Let there be no confusion about exactly who was POTUS from January 2001 until January 2009. Make no mistake: it was Dick Cheney.
He ran the show. He made the decisions. He operated the machinery of state. He was the President.
If anyone, anywhere, might be confused by this, they shouldn't be. It's undeniable. George W. Bush was an empty suit, a mouth-piece, a stand-in, a patsy. Dick was the deal.
And now Dick is dealing dirt at every turn. After spending eight years in an undisclosed location, he can't stop talking. You couldn't shut him up with a soaking-wet rag in his mouth... oops... he just might enjoy that.
And now he says his potential testimony in the torture investigation "will depend on the circumstances and what [he thinks] their activities are really involved in." Really? Depends on what, Dick? On how big a lie you need to tell? On how far above the law you want to keep placing yourself? You've already told dozens and dozens of whoppers... Dick... how could you possibly surpass those? You lost your soul years ago. Stop trying to make others lose theirs.
Please... go away. I don't care if you go away mad... just go away.
Monday, August 31, 2009
Saturday, August 22, 2009
This is starting to get sick...
What the hell is up with the Jackson Family? Just bury the guy already. This is a circus
Unless he's been frozen solid since his death, he's got to be ready for burial... beyond ready.
This is a circus. They talk about wanting to honor his memory, but they're doing everything but honoring it. What a freak show.
Unless he's been frozen solid since his death, he's got to be ready for burial... beyond ready.
This is a circus. They talk about wanting to honor his memory, but they're doing everything but honoring it. What a freak show.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Guns Might Not Shoot People...
...but knuckleheads sure do.
Plaxico... although two years might be a bit harsh, spend the time wisely: learn to be less of a primadonna.
Plaxico... although two years might be a bit harsh, spend the time wisely: learn to be less of a primadonna.
Mr. Chutzpah, Mr. Clueless...
Mitt Romney thinks President Obama is not being deferential enough to the Republicants regarding health care reform.
Huh? Is he kidding?
Mr. Obama is being far too deferential to the people who have absolutely no interest in real reform, and every special interest in killing anything like reform.
All you have to do is read anything from Senator Grassley to know this is true. Mr. Grassley will do all he can, and is doing all he can, to kill any bill that comes out of any committee, regardless of how how many concessions are made to them. He has no interest in stopping the health care-industry gravy train he's riding. He's using fear to cloud what's true.
Sure, real healthcare reform, a public option for healthcare (i.e., "Medicare for all"), will cost a bundle; anyone who suggest otherwise is being disingenuous to the extreme. But all we have to do is cut the defense budget to pay for it.
As it is now, we're subsidizing health care companies, enabling them to make absurd profits. Health care is not about the shareholders who own health care-company stocks; rather, it's about health care for these companies' policy holders. Senator Grassley, and even Democratic Senator Baucus, are far too beholden to the health care companies to be able to see their way through this.
More deferential to the Republicants, Mr. Romney? No way. Mr. Obama only needs to be deferential to the majority of people who elected him based on his promise to work his ass off for real health care reform, for real and affordable health care for everyone who needs it. If health care reform can be passed without the Republicants, so be it.
Mr. Romney, you need to get a clue. Bipartisanship only works if both sides mean it; however, your side clearly doesn't, clearly isn't interested in being bipartisan and instead insists on pure partisanship, on the politics of no. Mr. Obama keeps reaching out, and you keep slapping his open hand away.
Huh? Is he kidding?
Mr. Obama is being far too deferential to the people who have absolutely no interest in real reform, and every special interest in killing anything like reform.
All you have to do is read anything from Senator Grassley to know this is true. Mr. Grassley will do all he can, and is doing all he can, to kill any bill that comes out of any committee, regardless of how how many concessions are made to them. He has no interest in stopping the health care-industry gravy train he's riding. He's using fear to cloud what's true.
Sure, real healthcare reform, a public option for healthcare (i.e., "Medicare for all"), will cost a bundle; anyone who suggest otherwise is being disingenuous to the extreme. But all we have to do is cut the defense budget to pay for it.
As it is now, we're subsidizing health care companies, enabling them to make absurd profits. Health care is not about the shareholders who own health care-company stocks; rather, it's about health care for these companies' policy holders. Senator Grassley, and even Democratic Senator Baucus, are far too beholden to the health care companies to be able to see their way through this.
More deferential to the Republicants, Mr. Romney? No way. Mr. Obama only needs to be deferential to the majority of people who elected him based on his promise to work his ass off for real health care reform, for real and affordable health care for everyone who needs it. If health care reform can be passed without the Republicants, so be it.
Mr. Romney, you need to get a clue. Bipartisanship only works if both sides mean it; however, your side clearly doesn't, clearly isn't interested in being bipartisan and instead insists on pure partisanship, on the politics of no. Mr. Obama keeps reaching out, and you keep slapping his open hand away.
Monday, June 1, 2009
New NEW lows!
Back in April I posted this: I had just received it as an email, which was a truly tacky solicitation from a fraudulent creep and I was gobsmacked by it.
Now the following arrived in an email, and the depths of depravity plumbed by the first guy have been surpassed and then some by this jerk.
Dear Beloved,
Goodday to you and your family , i am sorry to disturb you but i just finished praying to God and i felt deeply in my heart that you are that individual that i have been looking for and so i can contact you for a blessing that you are about to recieve and also share with people that need it ,my name is Mr. Ehab Elbalawi a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.
It has defile all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself)but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never Generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how i have lived it.
Now that God has called me,I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth. I want to believe that you will be capable of handling this task for me.
I will wait to hear from you to know if you are capable of doing this favour for me, ALLAH will bless you as you decide to do this .I will wait for your urgent response'' thank you for deciding to be used by GOD for this task.
Thank you
Ehab Elbalawi.
Now the following arrived in an email, and the depths of depravity plumbed by the first guy have been surpassed and then some by this jerk.
Dear Beloved,
Goodday to you and your family , i am sorry to disturb you but i just finished praying to God and i felt deeply in my heart that you are that individual that i have been looking for and so i can contact you for a blessing that you are about to recieve and also share with people that need it ,my name is Mr. Ehab Elbalawi a merchant in Dubai, in the U.A.E.I have been diagnosed with Esophageal cancer.
It has defile all forms of medical treatment, and right now I have only about a few months to live, according to medical experts.
I have not particularly lived my life so well, as I never really cared for anyone (not even myself)but my business. Though I am very rich, I was never Generous, I was always hostile to people and only focused on my business as that was the only thing I cared for. But now I regret all this as I now know that there is more to life than just wanting to have or make all the money in the world. I believe when God gives me a second chance to come to this world I would live my life a different way from how i have lived it.
Now that God has called me,I have willed and given most of my property and assets to my immediate and extended family members as well as a few close friends. I want God to be merciful to me and accept my soul so,I have decided to give alms to charity organizations, as I want this to be one of
the last good deeds I do on earth. I want to believe that you will be capable of handling this task for me.
I will wait to hear from you to know if you are capable of doing this favour for me, ALLAH will bless you as you decide to do this .I will wait for your urgent response'' thank you for deciding to be used by GOD for this task.
Thank you
Ehab Elbalawi.
Tuesday, May 26, 2009
Can you say "credibility?"
If you're wondering about a good way to explain credibility, then this story is for you: it provides an excellent example of a complete lack of credibility.
If, however, you're an author who has had difficulty getting published, and you're tired of no-talent hacks getting published over you, don't read it. It'll just piss you off.
What a complete joke this guy is. Anyone who buys this book is a moron and deserves to be taken.
But then, his being a non-reader who's getting paid to write a book makes perfect sense, because he gets paid to sing, but... well... you get the picture.
If, however, you're an author who has had difficulty getting published, and you're tired of no-talent hacks getting published over you, don't read it. It'll just piss you off.
What a complete joke this guy is. Anyone who buys this book is a moron and deserves to be taken.
But then, his being a non-reader who's getting paid to write a book makes perfect sense, because he gets paid to sing, but... well... you get the picture.
Thursday, May 14, 2009
Goodbye Ada...
Ada the Dog: November 10th, 1996 -- May 14th, 2009
Thank you for making me a better person, Schmed; I'll miss you.
Thank you for making me a better person, Schmed; I'll miss you.
Friday, May 1, 2009
Thanks a bunch!
This bill was voted on today. It would have helped well over 1.5 million families stay in their homes. (Update, 5/13/09.)
The following 12 Democratic senators* voted against it under pressure from the banking and credit union lobbies:
I respect their ideals in going outside their party lines, but I don't think this was exactly the ideal time to be doing this. In case they haven't noticed, we have a bit of a real estate crisis on our hands.
* Source: http://www.senate.gov
The following 12 Democratic senators* voted against it under pressure from the banking and credit union lobbies:
- Senator Max Baucus (D-MT)
511 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2651 - Senator Michael Bennett (D-CO)
702 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5852 - Senator Robert Byrd (D-WV)
311 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3954 - Senator Thomas Carper (D-DE)
513 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2441 - Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND)
322 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2551 - Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD)
136 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5842 - Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
328 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5824 - Senator Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
355 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4843 - Senator Ben Nelson (D-NE)
720 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-6551 - Senator Mark Pryor (D-AR)
255 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2353 - Senator Arlen Specter (D-PA)
711 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-4254 - Senator Jon Tester (D-MT)
724 HART SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-2644
I respect their ideals in going outside their party lines, but I don't think this was exactly the ideal time to be doing this. In case they haven't noticed, we have a bit of a real estate crisis on our hands.
* Source: http://www.senate.gov
Friday, April 24, 2009
No nukes?
Pakistan has nuclear bombs. The Taliban is threatening to topple the government in Pakistan; therefore, the Taliban ends up with nuclear weapons.
Oh joy: fundamentalist wack-jobs with nukes. Hey... this was the Bush Administration for eight years, wasn't it?
Whew, for a minute there I thought we were in trouble.
Oh joy: fundamentalist wack-jobs with nukes. Hey... this was the Bush Administration for eight years, wasn't it?
Whew, for a minute there I thought we were in trouble.
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Cheney's calling for the whole story to be told?
Dick says if the torture memos have been released, then the documentation that allegedly proves the efficacy of that torture should be released as well; in other words, he wants what he perceives to be the whole story to be told.
Fair enough, but even as Dick and his extremist toadies tout Barry Goldwater's famous quote, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice," they all need to consider the whole story, Goldwater's entire quote, which ended with, "And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"
So... Dick... you better hope the DOJ demonstrates "moderation" in its "pursuit of justice."
Fair enough, but even as Dick and his extremist toadies tout Barry Goldwater's famous quote, "I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice," they all need to consider the whole story, Goldwater's entire quote, which ended with, "And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!"
So... Dick... you better hope the DOJ demonstrates "moderation" in its "pursuit of justice."
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
It Doesn't Matter!
By US federal statute, torture is illegal. President Obama has had released the so-called "torture memos," which clearly show how we've tortured people.
Now former-VP Dick Cheney is complaining (as are others) that releasing these memos without also releasing other classified documentation that attempts to indicate how torture has benefited the USA (and which, they contend, would balance the argument in favor of torture), would be to tell a one-sided story, of which they contend it would be unfair to tell only part.
This is like saying that all the bank robbers who gave the money they stole to other people could somehow justify their thefts if they could indicate how those people who received that money benefited from it.
Bank robbery is still illegal. Torture is still illegal. There isn't any defense of either.
Now former-VP Dick Cheney is complaining (as are others) that releasing these memos without also releasing other classified documentation that attempts to indicate how torture has benefited the USA (and which, they contend, would balance the argument in favor of torture), would be to tell a one-sided story, of which they contend it would be unfair to tell only part.
This is like saying that all the bank robbers who gave the money they stole to other people could somehow justify their thefts if they could indicate how those people who received that money benefited from it.
Bank robbery is still illegal. Torture is still illegal. There isn't any defense of either.
Friday, April 17, 2009
You lost; get over it!
Dear Sean H, Bill O, Alex J, Bill B, Newt G, Michelle M, Glenn B, Michael S (both of you), Mark L, Laura I, Lou D, Rush L, Ann C, et al.,
I'm not sure if you recall this, but there was a democratically held, presidential election back in November, 2008. We hold one of these election thingies every four years, and we have been for over a couple-hundred years now.
As usual, two people ran, and one of them lost. There was no legal wrangling this time like there was in 2000 when your guy lost, then won with a boost from The Supremes. This time, things went smoothly, voters spoke loudly, no chads dangled, no one shouted, no lawyers wrangled: this time, Barack Obama won, fair and square.
Look, I'm sorry your guy in 2008 was, in your eyes, a poor candidate. I'm sorry he was joined at the lips with Bush 43. I'm sorry he chose as his VP running mate a governor who dragged down his own ticket and who diminished his own message even as she promoted her own. I'm sorry your guy vacillated more than a sofa shopper on a tight budget and blew in the wind more than the 18th pin at Pebble Beach. I'm sorry the distorted negative campaign he ran -- behind which some of you stood and from which most of you ran -- didn't work out for him or for you. I'm sorry for Joe the Plumber simply for him. I'm sorry you confuse "fair and balanced" with "fear and unbalanced." I'm sorry you seem to feel you always need to resort to anger and hatred and vitriol as forms of argument. And I'm sorry your Republican Party is in such a sorry state.
I'm sorry about all of this, but please, stop fomenting fear and confusion by loudly proclaiming tyranny, fascism, and communism, and tacitly supporting racism, jingoism, and all manner of equally insidious hideous-isms.
All of this stuff is way beneath even all of you. Please. Just stop it.
What you're doing is conflating (A) your obvious annoyance and frustration, with (B) having obviously lost an election. That's what this is about. You're neither, as you claim to be, big-C Conservatives nor little-c conservatives on a mission to save the country. You don't really care about the country; you just care about the part of it that agrees with you, the part that buys your books, the part that buys your advertisers' products, the part that buys into the viciously skewed, barking-mad mayhem you're making.
True, enormous-C conservatives -- like Goldwater, Reagan, and Buckley -- are on spin-cycle in their graves with every mean remark you make and with every claim you lay on their legacy. All you've become, all you are, are bitter radical nationalists oozing your unctuous agenda over the free airwaves granted to you by the same schmucks you claim to care about.
OK. You don't like President Obama. So be it. Everyone gets this. But you need to get that it took your guy eight years to drive us into the poorhouse and destroy our reputation in the world in which we all have to live; why not give the new guy more than eight weeks to fix things?
What you all need to do is what so many others did after the 2000 election: you need to get over it and get on with exercising your right as voters in the United States of America by fairly winning back the White House in 2012.
Until then, please... stop being so mean-spirited and so hateful; stop being such poor losers; and start trying to win the next one, fairly and squarely. That's "the American way," but you already know that, don't you.
I'm not sure if you recall this, but there was a democratically held, presidential election back in November, 2008. We hold one of these election thingies every four years, and we have been for over a couple-hundred years now.
As usual, two people ran, and one of them lost. There was no legal wrangling this time like there was in 2000 when your guy lost, then won with a boost from The Supremes. This time, things went smoothly, voters spoke loudly, no chads dangled, no one shouted, no lawyers wrangled: this time, Barack Obama won, fair and square.
Look, I'm sorry your guy in 2008 was, in your eyes, a poor candidate. I'm sorry he was joined at the lips with Bush 43. I'm sorry he chose as his VP running mate a governor who dragged down his own ticket and who diminished his own message even as she promoted her own. I'm sorry your guy vacillated more than a sofa shopper on a tight budget and blew in the wind more than the 18th pin at Pebble Beach. I'm sorry the distorted negative campaign he ran -- behind which some of you stood and from which most of you ran -- didn't work out for him or for you. I'm sorry for Joe the Plumber simply for him. I'm sorry you confuse "fair and balanced" with "fear and unbalanced." I'm sorry you seem to feel you always need to resort to anger and hatred and vitriol as forms of argument. And I'm sorry your Republican Party is in such a sorry state.
I'm sorry about all of this, but please, stop fomenting fear and confusion by loudly proclaiming tyranny, fascism, and communism, and tacitly supporting racism, jingoism, and all manner of equally insidious hideous-isms.
All of this stuff is way beneath even all of you. Please. Just stop it.
What you're doing is conflating (A) your obvious annoyance and frustration, with (B) having obviously lost an election. That's what this is about. You're neither, as you claim to be, big-C Conservatives nor little-c conservatives on a mission to save the country. You don't really care about the country; you just care about the part of it that agrees with you, the part that buys your books, the part that buys your advertisers' products, the part that buys into the viciously skewed, barking-mad mayhem you're making.
True, enormous-C conservatives -- like Goldwater, Reagan, and Buckley -- are on spin-cycle in their graves with every mean remark you make and with every claim you lay on their legacy. All you've become, all you are, are bitter radical nationalists oozing your unctuous agenda over the free airwaves granted to you by the same schmucks you claim to care about.
OK. You don't like President Obama. So be it. Everyone gets this. But you need to get that it took your guy eight years to drive us into the poorhouse and destroy our reputation in the world in which we all have to live; why not give the new guy more than eight weeks to fix things?
What you all need to do is what so many others did after the 2000 election: you need to get over it and get on with exercising your right as voters in the United States of America by fairly winning back the White House in 2012.
Until then, please... stop being so mean-spirited and so hateful; stop being such poor losers; and start trying to win the next one, fairly and squarely. That's "the American way," but you already know that, don't you.
Thursday, April 16, 2009
Wingnut alert!
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Great golf today!
This was an exciting final round to watch until the very end when the three survivors started their playoff. But Cabrera made it through, and it couldn't have happened to a nicer guy; and the same could be said of either Kenny Perry or Chad Campbell had either one of them prevailed.
Phil was his usual gracious self after stalling on the back-9, and Tiger was his usual cranky self after stalling for the three rounds prior to the final round.
Suffice it to say the person who deserved to win, won.
Viva la Argentina!
Vivo Roberto De Vincenzo!
Vivo Angel Cabrera!
Phil was his usual gracious self after stalling on the back-9, and Tiger was his usual cranky self after stalling for the three rounds prior to the final round.
Suffice it to say the person who deserved to win, won.
Viva la Argentina!
Vivo Roberto De Vincenzo!
Vivo Angel Cabrera!
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