tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post5492822263436953250..comments2024-03-25T16:03:36.810-07:00Comments on The Existentialist Cowboy: Unable to 'win', Bush Re-names the EnemyAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-29055726186655917072007-09-22T16:49:00.000-07:002007-09-22T16:49:00.000-07:00If you are the head of a country with substantial ...If you are the head of a country with substantial proven oil reserves, you are placed in a very dangerous situation.<BR/><BR/>If you liquidate your oil, that is to say, accept payment for it at whatever terms the oil barons want, the money must then be substantial and if people in your country might object to this arrangement, repression seems inevitable.<BR/><BR/>There is only one answer to it, and it is to grow hemp. Hemp can replace petroleum as our energy source, and in all parts of industry where petroleum products are useful.<BR/><BR/>No hemp, no peace. And I say that, not as a threat, but as a basic fact.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-64303469882436553412007-09-20T12:03:00.000-07:002007-09-20T12:03:00.000-07:00hizzoner sez...The saddest part of it is that the ...hizzoner sez...<BR/><BR/><EM>The saddest part of it is that the stakes have been raised so high that there isn't a chance for real reconciliation or compromise.</EM><BR/><BR/>Your response to Diane_b is right on the mark. The Bush modus operandi is precisely as you have described. At some point, however, Bush will overplay his hand. Sadly, however, the tragic consequences of his brinkmanship will not be confined to Bush and his neocon cronies.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-18359509551603460382007-09-20T08:12:00.000-07:002007-09-20T08:12:00.000-07:00diane b says:"Our people are not able to come toge...diane b says:<BR/><BR/><I>"Our people are not able to come together at a time when there is so much need for change.Makes me wonder, if we will be able to survive, what is ahead of us as a Nation."</I><BR/><BR/>This bothers me a lot....one of the reasons that we cannot come toghether for our own good..for our own <B>survival</B> really is because the Neocons have gained power by <I>purposfully dividing us into a <B>"them vs us"</B> mentality.</I> As long as we remain divided, they win.<BR/><BR/>The saddest part of it is that the stakes have been raised so high that there isn't a chance for real reconciliation or compromise. There is no clear "third way" and again, like a game, once one side escalates the stakes, the other has the choices of only "up the ante" or capitulate.<BR/><BR/>sigh....<BR/><BR/>I once worked for a chief executive who was so dumb he couldn't spell "VW"...but he was shrewd. He was a master manipulator. He was "street smart". That's how I see Bush. Not completely stupid...just ...well...ignorant.<BR/><BR/>hizzhonerhizzonerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02446264132937822026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-5781043716794819792007-09-20T05:28:00.000-07:002007-09-20T05:28:00.000-07:00Fuzz sez...But you could maybe use the loot to dra...Fuzz sez...<BR/><BR/><EM>But you could maybe use the loot to drag his ugly ass before an international War Crimes Tribunal. Then you can retire. No worries.</EM><BR/><BR/>Yep! That would be priority number one. I would fund a "foundation" what would, in turn, fund a ruthless investigation of the entire Bush cabal. It would make your head swim. The collaborators and co-conspirators would find their sorry asses warming a hard straight-backed chair in a forbidding war crimes court house. If these murderous bastards never saw the light of day again, it wouldn't bother me. <BR/><BR/>BTW --it was reported some time ago that the much reported (by CNN and BBC) al Qaeda website was originally traced to Maryland. (CIA??) When the gubbmint closed down Muslim websites, the URL it used --alneda.com --was taken over by a porn site operator named Jon David. <BR/><BR/>I won't go into a long list of "whois" look ups. But --given the obvious FAKERY of the latest bin Laden tape, I would not be surprised to learn that the CIA has been operating the so-called al Qaeda website for years. They might even maintain a little TV studio where they produce all the bin Laden tapes, complete with phony, shiny black beards and lousy make up jobs. <BR/><BR/>The CIA guys are lousy TV producers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-45373826944975431492007-09-20T04:43:00.000-07:002007-09-20T04:43:00.000-07:00Fuzz sez..."I want to play poker with Bush and the...Fuzz sez...<BR/><BR/>"I want to play poker with Bush and then retire."<BR/><BR/>Wouldn't sit with your back to the door, Cowboy. And break out a fresh sealed pack before each deal. No limit Texas Hold 'Em. Should clean the schmuck out within an hour. And don't take no I.O.U's. Strictly cash or personal check. Your winnings will be blood money. Bad juju. But you could maybe use the loot to drag his ugly ass before an international War Crimes Tribunal. Then you can retire. No worries.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-782239675205812632007-09-20T01:04:00.000-07:002007-09-20T01:04:00.000-07:00SadButTrue said... The bigger question today is...SadButTrue said...<BR/><BR/> <EM>The bigger question today is, "Can America be restored?" - A cloture vote on the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act failed in the Senate today, with 44 Senators (including one 'independent', Joe Lieberman, who still wants to be identified as a Democrat.)</EM><BR/><BR/>Indeed! That's why I've been un-enthusiastic about Democrats. The nation had never needed true leadership more. We didn't get it. This vote is a betrayal. <BR/><BR/>I support a revolution. The principles of the Constitution are worth fighting for. The current government can be PROVEN to illegitimate and unlawful. I am sad for the US. <BR/><BR/>Diane B said...<BR/><BR/><EM> Our people are not able to come together at a time when there is so much need for change.Makes me wonder, if we will be able to survive, what is ahead of us as a Nation.</EM><BR/><BR/>Well, I no longer believe in miracles. <BR/><BR/><EM>These unbelievable tax breaks for the rich, while you and I go with out.</EM><BR/><BR/>There is a famous pictures of late 19th Century "robber barons" feasting lavishly, adorned with laurel wreaths. They fancied themselves latter day emperors or, at least, Roman nobility. But for a brief period following FDR's administration, nothing had changed. Modern day robber barons are no less megalomaniacal. <BR/><BR/>Ironically, it was the administration of Thomas Jefferson that put the US on the road to empire with the Louisiana Purchase. But the true militarism of the US began with the Spanish-American War and most dramatically the manner in which the US quashed the rebellion in the Phillipines. In our conduct there, we see portents of things to come --US soldiers at My Lai, the US destruction of Fallujah et al. <BR/><BR/>The point being --with every "war", the rich have profited greatly. Like the empire of Rome, the US military has become the enforcement arm of America's rich and plundering robber barons. <BR/><BR/>War is a racket. It is no accident that the US militarism trends upward concurrently with the flow of wealth.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04598093941551759917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-54116878263706075972007-09-19T23:00:00.000-07:002007-09-19T23:00:00.000-07:00I have been saying this for awhile,that I realize...I have been saying this for awhile,that I realize our Country is in dire straits Economically, politically, and morally. Our people are not able to come together at a time when there is so much need for change.Makes me wonder, if we will be able to survive, what is ahead of us as a Nation.<BR/><BR/>Look we allowed Bush, to take away our civil liberties, with out even caring as a people. For some crazy reason, many people think its for our own well being, and protection, that Bush wiretaps our phone and reads our emails. Amazing!<BR/><BR/>These unbelievable tax breaks for the rich, while you and I go with out. Charging to us and future generations of Americans these Mountains of debt, if they choose to still be Americans, after the complete financial collapse of our Country.<BR/><BR/>Our people realized much of this, but preferred to be red state, blue states instead of the United States. We did not come together then, when we could have pulled our selves out of this mess. Now, I'm afraid its to late and were in for a lot of pain as a people. <BR/><BR/>I wonder, if we will be able to come together as a Nation, for to survive as the United States, we must truly want to be a whole Country, not red states or blues states.Diane Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04709680778603784433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19580203.post-60808559770131299032007-09-19T21:29:00.000-07:002007-09-19T21:29:00.000-07:00The bigger question today is, "Can America be rest...The bigger question today is, "Can America be restored?" - A cloture vote on the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act failed in the Senate today, with 44 Senators (including one 'independent', Joe Lieberman, who still wants to be identified as a Democrat.)<BR/><BR/>These traitors all swore an oath to protect and defend the Constitution. Hanging's too good for them, IMO.SadButTruehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09977090207448656065noreply@blogger.com