If the U.A.E. is going to help Homeland Security run U.S. seaports, then Osama bin Laden might be freed from whatever cave he has been getting his dialysis in...And come home!
Come to the Land of the Brave and the Home of the Free!
All is forgiven!
Arab terrorists are welcome!
The Iraq war was a lie!
It was a mistake!
Nevertheless, the War President will do business with terrorist sympathizers, just like grandpa did with Hitler’s Germany!
Mr. Chertoff's incompetence is not complete yet.
He failed during Hurricane Katrina, and he can fail some more.
But wait!
Maybe giving contracts to the U.A.E. is a secret mission.
Maybe we want to attract more terrorists so that we can snuff them out in our ports before they reach our cities.
Yes, that's the ticket.
All is well.
Put out the red carpet for the United Arab Emirates!
Praise Allah!
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
MARS HERE WE COME!
I was watching 60 Minutes the other night.
The subject was Global Warming.
It was reported that CO2 levels haven't been this high for thousands of years.
Maybe millions!
The earth will still rise ONE DEGREE more even if every CO2-spewing machine stopped its polluting right now!
It was then stated that the ice caps are still going to continue melting regardless whether the machine stops!
And what will happen when the world doesn't decrease current CO2 levels?
It was also stated that the U.S.A. is the world's biggest polluter.
More intense storms are in our future.
Live like hell now, because a larger hell is on its way.
Mars...here we come!
The subject was Global Warming.
It was reported that CO2 levels haven't been this high for thousands of years.
Maybe millions!
The earth will still rise ONE DEGREE more even if every CO2-spewing machine stopped its polluting right now!
It was then stated that the ice caps are still going to continue melting regardless whether the machine stops!
And what will happen when the world doesn't decrease current CO2 levels?
It was also stated that the U.S.A. is the world's biggest polluter.
More intense storms are in our future.
Live like hell now, because a larger hell is on its way.
Mars...here we come!
Monday, February 20, 2006
THE LONGEST WAR
"Since the invasion of Saddam's Iraq, those bases -- call them what you will -- have been at the heart of the Bush administration's "reconstruction" of the country. To this day, those Little Americas, with their KBR-lands, their Pizza Huts, their stop signs, and their miniature golf courses remain at the secret heart of Bush administration "reconstruction" policy. As long as KBR keeps building them, making their facilities ever more enduring (and ever more valuable), there can be no genuine "withdrawal" from Iraq, nor even an intention of doing so. Right now, despite the recent visits of a couple of reporters, those super-bases remain enswathed in a kind of policy silence. The Bush administration does not discuss them (other than to deny their permanency from time to time). No presidential speeches deal with them. No plans for them are debated in Congress. The opposition Democrats generally ignore them and the press -- with the exception of the odd columnist -- won't even put the words "base," "permanent," and "Iraq" in the same paragraph".
"It may be hard to do, given the skimpy coverage, but keep your eyes directed at our "super-bases." Until the administration blinks on them, there will be no withdrawal from Iraq." [Can you Say "Permanent Bases"?, Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
George W. Bush and his writers have been telling us what they want us to hear, but not what is really happening.
In order for the Bush regime to retain its stranglehold of power over Congress, the American people and the world, its propaganda apparatus must constantly remind us that the Long War will continue until it has been "won" (VICTORY!).
This is both delusion and deception.
It is a grand illusion and the big lie (which I know is offensive to the liars).
The turf of Iraq must remain in the talons of the U.S. Eagle even while we tell the world that our high and mighty bird (of prey?) is just passing over and through until the Iraqis can stand on their own feet (if they don't get knocked over by the bombs of us or them).
This Long War has been sad and tragic; but lucrative.
The lucre has gone to the civilian and military contractors there and over here.
The American people, of course, have been (and will continue to be) the obedient and devoted financiers of the LONG WAR.
In the meantime (and it is a very mean time indeed), the money filling the treacherous trough (& black hole) of Bush's Long War has decreased funding for (among other things) the education of America’s children (Bush’s No Child Left With A Behind ) and Health Care (Screw the old folks...they're going to die pretty soon anyway!).
But the U.S. embassy in Iraq will still get its funding:
"The Bush administration is sinking between $600 million and $1 billion in construction funds into a new U.S. embassy. It is to arise in Baghdad's Green Zone on a plot of land along the Tigris River that is reportedly two-thirds the area of the National Mall in Washington, DC. The plans for this "embassy" are almost mythic in nature. A high-tech complex, it is to have "15ft blast walls and ground-to-air missiles" for protection as well as bunkers to guard against air attacks. It will, according to Chris Hughes, security correspondent for the British Daily Mirror, include "as many as 300 houses for consular and military officials" and a "large-scale barracks" for Marines. The "compound" will be a cluster of at least 21 buildings, assumedly nearly self-sufficient, including "a gym, swimming pool, barber and beauty shops, a food court and a commissary. Water, electricity and sewage treatment plants will all be independent from Baghdad's city utilities." It is being billed as "more secure than the Pentagon" (not, perhaps, the most reassuring tagline in the post-9/11 world). If not quite a city-state, on completion it will resemble an embassy-state. In essence, inside Baghdad's Green Zone, we will be building another more heavily fortified little Green Zone. [Can You Say "Permanent Bases"?, Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
And those huge ("non-permanent") bases in Iraq will receive their funding:
"Thomas Ricks of the Washington Post paid a visit to Balad Air Base, the largest American base in the country, 68 kilometers north of Baghdad and "smack in the middle of the most hostile part of Iraq." In a piece entitled Biggest Base in Iraq Has Small-Town Feel, Ricks paints a striking portrait:
"The base is sizeable enough to have its own "neighborhoods" including "KBR-land" (in honor of the Halliburton subsidiary that has done most of the base-construction work in Iraq); "CJSOTF" ("home to a special operations unit," the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, surrounded by "especially high walls," and so secretive that even the base Army public affairs chief has never been inside); and a junkyard for bombed out Army Humvees. There is as well a Subway, a Pizza Hut, a Popeye's, "an ersatz Starbucks," a 24-hour Burger King, two post exchanges where TVs, iPods, and the like can be purchased, four mess halls, a hospital, a strictly enforced on-base speed limit of 10 MPH, a huge airstrip, 250 aircraft (helicopters and predator drones included), air-traffic pile-ups of a sort you would see over Chicago's O'Hare airport, and "a miniature golf course, which mimics a battlefield with its baby sandbags, little Jersey barriers, strands of concertina wire and, down at the end of the course, what appears to be a tiny detainee cage." [Can You Say "Permanent Bases"?,Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
"It may be hard to do, given the skimpy coverage, but keep your eyes directed at our "super-bases." Until the administration blinks on them, there will be no withdrawal from Iraq." [Can you Say "Permanent Bases"?, Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
George W. Bush and his writers have been telling us what they want us to hear, but not what is really happening.
In order for the Bush regime to retain its stranglehold of power over Congress, the American people and the world, its propaganda apparatus must constantly remind us that the Long War will continue until it has been "won" (VICTORY!).
This is both delusion and deception.
It is a grand illusion and the big lie (which I know is offensive to the liars).
The turf of Iraq must remain in the talons of the U.S. Eagle even while we tell the world that our high and mighty bird (of prey?) is just passing over and through until the Iraqis can stand on their own feet (if they don't get knocked over by the bombs of us or them).
This Long War has been sad and tragic; but lucrative.
The lucre has gone to the civilian and military contractors there and over here.
The American people, of course, have been (and will continue to be) the obedient and devoted financiers of the LONG WAR.
In the meantime (and it is a very mean time indeed), the money filling the treacherous trough (& black hole) of Bush's Long War has decreased funding for (among other things) the education of America’s children (Bush’s No Child Left With A Behind ) and Health Care (Screw the old folks...they're going to die pretty soon anyway!).
But the U.S. embassy in Iraq will still get its funding:
"The Bush administration is sinking between $600 million and $1 billion in construction funds into a new U.S. embassy. It is to arise in Baghdad's Green Zone on a plot of land along the Tigris River that is reportedly two-thirds the area of the National Mall in Washington, DC. The plans for this "embassy" are almost mythic in nature. A high-tech complex, it is to have "15ft blast walls and ground-to-air missiles" for protection as well as bunkers to guard against air attacks. It will, according to Chris Hughes, security correspondent for the British Daily Mirror, include "as many as 300 houses for consular and military officials" and a "large-scale barracks" for Marines. The "compound" will be a cluster of at least 21 buildings, assumedly nearly self-sufficient, including "a gym, swimming pool, barber and beauty shops, a food court and a commissary. Water, electricity and sewage treatment plants will all be independent from Baghdad's city utilities." It is being billed as "more secure than the Pentagon" (not, perhaps, the most reassuring tagline in the post-9/11 world). If not quite a city-state, on completion it will resemble an embassy-state. In essence, inside Baghdad's Green Zone, we will be building another more heavily fortified little Green Zone. [Can You Say "Permanent Bases"?, Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
And those huge ("non-permanent") bases in Iraq will receive their funding:
"Thomas Ricks of the Washington Post paid a visit to Balad Air Base, the largest American base in the country, 68 kilometers north of Baghdad and "smack in the middle of the most hostile part of Iraq." In a piece entitled Biggest Base in Iraq Has Small-Town Feel, Ricks paints a striking portrait:
"The base is sizeable enough to have its own "neighborhoods" including "KBR-land" (in honor of the Halliburton subsidiary that has done most of the base-construction work in Iraq); "CJSOTF" ("home to a special operations unit," the Combined Joint Special Operations Task Force, surrounded by "especially high walls," and so secretive that even the base Army public affairs chief has never been inside); and a junkyard for bombed out Army Humvees. There is as well a Subway, a Pizza Hut, a Popeye's, "an ersatz Starbucks," a 24-hour Burger King, two post exchanges where TVs, iPods, and the like can be purchased, four mess halls, a hospital, a strictly enforced on-base speed limit of 10 MPH, a huge airstrip, 250 aircraft (helicopters and predator drones included), air-traffic pile-ups of a sort you would see over Chicago's O'Hare airport, and "a miniature golf course, which mimics a battlefield with its baby sandbags, little Jersey barriers, strands of concertina wire and, down at the end of the course, what appears to be a tiny detainee cage." [Can You Say "Permanent Bases"?,Tom Engelhardt, Mother Jones, 2-14-06]
Sunday, February 19, 2006
LET ARABS RUN AMERICAN PORTS?
"Sure as shooting I know that a couple of the 9/11 terrorists were from the U.A.E.”
“O.K. I also know that some money got to the 9/11 bombers through the banking system in the U.A.E. "
"But we have to move on."
"We are making a bundle on this sale."
"America can be safe when Arabs run our ports."
"It just takes some faith."
"And War."
"Our mighty military is spreading the freedom in Iraq."
"The terrorists there...the Islamofascists...are getting their faces pelted so that we can have Arabs safely run and control our American ports here."
"All right. I'm now going to do some bird hunting.”
“No, Dick won’t be coming."
“O.K. I also know that some money got to the 9/11 bombers through the banking system in the U.A.E. "
"But we have to move on."
"We are making a bundle on this sale."
"America can be safe when Arabs run our ports."
"It just takes some faith."
"And War."
"Our mighty military is spreading the freedom in Iraq."
"The terrorists there...the Islamofascists...are getting their faces pelted so that we can have Arabs safely run and control our American ports here."
"All right. I'm now going to do some bird hunting.”
“No, Dick won’t be coming."
QUAIL HUNTING IS NOT WAR
He is likes to pull the trigger.
He likes to hunt birds.
But these things are not the same as a real war.
He said that he had other priorities when asked why he had received five deferments to avoid going to war himself.
He is good at taking American boys and girls to war.
He is good at pulling the trigger.
Quail hunting is not war.
He likes to have money.
So do all of us.
His ties with Halliburton before the Iraq war enabled him to help his Halliburton buddies after the pre-emptive war.
The soldiers continue to die.
They are like the helpless quail that Dick Cheney so enjoys to hunt and kill.
Hunting quail is a sport.
WAR IS NOT!
He likes to hunt birds.
But these things are not the same as a real war.
He said that he had other priorities when asked why he had received five deferments to avoid going to war himself.
He is good at taking American boys and girls to war.
He is good at pulling the trigger.
Quail hunting is not war.
He likes to have money.
So do all of us.
His ties with Halliburton before the Iraq war enabled him to help his Halliburton buddies after the pre-emptive war.
The soldiers continue to die.
They are like the helpless quail that Dick Cheney so enjoys to hunt and kill.
Hunting quail is a sport.
WAR IS NOT!
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
DICK CHENEY: I PULLED THE TRIGGER
"[Go] F**k yourself"
Dick Cheney
Direct threats require decisive action.
Dick Cheney
We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
Dick Cheney
"I successfully shot U.S. cruise missiles which peppered Iraq with shock and awe."
"It's a day I'll never forget."
"It was one of the best days of my life."
"Of course, many civilians died during that daring peppering, but this can happen when you're hunting for evildoers and dictators."
"I take the blame."
"I pulled the trigger."
"I shot a country."
"I hope the patient survives my shooting."
Dick Cheney
Direct threats require decisive action.
Dick Cheney
We will, in fact, be greeted as liberators.
Dick Cheney
"I successfully shot U.S. cruise missiles which peppered Iraq with shock and awe."
"It's a day I'll never forget."
"It was one of the best days of my life."
"Of course, many civilians died during that daring peppering, but this can happen when you're hunting for evildoers and dictators."
"I take the blame."
"I pulled the trigger."
"I shot a country."
"I hope the patient survives my shooting."
Monday, February 13, 2006
DICK CHENEY AND SHOOTING BIRDS
“The first thing we do, let’s kill all the lawyers”. (Shakespeare, Henry VI)
The Scene:
Quail hunting in South Texas.
Characters: A United States vice-president (not Dan Quayle), but Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington, 78, a lawyer.
Dick Cheney, the man with the crooked smile who likes to torture (except when he is hunting birds.)
Dick Cheney, the man with the bad heart who told us that Iraq had those WMD (and still looks for them while he is Quail-hunting).
Dick Cheney missed again.
Correction: He made a hit.
"The shooting, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, left a prominent Austin lawyer and Republican campaign supporter, Harry Whittington, wounded by shotgun pellets in the neck, shoulder and chest." [New York Times, 2-13-06]
A spokesperson described how birds were flushed out and then the VP fired, “peppering Mr. Whittington pretty good”.
We all empathize with the lawyer who was shot by the vice president and wish him a speedy recovery.
In the meantime, the VP should forego any more Quail hunting but continue his planning for bigger birds such as Iran.
And remember, GUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE DO!
The Scene:
Quail hunting in South Texas.
Characters: A United States vice-president (not Dan Quayle), but Dick Cheney and Harry Whittington, 78, a lawyer.
Dick Cheney, the man with the crooked smile who likes to torture (except when he is hunting birds.)
Dick Cheney, the man with the bad heart who told us that Iraq had those WMD (and still looks for them while he is Quail-hunting).
Dick Cheney missed again.
Correction: He made a hit.
"The shooting, which occurred at about 6:30 p.m. Eastern time, left a prominent Austin lawyer and Republican campaign supporter, Harry Whittington, wounded by shotgun pellets in the neck, shoulder and chest." [New York Times, 2-13-06]
A spokesperson described how birds were flushed out and then the VP fired, “peppering Mr. Whittington pretty good”.
We all empathize with the lawyer who was shot by the vice president and wish him a speedy recovery.
In the meantime, the VP should forego any more Quail hunting but continue his planning for bigger birds such as Iran.
And remember, GUNS DON’T KILL PEOPLE, PEOPLE DO!
Sunday, February 12, 2006
ODE ON SNOW
Snowstorms!
Piles of snow!
Soft, crystalline white snowflakes!
Feathered rain!
Powder snow!
Falling snow!
Up to the kneecaps snow!
Snow stuck on sidewalks and streets!
Snowballs!
Snowmen!
Snowdrift!
Sledding on soft snow!
Crunching snow!
Snow cones!
Piles of snow!
Soft, crystalline white snowflakes!
Feathered rain!
Powder snow!
Falling snow!
Up to the kneecaps snow!
Snow stuck on sidewalks and streets!
Snowballs!
Snowmen!
Snowdrift!
Sledding on soft snow!
Crunching snow!
Snow cones!
Friday, February 10, 2006
COCKPICK
Bush is doing it again.
He said cockpick...not cockpit.
How can anyone take this guy seriously?
Especially the world.
The War President bungled badly when he attacked Iraq.
He is still bungling the English language.
The War on Terror and the Terrorists are shaking in their boots...with laughter.
Cockpick.
He said cockpick...not cockpit.
How can anyone take this guy seriously?
Especially the world.
The War President bungled badly when he attacked Iraq.
He is still bungling the English language.
The War on Terror and the Terrorists are shaking in their boots...with laughter.
Cockpick.
Tuesday, February 07, 2006
A FUNERAL WITH MEANING
Thank you President Carter.
Thank you Reverend Joseph Lowery.
Thank you President Clinton.
You have honored Coretta King.
Even funerals can be political.
The politics of life and the politics of death.
The issues of peace and civil rights do not disappear in death.
They did not disappear with the deaths of Martin Luther King or Coretta Scott King.
Instead of giving just sound bites of praise (which is fine), two former presidents and one reverend mentioned social and political issues that Martin and Coretta King would have applauded.
O.K. It was the Kennedy administration that approved the F.B.I. to spy on MLK. It was wrong then and it is wrong today.
Martin Luther King was a man of peace and justice.
The Iraq War is unjust, and he would have said so.
The Republican Media mouthpieces are singing their usual shrill songs of indignation and disapproval that anyone should be critical of the current administration...even at a funeral.
But for once Rove & NeoCons did not have pre-approved robotic shills or a staged audience to wrap the flag around George W. Bush.
Thank you Reverend Joseph Lowery.
Thank you President Clinton.
You have honored Coretta King.
Even funerals can be political.
The politics of life and the politics of death.
The issues of peace and civil rights do not disappear in death.
They did not disappear with the deaths of Martin Luther King or Coretta Scott King.
Instead of giving just sound bites of praise (which is fine), two former presidents and one reverend mentioned social and political issues that Martin and Coretta King would have applauded.
O.K. It was the Kennedy administration that approved the F.B.I. to spy on MLK. It was wrong then and it is wrong today.
Martin Luther King was a man of peace and justice.
The Iraq War is unjust, and he would have said so.
The Republican Media mouthpieces are singing their usual shrill songs of indignation and disapproval that anyone should be critical of the current administration...even at a funeral.
But for once Rove & NeoCons did not have pre-approved robotic shills or a staged audience to wrap the flag around George W. Bush.
Sunday, February 05, 2006
THE PLANET WITHOUT A NAME
If Pluto remains the yardstick for planet classification, our solar system's family of planets might increase.
The dark and mysterious connotation of Pluto may also disappear if larger planetary bodies are discovered which are more distant than Pluto.
Right now (the planet without a name) 2003 UB313 (which sounds like a Rap band) is larger than Pluto.
Pluto's diameter is 1,430 miles. 2003 UB313's diameter is 1,860 miles. Not a huge difference, but a difference.
And 2002 UB313 travels twice as far from the Sun as Pluto.
Scientists now believe there are hundreds of planets located in the Kuiper Belt as big as or bigger than Pluto.
But instead of being called planets these other round worlds may be named dwarf planets.
(Do we have to be so perjorative and condescending?)
Additonal Kuiper Belt Objects with the largest albedos (reflectiveness and diameter) could keep expanding our own little neighborhood in the Cosmos.
Keep your eyes on the skies!
The dark and mysterious connotation of Pluto may also disappear if larger planetary bodies are discovered which are more distant than Pluto.
Right now (the planet without a name) 2003 UB313 (which sounds like a Rap band) is larger than Pluto.
Pluto's diameter is 1,430 miles. 2003 UB313's diameter is 1,860 miles. Not a huge difference, but a difference.
And 2002 UB313 travels twice as far from the Sun as Pluto.
Scientists now believe there are hundreds of planets located in the Kuiper Belt as big as or bigger than Pluto.
But instead of being called planets these other round worlds may be named dwarf planets.
(Do we have to be so perjorative and condescending?)
Additonal Kuiper Belt Objects with the largest albedos (reflectiveness and diameter) could keep expanding our own little neighborhood in the Cosmos.
Keep your eyes on the skies!
Saturday, February 04, 2006
F**KING CRAZIES AND TIME FOR A THIRD POLITICAL PARTY
I knew immediately that John McCain had started his engine and had saddled his horse for the 2008 election when he indicated that a military option for Iran shouldn't be ruled out.
McCain wants to polish his badge as a former P.O.W. and show that he isn't timid or afraid to continue Bush's LONG WAR.
A war with Iran just might be the ticket that finally throws this planet into World War III.
The Christians and Muslims will be overjoyed.
I wish there was one statesman in America with his or her eyes on the White House in 2008 who would be a diplomat instead of a warrior.
But America may have to put up with NeoCon types that do not want to let go of the Imperialistic pitchfork that is going to throw all of our souls into a Hell on Earth.
Plenty of more details for the Devil...plenty of more reasons to make corporations richer who make the armaments.
Colin Powel was correct when he called them f**king crazies.
McCain wants to polish his badge as a former P.O.W. and show that he isn't timid or afraid to continue Bush's LONG WAR.
A war with Iran just might be the ticket that finally throws this planet into World War III.
The Christians and Muslims will be overjoyed.
I wish there was one statesman in America with his or her eyes on the White House in 2008 who would be a diplomat instead of a warrior.
But America may have to put up with NeoCon types that do not want to let go of the Imperialistic pitchfork that is going to throw all of our souls into a Hell on Earth.
Plenty of more details for the Devil...plenty of more reasons to make corporations richer who make the armaments.
Colin Powel was correct when he called them f**king crazies.
Friday, February 03, 2006
THOU SHALT NOT PROTEST!
"I have some lawyers looking into filing a First Amendment lawsuit against the government for what happened tonight. I will file it. It is time to take our freedoms and our country back."
"I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether or not he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the government. That's why I am going to take my freedoms and liberties back. That's why I am not going to let BushCo take anything else away from me ... or you."
Cindy Sheehan, "What Really Happened?", truthout.org. [2-1-2006]
It was the State of the Union.
Dress code: Formal Wear.
Cindy Sheehan should have worn a Versace outfit.
Not a T-shirt for Pete's sake!
And she should have hidden the anti-war message until the president mentioned his freedom and victory song...then Cindy could have had bared her shirt, and let the network's cameras pan her message...and the placid, hopeful, disingenuous State of the Union could have gotten an additional lemon twist inserted into its whisky sour.
But tossing Ms. Sheehan out is not the real issue.
This Congress and this president are threatened by the voices of protest. That they are threatened indicates how insecure they are about their war.
They want the people to swear allegiance and goose step to their fuhrer and to themselves.
Only American swastikas...I mean flags!
You are either for the president...or against him.
You are either with the terrorists...or with the president.
Don't embarrass or threaten this regime.
It will bite back.
It will put you on its list of potenial terrorists.
Victory for the Homeland!
You've been bugged!
"I don't want to live in a country that prohibits any person, whether or not he/she has paid the ultimate price for that country, from wearing, saying, writing, or telephoning any negative statements about the government. That's why I am going to take my freedoms and liberties back. That's why I am not going to let BushCo take anything else away from me ... or you."
Cindy Sheehan, "What Really Happened?", truthout.org. [2-1-2006]
It was the State of the Union.
Dress code: Formal Wear.
Cindy Sheehan should have worn a Versace outfit.
Not a T-shirt for Pete's sake!
And she should have hidden the anti-war message until the president mentioned his freedom and victory song...then Cindy could have had bared her shirt, and let the network's cameras pan her message...and the placid, hopeful, disingenuous State of the Union could have gotten an additional lemon twist inserted into its whisky sour.
But tossing Ms. Sheehan out is not the real issue.
This Congress and this president are threatened by the voices of protest. That they are threatened indicates how insecure they are about their war.
They want the people to swear allegiance and goose step to their fuhrer and to themselves.
Only American swastikas...I mean flags!
You are either for the president...or against him.
You are either with the terrorists...or with the president.
Don't embarrass or threaten this regime.
It will bite back.
It will put you on its list of potenial terrorists.
Victory for the Homeland!
You've been bugged!
Thursday, February 02, 2006
WAR ADDICTION
Hearing that War Pesident Bush wants a $120,000,000,000 installment this month for spreading more freedom, paving the way to Victory in Iraq,
it dawned on me:
WE ARE ADDICTED TO WAR.
Oil addiction takes second place.
War is our addiction.
But this has been the planet’s addiction for millennia.
Whether
I like it or not (and I don't like it that much)
I am a part of the problem.
I am part of the addiction.
I pay my taxes.
My taxes are used in Bush's latest request.
If I don't pay my taxes, I spend time in jail (Room & Board...and unpleasant encounters).
I do a lot of criticizing.
I do a lot of satirizing.
But I am still a part of the BIG ADDICTION.
War...this Iraq war---tomorrow's new WAR by the U.S.---
is going to be funded by you and me.
Again and again.
Until we reach the end of the movie:
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Einstein)
it dawned on me:
WE ARE ADDICTED TO WAR.
Oil addiction takes second place.
War is our addiction.
But this has been the planet’s addiction for millennia.
Whether
I like it or not (and I don't like it that much)
I am a part of the problem.
I am part of the addiction.
I pay my taxes.
My taxes are used in Bush's latest request.
If I don't pay my taxes, I spend time in jail (Room & Board...and unpleasant encounters).
I do a lot of criticizing.
I do a lot of satirizing.
But I am still a part of the BIG ADDICTION.
War...this Iraq war---tomorrow's new WAR by the U.S.---
is going to be funded by you and me.
Again and again.
Until we reach the end of the movie:
"I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones." (Einstein)
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
FULL OF HOPE FULL OF DOPE
He gave us his State of the Union, but it was actually his State of Mind.
He made it sound like everything was just ducky and peaches and cream.
Hopeful.
Hopeful.
Hopeful.
Full of Hope.
FULL OF DOPE!
(Give me a Rope.)
After an energy policy that was created IN SECRET by oil moguls, giving themselves huge profits, our War President wants us to believe his oil addiction admonition.
Uh-huh. The moon is made of cheese.
The president waxes on about the country's addiction to oil, but he has been waning for five years on making progress to kick the habit.
Just a lot of hot air (not gas).
There was no crash program or sense of urgency until last night.
A few mere honks were made by Bush in his 2003 State of the Union about hydrogen cars, but Bush and his Arab boyfriends, plus his American cronies, are making too much dough for anyone to believe his whimper about oil addiction.
Iraq was the same old mantra.
Don’t leave until there is victory.
“…We’re spreading freedom now…It’s amazing to see.”
And more hot air about giving health coverage to all Americans. The Clintons tried that, and they were shot down.
Bush is an appealing speaker.
He reads the script well (although some words still get garbled).
His speechwriters are superb writers.
Too bad there isn’t more veracity in the speeches.
He made it sound like everything was just ducky and peaches and cream.
Hopeful.
Hopeful.
Hopeful.
Full of Hope.
FULL OF DOPE!
(Give me a Rope.)
After an energy policy that was created IN SECRET by oil moguls, giving themselves huge profits, our War President wants us to believe his oil addiction admonition.
Uh-huh. The moon is made of cheese.
The president waxes on about the country's addiction to oil, but he has been waning for five years on making progress to kick the habit.
Just a lot of hot air (not gas).
There was no crash program or sense of urgency until last night.
A few mere honks were made by Bush in his 2003 State of the Union about hydrogen cars, but Bush and his Arab boyfriends, plus his American cronies, are making too much dough for anyone to believe his whimper about oil addiction.
Iraq was the same old mantra.
Don’t leave until there is victory.
“…We’re spreading freedom now…It’s amazing to see.”
And more hot air about giving health coverage to all Americans. The Clintons tried that, and they were shot down.
Bush is an appealing speaker.
He reads the script well (although some words still get garbled).
His speechwriters are superb writers.
Too bad there isn’t more veracity in the speeches.
Monday, January 30, 2006
A VERY VERY SHORT STATE OF THE UNION
THE PRESIDENT: Mr. Speaker, Vice President Cheney, members of Congress, distinguished citizens and fellow citizens: By law and by custom, we are meeting here again to consider the state of the union. We come together here in this chamber with a lot of potatoes on our plate (and most of them are hot ones) (Applause).
We are at war. We will be at war forever. The world and the American people depend on me as your president and Commander-in-Chief to win the War on Terror. Right now we are facing the threat of a nuclear Iran whose current President denies the Holocaust, and wants Israel to be destroyed. Here we go again. (Applause)
Some of my critics are bugged because I’m spying on the conversations of enemies who are calling persons here in the United States. But I do this to protect the freedom and civil liberties of all Americans. The War on Terror requires new tools and new ways to deal with the evildoers who are poised to attack America again. I will do everything I can to execute the Constitution, and if I have to bug citizens I will do so with their safety in mind. It is perfectly legal. I am not a crooked president. (Applause)
So far the terrorists have not been able to penetrate safeguards that I have put in place. And no safeguard is more vital than the Patriot Act. It has guaranteed that America stays protected from the terrorists. More than ever this Bill of Rights bashing law needs to become permanent. We need it, it needs us, and the terrorists don’t want it. (Applause)
Many Americans still do not have comprehensive health care, and so I am asking all of you to take your vitamins, exercise, and don’t eat so much fat. If you get sick it’s your fault, not mine. (Applause)
The American economy is in great shape. Sure, you have to pay a little more for gas, but this is a small price to pay to live in a free and democratic society. Profits are good. Prophets are good. God is good. War is Peace. Love is Hatred. A horse is a horse. My kingdom for a horse!
Thank you and good night.
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We are at war. We will be at war forever. The world and the American people depend on me as your president and Commander-in-Chief to win the War on Terror. Right now we are facing the threat of a nuclear Iran whose current President denies the Holocaust, and wants Israel to be destroyed. Here we go again. (Applause)
Some of my critics are bugged because I’m spying on the conversations of enemies who are calling persons here in the United States. But I do this to protect the freedom and civil liberties of all Americans. The War on Terror requires new tools and new ways to deal with the evildoers who are poised to attack America again. I will do everything I can to execute the Constitution, and if I have to bug citizens I will do so with their safety in mind. It is perfectly legal. I am not a crooked president. (Applause)
So far the terrorists have not been able to penetrate safeguards that I have put in place. And no safeguard is more vital than the Patriot Act. It has guaranteed that America stays protected from the terrorists. More than ever this Bill of Rights bashing law needs to become permanent. We need it, it needs us, and the terrorists don’t want it. (Applause)
Many Americans still do not have comprehensive health care, and so I am asking all of you to take your vitamins, exercise, and don’t eat so much fat. If you get sick it’s your fault, not mine. (Applause)
The American economy is in great shape. Sure, you have to pay a little more for gas, but this is a small price to pay to live in a free and democratic society. Profits are good. Prophets are good. God is good. War is Peace. Love is Hatred. A horse is a horse. My kingdom for a horse!
Thank you and good night.
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Sunday, January 29, 2006
LOLLIPOPS DAISIES AND DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS
"You can't say civilization don't advance -- for every war, they kill you in a new way."
WILL ROGERS
Yes, in war don't expect lollipops and daisies.
Each side, each enemy, will use whatever weapon can produce the most success in killing the other enemy.
Mustard gas.
Atomic Bombs.
Naplalm.
Agent Orange.
Depleted Uranium Weapons.
Nobody likes war.
But in a war you must support your side.
Either win or lose.
For better or worse.
Winning supersedes morals.
The end justifies the means.
NOT ALLOWED: subjective, emotional value judgments such as "I believe that using DU weapons is immoral." (But necessary)
Although there is no absolute certainty or convincing scientific evidence that these Depleted Uranium weapons have produced the thousands and thousands and thousands of injuries and illnesses in Iraqi citizens and U.S. soldiers...still, there is the question of why these illnesses and injuries exist.
The effects strongly suggest that DU is the cause.
Question and doubt this until Doomsday.
Assert that land mines and cars are more dangerous than DU.
Say that these cancers, birth defects, and illnesses are caused by something else; or that no one knows for sure why they exist.
Use jargon and arguments from logic and philosophy.
The sicknesses and illnesses remain. And continue.
The tragedy has already occurred.
GOOD AMERICANS like GOOD GERMANS must accept what their Government dictates.
Whine and writhe, complain and criticize…it’s us or them.
But as Pogo once said,
“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
WILL ROGERS
Yes, in war don't expect lollipops and daisies.
Each side, each enemy, will use whatever weapon can produce the most success in killing the other enemy.
Mustard gas.
Atomic Bombs.
Naplalm.
Agent Orange.
Depleted Uranium Weapons.
Nobody likes war.
But in a war you must support your side.
Either win or lose.
For better or worse.
Winning supersedes morals.
The end justifies the means.
NOT ALLOWED: subjective, emotional value judgments such as "I believe that using DU weapons is immoral." (But necessary)
Although there is no absolute certainty or convincing scientific evidence that these Depleted Uranium weapons have produced the thousands and thousands and thousands of injuries and illnesses in Iraqi citizens and U.S. soldiers...still, there is the question of why these illnesses and injuries exist.
The effects strongly suggest that DU is the cause.
Question and doubt this until Doomsday.
Assert that land mines and cars are more dangerous than DU.
Say that these cancers, birth defects, and illnesses are caused by something else; or that no one knows for sure why they exist.
Use jargon and arguments from logic and philosophy.
The sicknesses and illnesses remain. And continue.
The tragedy has already occurred.
GOOD AMERICANS like GOOD GERMANS must accept what their Government dictates.
Whine and writhe, complain and criticize…it’s us or them.
But as Pogo once said,
“We have met the enemy and he is us.”
Monday, January 23, 2006
HARRY BELAFONTE AND A BAD MOON RISING
Alright...Enough of my Bush bashing and satire...but
NOT YET.
Maybe after George W. Bush leaves the White House.
After listening to Harry Belafonte talking with Wolf Blitzer tonight, I found myself sadly agreeing with Mr. Belafonte.
It was scary.
It is scary!
Not the fact that Mr. Belafonte said what he said, but that what he said had a RING OF TRUTH.
I know that millions of Pakistanis now have joined a world jihad against America.
I do not deny that this is the case, nor do I deny that IT IS dangerous.
IT IS DANGEROUS.
IT IS GETTING MORE DANGEROUS BY THE HOUR.
But the danger is not only the fact that large numbers of the Islamic community are protesting and joining this jihad.
The danger, my friends, is that America will not open its collective orbs and minds to admit that the jihad is bigger now than ever because of the bellicose and lethal actions that have been waged in the name of Democracy in the Global War on Terror.
Harry Belafonte does not mince words.
He is calling George W. Bush a Terrorist.
Is the Terror outside of America real?
Yes it is.
Has America done any terrorizing?
Mr. Belafonte says yes...emphatically!
Mr. Belafonte points out such things as torture and the collateral-damage-murder of innocent men, children and women by the United States.
A bad moon is rising.
A BAD MOON HAS BEEN RISING SINCE 9/11.
I am more afraid now of the terrorists than before September 11, 2001.
George W. Bush has been spreading something, but it hasn't been Democracy.
What should we do?
What will we do?
Jesus help us!
NOT YET.
Maybe after George W. Bush leaves the White House.
After listening to Harry Belafonte talking with Wolf Blitzer tonight, I found myself sadly agreeing with Mr. Belafonte.
It was scary.
It is scary!
Not the fact that Mr. Belafonte said what he said, but that what he said had a RING OF TRUTH.
I know that millions of Pakistanis now have joined a world jihad against America.
I do not deny that this is the case, nor do I deny that IT IS dangerous.
IT IS DANGEROUS.
IT IS GETTING MORE DANGEROUS BY THE HOUR.
But the danger is not only the fact that large numbers of the Islamic community are protesting and joining this jihad.
The danger, my friends, is that America will not open its collective orbs and minds to admit that the jihad is bigger now than ever because of the bellicose and lethal actions that have been waged in the name of Democracy in the Global War on Terror.
Harry Belafonte does not mince words.
He is calling George W. Bush a Terrorist.
Is the Terror outside of America real?
Yes it is.
Has America done any terrorizing?
Mr. Belafonte says yes...emphatically!
Mr. Belafonte points out such things as torture and the collateral-damage-murder of innocent men, children and women by the United States.
A bad moon is rising.
A BAD MOON HAS BEEN RISING SINCE 9/11.
I am more afraid now of the terrorists than before September 11, 2001.
George W. Bush has been spreading something, but it hasn't been Democracy.
What should we do?
What will we do?
Jesus help us!
Sunday, January 22, 2006
A RANCH IS NOT A PLANTATION
"George and I live on a ranch. Well, we do not exactly live there, but we vacation there a lot.
So I know the difference between a plantation and a ranch."
"George and I also do not support (nor will we ever have any) slaves (except for the American people who faithfully pay their taxes to bankroll us and the Iraq war)."
"And so the former First Lady was quite out of line when she called the GOP a plantation. There are no slaves in this fine party (except for the lobbyists who we pay)."
The Republican party ended slavery a long time ago."
"Plantations are a thing of the past. To use such language is a racist anachronism."
"Well, thank you. I must get ready to return to the old plant...I mean the ranch. Toodle-doo."
So I know the difference between a plantation and a ranch."
"George and I also do not support (nor will we ever have any) slaves (except for the American people who faithfully pay their taxes to bankroll us and the Iraq war)."
"And so the former First Lady was quite out of line when she called the GOP a plantation. There are no slaves in this fine party (except for the lobbyists who we pay)."
The Republican party ended slavery a long time ago."
"Plantations are a thing of the past. To use such language is a racist anachronism."
"Well, thank you. I must get ready to return to the old plant...I mean the ranch. Toodle-doo."
Friday, January 20, 2006
OSAMA SPEAKS
"O.K. Mr. President. We are ready to start taping."
"Is this guy who's going to do Osama's voice the best we could find?"
"Yes, Mr. President. We have thoroughly mapped his DNA and brain physiology, and we've done a computer analysis of voice characteristics. We feel that we have a surrogate who is a near identical match."
"Good. Let's get started.
"The script calls for Osama to talk about attacking Americans in their backyards.
Limiting threats to the main arteries of cities, or the cities themselves, does not produce the same fear as telling citizens that they are not safe in their own homes and backyards."
"We also want Osama to say that Americans want their President to pull troops out of Iraq.
This will pull anti-war factions to my side after the recent killing of innocent women and children in Pakistan. Plus, this new tape should get American citizens on my side to continue spying on all of them."
"Osama then becomes the hated and evil one, and my authority rises to higher expectations. My poll numbers should also go up. Remember how my approval ratings got a lift (just before the last election?) when we brought Osama out of his cave?
"Yes sir, Osama is our boy...Osama is our toy."
"We don't want the peaceniks and opposition to have any opportunity to discover or uncover our operation, and so no video of Osama's...I mean the surrogate's face will be shown."
"O.K. Gentleman. I have to get back to my surveillance work. You wouldn't believe what Americans talk about!"
"Is this guy who's going to do Osama's voice the best we could find?"
"Yes, Mr. President. We have thoroughly mapped his DNA and brain physiology, and we've done a computer analysis of voice characteristics. We feel that we have a surrogate who is a near identical match."
"Good. Let's get started.
"The script calls for Osama to talk about attacking Americans in their backyards.
Limiting threats to the main arteries of cities, or the cities themselves, does not produce the same fear as telling citizens that they are not safe in their own homes and backyards."
"We also want Osama to say that Americans want their President to pull troops out of Iraq.
This will pull anti-war factions to my side after the recent killing of innocent women and children in Pakistan. Plus, this new tape should get American citizens on my side to continue spying on all of them."
"Osama then becomes the hated and evil one, and my authority rises to higher expectations. My poll numbers should also go up. Remember how my approval ratings got a lift (just before the last election?) when we brought Osama out of his cave?
"Yes sir, Osama is our boy...Osama is our toy."
"We don't want the peaceniks and opposition to have any opportunity to discover or uncover our operation, and so no video of Osama's...I mean the surrogate's face will be shown."
"O.K. Gentleman. I have to get back to my surveillance work. You wouldn't believe what Americans talk about!"
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