“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry…. These are evil people. And we’re not going to win this fight by [...]
Tag Archives: George W. Bush
Dumber Than When Decca Turned Down The Beatles
It’s hard to imagine a decision whose stupidity could dwarf that of Decca Records’, but indeed, that moment has arrived!
The Boston Globe informs us that:
“Just months before the start of last year’s stock market collapse, the federal agency that insures the retirement funds of 44 million Americans departed from its conservative investment strategy and decided [...]
Posted in Politics Also tagged bonds, Boston University, Charles E.F. Millard, Decca Records, Dubya, Lehman Brothers, liability, Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation, Richard Fuld, Richard Fuld needs another punch, stock market collapse, The Beatles, wall street, Zvi Bodie Comments closed
Ripples In The Dead Pool
You may remember, gentle reader, I wrote recently of my slightly morbid dead (politician) pool and my firm belief that Saudi Prince Sultan bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud was not long for this mortal coil. Well, it seems my macabre sixth sense was right, despite the jolly announcements from his brother Prince Nayif recently that:
“Everything [...]
Posted in Apropos Nothing, Politics, Schadenfreude Also tagged Bandar Bush, Crown Prince Sultan, dead pol pool, George HW Bush, Ibn saud, King Abdallah, King Fahd, Prince Bandar, Prince Talal, Saudi Arabia, succession, Sudairi Seven, Sudairi Six Comments closed
At Last, The Poison Is Starting To Leak Out. Hurrah!
There will be an accounting. This is very pleasing to the Chairman. So much evil was done in the darkness in the name of “fighting terror”. So many honest men and women stifled their doubts and allowed the most arrogant and ignorant in the administration get away with trashing the Constitution and the rule of [...]
Posted in Politics Also tagged ACLU, CIA, CIA Inspector General, COINTELPRO, Constitution, D-Vermont, Diane Feinstein D-California, Dick Cheney, DOJ, DOJ Prosecutor John Durham, Donald Rumsfeld, illegal war, Iraq, John Yoo, John Yoo is a douchebag, Justice Department, liars, lies, Senate Intelligence committee, Senator Patrick Leahy, Senator Russ Feingold D-Wisconsin, truth and reconciliation, warrantless wire tapping, Watergate, WMDs Comments closed
This Day in Duh: Cheney Pushed Bush to Pardon Libby
The New York Daily News announces a big “exclusive” today with the headline: “Ex-VP Dick Cheney outraged President Bush didn’t grant ‘Scooter’ Libby full pardon.”
Well, duh.
Posted in Politics Also tagged Dick Cheney, duh, Joe Wilson, leak investigation, New York Daily News, pardon, Patrick Fitzgerald, Scooter Libby, Valerie Plame, Weekly Standard Comments closed
Dick Cheney Belongs in Gitmo
David Axelrod, senior adviser to President Obama, appeared on Meet the Press yesterday to discuss the stimulus package, cabinet appointments, and our favorite dark overlord, Darth “Big Dick” Cheney.
Host David Gregory repeated Cheney’s recent criticism of what he branded Barack Obama’s “naive mind-set” that doesn’t grasp that: “The United States needs to be not so [...]
Posted in Bitching and Moaning, J'accuse, Politics Also tagged David Axelrod, David Gregory, detainees, Dick Cheney, Gitmo, Guantanamo Bay, Meet the Press Comments closed
Chinese Premier Shames George W. Bush
On February 2, Martin Jahnke, a 27-year-old pathology student originally from Germany, took off his gray athletic shoe and winged it at Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao during his speaking engagement at Cambridge University.
Jahnke was apparently inspired by Iraqi journalist and Dogood hero Muntazer al-Zaidi, who flung the shoe heard round the world at President George Bush [...]
Posted in Dirt, Heroes, J'accuse, Politics Also tagged Cambridge, China, Iraq, Iraqi journalist, media, Muntazer al-Zaidi, protest, shoe protest, sole protestors, Wen Jiabao Comments closed
Wagging The Dog 101
Sometimes, the US-Israel alliance sounds like an abusive relationship. America forks over approximately $7 million a day in aid, and in return, Israel spies on us and smacks us and our friends around periodically, though rarely as audaciously as this latest example.
According to the Jerusalem Post, pretty-pretty Condi Rice was recently left with egg on [...]
Posted in Politics, Today in Crazy Also tagged Ashkelon, Condi Rice, Ehud Olmert, Israel, Jerusalem Post, Palestine, Resolution 1860, Security Council Resolution, UN Security Council, wagging the dog Comments closed
Bushisms To Love And Cherish
“Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream” — LaCrosse, WI 18 Oct 2000
“There’s no doubt in my mind, not one in my mind, that we will fail” –Washington D.C 4 Oct 2001
“Free societies are hopeful societies. And free societies will be allies against these hateful few who have no conscience, [...]
George W Bush Goes to Broadway
George Bush may be ending his time in office this January, but Will Ferrell just won’t let him go quietly. On inauguration night, the SNL-alum and veteran Dubya impersonator will open a two-month run on Broadway in his first solo comedy show: “You’re Welcome America. A Final Night with George W. Bush.”
I have a hard [...]
Posted in Whine & Cheese Also tagged "You're Welcome America: A Final Night with George W. Bush", SNL, video, Will Ferrell Comments closed
So What?!
In an interview with ABC’s Martha Raddatz, thankfully outgoing President Bush said:
BUSH: One of the major theaters against al Qaeda turns out to have been Iraq. This is where al Qaeda said they were going to take their stand. This is where al Qaeda was hoping to take–
RADDATZ: But not until after the U.S. invaded.
BUSH: Yeah, that’s [...]
Posted in Bitching and Moaning, Politics Also tagged ABC News, Al Qaeda, Dick Cheney, Iraq, lies lies lies, Martha Raddatz Comments closed
Sole Protester: The Further Adventures of Muntader Az Zaydi
According to the Angry Arab and Al Arabiya, a Saudi man is offering $10M for Az Zaydi’s infamous thrown shoe. Don’t do it, Muntader! We say, hold out for Euros! That is, if he’s ever released from detention.
From Aswat al Iraq:
“The family does not know anything about where is he being held until now or [...]
Posted in Politics Also tagged $10M reward, Al Arabiya, Angry Arab, Arab, Aswat al Iraq, insult, Muntader Az Zaydi, shoefly Comments closed
This Is The Farewell Kiss, You Dog
White House pool report by the NYT’s Steven Lee Myers tells us that:
The president’s appearance was interrupted by a man, apparently a journalist, who leapt to his feet and threw his shoe at the president, who ducked and thus narrowly missed being struck. Chaos ensued. The threw (sic) a second shoe, which also narrowly missed [...]