Talk about....

Talk about...

"Oye. If the Jew hadn't spied, I wouldn't have planned the war on Iraq, already."
--Fake quote from Douglas Feith, NeoCon/OSP

Talk about redundant.
Who needs Israeli spies when you've already got NeoCons?

Talk about obvious.
Who needs confessions about miscalculations and "unintended by-products" when everyone has already known for over a year?

Talk about false remedy.
Who needs a quick and cheap lawsuit to gag American free speech when an appeal to truth and honor hasn't even been honestly attempted?

Talk about a real challenge.
Who needs a serious weekly discussion about America's future when you can keep dredging up lies about John Kerry's past?

Talk about depressing.
*......*

My War: Soldier CB's Blog Has Been Gagged

My War: Has Soldier CB's Blog Been Gagged?

Soldiers fighting for free speech are silenced themselves.

I went to CB's My War blog today only to find the name was changed to "Over and Out" and to see that everything's gone except a quote from Johnny Rotten:

Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Cheated?"
-last words Johnny Rotten spit
onstage at the Sex Pistols
last gig in 1978.

I'm shocked. CB's serving our country--risking his life in Iraq for our freedom-- and this talented writer has been gagged.

While a young soldier who only wanted to tell you "how it felt while it was happening" is stopped from having free speech, old liars spread filth about what they say happened when they served almost 40 years ago.

I don't see anyone gagging them.

Fay Report Criticizes Gen Sanchez

Fay Report Criticizes Gen Sanchez

According to classified parts of the report by three Army generals on the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, General Ricardo Sanchez is facing the fire for a series of orders he and his aides issued in Fall, 2003. It appears the memorandum, while not authorizing abuse, effectively opened the way, through the creation of "confused doctrine and policy" at Abu Ghraib last fall, for interrogation techniques that Pentagon investigators have characterized as abusive. Interestingly, the Fay report (as it is often called) has not addressed whether General Sanchez was authorized to designate detainees in Iraq as unlawful combatants, as the administration has treated prisoners in Afghanistan. General Sanchez and his aides have always maintained that the only approaches they authorized for use in Iraq were consistent with the Geneva Conventions. Somehow, I don't believe using dogs as an interrogation tool fits in too nicely with the spirit of the Geneva Conventions.

The Palm Beach Post editorial for today is indicative of the suspicion and likelihood that many Americans are not settled with the fact that the Pentagon has been left completely out of the Schlesinger and Fay reports for their accountability.

Excerpt:

....although it finds fault with Gen. Sanchez, it also stops well short of recommending discipline for him or anyone else very far up the command chain.

Although the Schlesinger panel purports to be "independent," Mr. Rumsfeld appointed its members. For a "friendly" report, it is surprisingly harsh toward him. Like other reports originating too close to the Pentagon, however, it is inadequate. Abu Ghraib still needs an independent investigation that can question everyone in the Pentagon, the CIA and in the private companies who took up the slack when the number of troops fell so short.

When lines of responsibility go to the top, yet no discipline is recommended above fairly low levels, the reports lead to one more conclusion: not enough accountability.

Books For Soldiers

Books For Soldiers



Books For Soldiers is a soldier support site that ships books, DVDs and supplies to deployed soliders and soldiers in VA hospitals, via a large volunteer network.

If you have old, but usuable paperback books sitting around, collecting dust, why not send them to a solider for a big morale boost?

Bloggers- you can help to spread the word about BFS by adding one of BFS' buttons to your blog.

"Bush on the Couch" review

Book review: "Bush on the Couch"
by Justin A Frank M.D.



In case you've missed it, you can read my review of "Bush on the Couch" at DKosopedia Book Reviews/Daily Kos.

Tony Blair to be impeached over Iraq mess?

Tony Blair to be impeached over Iraq mess?

In the Guardian, David Hencke reports that a document is being drawn up by the chambers of Tony Blair's own wife Chrie Booth to impeach Blair. Blair will allegedly be impeached for "high crimes and misdemeanours" in the run up to the war against Iraq. This is an ancient parliamentary procedure and hasn't been used for 156 years.
A deputy high court judge who recently brought a case arguing that the Iraq war breached international law is one of the parties drawing up the document.
Another is a professor of human rights at the London School of Economics.
Adam Price, the Plaid Cymru MP, initiated the process.
Altogther, 12 MPs are involved in the impeachment.

In a season where the American president is in a struggle to keep his position for the next four years and hangs nearly every hope on the war he initiated in Iraq, this will not be support for any of his insistence that the war was particularly good for any human being's safety....American or otherwise.

The Tank/Cosmopolity during RNC Convention

The Tank:
Republican National Convention Blog

Information on activities during the Republican National Convention at the Tank, 432 West 42nd St, and around New York City.

A summary of the latest blogposts from RNC bloggers.
Organizations in NYC
Counter GOP Concention events.
The UnConvention.
Imagine Festival
Drinking Liberally.

RNC Credentialed Bloggers

Credentialed RNC Bloggers

RNC Bloggers

Here is list of credentialed bloggers for the Republican National Convention:



Kevin Aylward, WizBang
Dean Esmay, Dean's World
Blogs For Bush
Matt Margolis of Blogs For Bush
Captain Ed, Captain's Quarters and Blogs For Bush
Scott Sala, Slant Point
John H. Hinderaker, Power Line
Karol, Dean's World and Spot On,
Bill, INDC Journal (was a disinvited blogger from DNCC)
Tom Bevan, RealClear Politics
Ben Domenech, Red State
Tacitus
Roger L. Simon
Brian Reich, Campaign Web Review
David Adesnik from OxBlog
Hugh Hewitt

Unofficially blogging:

Travis LaFrance
Jerome Armstrong, MyDD
Ana Marie Cox, Wonkette
Taegan D. Goddard, Political Wire
Allen Larson, LarsonReport.com
Joshua Micah Marshall, Talking Points Memo
Christopher Rabb, Afro-Netizen
Jay Rosen, Knight Ridder's Sky Box
Bill Scher, LiberalOasis
Cameron Scott, Centerfield
Matt Welch, Tim Blair, Julian Sanchez, Reason.com/Conventions
Markos Zuniga, DailyKos

WSJ- "MEET THE RNC BLOGGERS" (see their photos)

RNC bloggers more privileged than delegates?

The Bloggers' Invitation (difficult to read)

GOP Convention Media Walk-Through

RNC.org blog

GOP Convention Speakers

GOP Convention Speakers

Here is the Official Prime Time list of speakers for the 2004 Republican Convention:

Monday, Aug 30:
Michael Bloomberg, Rudy Guiliani, John McCain

Tuesday, Aug 31:
Laura Bush, Rod Paige, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wednesday, Sept 1:
Lynne Cheney, Dick Cheney, Zell Miller

Thursday, Sept 2:
George Pataki, George Bush

Others: Senator Bill Frist, Senator Elizabeth Dole, Senator Rick Santorum, Senator Sam Brownback, Rep. Dennis Hastert, Lt. Gov. Michael Steele-MD, Rep. Heather Wilson-MD, Rep. Anne Northup-KY, Erika Harold(Miss America 2003).

Geoff Davis is a late addition.

Kerry way ahead in MSNBC Online Poll

Kerry way ahead in MSNBC Online Poll

I just took this on-line poll at MSNBC.com:

If the presidential election were held this week, who would you vote for?
* 336,202 responses so far *

George W. Bush
41%

John Kerry
57%

Ralph Nader
2%

Curiously, the title of MSNBC's article which accompanies the poll is:

"Swift Boat defense costs Kerry
Bush squeaks into the lead in wake of controversial ads"

It appears this must be a joke.
Right?!


At Democrats.com, they comment on the same article:

MSNBC Tries to Help Shore Bush Up with Astoundingly Bad Propaganda

We were taking bets a few days back as to when MSNBC would crank out a new "poll" or set of "facts" showing that Bush has gained ground against Kerry as a way to offset the Swift boat fiasco. So here it is, and what a piece of badly written propaganda it is, too! First the headline says: "Swift Boat Defense Costs Kerry: Bush Squeaks into the Lead..." But if you read this rambling, barely coherent piece, you will find aboiut 2/3 thru that Kerry has, in fact not lost ground to Bush in polls! The headline, i.e., is false. In fact, if you check out the poll right on the same page as the article, you will discover that Bush trails Kerry 41% to 57%. And then, the remainder of the article is a gushing groupie puff piece on Cheney. This is journalism?

Morning-After-Election Headlines

National Hall of Flame
Morning-After-Election Headlines
by Dylan Thomas

• KERRY KICKS BUSH GLASSWARE
• BUSH TRACKED, HI-JACKED, SMACKED, CRACKED, PACKED, STACKED, SHELLACKED
• BUSH DAD HAD, SAD, MAD
• RALPH REED’S PANTS PEED
• KAREN HUGHES UNAMUSED
• “SLEEZZY LEEZZY CON” RICE DICED
• “SEMICOLON” POWELL HOWLING
• RUMSFAILED “CHUMMY RUMMY” CRUMMY
• SCREECHWRITER DAVE “AXIS OF EVIL” FRUM GLUM
• TOM “CHICKEN LITTLE” RIDGE OFF BRIDGE
• JOHN “TORQUEMADA” ASHCROFT ALOFT

• FAILED IMPEACHER HENRY HYDE FRIED
• DOUG FEITH NOT BLITHE
• PEGGY NOONAN SWOONAN
• JAMES INHOFE SCOFFED
• MIKE SAVAGE RAVAGED
• PHIL GRAMM SLAMMED
• BILL FRIST IN TWIST
• RICK PERLE ASWIRL
• ANDY CARD JARRED
• GARY BAUER SOUR

• MCCAIN SLAIN
• NEWT MUTE
• KEMP LIMP
• BUSH HANDLER MATTHEW DOWD COWED
• TOM DELAYED, SPLAYED, SPAYED, DISMAYED
• TURNCOAT MORRIS DICK: BIC WON’T CLICK
• GEN. “ALLAH IS SATAN” BOYKIN BROYKEN
• RABBI SHMULEY BOTEACH WRECKED
• KRAUTHAMMER SNOUT HAMMERED
• HOROWITZ HORROR-FRITZED

• RICH $CAIFE $TRAFED
• GIULIANI ROODY MOODY
• “GESTAPO DICK” CHENEY RAINY
• BILL “LYING LIAR” O’REILLY NO LONGER SMILEY
• G. FELON LIDDY HALF PAST GIDDY
• DRUGGY LIMBAUGH RUSH CRUSHED
• NUTTY LIMBAUGH DAVE STAVED
• BUSH HANDLER KARL “POLL TROLL” ROVE STOVED
• CARLSON TUCKER SUCKERED
• SCARBOROUGH JOE SNOWED

• MOWBRAY JOEL IMPALED ON OWN POLE
• GOP SEN DICK LUGAR CHEWED BY COUGAR
• WILLIAM SCHNEIDER BRUNCHED BY SPIDER
• CHRISTOPHER HITCHENS STILL A-BITCHEN
• FAILED IMPEACHER HASTERT DEN DISCOVERS ZEN
• BOB DOLE LOSES SOUL
• LINDA TRIPP LOSES GRIP
• STEVE FORBES LOSES ORBS
• BARNES FRED BRAIN DEAD
• “LAS VEGAS BILL” BENNETT: NO LONGER IN IT

• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH CHENOWETH JACK WHACKED
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH ELLIOTT GEORGE MEMORY FORGED
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH ADRIAN LONSDALE: FROM CONSDALE
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH THURLOW LARRY WEDS TOOTH FAIRY
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH O’NEILL JOHN E. COPS PLEA
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH DICK PEES: FLEES ON KNEES
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH WILLIAM E. FRANKE: HIS BOAT SANK
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH LANNOM BILL: GOP SHILL
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH HOFFMAN ROY: GOP TOY
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH PONDER JOE: GOP HO
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH CORDIER KEN GOP SPIN
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH ALVIN A. HORNE: PURE PORN
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH PLUMLEY CAPT CHARLEY: 200 PROOF BARLEY
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH WEYMOUTH SYMMES STILL SLIMES
• SWIFT BOAT VET FOR UNTRUTH MARK HYMAN STILL A-SLIMIN’

• BROOKS DAVY: BRAINWAVY
• PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY AWFULLY WAFFLY
• MORT KONDRACKE: WHACKY
• BUCKLEY JR: EVEN LOONIER
• SEAN HANNITY: INSANITY
• ALAN KEYES: PUHLEEEEEZE!
• “KENNY BOY” LAY TAKEN AWAY
• SANTORUM GOP SEN RICK: OIL SLICK
• GLENN BECK: TRAIN WRECK
• WHITE HOUSE COM DIR DAN BARTLETT: WARTLET

• JOHN O’NEILL: NO APPEAL
• WALT SHAPIRO NO HERO
• ROBERT KAGAN NOOOOOOO RON REAGAN
• FALWELL: “SCARY JERRY” VEEEERY WARY
• GINGRICH: “PHILANDERIN’ NEWT” SNOT IN SNOOT
• GINGRICH: “ZOOT SUIT NEWT” SNOOT IN SNIT
• COULTER: “SLANDERIN’ ANN” HITS THE FAN
• WOLFOWITZ: “WOLF WOLF” PAUL HITS THE WALL
• “LEAKY BOB” NOVAK SACKED
• “LEAKY LIBBY” SCOOTER NOOTERED

• WILLIAM SAFIRE CONDITION DIRE
• MATT “ALL SLUDGE” DRUDGE WHOLE NEW GRUDGE
• BOB JONES GROANS
• BOORTZ NEAL REELS
• “ALL THE PRESIDENT’S MAN” WOODWARD BOB SOBS
• GOLDBERG JONAH PULLS A BONAH
• MIKEY MEDVED WETS HIS BED-BED
• “UNFAIR AND UNBALANCED” BRIT HUME FACES DOOM
• GEORGE F. WILL POPS POISON PILL
• HANSON VIC DAVE SPINS IN GRAVE

• GOP REP DICK ARMEY FAAAAADES AWAY
• CHUCK COLSON BACK TO FOLSOM
• “BALLOT FRAUD KATHARINE” HARRIS OFF TO PARIS
• “MARRIED TO THE ENEMY” MATALIN STAYS A-BATTALIN
• “BILLY THE KID” KRISTOL PACKS A PISTOL
• “PORN KEN” STARR DRAAAAAINS BAR
• PRAGER DENNIS SPONGES GUINNESS
• HUNTER GOP REP DUNCAN DRUNKAN
• MAYOR ED KOCH SCOTCHED, DEBAUCHED
• DR. THOMAS SOWELL THROWS IN TOWEL

• THOMAS CAL JOINS QAEDA AL
• ROBERTSON “CRYPTO-NAZI PAT” DRATS STATS
• DOBSON “CRYPTO-FASCIST JAMES” NAMES NAMES
• BUSH “HMO JEB” GOES REB
• CANNED ‘BAMA JUSTICE ROY MOORE STARTS WAR

*my favorite:

• DEM SEN MILLER ZELL TOASTS IN HELL