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Quotes
"How do you lose a P.R. war with Saddam Hussein?
I mean, how could you be so inept
that this lying thug dope addict serial
killer is beating us in the court of world opinion.
How could you be that inept?...Why
is this administration so inept that it is letting this clown
beat the living tar out of them in
the court of world opinion?...The problem is that this
administration is so inept it can't
even beat a thug at a P.R. war."
--James Carville, Crossfire,
02/19/03
Excerpt:
The United States Bush
administration recorded a $435.2 billion trade deficit for 2002,
the largest imbalance in history, as the
weak global economy set back American exports
while imports of autos and other consumer
goods were hitting all-time highs.
In other economic news, the Labor Department
said Thursday that inflation at the
wholesale level shot up by 1.6 percent
in January, the biggest increase in 13 years,
led by a sharp 4.8 percent rise in energy
costs.
Nearly half of America voted for an Oil President.
Well folks, you got what you asked for.
Tax cuts for the super-rich and oil men setting prices wherever
they want.
Meanwhile, the BFEE has emptied the Social Security vault and
now
they're writing checks that our children will be forced to pay.
But there's no need to wake up.
Let's wait until the deficit is $20 trillion before we bother
to notice...
Excerpt:
Threats by Republicans to cut the GAO budget
influenced its decision
to abandon a lawsuit against Vice President
Dick Cheney, The Hill has learned.
This must be a mistake.
Dubya's a good man.
He'd never do something like this.
The Hill should stop lying.
I looove my president.
Quotes
"It seems like every leader of every country
in the world right now ...is a total
dick."
-- Jon Stewart, last night.
...
What
does he mean?
Brits Move To Dump Blair
Excerpt:
After a day, Feb. 15, which saw the largest
political demonstration ever in
London, with two million marchers protesting
plans for a war in Iraq, and with
tens of thousands marching in Glasgow and
Belfast, moves gathered pace,
among leading circles in the ruling Labour
Party and elsewhere, for Tony Blair
to be dumped, as soon as that can be arranged.
With all signs pointing to the Bush Administration
being fully committed to an
Iraq war, in the weeks immediately ahead,
the dumping of Blair, the
Administration's main ally for the war
drive, might well be the one qualitative
event, that would knock the war off course.
What would President Happykill do without his lone ally?
I supoose he'd cry and sulk and grab his favorite pillow,
and then he'd get pissed and murder twice as many Iraqi towns.
Thinking about the Unthinkable
Nuclear policy during the Cold War used
to be based on MAD - an acronym that stands
for Mutual Assured Destruction. The name
also implies that only someone totally mad would
actually use such a weapon. But the Bush
administration is already talking about using these
weapons against Iraq. To talk about using
these weapons is to encourage other countries to
make the idea of nuclear war thinkable
- and therefore more likely. This kind of thinking puts
every person on the planet in danger.
For the most powerful person on the planet
to promote the idea that we would use nuclear
weapons and make the idea thinkable is
a crime against the human race. If the human race is
to survive as a species, we absolutely
must be smart enough to never use these weapons
under any circumstances. For Bush to promote
the insane idea that we might actually nuke
Iraq is irresponsible beyond belief. Bush
is not my president and he does not speak for the
people of America who believe that starting
a nuclear war is always wrong.
Marc Perkel
at the SF rally Sunday
Quotes
"On the streets of New York I saw the kind
of freedom George Bush has vowed
to give to Iraq - menacing squads
of riot police. In an attempt to sabotage this
deafening chorus of disapproval, blue
helmeted officers backed by horses confined
pockets of protesters to Manhattan
side streets. At the corner of 24th and Sixth,
30 blocks from the rallying point,
I watched incredulous as around 200 baton wielding
police set about a group of 100, feverishly
tearing down their banners.
The provocation? Not staying
on the pavement.
Saddam's goons would have been proud."
--Richard Wallace, New York
Says No, mirror.co.uk
Turks and Saudis take firm stance over Iraq
Excerpt
Two of the countries whose support is considered
crucial in any future military
campaign against Iraq yesterday warned
Britain and the United States they would
not support any attack that did
not have the backing of the United Nations.
Saudi Arabia said it would regard any action
without UN backing as a war of
aggression which could destabilise the
whole of the Middle East, and Turkey
made it clear that even an £18 billion
aid package might not be enough to
persuade it to join in an unsanctioned
campaign.
Poor Smirk - you know he's gotta be drinking again.
All his life, he's always had things go his way.
He's never once had to work with anybody to get something done
because Daddy always rigged the game before it started.
I think he needs another dose of The BartCop Hex!
Hex on thee!
Hex on thee!!
Hex on thee!!!
Oh
no, not the Hex!!
Aaaayyyyiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
I
can't take it no more!!
Daddy,
make him stop!!!!!!
I
wanna go back to Texas!
Subject: Congratulations on 1000 issues
Hey Bart,
Congratulations! 1000 issues and still
pounding as madly as ever.
Only 700-odd issues to go before democracy
is restored in your country.
Magnus
ps I'm glad the issue didn't suck
ten times as hard as BartCop
#100.
Yeah, that Issue 100 is in a place all by itself.
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Life under President Oil
Quotes
"Allow the President to invade a neighboring
nation, whenever he shall deem it necessary
to repel an invasion, and you
allow him to do so, whenever he may choose to say he deems
it necessary for such a purpose
-- and you allow him to make war at pleasure.
If today, he should choose to
say he thinks it necessary to invade Canada, to prevent the
British from invading us, how
could you stop him? You may say to him, 'I see no probability
of the British invading us' but
he will say to you, 'Be silent; I see it, if you don't.'" --
-- Congressman Abe Lincoln, 150 years ago,
who seems to know President Happykill very well.
Spain:
2 million+ march in Barcelona and Madrid
...another chance for The Washington Whore Post to say "Thousands
marched in Spain!"
Wait, Spain's one of the few allies onboard with President Happykill, right?
Sorry about no issue yesterday - my DSL modem did a crash &
burn.
Now I have cable, which means this is the new fifth computer
in three years.
("New computer," counting all the times we had to wipe the hard
drive and start over.)
...but that puts us closer to BartCop Radio
You might think we're kidding about this BartCop Radio
thing - we're not.
I've been thinking about the stuff we can do with audio.
The farther we get into it, the more I'm thinking we may have
to dial it back,
because we don't want to lose a lot of people on the first day
we webcast.
If we came out of the chute unbridled, we could lose longtime
readers who'd say,
"Bart, sure, he's a vulgar Pigboy, but
you went waaaay too far..."
Yeah, ...we'll have to dial it back a little at first...
Subject: S.F. March and Rally
Hey Bart,
Went to the March and Rally Sunday in San
Francisco and it was a huge success....
being a day after the rest of the world,
it did my heart proud to see so many peaceful
people in the streets. (Local news says
250,000, one of the largest marches ever in S.F.)
Moms and dads, kids and dogs, seniors and
teenagers, hippies and bankers and hip-hoppers,
they all turned out. Moral outrage
and anger at Bush's war policies were balanced by a carnival
atmosphere and tremendous creativity in
the signs people carried and the costumes they wore.
I saw one guy dressed as Jesus carrying
a cross, another as Uncle Sam carrying an oil derrick.
A guy in a Bush mask danced with a guy in
a Saddam mask and both carried signs that said "Dictator."
Two sexy women in sheer tank-tops carried
a fur-lined sign that said "My Bush is for Peace."
Not to be left out, I purchased a George
W. Bush VooDoo Doll from a vendor with a big umbrella
where dozens of dolls dangled, each from
its own hangman's noose. Silly-looking and fun, I stabbed
it with the pin from my NO WAR ON IRAQ
button. Later, toward the end of the rally, I ran into
Joan Baez on the street and asked her to
sign my doll. Earlier in the day she had led the huge crowd
in song, chastising Bush from the stage
for his warmongering ways. When she saw the doll she laughed
and laughed, and with considerable gusto
took her own stabs at the VooDoo President. When she was
done, she handed it back to me with a twinkle
in her eye and said "I think we showed him!"
It was a priceless moment, one special vignette
from a remarkable day.
With a quarter of a million committed people
in the streets, all united to oppose
Bush's rush to War, yes Joan, I think San
Francisco DID show him.
Erik
Quotes
"We probably need to have tax cuts directed
at lower-income Americans,
such as payroll-tax reductions. Low-income
Americans in totality bear a
much higher tax burden than wealthy
Americans do; therefore, there is
a growing gap between the wealthiest
and poorest Americans."
-- McCain,
sounding like a candidate for the Democrats in 2004
Excerpt:
Say it ain't so, Mr. President.
You might think that with the country gearing
up for war this would be
the wrong time — absolutely the worst time
— to cut federal school aid
for the children of men and women in the
armed forces.
Nobody would do that, right?
Right?
Hey, the super-rich need their enormous tax cut.
Bush said, "Tax cuts, so help me God."
He didn't say, "I'll stand by our fighting
mne, so help me God."
Screw the brave men who are willing to risk their lives
for us.
First things first.
...and the military voted for this AWOL back-stabber?
Sympathy
for the Devil: France
by Davis Sweet
Excerpt:
The only factor that gives the Iraq issue
any legitimacy is the Gulf War. They lost, period. They agreed
to disarm, period. They didn't agree to
change rulers, to embrace their enemies, or to commit mass suicide;
they agreed to disarm. Is there a way to
get there without killing a whole bunch of people and trotting
Saddam's head through the street on a spear?
Yes. And -- surprise! -- France is advocating just such
a plan. Surprise! again, they're catching
hell for it from apparently bloodthirsty
US politicians and media.
Subject: Bartcop - the perfect talk show host
bc,
I know that I'm stating the obvious here
but I am sure that you have heard from AmPol
that they are looking for a liberal talking
head. Hey, you are as liberal as the next guy.
You have something to say and you say it
well. I think that after 1000 issues that you are
ready to expand. I for one would
love to hear you rant live. I especially want to be listening
when the A$$KKKroft storm troopers knock
down the door and drag you away, this would
be the start of the Revolution. Okay
so that is just a fantasy, but it could happen.
Also, FYI to any bartcoppers out there.
There is going to be a march at the Mall in DC
Saturday March 1st. I will have BARTCOP
prominently placed on my placard. Look me up
and we can talk about JulieFest and the
past issues. I have been a bc reader since about issue 100.
Can't believe it's been that long.
keep the hammer high
ed from columbia
ED, BartCop Radio is just around the corner.
It's gonna be killer, too. Each subscription gets us closer.
I'd say we're at the 15 yard line, moving those chains a little
every day.
...and what do you mean you want to be listening when Ashcroft drags me away? :)
Student Sent Home With Bush/Terrorist Shirt
Yesterday on the 10:00 p.m. nightly news
in Detroit, it featured a junior high student in Dearborn
public school with a shirt that had a picture
of W and below it read "Terrorist." The student was
told by the school to remove the shirt.
He refused, and was sent home. The TV station interviewed
the student as he proudly displayed the
shirt, and he said that he merely was exercising his free speech.
I have not found any reports of this incident
today in any of the Detroit newspapers.
I will keep searching for the story and
forward it to you.
Regards,
Jim in Rochester
Quotes
"Next month NBC is coming out with a show called
'The search for the
most talented kid in America.' Or as
Michael Jackson calls it, "Are you hot?"
-- Leno
Texans
Turn Out Against War
by Jackson Thoreau, AlterNet
Excerpt:
Bush can continue to ignore veteran activists
and liberals like me.
But he can't ignore the independent suburban
voters, the kind who
don't vote straight tickets for the Republican
or any other political party.
Bush can't ignore people like Virginia Abdo,
68, a retired teacher from
University Park, a wealthy suburb right
next to the burb where Cheney
lived until he helped steal the White House.
When people like Abdo carry
signs like, "Old Euro-Americans Want Peace
Too," Bush has to take notice.
Bart,
About those "Things to do in Seattle
today":
*Meet Susan McDougal,
*buy her book,
*get her autograph,
*thank her for kicking Po' Kenny you-know-where
*tell her Bart says "Hey."
Mission accomplished!
I was the first in line at the signing table.
I told her I had two messages.
The first: "Hey from Bartcop!" She was
very pleased and replied, "I know Bartcop",
and a couple of other folks in line chimed
in with "yeah, alright" and other encouraging remarks.
So your greeting, by proxy, was the first
she received at the signing table.
The second message was from me: "You are
a true American hero Susan!"
That pleased her too, and we shared a warm
handshake. Godwadda gal!
Attached is a pic of her inscription in
my copy of her book. !
Keep swinging that Big Hammer!
Daniel Schwenk
Dan, you did good.
Why
the French Resist War
by Gene Lyons
Excerpt:
Most French observers see terrible danger
in either of two post-Saddam scenarios:
either the U.S. leaves Iraq in chaos and
ruins, then bugs out leaving the Europeans holding
the bag, as we've basically done in Afghanistan;
or we occupy it indefinitely, turning the
region into a huge West Bank and insuring
an exponential growth of Islamic extremism
and al Qaeda terrorism.
What Alain implied
but was too polite to say was that if the swaggering puppy Bush
was in too big a hurry to seek U.N. approval,
he shouldn't have asked. Our allies are
democracies, after all, and upwards of
80 per cent of the public opposes invading Iraq.
(No doubt reacting to U.S. bullying, an
astonishing 87 per cent of the French do.)
As millions of anti-war protesters across
Europe underscored last weekend, Bush
was appointed president of the United States,
not France.
ha ha
Bart, is it time to start thinking about
a Spring fest?
Maybe your neck of the woods so you and
Mrs BC don't have to go through so much hassle?
Maybe Austin or something like that?
We could have a great time partying on
Smirk's turf.
Bacon
Quotes
"Our government very rarely censors the media.
It
doesn't have to. A new, subtle form
of self-censorship has recently become
commonplace. A news story is covered in full,
minus a crucial fact that changes the
entire tenor of the piece. That missing bit of
information is invariably something
that would make someone important look bad.
Perhaps you've read that American soldiers
are fighting off guerrillas loyal to warlord
Gulbuddin Hekmatyar in eastern Afghanistan
Hekmatyar, the Associated Press says,
is "believed by Afghan and U.S. authorities
to be allied with Taliban and Al Qaeda remnants."
That may be true. But Hekmatyar was
always a sworn enemy of the Taliban--until the CIA
tried to kill him last May, with a
Hellfire missile fired by a Predator drone plane.
One missing detail. Changes the story
a little, doesn't it?"
--Ted
Rall, What They Don't Tell Us, on yahoo.com
Excerpt:
The worldwide goodwill that accrued to
the United States—with all
that means for the very real war against
Islamist terror—is being
squandered in an orgy of tabloid bullying
and sophomoric xenophobia.
A Pennsylvania legislator says he will introduce
a resolution ordering the
state’s Liquor Control Board to prohibit
stores from carrying and selling
alcohol imported from France. A Congressman
from New Jersey proposes
a resolution discouraging American corporate
and government officials from
attending the Paris Air Show. Led by those
brilliant internationalists, Tom
DeLay and Dennis Hastert, the House Republicans
are mulling restrictions
on French wine and sparkling water.
Bart,
Congratulations on reaching 1,000 issues!
Hope this donation helps you with the next
1,000.
I've had an epiphany - here's what we can
do to stop the war.
Give Bush back the authority to send criminals
in Texas to their death,
as he did when he was governor. I
think he misses that.
Maybe if he got a regular dose of killing
a hundred or so people each year,
he wouldn't need to kill hundreds of thousands
in Iraq.
And where's Monica Lewinsky when we need her?
Politico 60
ha ha
Every president needs a little Monica.
It might get us more peace and prosperity.
Thanks for the donation.
Next
time, in America, dissent will not come easy
by James Higdon
Except:
To prove their point, talking heads from
California to Maine pointed out that some of these
folks who were marching even march against
the wars with far better poll numbers than the
one currently proposed. Some of these
folks don't believe in violence at all! How un-American
is that? It is quite clear to the
weak witted, overly paid, media millionaires that many average
Americans are being led down the garden
path by people who may not even watch television.
And one can see their frustration.
As loudly as the mainstream media has been banging the
drum of war, a majority of Americans still
refuse to dance. The media is nearly as frustrated
as when they were attempting to persuade
the citizenry to oust Bill Clinton, while the voters
were giving him 70+% approval ratings.
Why won't the public simply believe what they are
told to believe?
Does Dennis Kucinich read bartcop.com?
Quotes
"Someone has to get into this race and say
'Hold it! Things
are out of control. We must have a
fundamental shift in direction!' "
-- Kucinich,
2/19/03 USA Today, Page 6A
Dennis, get your ass on Meet the Press and poke Tim the Whore
in the chest when you repeat that and I'll support you.
Companies that import terrorist oil
Shell............................205,742,000
barrels
Chevron/Texaco.........144,332,000
barrels
Exxon /Mobil................130,082,000
barrels
Marathon/Speedway...117,740,000 barrels
Amoco.........................62,231,000
barrels
Companies that do not import terrorist oil:
Citgo....................0 barrels )
Sunoco............. .. 0 barrels )
Conoco............... 0 barrels )
Sinclair................ 0 barrels )
BP/Phillips........... 0 barrels )
Hess....................0 barrels )
I'm not saying push your out-of-gas car 10 miles past
a terrorist Shell station to fill up at a non-terrorist Conoco
station,
BUT
...if they're both on the same corner, you might as well not
fund
terrorism (B.F.E.E.) by dealing with the better oil companies
Bartcop,
I am a US Naval Academy graduate and an
8 year veteran of the US Navy.
After serving in one of the most conservative
environments this country knows
I thanked my higher power everyday that
you existed.
Keep fightin the good fight, wish I could give more but I'm about to lose my job.
Niki
Quotes
"There's so much snow in New York City, housewives
are putting
snowtires on their Mercedes to run
over their husbands."
-- Dave
Marty's
E! page
Nancy Maynard's ''War Story''
Gordon Guano reviews 'Daredevil'
Eliot Glassheim (D-Grand Forks), a brave man
Bono nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize
Ashley Judd is Broadway bound
Kate Hudson is hosting the technical Oscars
Disney has a hiring freeze, thans to war jitters
(Is Walt still on ice?)
The French Academy of Cinema Arts honors Meryl Streep
Ozzfest
And, Adam Rich charged with DUI
click
Quotes
"Mr. Blair, stop toadying up to the Americans
and listen to your own people, us."
--Elsie Hinks, 77, who marched in
London Saturday
I still need addresses for Cynthia and Ollie.
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