On Presidents Day, let us take a look at those we celebrate by lumping them into generalized areas: Whether they were Good, Bad or simply Inept...
GOOD
Washington (made America)
Jefferson (the Louisiana Purchase overshadows constant cat-fights with peers)
Lincoln (divided America by being elected, never served a "whole" nation, then killed when finally united)
Teddy Roosevelt (fought for the little guy - Antitrust - then flexed military muscle but mistakenly refused another term - thanks, Teddy, you Bull Moose)
FDR (despite suspending civil rights and ignoring Congress, he cured the Depression and won WWII)
IKE (military muscle with a conscience - warned us of what we suffer under today - that Military Industrial Complex...)
sadly, that's about it, six great presidents out of 42, and thank God Washington and Jefferson held office so close to each other (note - Grover Cleveland gets counted twice but was by no means "good"
BAD
Fillmore (sorry again Buffalo, but Millard's fence-straddling led to the Civil War)
Jackson and Johnson (Cherokees and Reconstruction...)
Grant (again, Reconstruction)
Garfield, Harrison and McKinkley etc etc - sorry guys, you died quickly but your deeds hardly inspired confidence - tariffs aren't economic policy either
of course there are many more, like Hoover and Carter, but let's move on for sanity's sake...
INEPT
note - "Inept" also means corrupt
JFK (Why do we still care about this guy? Assasinations offer a false sheen - What did he do? Bay of Pigs? Near nuclear war? Didn't we like Jackie O. more than this philandering goof? Oh, selecting his brother as Attorney General is all too suspect...)
Nixon (Without Watergate, tricky Dick may be "Good" but he's so bad he's Inept)
Reagan (Iran/Contra anyone? Sorry, Ronny didn't fell a single stone of the Berlin Wall and his policies still haunt us...)
Clinton (Sorry folks, history won't serve him well... High tech made the economy hum but Slick Willy ignored Aids and co-opted GOP platforms... I love to hear him talk too but, really, he's another JFK without the wife)
Bush (the first Bush that is, the CIA head who pardoned Reagan's Iran/Contra perps, please... "a million points" and "no new taxes" - a guy who makes Ford look agile)
Cheney (let's be real, G.W. Bush isn't president - sadly, he's been put on trial via "Scooter" Libby and guilty as Hillary is unelectable)
Now, browse up and see the slow decline of America. Our most inept presidents have served over the past few decades. What happened to us? Will Obama be different? Rudy G. is now running - be scared, very very scared...
Showing posts with label Dick Cheney. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dick Cheney. Show all posts
Monday, February 19, 2007
Thursday, February 8, 2007
Pelosi's Plane, Astronauts' Sex-lives, Russert vs. Scooter - An Ode to the Inane
The "new" Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, wants a bigger jet that can fly her back to California without refueling. Much bigger - seating at least 50 people - and she already has a personal Lear Jet; wow, the first 100 hours are certainly over...
85% of Bush's next budget is War, Welfare and Interest Payments on the debt he's racked-up waging war - Are we done yet?
Really? How much more money does our military need? $2.9 trillion budget released this week, 2,500 pages of text, charts and notes, and all that was necessary was a single page of Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Lockeed, Halliburton and Raytheon logos.
Another $145.2 billion for war, not including another $99.6 billion for, well, war... The Pentagon is getting a 10% raise this year - Are you? Bush is giving those actually fighting the war a 3% raise - Wow, that's compassion.
$300,000,000 per day - That's just one figure - another is 362 TONS of cash shipped to Iraq at the beginning of the war and over $8 billion disappearing just as quick.
What would you do with $8 billion? Perhaps buy a garage to store it - How does that much cash disappear? Republicans are saying that Democratic leaders are nitpicking old issues - BUT REALLY - Where the HELL did over $8 billion go?
Sorry, a tad exasperated this week...
Forget about universal health care, retirement for mom and dad, food for puppies... We're broke, America, busted, bankrupt - financially and morally, after a mere 7 years of George W. Bush.
Tim Russert used crutches to walk all over Scooter Libby, a man who used crutches when his indictment was announced. Strangely, the lies in the run-up to invading Iraq are being heard during a perjury trial. Saddam was hung, Scooter will go to jail, and Cheney will collect a pension.
What can Cheney say without perjuring himself? Even a grunt will indicate guilt...
How much of this year's budget is dedicated (classified, of course) to the Carlyle Group - Bush 41's company?
Exxon-Mobil made nearly $40 BILLION in profits - Halliburton also reported record profits - did you? Prediction: Within the next 6 months, the Iraqi "government" will open its oil fields to private yet noncompetitive contracts...
To that point, how soon until all defense budgets are classified - for our safety, of course...
Have you had enough yet?
The 2 parties running our country can't decide on 2 resolutions in the Senate...
While we laugh at an astronaut in diapers, can't we at least cry for ourselves?
If it helps, we aren't alone - Britain recently closed an investigation into illegal arms sales to the Saudis because the Saudis wanted to buy more weapons...
Nancy Pelosi needs a bigger plane, Bush more money for war, and America, more jails for our politicians. Save those pennies and dimes, we'll soon need every cent.
85% of Bush's next budget is War, Welfare and Interest Payments on the debt he's racked-up waging war - Are we done yet?
Really? How much more money does our military need? $2.9 trillion budget released this week, 2,500 pages of text, charts and notes, and all that was necessary was a single page of Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Lockeed, Halliburton and Raytheon logos.
Another $145.2 billion for war, not including another $99.6 billion for, well, war... The Pentagon is getting a 10% raise this year - Are you? Bush is giving those actually fighting the war a 3% raise - Wow, that's compassion.
$300,000,000 per day - That's just one figure - another is 362 TONS of cash shipped to Iraq at the beginning of the war and over $8 billion disappearing just as quick.
What would you do with $8 billion? Perhaps buy a garage to store it - How does that much cash disappear? Republicans are saying that Democratic leaders are nitpicking old issues - BUT REALLY - Where the HELL did over $8 billion go?
Sorry, a tad exasperated this week...
Forget about universal health care, retirement for mom and dad, food for puppies... We're broke, America, busted, bankrupt - financially and morally, after a mere 7 years of George W. Bush.
Tim Russert used crutches to walk all over Scooter Libby, a man who used crutches when his indictment was announced. Strangely, the lies in the run-up to invading Iraq are being heard during a perjury trial. Saddam was hung, Scooter will go to jail, and Cheney will collect a pension.
What can Cheney say without perjuring himself? Even a grunt will indicate guilt...
How much of this year's budget is dedicated (classified, of course) to the Carlyle Group - Bush 41's company?
Exxon-Mobil made nearly $40 BILLION in profits - Halliburton also reported record profits - did you? Prediction: Within the next 6 months, the Iraqi "government" will open its oil fields to private yet noncompetitive contracts...
To that point, how soon until all defense budgets are classified - for our safety, of course...
Have you had enough yet?
The 2 parties running our country can't decide on 2 resolutions in the Senate...
While we laugh at an astronaut in diapers, can't we at least cry for ourselves?
If it helps, we aren't alone - Britain recently closed an investigation into illegal arms sales to the Saudis because the Saudis wanted to buy more weapons...
Nancy Pelosi needs a bigger plane, Bush more money for war, and America, more jails for our politicians. Save those pennies and dimes, we'll soon need every cent.
Thursday, January 18, 2007
AG Gonzales sends Domestic Spying back to FISA Court
No Word on Bush's Jail Sentence
In an overdue acknowledgement of the law, the highest law official in the country, Attorney General Alberto "Don't Call Me Speedy" Gonzales is allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) to do its job and actually oversee foreign intelligence surveillance by the Bush Administration.
In an move that he called "innovative," the AG - who overlooked the Bush Administration's breaking of the 25+ year old FISA law - is returning jurisdiction of all domestic and international snooping to where it belongs. Very big of him...
Not included in the announcement are any details on the Bush Administration's recent use of a signing statement to approve the opening of Americans' mail, nor how many years George W. Bush will serve for breaking the law.
Sadly, this isn't sarcasm or a joke...
Under FISA law, Bush should be serving several years in prison for breaking the law, as well as paying significant fines. But his appointed Attorney General seems unable to actually enforce any existing laws, but rather defy or redefine those that serve his boss's interests.
Wow, what's next? VP Cheney not held to account for his gathering of false intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war? Oh, sorry, that's already happening too... Should we all be rooting for "Scooter" Libby in hopes that he gets a mistrial once his former-boss's dark cloak is revealed, as well as the many misdeeds we don't know about yet?
These are sad days for America. Great times for comedians and dictators; still, sad days indeed.
In an overdue acknowledgement of the law, the highest law official in the country, Attorney General Alberto "Don't Call Me Speedy" Gonzales is allowing the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA) to do its job and actually oversee foreign intelligence surveillance by the Bush Administration.
In an move that he called "innovative," the AG - who overlooked the Bush Administration's breaking of the 25+ year old FISA law - is returning jurisdiction of all domestic and international snooping to where it belongs. Very big of him...
Not included in the announcement are any details on the Bush Administration's recent use of a signing statement to approve the opening of Americans' mail, nor how many years George W. Bush will serve for breaking the law.
Sadly, this isn't sarcasm or a joke...
Under FISA law, Bush should be serving several years in prison for breaking the law, as well as paying significant fines. But his appointed Attorney General seems unable to actually enforce any existing laws, but rather defy or redefine those that serve his boss's interests.
Wow, what's next? VP Cheney not held to account for his gathering of false intelligence in the run-up to the Iraq war? Oh, sorry, that's already happening too... Should we all be rooting for "Scooter" Libby in hopes that he gets a mistrial once his former-boss's dark cloak is revealed, as well as the many misdeeds we don't know about yet?
These are sad days for America. Great times for comedians and dictators; still, sad days indeed.
Monday, January 15, 2007
"MLK has been detained..." grunts Cheney, as his week begins
Best (and worst) of the Week
Dick Cheney is all over the news, and makes our "BEST (and worst) of the Week" list on multiple counts (and in multiple courts):
#3: Abramoff abettors
The fallout continues - last week the former #2 official of the Interior Department was notified that he will be indicted for lying about his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff - J. Steven Griles has highly dubious company, including Tom Delay, bringing scrutiny to the Bush Administration - and the curious resignation of Sue Ellen Wooldridge, a senior Justice Department official.
Question: When will former Interior Department Secretary Gail Norton get indicted? Who else in the Bush Admin. will be outed as another of Abramoff's "Our guy?"
#2a: Pentagon and CIA are snooping on America - What a surprise...
New documents show that the Pentagon and CIA are breaking the law by issuing "national security letters" to obtain financial records on Americans - which breaks the law - but something vice president Dick Cheney comforted us all by saying is a "perfectily legitimate activity"
#2b: Scooter stands trial
Former chief of staff to Dick Cheney goes on trial this week - Will he still be on crutches for sympathy? - Raising another question: What can Cheney possible say on the stand that won't be perjury?
And... DRUM ROLL PLEASE...
#1: Rusty, the overweight Labrador
On a less serious and scandalous note, in Britain two brothers were found guilty of overfeeding their dog named Rusty. Weighing more than 150 pounds, unable to walk more than 6 steps, Rusty simply couldn't say no to another feeding... The two brothers have briefly lost custody of Rusty, and since, the dog is much slimmer and spunkier, after losing 45 pounds. The brothers, under order from the court, are not allowed to let their dog "put on any weight."
Dick Cheney is all over the news, and makes our "BEST (and worst) of the Week" list on multiple counts (and in multiple courts):
#3: Abramoff abettors
The fallout continues - last week the former #2 official of the Interior Department was notified that he will be indicted for lying about his relationship with lobbyist Jack Abramoff - J. Steven Griles has highly dubious company, including Tom Delay, bringing scrutiny to the Bush Administration - and the curious resignation of Sue Ellen Wooldridge, a senior Justice Department official.
Question: When will former Interior Department Secretary Gail Norton get indicted? Who else in the Bush Admin. will be outed as another of Abramoff's "Our guy?"
#2a: Pentagon and CIA are snooping on America - What a surprise...
New documents show that the Pentagon and CIA are breaking the law by issuing "national security letters" to obtain financial records on Americans - which breaks the law - but something vice president Dick Cheney comforted us all by saying is a "perfectily legitimate activity"
#2b: Scooter stands trial
Former chief of staff to Dick Cheney goes on trial this week - Will he still be on crutches for sympathy? - Raising another question: What can Cheney possible say on the stand that won't be perjury?
And... DRUM ROLL PLEASE...
#1: Rusty, the overweight Labrador
On a less serious and scandalous note, in Britain two brothers were found guilty of overfeeding their dog named Rusty. Weighing more than 150 pounds, unable to walk more than 6 steps, Rusty simply couldn't say no to another feeding... The two brothers have briefly lost custody of Rusty, and since, the dog is much slimmer and spunkier, after losing 45 pounds. The brothers, under order from the court, are not allowed to let their dog "put on any weight."
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