Comments on: Can This Marriage Be Saved? http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Thu, 16 Oct 2008 00:23:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Wa Salaam http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-32098 Tue, 29 Aug 2006 16:47:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-32098 <strong>The Nation: Neocon Dreams, Our Nightmares</strong> Absolutely one of the best articles that I have read in weeks. Brooklyn College English Professor, Eric Alterman suggests that the neoconservatives running this country are &#8220;dangerously out of their minds&#8221;. A point I have trouble disagreein... The Nation: Neocon Dreams, Our Nightmares

Absolutely one of the best articles that I have read in weeks. Brooklyn College English Professor, Eric Alterman suggests that the neoconservatives running this country are “dangerously out of their minds”. A point I have trouble disagreein…

]]> by: Donna http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24189 Thu, 10 Aug 2006 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24189 Thanks for all the links and analysis, Maha. I second Swami on Ritter's great piece. This is the first time I have read anywhere that UN resolution 1559 does NOT name Huzbollah, but rather refers to 'illegal militias'. Ritter is so right on about the spin and disinformation in America. When the Bush administration is infighting at the same time that Ned Lamond beats Joe, I'd say were in for a wild ride in the next few months. America is coming out of a stupor...... I hope. Thanks for all the links and analysis, Maha. I second Swami on Ritter’s great piece. This is the first time I have read anywhere that UN resolution 1559 does NOT name Huzbollah, but rather refers to ‘illegal militias’. Ritter is so right on about the spin and disinformation in America.

When the Bush administration is infighting at the same time that Ned Lamond beats Joe, I’d say were in for a wild ride in the next few months. America is coming out of a stupor…… I hope.

]]> by: Craig http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24100 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:41:11 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24100 Maha, thanks for the comprehensive post. The necons have completely succumbed to their delusions. Newt Gingrich talks seriously about his presidential ambitions and he's totally caught up in world war three fever. I know there's a lot of theories out there about what's happening in the Middle East but I still come down to sheer incompetence and thirty years of right wing nonsense (even traditional conservatives are sounding brilliant in comparison). But here's my take on the midterm elections. It's not about the Middle East or Iraq, it's about a failed presidency. If Americans want an incompetent, dishonest and reckless president to drag us into a third war after making a mess in Iraq with no end in sight, vote Republican. If it's time to put the brakes on Bush's foreign policy, to stop his lawbreaking both here and abroad, and to keep his recklessness in check, vote Democratic. Maha, thanks for the comprehensive post. The necons have completely succumbed to their delusions. Newt Gingrich talks seriously about his presidential ambitions and he’s totally caught up in world war three fever.

I know there’s a lot of theories out there about what’s happening in the Middle East but I still come down to sheer incompetence and thirty years of right wing nonsense (even traditional conservatives are sounding brilliant in comparison).

But here’s my take on the midterm elections. It’s not about the Middle East or Iraq, it’s about a failed presidency. If Americans want an incompetent, dishonest and reckless president to drag us into a third war after making a mess in Iraq with no end in sight, vote Republican. If it’s time to put the brakes on Bush’s foreign policy, to stop his lawbreaking both here and abroad, and to keep his recklessness in check, vote Democratic.

]]> by: Somedaysoon http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24091 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 23:24:26 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24091 Bush has always been very cavalier with others lives. However, he is especially careful with frozen cells in a petre dish, as long as they don't grow up black, or poor, or middle class. He is the king of hypocrites. I noticed Bush kept prompting the war to continue between Lebanese and the Israelites. He is crazy as a loon. Bush has always been very cavalier with others lives. However, he is especially careful with frozen cells in a petre dish, as long as they don’t grow up black, or poor, or middle class. He is the king of hypocrites. I noticed Bush kept prompting the war to continue between Lebanese and the Israelites. He is crazy as a loon.

]]> by: Lynne http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24023 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 21:03:57 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-24023 Hmm. I wonder if she'll end up quitting. Or maybe rolling over submissively is her style. How mad would she have to get? Hmm. I wonder if she’ll end up quitting. Or maybe rolling over submissively is her style. How mad would she have to get?

]]> by: merciless http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23999 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:27:44 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23999 swami, they have no intention of being held accountable for anything. I'm honestly thinking that their new exit strategy for getting out of Iraq is to nuke Iran and Syria. If they do it soon enough, then they can have us all on a WWIII footing, and of course the country will rally 'round the flag (before November), as it has always done. Sure, we cowardly liberals will howl about it, but they'll just use that to either dismiss us or actively prosecute us as traitors. Geez, I hope I'm wrong about this. But their actions make no logical sense, so I'm coming to the conclusion that their future actions will also be insane. swami, they have no intention of being held accountable for anything. I’m honestly thinking that their new exit strategy for getting out of Iraq is to nuke Iran and Syria. If they do it soon enough, then they can have us all on a WWIII footing, and of course the country will rally ’round the flag (before November), as it has always done. Sure, we cowardly liberals will howl about it, but they’ll just use that to either dismiss us or actively prosecute us as traitors.

Geez, I hope I’m wrong about this. But their actions make no logical sense, so I’m coming to the conclusion that their future actions will also be insane.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23988 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:11:04 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23988 <i>Wonder what Condi’s like when she’s good and mad?</i> I bet she's hot, like totally caliente, in an overseer sort of way.... especially if she's wearing her knee high black leather boots Wonder what Condi’s like when she’s good and mad?

I bet she’s hot, like totally caliente, in an overseer sort of way…. especially if she’s wearing her knee high black leather boots

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23981 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 20:02:40 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23981 Scott Ritter's piece is really powerful. He bears out my assumption that this whole "war on terra" bullshit is a joke. And it is America's ignorance that's fueling it. It was never more than a criminal act And I'm over the moon about Lieberman's political chastisement. :) I see it as a wake-up call to let the politicians know that the American people are pulling the plug on Iraq...it's lost like Vietnam was and we need to get out. If my fantasy goes right, Bush. Rummy, Dick, Condi, and a whole lot more are going to have to answer some serious questions after November. Accountability—what a concept! Scott Ritter’s piece is really powerful. He bears out my assumption that this whole “war on terra” bullshit is a joke. And it is America’s ignorance that’s fueling it. It was never more than a criminal act

And I’m over the moon about Lieberman’s political chastisement. :) I see it as a wake-up call to let the politicians know that the American people are pulling the plug on Iraq…it’s lost like Vietnam was and we need to get out. If my fantasy goes right, Bush. Rummy, Dick, Condi, and a whole lot more are going to have to answer some serious questions after November. Accountability—what a concept!

]]> by: Steve M. http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23931 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 18:07:17 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23931 On the defenestration of Jack Straw, see <a HREF="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2301799,00.html" rel="nofollow">William Rees-Mogg in <i>The Times</i> of London;</a> he thinks it's possible that Condi is in a turf battle with Rumsfeld et al., who wanted Straw fired. (But also see <a HREF="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=399287&#38;in_page_id=1770" rel="nofollow">this</a> from <i>The Mail on Sunday,</i> which advances the theory that Condi turned against Straw.) On the defenestration of Jack Straw, see William Rees-Mogg in The Times of London; he thinks it’s possible that Condi is in a turf battle with Rumsfeld et al., who wanted Straw fired. (But also see this from The Mail on Sunday, which advances the theory that Condi turned against Straw.)

]]> by: merciless http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23917 Wed, 09 Aug 2006 17:14:21 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/08/09/can-this-marriage-be-saved-2/#comment-23917 <i>Wonder what Condi’s like when she’s good and mad?</i> Ineffectual, cosette. Neither Cheney nor Rumsfeld would be in the least intimidated by her. And if Bush tells her to shut her cakehole, she will. And after last night's victory, they know they don't have much time, so they're going to push forward as fast as they can, and to hell with consequences. Wonder what Condi’s like when she’s good and mad?

Ineffectual, cosette. Neither Cheney nor Rumsfeld would be in the least intimidated by her. And if Bush tells her to shut her cakehole, she will.

And after last night’s victory, they know they don’t have much time, so they’re going to push forward as fast as they can, and to hell with consequences.

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