October 5, 2006
Insanity is timeless
The House will install a tip line so pages can report pokes and probes to the same authority who withheld information about pokes and probes the pages had
reported earlier. According to a congressional spokesmen who does not exist, " Its up to congress to probe through all possibilities and keep poking around until they find a suitable solution. TJ
October 7, 2006
Nukem
I cried today while driving down the road listening to CNN on my XM radio. The reporter was doing a special about Africa. He talked about
the now familiar rape, murder and rape again mentality of roving bands of crooks. The reporter told a story of a 3 year old girl who was gang
raped. The girl is 5 now and has not spoken sense the event. I got so mad. I wanted to kill. I remember a day in 1968, I was traveling with 3
grunts along a trail that led to a hooch. As soon as one of the grunts saw a military age female he said, "lets rape her". The other two quickly
agree and drag the women into a hooch. I stay outside with momma san and poppa san under the gun. I hate the grunts I am with. These locals
are no threat. If Charlie is in the bush he has the right to kill us all. This is wrong. I start planning to kill the grunts when they come out of the hooch.
This just ain't my day. First dude comes out messing with his belt, by the time the second grunt shows the first is locked and loaded. They all three
pressure me to join in and I gave them a fuck off with my finger on the trigger and my weapon pointed more in their direction than the no threat gooks.
As we walked down the trail to rejoin the company these assholes stopped to burn a pagoda. Thats like raping your daughter and then burning the
church. I still talk to god about that. Kill them and I go to jail for the rest of my life. If I hope they get blowed up by our companion Betty I piss God off. Forgive them, but I ain't Amash. A real bad day. Anyway, if I could I would pick up every women and child in the congo and set them down in a safe environment. I would then go back to the Congo and Nuke everything with a dick. TJ
October 14, 2006
Following Orders
In 1994, the “Republican Revolution” promised that
a new Republican majority would immediately pass major reforms aimed at
restoring the faith and trust of the American people in their government, and
implemented a Contract with America
that "…with firmness in the right, as God
gives us to see the right… restore accountability to Congress. To end its cycle
of scandal and disgrace. To make us all proud again of the way free people
govern themselves.”
Twelve years later that Contract with
America America
The administration, with its quest to enact the
principles of a unitary executive, has begun, through fear, to undermine our
Bill of Rights, and congress sadly has abdicated its responsibility for
oversight.
And then there is
Iraq Afghanistan
With just mere days before mid-term
elections, executive and congressional leadership has come under scrutiny from
dealings with Jack Abramhoff to pedophilia and coverup; issues that cannot be
seen as ending the “cycle of scandal and
disgrace.”
When the 300 Republican candidates stood on the
Capitol steps in 1994 they not only declared to “restore the bonds of
trust between the people and their elected representatives,” they also
pledged, “If we break this contract, throw us
out.”
We have our orders for November
7th.
Rich Raitano
The nobility of the soldier willing to give a life for God and
Country lies silent and still amidst the broken promises of leaders.
Send them not to futile sacrifice on shores so far from home,
But keep your word to all that serve that none shall die in vain.
Country lies silent and still amidst the broken promises of leaders.
Send them not to futile sacrifice on shores so far from home,
But keep your word to all that serve that none shall die in vain.
~ Rich Raitano
Extended arm wiggle
I watched the president and his wife get off the white house Chopper yesterday. There was something missing and it took a few minutes to put a tag
on what it was. The extended arm wiggle, thats what was missing. The extended arm wiggle is a Bush trademark. He extends his arm out in front of
his chest, the elbow is slightly bent, the hand partly open and then he does it. He sort of wiggles the arm as if to say, Greetings you huddled masses, I
will anoint you with my arm wiggle. Bless you my children. If I did a comparison of crowd waves between John Wayne and George Bush this would
be the results. John Wayne would put his arm above his head, the hand would be fully open and his waving would be back and forth. To make a
comparison, John Wayne has a crowd wave like a German Shepard, alert, friendly, intelligent and playful. George Bush has a crowd wave like the
yappy French Poodle you would like to run over with the lawnmower as soon as your wife goes to the store. TJ
Time for Rumsfeld to go
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld —
“So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion ... it is necessary to tell the hard bruising truth.”
That statement was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Marguerite Higgins more than a half-century ago during the Korean War.
But until recently, the “hard bruising” truth about the Iraq war has been difficult to come by from leaders in Washington.
One
rosy reassurance after another has been handed down by President Bush,
Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld:
“mission accomplished,” the insurgency is “in its last throes,” and “back off,” we know what we’re doing, are a few choice examples.
Military leaders generally toed the line, although a few retired generals eventually spoke out from the safety of the sidelines, inciting criticism
equally from anti-war types, who thought they should have spoken out while still in uniform, and pro-war foes, who thought the generals should
have kept their critiques behind closed doors.
Now, however, a new chorus of criticism is beginning to resonate. Active-duty military leaders are starting to voice misgivings about the war’s
planning, execution and dimming prospects for success.
Army Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command, told a Senate Armed Services Committee in September: “I believe that the sectarian
violence is probably as bad as I’ve seen it ... and that if not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move towards civil war.”
Last week, someone leaked to The New York Times a Central Command briefing slide showing an assessment that the civil conflict in Iraq now
borders on “critical” and has been sliding toward “chaos” for most of the past year. The strategy in Iraq has been to train an Iraqi army and police
force that could gradually take over for U.S. troops in providing for the security of their new government and their nation.
But despite the best efforts of American trainers, the problem of molding a viciously sectarian population into anything resembling a force for
national unity has become a losing proposition.
For two years, American sergeants, captains and majors training the Iraqis have told their bosses that Iraqi troops have no sense of national identity,
are only in it for the money, don’t show up for duty and cannot sustain themselves. Meanwhile, colonels and generals have asked their bosses for more
troops. Service chiefs have asked for more money. And all along, Rumsfeld has assured us that things are well in hand. Now, the president says he’ll
stick with Rumsfeld for the balance of his term in the White House. This is a mistake. It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has
failed. But when the nation’s current military leaders start to break publicly with their defense secretary, then it is clear that he is losing control of the
institution he ostensibly leads. These officers have been loyal public promoters of a war policy many privately feared would fail. They have kept their
counsel private, adhering to more than two centuries of American tradition of subordination of the military to civilian authority. And although that
tradition, and the officers’ deep sense of honor, prevent them from saying this publicly, more and more of them believe it. Rumsfeld has lost credibility
with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large. His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead is compromised.
And although the blame for our failures in Iraq rests with the secretary, it will be the troops who bear its brunt.
This is not about the midterm elections. Regardless of which party wins Nov. 7, the time has come, Mr. President, to face the hard bruising truth:
Donald Rumsfeld must go.
Awesome
October 18, 2006
Extended arm wiggle
I watched the president and his wife get off the white house Chopper yesterday. There was something missing and it took a few minutes to put a tag
on what it was. The extended arm wiggle, thats what was missing. The extended arm wiggle is a Bush trademark. He extends his arm out in front of
his chest, the elbow is slightly bent, the hand partly open and then he does it. He sort of wiggles the arm as if to say, Greetings you huddled masses, I
will anoint you with my arm wiggle. Bless you my children. If I did a comparison of crowd waves between John Wayne and George Bush this would
be the results. John Wayne would put his arm above his head, the hand would be fully open and his waving would be back and forth. To make a
comparison, John Wayne has a crowd wave like a German Shepard, alert, friendly, intelligent and playful. George Bush has a crowd wave like the
yappy French Poodle you would like to run over with the lawnmower as soon as your wife goes to the store. TJ
November 4, 2006
Editorial from Oct. Army timesTime for Rumsfeld to go
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld —
“So long as our government requires the backing of an aroused and informed public opinion ... it is necessary to tell the hard bruising truth.”
That statement was written by Pulitzer Prize-winning war correspondent Marguerite Higgins more than a half-century ago during the Korean War.
But until recently, the “hard bruising” truth about the Iraq war has been difficult to come by from leaders in Washington.
One
rosy reassurance after another has been handed down by President Bush,
Vice President Cheney and Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld: “mission accomplished,” the insurgency is “in its last throes,” and “back off,” we know what we’re doing, are a few choice examples.
Military leaders generally toed the line, although a few retired generals eventually spoke out from the safety of the sidelines, inciting criticism
equally from anti-war types, who thought they should have spoken out while still in uniform, and pro-war foes, who thought the generals should
have kept their critiques behind closed doors.
Now, however, a new chorus of criticism is beginning to resonate. Active-duty military leaders are starting to voice misgivings about the war’s
planning, execution and dimming prospects for success.
Army Gen. John Abizaid, chief of U.S. Central Command, told a Senate Armed Services Committee in September: “I believe that the sectarian
violence is probably as bad as I’ve seen it ... and that if not stopped, it is possible that Iraq could move towards civil war.”
Last week, someone leaked to The New York Times a Central Command briefing slide showing an assessment that the civil conflict in Iraq now
borders on “critical” and has been sliding toward “chaos” for most of the past year. The strategy in Iraq has been to train an Iraqi army and police
force that could gradually take over for U.S. troops in providing for the security of their new government and their nation.
But despite the best efforts of American trainers, the problem of molding a viciously sectarian population into anything resembling a force for
national unity has become a losing proposition.
For two years, American sergeants, captains and majors training the Iraqis have told their bosses that Iraqi troops have no sense of national identity,
are only in it for the money, don’t show up for duty and cannot sustain themselves. Meanwhile, colonels and generals have asked their bosses for more
troops. Service chiefs have asked for more money. And all along, Rumsfeld has assured us that things are well in hand. Now, the president says he’ll
stick with Rumsfeld for the balance of his term in the White House. This is a mistake. It is one thing for the majority of Americans to think Rumsfeld has
failed. But when the nation’s current military leaders start to break publicly with their defense secretary, then it is clear that he is losing control of the
institution he ostensibly leads. These officers have been loyal public promoters of a war policy many privately feared would fail. They have kept their
counsel private, adhering to more than two centuries of American tradition of subordination of the military to civilian authority. And although that
tradition, and the officers’ deep sense of honor, prevent them from saying this publicly, more and more of them believe it. Rumsfeld has lost credibility
with the uniformed leadership, with the troops, with Congress and with the public at large. His strategy has failed, and his ability to lead is compromised.
And although the blame for our failures in Iraq rests with the secretary, it will be the troops who bear its brunt.
This is not about the midterm elections. Regardless of which party wins Nov. 7, the time has come, Mr. President, to face the hard bruising truth:
Donald Rumsfeld must go.
November 5, 2006
Awesome
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November 6, 2006
Dang-me Saddam sings his way to the gallows
Dang me, Dang me
They ought to take a rope and hang me
High from the highest treeeeeee
Woop, woop woop
Lordie don't you cry for me
Woop Woop Woop
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Hang down your head, Tom-Dewly
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom-Dewly
Poor boy your gonna die
TJThey ought to take a rope and hang me
High from the highest treeeeeee
Woop, woop woop
Lordie don't you cry for me
Woop Woop Woop
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Hang down your head, Tom-Dewly
Hang down your head and cry
Hang down your head Tom-Dewly
Poor boy your gonna die
November 9, 2006
Iraq study group
The Iraq study group will release their report soon. The president plans to meet with them next week. You can read about this for yourself.
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