…why I adore Dan Froomkin:
President Bush this morning formally accepted a copy of the Iraq Study Group's blistering report, vowed to seriously consider its dramatic recommendations and spoke hopefully about finding common ground for the good of the country.
Sounds great. But does he mean it?
We'll know for sure once words turn into action. But in the meantime, it strikes me that as long as Vice President Cheney and political guru Karl Rove remain Bush's closest advisers, then the answer is probably not.
Cheney and his loyalists are largely responsible for the deception, delusion and incompetence that brought us to where we are today in Iraq. Rove intentionally turned the war into the most ferocious and divisive of partisan issues. Neither man has shown any sign of remorse.
Since his electoral comeuppance on Nov. 7, Bush has alternated between conciliatory language and fighting words when it comes to changing course in Iraq.
The nomination of Bob Gates to replace Donald Rumsfeld as defense secretary was one indication that Bush might indeed adopt a more measured and realistic strategy in Iraq. Gates's stunning candor about the current situation at confirmation hearings yesterday bolstered that view.
But until or unless Bush turns away from Cheney and Rove — the two men who have been his most intimate and trusted counselors — it's hard to imagine that his episodes of chastened, bipartisan talk on Iraq will amount to anything more than lip service.
Straight-forward, plain speaking honesty. Gotta love it.
Related posts:
- The Real Reason They’re Hiding Cheney’s Interview?
- Liz Cheney Warns Against “Walking Away” from Afghanistan, Apparently Forgetting that Dick Cheney Walked Away from Afghanistan
- One More Reason Why We Need Health Care Reform
- There’s Only One Reason the Baucus Bill Gets Out of Committee – It Sucks
- Late Night: Bush Wars II: Seed of Dicky
Spotlight
Support this site!
Subscribe to the newsletter
Advertise on Firedoglake
Send
us your tips
Make us your homepage
About Firedoglake
Advanced search
Kazuza
Six More Years!
Six More Years!
Poppy gets the second half of Junja’s second term, with Consigliere Baker3 in charge.
FITZ!
Barabara Boxer’s petition to redeploy the troops:
http://boxer.senate.gov/contac…..tition.cfm
Oh man, do I have a treat coming up for you guys in a little bit…hehehehehe
So Froomkin agrees with me. Good for him. ;-p
Great Cheney shot- nice to know that his genetic chain will slither forward into the future.
NARAL Is Teh Suck
OT, but I didn’t want this to go unnoticed since it has been a recent topic of discussion. From CNN today:
punaise @ 10:52 am (#4)
Those who don’t live in California should sign here:
http://boxer.senate.gov/contac…..ition2.cfm
Cheney and Rove are, simply, repulsive human beings. Cheney more than Rove, IMHO.
We also need some people with actual balls in D.C., and I’m not sure how that is achieved.
Gates was apparently not fully briefed before speaking to Congress, and accidentally spoke the truth about Iraq. One can only imagine the lunch break he experienced, with Dick Cheney whispering cold nothings in his ear, for when Gates returned from lunch he hastened to amend his comments regarding Iraq to insist that we’re not losing, either.
A man with balls would have simply listened to the VP (or whoever delivered the scolding) and ignored the message as the scrabbling coverup of a desperate propagandist.
The sooner D.C. grows a new set and starts dealing with reality rather than spinning it, the sooner this nation and our troops will see an improvement in our geopolitical situation.
And the pols in D.C. could start by realizing that there WILL be a day when Rove, Cheney and Bush are no longer powers in the capitol, and that day is fast approaching. Rather than running in fear from the enforcers of a failed policy, it’s about time for D.C. leaders – such as Gates will be as Secretary of Defense – to start setting their own policies.
But to do that these leaders will need personal integrity and the courage of their convictions, assuming that they have any of course.
Meanwhile if Gates’ caving on his “not winning in Iraq” statement is any sign, we’re in for two more years of the same dreadful mess in Iraq and Afghanistan.
God DAMN, that man is evil! That photo captures his essence perfectly.
Remember, Dick,
“Health reasons”.
Christy Hardin Smith @ 5
world peace? a cure for hiv?
It’s becoming clear that Clusterfuck didn’t just fuck up the invasion of Iraq- and the aftermath- he fucked up the politics too.. His most recent decision to use Iraq as a campaign issue- slapping dems as bein Cut and Runners- has seriously fucked up the possibility of a sane political discussion on this issue..
He’s a TOTAL Clusterfuck- a 24/7 Clusterfuck- a 360 degree Clusterfuck, a wobblin, limpin, china smashin, slime all over the place Clusterfuck.
punaise @ 4
I signed it a couple of weeks ago…
Darn, don’t you all just LOVE my Junior Senator?
Rock on, Sen. Boxer! : )
rwcole @
7
Slouching toward Gemorrah?
avenging_angel @ 12
I dunno – I’m kind of torn between wanting to:
a)laugh at the penguin-ish of his face,
b)cry at the extent to which the evil bastard somehow came into power, and
c)hide in the corner – ’cause you just know that that guy would have you whacked and never think twice about it.
all things being equal, I prefer (a).
rwcole @ 7
Check out Freeperland right now…
Their heads are exploding over this!
Also, there’s a great diary on Daily Kos about this.
reid and levin making statements on ISG report now… cspan-2
And as the twisted monster turned his grotesque head towards the camera, he said:
“I used ta be a hunchback- but I ate the hunch”
rwcole @ 15..Clusterfuck? Bush is a frog killing, probable bed-wetting, psychopath. As the pressure increases, his remaining “Mask of Sanity” will continue to fracture and then watch out.
There’s a special cooler-than-usual place in The Very Hot Place for all the Democrats on Baker-Hamilton. I’m talking about you, Lee.
Where were the options considered that involve America becoming a peace-loving country? Where was the resignation of the Prez and Veep considered, for the good of the nation and Earthlings everywhere? When was
discussed? The window of opportunity is closing, with Reyes talking McCain craziness. Cheney’s got more family on the way, thus more time on his hands, so resign already! Perhaps JB3 is W’s impeachment insurance — put Jimmy in the Veep slot, W serves out his last two years in purgatory then heads for Paraguay having handed the reins, and the GOP nominations, to JB3 and Jeb.
Could happen. Just sayin’
Christy Hardin Smith @ 5
A treat?
Oklahoma kiddo @ 24
…Christease got a treat.
12/06/06 MSNBC: 10 U.S. servicemembers killed in Iraq
10 American servicemembers were killed in two improvised explosive device attacks in Iraq on Wednesday…5 troops were killed in the north, and 5 were killed in Anbar province, a U.S. military official told NBC’s Jim Miklaszewski
W tossed the reactionary judges out for re-nomination, castigated Senate Dems for their obstruction on Bolton, and challenged Senator-elect Webb in The President’s House (not HIS house!) about the safety of his son in a war zone of Clusterfuck’s creation.
Constitutional Amendment XXV, anyone? Senator Warner? Senator Stevens? Senator McConnell? Senator Frist? Senator Brownback? Senator Spectre? Who will rid the GOP of this meddlesome son?
Oh, and:
Troops
Home
NOW
This just in from The Progressive Patriot Fund via the TCP port 25 Internet tube:
The e-mail is dated today (Dec. 6), so hopefully this is accurate.
Teddy 23, you know as well as I do that what we hear and the truth are generally two different things.
Do not yet despair. The big part of today’s work was turning around the Republican portion of the public and trying to win back Dems; it wasn’t about the line items in the ISG Document.
It was a shift in the Overton Window; it was unthinkable 3 years ago that Bush’s policies would fail, unthinkable 2 years ago that anyone would say so to the media, unthinkable a year ago that a senior Democrat would do so with the support of a senior Republican at his side, and that the public would even listen.
I’m certain there will be more troops necessary in the short run; they will be getting the backs of the rest of the exhausted troops who will regear and retool to get the hell out of Iraq, while escorting civilian contractors ahead of them.
atdnext @ 19
Sorry refuse to do it. Back when I first discovered blogs I wondered into freeperville not knowing what it was I vowes I would never go back and I’ve kept that vow.
I admire you folks who can stomach the bastards and report back to the rest of us but just reading that little snippet on DKos makes me want to shoot someone in the face.
jayt @
18
Yeah, but I’d still hide like child in the corner at the thought of his evil gaze being turned my way.
I have absolutely no problem with the tin-hat crowd claiming this man is the ultimate puppet master in control of all aspects of government on over to Wolfowitz at the world bank (or visa-versa, depending on the time of month). The tin hats get a little crazy with the ‘contract’ kill conspiracys; but I’m not above questioning the suspicious death of Paul Welstone in my state. His death simply removed sooooo many roadblocks for the Lord of Evil; the question bears asking. But I don’t mind letting the Tin hats take the heat for that one. (mods, loose this IP….quick!)
FreeRepublic is in the midst of a China syndrome with the Cheney news….
The humanity.
-GSD
we’re hoping for two things
1) bush will realize rumsfeld was a moron and gates actually knows what he’s talking about
2) gates is not a neo con who wants instability in Iraq, tells the president the cold hard truth, exposes Cheney as a puppeteer, and makes it crystal clear Cheney has been the downfall of the Bush legasy
those things happen AND Bush takes approprate action holding them to acoount and responsibility, THEN he won’t be considered the abolute worst president, instead there will be a debate
Cujo359 at 10:58 am, thanks, signed.
rwcole @ 26..I just saw the 10 KIA story..I think it was you that said that we were looking at 3000 KIA by years-end. I thought no fucking way..now I am not so sure. There ain’t going to be any two year plan for Iraq, the situation on the ground has by-passed the ISG.
perris @ 33
I think it would still be a short debate for any but the most staunch apologists.
TeddySanFran @ 27
Thank you, Teddy! We’ve known for quite a while now that Bush is “unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office”…
When will those folks we send to DC realize what you and others here have known for so long?
Steve–Wasn’t me- I’ve been thinking January- but a few more days like this and it could happen.
These Israeli citizens must have been caught reading Carter’s book:
The Israeli interior minister, Roni Bar-On, declared that his ministry has planned the demolition of more than 42,000 homes of Palestinian Bedouins that were built even before 1948 when Israel was proclaimed. The minister, speaking at a session for the Israeli parliament’s interior committee, claimed that all those houses were “illegal” and warned that any new homes built in the so-called “unrecognized” villages in the Negev desert would be razed.
http://albawaba.com/en/news/207111
Looks like the Avigdor Lieberman effect is taking hold….
Way the fuck OT–MSNBC reports strong, recent indications of flowing water seen in Mars photos.
Way Neat!
Steve @ 35
I predicted we’d see 3000 KIA by election day 2006. Thankfully, I was at least wrong about that one.
Junior has to be torn between his deep love and admiration for Cheney and Rove and a recognition that the world has discredited them. If he is a fool, he will stay true to serpents who dragged him into this mess, or he will equivocate. If he has any sense at all he will push them farther into the background than they are now (anyone heard from Former President Cheney lately?). My bet is that he is starting to think about his so-called legacy (moving from worst president ever to second-worst?) Behind whom?
Wonder what that view looks like from under the bus, Dick? Ask Rummy. Ask John Bolton. Ask Katharine Harris. Ask Andy Card. Ask Paul O’Neill. Ask David Kuo. Ask Senators-not-soon Santorum, Chafee, Talent, Allen, DeWine.
Bus stopping for you soon, BigTime. Spend more time with your growing non-traditional family. Go, please, GO!
The book on this president is that from the beginning- he saw EVERY issue as a partisan political issue–and “decided” appropriately.,.
Rove is his only trusted advisor–when something happens- they don’t think about how to FIX it- they think about how to EXPLOIT it- and in the end- they have lost both wars- the policy wars and the political ones.
“My grandchild has two mommies!”
The Air Force ADS micro-wave crowd control system has been approved for use in Iraq. (I guess they decided to bypass testing on Americans first.)
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/…..wn_index_1
GSD @ 32
The truly funny thing about this (and whenever they go loopier than usual over their idols) is that it never, ever, occurs to them that the wealthy and powerful play by their own rules, always.
When that determination to ignore law and convention conforms to their notions about how things should be done, well, the people involved were “bold” and “decisive,” but when that playing by their own rules runs counter to their cherished “values,” they’re just berserker about it.
At least they aren’t nominating the turkey baster for sainthood (which they would be doing, you just know they would, if it were Jenna or not-Jenna, children of The Blessed Bush).
Partition and immediate foreign troop withdrawal.
Is, as I see it, the only viable solution to stopping the bloodletting of both American troops and “Iraqis”. This puts the U.S. in the position of having to prevent Turkey from ravaging the Kurdish partition, but any troops we have there likely won’t be as much danger of being slaughtered like cattle.
The US has saved Europe in two world wars and protected us in the Cold War. Is it now Europe’s turn to rescue America in Iraq? Okay, the situation in Iraq is not an existential threat to America, but still…
The ISG report recommends a support group for Iraq that should include the European Union and could even include anti-war Germany.
Do you expect European help in Iraq?
I am skeptical. Germany’s Federal President, however, has called for helping the United States in Iraq.
I have blogged about the ISG recommendations involving the EU. What do you think?
klyde @ 30
You don’t have to…
They’re ALREADY SHOOTING EACH OTHER…
Oh, and I just LOVE this:
I’m not kidding you…
That was actually on there!
HAHAHAHAHA! They are wetting their panties and throwing them at each other over Mary! ; )
Rayne @ 29
Rayne, it’s looking more and more like that, isn’t it. SteveG’s post the other night was a bit of an eye opener (for me anyway, sounds like you keep a tighter rein (h/t punaise) on the real military logistics).
I would really hate to see it, though. More numbers seems to increase the statistics for more kids who could die; but if the case is adequately made that more force necessarily improves the chances of a successful retreat, then that has to be countenanced.
Fineline @ 42
Stalin?
Ed*ard Teller @ 39
if reading carter’s book inspires them to create more “facts on the ground” to counter it?
avigodor lieberman is truely a scarey person. we should be loudly and frequently condemning his politics (of “transfer”) as completely unacceptable.
Unka Fuggle @ 48
partition only sounds like an option, it’s not.
there’s been inter marriage, inter bussiness, inter friendships, etc
partition would satisfy the extremeists and that’s it
Although I’m not thrilled with the ISG reccomendations. The most interesting part of this announcement was how it made it’s way through the media filters. Live coverage on all networks, analysis from network anchors. Then to see Bill Kristol on FOX wetting his pants.
Rove an Bush—
Shit- what’re we gonna do with this Turkey Baster bullshit- this is gonna HURT?
Hell- it’s Christmastime- let’s just say “It happened before- it’s just happened again” Now go get some fuckin camels and wise men!!
I didn’t embolden but will try to close anyway;
montag @ 47
They’re already calling BS in Freeperland:
It’s just too bad that they see tolerance as “elitist”.
jeffreyw @ 40
Also way OT: the picture at APoD this morning: a view of the rover Spirit, with tracks, near ‘Home Plate’. But the ‘flowing liquid’ story is really interesting: changes in less than ten years.
I think that Frau Merkel should come ta Iraq and show Clusterfuck how ta prosecute a war!!!
Why is it that most analysts and commentators put the blame on anyone but Bush.
Bush is the reason for the war in Iraq. Bush is 100 percent responsible for the mess in Afghanistan. Cheney, Rumsfeld, Rove, the rubber stamp GOP or whoever enables Bush, is not responsible. And yes, ultimately the most responsible is each American voter who voted for Bush, not once, but twice.
1970cs @ 55
the most interesting part is they say it is not a candy store or grocery list, none of the portions work without the others
that’s rediculous, and if I were Bush I would dissregard that also
but it’s crystal clear;
they want Bush to STOP THINKING for himself, STOP TAKING CHENEY’S ADVICE
that’s why they say it’s not a grocery list
Why can’t Iraqi army or UN troops protect a withdrawl? How does this play with the plan to leave 30,000-40,000 trainers and support behind? If the right political solutions are found it should be a peaceful departure.
rwcole @ 56
So sorry, but some sharp eyed Americans mistook the three wise men for an Al Qaeda cell and they have been shipped to Guantanimo Bay and stripped of their gold, frankinsense and myhrr and they have been waterboarded into confessions of terrorist plots.
-GSD
atdnext @ 58
Well, Fresno isn’t exactly one of the world’s cultural centers–almost everything else in the world would be “elitist” to them. :)
I heard O’Reilly say this on the radio yesterday while I was driving to work:
The United States will never be conquered by Muslims — ever. But you don’t want it to reach the point where, we have to, example, you know, level cities like Tehran, kill hundreds of thousands of people, which we may have to do — which we have already done in Germany and Japan. OK? We have already killed hundreds of thousands of people on one day. Now, do we want to do that again? Of course not, but we may have to.
Apparently, he hasn’t had time to read the ISG report yet.
Media matters has the audio.
GSD–Whoops- well it was a GOOD idea- but not a GREAT idea.
I have been asking Chris Cillizza and others who highlight the staffing choices of the GOP wannabes: Which of these staffers and supporters are closeted gays and which are gays? This question must be asked whenever Cillizza does his “Inner Circle” reports like this one.
People of firm faith with regard to homosexuality and its attendant evils must be asked and made to answer these questions.
Brownback/Musgrave 2008!
Biodun @
10
i find it hard to make such a distinction. fuckwad would’ve never ascended to the throne without TB. but even that is still an angels and pinheads argument.
rwcole @ 15
Yeah and he stinks at being President too!!!!!!!
“We have already killed hundreds of thousands of people on one day. Now, do we want to do that again? Of course not, but we may have to.”
Bill wasn’t on TEEVEE so you couldn’t see his hands startin to shake and his pants startin to tent at the prospect of blowin up whole moslem cities.
Listening to Turblossom on Cspan was sorta scary.
That guy may know alot, but he sure sounded dumb as a sack of shit to me.
-GSD
rwcole @
21
Hump? What hump?
Bustednuckles @
13
cheney would love to die in office. he’d be off the hook and have a great funeral into the bargain.
montag @ 65
Then I guess Orange County is “elitist” to them…
Well, I guess Orange County can be seen as “elitist” by anyone!
Yes, try to think about what would happen if your typical Fresno GOPer were to encounter a Newport Beach GOPer…
Boy, would that be a riot! : )
Balrog @ 73
Frau BLUCHER!
punaise @
25
perris @ 54
I’m not saying it would be easy for “Iraqis”, and the U.S. would certainly need to offer citizenship to those who felt that their situation would not be tenable in any of the partitions. And of course, the hardship will fall on those who least deserve it: Those who do not view their religion as a weapon with which to club and subdue their neighbors. But this is the proverbial rock and a hard-place. Any decision we make will result in hardship and death. The question is, how can we limit it.
But here’s the fact: The vast majority of violence in Iraq today is religiously motivated Iraqi-against-Iraqi violence. No government, western or regional, is going to change the motivations for the violence. The only positive thing any outsiders can do now is to separate the factions, as best we can.
Once the major ethnic violence has calmed, then and only then can the people in the region think about a re-united Iraqi state. It took a brutal dictatorship to hold the former Iraqi state together, unless we are to endorse a similarly brutal dictatorship, I cannot see a way for us to even lessen, yet less end, the violence in Iraq.
rwcole @ 71
The media character in the movie “V” was based on Billy or someone like him, wasn’t it?
There always seems to be a sado-masochistic aspect to these real assholes. The funny thing is that he has been outed as a deviant and still the sheep follow his lead. What is the deal?
So if Cheney bites the big one while in office- what kinda funeral does he get? Horses an shit? They oughta start lookin for a horse big enough ta tote the casket—
“Is this Budweiser? This is the White House- about them horses?”
jeffreyw @ 40
BBC article on the subject:
UPDATE: Corrected link:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sci…..214834.stm
atdnext, thanks for the Kos link.
rwcole @ 80
Certainly not what he deserves. If I were planning it, it would be two taxicabs and a garbage truck as the hearse.
budweiser guy:
“We would hate ta risk one of our horses–did ya try an elephant farm?”
Cheney will have douchebags stuck in the stirrups of the riderless horse.
-GSD
Balrog @ 77
Hey balrog, how you feeling? I think I caught the flu from you the other day (don’t anyone else worry, I’m wearing a mask and typing with laytex gloves!).
GSD
Painted ta match the douchebag in the casket!
perris @
33
perris,
i mean no disrespect, but that is not going to happen.
rwcole @ 87
He’ll be embalmed with vinegar and water.
Fresh as a summer’s eve, eh Dick.
-GSD
We have made many of the suggestions in the ISG report, and were called traitors for it.
perris @
54
I’ve heard much the same. A lot of Sunnis live in the south. A lot of Shia live in the north. Practically, it would be very difficult. Also, once you start down that road, it might be the match that ignites region wide civil war. For example, what about the Shia minority in Saudi Arabia that works their oil fields?
GSD @
64
Good one GSD!
Now where’s that ‘Life of Brian’ DVD?
John Casper @ 82
No problem…
I’m still LOLing over this! ; )
Clusterfuck:
“Well I’ll consider changin my TACTICS in Iraq- but never mah STRATERGY–it’s the STRATERGY that’s gotten us this far.”
egregious @ 90
Perhaps now is the time to re-cue some of the frantic ramblings of pre-election Chimpy yelling out his threats and looking all red faced and desperate…then morph them into the Jean Schmidt clip calling Murtha a coward.
Play that clip with as much frequency as the Howard Dean scream and then call it even.
-GSD
On my flight to Detroit there was a marine, I realized with horror he was carrying a folded flag, meaning we were flying a body home.
Everybody watched out the side of the plane while the marine got off and waited for the coffin to be taken off the plane.
I know the name and city of the deceased but will not say.
Somewhere out there is a mother who is burying her beautiful, strong son in the dirt this week. AND FOR WHAT??
Frank Probst @
45
From a Dutch children’s show
johnSwifty @ 86
Better. I didn’t have Strep before I did have Strep. Silly doctors. The quick test was negative, so I went to work yesterday. Then the REAL test came back positive. I probably started a pandemic.
I have a belly full of antibiotics now, and they seem to work fast.
Thanks for checking.
egregious @ 96
for a damnned vanity war.
punaise @
99
If Carl Levin makes them pull out, will the revisionists call it a:
Levin vain war?
Whoever asked me about the lyrics on ‘Break On Through’ on the Doors boxed set, “She get high” is there.
Josh in Berlin : I think that most of the citizens in Europe are against the war and therefore I don’t think that any leader will or should go into Iraq with troops, but they could be instrumental and invaluable in the diplomatic efforts that should be undertaken immediately.
I think partitioning Iraq is a very bad idea and is sickeningly reminiscent of empire and imperialism, imho.
If Lieberman and Bar- On’s racist and genocidal policies are actually heeded, then there will be much more misery for the Palestinians. How the heck are the Palestinians supposed to lay down and just die while their prison grows smaller and more terrifying and conditions worsen?
punaise @ 99
They all died so Bush could accrue the political benefits of being a “War” president.
Fineline @ 42
Martin van Buren maybe. He presided over a financial panic and…that’s about it. My family celebrates his birthday, which was yesterday, in honor of his ineptitude. When is Bush’s birthday again?
(((Balrog))) hope you feel better soon.
egregious @ 105
Same here…
Get well soon, Balrog! : )
Ed*ard Teller @ 103
What, going down in history as one of the most inept administrations ever; running up the national debt to untold hieghts; blowing the national deficit out of the water?
I know, I’ve heard that said before too but what, if anything, were the actual benefits of this Iraq war from the neo-con perspective. The PNAC doesn’t seem to make provisions in the “Rebuilding America’s Defenses” white paper for completely screwing the pooch!
egregious @
105
Thanks. At 90% now (95% after your post).
cnn – 10 US soldiers killed so far in Iraq today.
atdnext @ 106
96%.
Chrrrrriiiiiiiissssssttttttyyyy!
Where’s our treat?
daily affirmation: my comtempt for Joe Lieberman will never subside.
Cujo359 @
81
Please note the following from the BBC article you mentioned:
Two question come to mind as I read the aforementioned BBC article: first, what is the boiling point of water in Mars’ thin atmosphere? Next, what is the temperature at which carbon dioxide sublimates in Mars’ atmosphere? I will try to look up the answer to my first question another time.
Shorter Gates: All options are on the table, except leaving. Oh, and thanks for not bothering to swear me in or ask hard questions
Shorter ISG: We have options now!
More War in Iraq or More War in Iraq.
Thank us now, thank us later, just don’t ask hard questions.
Shorter Senators on Armed Services Committee: What is this thing called “hard question” and if we speak about our own selves in awe in wonderment for long enough, will we be able to avoid it?
punaise @ 112
But, seriously, pun…isn’t it GROWING???!!!!
johnSwifty @ 107
What about AIPAC’s provisions?
Here’s some of my theory on Iraq – 1st two in a series
Mission Accomplished
and
The War Business
I have a couple more clanging around in my head but have to find the time to put them together
We have been such good pups…. We really deserve our TREAT now!!!
Ed*ard Teller @ 103
and so he has.
i dread to look at the news each day. it’s not much, but at least i feel i must, and acknowledge that people have died, and think about them for a moment. people i never knew and would have never known, even had they lived.
some were more deserving than others but not deserving a senseless death, a life cut short, without rhyme or reason……
Later, pups.
I’ve been asked to play “Taps” at today’s memorial service for Herbie Nayokpuk, a great Alaskan:
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska…..3822c.html
It is quite an honor. p.s. – he was one of the greatest friends of dogs, not just sled dogs, I’ve ever met.
treat
Treat available for perusal. Hope you guys enjoy it. :) (Yep, I’m giggling again…these guys crack. me. up.)
Balrog @ 108
You can read my post twice.
Josh in Berlin @
49
Don’t think troops would help. But pressure to implement the ISG’s recommendations would help, I think. How about sanctions against the US? That might get the attn of The Corps Who Own the US.
You gotta wonder if Fromkin gets invited to any Raindeer games at the office.
angie @
102
The current (90-ish year-old) configuration of Iraq is already largely the result of British Imperialist Tinkering.
Stephen Parrish, CPA @ 113
I posted the link, then started reading. I think this is really another in a long series of “we saw gullies, there must be water” stories that go back to at least 2000. I’m not aware of any corroborating evidence of recent surface water. Here’s one of those stories:
http://www.futurist.com/archiv…..r-on-mars/
Prabhata @
61
I think they only voted once. The machines counted twice.
john in sacramento @
116
That Eisenhower speech is so eerily prescient.
There was a man who, ultimately, did not care about his place in history. He operated with the rest of the country under the day to day assumption that he was a bit over the hill, past his prime, not in his element any longer.
Now, history shows he understood his role and place in the machinations of the world’s powerplayers like few others. History remembers him, now, for his prescience. History will remember Bush for his absolute lack of it.
Unka Fuggle @ 126
exactly.
ET– so sorry about the loss of your friend.
More on the demolition of the bedouin village:
http://www.icahd.org/eng/news……p;item=392
10 today! CNN
punaise @
99
I have to agree with Randi Rhodes when she says the white elephant in the room is the fact that nobody is talking about the massive military base being built in Iraq. There will be no progress as long as the Muslim world sees us as permanent occupiers who will be there until we plunder and blunder our way through their world. She also added how Lee Hamilton has been untrustworthy since he sat on the 9/11 Commission and never asked any tough questions, thus allowing Bush to use the tragedy to his political advantage. And now he’s back with more of the same.
1. W always doubles his bets when he’s losing.
2. W has never been made to pay for anything.
3. W believes nuking Iran is the manly thing to do.
4. With no action by Congress, the President is already authorized to commence a military draft of all males between the ages of 18 and 45, starting with those age 21 and working down to those age 18 before working upwards from age 22, year by year.
The Selective Service System has been quietly re-staffed nationwide, and has reported to W that it is ready to go on 45 days notice.
5. Iran’s culture is different from Iraq’s. They will fight back, and they will bring the fight to the Americans, in America, where it will hurt.
6. With Joe Lieberman re-elected and re-appointed to his key posts in the Senate, it will not be possible to move aggressively to impeach Cheney and/or W. He is at the fulcrum, and still believes we owe him the presidency – and he’s pissed that we don’t realize that we owe him the presidency, since he so obviously deserves it.
7. Al Gore is our best hope, but he’s waiting for us to get on our knees and beg. This may yet happen, but it will not be pretty.
What does any of this have to do with the quail hunting? Respectfully, gg
http://www.seriouskidding.com
Related: Sigh. Interesting how the article headline doesn’t quite jibe with the article URL…