Where In The World Is WMD?
Bill Berkowitz, also at the Working For Change website, here, argues that the Bush team has given up on the idea of ever finding any WMDs in Iraq. For the record, I believe that the Bushies have already found WMDs in Iraq. I believe they have located the stockpiles of chemical weapons or biological weapons, and are sitting on the information. It's another October Surprise. I believe that if they time it right and spring the news on the public right before the election, Bush will win in the biggest landslide in history. It will be too close to the election for anyone to stop the backslapping long enough to examine the roots of why we went to war. Imagine 24 hour nonstop coverage of the weapons caches, the missiles, the sinister HAZMAT suits, the whole nine yards, and all the while Bush administration dummies saying "we told you so, we told you so" around the clock. You read it here first.
Friday, January 16, 2004
Supply-side Kool Aid
Arianna Huffington's new column is up on the Working For Change website, here. She's funny and acerbic, and usually right. This week she dismantles the Republican notion that Paul O'Neill is some kind of wackjob, when in fact he was as insider as they come. This week's column has some great turns of phrase, like this:
Just as the president was finally outgrowing the long-standing rumors that he was a cheerful pawn in a game he was too dumb to understand, O’Neill applies the paddles to the “Bush as clown” image, turns on the juice, and yells, “Clear!”
When Arianna runs for a real political office in a real election (the CA governorship was a circus), she gets my vote.
Arianna Huffington's new column is up on the Working For Change website, here. She's funny and acerbic, and usually right. This week she dismantles the Republican notion that Paul O'Neill is some kind of wackjob, when in fact he was as insider as they come. This week's column has some great turns of phrase, like this:
Just as the president was finally outgrowing the long-standing rumors that he was a cheerful pawn in a game he was too dumb to understand, O’Neill applies the paddles to the “Bush as clown” image, turns on the juice, and yells, “Clear!”
When Arianna runs for a real political office in a real election (the CA governorship was a circus), she gets my vote.
Wednesday, January 14, 2004
TV Party
Saw some strange things on TV tonight. While watching a rebroadcast (satellite-cast?) of the Liverpool vs. Middlesboro game, I flipped and saw an M&Ms commercial with Judy Garland. That is some crass and evil marketing. I don't think Judy Garland would have done a candy commercial (unless it was Nose Candy). This shit has got to stop! The heirs of Judy Garland should shoot those responsible, even if it means putting the gun to their own temples. THEN, on another channel, a horrible freakshow masquerading as entertainment, another dating reality show whored itself. On this show, 2 dipshits go on a date and their friends and ex-lovers send them text messages and watch the date on video, live. Is there anything more stultifying than watching retards text-message each other??? I think we've hit bottom now with our TV shows, it's time to start an upward trend. Enough reality shows. Enough of the whore-cum-pornstar pretending to be a girl on a date, eager to get naked for 3 minutes of fame. I know TV caters to the lowest common denominator but this, as they say, is ridiculous.
Saw some strange things on TV tonight. While watching a rebroadcast (satellite-cast?) of the Liverpool vs. Middlesboro game, I flipped and saw an M&Ms commercial with Judy Garland. That is some crass and evil marketing. I don't think Judy Garland would have done a candy commercial (unless it was Nose Candy). This shit has got to stop! The heirs of Judy Garland should shoot those responsible, even if it means putting the gun to their own temples. THEN, on another channel, a horrible freakshow masquerading as entertainment, another dating reality show whored itself. On this show, 2 dipshits go on a date and their friends and ex-lovers send them text messages and watch the date on video, live. Is there anything more stultifying than watching retards text-message each other??? I think we've hit bottom now with our TV shows, it's time to start an upward trend. Enough reality shows. Enough of the whore-cum-pornstar pretending to be a girl on a date, eager to get naked for 3 minutes of fame. I know TV caters to the lowest common denominator but this, as they say, is ridiculous.
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Keep It Together, Spalding
The charming and gifted actor/monologuist Spalding Gray has been reported missing, read it here from the LA Times. Gray has suffered from depression for many years and tried suicide in 2002, unsuccessfully. Prayers go out to Gray and his family for his safe return.
The charming and gifted actor/monologuist Spalding Gray has been reported missing, read it here from the LA Times. Gray has suffered from depression for many years and tried suicide in 2002, unsuccessfully. Prayers go out to Gray and his family for his safe return.
Iran, The Junior Partner In The Axis Of Evil
God just sent a massive earthquake to punish Iran, killing 40,000 non Christians, but did the Ayatollahs get the message? Apparently not. The BBC News reports that the Ayatollahs are banning all reform candidates from running in the next election. Iran is on the verge of becoming a secular Islamic country, much like Turkey, which would be a good thing for everyone. We should be supporting the reformists. The popular reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, has said his entire group of ministers will resign en masse if the reformist candidates are banned. Imagine living in a country ruled by Jerry Falwell and Orel Roberts?! Yes, it would fucking suck.
God just sent a massive earthquake to punish Iran, killing 40,000 non Christians, but did the Ayatollahs get the message? Apparently not. The BBC News reports that the Ayatollahs are banning all reform candidates from running in the next election. Iran is on the verge of becoming a secular Islamic country, much like Turkey, which would be a good thing for everyone. We should be supporting the reformists. The popular reformist president, Mohammad Khatami, has said his entire group of ministers will resign en masse if the reformist candidates are banned. Imagine living in a country ruled by Jerry Falwell and Orel Roberts?! Yes, it would fucking suck.
Bush Admits Saddam Was Target Before 9/11
The Bush team has been lambasting Paul O'Neill for alleging that the administration was bent on removing Hussein and ruling Iraq days after Bush got into office. Now, Bush admits this is the truth, and flack Scott McClelland changes the issue, here, from the Seattle Post Intelligencer.
The Bush team has been lambasting Paul O'Neill for alleging that the administration was bent on removing Hussein and ruling Iraq days after Bush got into office. Now, Bush admits this is the truth, and flack Scott McClelland changes the issue, here, from the Seattle Post Intelligencer.