The
Hunt Is On by Joe
Conason
Same hunters, new target - Kerry
Excerpt:
Whatever doubts I might have felt about
the current relevance of "The Hunting of the President" -- the new
documentary based on the book of the same
name by Gene Lyons and me -- were abruptly dispelled last
Tuesday evening, after the movie's premiere
screening in Little Rock, Ark.
As I was leaving the auditorium, an older gentleman approached to shake my hand and offer his generous compliments.
"I'm a Vietnam veteran," he said. "I served
with John Kerry. I'm supporting him for president, I've campaigned for
him
-- and I want to tell you, they're trying
to do the same thing to him that they did to Bill Clinton." He explained
that in
recent weeks, a private investigator has
contacted many of the vets who served on the Navy's swift boats with Kerry.
According to him, the investigator asks
insinuating and sometimes outlandish questions about the former lieutenant's
wounds,
decorations and military operations. Exactly
who hired the Kerry-bashing detective is not yet clear, but his queries
echo
accusations promoted by Swift Boat Veterans
for Truth, a Republican-backed band of Kerry-bashing veterans.
To anyone familiar with the hidden history
of the Clinton era, such news sounds grimly familiar. From billionaire
Richard
Mellon Scaife and the American Spectator
magazine to the Paula Jones legal team to Kenneth Starr's Office of Independent
Counsel, all of Clinton's most determined
enemies employed squads of private investigators to delve into the president's
financial and personal affairs. They were
determined to prove that the Clintons were at the apex of a criminal syndicate
involved in every kind of corruption from
drug trafficking to murder. What they eventually discovered was the far
more
mundane story of a middle-aged man's adultery.
Yes, they're going to make Kerry out to be the same lying, evil
murderers that Clinton & Gore are.
The networks will back them up because they can make more money
lying then telling the truth.
Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer, Cathy Crowley, Lisa Myers and certainly
FOX whore News and every talk radio Nazi
will put their reputations on the line again that every slur
against Kerry is true and every fact mentioned about Bush
is just a lie in a liberal plot to help Osama destroy America.
"Hi,
we're the Republican National Committee Truth Squad! Trust what we
tell you!"
Did
Limbaugh cheat on ANOTHER wife?
by Jackson Thoreau
Excerpt:
Here’s a conservative who often harps on
"family values," who once called himself "your epitome of morality
and virtue, a man you could totally trust
with your wife, your daughter, and even your son in a Motel 6 overnight."
Then he goes through almost as many wives
as the Gabor sisters did husbands, admits he watches pornography
and doesn’t even father a child.
Would you trust Limbaugh with your son or
daughter or wife in a Motel 6? I sure as hell wouldn’t. For one thing,
what is a multi-millionaire doing in a
Motel 6 - besides watching porn? For another, why did he say "even your
son?"
That implies that Limbaugh considers your
son more sexually tempting than your wife or daughter. How weird, and
far from the typical conservative’s vision
of "family values," is that?
Here’s a conservative who once said, "If
people are violating the law by doing drugs….they ought to be convicted
and they ought to be sent up," and "Too
many whites are getting away with drug use. The answer is to....find the
ones
who are getting away with it, convict them,
and send them up the river." Then he admits to smoking marijuana and
enters a drug rehabilitation program after
saying he was addicted to painkillers. He also uses his show to lash out
at
prosecutors who are doing their jobs by
investigating whether Limbaugh illegally bought prescription drugs.
Shopping in the Bart Store
I had never shopped there before, because I heard it was ...a
little pricey.
But just this once, I thought I'd spend a little money, and I
was not disappointed.
I bought three items, so as to save on shipping.
I bought a large "Good Morning" Chinaco Anejo Mug,
I was very pleased with the quality of this item I purchased from
The
Bart Store.
I leave the mug in the East window so the rising sun warms it
just so...
When I get up, around noon, ...it's nice and warm.
Mmmmm, boy, ...twelve ounces of Chinaco Anejo and
I'm ready to go take on the day!
Next, I decided I needed a bad-ass black bartcop.com baseball cap.
I was very pleased with the quality of this item I purchased from
The
Bart Store.
It's a cut above a regular cheap-ass cap - the logo feels laminated
and the curve of the
awning/poker croupier thingy seemed to have starch in it, or
maybe it was on a 4-hour Lavitra jag...
I'll wear it to Pokerfest Chicago, but only indoors.
Finally, as soon as I saw it - I knew I had to have it.
A first-run, ...but limited edition ...of the bartcop.com
Disaster
Monkey Lunch Box!
Trust me, Dad didn't get what he wanted for Father's Day, and
this
was his second choice.
We're only going to sell 1,000 of these and then they will
be ...no more!
Do you have any idea what this lunchbox will be worth someday?
As an investment, a hundred of these would be a sure-fire, long
term gainer for you.,
Note: Some Beatles memorabilia goes for five times
what the original buyer paid for it.
I was very pleased with the quality of this item I purchased from The Bart Store.
When
Bad Journalism Met Government Lies
How 'bout them cowboys!!
Excerpt:
The nominations are in, and in the category
of worst correspondent working for a major newspaper,
the anti-Pulitzer goes to Judith Miller
of The New York Times. From The New York Review of Books
to New York magazine, Ms. Miller has gotten
ripped for her role as the War Witch who sold America
on the existence of weapons of mass destruction.
The Times, more than any other publication,
is the Osservatore Romano of the government and of the
most powerful groups in the society, the
semi-official voice of the United States. Hence, its Op-Ed pages
are festooned with dull, ghostwritten articles
by important figures saying dull, repetitious
things.
These dull articles reveal another Times
function, that of reinforcing and propagating what the TV yappers
call "conventional wisdom," or the reigning
set of opinions held by most of the ruling class or classes—that is
to say, the big-money, big-job, high-prestige
people. The processes by which an opinion becomes conventional
is not well described in any place that
I know of, but the processes obviously exist, and obviously The New York
Times is a place where you can read them—or,
if a member of one of the ruling elites, where you get your clues
and cues as to what to think.
In other words, The New York Times is a whore newspaper.
They printed every lie Karl Rove gave them
and they promised us they were telling the truth. They
lied to get more money and more power.
Now they're caught like rats in a trap and they want to say,
"mistakes
were made?"
> Bart's
Law #2
> Any time a person
or entity makes a "mistake" that puts extra money (or power)
> in their pocket, expect them to make that "mistake"
again
and again and again.
The NY Whore Times didn't get "taken in."
They lied for more money and more power because that's
what whores do.
The
Pentagon - Spying in America?
from Newsweek
Excerpt:
Without any public hearing or debate, NEWSWEEK
has learned, Defense officials
recently slipped a provision into a bill
before Congress that could vastly expand the
Pentagon's ability to gather intelligence
inside the United States, including recruiting
citizens as informants.
"This... is giving them the authority to spy on Americans," said
Kate Martin, director
of the Center for National Security Studies, a group frequently
critical of the war on terror. "
And it's all been done with no public discussion, in the dark
of night."
..
"It would
be a lot easier if I was a dictator..."
The Paul Johnson situation
I don't mean to pile on the guy who was just murdered, but as
a tangent to our ongoing debate,
Paul Johnson chose to work in a place where they murder
people like us/him. It was a fatal error.
The reason you and I haven't been beheaded is because we chose
not
to work/live in Arabland
I think this bolsters my argument. Crazy religious hate will
never
be defeated.
All you can do is put space between you and them.
I have a friend in Iraq and one in Saudi Arabia.
I'd sure like to see back back on American soil.
GOP
Hypocrite of the Week: Ronald Reagan
saw it on buzzflash.com
Excerpt:
The Gipper has landed.
Last weekend, Ronald Reagan was finally
put to rest. He must have been tired.
For a week his body was flown around the
country, in a funeral extravaganza
that was breathlessly covered like a mini-series
by the media.
And that's just the way the "B" actor wanted
it.
For Ronnie and Nancy, life was about performance,
not results. They were creatures
of Hollywood, a world of fantasy, where
the goal is to never have reality intrude onto
the silver screen. And that's how
Reagan dealt with reality as President. He just ignored it.
From: David Leonard
Subject: Commie Turd
Exhibit A: Go fuck yourself.
Exhibit B: Go fuck yourself.
You wouldn't really understand anything
more eloquent.
David.
David, for a Republican, your manners are actually rather good.
I notice you gather evidence like Kenneth Starr.
Your Exhibits "A" and "B" are typical GOP political discourse.
Too bad you don't have the time or courage to meet me in a live
chat room for a lively debate on who's right. You might
win (chortle).
Note: David Leonard claims he's a "Titanic historian,"
so it figures he's a Bush fan.
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top fascist at the Republican National
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