ThinkFast: April 12, 2007
ThinkFast: April 12, 2007
“A bomb rocked Iraq’s parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone Thursday, killing at least two lawmakers in a stunning security breach in the third month of a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown on violence in the capital … The brazen bombing was the clearest evidence yet that militants can penetrate even the most secure locations.”
White House officials privately concede that much of the added domestic funding projects in the Iraq supplemental is necessary, contrary to Bush’s claim that they are “pork barrel projects.” “We agree that the funding is needed,” one official said, specifically citing added funds for homeland security and to help Gulf Coast states still recovering from Hurricane Katrina.
“Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community leaders, who accused him of ignorance and failing to provide support for black-led efforts to tackle the problem.”
“A librarian who fended off an FBI demand for computer records on patrons said Wednesday that secret anti-terrorism investigations strip away personal freedoms.” George Christian said his experience “should raise a big patriotic American flag of caution” about the strain that the Bush administration has put on civil liberties.
The war in Iraq has “spawned new terror in the region,” the Oxford Research Group, a British think tank, states in a new report. The U.S. and Britain have tried to “keep the lid on” terrorism problems with military force but “failed to address the root causes.” The report also states that Iran, Syria and North Korea have become “emboldened.”
“Al Qaeda’s new affiliate in North Africa asserted responsibility Wednesday for the deadliest attacks in Algeria’s capital in a decade as 24 people were reported killed and 222 injured in bombings that shattered the prime minister’s headquarters and a police base.”
Facing strong congressional opposition, the White House yesterday withdrew its nomination of William Wehrum to head the EPA’s air pollution office. Wehrum was the “the behind-the-scenes architect” of some of the Bush administration’s most controversial initiatives, including a plan to loosen emission caps on dangerous air toxins.
Conservative state legislators killed an effort yesterday to hang Coretta Scott King’s portrait in Georgia’s Capitol, next to a photo of her late husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Mrs. King certainly is a wonderful humanitarian…but this is not a museum,” said State Rep. Calvin Hill (R).
“Five years after the Bush administration began a crackdown on voter fraud, the Justice Department has turned up virtually no evidence of any organized effort to skew federal elections.” Just 120 people have been charged with voter fraud crimes, and 86 convicted as of last year.
And finally: Freshmen Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) “are locked in a tight race over who will be class geek.” They are competing to win the Golden Gavel Award, which “goes to any senator who has presided over the Senate for 100 hours in any given year.” At this point, Klobuchar is winning by a mere 20 minutes.
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OT I’m Keith Olberman’s biggest fan. Yet I’m disappointed he hasn’t commented on this story. Its as egregious as anything Don Imus did…
MSNBC Re-Writes History
Sat Apr 07, 2007
MSNBC has put together a slide-show offering a brief history of Iran. They’ve managed to go back further than 1979 - impressive for a mainstream outlet.
But, amazingly, they’ve contrived to ignore Mohammed Mossadeq, the democratically elected prime minister of Iran who in 1953 was overthrown in a UK/CIA-backed coup, which installed the brutal and corrupt Shah in his place.
The overthrow of Mossadeq is probably, together with the 1979 Islamic revolution, the seminal moment in the history of 20th century Iran, and MSNBC has just wiped it out for political convenience.
Mossadeq had dared to nationalise the Iranian oil industry at the expense of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (now British Petroleum), and such defiance could obviously not be tolerated by the masters of the world.
The slide-show also makes no mention of the fact that the U.S. supported Iraq in its aggression against Iran, which left up a million people dead on all sides.
That MSNBC has completely obliterated the U.S.’ history of aggression towards Iran at a time when the Bush administration is trying to drum up militaristic fervour is an utter disgrace.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:11 amMore Surge, more violence, more death, and more destruction, but hey profits are up at Haliburton as well as Northrop Grumman, Lockheed, Exxon, BP, and so on, and so on.
Mission Accomplished Yet?
Will they EVER stand up so we can stand down?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:14 amTony Blair is Don Imus with a British accent.
Why don’t you bomb the brown people in your country too Tony?
-GSD
April 12th, 2007 at 9:15 amPretty soon the green zone will be as “safe” as the rest of Iraq. Whats arabic for “tet offensive”?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:21 am“A bomb rocked Iraq’s parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone Thursday, killing at least two lawmakers . . . “
Welcome to the surge. Meet the new Iraq War; same as the old Iraq War.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:25 amFront page of the UK Financial Times:
http://www.ft.com/ cms/ s/ 42f29804-e8ae-11db-b2c3-000b5df10621.html
Wolfowitz in deep doodoo for cronyism.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:28 amMcPain, Greasy Graham & Spoof Spence may decide to not revisit the rug shopping fiasco; the Green Zone is getting to look like the rest of Baghdad.
But…the Splurge is working, right?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:30 amMore like nepotism, Dumb_Fox, she’s his girlfriend.
So much for the head of the World Bank. And we must believe in “full free capitalism and economic globalization”
April 12th, 2007 at 9:32 amFacing strong congressional opposition, the White House yesterday withdrew its nomination of William Wehrum to head the EPA’s air pollution office. Wehrum was the “the behind-the-scenes architect†of some of the Bush administration’s most controversial initiatives, including a plan to loosen emission caps on dangerous air toxins.
What was the phone of the FBI, to turn Wehrum for help propalling WMD air toxins?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:36 amEvil says:
And we must believe in “full free capitalism and economic globalizationâ€
Like the story a few days ago about USA pressuring China to stop the piracy. China shoulda replies stop the exploitation of our workers and pay them a living wage.
The only the worse than Communism is Capitalism with no oversight.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:40 am“A librarian who fended off an FBI demand for computer records on patrons said Wednesday that secret anti-terrorism investigations strip away personal freedoms.†George Christian said his experience “should raise a big patriotic American flag of caution†about the strain that the Bush administration has put on civil liberties.
This is the kind of crap that really upsets me. If we are ever to establish trust among our citizens that we can live in a safe and secure environment, ensuring that we all feel like crooks, liars or terorists (or that our neighbors are) is probably not the best way to go about it.
I go out of my way to get on the do not call list, get off mailing lists, make sure no one gets my phone #, e-mail address, any personal information. I do this because I truely think the invasivenesss/impoliteness/take for granted-ness of our culture is disgusting. My family doesn’t watch tv in part because of all the mindless shows, but also because of the advertising. I am a thinking, breathing human being. I can research and decide what is good for myself/family/home/cat/dog/car…..without being told by someone else. I refuse to turn into a mindless commercialized zombie!
For people to eagerly give out all of their personal information for a “club price” or “free something or other” to me is analagous of the zombies eagerly giving away their personal freedoms to a corrupt government.
I am glad to see that unquestioning adherance to stupid and corrupt system is starting to be stood up to and questioned. Two cheers for the librarians!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:42 amAny thoughts on the ‘lost’ emails the WH sent using RNC servers?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:42 amThe only the worse than Communism is Capitalism with no oversight.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:44 amAmen!
The Bush administration has traded our civil liberties for the mock illusion of safety - all trumped up by the fervor of 911 - an Improbable Collapse? Perhaps and seeming to be more so with each new piece of evidence and each usurpation of our rights and liberties. After all, withot 911, we would have no Patriot Act and no war in Iraq. You be the judge - connect the dots - it’s sad & painful but the critical mass is realizing it now.
go to http://www.911truth.org and see how many (82%) now believe that 911 was an inside job.
911 was the “catalyst for the destruction of this democracy” and PNAC’s dream.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:44 am#11 Other than this being a flagrant violation of the Presidential Records Act and punishable, what else can one say? Expected?? Absolutely! Obviously, there is no NADIR to which this corrupt, lying group of criminals will stoop! Just like the limbo, the bar gets lowered every day. Soon they will be crawling on their bellies and squealing for mercy. I think the RNC needs to answer for this one as well. Let’s subpoena the head of RNC and watch that fool squirm. After all, their activities have clearly broken the law - indict and dole out the punishment.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 am“Tony Blair yesterday claimed the spate of knife and gun murders in London was not being caused by poverty, but a distinctive black culture. His remarks angered community leaders, who accused him of ignorance and failing to provide support for black-led efforts to tackle the problem.â€
White people in Britain don’t commit murder, it that it Tony?
Try this, Tony: If you can’t say something smart, then keep your trap shut.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 amComment by Chocolate Jesus — April 12, 2007 @ 9:21 am
الجديدة Ù‡Ùجومي
April 12th, 2007 at 9:47 amThe truth about 911 (Bush’s Pearl Harbor?) is coming - fast and furious - and americans will have to deal with the truth in order to begin the healing process which is concomitant to recovery from the constitutional nightmare we find ourselves amidst.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:48 amHacker bob,
is that Arabic for “we’re frigged again”?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:49 amAny thoughts on the ‘lost’ emails the WH sent using RNC servers?
Lost, my @$$!
I swear, we will have to start severely punishing “misstatements” and outright lies by government agencies and people who serve under them if we are ever going to clean up our government. It is obviously way too easy to do so now and get away with what EVERYONE knows is one. Our children know better until they start seeing what our government does.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:49 amTony Blair IS Bush’s poodle - they are both bigots!
April 12th, 2007 at 9:50 am“A librarian who fended off an FBI demand for computer records on patrons said Wednesday that secret anti-terrorism investigations strip away personal freedoms.†George Christian said his experience “should raise a big patriotic American flag of caution†about the strain that the Bush administration has put on civil liberties.
Those damned National Security Letters. F*ck that shit.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:50 amFacing strong congressional opposition, the White House yesterday withdrew its nomination of William Wehrum to head the EPA’s air pollution office. Wehrum was the “the behind-the-scenes architect†of some of the Bush administration’s most controversial initiatives, including a plan to loosen emission caps on dangerous air toxins.
But he’ll get the post via a Bush recess appointment the next time congress takes a recess. Precendent: the recess appointment last week of withdrawn nominee for Ambassador to Belgium, Sam Fox.
Theresa
April 12th, 2007 at 9:51 amTP, why not my comment on the FBI and librarians? I broke none of your rules.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:51 amNothing about the truck bomb taking down the bridge in baghdad.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:52 amConservative state legislators killed an effort yesterday to hang Coretta Scott King’s portrait in Georgia’s Capitol, next to a photo of her late husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Mrs. King certainly is a wonderful humanitarian…but this is not a museum,†said State Rep. Calvin Hill (R).
Jay Randal & unbelievable (and any others):
Do either of you happen to know if there are any other portraits hanging in the Georgia Capitol building?
April 12th, 2007 at 9:53 amAlthough this Congress is mired in investigating 6 years of overt corruption, the onus of responsibility for bringing about impeachment charges is now upon them. It’s clear that Bush’s administration is the most corrupt in the history of this country; it’s also clear that Bush has lied repeatedly to the american people - something which has eroded the level of respect and trust of the people. NOW is the time to begin the road to recovery - with the american people and the rest of the world - by bringing these criminals in the white house to justice. It’s imperative that Bush & Cheney be impeached and not allowed to remain in office for the remainder of their term - that is, IF this country has even the slightest chance for recovery of what it has taken us 200 years to achieve.
IMPEACHMENT IS NO LONGER A CHOICE; IT IS A MANDATE TO THE CONGRESS BY THE PEOPLE OF THIS DEMOCRACY.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:53 amThe People are getting sick & tired of the daily litany of criminal actions, lies, deceptions, and this administration feigning ignorance and memory loss - they owe it to the people to come clean so, collectively, we can move forward beyong this quagmire of filth. Gonzales needs to step down, as do Cheney & Rice….and Dubya needs to be impeached. Then you will hear a roar of support from the people.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:55 amOne of my comments on the librarians standing up to our government got wiped by TP. WTF? Nothing remotely close to vulgar or offensive. The “monitor fairy” on today seems a little overzealous.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:55 amInsurgents infiltrating the Green Zone - is anyone surprised? We don’t have a clue as to what we are doing there. Not a single clue.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:56 am#10 The only the worse than Communism is Capitalism with no oversight.
Comment by GWB — April 12, 2007 @ 9:40 am
Yes and no. Communism, altough theorethically is fair and balanced, as has been applied in this world, is bad, due to what is the curse of the humanity in every social and economic system of the world: the powerful ones tend to abuse their power and harm the less powerful. Thus, oversight is needed always, and applied Communism failed (where it has failed) because it was rotten to the core.
People thinks that Capitalism is a better system because it hasn’t failed yet so blatantly, but the reality is that first, Capitalism isn’t a social system, but a economic system, and second, if we let it rot the core of a society, it will fall like the Communism, or some flavors of Communism.
Just check the many dictadures that had a Capitalist system (almost all the ones created by the USA in South America and a couple other countries). The dictadures failed because there was not a fair social system, independantly of the economic system. In fact, Capitalism without social justice quickened the fall, creating hordes of dirt poor people.
April 12th, 2007 at 9:57 amComment by Larry from C — April 12, 2007 @ 9:11 am
larry - i love your comments, for their relevance and importance…
April 12th, 2007 at 9:57 ambut i’m never sure which are YOUR words and which are sourced…
you really should provide links, at the least…
thanks…
Well, someone contact Linseed Graham, he can donate some cheap new rugs to the parliament building.
-GSD
April 12th, 2007 at 9:59 amConservative state legislators killed an effort yesterday to hang Coretta Scott King’s portrait in Georgia’s Capitol, next to a photo of her late husband, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. “Mrs. King certainly is a wonderful humanitarian…but this is not a museum,†said State Rep. Calvin Hill (R).
Except of course, that it is a museum. Georgia Capitol Museum website
April 12th, 2007 at 10:00 amComment by GWB — April 12, 2007 @ 9:49 am
Sorry, that was “New Years (Tet) Offensive”.
I’ll work on that one though!
April 12th, 2007 at 10:00 amKaty,
April 12th, 2007 at 10:05 amNot everyone writes like a journalist. Everyone here knows how to source, so I am assuming that if they don’t, it is becuase they choose not to. They just want to get their thoughts across. Putting a ” you should” on someone else reeks of control.
Bluedahlia,
I like to see links on things like Larry put up, but I also realize that if you put a link on a comment it will probably not make the cut. Maybe just give us a few key words for “The Google.”
April 12th, 2007 at 10:17 amKaty,
Actually, the article Larry from C cites can be found here.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:20 amPutting a †you should†on someone else reeks of control.
Comment by Bluedahlia — April 12, 2007 @ 10:05 am
well, no… “you MUST” would do that…
i know i’m not the only one who has asked a commentor to source the information… it’s the proper thing to do…
April 12th, 2007 at 10:22 amand surely larry himself can respond to that comment…
just sayin’…
Katy,
April 12th, 2007 at 10:29 amAsking to is source good if that is what you would like. But you didn’t ask politely, you told him what he shoud do. I am not talking about the past either, just what hapened now. Sometimes when people feel attacked, they retreat. “Just Sayin’ “
THAT WAS THEN, THIS IS NOW:
In 2000, Team Bush took over the Republican Party and laid out its promises to the American people. The following pledges and claims are taken directly from the 2000 GOP Platform. Should we laugh or cry at promises made by an administration that has ruled through deception, endless war, politicization of intelligence and the Justice Dept., outing CIA officers, and the like?
Honest Government
Keeping Intelligence Free of Politics
Diplomacy and Maintaining Allies
Endless Military Missions, Exit Strategies and Troop Readiness
Restoring the Rule of Law and the Justice Department
Gas Prices (then $1.55 per gallon)
April 12th, 2007 at 10:31 amZooey,
April 12th, 2007 at 10:31 amDon’t I know it. Sometimes reasonable thoughts on an open thread don’t make the cut either. *sigh*
Nice perspective BnF.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:34 amSee you later, all!
No playing nicely — unless it’s with each other. :-)
April 12th, 2007 at 10:34 amA woman is in walking in the snow and trips over a stick. She realizes that it was not a stick at all but instead it was a frozen snake. She decides to try to save it so takes it home and thaws it out. She feeds it, warms it, nurtures it and then it bites her. As she is laying there dying she asks the snake, “Why did you bite me when I saved you?†The snake replied, “You knew I was a snake bitch!â€
April 12th, 2007 at 10:47 am”But this is still early in the process and I don’t think anybody expected there would not be counterefforts by terrorists to undermine the security progress we’re trying to make.”
Where have I heard that before. Terrorist aren’t that smart they couldn’t be!
April 12th, 2007 at 10:47 amThese people in Washington are do predictable and stupid no wonder we are losing.
#31 When I include links my posts often don’t show up. I will make an effort to try and source it in the future.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:54 amNice perspective BnF.
Comment by Bluedahlia — April 12, 2007 @ 10:34 am
Giving credit where credit is due:
it was from an email from Progressive Democrats.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:55 amMy comment #1 was posted on Daily Kos by “Heathlander” and edited for readability by me.
April 12th, 2007 at 10:56 amMy comment #1 was posted on Daily Kos by “Heathlander†and edited for readability by me.
Comment by Larry from C — April 12, 2007 @ 10:56 am
thar ya go! thanks!
April 12th, 2007 at 11:11 amGiving credit where credit is due:
it was from an email from Progressive Democrats.
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — April 12, 2007 @ 10:55 am
and that’s what it’s all about…
just sayin’…
April 12th, 2007 at 11:23 amGas Prices (then $1.55 per gallon)
“Today, gas prices have skyrocketed, and oil imports are at all-time highs….By any reasonable standard, the Department of Energy has utterly failed in its mission to safeguard America’s energy security. “
Comment by Briseadh na Faire — April 12, 2007 @ 10:31 am
The military is presently engaging in just that mission. The idea that the DoE can pull oil out of a hat is pretty crazy. Oil is FINITE that is to say that at some point there will simply not be enough to go around. You should have listed ENERGY as #1 on your list since all of the other items on that list depend on abundant, cheap ENERGY. The US economy is built and driven on oil. All of the goods you purchase require oil in one way or another. Your computer takes several barrels of oil to make.
Humanity functions on the same curve as the energy we use. Abundant, cheap oil, NG and coal allowed us to breed to over 6.5 BILLION humans. At some point, as energy depletes the population will rapidly fall. This is called “die-off” and starvation, elements, disease, radiation, war, pestilence and a few others will help the population to return to its “pre-industrial revolution” size.
Since we have caused a great deal of damage we may possibly be facing extinction should the “die-off” cause the population size to go to low? It looks like the Military is doing a “controlled burn” by killing “terrorists” and at the same time securing resources through PLUNDER.
Provided I’m correct about all of this; it would be impossible for the government to admit that the energy situation is so dismal that we have to resort to larceny or watch America enter a second Civil War.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:25 amwhere was i reading/hearing, just the other day, that oil reserves are drying up much faster than originally declared?… mostly because methods of extraction have become so much more efficient…
anyone?…
April 12th, 2007 at 11:30 amanyone?…
Comment by katy — April 12, 2007 @ 11:30 am
Katy a great “Oil Depletion” site you could visit is called “The Oil Drum”
&
There is a video you can watch that shows it all called, “Rob Newman’s History of Oil”
(just Gogle the URLs this site does not allow me to post the links)
Oil depletes on a curve and at the same time our demand has increased. It is said that when the EROEI (energy returned on energy invested) of oil gets close to 1 to 1 (it takes a barrel to get a barrel) that we are DONE.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:48 am#25.
The state’s capitol art collection includes 296 portraits, plaques, statues and sculptures, some of which are in storage. Of the 93 portraits now on display in the Capitol, only five depict African-Americans, including the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., said Dorothy Olson, director of the Georgia Capitol Museum and Capitol Tours.
5 out of 93…hmmmmm…
“I do think that, as a general rule, it ought to be residents of Georgia that claim Georgia as home,†Richardson added about his criteria for which portraits should go in the Capitol, “and I do know that some of those people on that list are not Georgia residents. And this is the Georgia Capitol.â€
Several people who are not from Georgia are honored in the portraits already on display in the Capitol, including Confederate General Robert E. Lee of Virginia and President Andrew Jackson, who was born in South Carolina.
April 12th, 2007 at 11:49 amComment by Saywho — April 12, 2007 @ 11:48 am
thanks for that info… i still can’t remember where i heard what i’m trying to recall… a good chance it was on AirAmerica’s RING OF FIRE… or ECO TALK…
April 12th, 2007 at 12:04 pmi have no doubt the supply will run out… it’s only logical…
so is putting resources into finding alternative energies, but some have dificulty wrapping their small minds around that idea…
imagine that…
Try this link to
April 12th, 2007 at 12:13 pm“>Rob Newman’s History of Oil
#40, I fixed it
Honest Government
“Trust, pride, and respect: we pledge to destroy these qualities to the way Americans view their government.â€
Keeping Intelligence Free of Politics
“Nor should the intelligence community be made the scapegoat for political misjudgments. A Republican administration working with the Congress will screw over and ignore the needs and quiet sacrifices of these public servants as it politicizes and downgrades America’s intelligence and counter-intelligence capabilities…â€
Diplomacy and Maintaining Allies
“The arrogance, inconsistency, and unreliability of the administration’s diplomacy have undermined American alliances, alienated friends, and emboldened our adversaries, and we pledge to take this arrogance inconsistency and unreliability to new levelsâ€
Endless Military Missions, Exit Strategies and Troop Readiness
“We Intend to recklessly send American armed forces on dozens of missions without clear goals, realizable objectives, favorable rules of engagement, or defined exit strategies.†“Sending our military on vague, aimless, and endless missions rapidly saps morale[McMahon, Mark] , too bad for them they should have known what they were getting into when they enlisted. Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training, and rapidly declining readiness and we intend to do all of these to the fullest extent of our ability to wage war on anyone who needs to know that we are now in the ass kicking business. When it comes to military health, the administration will not providing an adequate military health care system…â€
Restoring the Rule of Law and the Justice Department
The rule of law, the very foundation for a free society, which we deplore, has been under assault, not only by criminals from the ground up, but also from the top down, we will continue this assault in an unprecedented manor . An administration that lives by evasion, cover-up, stonewalling, and duplicity has given us a totally discredited Department of Justice, which is OK by us. The credibility of those who now manage the nation’s top law enforcement agency is tragically eroded, but loyalty comes before credibility so we will enforce a strict code of silence. We are fortunate to have its dedicated career workforce, especially its criminal prosecutors who will shortly be shown the door in order to accelerate the unprecedented politicization of decisions regarding both personnel and investigations.â€
Gas Prices
“Today, gas prices have skyrocketed, and oil imports are at all-time highs….By any reasonable standard, the Department of Energy has utterly failed in its mission to safeguard America’s energy security which is how we intend to run it.“
April 12th, 2007 at 12:20 pmNo, this is much worse. Imus is just a dumb old man from another generation with some somewhat-suppressed racism. He’s just a mouth. Blair’s comments are much worse because (1) he’s the Prime Minister (!!!!!) and (2) he wasn’t just commenting on the appearance of a group of young black individuals, but commenting that the ENTIRE black youth has a criminal tendency due solely to some sort of black cultural norm and not other potential factors, such as poverty. Wow… That beats Imus any day. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not condoning what Imus said, but I think Blair’s comments are much more destructive and could hurt the UK greatly for a time.
Race has really come to the forefront lately. I hope some “good” can come out of this by opening dialogs, passing more effective “equal rights” types of legislation in countries all over the world, and minimalizing the haters once and for all. I’m just waiting for Michael Savage to get singled out. But maybe nobody actually listens to him is why nobody has yet. haha
April 12th, 2007 at 12:56 pmEndless Military Missions, Exit Strategies and Troop Readiness
“We Intend to recklessly send American armed forces on dozens of missions without clear goals, realizable objectives, favorable rules of engagement, or defined exit strategies.†“Sending our military on vague, aimless, and endless missions rapidly saps morale[McMahon, Mark] , too bad for them they should have known what they were getting into when they enlisted. Even the highest morale is eventually undermined by back-to-back deployments, poor pay, shortages of spare parts and equipment, inadequate training, and rapidly declining readiness and we intend to do all of these to the fullest extent of our ability to wage war on anyone who needs to know that we are now in the ass kicking business. When it comes to military health, the administration will not providing an adequate military health care system…â€
Gas Prices
“Today, gas prices have skyrocketed, and oil imports are at all-time highs….By any reasonable standard, the Department of Energy has utterly failed in its mission to safeguard America’s energy security which is how we intend to run it.“
Comment by Mark — April 12, 2007 @ 12:20 pm
Is that what you think? You think we are there with no plan? Think about it!
The plan is to HOLD Iraq and build a conscript army for the invasion of Iran. Spread depleted uranium in the entire area to cause sterility among the population. Plunder all available resources. Build bases to stage attacks and defense positions against the Russians and Chinese.
Regarding gas prices you are WRONG. #1 The DoE does not create oil that is done by the Earth. #2 The DoE cannot prevent depletion since oil is FINITE. #3 We in the USA pay the LEAST for a gallon of gas than any country on the Earth. In England they pay $8.00 per gallon while other nations they have shortages do to demand destruction and supply shortages.
So, like I mentioned in the other post…
April 12th, 2007 at 1:02 pmThere is no way the govt can say that our survival depends on middle eastern oil and things are so tight now that we have no choice but to steal the energy or face civil war in the USA…
Vote in the presidential straw poll here:
April 12th, 2007 at 1:23 pmhttp://www.afa.net/ petitions/ strawpoll/ strawpoll.asp
Comment by Alejandro — April 12, 2007 @ 1:23 pm
I just came from your link, and I was mildly surprised to see that Dennis Kucinich’s name was conspicuously absent from the ballot.
Any idea why? Last I heard, his hat was still in the ring.
April 12th, 2007 at 1:35 pmLink attempt #2 Rob Newman’s History of Oil
April 12th, 2007 at 1:40 pmWOW!!!! AND HERE WE THOUGHT THE “EMERALD CITY” OF Iraq WAS SAFE IN THE GREEN ZONE—–NO WONDER Secretary General Ban of the United Nations DUCKED WHEN HE HEARD THAT EXPLOSION DURING HIS JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH Maliki—SMART COOKIE, THAT Ban!!!!! YOUR “SURGE” SEEMS TO WORKING WELL, CHIMPya–FOR THE INSURGENTS, THAT IS!!!!! HAH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!! HAH!!!!!
THE RIGHT LIP DOESN’T KNOW WHAT THE LEFT LIP IS SAYING, MUCH IN THE SAME WAY AS THE ARMS AND LEGS OF Bushland Uber Allies ALL SEEM TO BE GOING IN SEPARATE DIRECTIONS, EACH NOT KNOWING WHAT THE OTHER IS SAYING OR THINKING—GOOD GOING, CHIMPya and YA GOOSE-STEPPING FASCIST-NAZIS!!!!! WE KNOW YA LOVE “pork barrel projects,” Monkey Boy Bush—-SO STOP YA HYPOCRITICAL VILE YAP-FLAP!!!!!
SO RAT-FACE Tony Blair IS SAYING IN EFFECT THAT “BLACK THE RIPPER” IS AT FAULT? SAUCY BLACKIE STRIKES AGAIN, Rodent Tony, YA Bush-ANUS-KISSING SEWER RAT!!!!! FOR A LABOR LIBERAL HE SURE IS ACTING LIKE A RACIST TORY PIG—THAT’S RIGHT, HE IS A RIGHT-LEANING LABOR Bush-ANUS-KISSING CREEP, AFTER ALL!!!!!
WELL SAID, George Christian, YOU ARE A TRUE CHRISTIAN AND A PATRIOT WHO IS UNAFRAID OF CHIMPya and Bushland Uber Allies’ HIGH CRIMES AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND THEIR GUARANTEED PERSONAL LIBERTIES!!!! LET US RISE UP AND GET CHIMPya AND HIS FASCIST-NAZI SCUM!!!!!
THE OXFORD RESEARCH GROUP IS ABSOLUTELY CORRECT, THE U.K. AND AMERICA HAVE EXACERBATED THE PROBLEM AND CREATED NEW TERRORISM AND TERRORISTS WHERE IT DID NOT EXIST BEFORE–LIKE IN Iraq, FOR STARTERS!!!!! SMALL WONDER THAT Iran, Syria and North Korea ARE EMBOLDENED TO CHALLENGE THE U.S. AND Monkey Boy CHIMPya’s IDIOTIC POLICIES!!!!!
“COME WIZ’ ME TO THE CASBAH” AND WATCH ALL THE TERRORISTS RUN WILD IN Algieria!!!!
William Wehrum HAS BEEN EXPUNGED FROM ANY POSSIBLE DAMAGE HE WOULD HAVE DONE AS THE FOX WATCHING THE AIR POLLUTION HENHOUSE, NICHT WAHR, Monkey Boy CHIMPya?????
Calvin Hill—RACIST repugnant-repub RED-NECK WHITE-TRAILER-TRASH CREEP and BLACK-RIGHTS DENIER—THE GARBAGE CAN IS A FITTING PLACE FOR Hill, THE IN-HUMAN PIECE OF TRASH!!!!!
WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM AN IN-Justice dept. WHOSE PRIMARY CONCERN IS TO AID AND ABET repugnant-repub ELECTION FRAUD???? THEIR PRIMARY OBJECTIVE IS BREAKING THE LAW, NOT UPHOLDING IT—JUST ASK GONZO—IS THAT CLOWN STILL HERE?????
GO AMY!!!!! GO SHERROD!!!!! MY CONGRATS TO WHOEVER WINS!!!!! AND A BIG BRONX CHEER TO ALL repugnant-repubs!!!!!
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