Archive for June, 2006
Monday, June 26th, 2006
Where these guys actually trying to scam Al-Qaeda out of loot and cash? Were these guys really Islamic Terrorists? An interesting counternarrative can be found here (see the links).... Seems to me that our completely benevolent government is trying to "wag the dog", no?!
Posted in Current Affairs, Police State, Quickie | 1 Comment »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
We stay in Iraq because the GOP wants us to think this way:
The Congressional Republicans, whatever their private hesitations, were brought into line with the Rove plan and launched the sort of offensive that, in the past, has proven so ineffective in Iraq and so effective at home. ...
Posted in Middle East, Politics, Quickie | No Comments »
Monday, June 26th, 2006
In the business world, everyone has a boss. When a problem arises, it gets taken to the boss for resolution. If the boss can’t solve the problem, they take it to the next person up the ladder and ask them to solve it. Eventually, if no one can solve the ...
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Monday, June 26th, 2006
The Poobah family took a little day trip today. We braved the low fog and wind-driven San Francisco chill to follow a route called the 49 Mile Scenic Drive. Supposedly designed to take you to some of the more scenic spots in the city, we discovered there is literally no ...
Posted in Current Affairs, General, Politics, World News | 6 Comments »
Sunday, June 25th, 2006
The Rovian attack machine wants you to think Democrats are cowards. Let's look at the real story.(a Tom Baker - Ken Grandlund collaboration).
Posted in DailyFeatured, General | 53 Comments »
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Much like life for a current US President, life as an ex-Iraqi dictator is "hard work".
Apparently, a man of his convictions, Saddam recently embarked on a hunger strike to protest his arrest and detention.
The trouble? He only lasted one meal.
Those Doritos are pretty good.
[tag]saddam, hunger+strike[/tag]
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Saturday, June 24th, 2006
There's been a lot of bold talk by the dems about the need to set a deadline for troop withdrawal in Iraq. This idea has floated around the halls of Congress since the weak-bladdered pols went along with this ill-fated misadventure to begin with.
At the time, our Commandant-of-Ineptitude resisted the ...
Posted in Current Affairs, General, Middle East, Military, Politics, Right Wing Nut, World News | 3 Comments »
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
1) We are fighting them over in Iraq so we don't have to fight them over here, right?
2) We just found seven guys in Miami planning an attack over here, right?
3) The Republicans are declaring victory, right?There is certainly a problem here, right?
Posted in General, Quickie | 26 Comments »
Saturday, June 24th, 2006
Now in the world of Karl Rove and backroom dealings of the Republican Party no one can know exactly what has happened and how people have been influenced. But through the little bit of information that we do know from the Jack Abramoff case and the Tom Delay case and ...
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Friday, June 23rd, 2006
As a kid I lived across the street from the neighborhood busybody. She was always on the lookout for fresh gossip and developed a wide ranging network of sources that would make the human intelligence efforts in Iraq look like kindergarten play. She must have been a distant cousin to ...
Posted in Current Affairs, Economics, General, Police State, Politics, Right Wing Nut, World News | 9 Comments »
