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Good Afternoon, everyone.
The 'untouchables' of US science
When George Bush banned funding he effectively put researchers into quarantine
The Bush administrtion/Bush family have set out to take the continent of South America.
Posted by J on December 29, 2006 at 01:53 PM
After they destroy North America by turning us into a 3rd world country.
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Dors, forget speaking French, we all better learn Spanish. (my 2 year old niece watches Dora...they are teaching them young on the tube.)
The Union of Concerned Scientists think otherwise, Stevie.
Global warming is one of the most serious challenges facing us today. To protect the health and economic well-being of current and future generations, we must reduce our emissions of heat-trapping gases by using the technology, know-how, and practical solutions already at our disposal.
Attacks in Iraq rage; dozens dead, more suicide bombers. Full Story:
Reminder for the new year 2006 in January:
Bring the Peace Mandate to D.C. on Jan. 27! On Election Day the voters delivered a dramatic, unmistakable mandate for peace. Now it's time for action. Join CODEPINK and many others in a national march to D.C. on January 27-29, to send a strong, clear message to Congress and the Bush Administration: The people of this country want the war and occupation in Iraq to end and we want the troops home now! Click link below for more details and spread the word around:
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=185
An ice shelf the size of 11,000 football fields that broke off Ellesmere Island (Canadian arctic) could be dangerous when it starts to drift, a scientist says. Read more:
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2006/12/28/tech-ellesmereiceshelfcollapse-20061228.html
A Canadian committee examining whether the country's polar bears need more protection should complete its work next year. Read more »
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/north/story/2006/12/29/polar-canada.html
INDEPTH: CLIMATE CHANGE
Global warming
CBC News Online
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/climatechange
Arctic climate change:
I've already had 2 guys pick up their petitions for city mayor & ward council. They are both repugs, so I offered no after hours services. I did remind my ex that his term for village mayor is up this year and that he would have to file his petition in August. He stated he would run if nobody else was interested. I don't think his new girlfriend encourages him to be involved in anything she has no interest in. That's too bad, because I always thought he did a good job for the village he represents.
I plan on helping a friend run his campaign for township trustee this fall. Who knows, if the carpenter & I get married, maybe I'll gently persuade him to run for trustee sometime too. ;) My civic duties are limited. I can't run or be appointed to public office while running elections, and I can't be without a job. I do plan on attending the next village council meeting and offering to be a part of the street commission team. They want to enact ordinances concerning the up keep of properties/lawns. I'm going to suggest an incentive for the residents to clean up instead of just fining them. Most are elderly and low income and can't afford paying the fines. (and there are some slacker asses too...sigh) I would rather have community service people come in and work under the guidance of hired village workers. I was raised with the mindset that "you can be poor, you don't have to be dirty", so I've always tried my best to keep everything tidy. I actually enjoy helping my neighbors and doing what I can to keep my town looking pleasant. I wish you all could have witnessed me cleaning off the hillside this past summer. It's the towns property, but they don't maintain it very well. (I'm going to discuss that at the council meeting too) The hill is practically straight up and down about 75 feet. I had 3 piles of trash & brush over 10 feet high and just as wide. Before Spring, I'm tackling some more of the hillside. Damn poison ivy about did me in the month of August! It'll give me something to do when the weather is still warm in February. I hope the poison won't start growing before then. ;\
US Death Toll in
Iraq Nears 3,000
Five US Troops Added to Death Toll in Iraq
By Nancy Trejos
The Washington Post
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/28/AR2006122801257.html
Correction, should read:
Reminder for the new year 2007 in January
Now it's time for action. On January 27, 2007, we will have converge from all around the country in Washington, D.C. to send a strong, clear message to Congress and the Bush Administration: The people of this country want the war and occupation in Iraq to end and we want the troops brought home now!
http://www.codepink4peace.org/article.php?list=type&type=185
Turn up the heat and keep the pressure on. Contact your Representatives now and tell them to end the Iraq war now. See link below, take action:
ImpeachPAC supports Democratic candidates for Congress who support the immediate and simultaneous impeachment of George Bush and Dick Cheney for their Iraq War lies.
America's Growing Fringe Economy
The term "fringe economy" refers to a range of businesses that engage in financially predatory relationships with lowincome or heavily indebted consumers by charging excessive interest rates, superhigh fees, or exorbitant prices for goods or services. Some examples of fringe economy businesses include payday lenders, pawnshops, check-cashers, tax refund lenders, rent-to-own stores, and "buy-here/pay-here" used car lots. The fringe economy also includes credit card companies that charge excessive late payment or over-the-creditlimit penalties; cell phone providers that force less creditworthy customers into expensive prepaid plans; and subprime mortgage lenders that gouge prospective homeowners
For J, 'cause she makes the bestest breakfasts.
Disputed Florida election to spill onto House floor
A disputed election result in a House of Representatives race in Florida will be one of the first items raised when the Democratic-controlled House convenes next week, injecting partisan politics into the start of the 110th Congress.
Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat who has pushed for better safeguards on electronic voting machines, said on Friday that he will make a procedural point to establish that the swearing-in of Florida Republican Vern Buchanan does not prejudice ongoing challenges by his Democratic opponent, Christine Jennings.
Good afternoon, everyone.
WH: bin Laden Capture "A Success That Hasn't Occured Yet"
I just love this statement by that Townsend woman. It symbolizes everything dishonest about these GOP con men.
Is there anything that this Republican regime can point to as a success that has "already" happened? It's like we are being told to wait for the second coming of something that they never were able to do in the first place.
I'd like to still be alive when these great "successes" happen. I'd like my grandchildren to still be alive when they happen.
I suppose that in the minds of Republicans they see "freedom in Iraq" is a cyclical thing like global warming that may happen in another 30,000 years...barring that another meteorite doesn't hit the earth first.
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Same Folks Whom Outlawed Christians in Rome
Sung to the Tune of 'Oh, Susannah']
Well, I was born a farmer's son, a plow within my hand,
I plowed a row to Washington, where this crop once began.
I smelled the fertilizer, as they piled it on real thick.
I hate to say that they're a liar, but I know they've pulled a trick.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, and we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, as I aged and I grew older-I studied politics,
Yet, had trouble being a liar, and it left me in a fix.
Borrowed money as a student, to learn about the con,
Refuse to repay it, as a VICTIM--" I AM ONE"
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked back on the history and how things came to be,
As men did evil deeds unknown to illiterate peasantry.
I thought about in Europe, when they were locked up for debt,
And how enslaved they were, and so many are still yet.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked a cross my country, yes, once again at war,
Thought about profits made from weapons sales while my pockets are tore,
And America's wealth was plundered by those whom ask for more,
Bringing long-barrels of thunder far away from a distant shore.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I shunned my career in politics, as a cop, lawyer, or a judge,
As it started with some EuroTricks of fancyboys packing fudge,
Educated and with wealth borrowed from EuroRoyalty,
And like those who followed after -a good guy- cannot be.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I looked farther back in history, way back to ancient Rome,
Where an honest man was crucified--for one and all, not some,
I took a good look at our leaders as I knew what they had done.
Descendants of the mentality of those whom killed God's Only Son.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about my country--they said, for religion and freedom we came here.
Yet so many were in chains, and others indentured for many years.
By Nobles and Merchants from Europe, advantaged by what they've got,
That they long plundered and stole from others - thus, why they have a lot.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I thought about the nation's wealth as I watched my country bleed,
Shipped to just a few accounts in Europe, as they steal way more than they need.
A war fought on new credit for children to pay not yet been born
As Americans bend over and swear that their pants are not torn.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
I watch them prance across a stage, a crook and liar every one,
As media props up their masquerade, and I'm glad I'm a farmer's son.
Americans are follish as they buy these centuries old lies.
I think about my Father, and now I know why he cries.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Well, I've been put in jail a time or two, just because I am poor.
By unjust laws and men whom came here from a distant shore.
They say that it is justice as they write more and more.
Stealing all my liberty, that I once had before.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
Ever notice how those whom have stolen wealth, now rich, never go to jail?
Write laws to gtive more tasks to the poor, whom often cannot afford bail?
As they pay for the men whom calim right, as they put them in a cage?
I wonder if dirty. evil Might, makes right--as I wander down the trail.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, we're the same crooks you and me.
So, I gave up seeking morals and ethics in the con they play,
As there are none in law or politics in this European USA.
I couldn't be a cop, as much law they enforce is just wrong,
Benefits the filthy elitist rich, whom have pillaged all along.
Oh, Satana, why do you lie to me?
I was born American, but we're NOT thesame--CROOKS, YOU--not ME!
Good day,
I see some stories from 2 days ago about Palestine smuggling rockets in preparation for attacking Israel, then this yesterday:
TEL AVIV, Israel, Dec. 28 (UPI) -- Egypt sent thousands of guns to Palestinian forces loyal to President Mahmoud Abbas to bolster his position in the confrontation with Hamas.
The Haaretz newspaper said that Wednesday's shipment included 2,000 AK-47 Kalachnikov automatic rifles, 20,000 magazines and two million rounds of ammunition. A senior Israeli defense official confirmed the report.
The shipment was transferred through Israel whose Military Police accompanied the trucks from the Egyptian border to the Karni crossing, east of Gaza City, where Palestinian security personnel received it.
The United States was paying for it, an Israeli government official said.
A senior Israeli defense official noted Hamas' men in Gaza are better armed, organized, and command public support. Israel, like the United States, considers Hamas a terrorist organization. Fatah, whose leaders seek peace with Israel, is split.
President Abbas Saturday told Prime Minister Ehud Olmert his men are in a difficult situation because they -- unlike their rivals -- do not smuggle money and weapons into the Gaza Strip.
The head of the Defense Minister's Political-Security Bureau, Maj. Gen. in the reserves Amos Gilad said the shipment was not Israeli aid to Abbas and Fatah "but Arab aid because the moderates must be strengthened."
The struggle in the Palestinian Authority is between forces that want to turn the entire Middle East into an extremist arena that combines terror with religious motivations. Moderate countries including Egypt and Saudi Arabia are helping forces that seek peace, he added.
www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061228-033829-6597r
-they seal the borders, throw in the weapons, and hope for the best?
Posted by BlueMoon on December 29, 2006 at 05:11 PM
Silly guy! I don't feel like googling to find out if that's true or you're just making a funny.
My girls & I wanted snow this Holiday Season! Necee woke up and said it didn't feel like Christmas without it. (I didn't want to bust her bubble and tell her it's because she's an adult now. haha She'll understand when she has kids of her own)
Are you doing anything fun this New Year's Eve weekend, like taking your daughter to the movies? I wanted to go see "A night at the Museum", but doubt we go this weekend. The boys are coming down with their dad. We have a party to go to 12-31 and I have lots of cooking for our "come & go" party we have planned for the 1st. I wanted to buy "An Inconvenient Truth", but it's sold out locally. I so dislike the mall. Maybe I'll purchase it from Amazon after I return from Z's congressional swearing in bus tour. I'll mail you dvd if you promise to watch it. It will be a belated Christmas gift.
Impeachment talk is stupid talk.
Posted by BlueMoon on December 29, 2006 at 05:17 PM
But it scares the shit out of the knuckleheads in the White House who are lawyering up in anticipation of the tar and feathers. Talk is cheap but legal advise isn't. The GOP is being forced to waste money and resources on things that won't help them in 2008. It's a win, win situation for Democrats.
These people should concentrate their efforts on something that could happen.
There is a far greater chance that an impeachment might happen than Bush ever finishing anything he ever started.
Fugs Kill For Peace Lyrics
Kill, kill, kill for peace
Kill, kill, kill for peace
Near or middle or very far east
Far or near or very middle east
Kill, kill, kill for peace
Kill, kill, kill for peace
If you don't like the people
or the way that they talk
If you don't like their manners
or they way that they walk,
Kill, kill, kill for peace
Kill, kill, kill for peace
If you don't kill them
then the Chinese will
If you don't want America
to play second fiddle,
Kill, kill, kill for peace
..........con't
www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/69000/Fugs/Kill_For_Peace
Posted by HowTheDevilDoesBusiness on December 29, 2006 at 05:26 PM
I guess he does it over, and over, and over, and over....
Hi SandyH,
Thanks for making me honorary(?) member of the H clan last night. Guess I didn't notice right away.
Continuing Creepshow:
Cheney faces troubled new year
Published: December 29 2006 18:39 | Last updated: December 29 2006 18:39
Dick Cheney has forged a reputation as the most powerful but also least visible vice-president in recent history. In the next few weeks, however, he will be forced to fight some of his battles in the open – in the courtroom and on Capitol Hill.
The first test will come in the criminal trial of his former chief of staff, Lewis “Scooter” Libby, charged with lying to a grand jury during an investigation into how a CIA agent’s name was leaked. The trial, due to begin in two weeks, is likely to set an ignominious precedent when Mr Cheney becomes the first vice-president to testify in a trial.
Mr Cheney’s legal team are also steeling themselves for the launch of legislative investigations by the new Democrat-controlled Congress.
In 2004 the vice-president felt confident enough to dismiss questions from Patrick Leahy, then a powerless Democrat, with a lewd invitation for him to do something sexually impossible. Now, he faces political revenge: Mr Leahy, the incoming chairman of the judiciary committee, has said he will issue subpoenas to secure documents that show whether the Bush administration authorised torture as part of its “war on terror”.
He also vowed to look into no-bid Iraq contracts, including those awarded to Halliburton, a company the vice-president once ran. He said: “At the risk of incurring another of Vice-President Cheney’s special season’s greetings, I ask: ‘Where did all the money go?’
I do believe he said to get off our slackers!!!
Overflow crowd greets Edwards' tour
It was a crowd to warm any candidate's heart - even in a New Hampshire winter.
Over a year ahead of the nation's first presidential primary, so many voters turned out Friday to hear Democratic hopeful John Edwards' call for a new spirit of American activism on problems ranging from poverty to global warming that hundreds were left standing outside in freezing temperatures.
Nearly a quarter of the crowd of more than 800 were unable to squeeze into the elementary school cafeteria where Edwards was to speak.
The former North Carolina senator and 2004 vice presidential nominee ended up giving his introductory remarks outside, using a microphone that broadcast his voice inside, before heading indoors.
"What we're asking is for you, the people of New Hampshire, not to wait for the next election to take responsibility," he said. "Identifying a problem and talking about hope is talking about tomorrow. We can't wait until tomorrow."
A newly discovered tiny creature again raises the question: What is life?
The discovery of what may be the smallest living creature on Earth raises anew the ancient question: What is life?
I like Kall's scenario: Investigate the underlings. Promise them jail time. Or...information on who said what to whom and when. Oh! Chaney said that?..to Rice...AND Rummy...just after he told the Prez? Well take a number...you will be testifying...in Congressional hearings...and Courts. Ho hum...another Pug to jail. Good thing Bush had Haliburton build all those detention places.
My guess on Cheney is he'll resign before having to testify and then get a pardon to preclude indictment and further testimony.
Hope they don't try to foist Jeb on us and into the WH by appointment.
Who is to say that Saddam hasn't written down his memories and preserved papers/tapes of his conversations with Rumsfeld and other members of the Reagan/Bush White House...regarding how they supplied him with WMD poisonious gas and gave him instructions on how to use them on Iran and the Kurds.
Maybe the Shiites (especially those in Iran) would be willing to let Saddam live a little longer if he would agree to tell the World Court who his co-conspirators were.
Wouldn't it be interesting if this testimony was aired on al Jezzara right after Saddam's execution? There must be a reason why Saddam's sister is considered so dangerous to so many people...Bath Party and Shiites. Maybe she knows where the evidence is and is about to unleash it on the neocons?
Democratic majority to focus on 3-pronged plan
"Democrats are prepared to govern and ready to lead," the speaker-designate said before leaving Washington for the holiday break. When President Bush makes his annual address before Congress on Jan. 23, Pelosi said, "He will walk into a new place, where America's families' issues will have been addressed even before the State of the Union."
For J, 'cause she makes the bestest breakfasts.
Disputed Florida election to spill onto House floor
Rep. Rush Holt, a New Jersey Democrat who has pushed for better safeguards on electronic voting machines, said on Friday that he will make a procedural point to establish that the swearing-in of Florida Republican Vern Buchanan does not prejudice ongoing challenges by his Democratic opponent, Christine Jennings.
Posted by Esmeralda on December 29, 2006 at 05:15 PM
Thanks Es!!! Made my day! Not trying to be ugly to Vern Buchanan on his swearing in, BUT this woman, Christine Jennings shouldn't be tossed aside like a piece of trash. She has a validclaim
WASHINGTON — The American military, once a staunch supporter of President Bush and the Iraq war, has grown increasingly pessimistic about chances for victory.
For the first time, more troops disapprove of the president's handling of the war than approve of it, according to the 2006 Military Times Poll.
When the military was feeling most optimistic about the war — in 2004 — 83% of poll respondents thought success in Iraq was likely. This year, that number has shrunk to 50%.
Only 35% of the military members polled this year said they approve of the way Bush is handling the war, and 42% said they disapprove. While approval of the president's war leadership has slumped, his overall approval remains high among the military.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2006-12-29-poll-iraq_x.htm?csp=34
All this big fuss over Ford ! Like he was not just another Republican sicko!
The pardon of Richard Nixon by President Gerald Ford started this nation on the path that eventually gave us the Constitutional abuses of George W Bush. The current media frenzy supporting the pardon is both simplistic and illogical.
Ford pardoned Nixon before Nixon was brought to trial or convicted. The rule of law was ignored in favor of a double-standard where Presidents were not held accountable for law-breaking. The illegal activities of Nixon in the political sphere were an assault on American Democracy and should have been severely punished. Because of Ford's outrageous pardon, Right-wing Republicans never understood how un-American the tactics of Nixon were. The current national Republican leadership is still Nixonian to their core!
The discovery of what may be the smallest living creature on Earth raises anew the ancient question: What is life?
Posted by Esmeralda on December 29, 2006 at 05:48
PM
Well, it sure isn't a cloned GOP elephant.
Essie,
We plan to be with family on New Year's Eve Day and have a quiet night at home in the evening. I think the plan is for the boys and their girl friends to go to a movie with us on New Years Day. There must be about ten movies out right now that I'd like to see. This is the best holiday release season in years.
J,
Have you read through all the links bluzy provided? Interesting! Great discussion on the subject.
You posted you would be putting up your thoughts that we wouldn't like. Did I miss your comments in the long thread?
The Vikings were able to settle Greenland, actually grow crops in Greenland, and life was good in Europe.
Unless you were one of those that the Vikings were plundering and raping. Ah, the good old days.
speaking of silly, isn't it amazing how they are playing up Hussein's imminent death as though it were Bin Laden, the leader of the group that financed and pulled off our 9/ll tragedy!!!???
Posted by BlueMoon on December 29, 2006 at 05:59 PM
Thank you, Steve.
One from PamB's neck of the woods.
Underdogs pursue White House beneath radar of Obama-Clinton hype
Joe Trippi, who managed Howard Dean's campaign, said these underdogs have a real shot, but they must go outside normal channels and present "some boldness that makes people say, `Wait a minute, am I really going to stay with the conventional wisdom of who is going to win here?' "
"If you're going to play by the rules, let's just stick a fork in you. Hillary Clinton is the nominee," Trippi said.
The author of that article sounds like a real winner. There are Groups of real scientists who say it is greenhouse gasses, and this weirdo is one man. (what do you want to bet that think tank is a Right wing funded one to try and dispel the idea that companies in the US are contributing to the pollution causing green house emissions?)
"He is an atmospheric physicist at George Mason University and founder of the Science and Environmental Policy Project, a think tank on climate and environmental issues. Singer has been a leading skeptic of the scientific consensus on global warming.
Pat Buchanan just compared the killing of the Romanoff’s by the Communists in Russia with what the Shiites government is going to do to Saddam in Iraq. He called it sheer power being used to brutally intimidate and blot out history.
Well, at least Buchanan can relate to the political ramifications in a realistic way. The fact that this execution is going to happen on a high holy day didn't escape his attention either.
I guess it's sort of like if we had hung Nixon on Christmas Day. It's a little over the top.
By Steve Connor
The Independent UK
It has been a hot year. The average temperature in Britain for 2006 was higher than at any time since records began in 1659. Globally, it looks set to be the sixth hottest year on record. The signs during the past 12 months have been all around us. Little winter snow in the Alpine ski resorts, continuing droughts in Africa, mountain glaciers melting faster than at any time in the past 5,000 years, disappearing Arctic sea ice, Greenland's ice sheet sliding into the sea. Oh, and a hosepipe ban in southern England.
You could be forgiven for thinking that you've heard it all before. You may think it's time to turn the page and read something else. But you'd be wrong. 2006 will be remembered by climatologists as the year in which the potential scale of global warming came into focus. And the problem can be summarised in one word: feedback.
During the past year, scientific findings emerged that made even the most doom-laden predictions about climate change seem a little on the optimistic side. And at the heart of the issue is the idea of climate feedbacks - when the effects of global warming begin to feed into the causes of global warming. Feedbacks can either make things better, or they can make things worse. The trouble is, everywhere scientists looked in 2006, they encountered feedbacks that will make things worse - a lot worse.
Next year, the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) will publish its fourth assessment on the scale of the future problems facing humanity. Its last assessment, published in 2001, had little to say on the subject of climate feedbacks, partly because, at that time, they were such an unknown quantity. This year, scientists came to learn a little more about them, and they didn't like what they learnt.
During the past two decades, the IPCC has tended to regard the Earth's climate as something that will change gradually and smoothly, as carbon dioxide and global temperatures continue their lock-step rise. But there is a growing consensus among many climate scientists that this may be giving a false sense of security. They fear that feedback reactions may begin to kick in and suddenly tip the climate beyond a critical threshold from which it cannot easily recover.
Climate feedbacks could turn the Earth into a very different planet over a dramatically short period of time. It has happened in the past, scientists say, and it could easily happen in the future given the unprecedented scale of the environmental changes caused by man.
There are two types of feedback that can play a role in the future direction of the Earth's climate. The first is a "negative" feedback, which is largely good for us, because it works against things getting worse. The classic example of a negative feedback is the fertilising effect of carbon dioxide. As concentrations rise, then so does the amount of carbon absorbed by the higher growth rate of plants. The result is a negative feedback that tends to check rising levels of carbon dioxide.
speaking of silly, isn't it amazing how they are playing up Hussein's imminent death as though it were Bin Laden, the leader of the group that financed and pulled off our 9/ll tragedy!!!???
Posted by PamB on December 29, 2006 at 06:05 PM
Thanks, Pam. Someone needed to say that.
Hi Sandy,
I am so sick of hearing about Hussein, I had to turn off the TV!
And the way they keep talking about how bush is thinking about what to do in Iraq!! Like we don't KNOW he is coming out and going to ESCALATE the amount of troops we have there, so more than the 2996 dead, and 22,500 injured can increase ! Anybody believing he will come out and say no more going , I have some property I will sell you real cheap!
Pam,
I provided a link earlier that w is thinking to help them economically...small business loans to stabilize their country.
Isn't he brilliant? ;}
You have GOT to click on this article, to see the photo they used of the jerk. He looks like he is about 90 years old himself! Not the same cocky, arrogant little pissant who was strutting just a couple months ago!
"CRAWFORD, Texas - President Bush and first lady Laura Bush were moved to an armored vehicle on their ranch Friday when a tornado warning was issued in central Texas, the White House said.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061229/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_tornado
J,
Have you read through all the links bluzy provided? Interesting! Great discussion on the subject.
You posted you would be putting up your thoughts that we wouldn't like. Did I miss your comments in the long thread?
Posted by Esmeralda on December 29, 2006 at 06:03 PM
Getting started now to post what I have managed to get together. I was waiting for a new thread.
Hanging Saddam is a fun event. I wish it was on pay per view.
Posted by BlueMoon on December 29, 2006 at 06:24 PM
Death is not a fun event. Don't give our cable/dish operators any ideas...they might put it on tv. (I bet it will be on utube though)
Jacque,
Wonder where those loans will come from???
hmmmmm,. US taxpayers??
Republicans, Hold onto them there wallets!!!!!
And there are so many Iraqis wish they had Hussein back in, because the Sunnis and the Shias didn't dare shit with him in power, and life was a lot better.
Oh, except for those Kurds he killed with the US financing and blessing!!!
gotta go. UCONN basketball tickets tonight at Civic Center !
Have a good evening.
Good golly, Steve. That last comment of yours is like crap hitting the fan. (what is that bluzy does...turns the attention to something else when her boys misbehaved?) Would you vote for this guy?
Huckabee says he won't 'scare' Democrats
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says if he runs for president he won't be a Republican who will "scare the living daylights" out of independents and moderate Democrats.
Posted by PamB on December 29, 2006 at 06:02 PM
Pam,
I didn't mind letting Ford giving Nixon a pardon. It extended the shame. Besides the Democratic Congress openned the door by not pushing for impeachment.
My kids are really impressed by Chevy Chase's impersonations of Ford. They wonder why no commedian today has the nerve to go after Bush the same way. They think SNL tiptoes around Spunky on egg shells.
The imperial presidency needs a good satirical kick in the ribs by the younger generation. It's time to take on the man and the myth.
I had lunch with some Republican women today who can't stand Bush...really hate him. They hope someone/savior comes to the fore by 2008. Right now they aren't impressed by McCain, Gulliani, or Romney.
And they really hate Hillary. I couldn't get them to say why except that she acts uppity. She's too smart or a smart aleck or something. They also thought Kerry had the same elitist attitude.
Let's see here, they hate Bush's incompetence but the also hate Hillary's competence. I don't get it, but it bears consideration if we want and need the women's vote in 2008.
Have a great night, Pam.
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I'm out for a while too...gotta soak in bubbles and get to looking like pretty for the carpenters arrival tonight. (well, the best I can do for being sick, that is) There's a few dishes that need washed too. The house cleaning elves didn't show up, so I better get in gear.
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j, I'm looking forward to your post.
BBL
Enjoy, everyone.
Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee says if he runs for president he won't be a Republican who will "scare the living daylights" out of independents and moderate Democrats.
Posted by Esmeralda on December 29, 2006 at 06:33 PM
Well, with a name like that I guess he wouldn't scare anybody. But unfortunately it wouldn't help him to do well in the North.
My Republian gfs said Edwards and Wes Clark didn't scare them. They like the idea of a military man on the ticket. They also want this occupation to end in Iraq now not later.
What is the qt on Colin Powell? Is he still interested in being a Republican or running as a Republican? Would he flip for a spot on our ticket?
Hanging is a fun event. I wish it was on pay per view. Posted by BlueMoon
Right-Wing sickos always have loved a good lynching. You darn well they wish they could bring back the practice here in this country.
Posted by PamB on December 29, 2006 at 06:25 PM
Pam,
I didn't see Laura in that photo with Bush only Condi. Did they mix up the wives again?
Is it wise to be driving around in a vehicle, armoured of otherwise, in a tornado? Maybe they would see Barbara riding by on her bicycle?
Posted by Domingo on December 29, 2006 at 06:46 PM
They tried their darndest with Bill Clinton.
Saddam was responsible for the deaths of about a million people. Osama maybe 4 0r 5 thousand. If all people are created equal then Saddam was naughtier than Osama.
So the war on terror is a big waste of time? Wash your mouth out with soap.
I'm off for a while, too. later.
So the war on terror is a big waste of time? Wash your mouth out with soap. Posted by SandyH
This Right-Wing bozo doesn't care about "the war on terror". None of them do, including Cheney and Bush.
Riverbend Ends the silence
I know there are a lot of community members who follow Riverbend's blog. For the uninitiated, Riverbend is the psuedonymn of a young woman who lives in Baghdad, and posts a blog. In the early years, she published regularly, but as the situation has deteriorated in Iraq, her posts have become more infrequent. Also, her regular readers have noted that the tone of the blog has changed, becoming darker, with an increasing notes of despair and outrage apparent in her clear prose.
The angry sarcasm and clear insight demonstrate very clearly the crimes my country have inflicted on hers
Our homeland has not been attacked for 5.5 years now.
Well, well, well. What do you know, the wingnut even uses the Nazi terminology "homeland". I wonder where these wingnut sickos picked that up. Been reading a little mien kampf have we, pervert?
Lieberman wants more death and more war. Who would of guessed, reguardless of all his claims to the contrary during the campaign?
Good evening
Yesterday I asked folks commneting if they had some thought as to why the Bush family had purchased those hundreds of thousands of acres in Paraguay. Now I had been reading when this first came to light all kinds of things, but it just kept running around in the back of my head that there was more to this than met the eye and the whole body for that matter.
First let me thank everyone for their input and thank fade for the research she did last night digging out some info so as to get a better grasp on things. I'll try very hard not to make this a long read.
To begin the thoughts thrown out were (1) exploit some poor group of people (2) water rights (3) oil (4)avoid criminal prosecution (5) greed). Well guess what?, it's all of them. And here is what I have culled out of some media publishing that the mainstream seems to conveniently to bypass.
The large land purchase was in the country of Paraguay near what is termed as a Tri-border region in South America that consists of the countries of Brazil, Argentenia and Paraguay. It is in this area that the world's largest water reserve, the Guarani Aquifer is contained and it is in Paraguay that the Parana River is located from which the greatest amount of hydroelectric power is produced. BUT just as important if not more so is a US airbase, Mariscal Estigarribia that is fully equipped with radar system, aircraft hangers and an air traffic control tower. As a matter of fact this airbase is larger than Paraguay's international airport in Asuncion.
Now lets move on to some more description here. Believe me, I will tie it in very neatly. One of the countries in the Tri-border area is Bolivia which is also resource rich. This country happens to contain the second largest deposits of natural gas in the Western Hemisphere. Bolivia has had political unrest for decades of which the major focus is it's vast gas deposits. The US has been primary in setting the framework for economic and political instability in other Latin America countries when it is something to be gained to their advantage and Bolivia is not different, hence the airbase in Paraguay. Special Ops operations can launched from this location to wreck havoc over the entire Tri-border region which is what Rumsfeld and the Bush administration has done in the past. They worked the same terrorist hype as the did with the Middle East so as to grap control of the nations resources. But let us back up a minute. Before the Bush administration came in, the US had placed such great pressure on Bolivia that they sold off it's oil and gas to Enron, Shell in 1995 for $263.5 mil. Less than 1% of what the deposits are worth!
The Bush administration wants the bases in Paraguay (southern) and the one they now have in Manta, Ecuador (north) as launching grounds for any special ops needed to act as a catalyst to shake up Latin American countries that have something that they want. Remember Daddy Bush is a former CIA Director so he knows the ropes of making things happen to topple governments. And of course the US lies to the American public and the South American governments as to the true nature of these bases. It is always stated for humanitarian efforts, but in reality it is to help tear down a government or set up a coup so as to get a right wing dictator installed that they want and then get easy hand at the natural resources. Manta, Ecuador was labeled as dirt strip for a weather station and in 6 months was a $80 million dollar air base.
The land that the Bushes purchased runs over and around the large Guarani Aquifer. Needless to say they have angled for control over electricity for an entire continent and water for many countries which brings the discussion to "privitization" something that the Bushes know very well. Because of the foreign companies already in the country of Bolivia due to petrochemical products, two companies were given the privitization of the water supply. US Bechel and Suez de Lyonnaise des Eaux. Suez announced that it would start charging $335-445 connection per private home. This in a country whose per capita is $915 per year! Boliva has had tremendous upheaval over natural gas, oil reserves and enforced taxes. Three presidents have resigned and the country is greatly polarized between the Indian majority who live on the poverty level and the minority elite who have dominated for hundreds of years.
Add into all this the Bush administration with Rumsfeld feeding anyone that will listen that Cuba and Venezuala are behind all of Bolivia's troubles which are of course more lies.
So folks the land purchase in Paraguay is to control the water/electricity supply and close proximity to Bolivia with its natural gas and oil reserves. And of course in the process a group of people are being exploited and oh yeah, one can escape prosecution because the US government has been cutting deals with Paraguay that all US military personnel are exempt from the International Criminal Court (ICC). Tell me someone that if push came to shove that a Bush wouldn't use this to keep themselves safe from prosecution? Most importantly of all - can you not see the greed all over the place?
I will get the current info as to what is going on now with this situation.
Hey ho,
Saddam execution said too graphic for TV
By: United Press International
Updated: 6 hrs ago
The heads of major U.S. news outlets are debating how much of Saddam Hussein's execution they will broadcast, the Hollywood Reporter said Friday.It is still not clear when Hussein will be hanged for the deaths of 148 Iraqis in 1982, but an Iraqi government official confirmed the execution will be videotaped. Hussein will most likely be executed before the beginning of a Muslim holiday on Sunday, the report said. It is also unknown if the footage will be released to U.S. news outlets such as CBS, NBC, CNN and Fox.
The footage of the execution is likely to be graphic and inappropriate for younger viewers. CBS, ABC, and NBC plan to break into their regular programming to announce that the execution has taken place, but will most likely only show a few still photographs, the Reporter said.
None of the American news networks has ever broadcast footage of an execution, although such videos are circulated via the internet, the Reporter said.
I just read the article about Rep. Rahm Emanuel in GQ and thought it was pretty good. I know it is early but I like John EDwards for President. On Saddam he he is just about done. I am not a strong suppoter of the death penalty but I guess the Iraqis do not have such problems. I will not be on again until 2007 so happy new year everyone.
I didn't see Laura in that photo with Bush only Condi. Did they mix up the wives again?
Posted by SandyH on December 29, 2006 at 06:48 PM
I've got to get a "sistah girl" badge ready.
You got it goin' on.
On a serious note though, as I have said before, when Condi sat through the Senate committee and the full Senate questioning her on her appointment as Sec of State - she did not endure being dragged around Capital Hill and having her "integrity impuned" for loyalty to a presidential administration.
Something stronger than loyalty was workin' that mojo!
J Excellent analysis, young lady!!
That's very much the way it looks to me, too. Chavez in Venezuela wants to shut down the rightists' media. He definitely sees this all coming. They are after his tail, and have attempted to "eliminate" him before.
Confessions of an Economic Hit Man is a great book detailing those operations in a "fictional" account.
You did a great job, J. Thank you.
fade
Thanks again for the links. They were VERY interesting and I'm not the foreign policy buff, but it was insightful to see what the Bush administration and the US government have been doing.
I posted an explanation a couple of posts up. The US government has played a huge part in the South American fiasco and I'll comment on that in a day or two
J,
many moons ago, i had plans to take my son to Guatemala for a year, to work with the indigenous people as they established a pottery. (i am a potter, too)
my contact was a diplomat who gave me plenty of inside information. he did not have anything good to say about the CIA. they were not "covert" at all, since everyone knew who they were. that is one group of actors that gets entirely too much of our money and not nearly enough scrutiny.
oh, we didn't go because of the violence...the annual income (this was in the 90's) was less than $400...lots of diseases that come from malnutrition.
You all remember how hard they tried to get this execution going right before the Election, to try and take the sails out of the Dems ! It failed then, and it shall fail to do anything now, than just be another signal of the failure of Bush's Folly!
12/29/06 "Information Clearing House" -- -- The execution of Saddam Hussein is another grim chapter in the catalogue of war crimes perpetrated against the Iraqi people. It is a gratuitous act of barbarism devoid of justice.
What right does Bush have to kill Saddam? What right does the author of Abu Ghraib, Falluja, Haditha and countless other atrocities have to pass judgment on the former leader of a nation which posed no threat to the United States?
Let’s be clear, the lowliest, most ruthless Iraqi has more right to rule Iraq than the most upright American. That’s what’s meant by “self determination”. When we honor “self rule” we avoid bloody interventions like the invasion of Iraq.
Bush believes that killing Saddam will achieve the “closure” which has eluded him through 4 years of occupation. But he is mistaken. Saddam’s death will only eliminate any opportunity for a political solution. Reconciliation will be impossible and Saddam will die as a hero.
Hi Pammie
Al Jazeera has his letter to the people posted. He says that it's better for him to die a martyr than to rot in a jail cell.
for those that think Iraqis feel they are better off with Hussein gone!!!
About 90 percent of Iraqis feel the situation in the country was better before the U.S.-led invasion than it is today, according to a new ICRSS poll.
http://www.upi.com/InternationalIntelligence/view.php?StoryID=20061229-101021-1168r
and with this, I shall be loggin off.
(Domingo, wasn't the troll begging for you and others to leave him alone so he would not have to come in here anymore???? looks like the hatred inside just keeps bubbling too much to stay away. so much for the pretend girlfriend!)
night !
J Excellent analysis, young lady!!
Posted by fade2bluz on December 29, 2006 at 08:46 PM
Hey thanks for the compliment, but I'm a card carrrying member of the 5-0 club.
After reading those articles, it was just amazing how the South American situation paralleled the Middle East debacle that the Bush administration created. Even down to Rumsfeld saying the same thing about the Tri-border region of Latin America. Bush and Rumsfeld jumped up and down like clowns declaring that the area was a hot bed for terrorists and terrorists activities though there was absolutely no evidence to that effect.
Rumsfeld went so far as to declare as he did with Iraq that even though there was no eveidence to be seen that didn't mean it wasn't there. Sound familiar? And because other Latin American countries could see right through the Bush administration hype and called the US on it, they proceeded to make the whistleblowers appear as BooBoo the Fool - Chavez. Hugo Chavez knew and could see right through the Bush folks with their trying to take Bolivia's natural gas while toppling their government.
As we can see the Bush administration has smeared Chavez as the Spawn of Satan. And while I'm at it, wonder if anyone saw a familiar name there in the companies that purchased those natural gas deposits in 1995. Enron ring a bell? Need to ring it louder? Yes folks Enron.
Would love to track back that purchase. What happened? Did Enron sell? They paid virtually nothing for those deposits. They were bought in 1995 and from that time to the collapse of the company, much money was made and what happened to it. The sale of that natural gas and oil should have kept that company proped up, to a point anyway.
Any forensic accounts posting with us?
As time goes by fade I'm finding out that there are many of us that carry membership in that club on this site. When I first began posting I thought I was the oldest thing posting. Thought everyone was the ages of my kids in their 20's.
I may carry AARP credintials, BUT I try to keep my mind youthful.