July 3, 2008
The Bush Presidency ::
As defined by The Onion:
Bush Tours America To Survey Damage Caused By His Disastrous Presidency
The Onion is far too kind!
Bozo The Clown ::
Dead at age 83!
How many of you out there in cyberspace know where the expression "Bozo NoNo" comes from?
CNN has it all.
Florida's Gov., Charlie Crist, To Marry ::
Read down for the snark, but here is an excerpt from The St. Petersburg Times:
Gov. Charlie Crist, single for nearly three decades, on Thursday morning became engaged to his girlfriend of nine months, Carole Rome."She's special in every way. She's brilliant, beautiful and sweet. I'm very, very lucky," Crist told the St. Petersburg Times in an exclusive interview.
[snip]
His engagement is likely to reverberate well beyond Florida because the popular governor is widely viewed as a contender to be likely Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate. Not since Franklin Pierce picked William King to be his running mate in 1852 has America had a bachelor vice president.
This is interesting in that there has been much web speculation about Crist's sexuality and many will see this as a move solely to position himself for the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
Now, for the snark, and it's not from me: Andrew Sullivan has this to say:
After nine months' dating, he gets married to a woman. I wonder if that was a condition for the vice-presidency. His parents, by the way, are "ecstatic." I'd say the odds of his becoming the veep - and McCain's heir apparent - just increased exponentially. As a Crist fan, I'm happy - he'd be great for the GOP. But if I were McCain, I'd worry that if this is a marriage of political convenience and if it opens up questions about his past, we could be in a Michael Portillo situation. And no one will want that in a general election campaign.
I just couldn't resist the added emphasis on Sullivan's post!
July 1, 2008
Standing Up For Marriage! ::
Ones kink is wearing a diaper and the other has this thing about toe-tapping in airport mens rooms. Credibility just oozes from their pores!
George Carlin must be laughing his ass off in comedy heaven!
A tip o' the hat to The General for posting these images.
June 30, 2008
When I Get My Picture ::
On the cover of the Rolling Stone:
I just got my issue in the mail today and I haven't had a chance to read the Jann Wenner article yet. I'll do that tomorrow at work.
I have been a subscriber to Rolling Stone for several years primarily for the political coverage. I like music and I enjoy reading about the musical scene, but I unfortunately have a tin ear and no musical ability!
June 26, 2008
Dick Cheney-Constitutional Barnacle! ::
Why isn't this being played every hour on the hour?
Impeach the bastards now!
June 25, 2008
Baghdad Burning ::
River is still missing with her last post on October 22, 2007. Let's not forget her or her family! I know I will never forget her posts!
June 24, 2008
The Words Of John F. Kennedy About Space ::
"There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet. Its hazards are hostile to us all. Its conquest deserves the best of all mankind, and its opportunity for peaceful cooperation many never come again. But why, some say, the moon? Why choose this as our goal? And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain? Why, 35 years ago, fly the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas?We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too."
As Yet!
War Crimes Prosecutions In The Offing? ::
This broke a few days ago and the entire story is up on Raw Story.
On September 13-14, 2008, Lawrence Velvel, the dean of the Massachusetts School of Law at Andover, plans to convene a 'convention' at the school's facilities; the attendees of which will plan strategies to prosecute members of the Bush administration for war crimes."This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred," stated Velvel in a press release. "It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth.
I don't know if this will lead anywhere, but at least it is a beginning in holding the criminal Bush administration to account for its deeds!
Here is just a bit more to pique your interest:
"The man ultimately responsible for the torture had a unique preparation and persona for the presidency," wrote Velvel. "He is a former drunk, was a serial failure in business who had to repeatedly be bailed out by daddy's friends and wanna-be-friends, was unable to speak articulately despite the finest education(s) that money and influence can buy, has a dislike of reading, so that 100-page memos have to be boiled down to one page for him, is heedless of facts and evidence, and appears not even to know the meaning of truth."
I just couldn't help adding the emphasis on this paragraph!
June 21, 2008
Visiting The West Bank ::
This is very interesting:
Less than a day after I had arrived, I was awakened in the middle of the night by loud explosions. Israeli troops had rolled into town. This was soon followed by the rumble of military vehicles climbing their way up Jaffa Street. I looked out the window and saw the convoy stop right underneath my window. Of all the windows of all the buildings of all the towns in the West Bank, the Israel Defense Forces had to choose mine as the spot to rest their deafening hardware at 3am! My astonishment was soon interrupted by the sight of a white car barreling down toward the convoy at high speed. It came to a screeching halt, barely avoiding a collision with the head humvee. (Not to nitpick, but the convoy was moving uphill on the wrong side of the divided street.) Confusion ensued. Troops shouted orders and the two occupants got out of the car and raised their hands in the air. Three soldiers walked slowly toward them: one of them searched them; another inspected the car; the third fidgeted with his machine gun. I watched.
