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A collection of insightful ruminations, reflections, and rants on the events of the day (with the exception of the weekend). Come visit each weekday to see what's pushing Barbara's buttons.

September 16, 2005

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It’s about time mainstream corporate media catches up with the American people!  A whole bunch of Americans are on to the incompetence of George Bush, we’ve all known he isn’t capable of doing the job he had to steal to get in the first place!  He is worthless as a man, and a president.  This the boob who can’t eat pretzels and watch TV at the same time has our lives in his hands---and as has been evidenced in the horrific aftermath of Hurricane Katrina and the ongoing tragedy of a preemptive senseless war in Iraq, he doesn’t give a tinker’s damn for the lives of American citizens and anyone else who may get in the way of his “almighty” power.  “Freedom and democracy” my rear end, he’s so arrogant he even told us he wanted to be a dictator---“cause that would make my job easier”!!!  Obviously he thinks he has an easy job, and his actions surely reflect that idiotic whim.

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Since when have good “Christians” thought it's O.K. to lie, to kill, to steal, to covet thy neighbor’s goods, to take the name of the Lord in vain, to worship false gods and graven images?  Why, since George Bush stole the office of the presidency, of course!  I am struck dumbfounded whenever I hear those on the right complain there’s not enough God left in America, they don’t yet realize, they are the ones who cast Him out and replaced Him with George Bush.  They haven’t the wherewithal to realize they are guilty ones!!!

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A vital lesson the Bush administration never learned---when you build your house out of fear, then never ever let Katrina blow it down!

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It was an ill wind for America that George Bush blew in on; here he was a spoiled rich boy, thinking this was going to be as easy a job as he had ever had with more power than 77 virgins in heaven! He would be in command of armies and Senators, aides and Congressmen, why he could even tell the leaders of countries he never heard of what to do---and when he said jump, they would answer, how high?  Yes, it certainly looked like an easy gig from his foggy point of view.  All he had to do was don a suit and tie, show up on time for photo-ops, give a few canned red, white, and blue speeches to prearranged audiences and “humbly” accept their adoration, yep an easy job even he could do!  Poppy and Barb always gave him a free pass and absolved his responsibility for any wrong doing, Poppy’s deep pockets bought his freedom and paid for his indiscretions, why not let Poppy buy him a ticket to become the most powerful man in the world?  Yes, it sounded pretty good, he wanted to prove himself the man, perhaps even show the world as well as Poppy he was a better man, he didn’t care how Poppy got this plum for him just so long as he could get it, after all, if he couldn’t come by it honestly, Poppy could always pull some strings and get it for him by hook or crook, and so by crook he was installed in office.  It’s always a good thing to have a few Supreme Court Judges in your back pocket, as Poppy had proven before.  The problem here is that George is not “the man,” he is not capable, and all Poppy’s money couldn’t buy his son the ability to perform the job! How sad for America, how sad for all the peoples of this world, that yet another rich kid on a lark, with his silver-plated head up his butt has done such damage to this country that it will take decades to repair!

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One sure thing we’ve discovered in the confirmation Hearings about John Roberts ---in law school he learned how to use the 5th Amendment skillfully!  And as I learned from my grandmother, “a man who speaks smoothly with forked tongue cannot be trusted”!  One very important question that wasn’t asked, Mr. Roberts are you and your wife members of Opus Dei?  If you value your freedom and a woman’s right to choose, if you value independence and democracy, John Roberts should never be confirmed for a lifetime appointment to the Supreme Court.

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The speech was just another red, white, and blue attempt to repair the damage for George Bush’s image!  No bull-horn moment for Bush because with all the same old, same old, closing lines about “love your neighbor, give him a hug,” lines designed to feign compassion---there was an innocent dead body tied to a STOP sign awaiting a last ride to the morgue down there in New Orleans.  Criminal negligence cannot be negated with political speeches.  While I do believe New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast needs every last bit of help they can get to rebuild, I don’t believe George Bush should be allowed to skinny out of this one.  Somehow, watching this pre-arranged setting, with a church in the background, a very large spotlight, and George in his shirt sleeves giving a speech he thought was enough to absolve his guilt, I could only recall what my grandmother used to say when “speeches” weren’t enough to atone for someone’s misdeeds:“I’ve heard geese-fart before out of this guy, and we’ll surely hear it again”!!!

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Wouldn’t you just love to be a fly on the wall when Bush calls Karl in to ask him how in the hell did he let this happen?  How in hell did he manage to allow the world to see the truth behind the façade?  Why in hell did you send mother to the Astrodome, you know she can’t keep her mouth shut, and you know she never learned how to talk to common people?  Why the hell didn’t you tell Laura, that damned storm was Katrina, not Corrina?  Why didn’t you get me some camouflage fatigues and some nose plugs to wear on that insufferable ride on that armored humvee vehicle with the big tires down there in New Orleans?  If I knew what to do, I’d fire you, but without you I’m nothing, so I guess your job’s secure, at least until the Plame investigation comes to an end!

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