Archive for: August 2005

August 31, 2005

Revenge of the Paleocons

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In his WorldNetDaily column, “A national emergency,” populist firebrand Pat Buchanan calls for the impeachment of President Bush, citing the President’s failure to protect the country from illegal immigration as reason enough to begin proceedings against him:

Twice, …

And then there’s Maude

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Funny, but this same thing happened to me once—only the gray-haired “gentleman” in question was Bea Arthur, and instead of smiling and waving and saying “Thank you,” the old bitch dropped a handful of change out of …

In which I hold a brief and pointed political conversation with the ragged hole in the left knee of my Quicksilver blue jeans (follow-up)

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Me: “…The way you just sit there all smug and critical.  Tell me, what would you do to fight terrorism?  Throw pies?”

Hole:

Me: “Fucking hole.”

Mother Nature as Bush Proxy?  Hey, why not.  He was, after all, on vacation, and so couldn’t really disperse his EVIL easily… (UPDATED)

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With bodies still floating dead in the water, attempts to affix political blame for a natural disaster continue apace in the “progressive” world of “reality-based” politics, a land where tyrants are good, people who fight them are bad, and religion …

“Heed My Cleverness!”—a short essay by Rick Sterling

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UC Berkeley engineer and Bay Area activist Rick Sterling saw fit to drop one of his op-eds into my comments, presumably because—as a self-styled “activist”—he’s deluded himself into thinking his sentiments are so damn important that they …

Elegy

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Sobek Pundit posts some pictures of New Orleans from better days.  It’s a tribute to a city he loves—one he lived in up until 3 months ago—and offers a bit of a counter-balance to all the destruction we’re seeing now.

August 30, 2005

This is NOT another Hurricane Katrina / devastation post

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See?  Didn’t even mention it.*

In which I hold a brief and pointed political conversation with the ragged hole in the left knee of my Quicksilver blue jeans

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Me: “I bet you think we’re losing the war, don’t you?”

Hole:

Me: “Fucking hole.”

Insurmountable Arab Sectarianism Dooms Iraq Campaign to Utter Failure

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Or not.

From the Washington Post:

U.S. warplanes backed Sunni Arab tribal fighters on Tuesday in what tribal leaders called an unprecedented Sunni-led offensive to drive out Abu Musab Zarqawi’s forces.

Three days of ongoing fighting in towns near the Syrian border …

Everyone Knows it’s CINDY!

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Today’s CINDY! diary at Daily Kos offers further, heartwrenching evidence that Ms Sheehan is simply a grieving Mom who just wants to chat with the President:

While George golfed yesterday, the worst hurricane ever struck New Orleans; oil went …

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