Entries from February 2008

February 28, 2008

Happy Days Are Here Again…

photo credit: Reuters
       Doesn’t Bush look happy!
       Doesn’t Bush seem confident!
       Doesn’t Bush look he has just gotten word that all will be okay!
                  At 10:05 a.m. today Bush gave his uplifting news conference, he is on his way to securing the end of Aid/Hiv in Africa, there is no recession, just stupid people who will [...]

February 27, 2008

you do the math – the government can’t

Whose idea was this? NASA sent out some shock waves: they want to build a new,private  launch site. The problem is where they have decided to place it, and only our government would do this, on pristine environmentally sensitive land!
         Mosquito Lagoon is 21,000 acres of a wildlife preserve known for fishing, especially redfish, for [...]

February 16, 2008

Bush Books it to Africa – Humanitarian visit? Bush? There’s nothing human about him!

Bush had to rush off to Africa despite threatening to postpone his visit and help the House Democrats vote to give his buddies at the telecommuncations companies immunity from lawsuits before they expire Saturday and take away the immunity clause. But no one wanted Bush to stay here so he had to get out of dodge. [...]

February 14, 2008

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES–DON’T LET BUSH SPY ON US

photo credit: blog.myspace.com
  The GOP walked out today, the President had a hissy fit about the House not signing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Bush says he ain’t gonna go to Africa, nanny nanny boo boo if they don’t sign it…
    This is the problem: Bush wants the telecommunications companies to be grandfathered in with immunity [...]

February 11, 2008

The crime behind the grime

  I have been reading blogs by Iraqi journalists for McClatchy newspapers. One that struck me is how much oil is being stolen out of the ports near Basra.
    in the words of the journalist:
          …The other disaster is Shatt AlArab, which is a river of about 200 km long formed by meeting the two [...]

February 8, 2008

“Strategerie”

 That ‘Bushism’ sums up the Conservative base rejection of John McCain for the upcoming election. The conservative talk show hosts are talking up Hillary. There’s only one reason,
they need Hillary to beat up on for at least four years to get even.
    The right could care less about whether McCain has enough conservative qualities, they
don’t [...]

February 5, 2008

Afghanistan – the highs and lows of the poppy kingdom

 
  The news today is sad that 37 Afghanis, mostly children  died from the cold in the southern province. This is truly a wasteland of nothing but warlords, poppys, repressed women, and children with little potential for future generations making a living unless they deal with the arms trade or opium and heroin, and that’s [...]

February 3, 2008

Yes – according to Florida4Marriage – God has spoken – Amendment officially on ballot

  Off Florida4Marriage website:
          ”  Florida Marriage Protection Amendment
         Now Officially Certified to be on 2008 Ballot!” 
       ” A record breaking 92,000 petitions collected in just 13 days!” 
                        “Vote YES On Amendment 2
                                           November 4, 2008″
HERE WE GO — It seems God’s will will be tested on November 4th pitting the venomous religious right against people who have [...]

February 1, 2008

Did The GOP “Values” Voters Find Enough Biggots?

Today is the deadline for Florida4Marriage to march God out and scare an extra 20,000 signatures out of their “values” voters so their “Marriage Protection Amendment” can be put on the November ballot.  The Florida4Marriage group headed by John Stemberger was given the green light and the green cash, ($193K according to the St. Petersburg Times) by [...]