Comments on: Covering Their Behinds http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/ Exposing the ugly truths about the Bush Administration. Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:34:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 by: Marilyn James http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35143 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:52:44 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35143 To Doug Hughes, my son got married to a Vietnamese woman in Vietnam this past December. They met in college here in the states and went over there as tourists for the wedding as she still has family there. My son says it was like being in the Twilight Zone, being in a country with communist banners flying in the wind and seeing the communist soldier's compounds. He didn't have a clue that he'd be inside a communist country. With that said, he was treated very well there and had a great time. To Doug Hughes, my son got married to a Vietnamese woman in Vietnam this past December. They met in college here in the states and went over there as tourists for the wedding as she still has family there. My son says it was like being in the Twilight Zone, being in a country with communist banners flying in the wind and seeing the communist soldier’s compounds. He didn’t have a clue that he’d be inside a communist country. With that said, he was treated very well there and had a great time.

]]> by: Marilyn James http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35141 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 12:48:51 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35141 Not all Americans are stupid and self-absorbed. I'm noticing more and more smaller autos on the roads these days and more hybrids. At work, my husband says there is a lot of talk about alternative fuels. There is a a growing concensus amongst some that our lust for more and more oil is completely and totally morally bereft. My son is a nuclear engineer. I have told him that it is up to his generation to get us out of this mess by coming up with alternative energy sources. He assures me that many young people are waking up to the conservative agenda. I just hope its enough, fast enough. Not all Americans are stupid and self-absorbed. I’m noticing more and more smaller autos on the roads these days and more hybrids. At work, my husband says there is a lot of talk about alternative fuels. There is a a growing concensus amongst some that our lust for more and more oil is completely and totally morally bereft. My son is a nuclear engineer. I have told him that it is up to his generation to get us out of this mess by coming up with alternative energy sources. He assures me that many young people are waking up to the conservative agenda. I just hope its enough, fast enough.

]]> by: justme http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35079 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:44:43 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35079 Swami , your add deserved it's own reply....As the kids say"You rock!"....Thanks for the ,as Erinyes said so well,the cherry! Swami , your add deserved it’s own reply….As the kids say”You rock!”….Thanks for the ,as Erinyes said so well,the cherry!

]]> by: justme http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35078 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 02:41:10 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35078 Gosh the Donna's that comment here are wise!!!I think Donna summed it all up pretty well!I would only add that if they wished to cover their asses,maybe they shouldn't use wet tissue to do it.. I just love it when the Donna's(Donna&Donna in WI) they always know JUST the right thing to say :) Good thoughts inspired by Good material...sigh... if only the rest of the world worked that way Gosh the Donna’s that comment here are wise!!!I think Donna summed it all up pretty well!I would only add that if they wished to cover their asses,maybe they shouldn’t use wet tissue to do it..
I just love it when the Donna’s(Donna&Donna in WI) they always know JUST the right thing to say :) Good thoughts inspired by Good material…sigh… if only the rest of the world worked that way

]]> by: erinyes http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35067 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:52:33 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35067 Great post Maha. I have to agree with Kevin Hayden, and further state that Palast had it right in "Armed Madhouse" when he wrote the goal is to keep Iraq's oil "in the ground", thus keeping the price up. There is little doubt that the big arms makers from Boeing to Lockheed-Martin, Northrup-Grumman, and many others have made a fortune since "Shock 'N Awe". On top of this, the profits of Halliburton and The Carlyle group investments have surely been fantastic, a direct relationship to spilled blood. Swami has provided the cherry for the dessert. Great post Maha.
I have to agree with Kevin Hayden, and further state that Palast had it right in “Armed Madhouse” when he wrote the goal is to keep Iraq’s oil “in the ground”, thus keeping the price up.
There is little doubt that the big arms makers from Boeing to Lockheed-Martin, Northrup-Grumman, and many others have made a fortune since “Shock ‘N Awe”. On top of this, the profits of Halliburton and The Carlyle group investments have surely been fantastic, a direct relationship to spilled blood.
Swami has provided the cherry for the dessert.

]]> by: Doug Hughes http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35062 Tue, 26 Sep 2006 00:00:53 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35062 For almost all my teens we debated Viet Nam. ALL the arguments I am hearing now are just what I heard then. Switch 'terrorist' with 'communist'. "Yes, the war might not have been a good idea, but we can't let communism win." , "We have to honor the thousands who have died in Viet Nam fighting the EVIL of communism by not retreating." Here we are - 30 years later and nobody learned. Our biggest trading 'partner' buys almost nothing from us, but makes everything we consume. China.They happen to be the biggest communist despotism, and our (almost) lone 'export' to China is the technological expertise to tighten the Internet access in China, and use technology to identify who is a political threat, so they can be imprisoned. By the way, they are financing the war in Iraq, and probably laughing as we bleed.. We are spending out the wazoo for the war, combined with the tax cuts we have to borrow - from communist China. Stand by - they are looking at opening Nam up to Americans - as a tourist destination. Somebody wake me so I can find out this is a bad dream. For almost all my teens we debated Viet Nam. ALL the arguments I am hearing now are just what I heard then. Switch ‘terrorist’ with ‘communist’. “Yes, the war might not have been a good idea, but we can’t let communism win.” , “We have to honor the thousands who have died in Viet Nam fighting the EVIL of communism by not retreating.”

Here we are - 30 years later and nobody learned. Our biggest trading ‘partner’ buys almost nothing from us, but makes everything we consume. China.They happen to be the biggest communist despotism, and our (almost) lone ‘export’ to China is the technological expertise to tighten the Internet access in China, and use technology to identify who is a political threat, so they can be imprisoned. By the way, they are financing the war in Iraq, and probably laughing as we bleed.. We are spending out the wazoo for the war, combined with the tax cuts we have to borrow - from communist China.

Stand by - they are looking at opening Nam up to Americans - as a tourist destination. Somebody wake me so I can find out this is a bad dream.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35045 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 20:29:29 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35045 Hey, it just dawned on me...Maybe invading Iraq wasn't such a good idea. Hey, it just dawned on me…Maybe invading Iraq wasn’t such a good idea.

]]> by: The American Street » Blog Archive » The GOP undercuts the war http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35040 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 19:50:07 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35040 [...] Among the range of topics Barbara O’Brien covered well is the stunning refusal of the top Army guy to submit an impossible budget. [...] […] Among the range of topics Barbara O’Brien covered well is the stunning refusal of the top Army guy to submit an impossible budget. […]

]]> by: Kevin Hayden http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35035 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:50:36 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35035 Consolidation of wealth and power. That's what Bush and his cronies seek, not oil, specifically. It IS amazing that an active-duty general is standing up to them on the fubar budget. I figure Rummy will get him retired within three months. Consolidation of wealth and power. That’s what Bush and his cronies seek, not oil, specifically.

It IS amazing that an active-duty general is standing up to them on the fubar budget. I figure Rummy will get him retired within three months.

]]> by: Swami http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35034 Mon, 25 Sep 2006 18:48:35 +0000 http://www.mahablog.com/2006/09/25/covering-their-behinds/#comment-35034 Here's a good laugh from assessments that the insurgency in Iraq could grow.. <i> The White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, suggested the assessment was the work of "handwringers". </i> I'm sure Norman Vincent Peale's work was required reading at the White House. It's sort of like the little train that could...I know I can, I know I can! Here’s a good laugh from assessments that the insurgency in Iraq could grow..
The White House spokesman, Scott McClellan, suggested the assessment was the work of “handwringers”.

I’m sure Norman Vincent Peale’s work was required reading at the White House. It’s sort of like the little train that could…I know I can, I know I can!

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