tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post116032868141361130..comments2024-02-07T00:13:30.741-08:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: Dispatch from the State of Delusion: exposing the myth of the American "mission" in IraqAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger23125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160713900231841272006-10-12T21:31:00.000-07:002006-10-12T21:31:00.000-07:00When I first saw people comparing Bush to Hitler, ...When I first saw people comparing Bush to Hitler, it was a bit much to swallow, but more and more I can now understand why. Wow.<BR/><A HREF="http://www.swgreedo.info/mainsitemap.php" REL="nofollow">Matt </A>Freudian Sliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09129782654156444116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160677050116282572006-10-12T11:17:00.000-07:002006-10-12T11:17:00.000-07:00Fuzzflash - have you checked your hotmail inbox re...Fuzzflash - have you checked your hotmail inbox recently? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160676987709579472006-10-12T11:16:00.000-07:002006-10-12T11:16:00.000-07:00Damien, that article didn't mention the US militar...Damien, that article didn't mention the US military and air-force bases in Azerbaijan, Kirghizstan and Uzbekistan - what with the ones in Iraq and in the Gulf states, the US has Iran pretty much encircled.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160670934606679112006-10-12T09:35:00.000-07:002006-10-12T09:35:00.000-07:00Sorry Fuzz, but you misread me:I was impressed wit...Sorry Fuzz, but you misread me:<BR/>I was impressed with "Fiasco", not with "State of Denial" which I still expect to arrive within the next couple days from Amazon...Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160648372747497912006-10-12T03:19:00.000-07:002006-10-12T03:19:00.000-07:00I'm not sure any more about these ship movements, ...I'm not sure any more about these ship movements, Vierotchka. (<A HREF="http://yorkshire-ranter.blogspot.com/2006/10/there-will-be-no-attack-on-iran-this.html" REL="nofollow">link</A>)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160646420334251392006-10-12T02:47:00.000-07:002006-10-12T02:47:00.000-07:00My feeling is that all this Foley flutter is a div...My feeling is that all this Foley flutter is a diversion, a Rovian tactic to keep our attentions away from the fact that the Neocons are, as always, proceeding according to their sick plan. Indeed, I think their October Surprise will be an attack on Iran - "...the Pentagon had “moved up the deployment of a major "strike group" of ships, including the nuclear aircraft carrier Eisenhower as well as a cruiser, destroyer, frigate, submarine escort and supply ship, to head for the Persian Gulf, just off Iran's western coast.” Now, Buzzflash.com reports that the carrier group has already sailed and is scheduled to arrive in the vicinity of Iran around October 21, at the same time as a second flotilla of minesweepers and other ships." <A HREF="http://tvnewslies.org/html/if_you_are_not_afraid___.html" REL="nofollow">Source</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160568481968369492006-10-11T05:08:00.000-07:002006-10-11T05:08:00.000-07:00Fuzzflash: Is it because the GOP are beyond rallyi...Fuzzflash: <I>Is it because the GOP are beyond rallying? </I><BR/><BR/>That plus the increasingly clear fact that Bush was just shooting his mouth off about the "Axis of Evil". The Bushies never thought past the mere rhetoric; they never thought about the practical implications of pure, GOP pure bullshit, just as they never thought about what has, in fact, happened in Iraq. Either they knew what would happen in Iraq or they knew and didn't care. With respect to NK, there is a lot of history that the Bushies should review. MacArthur did an end run an Inchon, but US forces were eventually forced to withdraw after having crossed the 38th parallel. MacAthur, truthfully, had gone nuts. He wanted to unleash a "holy war" even to the point of nuking NK. Given the history and Bush's recent rhetoric, it is not surprising that NK would seek a deterrant. <BR/><BR/>McArthur, of course, got fired by a wiser old head. At least MacArthur had a good line with which to exit stage "right": "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160495168763863652006-10-10T08:46:00.000-07:002006-10-10T08:46:00.000-07:00"Howard Zinn: "I came to the conclusion that, give..."Howard Zinn: "I came to the conclusion that, given the technology of modern warfare, war is inevitably a war against children, against civilians. When you look at the ratio of civilian to military dead, it changes from 50-50 in World War II to 80-20 in Vietnam, maybe as high as 90-10 today… When you face that fact, war is now always a war against civilians, and so against children. No political goal can justify it, and so the great challenge before the human race in our time is to solve the problems of tyranny and aggression, and do it without war." —Howard ZinnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160490908749856632006-10-10T07:35:00.000-07:002006-10-10T07:35:00.000-07:00This IS the plan. As the US army causes chaos in I...<EM>This IS the plan. As the US army causes chaos in Iraq, </EM><BR/><BR/>Of course it's the plan..but it's a lousy plan even by GOP standards. Sure...Bushco had always intended to stay hence the construction of permanent bases so that the oil could be exploited more easily. But even Darth Cheney did not foresee or plan for the level of sectarian violence. Additionally, the GOP "cover story" has been blown. Whatever the details of their "plan", this criminal cabal could not have wanted that! <BR/><BR/>Indeed, an inflamed middle east puts those permanent bases forever in jeopardy. And if the Bushies haven't figured that out yet, they are even more stupid than I thought. Besides —the chaos, the loss of civilian life, an entire middle east inflamed was never necessary. Bush just wanted to get off order the torture of people while strutting around with a cod piece on aircraft carriers. Even the radical right wing idiots who wanted to steal Iraqi oil right out from under them must be appalled at Bush whose personal perversions have now become counterproductive.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160467639590834112006-10-10T01:07:00.000-07:002006-10-10T01:07:00.000-07:00The police state actions that you refer to Len cou...The <A HREF="http://wakeupfromyourslumber.blogspot.com/2006/10/killing-two-birds-with-one-false-flag.html" REL="nofollow">police state</A> actions that you refer to Len could be closer than we imagine: <BR/><BR/><EM>"The only journalist to have interviewed al-Qaida leaders Osama bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri since the 9/11 attacks is coming to the U.S. to address a [neo-con] conference. Hamid Mir, WND reported, recently warned that the new al-Qaida field commander in Afghanistan is calling for Muslims to leave the U.S. in anticipation of a major terror attack to rival Sept. 11. Mir, based in Pakistan, says the attack is being coordinated by Adnan el-Shukrijumah, a trained nuclear technician and accomplished pilot who has been singled out by bin Laden and Zawahiri to serve as the field commander for the next terrorist attack on U.S. soil. Adnan, of course, is a typical, fully integrated Muslim American -<BR/><BR/>El-Shukrijumah represents the perfect "sleeper agent," since he speaks English without the slightest hint of an accent and possesses the uncanny abilities to blend into a crowd, to alter his looks, and to assume a multitude of identities. He is the proverbial Mr. Cellophane. Nothing about el-Shukrijumah indicates his radical Islamic orientation. <STRONG>In other words, the perfect excuse to start rounding up every other ordinary Muslim American in mass detention sweeps.</STRONG></EM>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160466110069108822006-10-10T00:41:00.000-07:002006-10-10T00:41:00.000-07:00Caligula had his horse. Bush has got Barney. Unles...Caligula had his horse. Bush has got Barney. Unless he's been humping some pages legs I say "Barney for Speaker"!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160464339712091072006-10-10T00:12:00.000-07:002006-10-10T00:12:00.000-07:00Great write up Len. Though my concern is there is ...Great write up Len. Though my concern is there is no light on. Or rather, no light at the end of the tunnel. To the best of my reakoning the Dem's are "in on it" as well. So, now it is up to the little people & we need some mighty brave folks to stop the rot.<BR/><BR/>For the people commenting on NK....it is a sneaky game. Most don't understand how it is going to be played out, but if it carries on schedule it will "connect the dots".<BR/><BR/>Some assert that alien species have a vested interest in the security of this planet. Has anyone noticed how much UFO sightings have escalated in recent years. Oh hell, maybe people are just noticing more these days!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160460242375533662006-10-09T23:04:00.000-07:002006-10-09T23:04:00.000-07:00No Christopher, you don't get it:It's just the sam...No Christopher, you don't get it:<BR/><BR/>It's just the same Kim Jung Il going, "Me, ME, MEEEEE !!!!"<BR/><BR/>I believe this is indeed another bad reminder of the Bushies's incredible incompetance at all level of foreign policy and diplomacy. I think it actually looks pretty bad on Bush, 4 weeks before the election.<BR/><BR/>But to tell you the truth, the fact that a little crazy dude like Kim jung Il was able to blow a mountain, while warning the world over and over that he was about to do so, and that the whole world did not give a damn and looked the other way while begging another "power" to deal and "talk" with NK leaders... Now, that's a real shame on anyone; i mean, China, Russia, Europe and the United States.<BR/><BR/>Human beings from all over the World: we can finally unite in our imbecility: we all truly suck!Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160446092823843662006-10-09T19:08:00.000-07:002006-10-09T19:08:00.000-07:00North Korea's undergound nucleat test, and all the...North Korea's undergound nucleat test, and all the brouhaha it has created in the media will divert the public's attantion away from Iraq and Mark Foley, whch is exactly what the White House wants.<BR/><BR/>Perhaps Kim Jung Il needs an undamaged George Bush for his own reasons, and has timed the nuclear test to ensure a Republican victory next month to ensure that George Bush can carry on as before. <BR/><BR/>Add this to the fact that gas prices have been dropping, and it would take an intrepid better (one who bets) to bet against Republicans retaining control of both houses. <BR/><BR/>Would a Republican victory be any stranger than the American people electing George Bush not just once, but twice?Christopherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02378087326571746733noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160440003790934092006-10-09T17:26:00.000-07:002006-10-09T17:26:00.000-07:00This IS the plan. As the US army causes chaos in ...This IS the plan. As the US army causes chaos in Iraq, the US gov't clamps down on our rights at home by suspending habeas corpus, conducting warrant-less wiretaps, banning books like "America Deceived" from Amazon, rigging elections and starting wars based on lies. Soon, another false-flag operation will occur (9/11 with nukes) causing the frightened masses to beg for the 'safety' of One World Gov't led by neo-cons and Zionists.<BR/>Last link (before Google Books caves to pressure and drops the title):<BR/><A HREF="http://www.iuniverse.com/bookstore/book_detail.asp?&isbn=0-595-38523-0" REL="nofollow">America Deceived (book)</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160421780686563392006-10-09T12:23:00.000-07:002006-10-09T12:23:00.000-07:00len, thanks for having me! good ole reagan. i do...len, thanks for having me! good ole reagan. i don't know that we'll ever recover from that.<BR/><BR/>soooooooo, i hear you're a student of sartre - i must then implore you to cruise over by my blog and jump in! i posted up one of his pieces yesterday - and would love to have your thoughts!supergirlesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131117525784749316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160407323976669262006-10-09T08:22:00.000-07:002006-10-09T08:22:00.000-07:00I just read your latest and had to say Thank You. ...I just read your latest and had to say Thank You. The lack of transparency in the plans of the Loonies in charge is frustrating and frightening.<BR/><BR/>Having been a most dedicated WHO fan for 31 years, I've watched Townshends politial statements inspire like no other. He is truly one of a kind.jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885410214036985228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160366479771535852006-10-08T21:01:00.000-07:002006-10-08T21:01:00.000-07:00Welcome to the "Cowboy"...I know the song well. Ri...Welcome to the "Cowboy"...I know the song well. Richard Nixon was still in the White House —but the "Who" could not have done a better job of describing the "Reagan/Republican Revolution" that was just around the corner, a "revolution" that has all but destroyed the American economy: <BR/><BR/><EM>I'll move myself and my family aside<BR/>If we happen to be left half alive<BR/>I'll get all my papers and smile at the sky<BR/>For I know that the hypnotized never lie<BR/><BR/>Do ya?<BR/><BR/>Yeaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!<BR/><BR/>—The Who</EM>Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160354483779625542006-10-08T17:41:00.000-07:002006-10-08T17:41:00.000-07:00that line in the who song, "meet the new boss, sam...that line in the who song, "meet the new boss, same as the old boss" keeps edging it's way into my head EVERY time i think about the upcoming election. sad, yes, but i ain't lying.<BR/><BR/>found you courtesy of hillcountry gal. she compared us. :) nice to meet you. i'll be back.supergirlesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17131117525784749316noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160350521649414062006-10-08T16:35:00.000-07:002006-10-08T16:35:00.000-07:00Dave wrote: If (when?) the Dems retake power this ...Dave wrote: <EM>If (when?) the Dems retake power this election, there needs to be a lot of pressure brought to bear to make sure that the crimes of the Bush Cabal are thoroughly investigated, and the public is given all the details.</EM><BR/><BR/>Yep! Nothing will have been gained if the Democrats do not UNDO everything that Bush has done. <BR/><BR/><EM><BR/>And when the Republicans cry "partisan politics!", wouldnt it be nice if the Democrats said, "So, what of it?"</EM><BR/><BR/>Similarly, when "liberals" stop running away from what is, in fact, a GREAT word, the irrational demonization of the world "liberal" —which means free —will end immediately. It's time we TOOK BACK and defended with our "sacred honor" our values and the LIBERAL values which are, in fact, the very basis of Western Civilization are among them. <BR/><BR/>NEVER APOLOGIZE TO A GOPPER!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160350088658147192006-10-08T16:28:00.000-07:002006-10-08T16:28:00.000-07:00Dante wrote: Unfortunately for Europe, Adolf Hitle...Dante wrote: <EM>Unfortunately for Europe, Adolf Hitler had a vision, a mission, a strategy and a plan. In comparison, Neo-cons only had just a few crazy ideas, somewhat of a mission, but certainly no strategy and no plan.</EM><BR/><BR/>You are absolutely correct in this respect: Hitler not only had a plan, he told the the whole world about it. He even boasted: <EM>I have waged war against the Jew in full view of the world!</EM> Bush, by contrast, has cloaked his real plans for purely political reasons. Those plans are the plans made by Dick Cheney and the "Energy Task Force". It is THOSE plans that are the Bush administration's real agenda and it is THOSE plans that are most like those of Adolph —even down to the oil. <BR/><BR/>Though Hitler was more upfront with his plans than Bush, the substance of Bush's real agenda is pure Nazism: world domination, seizure of control of the world's natural resources, and the enslavement of any group that gets in the way. Just as the Nazui plan had "racial" overtones, Bush's use of the term "terrorist" is in no small part racist. <BR/><BR/>In short, the only difference between Bush and Hitler is that Hitler was upfront about his "mission"; Bush is not. Both, however, sold their "missions" with empty platitudes [See: Albert Speer, Inside the Third Reich], scapegoated non-existent enemies, attempted to conquer the world, claimed the right of pre-emption, conducted widespread atrocities and attempted enslavement, effected unfair trade practices, trounced legitimate dissent, scapegoated a minority group, and attempted the widespread incarcertation and "enslavement" of portions of a defeated "enemy".Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160339296439555042006-10-08T13:28:00.000-07:002006-10-08T13:28:00.000-07:00Great post, Len. This is indeed this lack of a mis...Great post, Len. This is indeed this lack of a <I>mission</I> that is eroding and splitting the Republican party by the hours. But you know what? And I thank God for this present crop of Repugs lacks indeed any vision !<BR/><BR/>I have never liked nor understood that picture comparing Bush to Hitler. For example, the comparison between Saddam and the Fuhrer by Dick Cheney or Paul Wolfowitz was, as we know, not even a totally reliable propaganda tool. Too few of us, even among Repugs, have ever bought that argument. <BR/><BR/>These quick and easy comparisons are only made to satisfy the need to express the concern that the Bushies are acting despotically to the folks who are not history savvy, or, from the Bushies, to utterly simplify the rhetoric about the need for regime change in Iraq, toward the vast majority of Americans who watch their news on Fox and who don't have the time or the drive to seek more balanced news on the web.<BR/><BR/>Unfortunately for Europe, Adolf Hitler had a vision, a mission, a strategy and a plan. In comparison, Neo-cons only had just a few crazy ideas, somewhat of a mission, but certainly no strategy and no plan.<BR/><BR/>The split between Evangelical Christians along with fundamentalists and the Bushies has not started with the Foley scandal. This was the Terry Shiavo stuff that really found a way into that GOP rock, froze inside into solid ice and split it apart.<BR/><BR/>Kevin Phillips, had, perhaps, published “American theocracy” within the time this marriage of convenience was still honeymooning for a bit, but the author already sensed, a couple of years ago already, that a ugly split may occur one day. The problem is this: The Christians and the Bushies never had a common mission: Neo-cons, corporate Repugs and Jesus freaks just needed each other in order to accomplish their own respective goals, that is all.<BR/><BR/>But the corporatists obviously earned an overwhelming share of the cake, compared to the other groups. Worse: these corporate Repugs have used Neo-cons as a mere stepping stone, just as Neo-cons used the Christian coalition in the same manner. The sad thing is, even corporate Repugs got faded in turn by rich Lobbyists, the latter coming out of this sordid story as the greatest winners of all despite what you've heard about Abramoff – the Abramoff scandal being just a sad story of a killing of a chicken that has never scared any monkeys. <BR/><BR/>Now, of course, with all these groups feeling betrayed by the all the others, it's a real zizany among Repugs. And now, that the Foley stuff just hit the fan less than five weeks before the election, it's just a plain good old civil war that is emerging within Goppers. (well, just like Bushies say, “we don't buy the argument that there is going to be a civil war”. Let's just say the GOP mess is some kind of “ethnic tension”...).<BR/><BR/>Thus, of course, we must all feel good lately, watching the demise of the Repugs. We've got this urge to dance in the street, feeling like a Taliban in the morning of 9/11. <BR/><BR/>Well, don't count me in. Because the damage on the United States and its people is done and the deluge is here to stay after the Goppers are gone. I'm afraid that our problems are now irreversible, even more given that Democrats are today almost fully founded by lobbyists. Gone is the time when workers Unions were the driving force behind the party's many victories.<BR/><BR/>In November 3th, Repugs will depart, leaving our economy decimated - even if we don't feel it quite yet - , our Military broke , the American reputation in ashes, the Middle-East on the verge to explode, and even a crazy haired leader from broke-ass country of 23 millions who is about to press the atomic test button, laughing out loud from his bunker. <BR/><BR/>My God: You'd think six small years were only like a mere nanosecond compared to the age of our planet. The Repugs were not just clever are re-writing History, it appears they were also quite good at shrinking it. They were pretty skilled in stage décor too: the Bushies, hoping to dictate over us, have set and passed, for the last five or six years, a whole new body of repressive laws... now ready to serve any new crazy, clever, and suddenly powerful asshole with a vision, a mission, a strategy, and a plan.Sebastien Parmentierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14510809227926364827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-1160336508742577092006-10-08T12:41:00.000-07:002006-10-08T12:41:00.000-07:00If conservative mouthpieces are saying the GOP oug...If conservative mouthpieces are saying the GOP ought to lose, it's because they believe what I believe - two more years of Republican rule will sink the party for good (or rather, destroy the current powers within it), whereas a Democratic win will give the Rove spin-machine someone to blame as the inevitable chickens come home to roost. <BR/>If I believed that the Democrats were capable of doing the kind of investigation needed to gut the party and remove the Cabal that is destroying the country, I wouldnt worry so much, but I dont think they are. I wish they were, but I dont. If the current internal GOP power structure stays the same, they <I>will</I> be back (probably in '08), picking up wherever they leave off in '06, and continuing the country down its current dark path.<BR/><BR/>If (when?) the Dems retake power this election, there needs to be a <I>lot</I> of pressure brought to bear to make sure that the crimes of the Bush Cabal are thoroughly investigated, and the public is given <I>all</I> the details.<BR/>And when the Republicans cry "partisan politics!", wouldnt it be nice if the Democrats said, "So, what of it?"daveawayfromhomehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06237313399294302353noreply@blogger.com