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Who said it: Bush or Batman?
Secret Pants Sketch Comedy, asks the big questions!
Can you tell the difference between Batman quotes and George W. Bush quotes?
"Planting a time bomb in a library is a felony"
So... Batman or Bush? Secret Pants Sketch Comedy, asks the big questions! Can you tell the difference between Batman quotes and George W. Bush quotes? ... more -
Bush Seeks 12 Billion to Waste on Obsolete Missile Defense
Bucking the wishes of top Pentagon officials, Bush is pushing one of the largest military buildups in history.
Will Congress back this senseless spending? Is this about our safety or is the administration using our fear of being attacked to gain wealth on huge military spending contracts (again)? Bucking the wishes of top Pentagon officials, Bush is pushing one of the largest military buildups in history. ... more -
'Wall Street got drunk' says Bush to explain credit crunch
President George W Bush has once again excelled himself in demonstrating that you don't have to be very bright to be the most powerful man in the world.
At a private political fundraiser in Houston, Texas, he explained the credit crunch currently savaging US financial markets by saying "Wall Street got drunk".
"It got drunk and now it's got a hangover.
"The question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do all these fancy financial instruments?" the president asks in the clip.
Er, no. The question is, what does that *actually* mean George W?
Members of the media were not invited to the event and the audience had been asked to turn off their cameras. But somebody recorded the statement on a mobile phone video camera and it was posted on the internet.
In the video, Mr Bush tells the crowd:
"We've got a housing issue.
"Not in Houston, evidently not in Dallas, because Laura's over there trying to buy a house today," he says to the crowd's laughter.
Mr Bush said they were looking for somewhere to live when they leave Washington, DC, as Mrs Bush no longer wanted to live on their ranch in Crawford, Texas.
Wow. Eloquent and sensitive to his people's plight. Won't it be sad to see him go...?
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McCain credits Bush for drop in oil price
I would like to believe that Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino was right in saying the diminishing demand for oil is the real reason behind this drop in crude oil prices. Maybe some time in the near future there will be so little demand for oil that, eventually, they won't be able to give it away. I would like to believe that Presidential spokeswoman Dana Perino was right in saying the diminishing demand for oil is the real reaso... more
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An outrageous attempt by the Bush administration to undermine women's rights
The Bush Administration has been stripping away women's right to chose since he got in office.
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Send Karl Rove to Jail!
This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if we take immediate action.
All we have to do is pressure the 40 members of the House Judiciary Committee, make them hold Rove in contempt and send him to jail. We've never had such a direct opportunity to hold Rove accountable. No, this is not enough punishment for his years and years of crimes, but it's a huge start, and will send a very clear message to the entire Bush administration.
We put together this video to explain the issues surrounding Rove's failure to testify before Congress, and why Rove should be held in contempt and sent to jail. Check out Send Karl Rove to Jail, and sign our petition to ensure that the HJC holds Rove in contempt.
Watch the video, sign the petition: http://sendkarlrovetojail.com This sounds like a dream, doesn't it? Well, it's not. We have a unique opportunity right now to send Karl Rove to jail, but only if... more -
Barack Obama is the better presidential candidate
It's time for the social current in America to changes its course. We have struggled and maintained the status qua and it is time for Americans to participate in the reformation of the social infrastructures that are suppose to offer us stability. It's time for the social current in America to changes its course. We have struggled and maintained the status qua and it is time for ... more
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One Good Reason to Vote Obama
It's time for the social current in America to changes its course. We have struggled and maintained the status qua and it is time for Americans to participate in the reformation of the social infrastructures that are suppose to offer us stability.
Do you Obama? It's time for the social current in America to changes its course. We have struggled and maintained the status qua and it is time for ... more -
Iraq War Veterans Testify about War Crimes
Winter Soldier Conference sponsored by IVAW and Democracy Now. Several soldiers detailing their time in Iraq
For the full clips and more please visit:
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Another McCain co-chair resigns after he was caught lobbying on behalf of foreign ...
McCain finance co-chair and former New Jersey congressman Jim Courter, chief executive of telecom corporation IDT, is resigning from the campaign after the FCC slapped IDT with a $1.3 million fine last week for failing to disclose information about its contracts in Haiti.
McCain finance co-chair and former New Jersey congressman Jim Courter, chief executive of telecom corporation IDT, is resigning from t... more -
Newsweek: A Spanish-language McCain radio ad gets nearly all its facts wrong.
McCain's new radio ad, in Spanish, aims to show Florida would benefit from the Colombia Free Trade Agreement, which he supports. But every number in the ad is wrong, except one, a prediction of job gains taken from a group favoring the trade deal. And even that number is rounded upward so generously as to flunk third-grade arithmetic.
Hmmm....Just like Bush distorted the facts in Iraq to influence public opinion of the war???
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McCain Battles a Nemesis, the Teleprompter
McCain brought in a new adviser,Greg Jenkins,former Fox News producer,who will oversee the producing and staging of Mr. McCain ’s events. Mr. Jenkins oversaw many of President Bush’s appearances.Even Peter Spaulding, the chairman of Mr. McCain’s campaign, said he recently saw a McCain speech on television that was “just atrocious.” McCain brought in a new adviser,Greg Jenkins,former Fox News producer,who will oversee the producing and staging of Mr. McCain ’s even... more
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John McCain: I graduated fifth from the bottom of my class
That's 894th of 899. This explains A LOT!
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US ban on Visitors with HIV could end soon....
By JIM ABRAMS, Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON - A two-decade ban on people with HIV visiting or immigrating to the United States may end soon through a Senate bill aimed at fighting AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas of the world.
The U.S. is one of a dozen countries — including Sudan, Saudi Arabia, Libya and Russia — that ban travel and immigration for HIV-positive people.
Even China, said Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., recently changed that policy, deciding it was "time to move beyond an antiquated, knee-jerk reaction" to people with HIV.
"There's no excuse for a law that stigmatizes a particular disease," Kerry said Tuesday at a speech to the Center for Strategic & International Studies HIV/AIDS Task Force. Even people with avian flu or the Ebola virus have an easier time than those with HIV when it come to applying for visas, he said.
Kerry and Sen. Gordon Smith, R-Ore., are trying to repeal the ban, first implemented in 1987 and confirmed by Congress in 1993. The two have attached their measure to legislation — which the Senate may pass this week — that would provide $50 billion over the next five years to fight AIDS and other diseases in Africa and other poor areas.
Foreign citizens, students and tourists can apply for a difficult-to-obtain special waiver for short-term visits, but an HIV-positive person has little chance of obtaining permanent residency.
Under current law, HIV is the only medical condition explicitly listed under immigration law. The Kerry-Smith provision would make HIV equivalent to other communicable diseases where medical and public health experts at the Health and Human Services Department — not consular officials at U.S. embassies — determine eligibility for admission.
Those with HIV seeking legal permanent residency would still have to demonstrate they have the resources to live in this country and would not become a "public charge."
The HIV ban was "adopted during a time of widespread fear and ignorance about the HIV virus," said Allison Herwitt, legislative director of the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian civil rights group.
Among the consequences, experts on HIV and AIDS who are themselves infected have been unable to attend conferences in the U.S. Students and refugees in the country who may be at risk of infection have been reluctant to seek testing or treatment.
"Health care professionals, researchers and other exceptionally talented people have been blocked from the United States," some 160 health and AIDS groups said recently in a letter urging Congress to end the current policy. "Since 1993, the International Conference on AIDS has not been held on U.S. soil due to this policy."
Herwitt said some HIV-positive people seeking visas lie on their applications and then don't bring their medications. "It's not only wrongheaded and discriminatory, but can also cause people to not tell the truth."
Both President George H.W. Bush and President Clinton sought to ease the policy and in 2006 the current President Bush asked the Homeland Security Department to streamline the waiver process. Congress so far has not gone along.
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Bush Gives Advice
"WASHINGTON -- President Bush, easing away from his stated effort to avoid the presidential campaign debate, offered some advice to Sen. Barack Obama as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee contemplates a trip to Iraq: Stay away from politics and pay attention to the advice of U.S. and Iraqi officials there.
With such groups as MoveOn.Org "banging on the candidates," Bush said any politician making recommendations for new policy in Iraq should listen to what U.S. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Gen. David H. Petraeus, the commander of U.S. forces there, have to say, along with the views of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki and other Iraqi leaders.
"I would ask him to listen carefully," the president said.
Bush spoke at a roughly 45-minute news conference at the White House, his first such lengthy session with reporters since April 29.
Appearing relaxed, even subdued, Bush sought to reassure Americans that the economy is rebounding, that the housing mortgage market will stabilize, and that in the short-term the market will help control rising energy prices.
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And, he said, Americans' bank deposits -- despite recent uncertainty and the closing of several large banks -- are protected, up to $100,000, by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.
He advised them to "take a deep breath and realize their deposits are protected by the federal government," Bush said. "I think the system is sound. I really do."
He acknowledged that the push he announced Monday to open up offshore areas to oil exploration will not quickly bring new supplies of oil to the market, but he said a commitment to new drilling -- if Congress joins him -- would have a psychological effect and thus put pressure on oil producers to lower prices by holding out the prospect of new supplies.
"There is no immediate fix," he said. "You can't say 'low gas' " and get it.
Asked why he wasn't specifically asking for greater personal efforts by Americans to save energy, he said "they're smart enough to figure out whether they're going to drive less. . . . Americans are plenty smart people."
As for a second economic stimulus package, he said he wanted to see how the first one was working, but added: "We're always open-minded." "WASHINGTON -- President Bush, easing away from his stated effort to avoid the presidential campaign debate, offered some advice to Se... more -
GRAPHIC IRAQ WAR: Soldier Confessions
"THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that stands by it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph."
Democracy Now and Iraq Veterans Against War held a conference called "Winter Soldier" allowing veterans of the Iraq War to publicly tell the stories of their time in Iraq. If you will not believe the news shows, the pundits, the papers, then listen to the words from the soldiers who were actually on the ground.
For full clips of the soldiers interviews follow the link below:
http://ivaw.org/wintersoldier
For information about the Iraq War follow the link below:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.i... "THESE are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service o... more -
Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions
"President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision...
The court effectively reversed a divided three-judge panel of its own members, which ruled last year that the government lacked the power to detain civilians legally in the United States as enemy combatants. That panel ordered the government either to charge Mr. Marri or to release him. The case is likely to reach the Supreme Court."
Indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the US? Slippery slope or protection? [yes, i had to find the goofiest pic of bush possible!] "President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federa... more -
Overseas Vote Foundation--Americans Whom Are Overseas
This election is an epic one. So much is at stake. Those Americans whom have emigrated or are traveling can and should register to vote. Please spread the word and this resource to ensure that the populace is heard. This election is an epic one. So much is at stake. Those Americans whom have emigrated or are traveling can and should register to vot... more
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CNN: McCain again cites current events in ‘Czechoslovakia’
He did it yesterday, and he's back at it. Just a friendly reminder: This country split up in 1993. His campaign is censoring the transcripts and putting in "Czech Republic"
Damn that dementia...always seems to kick in at the wrong time!
He did it yesterday, and he's back at it. Just a friendly reminder: This country split up in 1993. His campaign is censoring the trans... more -
Worst. President. EVER.
"The perception that the economy is failing may have finally done what seven years of lies and incompetence have failed to do — bring George Bush’s approval rating down to a closer reflection of reality:
George W. Bush’s overall job approval rating has dropped to a new low in American Research Group polling as 78 percent of Americans say that the national economy is getting worse according to the latest survey from the American Research Group.
Among all Americans, 19 percent approve of the way Bush is handling his job as president and 77 percent disapprove. When it comes to Bush’s handling of the economy, 14 percent approve and 79 percent disapprove.
Bad news for Bush but good news, finally, for the United States of America. It means that fewer than 20 percent of our fellow citizens are truly and irrevocably dimwitted and/or delusional.
But how does a 19 percent approval rating compare with other presidents? Here’s an overview from the recent past:
* Clinton low: 36 percent, May 1993 (early missteps like Zoe Baird)
* George H.W. Bush low: 29 percent, August 1992 (recession)
* Reagan low: 35 percent, January 1983 (recession)
* Carter low: 28 percent, July 1979 (high gas prices)
* Ford low: 37 percent, January 1975 (economy, Nixon pardon)
* Nixon low: 23 percent, January 1974 (Watergate)
* Johnson low: 35 percent, August 1968 (Vietnam)
* Lowest ever? That would be Harry Truman during the Korean War, in February 1952, at 22 percent.
We’ll have to wait and see if other polls show a similar trend, but for now it appears we have a winner, or rather, a loser.
George W. Bush, officially the Worst President Ever."
Even without the polls and approval ratings, I think it's EASY to say that GWBJr is THE WORST PRESIDENT in American History- We're waging a seemingly un-winnable war, our economy is in the trash, our environment is in danger, our dollar is low, our morale is waning, and the only thing keeping our heads up is that change MIGHT come soon!
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