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September 9, 2009 archive
Sep 09 2009
Late Night Karaoke
Sep 09 2009
Bill Kristol supports the Afghanistan War
Yes, William “The Bloody” Kristol supports the Afghanistan occupation and the recommendations made by Torture Dude McCrystal and the call for more troops. I’ve always thought “the Bloody”, which conjures images of medieval badass dudes, a wrong label tho. Perhaps, William “The Wimp” Kristol or something of that nature would be better.
The only person I despise more than Dick Cheney is Bill Kristol. This little chickenhawk obviously has pictures of someone doing something they shouldn’t have done. Just looking at him nearly makes me hurl. And now that Obama is making decisions that he supports, I feel like I’ve gone into the Twilight Zone. The correlation is too much! Please, I need help!
Imagine that, Obama and Kristol on the same page. Not only Obama of course, Hillary is there too, Robert “Little Napolean” Gates and Torture Dude McCrystal, General Betrayus under Bush but wise man under Obama, and Admiral “Torture isn’t necessarily immoral” Cullen, to name a few. Man, this just makes me want to bang my head into the wall. I’m beside myself. That’s like being dumbfounded, speechless, bewildered, dazed and fucking confused.
I’ve seen alot in my life, the 60s’ Civil Rights movement, the assasination of JFK, RFK, and MLK Jr., the moon landing, the Vietnam War and the protests, the Pet Rock. I was and still am a fucking hippie. But watching democrats support the same thing as Bill Kristol, I just don’t know what to say. It really is like Rod Serling came into my house and told me I had just entered the “Twilight Zone”.
You never know. Did you focus on that first sentence, “There is a sixth dimension beyond that which is known to man”. That means we don’t know about it (I’m actually a high level government analyst). We really could be there ya know.
But at least now I can say I’ve seen it all. Little Billy Kristol agreeing with Obamas decisions to escalate the bogus Afghanistan war. Rod, come back please, make another episode.
Sep 09 2009
Special interests receive a copy of Baucus plan before the White House does
Via Think Progress:
In today’s press briefing, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs admitted that the Obama administration has not yet seen a copy of Sen. Max Baucus’ (D-MT) newest draft of health care legislation. “[W]e’ve seen what we’ve read in the paper, but I do not believe that we’ve seen paper on the plan,” said Gibbs. However, he added that he believes special interests on K Street have already received a copy:GIBBS: I was told that – that K Street had a copy of the Baucus plan, meaning, not surprisingly, the special interests have gotten a copy of the plan that I understand was given to committee members today.
Baucus has received hefty financial contributions from the health care industry.
Maybe if we save our money, we can buy our very own committee chair.
Sep 09 2009
Ben Carnes Fasts to Free Leonard Peltier
Ben Carnes is fasting in Lafayette Park across from the White House in solidarity with freedom for Leonard Peltier. Peltier is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians who has been held as a political prisoner of the Government of the United States of America for over 33 years.
Sep 09 2009
So you want to start a new party? Here’s where to start
Seeing as how there’s been some interest on the left recently of breaking from the Democratic Party and all of its corporate ties, I figured I would clue you in to the various third party challenges to the two party system that have the highest chances of success around the nation. This is by no means a complete list, but it’s what I could come up with from my decently extensive knowledge of modern third party politics.
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