Comments on: Blabbermouth Bush

By: xpara

xpara — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 23:48:04 +0000

9/11. Some Democrat was in charge, right? I forget.

By: Preston

Preston — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:45:49 +0000

I have always felt that George Bush and Dick Cheney should have been arrested and charged with overthrowing the government of the United States when they seized the White House in 2000. Even now, their impeachment and subsequent capital punishment is long overdue.

By: Jack

Jack — Sun, 12 Feb 2006 01:26:21 +0000

We now have more evidence that the Bush Administration politicized intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq War. Paul R. Pillar was National Intelligence Officer for the Middle East and South Asia from 2001-2005, and was responsible for coordinating all of the intelligence communy’s assessments regarding Iraq. He writes in the online version of Foreign Affairs that the intelligence was politicized and cherry-picked, particularly with regard to the supposed link between Saddam Hussein and Aa-Qaeda. The article is at: http://www.foreignaffairs.org/20060301faessay85202-p10/paul-r-pillar/intelligence-policy-and-the-war-in-iraq.html
This article agrees with the statement of former British Foreign Secretary Robin Cook on June 17, 2003: “…instead of using intelligence as evidence on which to base a decision about policy, we used intelligence as the basies on which to justify a policy on which we had already settled.” There was a similar statement in the Downing Street Memo: “…the intelligence and facts were being fixed around the policy.” Three insider accounts, all with the same conclusion.

By: uncledad

uncledad — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:31:59 +0000

BarryBarry,

It’s not that bad is it? Although “kosher approved lemmings” sounds pretty scary. I sum up our current situation with the following poem, I penned on a blog a couple days ago:

Remember November the year 2000. Remember the IZOD clad thugs, faces flush with last knights strategy session. “Sore Loserman” is it a real surprise, when we consider the events of the day? The privileged greed of the “chosen” has co-opted the collective fear of the “controlled”. Hey as Mr. Gore said “we stared down 10,000 warheads” surely we can stare down the Neo-Conman super frat boys.

By: BarryBarry

BarryBarry — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 22:23:47 +0000

Since the day’s of me wearing the ” I LIKE IKE ” button on my lapel to my home-made bumper sticker that say’s [Welcome to America, The World's Fastest Growing 3rd World Country], I have never seen a more corrupt government. I have lived under the iron rules of Pinochet, Marcos and Kuanada just to name a few but this Bush administration takes my breath away for the shear audacity of the lies they perpetuate and the depth of their dishonesty. I now have to consider another country to live out the remaining years of my life rather then vote under the pretext of a “democracy” which entitles me my only democratic right to vote for one of two pre-selected, bought and paid for, kosher approved lemmings to be my dictator for 4-8 years. May God have mercy on my dear American countrymen.

By: Donna

Donna — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:31:23 +0000

Speaking of following dots [Thanks NEOJOE]……The first deception dot I heard about coming from the Rove/Bush camp was the subliminal message in a 2000 presidential race Bush ad which did a lightening quick flash [the subconscious gets the message and the person's conscious brain never realizes it has been manipulated] of the word RATS hidden within a tv ad while/when the ad’s visual/audio was referring to Democrats.

After some smart guy from, I believe Washington state, found that subliminal message……the uproar brought out protests of innocence [it was inadvertent... so sorry] from the Bush campaign, then brought up the issue of *subliminal messages being illegal, and then brought forth some ‘experts’ who opined that ’subliminal messaging didn’t really affect people much anyway’, so ‘what’s the big deal’.

*The most notorious manipulation using subliminals was done in movie theaters whereby subliminals flashing on the screen impelled people to get up and go get popcorn and drinks at the concession stands…… such manipulation was subsequently made illegal to protect the unsuspecting movie goers.

Yeah……I read #5 above in which Swami wrote, “Bush and Co. have preyed on our innocence.” ……and I wonder if perhaps all along during the Bush reign, innocent Americans may have been subjected to Rovian preying tactics along the lines of subliminal messaging. If so, ‘drinking the kool-aid’ might really refer to those whose psyches are most vulnerable to hidden messaging that flashes something like ‘Bush is God’ or ‘trust Bush’.

By: justme

justme — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 21:01:33 +0000

This sounds like something that would be produced by the ministry of truth in orwells book, facts are changed to fit the needs of dear leader,replaced as needed and the old facts are forever lost in the memory hole………

How would one smoke dutch cleanser?….never mind I am sure it’s classified…

By: uncledad

uncledad — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:31:19 +0000

Leaks, Leaks, Leaks.
I saw some hack on fox news actually admitting that the bushies leaked val plames name, but it was o.k. because they were trying to defend the foreign policy of the United States? And besides it not classified if the executive branch desides to release it. Ah they are so fair and balanced?

By: Swami

Swami — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:16:54 +0000

Another little deception was the one that Digby pointed out on his blog…In Bush’s efforts to protect us they were monitoring air samples outside of mosques here in the United States for traces of radio activity. That served as a two-fer, first it stigmatizes all muslims as potental terrorists and second it makes people think that a nuclear device can be cooked up in a kitchen sink. Until Digby drew attention to the story, I never considered the subtle implications that were planted on a sub-conscious level by that revelation after it was “pryed” from our government. Cheney must be laughing his ass off at the gullibllity( trust) of the American public.

With all the praises heaped upon Rove as to being some sort of tactical genius, I’m at a loss to understand how deception and manipulation can be equated with brillance. I don’t see it as a quality worthy of puffing a chest on, nor is it an attribute I would embrace from a supposed leader.

By: uncledad

uncledad — Sat, 11 Feb 2006 20:14:56 +0000

Saw you on C-span yesterday, I thought you did a nice job. It got me to your blog. I thought it was odd that Brian asked if you had any children? He’s the only host of washington journal without a good pokerface. How dare you call some conservative staffer a little twerp? All in all I thought he was easier on you than most liberals he has on his show, maybe he detected that you were a real person, not some political hack with an agenda. Although he did point out that you were selling t-shirts and your book on you website, how dare you. Nice blog i’ll be sure to come back.