Quote from the Detroit Free Press Letters to the Editor: Earlier this week, just on a whim, I checked Molly Ivins' "Shrub" out of the library. In December of 1999, nearly a year before America's most dubious election, Molly wrote, "For an upper-class white boy, Bush comes on way too hard-ass -- at a guess, to make up for being an upper-class white ( Read more... )

If we're having trouble raising enough troops to do normal troop rotations, will they start drafting again to make up these new troops?

Heard on the radio today that:

1. Bush "wasn't aware" of the contract negotiation where a foreign, Middle Eastern corporation was bidding to take over port operations in most ports in the US.

2. AND, he will veto any bill passed by Congress to keep that from happening.

Bulls*&t. Just plain CowPies.

Patsmor's random George Bush quote:


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The commentators I was listening to after the SOTUA were making a big deal about Bush's comment about being addicted to gas. Hmm. It seemed so familiar to me, as a phrase. Then I watched Chain Reaction later that evening. In that movie, 3 different characters (including Morgan Freeman) say that "the world/our country is dependent on petroleum" and ( Read more... )

This little gem is at the Post today:
White House Counsel Would Replace Retiring Sandra Day O'ConnorPresident Bush named White House Counsel Harriet Miers, 60, to be associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court today ( Read more... )

From the Washington Post:
Cheney 'Comfortable' After Repair of Aneurysms Behind Both Knees

By David BrownWashington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, September 25, 2005; Page A09

Two enlarged and weakened arteries behind Vice President Cheney's knees were repaired yesterday in a six-hour procedure at George Washington University Hospital.

The procedure, which ( Read more... )

I'm probably calm enough now to say that I clicked off on the President last night after 2 or 3 minutes ( Read more... )

First, the riddle, courtesy of someone who may want to remain anonymous:

What is GWB's position on Roe vs. Wade?
( I don't know, what is GWB's position on Roe vs. Wade? )

reynard52 has this excerpt from Keith Oberman today;
http://www.livejournal.com/users/reynard52/196201.html . You can find out all about this city that's not on any of our maps ( Read more... )