All US "combat" troops have now left Iraq.
It has been 7 years, 3 months and 16 days
since George W. Bush declared
"Mission Accomplished" in Iraq.
That was a lie -- just like every reason Bush gave for the war itself.

From The New York Times, Sept. 12, 2008. (I added some emphasis.)

Blizzard of Lies
By PAUL KRUGMAN

Did you hear about how Barack Obama wants to have sex education in kindergarten, and called Sarah Palin a pig? Did you hear about how Ms. Palin told Congress, “Thanks, but no thanks” when it wanted to buy Alaska a Bridge to Nowhere?

These stories have ( Read more... )

After all the petty mean-spirited sarcastic crap last night,
I am on the fence whether I will watch McSame tonight at all.
For me there is very little upside in watching it.
And the NY Giants home opener is on, after all.

Of all the lies and distortions in Palin's speech last night,
the one that bothered me the most
was her repeating the exact same lie
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I have to admit that as much as I try to keep up with Bush administration current events, I forget a lot of things and I get things confused. Especially when it concerns lie upon lie upon lie after lie upon lie. Has anyone else lost track of of our top law enforcement official's (Alberto Gonzales) multiple layers of lies as I have? I have also lost ( Read more... )