November 15-16,  2003  Weekend Edition

Poll finds most in US doubt claims for Iraq war
Chicago Tribune - Nov 14, 2003
An overwhelming majority of those polled--87 percent--said the Bush administration portrayed Iraq as an imminent threat before the war. ...
       Plan for Guerrilla Action May Have Predated War - New York Times
       Poll: Rationale for War Faulty - Newsday
       War basis 'faulty': poll - London Free Press
 
Cleland Rips Bush Iraq Policy
Washington Post, DC - Nov 14, 2003
Hundreds of people turned out at a town hall meeting on Iraq last night where former Democratic senator Max Cleland blasted the Bush administration's war policy ...
 
'Unprecedented' security for Bush
BBC News, UK - 11-15-03
... Mr Bush was unfazed by the prospect of protests during his visit. ... Mr Bush lavished praise on Tony Blair, his "smart, capable, trustworthy friend". ...
 

Laura must be on something to put up with Shrub A Dub. The poor thing.


"These terrorists are freedom haters, they hate freedom and will do anything to stop freedom." -George W. Bush engaging in psychobabble about terrorists



"A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward."

Franklin Delano Roosevelt


Rumsfeld gets the hint: no SDF dispatch this year
Japan Times, Japan - 111-15-03
Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi on Friday told US Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld that Japan supports US efforts to rebuild Iraq, but also hinted no ...
       Rumsfeld: US Understands Japan's Delay in Sending Troops to Iraq Voice of America
       We'll outlast Iraqi fighters, Rumsfeld says Toronto Star
       Japan sends military fact-finding team to Iraq - Times of India
 

"I don't know that atheists should be considered citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God."
George Bush the Elder, during a compassionate conservative fundraiser
 


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"How can there be peace when drunkards, drug dealers, communists, atheists, New Age worshipers of Satan, secular humanists, oppressive dictators, greedy money changers, revolutionary assassins, adulterers, and homosexuals are on top?"
Pat Robertson - The New World Order, p.227



 


"There is talk now that the U.S. may be pulling out of Iraq in the next eight weeks. What, are they are out of oil already?" —Craig Kilborn


UNCLE BAM - The Trigger Happy Twin of Uncle Sam

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Dear Lisa:
Dateline...Utopian Demise, Utah. Senator Orrin Hatch (Republicon/Village Idiot- Utah) has submitted a new amendment to the Constitution of the United States of America. Under a super secret provision of the Patriot Act, amendments to the Constitution no longer need to be passed by the American people. George Bush signed the new amendment into law today, by executive order.
The new amendment provides that,
1- Americans may no longer question the government about anything.
2- Everything/anything George Bush says, in his capacity as President, is true. There is no evidence proving otherwise.
3- Dick Cheney is innocent, period.
4- Karl Rove is not a pedophile.
5- Orrin Hatch is not a pedophile.
6- Burning the American flag is punishable by death. However, the American flag may be worn as a shirt.
7- Iraq is now the property of the U.S. of A. Especially the oil.
8- All Iraqis are members of al-Qaida and are subject to being shot.
9- The Southern Baptist religion is now the official religion of the U.S. of A.
10- All Mormons are now Southern Baptists.
There are some other provisions of the new amendment but, they are 'classified' under the really super secret part of the Patriot Act. The Bush administration couldn't disclose what those provisions are, they are classified.
peace girl friend,
Don Nash

Hahaha.  Actually, the above doesn't seem so ridiculous considering we went to war with Iraq based on a bunch of lies.

Thanks for writing Don.


Two US Helicopters Crash in Iraq
ABC News - 11-15-03
MOSUL, Iraq Nov. ... There was no word on the cause of the crash or casualties but ... A
military spokesman said the two helicopters belonged to the 101st Airborne ...



"Good news — Rush Limbaugh is out of rehab after being gone for a month. He sobered up and realized he is a liberal Democrat." —David Letterman



30 Media Outlets Protest Treatment in Iraq
Claim: Reporters Harassed, Tapes Confiscated

By E&P Staff  NOVEMBER 13, 2003


NEW YORK -- In two separate letters to the Pentagon, the press claims that U.S. troops are harassing journalists in Iraq and sometimes confiscating equipment, digital camera disks and videotapes.

The Associated Press Managing Editors (APME) wrote a letter of protest to Larry Di Rita, acting assistant secretary of defense for public affairs. Some soldiers' actions "appear intended to discourage journalists from covering the continued military action in Iraq," wrote APME President Stuart Wilk, also vice president/managing editor at The Dallas Morning News....

The troops are harassing journalists?  WTF. 


"Suppose you were an idiot. Suppose you were a
member of Congress. But I repeat myself."
- Mark Twain


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George W. Bush Meets Moses

George W. Bush was walking through an airport last week, when he saw an old man with white hair, a long white beard, wearing a long white robe and holding a staff. He walked up to the man, who was staring at the ceiling, and "Excuse me sir, aren't you Moses?"

The man stood perfectly still and continued to stare at the ceiling, saying nothing. Again, George W. asked, a little louder this time, "Excuse me sir, aren't you Moses?" Again, the old man stared at the ceiling motionless without saying a word. George W. tried a third time, louder yet. "Excuse me sir, aren't you Moses?" Again, no movement or words from the old man. He continued to stare at the ceiling.

One of George W's aides asked him if there was a problem, and George W. said, "Either this man is deaf or extremely rude. I have asked him three times if he was Moses, and he has not answered me yet." To which the man, still staring at the ceiling finally replied to the aide, "I can hear him and yes, I am Moses, but the last time I spoke to a bush, I spent 40 years wandering in the wilderness."


"The superior person understands rightness; the inferior person understands profit"
Confucius
 


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Have a great weekend everyone.

Peace.