(via The Talent Show) Negative Capability (Harpers.org): The following assertions were collected from public statements made by George W. Bush and his official spokesmen since 1997. Originally from Harper’s Magazine, May 2004. The President of the United States is not a fact-checker. I’m not a statistician. I’m not a numbers-cruncher. I’m not one of these … Continue reading “What Bush Is Not”
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Paris Business Review
Paris Business Review / Revue des Affaires de Paris There is no “Paris Business Review” and Bill O’Reilly is a liar. Media Matters for America O’REILLY: Now if the [Canadian] government — if your government harbors these two deserter [sic], doesn’t send them back … there will be a boycott of your country which will … Continue reading “Paris Business Review”
Release the Bush Records
(via John Kerry for President – D-Bunker) Mary Beth Cahill to Ken Mehlman: Release the Bush Records July 13, 2004 Ken Mehlman Campaign Manager BUSH-CHENEY ’04, Inc. Dear Ken: Over the past several months, allies of the President have questioned John Kerry’s patriotism while your staff has criticized his service in Vietnam. Republicans and their … Continue reading “Release the Bush Records”
The Liberal Media Compares the Candidates
Typical Wingnuttery
Here’s a recent entry (spelling and formatting preserved) from my Guestbook. The author of this entry felt this information was so important he posted it 12 times!!! Name: Roger WykoffEmail: [deleted]Date: Tue Jul 13 05:09:09 2004Homepage: From: IndianaReferred from: GoogleComments: I keep hearing Vietnam Veteran everytime this joker makes a speech. Below adds some perspective. … Continue reading “Typical Wingnuttery”
More Compassionate Conservatism
People affected by offshoring should “stop whining.” (via InformationWeek) SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — U.S. Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Thomas Donohue is promoting overseas outsourcing of jobs as a way to boost the economy and even increase employment–a stance that rankles jobless white-collar workers, particularly in the flagging technology industry. … Donohue acknowledged the … Continue reading “More Compassionate Conservatism”
All about the Reagans
(via Joe Bob’s Week in Review) The Ronald Reagan Legacy Project has spent the past three years planning to get the $10 bill changed to feature Reagan instead of Alexander Hamilton. Meanwhile, Representative Jeff Miller of Florida introduced a bill to put Reagan on the half- dollar coin, domain of JFK, while Representative Dana Rohrabacher … Continue reading “All about the Reagans”
Waffles
(via The Laporte Report) John Kerry is being Google-bombed by conservative activists (“waffles” -> John Kerry). Since this web site has a high ranking for waffles and things related to waffles, I’m helping out our conservative friends so their efforts don’t become a miserable failure.
Not going to happen…
(via Joe Bob’s Week in Review) The Palme d’Or, top prize at the Cannes Film Festival, was awarded to Michael Moore for his documentary “Fahrenheit 9/11.” Isn’t it customary, when an American wins one of the world’s top competitions (Tour de France, Nobel Prize, Olympics), for the winner to be invited to the White House?
Yet Another Bush Joke
(via Musings of a Philosophical Scrivener….) How many members of the Bush Administration are needed to replace a lightbulb? The Answer is SEVEN: one to deny that a lightbulb needs to be replaced one to attack and question the patriotism of anyone who has questions about the lightbulb, one to blame the previous administration for … Continue reading “Yet Another Bush Joke”