Month: October 2007

War in Iraq2 Comments

Forget Poland

Chimpy’s“Coalition of the Willing” hits the ashbin of history. The Polish pro-business party, Civic Platform, today took a strong position as a result of the parliamentary elections Sunday, winning 41.4 percent of the total vote with 99 percent of returns counted. That gives the party and its leader, Donald Tusk, the chance to build a governing coalition, and Mr. Tusk is to open talks with the centrist Polish Peasants Party to form a new government. The ruling prime minister, Jaroslaw Kaczynski, and his Law and Justice Party trailed with 32.2 percent of the vote and will cede power. [snip] Leaders … Continue reading Forget Poland

Your President Speaks

Your President Speaks!

Conservation Saturday began at thePatuxent Research Refuge – Endangered Crane Complex in Laurel, Maryland. What The Birds Got To Do For these migratory birds, surviving their long journey depends on a stopover habitat. That basically means they got to find a place to rest, a safe place to prepare to continue their journey. This Is Additional Incentives In other words, this is additional incentives for landowners to become a part of this comprehensive national strategy and Congress needs to pass this piece of tax legislation. Conservation Saturday continues at theChesapeake Bay Maritime Museum in St. Michael’s, Maryland. What You Got … Continue reading Your President Speaks!

Uncategorized5 Comments

So why did Bobby Jindal get elected Governor of LA?

One reason is that the State Democratic Party of Louisiana makes the national Dems look like Stalwart Spirits with Adamantine Backbones and Fists of Fury. Consider this: in a state where the Dems outnumber Republicans by roughly 2 to 1, the true Democratic candidate for Guvcame in FOURTH— behind the Conservative Independent (former Gooper), and the conservative DINO (former Gooper) and the real conservative Gooper, Bobby Jindal. Of course, it’s Louisiana, so there’s some backasswards complicated reason for this madness. But let me just vent here and declare that the State Dem party is incompetent: strategically, politically, organizationally… etc. They’ve … Continue reading So why did Bobby Jindal get elected Governor of LA?

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Department of Oh My My, Oh Hell Yes

“I will do everything I can, including filibustering.” See, this is the thing about standing up. This is the thing about fighting the fight you know you should be fighting. This is the thing about your moment: When you actually stand up to meet it, itfeels fucking good. No more equivocations. No more fucking around. No more “well, you see, I need to weigh the swing voters blah blah blah blah WHATEVER.” You know what you ought to be doing, Democrats. You know what needs to happen. Deep down, you’ve known for a long time. Get off your asses and … Continue reading Department of Oh My My, Oh Hell Yes

Geek Cred7 Comments

Guestblogging

Scout will be out for a few days getting some well-deserved rest. In her absence, you will have the gestblogging stylings ofOyster, who has promised to share the scotch, pet the chinchillas, and generally behave like a guest in our home. By which I think he means he’ll eateverything in the fridge including a tub of salsa and drink most of our wine and then leave some of his clothes behind when he goes back home. Be nice to him or I’ll punish you by … I dunno, refusing to curse in my posts anymore, golldangit. A. Continue reading Guestblogging

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The “alternative view” that Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to Church

The New OrleansTimes Picayune reports something that gives me hope: Bowing to pressure, Sen. David Vitter, R-La., has backed off an attempt to steer $100,000 in taxpayer money to a Louisiana Christian group that supports teaching religious and alternative theories of creation alongside evolution in science classrooms. Vitter has taken heat from educational, religious and civil rights groups for earmarking money in the fiscal 2008 spending bill for the U.S. Departments of Labor, Health, Human Services and Education for the Louisiana Family Forum, “to develop a plan to promote better science education.” The group has long challenged Darwinian theories explaining … Continue reading The “alternative view” that Adam and Eve rode dinosaurs to Church

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“If God wanted little kids to be healthy He wouldn’t have invented little kid diseases, ‘m I right?”

The House failed to override President Compassion’s veto on the SCHIP.Echidne points out that Certain aspects of the SCHIP debate have not received the attention they deserve. For example, the fight is not just over expanding SCHIP to cover more children, but also about keeping the coverage for the children who have SCHIP right now. The president’s veto means that the overall expense on the program is capped at the old level, even though prices of health care have risen. What this means is that several states will have to cut the number of children they currently insure. In short: … Continue reading “If God wanted little kids to be healthy He wouldn’t have invented little kid diseases, ‘m I right?”

Hurricane Katrina & Federal Flood6 Comments

Those darn hurricanes are never there when you need them!

Since my initial guest post here at First Draft seemed to fall still-born from the publishing platform, I will shamelessly go after easier prey. In his interview withdouchemook Matt Lauer, Larry Craig bemoaned the fact that no threatening monster hurricanes were available to distract the American public away from the Senator’s controversial“stall tactics”: I liken it to we’re in the middle of hurricane season. And we were. And there were no hurricanes. I became the political hurricane that everybody wanted to talk about. And did it– did they talk about it? You bet they did. That reminds me:two years ago … Continue reading Those darn hurricanes are never there when you need them!

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“Who am I? Why am I here?”

No, seriously. Those aren’t rhetorical queries. I really have no idea. From what I can piece together– based on theexultant Gateway pundit post on my monitor, and the throbbing pain in my forehead– I apparently read something I found incredibly dumb, and then banged my head on my desk until I blacked out. Gateway celebrates a report saying the U.S. has killed about 19,000 “militants” in Iraq since the invasion. Ok. But before you jump up and link arms with Mr. Gateway and start doing Holden’s “superior dance”, I think a little sobering context is in order. We’ve lost about … Continue reading “Who am I? Why am I here?”

Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle4 Comments

Today On Holden’s Obsession With The Gaggle

Dana Peroxide Tries To Cover For The Warmongering Chimp

Q The President’s World War III comment yesterday has spawned a lot of reaction. Today Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman said it was warlike rhetoric that would — in his words — “jeopardize peace.” Was the President making an offhand remark there, or are these people reading too much into what he was saying?

MS. PERINO: What the President was doing was focusing the world on the consequences of Iran having a nuclear weapon.

[snip]

What the President said yesterday wasn’t about what we would do. It was about them, it was about the Iranians and what they have said and what they have not done in terms of meeting their international obligations. So the President was focusing the world’s attentions on the negative consequences of Iran having a nuclear weapon, and that is why we are working through the U.N. Security Council to make sure that they meet their Chapter 7 obligations under the United Nations Security Council resolutions.

Q So by raising World War III he wasn’t overstating the dangers?

MS. PERINO: The President was making a point that this is a country that has said that they want to wipe Israel off the face of the earth, and the President has long said — and I think no one would want the President of the United States — any President of the United States — to take any option off the table.

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America Hates Chimpy, Loves SCHIP

NewCBS News poll. BUSH’S JOB APPROVALSApprove        DisapproveOverall 30%       61%Terrorism 41%      51%War in Iraq 26%   67%Health Care 22%    65% CONGRESS JOB APPROVALApprove 27%Disapprove 59% WOULD YOU FAVOR OR OPPOSE EXPANDING SCHIP?Favor 81%Oppose 15% WOULD YOU BE WILLING TO PAY MORE TAXES TO EXPAND SCHIP?(Among those who favor expanding SCHIP)Yes 74%No 17% Continue reading America Hates Chimpy, Loves SCHIP

Your President Speaks3 Comments

Your President Speaks!

Today, at theWhite House, during yet another surprise presser. Those Turks Are Big– Massive Even I appreciate very much the fact that the Iraqi government understands that this is a sensitive issue with the Turks, and that’s why Vice President Hashimi is in Istanbul today, talking with the Turkish leaders to assure them that Iraq shares their concerns about terrorist activities, but that there’s a better way to deal with the issue than having the Turks send massive troops into the country — massive additional troops into the country. We Continue To Dialoguing We are actively involved with the Turks … Continue reading Your President Speaks!

Immoral Values9 Comments

To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance

Jena was a throwback. Racism’s over. It’s all just a left-wing myth. LITITZ, Pa. – For years, a clique of high school students in this prosperous and overwhelmingly white borough have worn clothes adorned with Confederate flags and parked their pickups in a section of the school parking lot known as “redneck row.” The display, some parents of minority students say, was just one symptom of festering racism that school officials ignored until animosities boiled over last week. That’s when three white 16-year-old students allegedly yelled racial slurs and threw paper wads at minority students outside the 1,600-student Warwick High … Continue reading To Bigotry No Sanction, To Persecution No Assistance

Pony, Bitches!7 Comments

Holden Wins! Holden Wins! Holden Wins!*

OK, so it has a Bondsesque asterisk next to it. I still whipped Athenae’s ass! You may recall that earlier this year Athenae and I entered into a friendly wager. I declared that Chimpy’s job approval rating in at least one major national poll would dip below 25% by October. Athenae, on the other hand, sided with the forces of darkness and chimpitude and bet that Dear Leader would be rewarded with the enduring love of more than 25% of the populace. Ha! Today we learn that Chimpy’s job approval rating plummeted to a record-breaking 24% in the newReuters/Zogby poll. … Continue reading Holden Wins! Holden Wins! Holden Wins!*

Holden's Obsession with the Gaggle4 Comments

Today On Holden’s Obsession With The Gaggle

Dana Says Chimpy Is Afraid Of Being Photographed With The Dalai Lama

Q Why not release the picture?

MS. PERINO: There’s going to be a picture of the President and the Dalai Lama that you’ll have tomorrow.

Q What about today?

MS. PERINO: They’ll be standing together in the Capitol.

Q But if it’s not that big a deal, and the President’s proud to —

MS. PERINO: We understand that there are very strong feelings that the Chinese have, and that they’ve reacted negatively to the fact the President will be going to this event tomorrow. But the President was clear that he would attend the event, as he had before. And we made a decision not to release a photograph today, but you are — it’s not that you’re not going to get a picture of the President and the Dalai Lama, because you’ll see them together tomorrow at the Capitol.

Q Was it a conscious decision not the release a photo, even though you —

MS. PERINO: We always make a decision whether or not to release a photo.

Q But it almost appears like a splitting the difference, that understanding that China is —

MS. PERINO: Well, I don’t know if the Chinese would feel that way. I think that they don’t want the event to happen at all. So I — but I think — it is going to go forward. The President will be there tomorrow. He’ll make brief remarks and he’ll have his picture taken there, too.

Q Is it a gesture to the Chinese to not release a photo, to limit the exposure —

MS. PERINO: I don’t know if they would take it that way. It was a decision we made on our own. They did not ask us not to release a photo.

Q And what is the basis of that decision, then? It’s certainly a story today.

MS. PERINO: The United States — we in no way want to stir the pot and make China feel that we are poking a stick in their eye, to a country that we have a lot of relationships with on a variety of — I mean, a good relationship with on a variety of issues. And if this is — this might be one thing that we can do. But I don’t have — I don’t believe that that’s going to assuage the concerns of the Chinese.

[snip]

Q If I could just follow, you can judge by the number of questions here in this briefing that it is —

MS. PERINO: — lot of hot air tonight.

Q — the topic of the day. So why not release this picture today? It just seems like it’s happening today —

MS. PERINO: I understand and I’ll take it back up, if I can, but I believe that there will not be a photo today. You’ll get one tomorrow.

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Pony, Bitches!

Perspective

The Reuter’s/Zogby poll hasn’t been around long enough to give us any perspective on Chimpy’s miserable 24% ratingmentioned below. Although Gallup uses a different methodology, it’s pretty clear than Chimpy is one of the least popular presidents in American history. Here’s a list of thelowest job approval ratings ever recorded in Gallup’s poll. Truman22%1952 Feb 9-14 Truman23%1952 Jan 6-11 Truman23%1951 Nov 11-16 Nixon24%1974 Aug 2-5 Nixon24%1974 Jul 12-15 Truman24%1951 May 19-24 Truman24%1951 Apr 16-21 Continue reading Perspective

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Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may leave early, won’t seek re-election

From theHouston Chronicle: WASHINGTON — Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison told a Texas magazine she will not seek re-election after this term and may leave the Senate as early as 2009, according to excerpts published on the magazine’s Web blog on Monday. Hutchison told Texas Monthly in an interview to be fully published in December that she would end her Senate career in 2012, whether or not she runs for governor. Stepping down in two years “has to be considered,” the Texas Republican senior senator is quoted as saying in the excerpts. Hutchison declined an interview request from The Associated Press, … Continue reading Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison may leave early, won’t seek re-election

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China Ain’t Turkey

Personally, I would recognize the Armenian Genocide and honor the Dalai Lama. Your president seems to think that we shouldaccomodate Turkish denial whilegiving the finger to China. Chinese officials warned the United States not to honor the Dalai Lama, saying a planned award ceremony for the Tibetan spiritual leader would have “an extremely serious impact” on relations between the two countries. Speaking at a Foreign Ministry briefing and on the sidelines of the Communist Party’s ongoing 17th National Congress, the officials condemned the Dalai Lama as a resolute separatist and said foreign leaders must stop encouraging his “splittist” mission. [snip] … Continue reading China Ain’t Turkey

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Our Own Private Taliban

Looks likle we’vecompletely fucked up Southern Iraq. Shi’ite Islamist political parties are imposing strict Islamic rules in the oil-producing southern provinces of Iraq and using their armed wings to create a state of fear, a group of tribal Shi’ite leaders said. The four tribal leaders approached Reuters on condition of anonymity, fearing assassination if their names or even their home provinces were made public. “Fear rules the streets now,” said one of the sheikhs. “We cannot speak our minds, people are not allowed to oppose them. They would immediately disappear or get killed. The evidence of that is I am … Continue reading Our Own Private Taliban

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Your President Speaks!

Yesterday, inRogers, Arkansas. What He Keeps Pointing To I want to thank the Chancellor of the mighty University of Arkansas, John White, for being here today. He hosted — I keep pointing to he’s a Razorback — I understand. Look, I’m just a simple Texas guy who — who knows full well that it was a lot of times an unpleasant experience for the Longhorns to come up here and play. What We Got To Be Mindful Of I went by earlier today to his business and I had a chance to say hello to his employees. I did so … Continue reading Your President Speaks!