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June 23, 2006
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Hmmm, Blessed are the warmongers, isn’t written anywhere in that Book, the Bible, that Radical Repuglicans like to quote to justify their actions. And last I knew nowhere in the Ten Commandments does it say Thou shalt lie and “fix the facts” to go to war! Nowhere is it written that to torture and abuse innocent people is OK as long as you’re getting the one percent who are actually committing terrorist acts against you! Those who profess to speak to and for God certainly have screwed up the communication somewhere on that direct line they claim to have! It’s about time to wake up and smell the stench of deception engulfing America, as far as I know the truth is; you can’t fool God no matter how hard you try!
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Just because “collateral damage” was supposedly unintentional doesn’t make the innocent victims any less dead and or maimed! Bombs and bullets injure and kill people, it’s a fact that everyone knows ahead of time and it’s the very reason why WAR IS NOT THE ANSWER! The “I didn’t mean to do it” excuse is not enough to absolve culpability. Offensive action without overt provocation only reflects the fear of cowards, it does not represent an image of courageous bravery!
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Your tax money at work---"… it is the case that there is a dramatic amount of taxpayers' money that is now being wasted. ... We have direct testimony from physicians, Army doctors, and others about providing nonpotable water for shaving, brushing teeth that is in worse condition as water than the raw water coming out of the Euphrates River. … some of the firsthand eyewitness issues in Iraq … Brand new $85,000 trucks that were left on the side of the road because of a flat tire and then subsequently burned. 25 tons, 50,000 pounds, of nails ordered by Kellogg, Brown & Root (KBR), the wrong size, that are laying in the sands of Iraq. 42,000 meals a day charged to the taxpayers by Halliburton and only 14,000 are actually served." And just exactly what do the Repuglican Senators plan to do about this??? Absolutely NOTHING! “Every single Senate Republican voted against the measure to make the contracting process honest and impose penalties on those who break the law.”
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Seems the infamous Karl Rove knows a bit about cutting and running first hand! “Rove managed to avoid the Vietnam draft with a college deferment, but dropped out of the University of Utah in 1971, never obtaining a degree.” So much for the “brain” and the “cut and run” strategy!!! There is nothing admirable about Karl Rove, he is after all nothing but a piece of political tabloid trash!
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Today Ann Coulter praised Joe Lieberman and his stance on the war in Iraq, in preparation for her next book, Death of a Senator!
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"Reed said Thursday morning, It also confirms that I was hired as a subcontractor for a very respected law firm, and had no direct relationship with their clients." Yeah, sure, but then there’s this---"'When you get paid big money, it's got to be gambling money,' says Tom Grey, a Methodist minister who runs the National Coalition Against Legalized Gambling. 'Ralph Reed with all his sophistication should have known where the money came from.'" And this---“Reed's value to corporate America has been enhanced by his close ties to the Bush administration and especially to Karl Rove, the president's chief political guru.” Uhh, which in itself is telling! And then of course there are those telling emails that lend a hint as to how radical Repuglicans go about doing the business to make themselves lots and lots of money!
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Crude, callous, mean-spirited remarks are business as usual for raucous radical Repuglicans! Smear, slime, scandal, and humiliation are the necessities of life for all Repuglicans. “I’m sorry” just isn’t enough when you attack an icon of journalism! Helen Thomas has more oomph in her little finger than the Office of Disinformation mainstream corporate media ditto heads posing as journalists! She has more than earned the title of First Lady of Journalism over the years, and she certainly does not deserve to be smeared by some lunk-head Congressman who thinks he’s ready for prime time on the porn circuit!
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Most people who have been diagnosed with a chronic terminal illness develop the mind-set of a reverence for life, but then there are a rare few who resent the diagnosis and they develop an attitude of contempt and disregard for those who are not suffering the same fate! For these poor souls life no longer has value and thus all life becomes expendable. Today, we find our country seemingly caught up in the attitude of one such person in a position of leadership, and the resulting wars, chaos and confusion are reflective of how little he really cares about life.
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