FIDOnet, is an old BBS centered network, where one can find some truly bizarre commentary. The following examples from 2004 postings to the Politics Area are authored by one Stan Hardegree, erstwhile soldier and owner, editor and chief reporter for a shopper's weekly style newspaper which can be found on the web at http://www.villarica.com
He is a good catholic and a pillar of the community.
Makes one wonder about the well being of his community and catholicism.
Since these random notes from 2004, he has become even more vulgar. His use of vulgarity seems to increase in proportion to the decreasing numbers of Americans who support his idol, George W. Bush.
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From: Stan Hardegree
To: Suzanne Terio
Date: 2004-07-01 16:31:00
Subject: Humphrey's Dishonesty
VH>> I would have thought such language was beneath you, Bob
ST> Interesting. Day after day, week after week, year after
ST> year, we get this and lots worse from Vern Humphrey's
ST> friends and biggest supporters. Do we see Mr. Humphrey
ST> remark about Hardegree's foul language?
Fuck off.
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* Origin: Bill Clinton - only elected president ever impeached (1:379/1.2)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/1 396/45 106/2000 633/267
Note: Mr. Humphrey has yet to comment regarding the vularity of Mr. Hardegree.
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From: Stan Hardegree
To: Ed Connell
Date: 2004-06-28 18:10:10
Subject: MONICA
JB>> Indeed except he and Hillary kept writing the checks. Must
JB>> be our funny American system of justice.
EC> I hear that Monica is not too pleased with Clinton's
EC> description of what happened. He'd better watch out.
When I heard that filthy bastard drawling about Monica and her '15
minutes of fame,' I thought, 'This is the stupidest son of a
bitch I have ever seen.'
Really.
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* Origin: Against all enemies, foreign and domestic (1:379/1.2)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/1 396/45 106/2000 633/267
Note: This from the man who decries anyone who finds fault with his hero,
George W. Bush. Hypocrisy anyone?
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From: Stan Hardegree
To: Steve Asher
Date: 2004-05-12 17:15:22
Subject: Withdrawal On The Cards?
SA> At some point during the 13 days, US officials took custody
SA> of him, & held him & would not allow him to make phone calls
SA> or contact a lawyer, according to his father.
You are a fucking liar and his father is a fucking liar. I know that and so do you.
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* Origin: I will speak of controversial things (1:379/1.2)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/1 396/45 106/2000 633/267
Note: This is what passes for reasonable discourse from a conservative.
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From: Stan Hardegree
To: John Hull
Date: 2004-05-09 14:36:24
Subject: Fair Story
SA>> More like an own goal.
JH> You people are so full of crap. You get all worked up over a
JH> handful of US troops exacting some vengeance for their
JH> murdered comrades, yet you couldn't even see anything wrong
JH> when Saddam was torturing and raping and murdering 300,000
JH> plus of his own citizens and burying them in secret mass
JH> graves so nobody would know about it.
JH> Goddamn yellow cowardly appeasers, every stinkin' one of you.
He may or may not be a coward, but Asher is a self-loathing, paranoid
little third worlder who sees a conspiracy lurking around every corner.
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* Origin: Bill Clinton - only elected president ever impeached (1:379/1.2)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/1 396/45 106/2000 633/267
Note: In this example one can see that the vularity is not limited to the comments of Mr. Hardegree. Mr. Hull regularly goes over the top as well.
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From: Stan Hardegree
To: Alan Hess
Date: 2004-03-17 04:42:30
Subject: Socialist
VH>> Look for a major effort by Al Qaida to attack the United
VH>> States in October, in an attempt to influence our elections.
AH> Only if they want Bush to win. A pre-election attack would
AH> allow him to play soldier and homeland savior again.
Fuck you.
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* Origin: Boss Percy mean. He kill Dell mouse. (1:379/1.2)
SEEN-BY: 633/267 270
@PATH: 379/1 396/45 106/2000 633/267
Note: Once again the elegance of the professional journalist come to the fore.
Wednesday, August 30, 2006
Wednesday, August 09, 2006
Lieberman
GONE!
If Lieberman continues his quest as an independent, and ignores the will of the Democratic voters of Connecticut, Harry Reid should remove him from every committee on which he sits.
Immediately!
If Lieberman continues his quest as an independent, and ignores the will of the Democratic voters of Connecticut, Harry Reid should remove him from every committee on which he sits.
Immediately!
Saturday, July 15, 2006
The Guns of July.
Are we witnessing the start of WW3?
Keep in mind that in June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Serbia and his wife, no one thought they were on a slippery slope to what would become 'The War to end all wars' either.
Required reading: The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman 1962.
Keep in mind that in June 1914, following the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand of Serbia and his wife, no one thought they were on a slippery slope to what would become 'The War to end all wars' either.
Required reading: The Guns of August, Barbara Tuchman 1962.
Friday, May 05, 2006
Porter Goss Resigns
Was it a case of the Rats Deserting a Sinking Ship Syndrome or is a video, starring Porter in a starring role, of HookerGate about to surface?
Inquiring minds want to know!
Inquiring minds want to know!
Tuesday, May 02, 2006
Iran
Surely the American people cannot be so gullible as to believe the rising tide of lies regarding Iran and nuclear weapons?
Should not the bullshit alarm be going off in the media and in the mind of every thinking person in the country? If we decide to attack Iran it will mean the beginning of World War 3. Perhaps that is what Bush and his Band of Bunglers want.
I was too young to remember Pearl Harbor and our entry into WW2 but I know that we will become a pariah nation, no friends, no allies, only utter contempt and hostility from the civilized world.
Lest these miscreants believe that we can do this again, attack another country who presents no danger to us or anyone else, without fear of retaliation because we are the only superpower, I would remind that there is more to power than military might.
The lesson we will have to learn will be bitter, indeed and it will rest on the heads of not only Bush and his cronies but on the heads of every one of us who allowed this travesty to come to pass.
Should not the bullshit alarm be going off in the media and in the mind of every thinking person in the country? If we decide to attack Iran it will mean the beginning of World War 3. Perhaps that is what Bush and his Band of Bunglers want.
I was too young to remember Pearl Harbor and our entry into WW2 but I know that we will become a pariah nation, no friends, no allies, only utter contempt and hostility from the civilized world.
Lest these miscreants believe that we can do this again, attack another country who presents no danger to us or anyone else, without fear of retaliation because we are the only superpower, I would remind that there is more to power than military might.
The lesson we will have to learn will be bitter, indeed and it will rest on the heads of not only Bush and his cronies but on the heads of every one of us who allowed this travesty to come to pass.
Stephen Colbert
Much has been written about how unfunny Colbert was, or how out of line he was in his entertainment. Can none of the talking heads and giants of journalism understand that he was not trying to be funny but that he was holding a mirror up to Bush, the press and the Bush sycophants?
I suspect that they did in fact "get it" but pride, ego, vanity, whatever, keeps them from admitting it. What they saw in Colbert's performance is what we, the people, see in their performance and that of Bush and his sycophants as well.
I suspect that they did in fact "get it" but pride, ego, vanity, whatever, keeps them from admitting it. What they saw in Colbert's performance is what we, the people, see in their performance and that of Bush and his sycophants as well.
Friday, April 28, 2006
Random thoughts.
With Bush and the republicans tanking in the polls as a result of their corruption and incompetence, democrats and progressives have high hopes for November. I would remind one and all that voting, in and of itself, is not enough for it is the counting of those votes that is of paramount importance. As long as Diebold, ES&S, Sequoia, etc. are supplying voting stations without a paper trail capability and disallowing any review of the tallying software by independent agents, we can expect a redux of the elections of 2000, 2002 & 2004, elections where exit polling, a valuable and accurate tool for some twenty years or more, turned out to be 'inaccurate' and hence discarded. This phenomenom was also noted in selected state and local elections since 2000. So take heart from the tanking numbers, indicators that even republicans are seeing the truth, take heart but be on guard for another round of election thievery, for those in power know that with the loss of control of even one house of the congress would come the inevitable downfall of the abominable Bush regime.
Carl Rove's fifth appearance before the Grand Jury, regardless of how it is spun, cannot be a good thing. Look for an indictment in the coming days. Under indictment, the last thing on Rove's mind will be the coming elections. His focus will be on keeping himself out of jail because he, of all people, knows that with Bush, once anyone cannot do for him, that person is as the saying goes, 'Out of sight, out of mind' and given that this attitude is a Bush family tradition, Rove knows that there will be no pardon should he be convicted. No pardon, only a long and lonely stretch of twisting in the wind. That is a Bush family value.
Related to the election, if the democrats are successful in wresting control of one, or both, houses of congress from republican control, that will result in the most dangerous time in the history of the republic for the handwriting would be writ bold on the wall for Bush and his cronies and, in the time honored tradition of rats when cornered, they will do anything in order to stay the consequences of their actions both here at home and abroad these past 6 years.
Carl Rove's fifth appearance before the Grand Jury, regardless of how it is spun, cannot be a good thing. Look for an indictment in the coming days. Under indictment, the last thing on Rove's mind will be the coming elections. His focus will be on keeping himself out of jail because he, of all people, knows that with Bush, once anyone cannot do for him, that person is as the saying goes, 'Out of sight, out of mind' and given that this attitude is a Bush family tradition, Rove knows that there will be no pardon should he be convicted. No pardon, only a long and lonely stretch of twisting in the wind. That is a Bush family value.
Related to the election, if the democrats are successful in wresting control of one, or both, houses of congress from republican control, that will result in the most dangerous time in the history of the republic for the handwriting would be writ bold on the wall for Bush and his cronies and, in the time honored tradition of rats when cornered, they will do anything in order to stay the consequences of their actions both here at home and abroad these past 6 years.
Sunday, April 16, 2006
The Generals
The retired generals who have spoken out, in retrospect, calling for Rumsfeld's head while admirable, misses the point, I believe.
Until the generals, and other officers and men, are prepared to stand up for America and voice their opposition to the inept, unamerican national leadership, nothing will change.
Please spare me the nonsense about loyalty for the only loyalty is that of to the Constitution, period. Had the German Wehrmacht the courage to tell Hitler that they would not swear an oath of loyalty to him but would continue in the honored tradition of loyalty to the fatherland, the history of Europe, and the world, may well have taken a different path.
I understand that it is difficult to stand up in opposition when it makes likely the fact that all you have worked for will disappear but no one ever said that keeping our freedom was easy. The Founders risked everything to give us that which is now being trampled by George W. Bush and his willing henchmen in their task of transforming America from the last, greatest hope of humanity into just another cold and cruel imperialistic power.
Time grows short, the flame of liberty flickers dangerously low.
Until the generals, and other officers and men, are prepared to stand up for America and voice their opposition to the inept, unamerican national leadership, nothing will change.
Please spare me the nonsense about loyalty for the only loyalty is that of to the Constitution, period. Had the German Wehrmacht the courage to tell Hitler that they would not swear an oath of loyalty to him but would continue in the honored tradition of loyalty to the fatherland, the history of Europe, and the world, may well have taken a different path.
I understand that it is difficult to stand up in opposition when it makes likely the fact that all you have worked for will disappear but no one ever said that keeping our freedom was easy. The Founders risked everything to give us that which is now being trampled by George W. Bush and his willing henchmen in their task of transforming America from the last, greatest hope of humanity into just another cold and cruel imperialistic power.
Time grows short, the flame of liberty flickers dangerously low.
Friday, March 31, 2006
A plan for Democrats.
Does anyone have a clue as to the plan of attack of the Democratic Party in the upcoming election? Insisting that they aren't like republicans just isn't going to make it.
Voters who had had enough of the criminal incompetence and corruption of Republican rule will vote Democrat, Progressive or Independent for sure, but what of the moderate or (gasp) liberal republican? Democrats need to lay out a plan to reverse the near irreparable damage caused by republicans during the last 5 years.
Here is an idea or two.
The war on Iraq. The current plan of staying until the Iraqis can provide "their own security" is not a plan, it is a recipe for more of the same and anyone advocating such a "solution" is part of the problem. The American people are not tired of the war because it seems to be dragging on, rather they are tired of the war because they know, they know, we are there as a result of a lie. They want a plan, any plan short of the one they remember from Vietnam. Can the Democrats deliver on this?
Perhaps the first thing that should be done is to acknowledge that the government of Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq. If it is truly a sovereign government then the United States should cease meddling in Iraqi affairs of state, the recent call by Bush for the prime minister to step down comes to mind. We should honor the request of the Iraqi government and remove our troops from the country, period. As for the security of the oil fields, perhaps when we realize that oil field security is the responsibility of the Iraqis and the oil itself belongs to them.
To paraphrase a comment from the days of Vietnam, how can we get the troops out of Iraq? Ships and planes, the same way they got there in the first place. Could a post US dominated Iraq be any worse than the Iraq of today? Not likely and perhaps, just perhaps, once we are out of Iraq, the Iraqis will come together. If they don't and the Civil War continues, then what? Like the rest of the world did during OUR civil war, LEAVE THEM ALONE! It is THEIR country, it is THEIR problem, it is THEIR place to work out a solution.
How about a no nonsense, straight forward ban on the use of torture, gulags and abuse of the Constitution and Bill of Rights? How about a serious effort to restoring the good name of America in the eyes of the world?
Congress on the take? How about requiring lobbyists to document all gifts, donations (including meals), etc. in addition to the time, location and subject of their meetings? How about requiring the same of congressmen? How about requiring publication of these logs in a new, public journal? Or, as an alternative, how about allowing no gifts of any kind? How about disallowing any congressman from joining, as a lobbyist or in any capacity, industries which they regulated or otherwise ruled over while they were in office?
How refreshing it would be to see democrats offering a clear alternative to the corruption and incompetence of republican rule.
Newt Gingrich was correct when he said that the best slogan democrats could have would be two words, "Had enough?" But a catchy slogan, no matter how appropriate, is not enough. Democrats must offer real choices for the real problems created by republicans, they must show the people that they "get it" and will bring real change, governed by the voice of the people, to Washington.
Voters who had had enough of the criminal incompetence and corruption of Republican rule will vote Democrat, Progressive or Independent for sure, but what of the moderate or (gasp) liberal republican? Democrats need to lay out a plan to reverse the near irreparable damage caused by republicans during the last 5 years.
Here is an idea or two.
The war on Iraq. The current plan of staying until the Iraqis can provide "their own security" is not a plan, it is a recipe for more of the same and anyone advocating such a "solution" is part of the problem. The American people are not tired of the war because it seems to be dragging on, rather they are tired of the war because they know, they know, we are there as a result of a lie. They want a plan, any plan short of the one they remember from Vietnam. Can the Democrats deliver on this?
Perhaps the first thing that should be done is to acknowledge that the government of Iraq belongs to the people of Iraq. If it is truly a sovereign government then the United States should cease meddling in Iraqi affairs of state, the recent call by Bush for the prime minister to step down comes to mind. We should honor the request of the Iraqi government and remove our troops from the country, period. As for the security of the oil fields, perhaps when we realize that oil field security is the responsibility of the Iraqis and the oil itself belongs to them.
To paraphrase a comment from the days of Vietnam, how can we get the troops out of Iraq? Ships and planes, the same way they got there in the first place. Could a post US dominated Iraq be any worse than the Iraq of today? Not likely and perhaps, just perhaps, once we are out of Iraq, the Iraqis will come together. If they don't and the Civil War continues, then what? Like the rest of the world did during OUR civil war, LEAVE THEM ALONE! It is THEIR country, it is THEIR problem, it is THEIR place to work out a solution.
How about a no nonsense, straight forward ban on the use of torture, gulags and abuse of the Constitution and Bill of Rights? How about a serious effort to restoring the good name of America in the eyes of the world?
Congress on the take? How about requiring lobbyists to document all gifts, donations (including meals), etc. in addition to the time, location and subject of their meetings? How about requiring the same of congressmen? How about requiring publication of these logs in a new, public journal? Or, as an alternative, how about allowing no gifts of any kind? How about disallowing any congressman from joining, as a lobbyist or in any capacity, industries which they regulated or otherwise ruled over while they were in office?
How refreshing it would be to see democrats offering a clear alternative to the corruption and incompetence of republican rule.
Newt Gingrich was correct when he said that the best slogan democrats could have would be two words, "Had enough?" But a catchy slogan, no matter how appropriate, is not enough. Democrats must offer real choices for the real problems created by republicans, they must show the people that they "get it" and will bring real change, governed by the voice of the people, to Washington.
Thursday, March 23, 2006
The Bush Regime
"They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made"
--- From The Great Gatsby
Isn't that really what Bush was saying with his comment that ending the war of aggression in Iraq and bringing the troops home would have to wait for another president? Has not that been the story of his life?
Time and again, like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Bush has “always depended on the kindness of strangers' to clean up the messes he has made of everything he's ever done. A failure in business who could not find oil in West Texas. A failure in the baseball world who would trade Sammy Sosa away for next to nothing. A failure in the world of state government, running Texas into the ground and burying its people in an ocean of red ink. Sound familiar?
Bush is a failure as president, running up the largest deficits in the history of the republic, bringing the specter of financial ruin to generations yet to be born. He is a failure as Commander-in-Chief, for as a result of his ill thought out war of aggression in Iraq, the army, reserves and national Guard are near the breaking point in terms of both men and material.
Finally, he is a failure of monumental proportions because of the damage he has done to the reputation of The United States of America. From pre-emptive war, to the acceptance of torture, to the Soviet style gulags in Guantamano and elswhere, to the brazen violation of the Bill of Rights in conducting warrantless monitoring of the words and deeds of American citizens.
It is past time to say ENOUGH! In the words of Robert Welch so long ago, 'At long last have you no shame?' Words today meant not for Bush, his Band of Bunglers and Cadre of Corruptables but words meant for the American people!
At long last America, have you no shame as a result of what these corrupt criminals have done and continue to do to America?"
--- From The Great Gatsby
Isn't that really what Bush was saying with his comment that ending the war of aggression in Iraq and bringing the troops home would have to wait for another president? Has not that been the story of his life?
Time and again, like Blanche DuBois in A Streetcar Named Desire, Bush has “always depended on the kindness of strangers' to clean up the messes he has made of everything he's ever done. A failure in business who could not find oil in West Texas. A failure in the baseball world who would trade Sammy Sosa away for next to nothing. A failure in the world of state government, running Texas into the ground and burying its people in an ocean of red ink. Sound familiar?
Bush is a failure as president, running up the largest deficits in the history of the republic, bringing the specter of financial ruin to generations yet to be born. He is a failure as Commander-in-Chief, for as a result of his ill thought out war of aggression in Iraq, the army, reserves and national Guard are near the breaking point in terms of both men and material.
Finally, he is a failure of monumental proportions because of the damage he has done to the reputation of The United States of America. From pre-emptive war, to the acceptance of torture, to the Soviet style gulags in Guantamano and elswhere, to the brazen violation of the Bill of Rights in conducting warrantless monitoring of the words and deeds of American citizens.
It is past time to say ENOUGH! In the words of Robert Welch so long ago, 'At long last have you no shame?' Words today meant not for Bush, his Band of Bunglers and Cadre of Corruptables but words meant for the American people!
At long last America, have you no shame as a result of what these corrupt criminals have done and continue to do to America?"
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
Random thoughts
Massaoui, arrested on Aug 20, 2001, was charged as an accessory in the events of 9/11 because he knew of the plot and did nothing to alert the authorities so that they might have prevented the attack.
George W. Bush, given the PDB of Aug 6, 2001 titled "Bin Laden determined to strike the US" knew of the plot and did nothing to alert the appropriate security personnel so that they might have prevented the attack of 9/11.
George W. Bush possessed this knowledge, and was in a position to do something with it on Aug 6, 2001, a full 13 days before Massaoui was arrested.
Explain to me again why Massaoui is on trial and Bush is not.
South Dakota passed into law an anti-abortion law that bans all abortions, out of an alleged reverence for the life of the fetus, save when one is required to spare the life of the mother.
Does this mean that South Dakota values the life of the mother over the life of the fetus? If so then the law is a sham and is more about limiting what a woman may or may not do in the event she finds herself in the first trimester of an unwanted pregnancy.
The doctor or other medical personnel performing an abortion can be charged with a felony. Given the fact that there are few examples of a doctor forcing a pregnant woman to have an abortion, one can presume that said doctor would not be doing the procedure were it not for the woman requesting it. If the doctor can be charged with a felony does the law also address the fact that the woman is an accessory and therefore also subject to a felony charge? If not then the law is a sham and designed only to limit the choices that are a woman's right regarding the outcome of unwanted pregnancies.
George W. Bush, given the PDB of Aug 6, 2001 titled "Bin Laden determined to strike the US" knew of the plot and did nothing to alert the appropriate security personnel so that they might have prevented the attack of 9/11.
George W. Bush possessed this knowledge, and was in a position to do something with it on Aug 6, 2001, a full 13 days before Massaoui was arrested.
Explain to me again why Massaoui is on trial and Bush is not.
South Dakota passed into law an anti-abortion law that bans all abortions, out of an alleged reverence for the life of the fetus, save when one is required to spare the life of the mother.
Does this mean that South Dakota values the life of the mother over the life of the fetus? If so then the law is a sham and is more about limiting what a woman may or may not do in the event she finds herself in the first trimester of an unwanted pregnancy.
The doctor or other medical personnel performing an abortion can be charged with a felony. Given the fact that there are few examples of a doctor forcing a pregnant woman to have an abortion, one can presume that said doctor would not be doing the procedure were it not for the woman requesting it. If the doctor can be charged with a felony does the law also address the fact that the woman is an accessory and therefore also subject to a felony charge? If not then the law is a sham and designed only to limit the choices that are a woman's right regarding the outcome of unwanted pregnancies.
Wednesday, February 15, 2006
Paul Hackett
The decision by Paul Hackett to withdraw from the Ohio senate race after being urged to do so by senior Democratic Party officials is offensive.
These senior officials will not get very far in promoting the Democratic Party by acting like republicans.
Absolutely disgraceful.
These senior officials will not get very far in promoting the Democratic Party by acting like republicans.
Absolutely disgraceful.
Wednesday, February 08, 2006
Destroying the Constitution in order to save it
After hearing the following idiotic comment in answer to the FISA lawbreaking president, "FISA doesn't overrule Article 2" I am continuously amazed at the willful ignorance of those on the right.
I would ask someone, anyone, to articulate where, exactly, in Article 2 of the constitution that the president is empowered to "protect, preserve and defend the constitution" by disregarding it.
I would ask someone, anyone, to articulate where, exactly, in Article 2 of the constitution that the president is empowered to "protect, preserve and defend the constitution" by disregarding it.
Wednesday, February 01, 2006
Cindy Sheehan
Cindy Sheehan was arrested in the capitol building last night for breaking the law barring demonstrations inside the building, she was wearing a T-shirt with, '2,245 Dead. How many more?' printed on it. Safia Taleb Al Souhail, on the other hand, an Iraqi woman was applauded by Bush during the SOTU address in 2005 for waving her purple finger, after he had noted the election in Iraq
So we have two demonstrations, a year apart. In one, the demonstrator is applauded for her action while in the other she is arrested. Perhaps the law should be changed to say that only those demonstrations against The Coward who would be king are prohibited for that is the implication.
The Founders, wherever their spirits reside, must be saddened by the events unfolding in their dream that became America.
So we have two demonstrations, a year apart. In one, the demonstrator is applauded for her action while in the other she is arrested. Perhaps the law should be changed to say that only those demonstrations against The Coward who would be king are prohibited for that is the implication.
The Founders, wherever their spirits reside, must be saddened by the events unfolding in their dream that became America.
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Hand delivered letter to Senator Nelson, D-FL
Sir,
If Alito is not the nominee to be opposed, by filibuster if necessary, who exactly would warrant such action?
If this time of a presidency engaged in illegal and immoral acts and ignoring both the legislative and judicial breaches of our government is not the time to say, "enough" what exactly would you require of the times to finally say, "enough?"
If Alito, and his ideas regarding the presidency, is not the embodiment of the ideas that the Founders spoke so elegantly to in the Declaration of Independence, please Sir explain the difference.
Alito is most assuredly qualified for the court based on his legal education and training. He is most assuredly not qualified based on his interpretation of both law and the Constitution, to say nothing of his ethical lapses brought on by a rather unique interpretation of conflict of interest and lying under oath.
The time is now to oppose Alito, both in the floor vote and with a filibuster if necessary.
Please do not turn your back on the dream of the Founders.
Vote NO on the nomination of Samuel Alito.
As a registered democrat, I shall remember your actions come November.
If Alito is not the nominee to be opposed, by filibuster if necessary, who exactly would warrant such action?
If this time of a presidency engaged in illegal and immoral acts and ignoring both the legislative and judicial breaches of our government is not the time to say, "enough" what exactly would you require of the times to finally say, "enough?"
If Alito, and his ideas regarding the presidency, is not the embodiment of the ideas that the Founders spoke so elegantly to in the Declaration of Independence, please Sir explain the difference.
Alito is most assuredly qualified for the court based on his legal education and training. He is most assuredly not qualified based on his interpretation of both law and the Constitution, to say nothing of his ethical lapses brought on by a rather unique interpretation of conflict of interest and lying under oath.
The time is now to oppose Alito, both in the floor vote and with a filibuster if necessary.
Please do not turn your back on the dream of the Founders.
Vote NO on the nomination of Samuel Alito.
As a registered democrat, I shall remember your actions come November.
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
No to Alito
On a straight party line vote, the Alito nomination is headed for the floor of the senate.
If he is to be nominated then let it be over a democratic filibuster. Democrats cannot rollover and play nice on this. Come to think of it, neither can the so called republican moderates.
For what it's worth, I see little difference in the judicial philosophy of Alito, as regards an imperious leader, and that of the judges in 1930s Germany.
If he is to be nominated then let it be over a democratic filibuster. Democrats cannot rollover and play nice on this. Come to think of it, neither can the so called republican moderates.
For what it's worth, I see little difference in the judicial philosophy of Alito, as regards an imperious leader, and that of the judges in 1930s Germany.
Monday, January 23, 2006
Tuesday, January 17, 2006
The coming war on Iran
Seems Iran will open an oil bourse in March, trading in currency other than the US dollar and that would likely be a financial disaster for America.
Disregard the nonsense over the nuclear weapon ambitions of Iran because, for as with the WMD arguments regarding Iraq, it is lie after lie, one upon another, designed to build fear in the American people in order to get them to support another naked aggression by the criminals of the Bush-Cheney regime.
The likely result of such an aggression on Iran? Think oil embargo, not by Saudi Arabia but by Venezuela. Think the insurgency in Iraq and the increased likelihood of the Shi'tes joining with the Sunnis. Think Russia and their new Topol-M and last but not least, think China and the significant amount of dollars (as well as other government paper) they hold.
One thing is certain though, and that is the agression on Iran will likely not include US ground forces as they are stretched to the breaking point worldwide.
Such is the mess awaiting us as a result of aggression upon Iran by the Band of Bunglers and The Coward who would be king.
Disregard the nonsense over the nuclear weapon ambitions of Iran because, for as with the WMD arguments regarding Iraq, it is lie after lie, one upon another, designed to build fear in the American people in order to get them to support another naked aggression by the criminals of the Bush-Cheney regime.
The likely result of such an aggression on Iran? Think oil embargo, not by Saudi Arabia but by Venezuela. Think the insurgency in Iraq and the increased likelihood of the Shi'tes joining with the Sunnis. Think Russia and their new Topol-M and last but not least, think China and the significant amount of dollars (as well as other government paper) they hold.
One thing is certain though, and that is the agression on Iran will likely not include US ground forces as they are stretched to the breaking point worldwide.
Such is the mess awaiting us as a result of aggression upon Iran by the Band of Bunglers and The Coward who would be king.
Monday, January 09, 2006
Abramoff to get layed
From TIME:
[snip]
Bracing for the worst, Administration officials obtained from the Secret
Service a list of all the times Abramoff entered the White House complex,
and they scrambled to determine the reason for each visit. Bush aides are
also trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the two men
together. Abramoff attended Hanukkah and holiday events at the White House,
according to an aide who has seen the list. Press secretary Scott McClellan
said Abramoff might have attended large gatherings with Bush but added,
"The President does not know him, nor does the President recall ever
meeting him."
[snip]
Oops, looks like Abramoff is about to get (Ken) Layed.
[snip]
Bracing for the worst, Administration officials obtained from the Secret
Service a list of all the times Abramoff entered the White House complex,
and they scrambled to determine the reason for each visit. Bush aides are
also trying to identify all the photos that may exist of the two men
together. Abramoff attended Hanukkah and holiday events at the White House,
according to an aide who has seen the list. Press secretary Scott McClellan
said Abramoff might have attended large gatherings with Bush but added,
"The President does not know him, nor does the President recall ever
meeting him."
[snip]
Oops, looks like Abramoff is about to get (Ken) Layed.
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