Two Stories in the news

[Jenny_Jackson]

(1) Bush adds a "Signing Letter" to the Post Office appropriations bill, claiming the government has the right to open and search your mail without a warrent.

(2) The White House Lawyer suddenly resigns on the same day. The Bush staff said later that she had been saying she would resign for weeks. (Odd nobody heard anything about it in "Leak City" Washington DC.

Does anyone else see a connection here?

 

[scriptordelecto]

(1) Bush adds a "Signing Letter" to the Post Office appropriations bill, claiming the government has the right to open and search your mail without a warrent.

(2) The White House Lawyer suddenly resigns on the same day. The Bush staff said later that she had been saying she would resign for weeks. (Odd nobody heard anything about it in "Leak City" Washington DC.

Does anyone else see a connection here?

*sigh* Once again I find myself embarrassed to reside here. I think he's giving the American people the big FUCK YOU while he still has time. He reminds me of my six year old when she doesn't want to go to bed.

 

[rgraham666]

Shrugs.

It's been obvious to me since I've known about George W. Bush that the man is a mendacious bastard. If he told me the sun rose in the east I'd go out and check it tomorrow morning.

Seriously, I hope your country survives him.

 

[Tom Collins]

Isn't it amusing how we're so scared of the Commies, while becoming Fascists.

 

[3113]

Isn't it amusing how we're so scared of the Commies, while becoming Fascists.

I thought we were going all the way back to becoming Monarchists. All Hail King George!

 

[Tom Collins]

I thought we were going all the way back to becoming Monarchists. All Hail King George!

Georgie Porgie puddin' and pie...lead a country and made it die.

 

[scriptordelecto]

I thought we were going all the way back to becoming Monarchists. All Hail King George!

Amen!

 

[Equinoxe]

I thought we were going all the way back to becoming Monarchists. All Hail King George!

That's insulting to Monarchism.

 

[3113]

That's insulting to Monarchism.

You're right. My apologies, Monarchists.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

I've been watching the videos. Another thing that struck me, when GW made the announcement, his "long time friend and personal advisor" wasn't there. Even Powell was present at his axing, as was George ******t, as was...

I get the impression, she said, "ENOUGH, GEORGE. THIS IS GOING TOO FAR!" and that's the last we'll hear of her.

 

[Tom Collins]

If she had any balls she'd stand up and say it publicly.

 

[Jenny_Jackson]

If she had any balls she'd stand up and say it publicly.

She won't do that before January 20th, 2009. Then you can look for her comments.

 

[rgraham666]

Isn't it amusing how we're so scared of the Commies, while becoming Fascists.

What you resist, you become.

 

[S-Des]

He's getting hammered from the Left and the Right on this one (with good reason). I doubt GW has any "King" aspirations (by all accounts, he's a good guy), I think he truly doesn't understand the implications of what could happen. Just like with the phone tapping mess, he doesn't seem to get that it could be abused, making all of us less free. He just sees that it could be a way to catch a few bad guys (much like people who say it should be OK to make you take a lie detector test for work..."If you didn't have anything to hide, why would it bother you?"...ICK!).

I don't see any of the evil machinations from him that many people around here do. I think he's a simpleton in the truest sense of the word. Not unintelligent, but is incapable of seeing things from other perspectives (like Iraq, where he was convinced it would be a short fight and that they'd love us for getting them "freedom"). He sees things in black and white, right and wrong (and only from his perpective). Unfortunately, life is rarely black and white (and almost never exactly the way we perceive it).

 

[3113]

He's getting hammered from the Left and the Right on this one (with good reason). I doubt GW has any "King" aspirations (by all accounts, he's a good guy)

Dude, I'm sorry but "good guy" is something I reserve for a someone who really, really takes seriously oaths and promises he makes (like upholding the constitution), who studies and works hard to do the best job he can do for everyone, and who has friends who disagree with him. Not a guy who only thinks about how he can help his buddies make tons of money while screwing everyone else, who takes the family (U.S.) credit card and blithely maxes it out without a thought to who's going to pay the bill, who insists on blind loyality from people who work for him, and who cheats and takes the easy way out at his job.

And honestly, from his record in school and other jobs--and at this job--he sounds like a lazy guy as well as none-too-bright, one who would rather get a postion because of his daddy's influence and money than actually earn it. A guy who tries to do things quick and dirty, and when they don't work, he bails.

That's not a "good guy" in my estimation. I mean, really, how good a guy can he be? Would you want to invite him to a bar-b-que? I wouldn't! Look at how badly he acted at that dinner with Blair! That's not a "good guy"!

And while I'll grant you that, yeah, he probably thought Iraq would be short and quick, I won't grant you that he was stupid enough to go in without a thought to how he could get his hands on Iraq's oil. And I'm sure he was smart enough to think of how he could use Iraq to further the interests of his closest friends.

 

[Lee Chambers]

You're right. My apologies, Monarchists.

we are mollified by your apology, peasant.

*adjusts his crown and poses royally*

 

[rgraham666]

Don't forget to do that cute little wave of the hand only royals can do.