tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post115889167862921517..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: Bush makes a hell of Iraq; Chavez smells sulfur; the minions of Satan get rich!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1159066912273591812006-09-23T20:01:00.000-07:002006-09-23T20:01:00.000-07:00Yes, Fuzzflash, there's a whole story with Armitag...Yes, Fuzzflash, there's a whole story with Armitage that's at odds with his PR. And Diebold has some new patches. Doesn't look good from that standpoint.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1159041916219157642006-09-23T13:05:00.000-07:002006-09-23T13:05:00.000-07:00ha! to oppose vulcanology is not logical."This rej...ha! to oppose vulcanology is not logical.<BR/><BR/><I>"This rejection of Bush may be far deeper than is apparent and could lead to a Republican rout in November"</I><BR/><BR/>I've been feeling especially pessimistic lately, so maybe I'm reading this wrong, but I dont think the hoped for rout is going to happen. With the return of $2 gas, life is good again for the pinheads, who keep saying "<I>if you blame Bush for high gas prices, then give him credit of low gas prices</I>" (and I certainly <I>do</I>, though "credit" isnt the word I use) as if it's proof of <I>liberal</I> lies. Republicans keep talking about a "cultural war", but they dont bother mentioning that <I>they</I> are the ones waging the siege here. Just watch, the GOP will loose some ground, but it wont be a decisive enough loss to get the Dems motivated to do anything about BushCo, so it'll be the same shit with a different label.daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1159012972105821082006-09-23T05:02:00.000-07:002006-09-23T05:02:00.000-07:00Yeay, history gets a run! Good to see Hegemony and...Yeay, history gets a run! Good to see Hegemony and Survival is being read. Chomsky records (p74) that in the Cuban missile crisis in 1962 the world escaped a nuclear war because of one Russian sailor:<BR/><BR/><EM>"A guy named Arkhipov saved the world," said Thomas Blanton of the National Security Archive in Washington...He was referring to Vasili Arkhipov, a Soviet submarine officer who blocked an order to fire nuclear-armed torpedoes on October 27, at the tensest moment of the crisis, when the submarines were under attack by US destroyers. A devastating response would have been a near certainty, leading to a major war.</EM><BR/><BR/>Chomsky removes the ideological slant on 50 years of US foreign policy, an ideology that has blinded a generation of Americans from the harsh realities of those policies. In fact, the ideological slant has been so bad it's almost been the exact opposite of what's really been going on. Let's look forward to "Chomsky goes on Oprah". Typically, the US media has failed to join the dots on the increased book sales and reach the appropriate conclusion: people don't believe Bush anymore and are looking for explanations elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>This rejection of Bush may be far deeper than is apparent and could lead to a Republican rout in November - especially if the Republican turnout is down. Mark Shields on The Lehrer Hour was saying that he he had been to Ohio and as far as he could see "the fat lady had sung": the Democrat candidate there was 20 points ahead of his Republican rival and across the country there was a similar, less pronounced, but equally determined move against Bush. Let's hope so.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1159012197571191102006-09-23T04:49:00.000-07:002006-09-23T04:49:00.000-07:00Correction, with regard to Chomsky's book's sales ...Correction, with regard to Chomsky's book's sales number - it should have read "from way down beyond the two hundred <B>thousandth</B> position". :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158994552355743992006-09-22T23:55:00.000-07:002006-09-22T23:55:00.000-07:00"you know you've got a problem..." The problem wit..."you know you've got a problem..." The problem with thinking in those terms is that novelists write Utopian novels (Huxley's Island, for instance) and dystopian novels (Brave New World.) What's coming here is both. A newly forged society that is Utopia for the chosen few cloistered in their gated (and soon to be protected by 24 hour armed guards), and dystopia for everyone else. God, I'm in a pessimistic mood the last week or so. Blogging about the treatment suffered by Maher Arar will do that to you. Times like this one doesn't want to be a philosophical empiricist. The empirical evidence is too grim. By the pricking of my thumbs...SadButTruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977090207448656065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158985270998698312006-09-22T21:21:00.000-07:002006-09-22T21:21:00.000-07:00http://www.capitalnews.org/You know, this is a guy...http://www.capitalnews.org/<BR/><BR/>You know, this is a guy that the wingnut Pat Robertson said we need to 'take out', that is the mentality of the paranoid modern day fundamentalist/neoconservative<BR/><BR/>I wonder if these people, in their campaign to discredit someone like Chavez, will ever look into what he has done in his own country in regards to the quality of life of it's own citizens and it likely would dwarf what the Bush Admin. has done its citizens. Remember we have 9/11 first responders dying young now, after being told the air was safe to breathe. The only one getting any attention in this country are the defense contractors, not even the military is being taken care of responsibly and properly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158977143412719022006-09-22T19:05:00.000-07:002006-09-22T19:05:00.000-07:00And the MSM, while slanting the coverage against C...And the MSM, while slanting the coverage against Chavez, didn't know what to make of the boost in those sales. Sheesh! The MSM apparently can't figure out that those brisk sales are indicative of a generally positive view of Chavez vs the Chavez as Castro meme that they are promoting on behalf of their corporate sponsors and the fascist, corporate establishment and Bush junta.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158976748615848482006-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:002006-09-22T18:59:00.000-07:00Len, I wrote a "Letter to the President" along wit...Len, I wrote a "Letter to the President" along with an accompanying music vid on my blog that I would like your opinion on. If you would be so kind, this old grandma would be eternally grateful.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158970061207980152006-09-22T17:07:00.000-07:002006-09-22T17:07:00.000-07:00Apparently, the Noam Chomsky book Chavez was promo...Apparently, the Noam Chomsky book Chavez was promoting has gone, in Amazon's sales ranking, from way down beyond the two hundredth position up to the sixth or so position practically overnight! Way to go, Chavez!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158968290476951962006-09-22T16:38:00.000-07:002006-09-22T16:38:00.000-07:00odanny, the American MSM seems increasingly discon...odanny, the American MSM seems increasingly disconnected. It's almsot surreal. The biggest problem with the American MSM is the seeming automatic way it adopts and uses Bush's Orwellian terminology. When the MSM become using terms like "insurgents" to describe guerrillas and "extrordinary rendition", "stringent questioning" and "tough tactics" to describe gulags, torture, and sometimes beatings resulting in death, you know you've got a problem right out of Orwell's 1984.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158967122429738042006-09-22T16:18:00.000-07:002006-09-22T16:18:00.000-07:00I watched this particular episode of BBC World New...I watched this particular episode of BBC World News the other evening, it takes media from sonewhere other than the United States to pay more than passing attention to the reality that sharply differs from the press conferences of universal deceit coming from the White House and being faithfully peddled by the MSM to a clueless and thoroughly uninterested public.<BR/><BR/>Check your local PBS station for times.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158962074347495072006-09-22T14:54:00.000-07:002006-09-22T14:54:00.000-07:00drive, that's a good one. If anyone could confuse ...drive, that's a good one. If anyone could confuse eschatology with potty talk —its Bush! I am reminded of the time he said he opposed the "...vulcanization of America". But —how about retreads?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158961098977975552006-09-22T14:38:00.000-07:002006-09-22T14:38:00.000-07:00I'm an agnostic myself, but I've been joking about...I'm an agnostic myself, but I've been joking about Dubya as the AntiChrist since his "<A HREF="http://daveawayfromhome.blogspot.com/2005/10/scatman-dubya.html" REL="nofollow">scatology</A>" remark (joking in a nervous, please-dont-let-this-actually-be-true kind of way). Belief or not, if the shoe fits better than a bloody glove from OJ's trash, then maybe steps should be taken to curtail <I>whatever</I> plans the Man may have.daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158926765940458222006-09-22T05:06:00.000-07:002006-09-22T05:06:00.000-07:00Damien, thanks for the link to Whitney. His is a m...Damien, thanks for the link to Whitney. His is a must read and the timing is incredible.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158926360686145722006-09-22T04:59:00.000-07:002006-09-22T04:59:00.000-07:00Fuzzflash, you have a gift —wrapping up the ridicu...Fuzzflash, you have a gift —wrapping up the ridiculous and the sublime in a single gestalt of wit, irony, and tragic truth:<BR/><BR/><I>Such a sweet irony really; Chavez has used the Devil of the Old World conquistadors to define the front guy for PNAC-conquistadors.</I><BR/><BR/>One day —when he stands accused in the International Court —Bush's defense will harken back to Flip Wilson: "The Devil made me do it!"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158911942571667912006-09-22T00:59:00.000-07:002006-09-22T00:59:00.000-07:00This from kebo:WHAT IF A NEW COALITION AROSE FROM ...This from <A HREF="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/802" REL="nofollow">kebo</A>:<BR/><BR/>WHAT IF A NEW COALITION AROSE FROM A UNITED NATIONS MANDATE:<BR/><BR/>THIS TIME, to stop the tyranical UNITED STATES! What we have done in Iraq is not one bit less illegal than what Sadaam did in Kuwait. I can't remember exactly what his excuse was for the invasion, but it had to be something more than the lame WMD scam (Which "Colon Pal" now admits he had FOREKNOWLEDGE of).<BR/><BR/>Actually, the world could bring the United States to its KNEES without firing so much as a shot. "BECAUSE OF THE RENEGADE BARBARIOUS DICTATOR gEORGE bUSH, FROM THIS DAY FORTH, WE NATIONS OF THE U.N AGREE TO GO ON THE EURO STANDARD FOR ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS".<BR/><BR/>AND WATCH THE ENTIRE G.O.P. HOUSE OF CARDS "FREE TRADE" ECONOMY come falling DOWN in 90 days or LESS.<BR/><BR/>Of course, Limbaugh will blame it all on Clinton, when we are living under bridges by the millions. MAYBE THAT WILL BE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO WAKE LAZY STUPID AMERICA UP.<BR/><BR/>Have you ever tried to reason with someone who was really liquored-up? THAT'S what bush seems like to me now, stumbling towards destruction, bah-gawd!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1158911717733284012006-09-22T00:55:00.000-07:002006-09-22T00:55:00.000-07:00kebo is too good not to quote in his entirety:----...<A HREF="http://www.smirkingchimp.com/thread/802" REL="nofollow">kebo</A> is too good not to quote in his entirety:<BR/><BR/>-----------------<BR/>WHAT IF A NEW COALITION AROSE FROM A UNITED NATIONS MANDATE:<BR/><BR/>THIS TIME, to stop the tyranical UNITED STATES! What we have done in Iraq is not one bit less illegal than what Sadaam did in Kuwait. I can't remember exactly what his excuse was for the invasion, but it had to be something more than the lame WMD scam (Which "Colon Pal" now admits he had FOREKNOWLEDGE of).<BR/><BR/>Actually, the world could bring the United States to its KNEES without firing so much as a shot. "BECAUSE OF THE RENEGADE BARBARIOUS DICTATOR GEORGE bUSH, FROM THIS DAY FORTH, WE NATIONS OF THE U.N AGREE TO GO ON THE EURO STANDARD FOR ALL FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS".<BR/><BR/>AND WATCH THE ENTIRE G.O.P. HOUSE OF CARDS "FREE TRADE" ECONOMY come falling DOWN in 90 days or LESS<BR/><BR/>Of course, Limbaugh will blame it all on Clinton, when we are living under bridges by the millions. MAYBE THAT WILL BE WHAT IT'S GOING TO TAKE TO WAKE LAZY STUPID AMERICA UP. Have you ever tried to reason with someone who was really liquored-up? That's what bush seems like to me now, stumbling towards destruction, bah-gawd!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com