Tuesday edition - May 29, 2007

Bush and Wolfowitz are cut from the same cloth - admit no wrong and blame the media.

BUSH’S THREAT TO AHMADINEJAD: ‘WE’LL INSTALL WOLFOWITZ AS ‘SHAHA’ OF IRAN’

www.buckfush.com

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

• US Military Deaths in Iraq at 3452 Forbes 

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Military: 8 Memorial Day Deaths In Iraq Guardian Unlimited, UK

• Six more U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq: military Reuters

• Iraq: Parked minibus explodes in Baghdad, killing 22 and injuring 58 AP

• Three Westerners kidnapped in Baghdad: witness Reuters 

• Past contacts between the U.S. and Iran AP

Email

Subject: Bush and OJ

Lisa,

Your latest post reminds me of OJ:


Meanwhile, Back to Osama bin Laden

During a Rose Garden news conference on Thursday, President Bush was asked by New York Times reporter Jim Rutenberg why Osama bin Laden is still at large. Bush responded:

"Why is he at large? Because we haven't got him yet, Jim. That's why. And he's hiding, and we're looking, and we will continue to look until we bring him to justice. We've brought a lot of his buddies to justice, but not him. That's why he's still at large. He's not out there traipsing around, he's not leading many parades, however. He's not out feeding the hungry. He's isolated, trying to kill people to achieve his objective."

Cindy

OJ + Bush = America's Most Hated People

Bush's quote about Osama, sounds as though he was describing himself!-- "He's not out feeding the hungry. He's isolated, trying to kill people to achieve his objective."

‘UNKNOWN SOLDIER’ VISITS TOMB OF THE UNKNOWN SOLDIER

New Rule: You can't send the National Guard to Iraq and then claim it's still here. The helicopters, the humvees, the men...like Dorothy and Toto, they're not in Kansas anymore. Sorry, Mr. President, but the last documented case of a National Guardsman able to be in two places at one time... was you. - Bill Maher

Disturbing News

• Venezuela targets another station Aljazeera.net

Velvet Glove Threat

Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov are expected to meet again shortly to continue discussing both issues in preparation for the G8 sessions. They met two weeks ago in Moscow with the same matters on the table.

On May 15, Rice told reporters in Moscow that, while the two sides "don't see eye to eye" about the proposed anti-missile system, "it is still quite a long time until such deployments would come into being, and we very much value the opportunity to discuss the issue with Russia and to talk about the emerging threats."

Ham Fisted Threat

The Pentagon is warning China in blunt language that despite Beijing's massive military buildup, it lacks the power for a successful attack against rival Taiwan.

Conservatives have to stop rolling their eyes every time they hear the word, "France." Like just calling something "French" is the ultimate argument winner. As if to say, "What can you say about a country that was too stupid to get on board with our wonderfully-conceived and brilliantly-executed war in Iraq?" - Bill Maher
 

Republican Shenanigans

• Frist withdraws name from World Bank AP

• Texas legislators wrap up session of rebellion KLTV 

• Private guards a weak link in security AP

• Thompson criticizes immigration measures AP

• His New Lobbying Job Looks a Lot Like His Old Treasury One
   

On this Day in History

1849 - A patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abraham Lincoln.

1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy was born.

1942 - Adolf Hitler ordered all Jews in occupied Paris to wear an identifying yellow star on the left side of their coats.

1974 - U.S. President Nixon agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.

1988 - NBC aired "To Heal A Nation," the story of Jan Scruggs' effort to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

2001 - In New York, four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people.

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton says she's not blowing off Iowa AP

• Michelle Obama likes to razz her husband AP

• Campaign Puts New Strain on Secret Service Washington Post

• Hispanic Groups Reconsider Their Support for Gonzales

Email

Subject: McCain

Hi Lisa, I hope your Memorial day is going ok. I'm feeling very sad that almost 1000 more Precious American Soldiers have had to die since last memorial day. But I need your help. On your archive page from 10/19/2006 there was a link to a McCain joke about suicide if Democrats won the Senate. It no longer links to the article but I do remember it from that day. I want to help encourage John McCain to own up to his remark by visiting Iraq again, only this time without the flak(flack) jacket and without all the armed troops and helicopters. He should announce his visit early enough to help bring about all the supporters of his cause and then walk through the shopping district until his comment is realized. Thanks for all you do. Support our troops, Bring them home.

Drew
 

Thank you, Drew.

Here is another link to McCain's quote.  McCain has been on a downslide ever since he hugged Bush in 2004. Lest we not forget, that the day after Katrina hit, Bush was celebrating McCain's birthday in Arizona on August 30, 2005. Bush seems to have the hug of political death, eh?

Biz-Tech News

• Crude oil bounces back to $70/barrel Economic Times, India

• Ex-China Drug Regulator to Be Executed Forbes

• Reilly expected to lose job at NBC AP

• Sony creates bendable color display Orange County Register

• FTC probing proposed $3.1B Google deal AP

• S&P home index drops, 1st time since '91 AP

Guns don't kill people; crazy people kill people. In response to the Virginia Tech shootings, President Bush said, "When people see somebody who is exhibiting abnormal behavior, you do something about it." Thanks for the heads-up, McGruff. But, if that's the case, then I want to warn the country about a man I saw last night on TV. He's six feet tall, Caucasian and he goes by the title "President of the United States."  - Bill Maher

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Guantanamo prisoner urges release of BBC reporter Reuters India, India

• Judge in Padilla case draws praise AP

'It's up to you now': Sheehan quits
 

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan announced Monday she is giving up her role as the "face" of the American anti-war movement.

"I've been wondering why I'm killing myself and wondering why the Democrats caved in to George Bush," Sheehan told The Associated Press

The White House cites Cindy Sheehan's departure as yet more evidence of "progress" in Iraq. - Grant Gerver, www.seriouskidding.com

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney's hunting partner wins legal fight with Austin Houston Chronicle

What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.
- Aristotle, from Diogenes Laertius, Lives of Eminent Philosophers

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