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A collection of insightful ruminations, reflections, and rants on the events of the day (with the exception of the weekend). We'll collect a week's worth here and then archive them. Come visit each weekday to see what's pushing Barbara's buttons.
July 9, 2004
The following are the names of those who signed a letter to Bill Clinton in 1998 urging military action against Iraq! It will help to refresh your memory when you hear these same people offering opinions on "talk shows" -- it pays to know their bias and loyalty. Also attached is a link to the actual letter. Read it for yourself! Elliott Abrams, Richard L. Armitage, William J. Bennett, Jeffrey Bergner, John Bolton, Paula Dobriansky, Francis Fukuyama, Robert Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, William Kristol, Richard Perle, Peter W. Rodman, Donald Rumsfeld, William J. Schneider, Jr., Vin Weber, Paul Wolfowitz, R. James Woolsey, Robert B. Zoellick. http://www.newamericancentury.org/iraqclintonletter.htm
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Only a fool would believe that the payroll records for the exact disputed period of Bush's National Guard service have been "inadvertently destroyed". How convenient that these records are "Military records that could help establish President Bush's whereabouts during his disputed service in the Texas Air National Guard." It should have read, "Whew, no one will ever really know where George was in 1972!"
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Mainstream media is looking for excuses. "Not to ask questions was the patriotic thing to do" just won't suffice. They should have been asking questions in order to protect America and the troops! By not asking the pertinent questions, they aided and abetted an unnecessary war, and thousands of innocent Iraqis, as well as over 800 American troops, are now dead. The number of terrorists is growing and we are not safer.
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July 8, 2004
Anyone with an iota of common sense should know that this administration, if elected in November, will most certainly institute the draft. They will consider the election a mandate to continue their PNAC plan to conquer the world and for that they will need a bigger Army. A draft will most certainly become necessary. They won't be able to get away with the same deferments allowed during Viet Nam, so the only exemptions will be the children of the most powerful in this administration. So, Moms and Dads nationwide, take heed, voluntary is a word you'll only hear before the election.
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Again, CNN has played the current John McCain ad endorsing Bush! It only goes to prove that the GOP has no morals, no integrity, and definitely no honesty! To say it's disgusting is an understatement.
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The latest report from the Senate Select Intelligence Committee, saying that the CIA failed to give Dumbya relevant information regarding WMD in Iraq, just won't hold water! Scott Ritter was all over the airwaves at that time telling the whole world that the Iraqis no longer had WMD; Hans Blix was telling the world no WMD had been found in Iraq; the head of the IAEA was telling the world Iraq had no nuclear weapons; and there were various other reports that Iraq did not possess WMD. So, how the hell can anyone believe the CIA did not inform the moron? Come on, it's one thing to think we're all that dumb, but quite another to believe it.
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July 7, 2004
I would ask John McCain where was the moral clarity when George Bush trashed your reputation in South Carolina? What was moral about the rumors the Bush campaign started regarding your daughter? How in God's name can you support a man who lied about your family? How can you support a man who had to steal the election? Where is the integrity? Where is the honesty? Have you lost your principals in order to support the nincompoop in November? Can you really allow this country to go further down the tubes into oblivion?
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I am sick to death of those guttural noises, masquerading as laughter, from Bush's mouth! Hee, hee, hee, hah, hah, hah, with a snarl just doesn't represent a belly laugh for me. It reminds me of something my grandmother used to say: "All the money in the world cannot buy class." George certainly does not have an iota of class, a fact that has become glaringly evident when we this poor excuse for a man is compared to his opponent.
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Given the results of Election 2000 and the coup effected by the Supreme Court of the United States, it looks like we are going to need a good lawyer on the ticket in 2004! Thank God for John Edwards, a lawyer who believes in the people. Thank God, when we need a lawyer, we'll have one. I know he won't let the GOP get away with the debacle they created in 2000 and he won't allow a bunch of corporate crooks to steal another election from the American people!
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Without exit polls in November -- the exit polls that mainstream media has canceled -- how are we to know just who the American people really voted for? We cannot trust the touch screen voting machines because of glitches, hacking, programming, and the lack of a paper trail. Just how are we to know who really wins? Do the Bushies know more than we do? Are they confident that the election has "been guaranteed" by those who have pledged to do "everything and anything" they can to make sure Bush wins? Is the "campaign" just window dressing to sooth the masses? So many questions, so little time. I certainly hope someone smarter than I insists on monitoring the upcoming election! Jimmy Carter where are you when we need you?
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July 6, 2004
HOORAY, IT'S KERRY AND EDWARDS IN 2004!
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Now, how about William Jefferson Clinton for Secretary of State, Wesley Clark as Secretary of Defense, Howard Dean as Secretary of Health and Human Services, Gray Davis as Secretary of Energy, Ted Kennedy as Attorney General, Dick Gephardt for Secretary of Labor, General Shinsecki as Secretary of Homeland Security, Michael Moore as Secretary of Education, Max Cleland as Secretary of Veteran's Affairs, Tom Vilsack as Secretary of Agriculture, Carol Mosley Braun as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, Al Sharpton as Secretary of Commerce, Dennis Kucinich as Secretary of Transportation, George Soros as Secretary of the Treasury, and Ralph Nader as Secretary of Department of the Interior? Oh, and by the way, Joe Wilson to head the CIA!
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It's been only one hour since mainstream media pre-empted John Kerry's announcement of John Edwards for VP, and already the moronic dittohead pundits are trashing Edwards! Mainstream media is not serving the American people -- the media is just an extension of the Bush campaign and it stinks. The airwaves belong to the American people, not to George Bush. It's time to retake our country, to boot Bush, and to regain our future. VOTE KERRY/EDWARDS IN NOVEMBER!
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"Referring to Bush, the [Sen. McCain] says: 'It is the great test of our generation and he has led with great moral clarity and firm resolve.'" This only goes to show you how the Repuglican Party abandoned anything moral and their only firm resolve is to stay in power! Shame on you, John McCain, you have lost the integrity and the honesty it takes to represent the people of America.