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The original Fleetwood Mac with Peter Green performing the instrumental, Albatross. Standing in the sand on the west coast watching the sun set over the Pacific ocean, I can hear this music playing. Summer comes to an end in the South Bay.
Congressman James P. Moran, Jr. (D-VA) was not amused.
"In the soldier's hand was a thumbnail biography, distributed before each of the congressmen's meetings in Baghdad, which let meeting participants such as that soldier know where each of the lawmakers stands on the war. "Moran on Iraq policy," read one section, going on to cite some the congressman's most incendiary statements, such as, "This has been the worst foreign policy fiasco in American history."
So Democratic Senators and Members of Congress visiting members of the Armed Forces...soldiers they are responsible for...have propaganda leaflets sent out to the soldiers written by the Republican Party.
Speaking out against this war and this Administration is a sign of intelligence and leadership. Having the government pay for and create these leaflets must have repercussions. Hopefully in the voting booth in 2008 when the Republican Party is wiped out of politics in this country.
Quoting statements made by our Congress Members against this war is not an insult. The soldiers are probably glad to hear it.
If the Democratic Party decided to created and distribute propaganda leaflets against visiting Republican Senators and members of Congress they would probably read something like this:
-Republican Senator 'So-and-So' sucks cock in public restrooms.
-Republican Congressman 'So and So' fucks teenage boys up the ass.
-Republican Congressman 'So and So' leaves dead female aides slumped on the floor of his office.
-Bush, Jr. had better things to do than fight in Vietnam. He had cocaine to snort you poor losers.
-Dick Cheney never fired a shot in anger, except at quail, and he sucked at that too.
-Hope you're not from New Orleans soldier.
So the visiting Democratic members of Congress shouldn't sweat the leaflets. The soldiers know who is right. The Iraqis know who is right. The American people know who is right.
Oh boy. Now what? I hope our Secretary of State (remember her?) can get over there and do something.
"The GAO report comes at a pivotal time in the Iraq debate. So far, Republicans have mostly stood by Bush on the war and staved off Democratic demands of troop withdrawals. But in exchange for their support, many GOP members said they wanted to see substantial progress in Iraq by September or else they would call for a new strategy, including possibly a withdrawal of troops. (Bill Kristol will be weighing in on this too, thank god.)
Democrats are expected this fall to push for another round of votes on their legislation ordering most troops out by spring. A likely target for the debate will be a $147 billion bill the military needs to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. The money covers the 2007 budget year, which begins Oct. 1. (World War Two: December 7, 1941 - August 15, 1945. Enemies: Nazi Germany, Fascist Italy and The Empire of Japan.)
The GAO, the congressional watchdog, is expected to find that the Iraqis have met only modest security goals for Baghdad and none of the major political aims such as passage of an oil law." (Now that gets Dick Cheney's heart pumping.)
This is just strange TV.
Joe (Get-This-Dead-Girl-Out-Of-My-Congressional-Office) Scarborough, Tucker Carlson (if he isn't gay he should be) and MSNBC general manager Dan Abrams discussing Republican Senator Larry Craig's arrest while soliciting sex from a plainclothes policeman in a public restroom.
Scarborough brings up President Clinton, including video for most of the interview. No one brought up the dead intern Lori Klausutis during the manly round table discussion.
First we are made to understand that former Republican Congressman Scarborough and Conservative Lil' Tucker are NOT gay. It is just their jobs to talk about Senator Craig and this 'outrageous' story.
Then Bill Clinton...blah, blah, blah.
Then Tucker tells us how he was bothered in a men's room when he was in high school:
ABRAMS: Tucker, what did you do, by the way? What did you do when he did that? We got to know.
CARLSON: I went back with someone I knew and grabbed the guy by the -- you know, and grabbed him, and -- and --
ABRAMS: And did what?
CARLSON: Hit him against the stall with his head, actually!
[laughter]
CARLSON: And then the cops came and arrested him. But let me say that I'm the least anti-gay right-winger you'll ever meet --
[laughter]
Strange men.
Senator Larry Craig (R-Idaho) "...pleaded guilty earlier this month to misdemeanor disorderly-conduct charges stemming from his June arrest by an undercover police officer in a men's restroom at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport, a court spokeswoman and the senator's office said yesterday."
The Republican Senator, has a long, hard record of holding firm against the encroachment of gay rights into American society. Does that make him a hypocrite?
A strong-willed legislator, the Republican Senator from Idaho means what he says and says what he means. He has pleaded guilty.
This Republican has had the moral strength to go after sex in public restrooms with adult men and leave the under-aged boys alone. Something that cannot be said of some of his fellow Republican politicians.
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales resigned. The 'Worst Attorney General Ever' adds to the growing ranks of 'Worst Ever' office holders in the Bush, Jr. Administration.
It is better that he finally resigned because putting a sitting Attorney General in jail would be very strange. This man, like so many in the current administration, has committed treason. Maybe history will out them all. The current Press will not tell you all the wrong this man has committed or covered-up. But the United States is worse off for having him sitting in the office of the highest law enforcement official in the land. He is a stupid, bad man and a liar. Just like his boss.
Maria Callas, O Mio Babbino Caro. Powerful and dazzling stuff.
Maria McKee singing Turn Away from her phenomenal and brutally honest Peddlin' Dreams album.
Warren Zevon performs an acoustic version of Lawyers, Guns and Money.
Is the President aware his economy is collapsing around him like the house of fucking cards it is?
"Since the start of the year, more than 40,000 workers have lost their jobs at mortgage lending institutions, according to recent company layoff announcements and data complied by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Meanwhile, construction companies have announced nearly 20,000 job cuts this year, while the National Association of Realtors expects membership rolls to decline this year for the first time in a decade.
It's an employment collapse that threatens to rival the massive layoffs in the airline industry that followed the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, when some 100,000 employees lost their jobs."
The 24 hour cable news shows aren't discussing this. The Press is letting the story slide. When is someone going to let the American people know what is happening in this country?
Do you think under a Democratic President, this type of news would warrant banner headlines and 24/7 round-table discussions with our leading conservative pundits?
