Is
Truth Bush's #1 Enemy?
Why the 'Best American' is a Misinformed American
by Maureen Farrell ...as seen on buzzflash.com
Excerpt:
Why wouldn't George II mislead us?
"October Surprises" and media strangleholds
notwithstanding, can we ever forget April Glaspie's
"green light" meeting with Saddam, where
she told Hussein, one week prior to the invasion, that the
U.S had "no opinion on Arab-Arab conflicts,
like your border disagreement with Kuwait?"
Reagan and Bush made money creating the
Saddam monster.
Bush made money pushing Saddam out of Kuwait.
Thru the nineties, Bush & Cheney made
money building him back up.
Now they're making money by invading him
again.
Bart,
I live in Savannah, GA -- and after this
shameful, appalling, pitiable resolution
to allow Court-appointed-President Bush
carte blanche to carpet-bomb Iraq
I can't muster up the enthusiasm to make
sure our senior Senator, Max Cleland,
is a Washington resident for another six
years.
It's not like I'm going to vote for his
Republican opponent, Saxby Chambliss--I'd
have to be certifiably insane to do something
like that. But I got burned in 2000
casting my vote for that political transvestite
Zell Miller and as the man once said:
"Fool mah...cain't get fooled agin."
I'm open to any comments or suggestions
from loyal Bartcoppers on why I should
give Cleland my vote. But they're
going to need to put on one hell of a defense.
Regards,
Ivan G
Ivan, this is the smart-ass in me talking, but Cleland gave up
two legs and an arm,
I don't think it would hurt to give him a vote in return.
Vic Strikes Again
He's a crazy, cranky, Republican racist bastard, but he can cook!
This time it was homemade ham and bean soup.
I know what you're thinking - BFD, right?
But this was great!
It had giant, inch-cubed chunks of home-smoked ham.
(He has three outdoor grills - he keeps a picture of his grills on
his desk,
instead of pictures of his five boys. He's real proud of his
smokers.)
The beans sounded like garacho beans, or maybe it was close
to that.
It had onions and cilantro and all kinds of weird spices and
stuff.
Each spoonful was worth at least a buck.
He also brought real cornbread, made in his cast-iron skillet.
I've always been lukewarm on cornbread, but Vic's cornbread rules!
Did he stop there?
No, not Vic the Nut.
He had homemade apple pie and I was expecting this special
vanilla bean ice cream
he found somewhere, but ...hold onto your hat ... instead he
had raspberry jello with
fruit cocktail and instead of using water in the jello, he used
Cherry
Pepsi for the liquid.
He's a nut!
Hiya Bart-
Pete Stark is the representative from my district.
What makes the statements that you printed
so bold is that he's up for re-election.
The fact that he has gone so far out on a limb in an election year,
when other Democrats are hiding behind pink tutus,
is nothing short of amazing and heroic.
My district does not include Berkeley or San Francisco
- Pete Stark is
home to moderate/centrist Democrats and bloodthirsty
Republicans.
I have had my Pete Stark lawn banner vandalized
a few times since I've had it up.
Pete Stark is a true profile in courage - we need more like him in Congress!
Mark K
Quotes
"These Democratic senators sound like a man
who has just enjoyed a night of pleasure
with a woman he took home from a bar,
never fully preparing himself for the possibility
of fatherhood. If the woman shows up
on his doorstep pregnant, he'll berate her for
misleading him or not being careful
enough about birth control...Any man who inseminates
a woman has signed up for the responsibilities
of fatherhood. Any member of Congress who
voted for the Iraq resolution has signed
up for the responsibilities of war. Many senators
seem to think that if Saddam calls
our bluff, and the Security Council offers a watered-down
resolution, and Bush says that isn't
good enough, and the U.S. Air Force takes off for Iraq,
they're entitled to some further say
in the matter. They aren't. They had their chance to say no.
They said yes. It's their baby now."
--William
Saletan, Make Love, Not War, slate.msn.com
"But it's
what our President wants!
Our
job is to rubber-stamp his wishes!"
Bart:
I protest the header picture of Laura Bush being undressed by Ari Fleischer.
While Laura isn't doing any good that I've
noticed, she's hardly done anything bad
that I've noticed, either. Certainly, the
only implication that this pic has, that she's
an adulteress, has no predicate in fact.
About the same as the apparently asexual
Ari has any interest in women,
let alone, in his boss's wife. Cheap shot,
and one that takes away from the
legitimate cheap shots you should be taking,
IMO.
I made a mental list of reasons justifying that graphic, but the
only one that
counts is it doesn't hurt to remind people this is primarily
a comedy web site.
I got two complaints out of the dozens of readers,
so I'm thinking most people know it's a joke.
24
Ways Republicans Lie
by Roger Hoppe as seen on buzzflash.com
Excerpt:
19) Bulldogs: Rarely does a
member of Congress make a bald accusation of another public official,
even concerning factual misconduct, for
the simple reason that their daily business is scratching each
other's back and making compromises.
The fewer enemies one makes, the more one can get accomplished.
But the Republicans have learned the value
of bulldogs – people like Rush Limbaugh and George Will,
accountable to no one except their advertisers,
who will make those bold ludicrous statements. The public
official can then simply "wink and nod"
when questioned, as the congressional Republicans did while their
bulldogs were inventing wild slander after
wild slander concerning President Clinton, implying their agreement
without actually ever having to plainly
speak any perjury for which they could later be held accountable.
Quotes
"How many years have people been receiving
Social Security - 50, 40, 30?
How many times have you lost your Social
Security check or seen it reduced
in its amount over those years, hmm?
None, zero, zip, zilch, zero, nada."
--Rush,
the vulgar Pigboy
But Rush!
Until this administration, we've always had elected leaders.
Bart,
So, how long can you remain a Democrat?
Should put up a Vegas style wager contest on
your site.
You don't have to go Green, but how long can
you be
associated with the party of expediant cowards.
Time for a real third party.
Take care,
Neil
Neil, don't tempt me...
Like the Lutherans and the Protestants, maybe a new faction should
break the sensible people away from these pansy-ass Democrats,
but Nader is not the man to lead the way.
I can't take much more of this pink-tutu bullshit.
Hey Bart,
Thank me for coming to the Fest?
Hell, Thank You!! for doing what you do
and hosting a great party.
I had a great time as did everyone I spoke
to.
And you're right, Chinaco is the juice
of the Gods.
I'm glad I gave you the last shot of the
night in the suite because I don't think
you got to enjoy yourself enough playing
host and roulette maven.
RC
Q. How do you keep a St Louis Rams player out of your yard?
A. Put up goal posts.
Political Ads
If you're seeing some goofy GOP ads on TV (or radio) lemme know,
OK?
The two we're seeing in K-Drag are brainless Largent, who's insane,
and brainless
Jim Inhofe (R-Pissquik) who is the biggest asshole in the senate
with Helms retiring.
The Pissquik ad is all F-15's and waving flags, then Smirk comes
on talking over
"America the Beautiful" saying "Jim Inhofe understand the importance
of national defense."
Yeah, like Democrats don't want the nation defended.
Sidebar:
I'll always remember Pissquik's 1994 ads.
He ran against Dave McCurdy and showed
a picture of McCurdy's face morphing into
a demon, with crooked, missing teeth,
extra-bushy eyebrows and pointed ears.
Oklahomans LOVE that shit.
He won in a landslide.
This year's Largent ad may be worse than this year's Pissquik
ad.
It shows him with his kids, playing with the dog, looking like
Joe Family,
then he tells us his vision for the future.
"Oklahoma's best days lie ahead."
Way to be clear, Steve.
So if you have a goofy local ad for a national figure, lemme hear from you.
Sports Round Up
The Razorbacks won, swear to Koresh.
Oklahoma chopped Texas into tiny steer balls
The Rams won, swear to Koresh
The St Louis Cardinals lost their series with San Francisco.
...and it was a bad weekend before Dallas won, making it a really bad weekend.
Subject: Give you Democrats Money? Hah!!!
Give you money after what you have done! Hah!!!
Three fourths of you voted to invade Iraq. You
approved John Ashcroft.
You are letting George Bush run roughshod over
the environment,
the economy, the world stage, our civil rights,
our entire culture and country.
I wouldn't give the Democratic Party any money
on a bet. You would waste it
trying to work on the fringes. I don't care about
Social Security, strengthening
education, etc. Those are peacetime issues and
we are not at peace. Rumsfeld,
Rove, Bush, Cheney and their gang have declared
war on our freedom and way
of life. They are a much bigger threat to us
than Iraq.
As a life-long liberal and Democrat, I will always
give you the benefit of the doubt.
At the moment, however, there is no doubt.
You voted to support George Bush's blank check
war in Iraq.
Forget about getting any money from me anytime soon.
Sincerely,
TQ
