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I believe I’d like that kettle in black.

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Today Bush responded to the passing of a House bill that outlined a timeline for withdraw of troops from Iraq with this:

“The purpose of the emergency war spending bill I requested was to provide our troops with vital funding. Instead, Democrats in the House, in an act of political theater, voted to substitute their judgment for that of our military commanders on the ground in Iraq.”

Is that so? Then what would you call this?

Then of course there is also this little gem (mind you this was made while there was a war going on and kids were dying in Iraq).

What the right-wingers are also leaving out when they talk about the bill, is that it actually funds the war rather than take it away. They are attempting to frame the bill as an attempt to take money and supplies away from troops in order to fund special interests (i.e., the “sweeteners” you’ve heard so much about). Right, this from the people that are continuing to let VA hospitals go to shit. It’s all bullshit.

Here’s the deal. The bill approves $100 billion dollars for Bushes war if he agrees to pull troops out if the war effort is still going to shit come October (I think, it might be August). The other $24 billion is the part that Republicans are calling “pork.” According to the LA Times, that extra money breaks down like this:

Spinach growers got $25 million because the E. coli scare last fall depressed their sales. The shrimp industry received $120 million because of Hurricane Katrina-related losses. Federal support for peanut storage, due to expire after 2006, was extended for one more year at a cost of $74 million. Shellfish producers were compensated $5 million for their losses to a disease known as viral hemorrhagic septicemia.

Hmm, a couple billion dollars to help out agribusiness, doesn’t seem like wasteful spending to me (not like a bridge to nowhere or anything).

So this bill, that Republican and right-wing hacks are calling “a slap in the face to our troops” would actually give them money AND an incentive to get the job done in Iraq. It would basically say to them, “…hey, here’s all the equipment and money you’ve been asking for, secure this shit ASAP and you get to go home and sleep with your wife. Hooah!”

Political theater? I think not Mr. President.

Bush: "I’ll screw him in the ass!"

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From a Haaretz review of the new book Ariel Sharon: An Intimate Portrait

Speaking of George Bush, with whom Sharon developed a very close relationship, Uri Dan recalls that Sharon's delicacy made him reluctant to repeat what the president had told him when they discussed Osama bin Laden. Finally he relented. And here is what the leader of the Western world, valiant warrior in the battle of cultures, promised to do to bin Laden if he caught him: "I will screw him in the ass!"

Ah Georgie, speaking as eloquently as always. This once again displays George’s silly and child-like grasp of reality. It also reaffirms his singular grasp of the actual situation with terrorists, this bizarre notion that if you just capture Osama Bin Laden (which we still should) that all Islamic terrorism will suddenly fall away.

No wonder other nations don’t have a lot of respect for our leader, he doesn’t know when to rein in the potty talk and be a professional. I know Bush is a good ol’ boy and all, but there’s a time and a place. Talking with another world leader is neither.

New Gallup Poll: Most Americans Want Congress to Go Beyond Non-Binding Vote on War

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According to Editor & Publisher:

“Many Americans say that their congressional representative’s position on the war will be an important factor in their congressional vote next year,” Gallup reports, “but most do not know what their representative’s position on the troop surge is.”

Given a list of options, 63% opted for the cap and withdrawal by the end of next year. Some 51% backed the anti-surge resolution. Fewer, 4 in 10, want to cut off funds for the surge.recourse

Surprisingly, 64% said they did not know what their representative’s stand on the surge is — but 42% said his or her position on the war would be a major factor in next year’s vote for re-election.

The poll was conducted Feb. 9-11.

So the Democratic Congress is against troop escalation, most of the Senate is against troop escalation (contrary to the recent vote) and the majority of Americans are against troop escalation. You know what that means then, SURGE! Please George please, for once listen to the people around you. All that non-listening has gotten you nowhere and more U.S. military have died. Yes, indeed there does need to be a change in Iraq, but that change begins with you my friend.

I do believe that President Bush honestly thinks that what he is doing is what is best for America in the war. I don’t think he’s evil or wants American soldiers to die as some have fomented. However it does seem that the only course of action here is to forcefully change his direction. If that involves taking away his money, then so be it.

It’s like being punished by mom when you were a kid, this is going to hurt us more than it is going to hurt you, but you’ve left us no other choice. And just wait until your father gets home.

SOTU

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Last year:

America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology.

This year:

“For too long our nation has been dependent on foreign oil. And this dependence leaves us more vulnerable to hostile regimes, and to terrorists who could cause huge disruptions of oil shipments…raise the price of oil…and do great harm to our economy.”

“It is in our vital interest to diversify America’s energy supply — and the way forward is through technology.”

Huh?

SOTU: Pre-game Thoughts.

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So tonight’s the big night when G.W. will tell us that the “…state of the union is strong…” and that all of this war and strife is the fault of the American people. The 2007 State of Union Address is set to begin promptly at 8PM EST with Georgie boy for the first time addressing an opposing Congress. It should be an interesting mix of cheers and jeers I imagine.

Whatever he says, I don’t think he can ever trump last year’s: “…America is addicted to oil…the only way we can break this addiction is through technology…” Wow, way to blame the people you turd.