Comments on: Double Down Presidency http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/ Firedoglake weblog Sat, 28 Nov 2009 08:42:39 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Blog of the day: Firedoglake « cannablog http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-278508 Blog of the day: Firedoglake « cannablog Tue, 05 Sep 2006 04:13:43 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-278508 <p>[…] Since I’ve been out of town I’m catching up, this analysis of the Bush administration from Saturday is well worth reading. […]</p> […] Since I’ve been out of town I’m catching up, this analysis of the Bush administration from Saturday is well worth reading. […]

]]> By: Good Nonsense http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-277310 Good Nonsense Mon, 04 Sep 2006 04:38:39 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-277310 <p><strong>Sunday Evening Blogroll!! Happy Football Season!!</strong></p> <p>As always, I’ll start by asking how everybody’s Saturday was? Mine was great. I dug holes in the backyard for a couple hours, then moved on to everybody’s favorite pastime, TAILGATING! Oh yeah, and Missouri beat the hell out of not only a I-AA team,…</p> Sunday Evening Blogroll!! Happy Football Season!!

As always, I’ll start by asking how everybody’s Saturday was? Mine was great. I dug holes in the backyard for a couple hours, then moved on to everybody’s favorite pastime, TAILGATING! Oh yeah, and Missouri beat the hell out of not only a I-AA team,…

]]> By: karen jacobs http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-277055 karen jacobs Mon, 04 Sep 2006 01:53:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-277055 <p>Anne at 6:32pm #26</p> <p>Wow, you really summed it up! Especially, “It would be like me setting my scale back 10 pounds to convince myself I’ve lost weight.” Maybe they all really believe they’re back in the Reagan days where they started this train wreck; they’re certainly using recycled Reganomics, Star Wars and Mutually Assured Destruction policies to name a few. Deja Vu all over again. SIGH!</p> Anne at 6:32pm #26

Wow, you really summed it up! Especially, “It would be like me setting my scale back 10 pounds to convince myself I’ve lost weight.” Maybe they all really believe they’re back in the Reagan days where they started this train wreck; they’re certainly using recycled Reganomics, Star Wars and Mutually Assured Destruction policies to name a few. Deja Vu all over again. SIGH!

]]> By: SpaceCowboy http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-276087 SpaceCowboy Sun, 03 Sep 2006 13:04:46 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-276087 <p>Bush and friends are using the Hollywood approach to things: If it worked once so well, it’s <b>got</b> to work again!</p> <p>Hollywood still hasn’t learned that the sequel generally won’t work on the people like the original did. Yet, they keep trotting them out in the hopes that they’ll hook people in to try to relive the glory of the original.</p> <p>Bush and friends are desperately clinging to the hope that their sequel will work, even though focus groups are clearly showing it won’t. In November, we’ll be going to the theaters to watch a <em>different </em>flick.</p> Bush and friends are using the Hollywood approach to things: If it worked once so well, it’s got to work again!

Hollywood still hasn’t learned that the sequel generally won’t work on the people like the original did. Yet, they keep trotting them out in the hopes that they’ll hook people in to try to relive the glory of the original.

Bush and friends are desperately clinging to the hope that their sequel will work, even though focus groups are clearly showing it won’t. In November, we’ll be going to the theaters to watch a different flick.

]]> By: spiderpaws http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275957 spiderpaws Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:10:15 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275957 <p>OFG: you have really, really nailed it with this posting…this admin - namely Bush and Cheney - will never stop stirring up war trouble. A very gifted astrologer compared Bush and Cheney’s charts and found some scary similarities…she called them wandering warriors, not necessarily getting their own hands dirty, but constantly restless for the next squirmish and that they would lead us from one war to another and it would not end til they were out of office. When I read that two years ago I was chilled to the bone and it is all proving true. If we do not remove these two men from office, one way or another, the next two years will be some of the ugliest times our world has ever seen and all the blame will be laid at the US doorstep. And we will deserve this blame because we watched this unfold and didn’t throw these bums out. There has to be a way.</p> OFG: you have really, really nailed it with this posting…this admin – namely Bush and Cheney – will never stop stirring up war trouble. A very gifted astrologer compared Bush and Cheney’s charts and found some scary similarities…she called them wandering warriors, not necessarily getting their own hands dirty, but constantly restless for the next squirmish and that they would lead us from one war to another and it would not end til they were out of office. When I read that two years ago I was chilled to the bone and it is all proving true. If we do not remove these two men from office, one way or another, the next two years will be some of the ugliest times our world has ever seen and all the blame will be laid at the US doorstep. And we will deserve this blame because we watched this unfold and didn’t throw these bums out. There has to be a way.

]]> By: snuffy http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275863 snuffy Sun, 03 Sep 2006 05:21:55 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275863 <p>The last few comments I have seen from the bushies have got me stone scared.I have done emergecy management for money.Take this as you will.This is the time for all smart boys and girls…{’specially those with kids} to start getting serious about haveing 6-12 months of chow,emergency plans,and some”network” solutions t lifestyle changes.If these effing maniacs start something with Iran,we will get to spend our retirements in a well known movie…”the postman”,except I dont see any heroes coming in my lifetime….</p> The last few comments I have seen from the bushies have got me stone scared.I have done emergecy management for money.Take this as you will.This is the time for all smart boys and girls…{’specially those with kids} to start getting serious about haveing 6-12 months of chow,emergency plans,and some”network” solutions t lifestyle changes.If these effing maniacs start something with Iran,we will get to spend our retirements in a well known movie…”the postman”,except I dont see any heroes coming in my lifetime….

]]> By: montag http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275817 montag Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:44:42 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275817 <p><a href="#comment-275802"><em>Dana @ 192</em></a></p> <blockquote><p>montag, Well, thanks for that icky little story! An intervention was my hope. Now what? I went to the thinkprogress link meta posted. Terrifying and the comments are even more so.</p></blockquote> <p>Yup, I saw that a while ago. Sorry to be pessimistic, but anticipating the worst sometimes is the more prudent course. Right now, I’m of the opinion that the Bushies are capable of <i>anything</i>, and that all the Baker boys have in mind is not peace, but a return to a <i>status quo</i> that is advantageous to the power elite of the country.</p> <p>Unfortunately, the situation has already likely progressed beyond the point where even that latter aim is feasible. As well, after November, Bush technically has no political responsibilities to anyone (can you imagine him, with his penchant for holding grudges, willingly campaigning for McCain after the 2000 primary season?). My guess is that he’s going to feel even less restrained by appearances. </p> <p>One has to pragmatic–the very latest polls are at their highest level of war disapproval ever, and the Bushies are all out in the hustings telling the American people, in essence, that they’re stupid and have been propagandized by the terrorists. What exactly does that say about their grip on reality, or about how likely they are to listen to advice to tone it down? *sigh*</p> Dana @ 192

montag, Well, thanks for that icky little story! An intervention was my hope. Now what? I went to the thinkprogress link meta posted. Terrifying and the comments are even more so.

Yup, I saw that a while ago. Sorry to be pessimistic, but anticipating the worst sometimes is the more prudent course. Right now, I’m of the opinion that the Bushies are capable of anything, and that all the Baker boys have in mind is not peace, but a return to a status quo that is advantageous to the power elite of the country.

Unfortunately, the situation has already likely progressed beyond the point where even that latter aim is feasible. As well, after November, Bush technically has no political responsibilities to anyone (can you imagine him, with his penchant for holding grudges, willingly campaigning for McCain after the 2000 primary season?). My guess is that he’s going to feel even less restrained by appearances.

One has to pragmatic–the very latest polls are at their highest level of war disapproval ever, and the Bushies are all out in the hustings telling the American people, in essence, that they’re stupid and have been propagandized by the terrorists. What exactly does that say about their grip on reality, or about how likely they are to listen to advice to tone it down? *sigh*

]]> By: meta http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275810 meta Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:23:58 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275810 <p>This is a good test - I’m going to keep posting it. Anyone who signs up for the military should know this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html">http://www.rethinkingschools.o.....pgame.html</a></p> This is a good test – I’m going to keep posting it. Anyone who signs up for the military should know this.

http://www.rethinkingschools.o…..pgame.html

]]> By: whig-guy http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275807 whig-guy Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:21:12 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275807 <p>This is how it should play out. On September, 22 (new moon = very dark night) the president will suddenly interrupt American Idol with this breathless news: My fellow Amercans tonight a combined force of American and British Air forces have bombed known “Nuqular” weapons sites in Iran. May God have mercy on our souls……</p> This is how it should play out. On September, 22 (new moon = very dark night) the president will suddenly interrupt American Idol with this breathless news: My fellow Amercans tonight a combined force of American and British Air forces have bombed known “Nuqular” weapons sites in Iran. May God have mercy on our souls……

]]> By: carolyn urban http://firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275804 carolyn urban Sun, 03 Sep 2006 04:13:47 +0000 http://www.firedoglake.com/2006/09/02/double-down-presidency/#comment-275804 <p>Again, cleter - @6:53 - about deterrence - great talking points.</p> Again, cleter – @6:53 – about deterrence – great talking points.

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