Goodbye from the world’s biggest ass

This story has been well reported, so I don’t expect anyone reading this will be surprised, but I thought it might bring about a good topic for discussion and that is “is this guy psychotic or what?”
Bush has said many times that history will vindicate him as a president. I just have to wonder how [...]

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It’s almost like they want us to leave or something

It’s encouraging to know that it is the Iraqis themselves who may end this war and thus control their own destiny. Think about every justification you have ever heard about the war from George Bush. Those justifications are tremendously hollow when the liberated people don’t want you there.
Iraq will not accept any security agreement with [...]

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Do we stay the course?

I’m the type of person who worries a lot. If I have nothing to worry about, I assure you I will think of something to worry about. My worries are primarily comprised of rare happenings like terrorist attacks, plane crashes, car seat problems, medical mishaps, child abductions, exploding cell phones, re-useable plastic bottles — you [...]

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Interesting Correlation

An independent market-research firm, AIMRCo (Adult Internet Market Research Company), has discovered that many websites focused on adult or erotic material have experienced an upswing in sales in the recent weeks since checks have appeared in millions of Americans’ mailboxes across the country.
According to Kirk Mishkin, Head Research Consultant for AIMRCo, “Many of the sites [...]

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Defining Obama

From The Huffingtonpost:
As a rule, Republicans appreciate the value in defining the Democratic presidential nominee, and the GOP is usually pretty good at it. In 2000, Al Gore, they said, was an “exaggerator.” This was not only effective, thanks to a quick embrace by the media, it was also part of a narrative — when [...]

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Our Articulate President

Upon meeting me for the first time, it’s fairly regular for a person to tell me how much they like Thai food since I am part Thai. I understand it, after all that may be the only connection a person has to Thailand. Better that then mentioning a sex show you saw in Thailand (sadly [...]

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Picture of the Day

One has to give credit to the BBC for the juxtaposition of this photo and headline. The article is here.

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BBC Finds Missing Iraq Billions

Remember how we lost (literally) billions of dollars in Iraq? This needs to be read in full so I have posted it in full. The link to the article is here.

A BBC investigation estimates that around $23bn (£11.75bn) may have been lost, stolen or just not properly accounted for in Iraq.
For the first time, the [...]

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Everybody Knows

An interesting history of the Bush Administration with Leonard Cohen’s brilliant Everybody Knows as the soundtrack.

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The no-win situation that is Guantanamo Bay

Whoever takes the presidency in November will have difficulty finding a solution to the mess of Iraq. Though perhaps one individual may be worse than the others, Obama, McCain and Clinton are doomed to failure because this administration never considered part two of playing war.
In reference to the prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay here’s [...]

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Real Men Don’t Apologize

Actually idiots don’t apologize.
It says a lot about our president that the BBC puts “Bush apology” in quotes. I don’t get what the issue is with Bush. Being a leader sometimes requires that you have to have uncomfortable conversations that may include gasp! apologizing. That’s what real leaders do, and quite frankly people who live [...]

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McCain and Judicial Nominees

In his own words, John McCain tells us what his judicial philosophy is. I am struck with how the current president and John McCain really do speak in code. He never uses the word abortion yet there is no doubt that the primary purpose of this speech is to ensure that he will appoint the [...]

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Bush in International Advertisements

You’ll be hard pressed to pick a favorite. Indeed, it took me quite a while to choose this one.

The South African History Channel ad reads: “Unfortunately, we do show repeats.” playing on the popular saying — history repeats itself.
Via AMERICAblog.

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Conversations with my Mother

Yesterday in America it was Mother’s Day and so I called my mother to have a conversation about life. You may recall my post about race in America in which my mother expresses disbelief that America is ready to elect a black man as president. We picked up where we left off a few [...]

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Bush Creates Wilderness Area in Washington State

I’ll give him credit where it’s due. Nice work. I’m crossing my fingers that he won’t be announcing a snowmobile theme park in the wilderness area tomorrow. Click here for more pictures.
Nearly six years after it was first introduced, a bill to create a Wild Sky Wilderness northeast of Seattle has become law.
President Bush [...]

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Jeez, Can You Just Get on With It

Umm, we’re running out of time here before my boss leaves office. What’s the problem?
Rice, Bush seek speedier Mideast peace process
JERUSALEM - U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Saturday she will ask Israel to remove more physical barriers erected in the West Bank as a bulwark against Palestinian militants.
The Bush administration also would like [...]

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Your Supreme Court at Work

Despite absolutely zero testimony regarding known voter fraud, the Republican inspired rules to require photo identification to in order to vote is upheld by the Supreme Court. Still think we can survive another four years with McCain?
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states can require voters to produce photo identification without violating their constitutional rights, [...]

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Bush’s Neilsen Ratings Not Good Either

In addition to low approval ratings, Bush’s appearance on the game show Deal or No Deal was the second to the worst viewed show of the show’s existence.
President Bush’s videotaped cameo on Monday’s “Deal or No Deal” didn’t spur much interest - tying the show’s worst-ever Monday-night performance.
Monday’s show averaged 10 million viewers, down 27 [...]

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Costco/Walmart Ration Rice

Ah, the good old U.S. of A. where you can buy 5 gallon containers of mayonnaise but you can’t buy more than 20 pounds of rice. For the less than 20 some odd percent of Americans out there that still think George Bush is doing a good job, what do you think of this:
The two [...]

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Women and War

An often used argument for electing women leaders around the world is that women by their nature are not warmongers and that the world would be more peaceful if ruled by women. It is said women and mothers in particular better understand the value of life because they have the ability to give life.
Yet in [...]

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The Politics of War

Thanks to the New York Times, we now know that the Bush Administration has taken great care in fabricating a successful Iraq story by carefully manipulating the media. They trained former military officers who would be readily accepted by media outlets as “war analysts” to portray the constructed truth that the war was going well.
The [...]

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Conforming Loans All Window Dressing

My husband and I are looking to buy a new house. On March 6, 2008 we we’re pleasantly surprised that the cap for regular mortgages would be lifted from 417k to 567k — which is definitely an advantage when you live in Seattle where the average home sells for over 400 grand. Even the headline [...]

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This Almost Beats Yo Blair

Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the UK, said the following:
“The world owes George Bush a huge debt of gratitude” for his efforts against terrorists.”
Did he mean to say Bush’s efforts to increase recruitment for said terrorists, because he’s been absolutely remarkable in that respect. What about Bush’s failure to capture number one terrorist Osama bin [...]

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An Impassioned Rant on the Media

Then George W. Bush and a half dozen cabinet members in some back room somewhere authorize the torture of prisoners in U.S. custody, but we can’t pay attention to that because we’ve all got to decide whether we want a president with good bowling scores.
Where did we get this notion that the President of the [...]

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The Dalai Lama Bores Me

While I fear that I am setting myself up by posting a very unpopular sentiment, I couldn’t refrain. The Dalai Lama just completed a visit to Seattle and I have heard all over the news the oohs and ahhs of the local media about how wonderful the Dalai Lama is. I have to admit I [...]

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