tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post8594380773851747338..comments2023-12-27T09:00:42.844-08:00Comments on The Workday Liberal: Sully on Fie ah!bhfrikhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-88305024687930331942007-05-29T17:36:00.000-07:002007-05-29T17:36:00.000-07:00Absolutely... Scandal overload is a real problem....Absolutely... Scandal overload is a real problem. I think it is instructive to consider the promise of Bush in the 2000 campaign to "restore" integrity to the White House... He would raise his right hand as if taking a solemn vow and the campaign crowds just ate it up. How hollow that seems now.bhfrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-91472928802522684022007-05-29T17:25:00.000-07:002007-05-29T17:25:00.000-07:00My husband thinks that the Bush administration thr...My husband thinks that the Bush administration throws up all this crap on purpose. You get good and mad about one thing and then here comes another, and another, and another and, damnit all, still yet another one. It never ends! So much crap you think the smell is normal, you are so used to breathing the foul air. He has a point don't you think?Life As I Know It Nowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733963455243806298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-25010274204981928822007-05-29T16:17:00.000-07:002007-05-29T16:17:00.000-07:00Yeah! I just realized from Profs comment that the...Yeah! I just realized from Profs comment that the Gonzales stuff has really dropped out of sight since just after Goodlings testimony. <BR/><BR/>What a sordid state of affairs. In normal times something like the Justice Dept. affair would never have gone away until Gonzo was gone. Now we have so many sordid stories all at once that we can't keep track of them all.bhfrikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10261648934732735275noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15240289.post-9935985394617856372007-05-29T15:44:00.000-07:002007-05-29T15:44:00.000-07:00in line with bush being al qaeda's best ally, i ha...in line with bush being al qaeda's best ally, i have been of that opinion for a long time, and torture is just one more piece of the ghastly puzzle picture we have been slowly putting together for the past 6 1/2 years...<BR/><BR/>the bush administration has no desire to stamp out terrorism... conflict, violence, terrorism, war and death have all been very, very good assets in support of the two items that have topped the administration's agenda since day one - power and money... the longer the u.s. remains in iraq (which could safely be said was the plan from the beginning), the more desperate the insurgency will become, the more people will join up to be trained and to fight, and the more those now experienced trainees will be exported to stir up trouble elsewhere... the longer the u.s. remains in iraq, the more permanent the permanent bases and the more entrenched the u.s. embassy complex and its extended tentacles will become... the longer the u.s. remains in iraq, the more money will continue flow to bush's corporate cronies and the military industrial complex...<BR/><BR/>all that's officially happening now on the iraq issue is posturing and gaming, making it look like there's some sort of debate, when, in fact, there isn't... and it's working wonderfully well... polls are taken, opinions voiced, blogs and op-eds written, legislation crafted, votes counted, vetos cast, candidates positions staked out, accusations hurled, loyalties pledged, and huge amounts of media time devoted to what is basically an empty exercise... but, what's important is that we're made to FEEL as though we have a voice, that congress can fill its role as a separate but equal branch of government, that we as citizens can actually override the power and money interests who are the people that are really calling the shots...<BR/><BR/>so, while we're distracted and barking at the moon (which comes to full this week, btw), the relentless march to the one-party, authoritarian state continues unabated, gonzales remains in charge of politicizing the justice department, executive orders are issued authorizing the president to take control of all three branches of government in an emergency, signing statements are written, "enhanced interrogation" techniques are practiced, recess appointments are made, habeas remains among the missing, military tribunals are conducted, draconian legislation like the intellectual property protection act of 2007 is proposed that calls for making the download and use of pirated software a crime punishable by life imprisonment, and the constitution is repeatedly gutted...<BR/><BR/>could we be in any deeper shit...? i think not...profmarcushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148708132624420673noreply@blogger.com