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Quotes
"That's a good question. All I know is
what the price of defeat is."
-- Tony Blair, when asked
what "victory" in Iraq meant, Link
The Iraq
War: Going, Going, ...
by Robert Parry
Excerpt:
How should we interpret the extraordinary fact
that Bush couldn't convince a single retired four-star general
to sign up as the new "war czar," - and
finally had to settle for an three-star general who opposed Bush's "surge?"
After an embarrassing failure to convince at least
five former generals to take the job, Bush finally gave the
"war czar" role to Army Lt. Gen. Douglas Lute,
a known critic of Bush's troop escalation in Iraq.
Though Bush insists that he's "a commander guy"
who follows the advice of experienced generals, the appointment
of Lute belies Bush's claim. Bush overruled
the two field commanders in ordering the "surge."
Why in the wild, wild world of sports would this Lute guy take the job
everyone else turned down?
Did Bush give him a secret, multi-million dollar bonus? Wouldn't you
rather be the chicken strangler
at Campbell's Soup than the guy in charge of Bush's bloody and deadly
quagmire?
All hail
Der Monkey
by Sid Blumenthal
Excerpt:
Loyalty has always been the alpha and omega of
Bush's presidency. But all the forms of allegiance
that have bound together his administration --
political, ideological and personal -- are being shredded,
leaving only blind loyalty. Bush has surrounded
himself with loyalists, who fervently pledged their fealty,
enforced the loyalty of others and sought to
make loyal converts. Now Bush's long downfall is descending
into a series of revenge tragedies in which the
characters are helpless against the furies of their misplaced
loyalties and betrayals. The stage is being strewn
with hacked corpses -- on Monday, ir was McNulty;
imminently, it's Wolfowitz; tomorrow, whoever
remains trapped on the ghost ship of state. As the individual
tragedies unfold, Bush's royal robes unravel.
"I'll
get even with all of them!"
ha ha
It couldn't happen to a meaner Murder Monkey..
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Subject: only one thing matters
Bart, I've been a daily reader since early 1999, back when you were still RLLNW.
I hate to see pillars go away because they disagree
with your support of Hillary.
I'm not terribly enthusiastic about any of the
candidates, and I'm not interested in
making Mrs. Sen. Clinton "grovel" for voting
like everybody else in the Senate.
I know you're a pragmatist (oops, sorry, that's
"realistic and sensible" for the under-70 IQ crowd).
You go with the person you think can win. I'm
sure you've gone over this, but I've smoked a lot of
God's flowers and can't remember; why are you
so confident Hillary can win?
Thanks for all the laffs since 1999,
jwh-
I don't know - I can't explain it but I just love her to death.
(just kidding)
Bill said what saved their marriage was she hated them more than she
hated him.
When they sent the FBI to go thru her underwear drawer, that really
pissed her off,
and I'm hoping she's half the ice-cold, calculating bitch her detractors
say she is.
She's the anti-Kerry. Knock her down 500 times, she'll get up
500 times and attack.
Plus, she's got the best campaign manager ever, and a Clinton victory
would signal
to the whole world, even the Osama-types, that America was back to
the way it was
before Bush's oil greed turned us into the most hated country on the
planet.
...but an Obama or Edwards victory would be better for me, personally.
Navy vet:
Chaplains tried converting me
They attack when you're most vulnerable
Excerpt:
Navy veteran David Miller said that when he checked
into the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City,
he didn't realize he would get a hard sell for
Christian fundamentalism along with treatment for his kidney stones.
Miller, 46, an Orthodox Jew, said he was repeatedly
proselytized by hospital chaplains and staff in attempts
to convert him to Christianity during three hospitalizations
over the past two years.
He said the institution permeated by government
sponsorship of fundamentalist Christianity and
unconstitutional discrimination against Jews.
The hospital's chaplains and staff, Miller said, have the
attitude that you either accept Jesus Christ
as your personal savior and you are saved, or you are damned.
Forced religious insanity should be (and probably
is) a crime.
People need to be exposed to science and logic,
not superstitious idiocy.
Sick people don't need to "Prepare to meet
the angels," because that's horseshit.
A shot of Chinaco for David Miller for blowing the whistle
on those insecure sneakjobs.
Quotes
"We make God mad. I really believe that the
pagans, the abortionists, the feminists,
and the gays and the lesbians, the
ACLU, People For the American Way -- all of them --
I point the finger in their face and
say 'you helped this happen.' "
-- Falwell, (R-Room temperature)
at the height of his insanity, Link
Subject: Hillary apology
Bart Dude, why do you keep bashing your head against a wall trying to make the Hillary haters see your point?
When Hillary said, "If we knew then what we
know now..." that tells it like it is.
Back in 2002 when Congress voted to authorize
force if needed, Congress did not know.
At least not 110% beyond a shadow of a doubt.
All they knew was what they were told,
as did we Americans when we were also lied to.
If the Hillary haters would rather have Rudy as
president by not supporting our Democrats
then they all deserve the "Monkey Mail" treatment
or the dreaded Bartcop boot up their...
DonP
Sussex, WI
I think you're right.
But we operate on very thin ice here at the Tequila Treehouse
and those who really, really dislike Hillary vote with their wallets.
Cruise the Mexican
Riviera with Mike & Kathy Malloy!
Hurry!
Cabins are selling out!
U.S. officers
punished over kidnap, deaths of troops in Iraq
Which time? There have been a few of these...
Excerpt:
Three U.S. soldiers slaughtered in a grisly kidnapping-murder
plot last June had been left alone
for up to 36 hours in a poorly planned mission.
Two officers have been relieved of their commands.
A report said the platoon leader and company commander
- whose names were not released - failed to
provide proper supervision to the unit or enforce
military standards. Iraqi security forces near the soldiers'
outpost probably saw the attack and "chose to
not become an active participant in the attack on either side."
Why are they keeping their names secret? Their negligence got
men killed
If they'd received oral sex, their pictures would be all over every
news channel.
Subject: hating Paris/Hillary
I don't understand the hate for these two either
and there does seem to be a parallel.
I can't explain it. I normally can't work
up any hate for anyone that hasn't affected my life.
But I'll disagree with you about Puss Largebaugh.
He's partly responsible for the mess were in now
by virtue of spreading his propaganda to the
rubes. And suffering no consequences for it.
Yes the rubes have responsibility for buying
it, but they are rubes after all.
Jim T
I can understand women hating Paris because she's young, thin, pretty
and rich,
but why would a guy hate a girl like that? It doesn't make a
lot of sense.
Bush's surge in last throes
Excerpt:
Bush, the corporate-owned press, Republican propaganda
radio and Fox News (one and the same)
and every rank-and-file GOP Bush supporter can
say what they will, but one thing is clear: Bush's latest
Iraq 'surge' is failing and Der Monkey admitted
as much on national television. Oh, he didn't come right out
and say, "My surge is failing" - matter of fact
he didn't call it his surge at all...it is now "General Petraeus'
Plan"
and therein is the proof of just how badly Bush's
surge is going...he's no longer calling it HIS plan.
Great point - and he's right.
Bush has always been about claiming credit for what works, which is
nothing in his administration,
and pointing blame at others when his plans fail, which is inevitable
because he's a crooked moron.
Subject: BCR 116 Part 2 beatdown
Bart,
Loved loved loved the venomous bitch-slapping
of that Michael Del-what's-his-name fucker in #116.
You most certainly did not get "a little carried
away" and there was no need for the self-deprecating
comments at the beginning of #117--that this
show was gonna be "fun" and "not like that last one".
Bullshit.
You should choose another LIAR, THIEF, WHORE and
FRAUD every show for the same treatment.
If it's too goddamned exhausting, just go for
10 minutes or so, what the hell.
That's what I call some hammering!
Jeff in Chicago
I had the time of my life doing that.
But without an audience or feedback it's hard
to tell how it's being received.
Check out dissentisterror.com
Quotes
"I got cars, ...I got guitars ...and I got
guns.
Be nice to my daughter ...and you'll
only see the first two."
-- Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top) to his
about-to-be son-in-law on last night's Bones
Subject: that pesky war vote
Bart, you wrote:
> But they were unable to convince a single
senator to stand up,
> so I'm guesing the proof wasn't as cut-and-dried
'clear' as some claim.
HOW DARE YOU!?! The late Senator Paul Wellstone
stood up and said NO.
To say that no senator saw through the facade
is to ignore facts, and to disgrace the courage
Wellstone had to be the only Democrat facing
a tough re-election who voted against Bush's aggression.
You should not forget that someone did have the
foresight, brains, and balls to stand up and say "BULLSHIT".
Now, all the Hillary-haters are just killing their
own party - I agree with that.
I think she's our best chance and we need to
rally behind her.
Luke
Luke, calm down. I don't know enough about the
timing, but I'm saying
Wellstone didn't stand up when it came to a filibuster
- no Democrat did.
Subject: BCR 116 Part 2 beatdown
Bart,
That beatdown on #116 had me CRYING with laughter.
And as a fellow atheist,
it's SO refreshing to hear another person talk
so openly and honestly about the logic-defying
craziness of believing in magic invisible omnipotent
cloud spirits. Thanks for that.
Bob in SC
Subject: Hillary
Bartcop:
I plainly do not get it - "it" being the endless,
brutish, ignorant tirades against Hillary,
or ANY Democratic front-runner, especially coming
from the left.
It is so obvious: Elect a Democrat and defeat
the Republicans.
That's a simple concept, with no hidden meanings,
messages or agendas.
Elect a Democrat and defeat the Republicans.
If I was King, I'd tell every Democrat to vote
for the Democratic front-runner, whomever it might be.
Then, with the Republicans defeated, everyone
could resume their business. Would life then be perfect?
No, but the Republicans would be defeated.
I just do not get it. But, like my hero Bill Hicks,
I'm a dreamer.
And available for children's parties too.
Charles E
Charles, well put, but our left wing doesn't see it that way. I've printed
dozens of e-mails
from leftys who say they'd rather lose than give up their purity.
They say the DLC is owned by the Bush family and both parties are the
same.
The Republicans don't have this problem - their goal is to win.
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Falwell,
Faith-Based Fraud
by Christopher Hitchens
Excerpt:
The discovery Falwell's carcass has almost zero
significance, except perhaps for two categories of the species
labeled "credulous idiot." The first such category
consists of those who expected Falwell (and themselves) to be
bodily raptured out of the biosphere and assumed
into the heavens, leaving pilotless planes and driverless trucks wiith
their innocent victims as collateral damage.
This group is so stupid and uncultured that it may perhaps be forgiven.
It is so far "left behind" that almost its only
pleasure is to gloat at the idea of others being abandoned in the same
condition.
The second such category is of slightly more importance,
because Falwell proved, almost every week, that there is
no vileness that cannot be freely uttered by
a man whose name is prefaced with the word Reverend. Try this: Call a
TV station and tell them that the Antichrist
is already on earth and is an adult Jewish male. See how far you get.
Then try the same thing and add that you are
the Rev. Jim-Bob Vermin. "Why, Reverend, come right on the show!"
What a fool Don Imus was. If he had paid the
paltry few bucks to make himself a certified clergyman, he could be
jeering and sneering to the present hour.
I've never liked Hitchens, mostly because of his
absurd, illogical and unfounded assertion that
our best president ever was "a rapist" because
some clown in Arkansas wanted to get famous.
Like a lot of people, he saw dollar signs in his impeachment and he
dove right in that pile of cash.
But Hitchens is real big on religio-frauds, so that makes him somewhat of an ally.
Subject: Paris Hilton
Okay hold up. I just read something on your
site that leads me
to believe you're somewhat against Paris' 45
day sentence?
That's hard to answer.
She deserves to be punished for sure, but as
far as I know, she'll by far be the
most famous person to ever be in the Los Angeles
jail and that makes her a target.
The tabloids might pay a million dollars, maybe
more, for the right photo, and I think it would
be a shame if she paid for her probation violation
with her life, or her front teeth or whatever.
If that's the case, I am compelled to ask what
is it about Paris Hilton that makes her
above jailtime for a probation violation?
Paris is one of the two most hated women in America.
What I'm against is the extreme fun that people
are having anticipating her destruction.
I'm not sure what she's done to deserve this
Timothy McVeigh level of hatred.
If some inmate gets hold of a piece of glass or
metal and carves "whore" into her face,
a lot of people will laugh and say she deserved
it - that puzzles me.
Are we now to weep and cry over every case that
involves the defendant blatantly defying
the very simple rules of probation?
Greg S
Did you really intend to ask that question?
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of Falwell and McCain and drove it to debates and stuff.
featuring 
Subject: Falwell's in a better place
With the passing of Reverend Jerry Falwell a lot
of people are saying a lot of different things.
Some people really liked him. Some people really
hated him. But in this time of reflection on his life
I think one thing that everyone can agree on
is that Jerry Falwell is in a better place.
Marc Perkel
San Bruno, CA.
ha ha
Quotes
"Wolfowitz's record of favoritism, ideological
blinders, massive blunders and petty vindictiveness has
inflicted profound harm on two of the world's
great bureaucracies, the Defense Department and the
World Bank. He has left both with thousands
of demoralized employees (And 3400 dead soldiers)
and imposed on both irrational policies that
pandered to the far right of the Republican Party. He has,
in addition, played a central role in destabilizing
the Middle East and in leaving one of its major
countries in ruins. Many of his Himalayan-size
errors were enabled by his careful placing of close
friends and allies in key and lucrative positions.
In the end, his career suffered remarkably little
from his substantive policy mistakes. But
once he moved beyond the forgiving world of high
Republican Party politics, his dependence
on cronyism finally caught up with him. That he ran into
such trouble at the World Bank for behaving
in ways that apparently were business as usual for him
at the Department of Defense only underlines
how corrupt the Bush administration really is."
-- Juan Cole on Paul Wolfowitz, Link
Who can argue with that?
Have you ever seen such a mess?
"There
goes my eye again.
It
twitches when I lie and
when
I'm in big trouble."
Beware of
Murdoch
by Joe Conason
Excerpt:
While Rupert Murdoch is as conscious of his image
as any other legendary villain, he also seems to possess
a sense of humor -- or at least somebody around
him does. Early in his ongoing bid to take over Dow Jones
Publishing and The Wall Street Journal, a spokesman
for Mr. Murdoch said that the media mogul would reassure
those who may fear for the paper's independence
and integrity with all of the "necessary promises."
"Necessary promises" is a phrase that Mr. Murdoch
could utter, at this late date, only with a leering wink.
To read that marvelous euphemism was to laugh,
horrifying as the prospect of a Murdoch Journal undoubtedly is.
After decades of observing the old buccaneer
and his deceptions, we know -- and, of course, he knows we know
-- that "necessary promises" are not the kind
that will be honored. They merely serve as a temporary gloss covering
the sellout of journalistic ideals to Mammon,
the company also known as News Corp."
The Whore Street Journal's editorial page already seems like it's produced
by FOX News,
so there's not much change to be had there, but what will a super whore
do to Dow Jones Publishing?
Years ago, I got a thing in the mail saying, "Try
the Whore Street Journal for four weeks for free,"
so I signed up. But when it arrived, it was just the vulgar Pigboy's
hate show with ink. I called to cancel
before the 4 weeks was up and they made the mistake of asking why.
I told them I could get Nazi hate for free, so paying for it would be
crazy and the guy sighed and said,
"Yeah, I hear that from a lot of people."
Want to trade links?
Quotes
"May Jerry Falwell never meet a god so cruel
as that which he had envisioned."
-- theunapologeticmexican,
Link
Subject: BCR 116 - your debate with Randi
Bart I think you were absolutely correct in your "debate" with Randi.
One thing you didn't mention was the bomb that
Durbin dropped a week (or so) ago
concerning the lack of "congruence" between what
the intelligence agencies were telling
the intelligence committee before the war AND
what the administration was telling the public.
IMHO Durbin, Graham, et al were bigger knobs than
most because
they were hearing the truth, yet not publicizing
it.
Bob A
I'm not familiar with the Durbin bomb (under time pressure here) but
we talked about that.
Even if Durbin, Graham, Hillary etc knew something and couldn't legally
speak out,
they could've said, "I'm on the intelligence
committee so I can't speak freely,
but trust me when I say this invasion is wrong,
wrong, wrong and must be stopped."
Nobody did that.
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Spector denies killing actress
Excerpt:
Phil Spector, now on trial for murder, asserted
in a 2005 home video interview that the Lana Clarkson
was standing when a gun was fired in her mouth
and that he is too short to have done it.
The video also showed Spector offering $100,000
to unnamed women to take a lie detector test to
prove their claims that Spector threatened them
with guns.
"The deceased, who was standing when she took
her own life and she was 5-11, or 6 feet 2 with heels on,
and the gun was in a downward position," said
Spector as he spoke from a chair in his mansion.
"I am 5 foot 5. It would have been physically
impossible for me to have administered the death wound
to her in any shape, way or form," he said in
rambling, run-on statements.
Lots of rockers have said Specter pulled a gun
on them.
I think three women have already testified that
he pulled a gun on them.
Subject: Now you tell us
Bart, I noticed you named the closing song on
BCR 117 in response to a review.
But I asked you some time back to please provide
a list of the music used on each show
because it's SO DAMN GOOD and I don't have a
clue how to buy any of it!
Would you consider this little bit of extra work
for the sake of your listeners and the artists
who contribute so much to your show? I'd be so
grateful, and I bet others would like it too.
Why don't you link up to iTunes or something?
Don't they pay you a few pennies like
Amazon if they sell music based on your recommendation?
Joanne from Wisconsin
Joanne, if I know the song I'll tell you who and
what it is.
When Tommy produced the show he was mysteriously
tight-lipped about that.
We're looking into the iTunes thing.
We have a show or three on their now, older shows
for free.
Maybe we can work out a current show for a fee
thing.
Discuss
it on The Bartcop Forum
Discuss it on the BartBlog
Iraq pumped 3.5M
barrels daily before
Bush invaded
and then they got their 2003 Halliburton
upgrade
Bush is stealing $220,000,000 every day.
No wonder they were so eager to start a war,
stealing $220,000,000 every day.
It's the biggest theft in Earth's history.
Exxon made
$10B profit in 90 days
$100M a day - all profit - because Bush started a fake war
Bush's "Bring 'em on" death taunt is up to...
3,398....3,401
American victims
3
more families destroyed by Bush greed.
6
if you count the families of the kidnapped.
...and how much did BIG OIL make yesterday?
Exxon
makes $108M - every day
Bush can live with that,
because Iraq's oil wells have
no meters
and his front company is moving
to Dubai.
"I
know what I'm doing..."
$100M
a day,
$200M a
day,
$300M a
day - where's that money going?
Bush has killed more Americans than Osama.
CW cancels 'Veronica Mars'
That's sad because as good as everybody on that show was, they'll never
be that good again.
Maybe the writers will go to work for 24
and plug those Texas-sized logic loopholes.
Ever notice when Jack needs backup, it's always 30 minutes away?
Why do helicopters fly so slowly in Los Angeles?
And the last show, when the spy pressured blondie to have sex , the
spy asks,
"What? You're not in the mood?" Why
didn't she think to say,
"LA was nuked this morning, asshole - sorry
if I'm not hot to trot."
But no, they can't think on 24
because the writers are the worst on TV.
Hell, maybe 24 is a comedy
and I just look at it wrong.
Their last Veronica Mars is Tuesday, a two-hour finale
where somebody
secretly tapes Veronica and her boyfriend having sex and putting it
on the Intertubes.
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GOP to Tortureboy: Drop Dead
Excerpt:
Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel became the fourth Republican
senator to call for Gonzales' resignation.
Republicans who have urged his ouster include
Sens. John Sununu, Tom Coburn, John McCain
and House GOP Conference Chairman Adam Putnam,
R-Fla.
Sen. Pat Roberts said Gonzales should consider
stepping down, as did Arlen Specter Gordon Smith.
But Bush keeps clinging onto to Tortureboy like he clings to his bloody
quagmire.
Keep it up, Monkey. You're losing 1-2 approval points a week,
so stay the course
and bring down the entire Republican Party. You bastards deserve
it.
Kristen Kreuk, Lex Luthor's wife
Excerpt:
Tonight on the WB, Lana (Kristin Kreuk) tells
Lex their marriage is over.
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