Mini-report

I understand that Bush is offering a 12 foot by 12 foot (3 meters by 3 meters) photo himself to the school that bears his name for the children to pray to in the mornings.

Good for Fordham for his comments. The Republicans breed these pitbulls then they’re surprised when they bite.

Blair added, “George Bush is obviously er …,” he stutters before asking an aide: “Has George Bush actually been here,

Hey that’s what they say at the White House!

The TP note on the Bushies slashing funding for school violence prevention programs is a bit much. With all the juicy targets for attacking this administration presenting themselves nowadays, implying that increased funding for school violence prevention programs might have prevented either of the two most recent incidents strikes me as far-fetched, an ill-advised change of topics, and a bit of a cheap shot to boot (on TP’s part).
It’s not a good idea to have too many arguments, especially when the weak ones may tend to undercut the credibility of the stronger ones –

Greeeat. Just when no one wants a Refuglican near their child. This reminds me of the Boondocks (comic strip) the kids are currently attending Herbert Hoover Elem and don’t much care for it.

@1 “Maybe there was no direct link to Republican propaganda to make him larger than life, but that’s roughly when customs changed.”

Alas, there is. See for example National Airport, now officially R.R. National Airport only don’t call it that in front of the natives. Metro was forced to spend millions of dollars updating the signs in the system by cry-baby thuglicans who threatened to pull funding for the entire system. Yep, they were willing to paralyze DC to get their way. Suprised? Didn’t think so.

Not only does GW have a school named for him, but both Saint Ronnie the Ray-Gun and Georgie-boy’s Daddy have had aircraft carriers no less named after them while still alive – completely unprecedented.

12 years of Republican bullshit, and a generation (or more, carriers seem to last nearly 50 years nowadays) to clean up the crap.

GOP: God’s Own Predators

There is the whole thing – all the bullshit and baloney – in three words.

Twenty Bucks, Same as in Town: Mark Foley Edition. Showcased this week: D r i f t g l a s s, The Rude One, The King of Zembla and, believe it or not, it appears as if Mark Foley has a new blog.

I know this involves perhaps more victimized children than we presently know, but, dear God, am I having fun with this Foley scandal. It’s a heartless, guilty pleasure, schadenfreude at its best (or worst).

Rimone – sorry, I didn’t mean to insult the maturity of children everywhere by comparing them to these bastards. Oops, sorry, I did it again. I didn’t mean to compare people with unmarried parents to these morons. Wait….

What’s the line from A Fish Called Wanda? Calling you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. That’s how I feel about our esteemed leaders. Except that it’s calling them power-mad fascists….

Suddenly realizing that he forgot to mention the current U.S. president, Blair added, “George Bush is obviously er …,” he stutters before asking an aide: “Has George Bush actually been here, yeah, no he’s been here, yeah … and then you get other people that come in from time to time.” — CB

So, now George Bush is a comma in the history of the Whitehall, eh? You gotta hand it to Brits; they have a good perspective on history.

* Speaking of Britain and plagiarism, the Conservative Party happens to be using the exact same campaign slogan in the U.K. as the Democratic Party is using in the U.S. — CB

Except that Brits actually *have* a (national) healthcare. It may not be in the best of health (like our Social Security) but it’s in place. So, all the young whippersnapper is saying is he won’t kill it entirely. We, OTOH, haven’t even started building ours.

* George W. Bush has an elementary school named after him?

Why is it so surprising? That’s his level of education, no?

“How many stories do we need of congressmen missing meetings? There needs to be a rule: miss 3 meetings in a calendar year and you’re off the Committee. C’mon people, it’s so simple. Perhaps they just need a refresher course….

And that doesn’t mean they get to check in, take a hall pass and miss the whole meeting. ” Homer (#5)

Um… Is it OK to come to the meeting and sit through it but catch up on some IMs while the rest of the folk are spouting same old, same old? Just askin’…

Homer: ‘What’s the line from A Fish Called Wanda? Calling you stupid would be an insult to stupid people. That’s how I feel about our esteemed leaders. Except that it’s calling them power-mad fascists….

thank you for saying. i find my day’s/night’s reading of the latest news to be highly (and i do mean /highly/) enhanced by applicable quotes from films i love. ‘A Fish Called Wanda’ is one of those. 🙂 (don’t even start me on Lebowski–i NEVER shut up)

Homer #41 Mini-report 10/4/2006 @ 8:51 pm

Hi!

Just got the follow-up. It’s a tough old nut, I’ll grant you. In truth I find myself swinging one way and the other on the whole shebang. Sometimes it helps to push to an extreme to get a better perspective — so thanks for opposing your weight, and no hard feelings.

The bottomline I always return to as far as Iraq is concerned is that it is an illegal war — illegal in terms of international law, which is the appropriate jurisdiction for disputes between nations. For that reason I can’t get involved in discussions about the tactics of the war itself. As a footnote, though, I have to say I think Saddam Hussein, for all his inhumanity and ruthlessness, did, by the current evidence, a far better job in his country than Bush’s rampage has accomplished. If anyone should be in the dock for war crimes I think we know which one it should be.

On the Taliban issue, I’m not really so well informed. Balancing overall impressions though, on the basis of common guidelines, I still feel the Taliban have just cause. Now that is quite distinct from my or your personal disposition to Taliban ethos and culture. I hate it and I would never subscribe to it or wish to be subject to it, but that is not my business. I have no right to interfere in their beliefs or the way they choose to conduct themselves, provided they do not interfere with mine. And I believe this is where your justification for intervention arises form. My counter to that, however, is that it was not the Taliban per se who attacked the US, even though they subsequently provided cover for the perpetrator.

My opinion and point, therefore, is that, no matter how upset and indignant you may feel, you cannot disregard any of these distinctions in such a situation, precisely because so many people’s lives and wellbeing are at stake.