TGIF/Weekend edition - August 24-26, 2007

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Oh yes, Ari Fleischer will save the day!

"If stupidity got us into this mess, then why can’t it get us out?" - Will Rogers

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

• U.S. military deaths in Iraq at 3,724 AP

• www.iraqbodycount.org

• Police station attacked in Iraq; 3 dead AP

• Baghdad overnight clash kills 13 Reuters

• Qaeda killers abduct 15 Iraqi women & kids New York Daily News 

• UK: U.S. bomb kills 3 British soldiers AP

• Iraqi leadership precarious, US intelligence warns AFP

• Jordan to resume importing Iraqi oil AP

• Drill sergeant faces 225 abuse charges AP

Bush Is Afraid of T-Shirts

President Bush's speech at the state capitol in Charleston, W.Va., on Independence Day in 2004, invoked the nation's highest ideals: "On this Fourth of July, we confirm our love of freedom, the freedom for people to speak their minds. ... Free thought, free expression, that's what we believe," Bush told the crowd.

Ringing words. Unfortunately, the White House advance team didn't get the memo. Or the message.


More than an hour earlier, the advance officials, working with local police, had confronted and ejected a young couple who had come to the speech wearing T-shirts that fit any reasonable definition of free expression.
 

BUSH EXPLAINS HIS ‘DOMINO THEORY’ OF VIETNAM

Disturbing News

• China: Another mine flood, 8 missing AP

• More storms slam flooded Midwest AP

"Chris Wallace got Karl Rove's Sunday morning talk show tour going [on screen: FNC's Wallace saying, 'Let's take a look at some of Karl Rove's greatest hits']. Ohh, I just bought that on K-Tel! 'Karl Rove's Greatest Hits,' including 'John McCain's Black Baby,' 'Max Cleland: The One-Limbed Pussy,' 'The Queers Are Coming,' and, of course, 'Schiavo-A-Go-Go.' No need to call now, your phones have already been tapped." --Jon Stewart

Bush Addresses Coal Mines

The Bush administration wants to quit requiring coal operators to prove that their surface mining will not damage streams, fish and wildlife.

Republican Shenanigans

• Gop Consultant, 2 Men Found Dead In Fla. Guardian Unlimited

• It's official: Myrtle Beach lands GOP debate WPDE

• Embattled GOP Rep. Renzi to Retire From Arizona Seat CQPolitics.com

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Subject: A problem

Lisa:

I examine All Hat No Cattle every day and I fully agree that George Bush is insane.

However when people like you make statements such as:
"I know how you feel about your children and the draft. I have a 21 year old who will graduate next June with a double major, Chinese and Criminology. I sure don't want him to be drafted either. I believe Americans would reject any draft talk, heck, most Americans are against the war."

I can only wonder how you don't understand that you have the right the freedom to publish your views ONLY because some people have been drafted (others joined) to fight, suffer and die for you.

While this current operation is unjustified and stupid (and,, by the way, it's NOT a war dear, it's an operation, just check the military dispatches, they call it "Operation Enduring Freedom") and is tearing this country apart, there is still a necessity for us to have an army to combat enemies.

If your son won't serve, then he's a coward pure and simple. Anyone who is able bodied and does not serve a minimum time in the defense of his country is a coward. No matter how much his "mommy" cries.

Sincerely
John
Vietnam '68 US Army
 

Hello John,

Thank you for your service to our country, especially in Vietnam.

Yes, I did say. "I know how you feel about your children and the draft. I have a 21 year old who will graduate next June with a double major, Chinese and Criminology. I sure don't want him to be drafted either. I believe Americans would reject any draft talk, heck, most Americans are against the war."

I don't want any one to be drafted into the military. I want people to make their own choices. I do like the idea about serving your country though. And we should create many ways to do that. Example: Costa Rica will pay for educating a teacher for free, except they must teach for a minimal amount of time in return. Costa Rica has a 98% literate population. 2ND in the world when I last looked.

I am curious as why you would take a cheap shot at my son.

My son has 3 years of ROTC under his belt. Won their highest award for bravery -- he saved a person from drowning. He is on a 75% scholarship at college and has already been contacted by a variety of govt' agencies. He's leaning towards military Intel. "Mommy" as you call me, has never "cried" that my son would want to serve his country. I am proud that he would want to serve his country and hopefully he will fill the place of one of those right wing nut cases that think Jesus looks great with a gun. And he's not a Democrat, he's a conservative Independent.

You may not think it's a war, but point your complaint to George, who called himself, the War President. It's just semantics anyway. People are dying in Iraq because of George.

Remember, John, this is a comedy site and my opinions are sometimes funny and sometimes serious, but all are meant to make us laugh and think.

Take care.
 

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Why I No Longer Get Excited When Bush Cronies Quit
By Madeleine Begun Kane

Bush spinmeisters keep coming back:
First Karen returned. What a hack!
Now Ari is here,
Spreading war lies and fear.
Guess they don’t really leave; they just pack.
 

Rock-The-Voter News

• Clinton vows to improve health care AP

• Edwards talks tough at Clinton, Obama AP

"I guess it's no wonder that a poll out this summer put 'None of the Above' over all of the other Republican candidates. And if 'None of the Above' does get the Republican nomination, you know two things will happen: a) the Democrats will find a way to lose to him, and b) Bush will try to call and congratulate him." --Bill Maher

www.seedsofdoubt.com

Biz-Tech News

• Oil prices dip slightly, still near US$70 a barrel International Herald Tribune

• Asian subprime fears grow Reuters

• Home Sales Rise, Factory Orders Up Houston Chronicle

• Shaken by product safety woes, China declares "war" Reuters

• Dean leaves Mexico relatively unscathed AP

• Super-size what? The Big Mac turns 40 AP

George Bush Meets Graham Greene

In his speech linking Vietnam and Iraq, the president cited Greene's 1955 classic "The Quiet American." But who is the "naive" one? And who has "noble motives"?

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Subject: Bush family legacy

Lisa -

Stealing is a Bush family value, eh? Whether it be elections or oil or our civil rights.

Let's not forget brother Neil and the Silverado Savings and Loan scandal. What he's done since doesn't seem all that upstanding.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Bush

I continue to mention your site to everyone I talk to and have a link to it in my otherwise non-political blog. Keep up the great work.

Dave

Thanks Dave! I was wondering what Neil had been up to so I Googled him and found this:

Prominent Bush fundraisers who had not contributed to any presidential candidate through the first half of 2007 included professional golfer Ben Crenshaw of Austin; Pittsburg chicken magnate Lonnie "Bo" Pilgrim; Dallas philanthropist Nancy G. Brinker, founder of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation and former ambassador to Hungary; and first brother Neil Bush, a Houston education software entrepreneur. His ex-wife, Sharon, donated $250 to Romney.

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 "Listen to this, according to U.S. intelligence, they say Iraq Prime Minister Maliki is an ineffective leader" that "is...unable to work with his cabinet, lacks authority with the population, has poor communication skills -- no, wait a minute. That's Bush. I'm sorry, I completely -- forgive me." - David Letterman
 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

• Padilla sues US officials over confinement Christian Science Monitor

• Defense Wraps Up In Abu Ghraib Trial Guardian Unlimited

If Dick Cheney ever sells his collection of draft deferments, it will net more money on eBay than Barry Bonds' home-run ball. - Argus Hamilton, comedian

www.internetweekly.org

Go-F***-Yourself News

• Cheney protester convicted Sydney Morning Herald 
   

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