Wednesday edition - September 20, 2006

 

Senior House Republican says ex-president Bush should make ...
International Herald Tribune, France - 9-20-06
... stalemate, a senior House Republican proposed Tuesday that former President George HW Bush lead a high-level US delegation to North Korea's capital and touch ...
 

Judge orders Saddam out of court
BBC News - 9-20-06
Saddam Hussein has been ordered out of court by the new chief judge at his genocide trial in Baghdad. The former Iraqi leader refused to sit down in protest at the appointment of Muhammad al-Ureibi and was ejected.

Canadian leader voices regret on torture
Boston Globe - 9-20-06
Prime Minister Stephen Harper said yesterday that a Canadian citizen who was deported to Syria, where he was subsequently tortured, had been ``done a tremendous injustice.

 

President Loser I to bail out President Loser II. That's staying the course.

 

 

Swaggerin' George: "A Legacy of Lunacy" --Grant Gerver


 

 

Naughty Bush Pix

 

 

The-World-Is-A-Safer-Place-Without-Saddam News

 

CNN Founder

 

The U.S. invasion of Iraq was among the "dumbest moves of all time" that ranks with the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the German invasion of Russia, billionaire philanthropist Ted Turner said on Tuesday.

The founder of CNN and unabashed internationalist also defended the right of Iran to have nuclear weapons and the effectiveness of the United Nations and, in a jocular mood, advocated banning men from elective office worldwide in a Reuters Newsmaker appearance.

 

 

 

Naughty Bush Pix

Disturbing News

 

 

Talk About Putting Your Money Where Your Mouth Is

 

Warren Buffett, the billionaire investor and philanthropist, pledged $50 million on Tuesday to help set up an international nuclear fuel bank that aspiring powers could turn to for reactor fuel instead of making it on their own.  
 

 

 

 

"There's a lot of tension in the world. Over the weekend, Pope Benedict apologized to the Muslims. Altar boys, on the other hand, are still waiting for their apology." --David Letterman

 

 

Email:

Subject: Tony Soprano

 

Hi Lisa, You wrote: In 2006, I never thought my president would be defending any type of torture. It seems as though Tony Soprano, instead of Jesus, is Bush's favorite political philosopher.

I have much more respect for Tony Soprano than Monkey-spank bush. At least Tony was concerned about the lack of security at our ports!

Hahahaha.  Bush does remind me of Tony Soprano though.  Both are thugs, both advocate torture and both stay the course, the golf course that is.

 

 

 

 

Republican Shenanigans

 

 

Jon Stewart on Robert Novak

 

"Why does Robert Novak hate and why me? It's like I publicly revealed some piece of information he didn't want people to know, and ruined his career. And then, kept asserting it was everyone else's fault, but mine. I don't like this bad blood between us, Robert. If you're watching, and I know you're not, I think it's time to bury the hatchet. We need to get together and talk. We'll meet on neutral ground. You're on Fox. I'm on Comedy Central. How about the Food Network? We can work this out because I know that you're a good person deep down in your thing that they replaced your heart with. I see your redeeming qualities. For example, when I see you on television, you generously absorb all light and oxygen. When you leave an area, it stops raining. And I know in the past I've referred to you as a douchebag, but that's not an air of grandeur, that's just mean. I only said those things to you because I sincerely believe you're a terrible person." --Jon Stewart (Watch video clip)

 

 

President Bush spoke to the White House Conference on Global Literacy Monday and said literacy is essential in the fight against terrorism. Where will this end? Republicans are down to questioning the patriotism of the slower reading circle. -- Argus Hamilton, comedian

 

Rock-The-Voter News

 

Naughty Bush Pix

 

 

The U.S. Capitol was breached Monday by a man who crashed a stolen SUV through a barricade and made it to the third floor. He was carrying a handgun and crack cocaine. Casual onlookers just figured it was Mayor Barry running for higher office.-- Argus Hamilton, comedian

 

Biz/Tech News

 

democraticunderground.com

 

 

Water Torture Before Bush

 

Water boarding was designated as illegal by U.S. generals in Vietnam 40 years ago. A photograph that appeared in The Washington Post of a U.S. soldier involved in water boarding a North Vietnamese prisoner in 1968 led to that soldier's severe punishment.

"The soldier who participated in water torture in January 1968 was court-martialed within one month after the photos appeared in The Washington Post, and he was drummed out of the Army," recounted Darius Rejali, a political science professor at Reed College...The CIA maintains its interrogation techniques are in legal guidance with the Justice Department. And current and former CIA officers tell ABC News there is a presidential finding, signed in 2002, by President Bush, Condoleezza Rice and then-Attorney General John Ashcroft approving the techniques, including water boarding.
 

 

Bush at his best: "Only Christian nations can handle the responsibility of having nuclear (nuke-you-ler) weapons." --Grant Gerver

 

 

 

 

Bush-Prison-Torture News

 

 

The next edition of "Survivor" is going to be a really controversial one -- "Muslims Vs. Christians, Baghdad Island." -- Jay Leno

 

 

 

 

Go-F***-Yourself News

 

 

Willie Nelson was ticketed in Louisiana Monday with a pound of marijuana and mushrooms in his tour bus. It's the luckiest thing that ever happened to him. If an unscrupulous dealer had sold him a bagged spinach salad it might have killed him. -- Argus Hamilton, comedian

 

 

 



 

Odd News

 

 

 

This photo, released by Kenneth C. Catania of Vanderbilt University, shows an adult star-nosed mole. The mole literally inhales its food, taking less than a quarter of a second to identify a piece of food, grab it, eat it, and then look for more. (Photo/Vanderbilt University, Kenneth Catania)

 

Peace.

 

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