ThinkFast: May 3, 2007
ThinkFast: May 3, 2007
Former Deputy Attorney General James Comey, “a widely respected prosecutor,” will testify today before the House Judiciary Committee. “His departure is now seen as a marker of a transition at the department in mid-2005, a few months after Mr. Gonzales became attorney general, as less experienced and more politically oriented officials like [Kyle] Sampson and [Monica] Goodling gained power.”
President Bush and congressional leaders have begun negotiating a second war funding bill that omits the withdrawal timeline. The second measure would step up Iraqi accountability, “transition” the U.S. military role, and show “a reasonable way to end this war.” Some conservatives are “beginning to move away from the White House to stake out a more critical position on the U.S. role in war.”
“Lawmakers of both parties are making a new effort to pass a federal shield law to protect reporters from being forced to reveal their sources.” Such protection “would give government whistle-blowers more reason to reveal corruption when they know that reporters will be shielded in most cases from prosecutors’ efforts to reveal information.”
Stuart Bowen, the inspector general “who uncovered cases of waste, fraud and abuse in the U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Iraq,” is under investigation by a presidential panel. Former employees “filed complaints last year about Bowen not showing up for work for long periods of time in 2004,” and that he “had employees work on a book that is to explain the lessons of Iraq reconstruction.”
U.S. News reports, “One of [Rep. Henry] Waxman’s next objectives will be not only to examine false claims by administration officials to justify invading Iraq but also to expose people and companies that have profited disproportionately from the war, congressional sources say. Hill Democrats think this line of inquiry will be explosive and will tarnish” war proponents.
“Members of a World Bank board committee investigating the conduct of Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, are leaning toward finding that he violated the institution’s rules against conflicts of interest when he arranged a pay raise and promotion for his companion.”
Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) has introduced legislation to “shut down the Guantánamo prison and transfer the 385 or so people still held there to more conventional, and accountable, detention facilities.” The New York Times calls Feinstein’s initiative “as welcome as it is long overdue.”
“The House approved more money for the popular Head Start program Wednesday after rejecting a GOP-led attempt to allow religious groups participating in the program to hire and fire staffers based on religious grounds.”
27: Number of times President Bush mentioned al Qaeda during his speech on Iraq yesterday. “For America, the decision we face in Iraq is not whether we ought to take sides in a civil war, it’s whether we stay in the fight against the same international terrorist network that attacked us on 9/11,” Bush said.
And finally: Dana Perino’s dog tricks. When Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino arrives home each night, she has her Hungarian hunting dog, “Henry,” help her relax in an unusually political manner. “When Perino says to the dog, ‘Tell us what you think of John Kerry,’ the dog runs off and fetches flip-flops.”
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buffalobeast dot com by Allan Uthman
Last November’s mid-term election gains for Democrats, we were told repeatedly at the time, were all about the war. Just the war, and nothing domestic. But while all eyes are supposedly focused overseas, the Bush administration has all along been quietly destroying the regulatory systems put in place by better men to protect Americans from the ravages of capitalist extremism.
Virtually every department, from the FDA to the EPA, is a shameless mockery of its former self. The Labor Department invites the eradication of whistleblower protections. The EPA lobbies against its own obligation to regulate greenhouse gas emissions. The FDA approves drugs against its own advice. The USDA’s lax inspection practices allow tainted produce and Mad Cow meat to enter our food supply. And now they’re killing our pets.
…This is the result of year after year of the Bush administration doing everything possible to cripple its own regulatory bodies—we are not safe from our own food, and the government is moving to obscure, not address, that fact. That sandwich you ate for lunch may be poisoning you, and you may never find out about it. You surely won’t if the FDA has any say in the matter.
This is deregulation. Sleeping pills that cause people to cook and drive while unconscious. Usurious interest rates that force careless youths into a lifetime of debt. An EPA that is illegally shutting down and dismantling its own libraries. Fish that give you brain damage. Pet food that kills pets. Spinach that kills people. This is the magic of the free market. This is the Reagan revolution in full ascendance. Massive multi-merged companies are in the clear. You and me? We’re on our own.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:05 amAnother day in America and another day of evil Bush Regime. Will the Hell never end in our United States? Will the Congress ever stand-up to Bush?
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:09 amDana Perino is a very deranged Bush stooge. Bush is the king of lies and flip-flops, but she is still fixated on Sen. John Kerry. She needs therapy!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:13 amDoes the dog take a crap or puke when she says “George Bush”?
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:16 amProblem is, we’re not fighting the international terrorist network that attacked us on 9/11; that would be the PNAC!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:17 am1.Write Hillary Clinton a letter ~ Ask her to run for president 2008.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:18 amLawyers taking Rumsfeld war crimes case to Spain after German rejection
Jurist Legal News Ap. 29 07
German lawyer Wolfgang Kaleck says that he will refile a war crimes complaint against former US Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld in Spain with the help of Spanish counterparts after the German Federal Prosecutor’s office Friday rejected a bid to prosecute the suit in Germany under that country’s universal jurisdiction law.
Federal Prosecutor Monika Harms said that the case did not have a sufficient connection to Germany to warrant exercise of her legal discretion, noting that the alleged crimes were committed outside of Germany, the defendants do not reside in Germany. Spain passed a universal jurisdiction law of its own in 1985, invoking it most famously in the case of former Chilean dictator Augusto Pincohet.
The German complaint against Rumsfeld…alleged that they were responsible for the torture of the 12 plaintiffs and authorized the commission of other war crimes in the US “war on terror.”
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 amRe Perino’s dog, that is nice, but when I get home I let my rescue dog (part border collie, part lab, part unknown) outside, and she sits until I tell her to “go Cheney,” whereupon she runs to the edge of the lawn and poops.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:19 amWhat a funny story about Dana Perino’s dog–but I thought you were going to say that when she says: What do you think about President Bush? the dog immediately goes into convulsions, pukes and lays down, as if dead.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:20 amDana Perino’s dog tricks…
She learned the tricks from her supervisors, who ask every employee in the Bushlicker administration to fetch & bark on command, but mostly play dead when asked.
Meanwhile, as Larry notes above, she is probably killing the dog with rat poison infested dog food.
‘Play dead, Rover’ (has to be the dog’s name, eh?) Oh wait, he’s already dead.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:22 amI guess I should teach my dog to go pee outside, when I say Bush > lol.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:22 amLarry great post.
Hey let’s not forget that tainted food killing pets, is being fed to our food supply, namely thousands of chickens that we have consumed.
Oh and let’s not forget fluoride in the water supply, my brain, liver, stomach don’t have any cavities though, tumors, not so sure yet.
Talk about a scam, next will be just adding Prozac to the water supply.
Now the govt wants to inject a new vaccine into young girls to prevent only a few of the strains of HPV. The vaccine even comes with a warning that it is unknown of all the side effects, you know like cancer, or what effects it has on the mind.
All one needs to do is look at our children to see what big trouble we’re in. ADD, Autism, Depression, Anxiety at an all time high. I am 100% convinced all the chemicals pumped into our population is the root of these issues.
Have no fear though, Bush has appointed a food czar!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:23 amNo Tim, when she says George Bush, the dog fetches impeachment papers.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:27 amGonzo’s impeachable, you know.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:31 amRepublicans debate tonight…
DEBATE !! or STAMP OF APPROVAL of Bush.
McCain will be talking about his ‘rug trip’ to Iraq convinced him how things are fine in Iraq!!! he then will be cheered by Senator Graham and Senator Lieberman.
Juiliani will claim how he knows about ‘terrorism’…and the attack on New York is a good example….!!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:32 amStuart Bowen, the inspector general “who uncovered cases of waste, fraud and abuse in the U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Iraq,†is under investigation by a presidential panel.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:33 amOut come the Bush crime family attack dogs.
And Condi’s getting Syrious
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:34 amIsn’t this considered animal cruelty to teach a dog to go against it’s own instincts?
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:39 amtarazan > I would rather watch flies mating on the wall, than watch GOPers debating on TV. McCain has gone crazy, so keep him away from guns, otherwise he might do a Cho and gun down the other debators.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:40 amThe Queen Comes to America’s Rescue: AP: God Rest the King; God Save the Queen.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:42 amKing George will be forced to abdicate his throne upon the arrival of the Queen in Virginia today. In her own words, she plans to “bitch slap him something awful.”
Larry from C, you are right. the bush cabal is attacking us on all fronts. While we have to rally everyone against the latest outrage, w has people working on all fronts to destroy everything that has made this country worth living in. One thing I don’t understand is that the food question has become so pervasive, what do the “leaders” expect themselves and their own children to eat? One positive thing that we have seen now that the Democratic committees are starting to investigate is that people are starting to talk or resign.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:43 amYes, but the Middle Class got a $100 per year tax break, so it’s all worth it!
/sarc
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:44 ampa-dum, Pum!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:47 amI’ve trained my dog too. I say what do you think of Dana Perino and he starts humping the chair.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 am#6 – thanks for the update.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 am1.McCain has gone crazy, so keep him away from guns, otherwise he might do a Cheney
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:48 amRe: negotiating a second war funding bill
This is bullshit! Send him the same f cking bill again!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:50 amI still can’t believe you people aren’t mad about Pelosi FUNDING the war in the first place. Maybe when you see the “compromise” bill, you will finally realize you’ve all been had.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:54 amThats THREE MILLION Chickens tainted with Melamine-laced pet food.
I’ve stopped eating chicken sandwiches for lunch.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:56 am#16- Zimzone
[And Condi getting Syrious.....]
Also she is now in Egypt (Saharm Al Sheik) Summit discussing the Iraq issue.
In her way to Egypt Condi Rice said:”The onus was on Iraq neighbors to show their commitment to end the bloodshed”.
So the bloodshed is now the Iraqi neighbors responsibility who they warned Bush before the war started not to start this war in Iraq!!!
Condi warned that “Neighbors own stability is at stake”…
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 am“President Bush and congressional leaders have begun negotiating a second war funding bill that omits the withdrawal timeline. ”
The Democrats have wussed out and the Republic is dead.
Long live the Chimperor!
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:57 amI’m going to train my dog to walk backwards, then I’ll call it George Bush
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 amBritain’s Brown snubbed Wolfowitz the other day. And most employees of the World Bank are working around him as if he wasn’t there. They even have armbands that mean “Resign Now”.
I think I know the model for the Bush Presidency. It’s The Caine Mutiny. Bush is the paranoid captain who can’t decide under pressure and makes so many bone-headed errors during crises that his crew relieve him of command.
“Where’s the pint of strawberries that should have been mine?” Check out the movie. Bogart is great as Capt Queeg, a bizarre blend of Bush and Cheney.
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 am2.1.McCain has gone crazy, so keep him away from guns, otherwise he might do a Cheney
May 3rd, 2007 at 9:59 amI say “Bush” to my fleet of attack dogs and they run over to the neighbors house and take the place over. They occupy their house and keep the owners in fear for years. They torture the owners of the house and leave the place in shambles. …
I could go on but you get the picture.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:01 am“Long live the Chimperor!”
Finally something I can agree with here. See you later kids.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:02 amStuart Bowen, the inspector general “who uncovered cases of waste, fraud and abuse in the U.S.-led reconstruction effort in Iraq,†is under investigation by a presidential panel. Former employees “filed complaints last year about Bowen not showing up for work for long periods of time in 2004,†and that he “had employees work on a book that is to explain the lessons of Iraq reconstruction.â€
Gee, that’s not too transparent. No one would ever suspect that it might have something to do with the fact that Bowen can help put the screws to a bunch of slimy war profiteers from Cheney’s office to Halliburton to the Pentagon and back again.
I think somebody’s gravy train is about to get derailed and they don’t plan to go down without a fight.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 amPoor Jake, he wants his enemies to be divided so he can go on living in his Fool’s Paradise.
How’s that ’surge’ working, Jake? Baghdad all roses and parades? al-Maliki coming up with the goods or is he starting to sound like he’d like you guys gone?
If Pelosi makes the timetable non-binding but cuts the dollar amount to one third of what was requested, will that please you, Jake? Or make you foam at the mouth? Oops. Foaming already.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:03 amThere is one difference between Chimpy and Captain Queeg.
Captain Queeg still had his marbles, in his pocket.
Chimpy lost his long ago.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 amI’m surprised TP hasn’t picked up on the latest Bushism – “I’m the commander guy.”
http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/05/02/bush-im-the-
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:04 amcommander-guy/
and I have to agree with Jake. Pelosi and the Dems will now demonstrate their complicity with the treasonous repubs. by not ending the war. They should all be tried for treason and hung.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:05 amJake,
Please put Think Progress on your ‘ignore list’. Seriously, your posts are so stupid and do nothing but degrade the quality of this board. You should be embarrased by your behavior here.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 amI think I’ve solved a major roadblock to hammering out the Iraq Funding legislation.
President Bush is opposed to time tables…but I think he’s confused these with the timeS tables we all learned back in 2nd grade. You know..3 x 4 = 12, 6 x 8 = 48.
He doesn’t want to admit that he never learned his times tables so he’ll never agree to end the Iraq debacle.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:07 amCondi warned that “Neighbors own stability is at stakeâ€â€¦
-Comment by tarazan
Yes, it’s another spin job as they try to point fingers & blame others.
I guess the fact that ‘Condi’s credibility is at stake’ is just another pothole in the road of corruption.
I thought the ‘Provisional Coalition’ was going to solve all this, but Condi never expected them all to pull out.
If Prince Harry is going to serve in Iraq, shouldn’t Bush’s daughters, Jenna & Babs enlist to show all Americans how proud they are to serve in Dad’s Global War On Freedom? It’s the least they could do. Apparently, they aren’t real busy right now anyway.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 amWow anyone politically motivated enough to teach their dog tricks like that has no right being anywhere in the public arena. If you despise the other side that much there is no way you will ever be able to compromise and find real solutions.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:08 amJake,
Please put Think Progress on your ‘ignore list’. Seriously, your posts are so stupid and do nothing but degrade the quality of this board. You should be embarrased by your behavior here.
Comment by Vinnie
I Second That!
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 am:D
Troll admits he wants a dictator. Troll just stepped in a trap.
This is a catch-and-release website, so I’ll just throw him under a bridge.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:13 amIf the Dems go along with Chimpy on the war, they SHOULD be tried and convicted of treason.
And hanged.
(It’s hanged not hung, as in “the well-hung man was hanged”)
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:15 amJake,
Please put Think Progress on your ‘ignore list’. Seriously, your posts are so stupid and do nothing but degrade the quality of this board. You should be embarrased by your behavior here.
Comment by Vinnie
I Second That!
:D
All in favour of the motion to have Jake ignore this site?
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:18 amIsn’t this considered animal cruelty to teach a dog to go against it’s own instincts?
Comment by michael — May 3, 2007 @ 9:39 am
Considered how?
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:19 amDana Perino’s dog tricks. When Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino arrives home each night, she has her Hungarian hunting dog, “Henry,†help her relax in an unusually political manner. “When Perino says to the dog, ‘Tell us what you think of John Kerry,’ the dog runs off and fetches flip-flops.â€
That’s funny, because when I ask my dog to tell me what she thinks of George W. Bush, she licks her ass.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:21 amNO DEAL! Like John Edwards said so very eloquently last evening: Congress needs to send the verbatim bill back to bush and watch him veto it again…..and then send it back again, verbatim as the original bill….and allow him to veto it again….and again…..and again….until the time and money run out. He’s draining the economy of this country and tanking it while unnecessarily aiding and abetting in the genocide of our military over there caught in a Civil War. The american people spoke up during the Mid-Term elections about this war and we want it ended….pronto! It’s worse now than Vietnam and becoming a rapidly spiraling quagmire into which we’re throwing endless amounts of taxpayer money. Either bush makes plans to de-escalate now or the gravy train ends. Besides, it’s really “chinese money” being used to fund this debacle since they now own well over 30% of this country. Very sad state of affairs for this country.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:22 amJust like he tanked EVERY business venture he was involved in during his lifetime, The Shrub In Chief is now tanking the United States. Soon it will be all over – except for the “cryin’”.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:24 amThe Democrats must realize that there is no compromises with gwb. Or as Jake said, “you have all been had.”
The Democrats stand to loose valuable support and votes if they cave to the bs gwb lays out for them. It is totally manditory that they hold their ground.
Is Dennis Kucinich a Democrat?
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:25 amAs soon as the Democrats fund this occupation they co-OWN it with Bush. We will no longer be able to call this Bush’s War. The Dems will have thrown away their best Presidential campaign issue and defied the will of their base. They will destroy their party just as Bush has destroyed his.
The BS nonsense about the Dems funding this occupation to avoid being labled as anti-troop is irrational BS straight from Rove’s fax machine.
Any Dem that gets our troops out of Iraq immediately will be considered a NATIONAL HERO and paraded around the country on the shoulders of the public.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 amMaybe we can teach the old troll some new tricks.
When I say “Chimpy” he can foam at the mouth and roll over.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:26 amIf people don’t begin to understand that the ruling elite despise us and refer to us as “useless eaters,” we’re done. Expect more social problems and deregulation soon.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:27 amOf course they don’t care about deregulation because the dictatorship is coming with the next (PNAC) terrorist attack.
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10895
ITMFA
Investigating war profiteering is critical. I wish they had started investigating it sooner.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:30 amThe “negotiations” on the bill are likely to end in a draw. Bush is an idiot and he’ll refuse to change his mind on anything. And what I’ve seen from Pelosi and Reid in the last couple of months is that, given the choice of confronting Bush or letting him have his way, more often than not they confront him. This is a process that is moving in the direction of ending the war. It’s a slow one, because it requires enough of the Republicans to break away from Bush to come up with a bill that’s veto-proof. The closer we get to election season, the more reasonable the Republicans will be.
Why do you think Perino suddenly went after Kerry? It wouldn’t have anything to do with him starting a massive campaign against four weak GOP Senate seats, would it? Those four are going to be on the hot seat. They’ll have to start thinking about their Senate careers coming to an abrupt end if they’re too far out of sync with their constituents on the war. Just watch.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:32 amFormer Deputy Attorney General James Comey, “a widely respected prosecutor,†will testify today before the House Judiciary Committee. “His departure is now seen as a marker of a transition at the department in mid-2005, a few months after Mr. Gonzales became attorney general, as less experienced and more politically oriented officials like [Kyle] Sampson and [Monica] Goodling gained power.â€
I am VERY interested to hear what Mr Comey has to say.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:39 amPresident Bush and congressional leaders have begun negotiating a second war funding bill that omits the withdrawal timeline. The second measure would step up Iraqi accountability, “transition†the U.S. military role, and show “a reasonable way to end this war.†Some conservatives are “beginning to move away from the White House to stake out a more critical position on the U.S. role in war.â€
Bullshit. Send him the same bill.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:40 amU.S. News reports, “One of [Rep. Henry] Waxman’s next objectives will be not only to examine false claims by administration officials to justify invading Iraq but also to expose people and companies that have profited disproportionately from the war, congressional sources say. Hill Democrats think this line of inquiry will be explosive and will tarnish†war proponents.
Go Henry! Follow the money.
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:43 am“Members of a World Bank board committee investigating the conduct of Paul D. Wolfowitz, the bank president, are leaning toward finding that he violated the institution’s rules against conflicts of interest when he arranged a pay raise and promotion for his companion.â€
Well, you might want to get on that. Hmmm…?
May 3rd, 2007 at 10:44 amEncourage everyone you know to…
…call, write, email…
…Pelosi and Reid…
…Bushiva and L’il Dick…
…and tell them…
…NOT ONE MORE DIME!
…for Halliburton, Blackwater, and Bechtel…
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:09 am#
If people don’t begin to understand that the ruling elite despise us and refer to us as “useless eaters,†we’re done. Expect more social problems and deregulation soon.
Of course they don’t care about deregulation because the dictatorship is coming with the next (PNAC) terrorist attack.
http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=10895
ITMFA
Comment by dharma — May 3, 2007 @ 10:27 am
I hope all of you will read the article dharma linked to. It’s important. It’s the real threat we are facing, and all the other behaviors we’ve seen are mere symptoms.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:13 am“Democrats Back Down On Iraq Timetable
Compromise Bill in Works After Veto Override Fails
Washington Post Staff Writers
Thursday, May 3, 2007; Page A01
President Bush and congressional leaders began negotiating a second war funding bill yesterday, with Democrats offering the first major concession: an agreement to drop their demand for a timeline to bring troops home from Iraq.”
Okay..So, now that this Pelosi-Reid orchestrated charade and bone-toss to the extreme liberal wing of the Democratic Party is done with, maybe now they can act like responsible leaders and work towards finding the best way forward in Iraq.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 amAnd hopefully, the Chainee-Halliburton orchestrated charade and con-job can admit their horrific blunder, act responsibly, and work to salve the wounds they have caused for the sake of their corporate greed.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:28 amWell, Exley, that’s an interesting distortion of the WaPo article. So, what do you make of the Republican supported “strings attached” benchmarks?
And what do you think is the “best way forward in Iraq”? It’s a disaster so far and not getting better. This President has not exit strategy and never did. I suspect he was hoping God would advise him. He does seem to hear voices in his head.
I wouldn’t be surprised if the funding bill had specific benchmarks spelled out and was broken into three parts where funding was frozen if a benchmark was missed.
Read the full story, Exley, not just the headline. Pelosi & Reid are looking for a way to change the direction of the war and to bring it to an end. They could let the Veto stand, but we know what kind of screaming you’d get into if they did. Bush would probably declare martial law. So they’ll end this thing with a budget of a thousand cuts.
Remember, Bush does need the money. As the end of June approaches, he’ll be the one more desperate to sign a bill –any bill. But the surge isn’t working and the Republican presidential hopefuls are having their first debate and the clock is running down on this Commander Guy and his quagmire. Will he risk a 2nd veto? Will the Republicans risk overturning one if he did?
Bush is a lame duck. His only ace is that he’s the Commander Thingy. He’s the guy who decides things. (When Cheney isn’t there.) And so they have to send him something. But he knows he hasn’t got much clout. He’ll sign a ’strings attached’ bill. And then he’ll see his base vanish over the summer recess and the War will be called due to missed benchmarks in September. Gosh, just as if he’d agreed to the timetable for redeployment in the first place.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:38 amDavid,
The best-way forward in Iraq: I like the Hillary Clinton proposal. Remove most of the troops from Iraq. The remaining number of troops in Iraq would be moved out of Baghdad to relatively stable areas of the country (such as the Kurdish north and some Shiite areas) to serve as a rapid response force to attack Al Qaeda targets.
Our fight in Iraq is against Al Qaeda. The Shiites and Sunnis can fight among themselves all they want. No American soldier should die because they cannot put aside their ancient religious and tribal differences.
May 3rd, 2007 at 11:48 amIsn’t this considered animal cruelty to teach a dog to go against it’s own instincts?
Comment by michael — May 3, 2007 @ 9:39 am
it’s = contraction of “it is.”
its = neutral possessive.
let’s get it out there.
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:07 pmI wonder, will there be any photos of Dr. Rice wearing a scarf? Or will she not wear the head scarf in open defiance of the culture of the countries she is visiting?
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:14 pmDana Perino’s dog tricks. When Deputy White House Press Secretary Dana Perino arrives home each night, she has her Hungarian hunting dog, “Henry,†help her relax in an unusually political manner. “When Perino says to the dog, ‘Tell us what you think of John Kerry,’ the dog runs off and fetches flip-flops
I think she taught the dog to lick peanut butter off her cooch.
May 3rd, 2007 at 12:48 pmSeveral times a day I tell Bear ” go pe pe” and he find’s the bush…My dog’s don’t do stupid people trick’s or dog trick’s.They don’t fetch…They are intelegent like I am, you throw something and want it back you go get it….LOL…Blessings
May 3rd, 2007 at 1:43 pmOn the Stuart Bowen charges, see my post yesterday at Unbossed:
http://unbossed.net/index.php?itemid=1483
The leak, with Bush pal Clay Johnson taking some swings at Bowen, looks like payback for his latest quarterly report that blows the administration’s cover on “progress” in Iraq.
May 3rd, 2007 at 2:45 pmI think I’ve solved a major roadblock to hammering out the Iraq Funding legislation.
President Bush is opposed to time tables…but I think
he’s confused these with the timeS tables we all learned back in 2nd grade. You know..3 x 4 = 12, 6 x 8 = 48.
He doesn’t want to admit that he never learned his times tables so he’ll never agree to end the Iraq debacle.
Comment by Larry from C — May 3, 2007 @ 10:07 am
ok – i missed the caller’s name, but a guy just made this same comment on randi’s show… she got a chuckle out of it…
May 3rd, 2007 at 5:02 pmwas that you, larry?
if not, and you came up with this, someone stole your joke, man!
…
Speaking of the Comey hearing…
This clip shows Cannon (R-Utah) babbling on about nothing, in an obvious attempt to waste time during the Comey hearing. I know this is a very common thing during these hearings, but this instance is just so awkward and awful… you have to see it to believe it.
There are other videos at the bottom – but they are outdated at this point.
http://snuffmonkey.com/gonzales
May 3rd, 2007 at 8:11 pm>now that this Pelosi-Reid orchestrated charade and bone-toss to the >extreme liberal wing of the Democratic Party is done with
so basically the majority of the american public is the “extreme liberal wing of the democratic party”. whats those latest poll numbers about the number of americans who want withdrawl sooner than later (or in bush’s case, never)?
> Our fight in Iraq is against Al Qaeda.
then your in the wrong country asshat. you got any citations for the percentage of non-iraqi foreign jihadists that are attacking us? its not even in the double digits. and even the “al queda” in iraq is mostly just a franchise and not directly related to the original organization. al queda is more of an idealogical franchise than an actual organization. but people like you are so stupid you think they have a membership list somewhere, and we can just kill them and check them off the list until theres none left. you never answered my question before about how you came to the conclusion that no new terrorists could possible be created.
you want to attack someone even vaugely related to the disorganized, dyfunctional islamic nutcases your so afraid of, finish the job in afghanistan instead of wasting resources attacking a secular dictator who used to help us kill islamic fundamentalists. oh, wait, exlaxley things american can do anything, it doesnt need to worry about things like limited resources. we could successfully invade every country that had al-queda in it if we wanted to right, exlaxley?
oh, and while your at it, it you want to find some of them al-queda fellers, bomb pakistan and saudi arabia too.
and whats this “our fight” crap? its not a fight the majority of americans want, now that theyve woken up and realized the truth. and it sure isnt “your” fight..you and your fellow keyboard commandos need to get off the internets and start enlisting. i for one arent even going to glorify criminals by making them out to be some sort of supervillians i need to fight, im not cowering in my boots just because of a handful of people who
May 4th, 2007 at 2:29 amhave killed less americans this century than slipping in the tub has. i’ll leave that up to cowards like you. you can take your “i was there on 9-11″ crap and go cheney yourself, more people die in america every month from the idiocy of thier fellow americans than in all the terrorist attacks that have every been perpetrated against americans. look to your left, look to your right. if someone takes your life, chances are its going to be one of those folks, not habib.