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November 14, 2005
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If Bush is saying, “We do not torture,” and NSA Stephen Hadley is “refusing to rule out torture,” while Dick Cheney “is lobbying Congress to give the CIA the green light to commit torture,” then exactly who is running this White House? Who in this so-called disciplined bunch of morons is making the decisions that affect us all? First they say one thing, then another. THEY don’t even know who's calling the shots and making policy! All the while amid all this discussion and revelation, the grunts in the Army are the ones doing the time for the crime! What does it take for the American public to finally realize some poor saps in the Army have been prosecuted for following orders, while those who ordered it up are still dinning on the taxpayers' dollar in Washington! As an old radio personality used to say -- “What a revoltin' development this is”!
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What’s next in this bag of horror served up for the American people by George Bush and “his” administration? What else can we expect? An unheeded PDB explaining “Osama determined to strike within the U.S.”, brought 9-11 and the horror of planes used as missiles, 3000 dead and countless injured, families continue to suffer an immeasurable loss! Manipulated intelligence about “mushroom clouds and yellowcake from Niger”, brought a preemptive unnecessary war in Iraq, thus far with numbers increasing daily, 2025 dead American soldiers and thousands of innocent Iraqis, more families suffering loss! Torture camps opened and innocent people caught in the terrorist net have been denied counsel while suffering horrendous torture and abuse with no hope of release. Equipment and the National Guard unavailable domestically due to orders to fight foreign wars, united with incompetence and cronyism to bring untold death in New Orleans and the entire Gulf Coast, families again suffering the loss of loved ones and adding insult to injury, these families have been displaced and prevented from going home, hundreds of thousands of jobs lost and an economy in ruins. Arrogance and attitude has created hatred around the world. I cringe to even think of what’s next for America by bungling Bush!
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And they wonder why and how we know mainstream corporate media is NOT LIBERAL!
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The job of the presidency in the United States has been outsourced by the Supreme Court of the United States to a moron so incompetent that our country is now in more danger than ever before in its history! Without mention of the “monetary under the table perks that come with that powerful job,” the American people are paying a hefty salary (compared to “regular guys” salaries) for a slacker, we are paying for bedtime at 9 pm, exercise time at 9 am, bicycle time at 12 noon, with an occasional speech, even rarer “press conferences” when necessity arises, an occasional medal of freedom award to divert attention and of course time to relax at Camp David, occasional trips to the ranch throughout the year and a month’s vacation in August!
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“MEHLMAN: Well, the lesson of September 11th is we're not going to wait. The lesson of September 11th is that we can't wait to respond after the fact, that we can't allow a dictator who repeatedly defies the world, who's used weapons of mass destruction, who's invaded his neighbors, to keep going forward, that we have to stop him before he hits us. That's ultimately the lesson.” Err, wrong again and again. You don’t allow the terrorist responsible for the crime to escape, in order to catch a con-man who didn’t commit the crime! The ultimate lesson, is George Bush allowed Osama bin Laden to go free in order to pursue Saddam Hussein!
“RUSSERT: … look at these numbers. This is what the voters say … 'In which issues do you prefer the Democrats over the Republicans?' Environment, gas prices, health care, Social Security, education, reducing deficits, energy policy, economy, government spending, taxes, trade issues, foreign policy, abortion, immigration, ethics in government, and Iraq--16 of the 19 issues we presented to the people, they chose the Democrats. Your party's in trouble? MR. MEHLMAN: Tim, usually, when I get a poll like that, I will fire the pollster. That's my response that I usually do to that.” There you have it---the Repuglicans would “fire the truth,” they would ignore the will of the people! The Repuglican Party does not care about representing the people of the United States! Theirs is a desire to rule, and they will do whatever necessary to accomplish that goal, including lying, cheating, stealing, and waging preemptive, unnecessary wars!
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“MR. MEHLMAN: Ultimately, Iraq's not about--should not be about domestic politics. Iraq's about our national security.” Err, wrong again---Iraq is about domestic politics---America is paying dearly domestically for Bush’s bungling in Iraq! Over 2025 American soldiers are dead, that’s over 2025 American families suffering an immeasurable, irreplaceable personal loss domestically! A burgeoning domestic budget deficit, untold billions of dollars spent on a war in Iraq, money that our children will bear the burden of repaying domestically! A domestic failure to recruit an adequate all volunteer army because of a preemptive, unnecessary, probably criminal war in Iraq, budget cuts in all domestic programs that benefit American citizens, the list regarding exactly how Iraq affects domestic politics is endless. Spin all you want RNC Chairman Mehlman, it won’t change the facts. Our domestic security and our national security have been compromised because George Bush and his administration including you have been shown to be incompetent morons! And the horror in it all is innocent people are suffering and dying each and every day that you, George Bush and the Repuglican Party are allowed to shove your inane policies down the throats of America!
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