(Authors of video can be contacted at LoveTheConstitution.com)

Ooh, I love to live here almost everyday and if you ask me why I’ll say, cause my nation has a way with H-Y-P-O-C-R-I-S-Y

This is not merely an “I hate Bush” screed. Nor is this a book that sets out to bash the Bush administration. Naomi Wolf merely points out frankly scary trends toward a fascist shift in government. And she points out things that are happening right here in America – right before our apathetic eyes.

She backs up her conclusions and assertions with historical references – all footnoted and sourced. It’s a compelling case.

This book should be REQUIRED READING for all Americans.

p.s. I had no idea she worked for Al Gore. I don’t consider it at all relevant to the subject work anyway. It has nothing at all about global warming.

Bush is taking notes.

Feeling us out… how America reacts…

… a barometer of sorts.

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Contact the Senate Judiciary committee members. Go to http://www.notacent.com. Every effort counts.

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Perhaps the relevant question — which I notice you rather conveniently skirted around — is not so much which President was in office at the time when Musharraf rose to power, but rather from which administration Musharraf received the greatest amount of funding. If you can cite a reasonably credible source that Musharraf received more funding from the US government during the Clinton administration than he has during the Bush administration, then you might actually have a point — especially since the zeitgeist was a lot different back then than it is now. If you can’t provide any such evidence, then I’m afraid to say that all you’re really doing is blowing smoke.

When the shrub admits he screwed up I might start listening to neocons claims of “personal responsibility”. As for independence, one needs to think independently to lay claim to the word. If one spouts the party line ad infinitum one has displayed a complete lack of independence.

I might add that resistance to oversight is a bit damning as well. One would think a responsible person would welcome the opportunity to identify, and correct, shortcomings. This, of course, can’t happen until one admits the possibility of imperfection. I haven’t seen much willingness to do so from the Republican party.

The answer is so damned obvious as to be childish: NO, HE CANNOT… because US dollars protect Pervez Musharraf and keep him in power. The 700 MILLION dollars in economic and military assistance the US gave to Musharraf this year alone are most definitely not an altruistic gift that comes without strings. The 800 million dollars scheduled to reach the Pakistani government in 2008 will guarantee that Musharraf continues to do exactly what the Bush administration wants. It is not an exaggeration to suggest that President/General Musharraf would not last a day in office without US aid and protection. Not a single day.

Could the events in Pakistan be a testing ground for what Bushco might be planning in the US to avoid the consequences of fair and democratic elections here in 2008?

Read and think:
http://tvnewslies.org/blog/?p=668

Am I the only one who’s starting to feel as if she’s been drop-kicked into a real-life version of Terry Gilliam’s movie “Brazil”? (Other than Terry himself, that is — bet he didn’t think that his movie would turn out to be quite this prophetic…)

The colossal gall of this administration never ceases to amaze me. Just when I think that they cannot possibly sink any lower into the mire of hypocrisy, mendacity, and irrationality in which they are already up to their eyeballs…they do. I don’t know how they can possibly manage to breathe through that muck without choking, suffocating, or drowning themselves — but they do.

Comment by pete — November 5, 2007 @ 8:44 pm

Which is what I intend to do out of respect for Annie. I’ll try it, anyway.

Pete, you seem like a fair man, I appreciate it. I have spent all day on several threads arguing with Bartlebee about whether I am who I am or not, guess I am burnt.

But, Mercifully, it ends here – I am ready for some FOOTBALL!

GO STEELERS!!!

Comment by BARTLEBEE — November 5, 2007 @ 8:45 pm

Ah! But one must always remember that Shrub is, above all, a bully. In that light his actions make a certain amount of sense. It’s a twisted and perverted sense, to non-bullies, but it does make his actions more understandable. Unsupportable but understandable.

BTW, I think that the inevitable biography of Georgie should be called, “Bully, son of Wimp”.

Comment by Keltoi at Night — November 5, 2007 @ 8:18 pm

All of which has, precisely, nothing to do with the discussion. There is a tendency, of people on the right, to use Al Gore as a bogey man. That argument doesn’t fly here.

An open minded person would simply read the recommended work and judge it’s relevance on it’s own merits. Connecting the author to Al Gore, and not in a positive way, without an impartial reading is, frankly, a “troll tactic”.

Furthermore, I don’t give much weight to the “troll conspiracy”. You seem to be ascribing behavior to me based on the words of others. Another “troll tactic”. As I said before, I choose not to think of things in an us vs. them vein. I think that there are people of good will on both sides of the political spectrum. Just because I have formed an opinion that Bushco, and the neocons, are dark and dangerous groups doesn’t mean I ascribe those traits to anyone who disagrees with me. That too would be a “troll tactic”.

Well, the Pakis have lost lots of soldiers fighting the Tribes in Waziristan. Those guys are tough bastards and their home is the most inhospitable place on Earth. It is like fighting the Apaches on their turf. Pakistan also has 160 million people as opposed to Afghanistan’s 25 million….I dunno. Pakistan is indeed a nightmare, I am not sure just how much power we have over events there. They were our allies against the Sovs, we got into a mutual pissing match in the 90’s over their nuke program, then 911 happened….a long and complicated relationship. On the plus side, Pakistan and India have cooled their jets somewhat, but the place is a nuclear powder keg no matter how you slice it.

Comment by gummitch — November 5, 2007 @ 8:16 pm

There! See? I learned something from you, and you even managed not to call me stupid because you knew something I didn’t. I will try to get ahold of her book as well.

Honest, Bartlebee, you suffer the same syndrome that Ann Coulter does. You are so ascerbic in your approach that if you were in a position to persuade someone you fail because of your condescension. The same is true of Tripmaster Monkey; the guy is freakin brilliant, but his tone is so sneering he turns people away instead of bringing them to his point of view. This does not serve the Progressive agenda. Since I am not a Progressive it is fine with me, but you might listen to Pete.

And Pete – watch out for me. I am one of THEM.

As for the fear of nukes in the hands of criminals, it appears to be all but accomplished. Just another example of Bushco’s ability to make, virtually, any problem worse.