Monthly Archives: July 2007

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"It is the height of hypocrisy for a president whose administration has sent our brave men and women into combat without the proper equipment, recuperation time, training or strategy for success to lecture Congress about supporting the troops,” Mr. Reid said, noting that Mr. Bush originally wanted a 3 percent raise for the military, not the 3.5 percent included in the bill. “I hope, but highly doubt, that President Bush will one day realize that supporting our troops is more than a slogan or a photo op.”

- Harry Reid, D-Nevada, Senate Majority Leader

News Dump.

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  • Court reinstates Pakistan judge in blow to Musharraf – It’s nice to know that even in a country under military dictatorial rule, they still respect the powers and judgements of the courts. It sure would be great to live in a place like that (minus the Al-Qaeda and bombs in the streets of course.)
  • U.S. Generals Request Delay in Judging Iraq – So now September isn’t long enough and Lt. General Odierno is now saying we need to wait until November. Hey, while you’re asking why not just ask to wait until about 2009? Then if it’s good the administration can take credit, if it’s a bad assessment you blame the incoming administration or just make it their problem. It’s win-win (for the hawks)!
  • Judge tosses out ex-spy’s lawsuit against Cheney in CIA leak case – And with that the issue is dead (for the most part.) Cheney gets out squeaky clean, Libby gets his sentence commuted and the machine rolls ever on and over the American people.
  • Bush to Have Colonoscopy – Alright, let’s make with the jokes. 1) Let’s see if they can wedge his head out of there for once. Zing! 2) Hopefully Cheney will take his hand out Bush’s ass long enough for the doctor to do his exam. Zing! 3) Perhaps that’s where the WMDs are hidden and, oh fuck it…Zing? Okay that sucked, next!
  • Airplane Ban on Lighters Ends Aug. 4 – But aren’t lighters still filled with, gasp, liquid? It’s going to be mayhem people! Er wait, maybe now screeners can focus on actual dangerous things and not be so concerned with people’s Bics.
  • Computer wears the crown in checkers – All your checkers are belong to us. I’m telling you, it’s one more step toward CyberDyne and T-1000s…that can beat you at chess! What’s next, Simon?

thoughts from the cubicle farm

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Raise your hand if you're sick to death of the yearly Harry Potter fiasco.  Let's hope J.K. Rowling takes some time-off before she lets loose with the inevitable spin-offs forced upon her by her publishers.

Hey kids, it's time to start reading some of those other books on the shelves that don't contain wizards.  I hear there are a couple of good ones out there.

Bill Moyers Journal: Impeachment

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Bill Moyers Journal, Tough Talk on Impeachment

I’ve never been big on the “Let’s impeach the president/vice-president!” rally cry. I feel that most people that say it don’t actually know what it means to impeach a president and why. No doubt the impeachment of Bill Clinton did something to trivialize the idea of the act, considering the circumstances.

While I don’t like King George or Darth Cheney, an impeachment is a very serious and drawn-out process. Look at how long it took to NOT find Clinton guilty, and it cost $40 million to boot. Think about how long it would take to investigate Bush and Cheney for the plethora of transgressions they are no doubt guilty of. I’m not citing that as a reason to not impeach them, just to put a little bit of perspective on the idea. The problem I’ve always found with people calling for impeachment is that they never cite real crimes, credible reasons or make a compelling argument for doing it; they merely don’t like the administration and the war they’ve gotten the U.S. into. Well that’s all well and good, but is it really worth dragging this country into a costly legal war against two men who not only have deep, deep pockets but also carry heavy influence in many circles? Is it worth distracting this country for who knows how long and keeping it from other problems and issues that need to be addressed long after they are gone? And for what, to feel a sense of retribution or even revenge?

No one has ever answered those questions intelligently when talk of impeachment raises its gnarled head, until now. I must say that I have seen the light.

In Bill Moyers Journal, Tough Talk on Impeachment, Moyers sits down with Constitutional Law expert Bruce Fein and Nation contributor, author and political journalist John Nichols. Their reserved and lucid round-table discussion offers a compelling insight into not only what it means to impeach a president, but why we should do so to this one (and the vice-president). If you’ve got 24-minutes I urge you to watch it.

I don’t want to go into too much detail because then what would be the point of sitting through the thing? If you’ve ever been on the fence about this whole impeachment thing or think that it is just a bunch of political grand-standing, please watch. It gave me yet another perspective on why this presidency and administration as a whole are one of the worst in history and should go down in history as such (though that probably won’t happen*).

This presidency will indeed set a precedent, the question is whether it will be one of caution for future presidents or encouragement for future imperialists.

*see Lies My Teacher Told Me

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Spc. Gabriel Vassell told Smith, “…We have people up there in Congress with the brain of a 2-year-old who don’t know what they are doing, they don’t experience it. I challenge the president or anyone who has us for 15 months to ride alongside me. I’ll do another 15 months if he comes out here and rides alomg with me every day. I’ll do 15 more months. They don’t even have to pay me extra.”

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Sounds like a plan to me. Then again, it is just like an Indiana flea market out there. Be sure to stop by the body armor booth though, the corndogs have IEDs in them.

Bush in the Box

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Bush Surprises Senate Aides With Unexpected Interruption of White House Meeting

President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House to deliver a blunt message that he wasn’t backing down on Iraq and Republicans need to understand that.

“It was stunning,” said one GOP aide who attended the meeting. “We couldn’t believe he came in.”

“We kept looking at each other, amazed he came in,” said another Republican aide.

Bush was described as folksy, adamant and mildly profane as he interrupted the meeting between senior White House communications staffers Tony Snow and Ed Gillespie and GOP leaders. His message: the policy on Iraq isn’t changing. He is not backing down and no one on Capitol Hill should be confused into thinking he is letting up.

The interruption precedes what is expected to be an all-nighter in the Senate on Tuesday, ordered by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid as a way to protest GOP blocking tactics on moves to compel U.S. troop withdrawals from Iraq.

Speaking on the Senate floor, Reid said Iraq is the most important issue facing the United States and attempts to block legislation calling for troops to be withdrawn from Iraq will be met with a hardball response.

Sheesh, somebody call the waaaaaaahmbulance, little Bushy is having a tantrum. I guess he really is the decider, even if he is deciding to not listen to a damn thing the country or Congress says.

Wow.

Politicals tools are not theater.

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I really wish Republicans would stop referring to the Senate Democrats threat of a filibuster and all-night debate on the Iraq War amendment as a “stunt” and “political theater.” It’s not a stunt you retards, it’s part of and a tool of the political process. That’s like calling the President’s veto power or his liberal use of signing statements as “theater.” If you’ve got tools you use them, especially if the opposition won’t listen to reason or welcome serious, open debate on an important issue.

bad math

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Acer wants a flat $450+ to fix a sub-$600 laptop because the warranty is expired. What?!

Looks like it’s time to dip into that savings. Another tech crime is the Geek Squad wants $259.00 for a data recovery. I’ve got data on two laptop HDD’s that can’t be powered on. I need that por–uh, I mean pictures and music. Yeah, that’s the ticket. Honestly, between them both I have upwards of 3000 songs, some of it rare mash-ups and stuff I can’t find anymore.

I need solutions people!

Hindu Clergyman Gets the Christian Welcome.

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So for the first time the Senate, which has a white-Christian majority, invited a Hindu priest to conduct the morning prayer. A fine show of good faith if you’re into that sort of thing I suppose. Not surprising however Rajan Zed got a good old-fashioned Christian welcome as protesters disrupted Zed by shouting, ‘this is an abomination!’ Aw, how sweet.

Once again Christian “tolerance” rears its misshapen head. Granted these were just a few random extremists but I bet they aren’t alone in their anger. What’s funny is that people always claim, “…this country was founded my Christians.” Actually, many of our forefathers and most influential Americans (Lincoln, Franklin, Adams) were non-religious. The only thing written about religion in the Constitution, the supreme law of the land, is the freedom of it (and from it I would hope.)

Then again, I’m a hell bound atheist so what do I know?