WTF!!! She Is Messed Up... Its Not Lipstick On This Pig, Its Blood!

Family Values... Hookers and Blow Style!!!

Hey I thought they were all filling sand bags...

Fiscal Conservative Or Tax And Spend Liberal... Up Is Down And Red Is Blue.

Obama Better Just Stay In Europe...

Because McCain's got a new ad and, well its over. We will go back and look at this couple of minutes and remember how McCain rose like a Phoenix from the ashes to give Bush a 3rd term. Hello Canada.



H/T Wonkette

Why I Like Rachel Maddow...

Its all good, but getting to minute 2:08 was a treat.

U.S. Allowed Chinese to Interrogate and Abuse Gitmo Prisoner

What have we allowed these clowns to do in our name. How many steps down have these last 8 years taken us. Torture the lowest of all Family Values.

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Declaration of Helsinki

"Bush's FDA has just announced that it is going to scrap American participation in the Declaration of Helsinki -- the major international accord on ethical principles guiding physicians and other participants in medical research on human subjects. This isn't a decision involving mere medical bureaucracy -- it in fact clears the way for ethics-free drug testing, especially beyond American borders, and it means people will die, sometimes horribly."

H/T Orcinus... go here.

On Appeasement...

Why Is Gasoline So Expensive?

The rise in the price of oil in recent years involves four components:

— The effects of supply and demand. Exxon Mobil senior vice president Stephen Simon testified the supply-demand equilibrium is at “somewhere around $50-55 a barrel” — about half the current price.

– The weaker dollar. Since 2001, “the dollar has lost 45% of its value” against the euro. In 2003 one gallon of gas in the U.S. cost $1.50 and 1.50 Euro. Today’s $3.60 gallon of gas costs only 2.25 Euro.

– Geopolitical risk. Since 2003, the United States has been committed to a three-trillion-dollar war in Iraq, the heart of the turbulent oil-producing world. Furthermore, the burning of oil is continuing to increase global warming, “one of the greatest national security challenges ever faced.”

– Speculation. “Investors have looked to commodities not only as a hedge against inflation but as a hedge against the tumbling greenback.

H/T Think Progres's Wonk Room.

see also Energy Information Administration

Choosing War: The Decision to Invade Iraq and Its Aftermath

New report from Institute for National Strategic Studies National Defense University. Here is a bit from the author. I guess the War in Iraq is a perfect representation of the abilities of the Worst President Ever.

About the Author Dr. Joseph J. Collins has been Professor of National Security Strategy at the National War College since 2004. Prior to this assignment, he served for 3 years as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Stability Operations. From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Collins was a Senior Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, where he researched economic sanctions, national security policy, and homeland security. In 1998, after nearly 28 years of military service, Dr. Collins retired from the U.S. Army as a colonel. His many publications include books and articles on war in Afghanistan, Operation Desert Storm, military culture, defense transformation, homeland defense, and the way ahead in Iraq.
Dr. Collins holds a bachelor’s degree from Fordham University and two master’s degrees and a doctorate in political science from Columbia University. In 2004, he was awarded the Department of Defense Medal for Distinguished Public Service, its highest civilian award.

"A Solitary War: A Diplomat's Chronicle of the Iraq War and Its Lessons"

Fom the Washinton Post...

The rough-and-tumble diplomatic strategy has generated lasting "bitterness" and "deep mistrust" in Washington's relations with allies in Europe, Latin America and elsewhere, wrote Heraldo Muñoz, Chile's ambassador to the United Nations, in his book "A Solitary War: A Diplomat's Chronicle of the Iraq War and Its Lessons," set for publication next month.

Let Me Tell You Something About The Irish... or how to interview Bush

They can interview better than American reporters...

H/T to Agitprop

Its Cheney's World We Just Live In It... Pt. I

Here is another story that makes little sense. We are selling 20,000,000,000.00 Dollars worth of advanced weapons to countries all over the Middle East.

Who makes these deals?!?

Well here are some bits from the McClatchy Story.

...it would include selling Saudi Arabia advanced weapons known as Joint Direct Attack Munitions, or JDAMs. JDAMs convert simple gravity bombs into accurate "smart" weapons.

Israel protested the proposed sale when word of it first leaked in April.

SO...

Israel has asked for access to the Air Force's most advanced fighter jet, the F-22 Raptor, and its stealth technology, which makes the aircraft more difficult to see on radar.

...

The weapons sales, however, are almost certain to be criticized by democracy and human rights advocates.

Dear Mr. Cheney, please count me in as a critizee, who doesn't like what he sees.

Constant H/T to the McClatchy Gang. When do you guys bring a newspaper into San Antonio?

On Iraq... The Contractors

Military officials estimate that 125,000 contractors are working in the country, nearly the number of American troops. The figures on those who carry guns vary widely, depending on the source, but seem to settle on about 20,000. As of June 30, government figures show, 1,001 contractors had died in Iraq since the start of the war.

Who is Jonh D. Bates? Son he is a bad man...

and he uses his power to corrupt our country, he hurts our country.

Judge Jonh D. Bates is a bad judge. I question his judging.

See here.

FILIBUSTER!!! finally

Today I called Senator Harry Reid's Washington office, but his lines were jammed. Could not get thru. So all I had left was to call my Texas Senators, their staff picked up pretty quickly at both their San Antonio and Washington offices.

I had two concerns I wanted passed on to my Senators:

1-Vote yes on Senate Amendment 2022 (SB 2022) of H.R. 1585. This is the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007.

2-Please start speaking more about the war. I encouraged my senators to stop ending debate and go thru with what they are really doing, which is filibustering.

Its definitely what my two republican senators have been told to do, which is to stop legislation from getting thru the senate, any legislation. I dont think they actually wanted to filibuster the old fashioned way, but they made the bed.

Sadly I've become convinced that Cornyn and Hutchison never had any say in their votes involving the war. They were ruberstamps for the worst president ever. They cant take back their votes and now they don't have the guts to stand up to Cheney. Disappointing to see these two loyal Bushies not giving a damn about the damage done in our standing as a beacon of democracy, of human rights, of freedom.

Happy Jesus Day from Gov. Bush

...and to celebrate Today, the Day that our Holy appointed president, back when he was my Holy appointed Governor Signed that paper above declaring June 10, 2000, to be JESUS day. Here we have a musical celebration that seems to be making the rounds in Chile: