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December is the deadliest month for U.S. troops in Iraq with our total now at 109 according to the Associated Press.
They did note that the latest attacks did not appear to be in retaliation for the Hanging of Saddam Hussein.
Be INFORMED
Saturday, December 30, 2006
The United States and Saddam Hussein
Over at Alternet you will find a story by Robert Fisk on how the U.S. created Hussein and then destroyed him.
When it comes to war crimes, Mr. Fisk ask's the question, What about the rest of the guilty?
Bush's Veto Power To Be Used?
According to a report in the USNews , insiders at the White house say that Mr.Bush will be more apt to use his veto power if he feels it is necessary. There is another one of those surprises that we keep coming across now and then.
We all just have to hope that the Democrats and some of the Republicans with brains (?) can over-ride this shit-head if need be!
Bushco To Cozy With Oil Companies
The New York Times members of the Bush administration who may have been to cozy with the oil companies.
By EDMUND L. ANDREWS
Published: December 30, 2006
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 — The Justice Department is investigating whether the director of a multibillion-dollar oil-trading program at the Interior Department has been paid as a consultant for oil companies hoping for contracts.
The director of the program and three subordinates, all based in Denver, have been transferred to different jobs and have been ordered to cease all contacts with the oil industry until the investigation is completed some time next spring, according to officials involved. More @ NYT
As if this would be a surprise to anyone? These politicians did the favors for big oil so now they are off to work for big oil! Who would have ever guessed it?
Transcript Of Bush's Statement Regarding Hussein's Execution
I could not resist posting this because it shows that Mr.Bush is still full of shit!
Transcript
President Bush's Statement on Execution of Saddam Hussein
Saturday, December 30, 2006
Today, Saddam Hussein was executed after receiving a fair trial -- the kind of justice he denied the victims of his brutal regime.
Fair trials were unimaginable under Saddam Hussein's tyrannical rule. It is a testament to the Iraqi people's resolve to move forward after decades of oppression that, despite his terrible crimes against his own people, Saddam Hussein received a fair trial. This would not have been possible without the Iraqi people's determination to create a society governed by the rule of law.
Saddam Hussein's execution comes at the end of a difficult year for the Iraqi people and for our troops. Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain, and defend itself, and be an ally in the War on Terror.
We are reminded today of how far the Iraqi people have come since the end of Saddam Hussein's rule - and that the progress they have made would not have been possible without the continued service and sacrifice of our men and women in uniform.
Many difficult choices and further sacrifices lie ahead. Yet the safety and security of the American people require that we not relent in ensuring that Iraq's young democracy continues to progress.
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Saddam Hussein Is Executed
Saddam Hussein was executed on Saturday and now it remains to be seen whether the violence in Iraq will increase because of the hanging or if peace can finally be brought to the country.
British Foreign Secretary Margaret Beckett, who condemned the death penalty, said Saddam Hussein has, "now been held to account for at least some of the appalling crimes he committed against the Iraqi people.We have made our position very clear to the Iraqi authorities, but we respect their decision as that of a sovereign nation."
Said Mr. Bush: "Bringing Saddam Hussein to justice will not end the violence in Iraq, but it is an important milestone on Iraq's course to becoming a democracy that can govern, sustain and defend itself, and be an ally in the war on terror."
Some have questioned the timing of the execution and I would say that they probably have reason to. The U.S. will get the heat for this execution and I no doubt think that our troops will be targeted at an even greater rate.
In case you have not noticed, most middle east countries think that this entire trial was American guided and that the Iraqis were only players in the game.
Here is one individuals take one the matter. It is well worth going to this site and reading the article.
Thursday, December 28, 2006
AT&T Makes Concessions In Bellsouth Buyout
AT&T added a letter of commitment with the F.C.C. on Thursday that adds a few new conditions to the deal for the buyout of Bellsouth Corp. including a promise to observe "network neutrality" principles, an offer of affordable stand-alone digital subscriber line service and divestment of some wireless spectrum.
This is basically to appease two Democrats on the F.C.C. who had problems with the acquisition.
Though it still must be voted on, these concessions will more than likely clear the way for the AT&T/Bellsouth merger to move forward.
This will be an $85 billion buyout, according to reports from the Associated Press.
Our Troops In Iraq Say No More Needed
While "the decider" and a few other members of the "bushbots" club are in Texas deciding how to screw our troops in Iraq even more, some of those troops have stated that they do not need more ground forces placed there.
From By WILL WEISSERT, Associated Press Writer
Thu Dec 28,2006
In dozens of interviews with soldiers of the Army's 5th Battalion, 20th Infantry Regiment as they patrolled the streets of eastern Baghdad, many said the Iraqi capital is embroiled in civil warfare between majority Shiite Muslims and Sunni Arabs that no number of American troops can stop.
Others insisted current troop levels are sufficient and said any increase in U.S. presence should focus on training Iraqi forces, not combat.
But their more troubling worry was that dispatching a new wave of soldiers would result in more U.S. casualties, and some questioned whether an increasingly muddled American mission in Baghdad is worth putting more lives on the line.
Yet Bushco wants to send more anyway! Go figure!
100 U.S. Troops Killed In Iraq In December
100 of our people have died so far this month in Iraq for what thus far is no reason! There are still 3 days to go in this month and you can bet that our body count will surpass the 105 from October which was the highest count so far!
You can bet that after Saddam Hussein is executed that the number of our troops killed will increase dramatically!
Meanwhile, Hussein's top lawyer, Khalil al-Dulaimi, said:
"According to the international conventions, it is forbidden to hand a prisoner of war to his adversary.
I urge all the international and legal organizations, the
United Nations secretary-general, the Arab League and all the leaders of the world to rapidly prevent the American administration from handing the president to the Iraqi authorities.If the American administration insists in handing the president to the Iraqis, it would commit a great strategic mistake which would lead to the escalation of the violence in Iraq and the eruption of a destructive civil war." A.P. for more on this.
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Put On The Spot, Our Punk President Lies again
Posted 20 December 2006 By Walter C. Uhler
Whenever I hear President Bush tell another lie (or read that he has told another lie) I'm reminded of the Liar-in-Chief's former professor at the Harvard Business School, Yoshi Tsurumi, and his spot-on recollection of this president's punk past. According to Professor Tsurumi, Bush "showed pathological lying habits and was in denial when challenged on his prejudices and biases. He would even deny saying something he just said 30 seconds ago. He was famous for that. Students jumped on him; I challenged him." [Mary Jacoby, "The Dunce," Salon.com, 16 September 2004]
Tsurumi concluded: "Behind his smile and his smirk…he was a very insecure, cunning and vengeful guy." "He was just badly brought up, with no discipline, and no compassion." [Ibid] In conservative Lebanon, Pennsylvania, where I grew up during the 1950s and 1960s, such people were called "punks."
The remainder is right here!
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I discovered Mr. Uhler's website by accident on Wednesday while I was looking for some info on the stream of records that seem to keep coming up missing under Mr. Bush. I highly suggest that you check his site out and read a few of Mr. Uhler's articles, as I think that they are great!
His site Address> walter-c-uhler.com
Hussein Urges Iraqis Not To Hate U.S.-Led Forces
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: December 27, 2006
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Saddam Hussein urged Iraqis to embrace ''brotherly coexistence'' and not to hate U.S.-led foreign troops in a goodbye letter posted on a Web site Wednesday, a day after Iraq's highest court upheld his death sentence and ordered him hanged within 30 days.
'I call on you not to hate because hate does not leave space for a person to be fair and it makes you blind and closes all doors of thinking,'' said the letter, which was written in Arabic and translated by the AP.
''I also call on you not to hate the people of the other countries that attacked us,'' it added, referring to the invasion that toppled his regime nearly four years ago.
Against the backdrop of sectarian killings that have dragged Sunni Arabs and Shiite Muslims into civil warfare over the past year, Saddam urged his countrymen to ''remember that God has enabled you to become an example of love, forgiveness and brotherly coexistence.'' More Here
Bush Could Usher In A Very Dangerous New Year
By Robert Parry, Consortium News. Posted December 26, 2006.
Intelligence sources say President Bush -- along with Israel's Ehud Olmert and the UK's Tony Blair -- are weighing the possibility of Israeli-led attacks on Syria and Iran in early 2007, with the United States providing logistical back-up.
The first two or three months of 2007 represent a dangerous opening for an escalation of war in the Middle East, as George W. Bush will be tempted to "double-down" his gamble in Iraq by joining with Israel's Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and outgoing British Prime Minister Tony Blair to strike at Syria and Iran, intelligence sources say.
Baath Party To Retaliate If Hussein Executed
I think that it was just yesterday that I made the statement that if Hussein is executed that there would be some retaliation for it.
Well now! Saddam Hussein's Baath Party threatened to retaliate today (WED) saying that they would go after U.S. interest in other places.
Here is a piece of the statement:
"Our party warns again of the consequences of executing Mr. President and his comrades. "The Baath and the resistance are determined to retaliate, with all means and everywhere, to harm America and its interests if it commits this crime," the statement added, referring to Baath fighters as "the resistance." "The American administration will be held responsible for any harm inflicted on the president because the United States is the decision-maker (in Iraq) and not the puppet Iraqi government." BY SHAFIKA MATTAR, Associated Press Writer Wed Dec 27,2006
Gingrich Wants To Restrict Free Speech On Internet?
From MSNBC's Countdown with Keith Olberman comes this bit about Newt Gingrich's comments on our first amendment.
Here are the comments of Keith Olberman on Countdown about what Newt had to say about restricting freedom of speech and Newts very own words. Play Me!
This man should be locked up and never allowed to see the light of day again! This is another man who would like to be a dictator if he could pull it off.
7 Troops dead In Iraq
Thus far in December we have lost 87 service members due to the bullshit in Iraq, after 7 were killed on Tuesday, according to the U.S. military. 105 died in October, which was the deadliest month so far this year.
According to the Pentagon,the total number of U.S. military deaths is 2,961.
Here's an interesting report from the Department of State which tells us how well things are going in Iraq under Bushco's currant plans. This status report on Iraq provides weekly updates in the eight key areas identified as pillars of U.S. Government policy.
The Washington Post says that the report isn't actually prepared by the state department but by people hired by a management consulting firm. That would be Bearing Point which is making $2 million to produce these reports.
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
Today In Bushco Land
By Julie Hirschfeld Davis
Sun reporter
Originally published December 26, 2006
WASHINGTON // President Bush is bracing for what could be an onslaught of investigations by the new Democratic-led Congress by hiring lawyers to fill key White House posts and preparing to play defense on countless document requests and possible subpoenas.
Bush is moving quickly to fill vacancies within his stable of lawyers, though White House officials say there are no plans to drastically expand the legal staff to deal with a flood of oversight. More @ The Baltimore Sun
I guess that old Mr. Cheney and some of the other BushBots have got it through to Mr. Bush's thick skull that he and they could be in a world of trouble beginning next year! There will no doubt be an attempt made by the Bushco Crime Family to block access to tens of thousands of files and documents concern the Iraq war plans and so forth.
Also on the wires for Tuesday, the Pentagon is more than likely going to send some 3,500 troops to Kuwait to be ready for use in Iraq.
I guess that the great " decider" has already made up his mind about sending troops that we do not really have, into war. My guess is that instead of being out at his ranch in Texas to " re-think " his plans for Iraq, he is out there with HIS troops thinking of some way to make this sound good for the next Fox sound-bite! Lets face it. They have to come up with some kind of good-sounding lie because they've told so many now that they cannot be truthful! ...and finally....
James Pinkerton (Bio) over at The Huffington Post has a very nice little article on the "Guardians of Our Republic" that you may want to have a look at.
Hussein To Be Hanged In 30 Days
Iraq's national security adviser, Mouwafak al-Rubaie, said on Tuesday that the Iraqi appeals court has upheld the death sentence for Hussein. He said,"The appeals court approved the verdict to hang Saddam."
Appeals court chief judge Aref Shahin said that the sentence,"must be implemented within 30 days. From tomorrow, any day could be the day of implementation." More Here!
After this verdict being upheld, I look for things in Iraq to get really interesting. Maybe we should let the "decider" send more troops to Iraq because when Hussein is hanged, all hell is going to break loose! Contrary to popular belief, not all in Iraq are for executing Hussein and he still has many more followers left who support him. Even the citizens who do not care for Hussein think that this entire trial was a staged event courtesy of the Bushco Crime Family and I do think that there will be some sort of retaliation in store.
But what do I know?
U.S. Deaths in Iraq Passes 9/11 Deaths
CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, AP 12/26/2006
The AP count of those killed includes at least seven military civilians. Prior to the deaths announced Tuesday, the AP count was 15 higher than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Friday. At least 2,377 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
Monday, December 25, 2006
Katrina Waste And Fraud Could Top $2 Billion
This is just another example of the Bushco Crime Family ripping off and stealing the taxpayers money! The fraud problem stems from Bushco handing out contracts to their politically connected friends without open bids on the projects.
In January, investigators will release the first of several audits examining more than $12 billion in Katrina contracts. The charges range from political favoritism to limited opportunities for small and minority-owned firms, which initially got only 1.5 percent of the total work. Source: AOL News
Racial Profiling?
I ran across this article on Monday evening and it did nothing but piss me off!
By Jim Forsyth
Mon Dec 25,2006
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - U.S. Hispanic groups and activists on Thursday called for a moratorium on workplace raids to round up illegal immigrants, with some saying they were reminiscent of Nazi crackdowns on Jews in the 1930s.
They accused the Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement of "racial profiling," or selective enforcement against Hispanics, for arresting 1,300 workers on immigration violations in December 12 raids at meatpacking plants in six states.
"We are demanding an end to these immigration raids, where they are targeting brown faces. That is major, major racial profiling, and that cannot be tolerated," said Rosa Rosales, president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, at a news conference. Read This
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Let me get this right! If our Department of Immigration and Customs Enforcement rounds up a group of people that should not even be in this country in the first place, then the poor Hispanics are victims of "racial profiling"? The last I heard it was the Hispanics that are sneaking across the border into the U.S. Not the Canadians, Jamaicans or the Jehovah's Witnesses!
For you assholes that do not know the difference. This is not racial profiling! This is upholding the law of the land!
Koran or KJV Bible?
Keith Ellison wants to use the Koran when he is sworn into office. Most of the other government officials, it seems, would prefer that Mr. Ellison use the Bible that government in this country has always used.
So, which one is right? Based on the following scripture from the KJV Bible, Neither!
James 5:12 (King James Version)
12) But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.
Any questions?
Bush And His Troop Level Debate
Once again this shithead is going to say one thing and more than likely do another. First General Casey would decide if we need more troops in Iraq and now that is not going to happen.
Why? Since the General pretty much favors not deploying more troops Bush just decided not to take any advice from Gen. Casey. After six years of this ignorant asshole in office, we should not be surprised.
General Casey will make the decisions as to how many troops we have there. He'll decide how best to achieve victory and the troop levels necessary to do so. I've spent a lot of time talking to him about troop levels. And I've told him this: I said, 'You decide, General.' That was Mr. Bush at a Chicago news conference in July.
Yesterday at a news conference at the White House, Bush pretty much said that he will not let necessarily let the military decide.
Mr. Bush,"The opinion of my commanders is very important. They are bright, capable, smart people whose opinion matters to me a lot." He also said, "I agree with them that there's got to be a specific mission that can be accomplished with the addition of more troops before I agree on that strategy."
An aide told The Washington Post that Bush will not let the military decide the matter. More Here
Sunday, December 24, 2006
A Look At Christmas
Christmas is for joy, for giving and sharing, for laughter, for coming together with family and friends, for tinsel and brightly decorated packages... But mostly, Christmas is for love. It was this love for which Jesus came to this world and sacrificed his life.
Thus Christmas is a celebration of love and mirth symbolized by the Nativity, the Santa, the caribou, the poinsettia and the evergreens. All that bring home the spirit of love and life. And this is the spirit that makes Christmas so popular throughout the world.
Though originated by the Roman Catholics who commemorate the December 25th as the day of birth of Christ Child, it has gradually come to be celebrated by the non-Catholics as well.
So be it the United States or in other parts of the world Christmas is celebrated as the commemoration of the birth of Christ Child -- very likely the holiest event ever to take place anywhere on the Earth, and an entirely worthy occasion to celebrate. But don't we often wonder if we've got these things about it right? And why is the difference of opinion (however immaterial) regarding the date of birth? Is it even on the right date?
I hope that you all have a very Merry Christmas and that you keep it safe for everyone! Give God and His son their due credit!
Bushco To Attack Iran?
I covered the military buildup going on in the Gulf 2 months ago. It looks as if the Bushco Crime Family is getting ready to attack Iran as they have sent out additional hardware as a show of force in cahoots with Britain.
Anyway, I ran across this post on DailyKos covering Bushco's attack Iran plan, so here it is!
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