & the Mexican Army. The DoD/Joint Chiefs/DoE/Exxon/BP/GE/etc. are not going to pull out of Iraq. If anything there will be an escalation of war. Shortly we will attack and invade Iran. Moments before we will hear about some action by Iran that will act as a trigger like 9-11…
Who actually did do 9-11 people? Who let it happen? Why are we in Iraq to begin with??
April 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pmIt looks like it’s going to be a very long 650 days. I don’t know about anyone else, but sometimes standing back and looking at the big picture, I get sad that this country has become so divided. I become sad when I think about how many men and women (American, Iraqi etc) have died or become maimed because of this phony war on terrorism.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:16 pmComment by Don Bacon
Exactly! The President is the lowest on the Civilian totem pole, with citizens having the power through their Congressional representatives, in policy making regarding war. The President is the highest on the Military totem pole, serving as the Civilian control of the military and passing on the directives of that Civilian power to execute war.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:18 pmCongress is equal to the president? Don’t sell yourself short, Harry!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:18 pmSouthWest Bob:
April 10th, 2007 at 3:19 pmI have to agree.
And who would vote for such a Chronic Loser .
Yes of course, let’s elect this dumb-a$$, then I won’t feel so bad
about myself.
9/11 was a NeoCon wet dream…
April 10th, 2007 at 3:19 pmComment by Nicollo MacPlato — April 10, 2007 @ 3:03 pm
I couldn’t agree more. They have seemed to be taunting Dems to do just that. They’d love to be able to place the blame elsewhere.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:20 pm9/11 was a NeoCon wet dream…
Yeah, now they’re waking up and wondering the sheets are sticky.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:21 pmThe IncompetentCorruptAmericanPrince won’t even allow a thriving representitive Democracy in his own Kingdom. How is it that anybody would believe he can accomplish one in Iraq.
We need a surge of Democrats in Washington to create an island of sanity long enough for democracy to take hold in our own country.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:22 pmThe IncompetentCorruptAmericanPrince
I like that, but whenever he talks and walks he reminds me of an ape.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:24 pmHarry Reid, tough guy. Yeah, right.
Yawn.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:25 pmThe Chimp-In-Chief.
The Chimperor.
Let’s Chimpeach him.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:27 pmCynicon has had a Borg Repuke Troll implant.
Go back under your bridge, troll.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:29 pmI wonder how many people hate Bush and Cheney in the entire world? It must be really something to have that many enemies.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pm“Harry Reid, tough guy. Yeah, right.
Yawn.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 10, 2007 @ 3:25 pm”
You should be careful about oppening your mouth around Republicans…… You never know what they may try to stick in it!!!!
Oh….. Never mind…… You are a republican….. So when was the last time you had one of your buddies prodding you??????
Isn’t that what the Republicans like to do in thier spare time????
April 10th, 2007 at 3:30 pmHey you gonna listen to the Pope or listen to a cowboy who talks to God?
April 10th, 2007 at 3:33 pmHey penile-cynicon-implant,
Yah tough like AWOL Dubya.
Or deadeye Dick Cheney who hunts caged and clipped birds, and only shoots friends in the face.
Oh then there’s Foley who hunts pages.
Tom “No surrender” Delay
Shall we go on? Or shall you pull dubya’s detachable-penile from your mouth?
April 10th, 2007 at 3:33 pmCynicon got an implant all right…Jeffy Lube Gannon slipped it in.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:34 pmKICK HIS ASS SEA-BASS!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:36 pmIt seems to me that this constant raising of the bar isn’t meant to make the Dems blink but more to make them dig in and cut off funds.
Comment by Nicollo MacPlato #19
…your observations are not without merit Nicollo…
…the right wing inbred Bushites are playing a strategy…
…which seeks to take the Iraq war away from their EXALTED god Bushiva…
…and places it squarely in the hands of the Democrats…
…so that when U.S. troops pull out (because we won’t be able to keep this funding up, or the continuous pressure on military)…
…and the chaos and bloodletting gets going in earnest (whether we pull out in 10 months or ten years it’s inevitable “old scores” are going to be settled)…
…the Repulsivescum inbreds can point their fingers at Democrats and shout!
…”It’s THEIR (Dem’s) fault, THEY cut the funding and forced us to pull out before the “mission was accomplished”…
…even though THEY (Repulsivescum Bushites) KNOW that this war was lost from the day it was conceived…
…and the sad part about it is…
…the stupid a*s inbred “Independents” and “bluedog” Lieberman TRAITOR Democrats (nothing but Repulsivescum in Indy/Dem clothing)…
…will probably lap it up…
April 10th, 2007 at 3:37 pmI think tens of thousands of Iraqis marching in the streets demanding an end to American occupation is a strong signal that Harry Reid should turn up the heat on the Bushlickers.
He mentioned the Pope & the ‘06 election, but don’t forget Iraqis!
Bush is like the Borg in Star Trek…assimilate, assimilate, assimilate. They kind of look like people until close examination reveals thoughts & practices that just aren’t human.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:40 pm‘Bout time the Harry told the Simpya to blow is out is arse.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:43 pmAnd the Pope could do a better job in the White House than that ass from Texas and his gang of thieves and traitors. I am not a catholic, but I do think that you don’t get to be Pope without some highly developed political and diplomatic skills, which the Chimp is totally lacking. And, unlike the retard who thinks god chose him to be the anointed leader of the neocon/christonazis, Popes have been claiming to be God’s Vicar on earth for centuries and centuries…..
April 10th, 2007 at 3:45 pmQuick question for you guys: is it just Bush that you hate so much or is it all “Repugs”?
Quick comment: for a group that generally preaches tolerance, you guys show very little of it for people with opposing political views.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:49 pmHarry Reid, tough guy. Yeah, right.
Yawn. Comment by Cynicon Implant
Said CI from the chickenhawk corner of the ring.
This is just more chickenhawk feather fluffing chest puffing theatrics.
Ron Paul (R-TX) says this ’support the troops’ is a political canard. There is supposedly 700 billion in the pipeline for defense.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pmhttp://www.lewrockwell.com/orig8/shank1.html
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Tolerance will get you no-where except run over. No more playing nice. It doesn’t work.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:52 pmCongress needs to stand off & stand up to this dictator who inaccurately believes that he can control them. They have equal power to his and can cut him off at the bootstraps if they so choose by closing the open checkbook he’s enjoyed at the expense of the taxpayers in Iraq.
Listen to the Pope if he’s the god-fearing, bible-thumping christian which he purports to be! The Pope is calling it a massacre which is an accurate depiction. The rest of the world will soon be calling us murderers as well.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:56 pmQuick question for you guys: is it just Bush that you hate so much or is it all “Repugs�
Oh please the FOX pundits have been bashing people for their ideology for a decade, and all that has done is to help cloak the culture of corruption by spreading little lies one after the other.
I don’t hate Bush, I hate the hypocrisy.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:56 pmTolerance will get you no-where except run over. No more playing nice. It doesn’t work.
Comment by Noella Smackbottom
Cool. Bring it on.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:57 pm“Quick comment: for a group that generally preaches tolerance, you guys show very little of it for people with opposing political views.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 10, 2007 @ 3:49 pm”
No….. It’s just were TIRED of you Repugs making comments that are outlandish…..
i.e. “you don’t support the troops”, “your a traitor”, “your un-American”, etc….
I am a VET, so I do support the troops and I know what it is like have to deal with tough situations. I would fight to the death to protect my country…. DID YOU READ THAT???? MY COUNTRY, not some other country!!! Being an American means accepting ALL people, which the REPUBS do NOT!
Just listen to the racial comments made by MANY Repubs for your answer to that.
So until the REPUBS can stop throwing words around that are meant to demean and intimidate other people, people such as myself will return in kind your treatment.
Your post is KNOWN AS HYPOCRICY!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:57 pmTolerance doesn’t mean horsing around with psychopaths, dude! Get your details straight before throwing around loose generalities about what liberal means.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:57 pmNo more playing nice-nice with the GOPigs and Rethugs – it’s time to investigate, indict, impeach, and imprison.
April 10th, 2007 at 3:58 pmQuick question for you guys: is it just Bush that you hate so much or is it all “Repugs� Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 10, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Question for you: is it just the Clintons you hate so much, or is it all “Libruls”?
Quick comment: for a group that generally preaches tolerance, you guys show very little of it for people with opposing political views. Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 10, 2007 @ 3:49 pm
Quick comment: for a group that preaches moral superiority and values, you guys show very little of it.
As for *tolerance*, we tolerate your viewpoint nicely, but you confuse tolerance, with our willingness to allow you to FORCE us to live by your viewpoints.
Were you always brain damaged, or was it when the priest molested you that you became a freak?
April 10th, 2007 at 3:59 pmCool. Bring it on.
Comment by Cynicon Implant — April 10, 2007 @ 3:57 pm
Cowards like you always say that, yet you’re the first to duck under the table. You aren’t capable of DEBATE or BRINGING IT ON, you’re just another suicide bomber, hate filled, religious idiot.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:00 pmLOL!! The troll comes in here, insults Harry Reid, and then whines when everybody jumps on him.
Stupid whining dumbass Repuke trolls. They’re all inbred morons.
Go back under your bridge, troll.
And take that implant out of your ass.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:01 pmCool. Bring it on.
Comment by Cynicon Implant
Remember that you asked for this.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:02 pmSupporting the Chimpy regime is NOT an “opposing political view”
It is a treasonous act against the Constitution.
Chimpy and the Repukes HAVE no legitimate political view.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:03 pmBreast Implant needs a nose job.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:03 pm“Cool. Bring it on.” – Repuke troll.
Okay, bend over for your implant.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:04 pmIsn’t THIS what the America people voted for last November?
Thank you Pelosi and Reid.
April 10th, 2007 at 4:08 pmFrom # 51: Quick comment: for a group that generally preaches tolerance, you guys show very little of it for people with opposing political views.
Unfortunately it’s not political views that we differ on. It’s accepting reality for what it is. Reality has nothing to do with politics. Reality is the truth. Reality is people dying to justify lies, greed, and power in a massive effort to destroy the very environment that sustains our species. Are we a cancer on the earth that has no brains or the one living animal that can overcome ignorance?
April 10th, 2007 at 4:55 pmDid you notice how quick ol’ “throw in the towel” Harry was to criticize GWB – Pope Benedict coulld NOT possibly have been talking about Muslims KILLING Muslims……?
Note to Harry – “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. ” Are you listening, Harry????
John F. Kennedy
Harry Reid should take note from the last DEFENSE MINDED Democrat – JFK. He said the Church would not interfere with his official decisions in his famous Houston Speech on 9/11/1960, “in which no priest could tell a president what to do and in which no Protestant clergyman could tell his parishioners how to vote.”
What is it with Dems that they have a problem with remembering various events of September 11??
April 10th, 2007 at 5:11 pmReid and Co. can’t bow under pressure to the Chimp. Let King George the Lesser veto the bill and let the blood of our soldiers be on HIS hands.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:30 pmValient,
Who is responsible for the current situation in Iraq where Muslims are killing each other at rates above the baseline?
Invoking JFK to insert the “surrender” word is not appreciated.
April 10th, 2007 at 5:33 pmNANCY and HARRY went to see Bush
April 10th, 2007 at 7:02 pmAnd gave the commander-in-THIEF a KICK in HIS TUSH!
Said Pelosi and Reid, “You ASININE MORON and COWARDLY KNAVE!
You DARE LECTURE US on YOUR MISERABLE BLANK CHECK to SAVE?
GO F*CK YOURSELF SIDEWAYS, HERE, WE’LL GIVE YA A PUSH!!!!!”
This is the Bush version of discussion — come to see me and I will tell you what you must do. Period. Do it my way or else.
April 10th, 2007 at 7:07 pmYes, this is a real leader all right – a dictator, a boy-king, a fool who will not listen to the people.
Did you notice how quick ol’ “throw in the towel†Harry was to criticize GWB – Pope Benedict coulld NOT possibly have been talking about Muslims KILLING Muslims……? Comment by valiant venus — April 10, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Wow, so now you’re speaking for the pope? You really do think highly of yourself, don’t you Anorexia girl. As for throwing in the towel, you mean like refusing to negotiate, discuss or actively consider others a partner in solving issues? Wow, nothing like throwing in the towel on the whole human race like you have – st*pid c*nt.
Note to Harry – “The cost of freedom is always high, but Americans have always paid it. And one path we shall never choose, and that is the path of surrender, or submission. †Are you listening, Harry???? John F. Kennedy Comment by valiant venus — April 10, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Yeah, one path is to recognize when you’re also being the bad guy. Iraq never threatened our freedom, neither do they do now. What threatens our freedom, are right wing (Christo/Judeo)fascists like you that use the constitution as toilet paper. Hear that Anorexia girl?
Harry Reid should take note from the last DEFENSE MINDED Democrat – JFK. Comment by valiant venus — April 10, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Don’t lecture us on the values of Democrats – st*pid c*nt. While you’re at it, you might want to take note of Eisenhower’s warning of the dangers of the MilitaryIndustrialComplex, or the founding fathers’ warning of the ambitions of a standing army.
While you’re at it, give yourself some advice. STFU until you have something relevant or insightful to offer. ST*pid c*nt.
He said the Church would not interfere with his official decisions in his famous Houston Speech on 9/11/1960, “in which no priest could tell a president what to do and in which no Protestant clergyman could tell his parishioners how to vote.†Comment by valiant venus — April 10, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
Yet you represent the party that only listens to what the Church has to say, as long as it says what you want – like invade Iraq, or attack gays. You’re a st*pid c*nt.
What is it with Dems that they have a problem with remembering various events of September 11?? Comment by valiant venus — April 10, 2007 @ 5:11 pm
You mean the day Bush failed the country by not working to stop a terrorist attack, because he was too pre-occupied with the war on drugs? That day?
We remember it well, apparently you don’t, because you went and attacked a country not involved with it and created MORE TERRORISTS. You’re a st*pid c*nt little girl.
April 10th, 2007 at 9:13 pmI have nothing but respect for Senator Harry Reid, I believe he truly speaks for the American people. Harry Reid knows reality when he sees it. He was raised in the real world, If you have ever been to his hometown of Searchlight, Nevada, you will understand what it must have taken in personal strength and belief in our country to get where he is today. He is a self made man. Harry Reid is everything that President Bush is not. Harry Reid was born in a shack, the child of a hard rock uranium miner. George Bush was born with a silver spoon in his mouth, and has been nothing but a self made failure his entire life. George Bush does not represent or speak for the hard working, self made men and women of America, he has brought shame on our country. Bring him down to reality Senator Reid!
April 10th, 2007 at 11:17 pmGive em hell Harry.
April 10th, 2007 at 11:24 pmWell, I read all the comments, and am so happy that most of the comments are well thought out, and really reflect the thoughts of the majority. Of course, there are always comments by a few rethugs who can’t possibly believe the bullshit, and twisted logic they spew. What is interesting to me is that the number of comments by the right wing cool aid drinkers has been decreasing lately. Not only on this post, but most that I read. I’ve always thought that right wing posters get paid for posting! I guess that the briefcases of cash, from the back door of the white house, are now being directed only to Ann Coulter, Bill Oraly,
April 11th, 2007 at 12:09 amShawn Hannity, Rush Limp Baugh Etc. The cost of keeping the lies alive and well on the airwaves are now short changing those who comment on blogs. Bush and his cabal should be IMPEACHED NOW in order to save the lives of our troops, and Iraqi’s, who will surely die if these lunitics in the white house are allowed to finish their term. They know that they are going down, and they cling to the last straws of power to buy time, and figure out a way to try to stay out of prison. IMPEACHMENT NOW would contain them before they do further damage to this country. I truly believe, that thanks to W, The RethugliCON party will be marginalized for generations. He screwed up his party the same way he screwed up everything he’s ever done. He has even managed to screw up his family by exposing them as the criminals, and war profiteers they have been for generations. THE ONLY THING GEORGE BUSH HAS BEEN SUCESSFULL AT IS FAILURE!
April 11th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
As for a embryo being the size of a period you might want to remember the Annunciation when the Lord God became Incarnate. He became man/God in an instant. Would you experiment on his embryo to pronlong your life? As for the Iraq War you people are fools. The Liberal Media has you just where they want you. You have been indoctrinated/BRAINWASHED. You have No idea of the people you are dealing with. I wish you all luck. Your crap is going to hit the fan and many good people will die. Have a nice day, while you can.
April 14th, 2007 at 12:52 amProbably as long as there have been human beings on the planet, there has been stupidity.
I am willing to grant that, but it does seem like lately we have been getting stupidity on steroids. Maybe it is just because cable TV inherently magnifies otherwise plain, simple random stupidity into instant celebrity.
Maybe it is because of global warming. Heck, we can blame every other earthly problem on global warming, so there should be some way to work stupidity into the mix (although I think when drug addicts say their brain was fried, they are not talking about the temperature).
Or maybe it is just because there are no grown-ups left. I remember reading a novel when I was in junior high about a world where all the grownups disappeared one night and all the children got bigger. Problem was, they didn’t get smarter, just bigger.
That seems to just about fit the facts of our modern-day epidemic of stupidity.
Take Don Imus, for example.
Here is a guy who has spent the last 40 years telling us why he is smarter than the rest of us. On his radio and television show, he has cultivated a cadre of fawning celebrities who cater to his megalomania and vie for invitations on the show where they can be insulted by him for being dim-witted or ugly or whatever he wants to say.
This week, Imus more than lived up to the name given him by MSNBC newswoman Contessa Brewer back in 2005 when she was forced to read the news on his program. She called him “a cantankerous old fool,†at which point he called her “fat†and got her removed from the show.
This week, Imus probably wished he had just called a woman fat. Instead he referred to the Rutgers women’s basketball team as “nappy-headed hos.†Then, probably in an effort to distract attention from Imus’s stupidity, his producer Bernard McGuirk called the Rutgers team “jigaboos,†which for those of you who don’t know is the prehistoric form of the “n†word.
But it doesn’t matter what Imus or McGuirk say because they are just on the radio or TV, and you can turn them off, right? Remember the prevailing wisdom is that the First Amendment gives people the right to say virtually anything they want in public no matter how coarse or inappropriate. At least that is what passes for wisdom by people who just don’t seem to care how sick our society becomes.
Although Imus apologized, the New York Times also reported that he “said people should relax and not worry about ‘some idiot comment meant to be amusing.’â€
Uh huh. Why worry about the sickening of our society?
Speaking of idiot comments, sometimes they come from high places. Nancy “Chamberlain†Pelosi demonstrated this week that she doesn’t know any more about diplomacy than she does about war. The Speaker of the House spent part of the week square-dancing with Syrian strongman Bashar Assad, then announced that she had whispered in his ear that Israel was ready to negotiate.
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert quickly set the record straight, however, saying that “Syria continues to be part of the axis of evil and an element that encourages terror in the Middle East.†If there are going to be negotiations, “Syria must cease its support for terror,†Olmert said. Since Pelosi doesn’t comprehend the idea of an axis of evil, it is unlikely she got the message from Olmert.
Of course it was just a week or two ago that we learned from Rosie O’Donnell (diva to the Taliban) that terrorists are not evil anyway, just misunderstood. Remember folks, it is the United States which is evil. Get with the (moveon.org) program!
Closer to home, we saw one more in a long string of incidents that should have us worried about what exactly we are teaching our children. Turns out that four fifth-graders allegedly had sex in front of other students in an unsupervised classroom in rural Louisiana.
The students — two 11-year-old girls, a 12-year-old boy and a 13-year old boy — have been arrested and were charged with obscenity, a felony.
About this incident, you can say two things. First, it is unbelievable. Second, we had better believe it because it is not an isolated case. These kinds of things are happening more and more.
And why shouldn’t they? Schools are not allowed to teach values any more — because values suggest some inherent meaning to life, and such meaning can only be discovered when you acknowledge that life has a spiritual component which is just as important as the biological one.
So what are we teaching instead of values?
Don’t know if there is a core curriculum in “American Idol†yet, but Michigan Democrats have put forward a plan to buy an iPod or MP3 player for every school child in the state.
Yeah, Michigan, the very same state which faces a $1 billion deficit and which is planning on raising taxes to pay its many bills. As the Detroit News asked in an editorial, “Are they !#$!ing idiots?â€
April 14th, 2007 at 1:06 amWashington — There was a tinge of Hanoi Jane quality to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s exuberance in declaring during her visit with Syrian dictator Bashar Assad that the “road to peace” in the region apparently went through Damascus. Seemingly enjoying the media frenzy that ensued from leading the highest-level delegation of U.S. officials to Syria since the nominal cessation of relations between Washington and the Ba’athist regime, Mrs. Pelosi wandered the historic streets of Damascus ever ignorant of the regime minders closely in tow; as her smiling profile was plastered throughout all the major state-controlled media outlets where Bashar Assad’s “success” was heralded by both local media and international Arab satellite stations. Whether for self-interested political reasons, or simple criminal inattentiveness to the pernicious impact of her visit, Mrs. Pelosi met with Mr. Assad, despite strenuous objections from U.S. government corners and pleas from a Syrian opposition still reeling from the latest round of mass arrests.
Mrs. Pelosi’s misguided attempt at shuttle diplomacy did more than present a convenient contradiction in U.S. policy for Assad and Ba’athist propaganda to adroitly exploit; her presence further abetted efforts by the regime to demonstrate to a weary Syrian populace that Mr. Assad still maintained significant clout and leverage against the United States and the West. That is, for those Syrians hoping for a sign that the Western world was finally matching its rhetoric of pressuring and squeezing an increasingly belligerent Assad regime, Mrs. Pelosi’s amateurish road show thoroughly dampened any confidence by the Syrian people that they could count on the West and the United States in particular, to stand in good-faith by their word.
This devaluation of trust by the people in the region will have serious negative repercussions for U.S. interests down the line — already rampant rumors exist in the country that Mr. Assad is secretly supported by the United States, despite appearances that would indicate otherwise. Mrs. Pelosi’s visit merely served to reinforce such perceptions and deepen the despair in a magnitude akin to a hostage receiving word that no one was coming to their rescue.
Admittedly, members of Mrs. Pelosi’s congressional delegation, such as Rep. Tom Lantos, have a proven track record in taking the Assad regime to task for its well-documented intransigence, but this time around even Mr. Lantos’ usual stern message of warning was not delivered to Bashar and his family-run machine of state terror. The regime was able to frame Mrs. Pelosi’s visit in the most beneficial and helpful manner possible. By projecting the image of the West “needing” Mr. Assad, his hand in the region was strengthened regardless of the international momentum that had been steadily built up against him since the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq Hariri.
In fact, the results of the last congressional delegation — led by Sen. John Kerry — which visited Assad last December should have been telling; then, as now, despite grand bombast on the importance of “dialogue,” the regime merely scored a public-relations victory — while there was no visible evidence that the Syrian regime was relaxing its repressive domestic and offensive foreign policies.
Indeed, as Mrs. Pelosi was wrapping up her tete-a-tete, the Ba’athist regime sought to add extra mileage to its PR coup de grace when it released a statement claiming it had played an important role as an interlocutor with Iran as the British hostages were released.
Simply put, if Damascus is indeed integral for the “road to peace,” as Mrs. Pelosi claimed, then Mr. Assad had long made a U-turn. But her words were more than an embarrassment and potential setback for U.S. interests. As brave resistors to Ba’athist rule like Kamal Labwani and Michel Kilo still languish in solitary confinement at the hands of the cruel Political Security Directorate, such prattle has the very real consequence of costing lives. Words kill, and Mrs. Pelosi’s ill-timing undercuts substantive efforts by the opposition within and outside Syria to develop a meaningful democratic alternative to a hateful regime that in the end neither benefits U.S. interests nor those of the Syrian people.
It is a matter of knowing who the enemy is and what they stand for; and as Mrs. Pelosi’s colleagues in Congress announced their intention to ban the term “global war on terror,” it may come as little surprise that such myopic disdain for this regime’s serious ill will against stability and democracy in the region seems to dominate certain policy quarters within the U.S. government.
Our suggestion to U.S. officials and policy makers of all political persuasion is to heed the advice of Natan Sharansky, survivor of the Soviet Union’s gulag — who suggested that U.S. policy-makers link any positive rapprochement with the Soviet Union with changes in the latter’s domestic policy, especially pertaining to mistreatment of the refuseniks. That policy eventually came to successful fruition due to steadfastness showed by U.S. leadership; and it is a policy that can equally prove fruitful today in places like Syria. Linking a demand for justice for the Syrian people with normalized relations can go a long ways in solving the numerous problems that Assad’s regime is causing for U.S. security interests. Vacuous open-ended dialogue is simply a one-way street, going the wrong way
April 14th, 2007 at 1:10 amHey you leftist motherf**kers!
Glad to see you’re all doing a fine job of confirming that the left IS nothing but a bunch of clueless traitors.
The time is coming close for you to have your asses handed to ya…
April 24th, 2007 at 5:39 pm