Cheney too divisive to right Bush?s ship? - washingtonpost.com Highlights - MSNBC.com

Wp is right, Cheney has little credibility left
and somehow he believes we should believe him
cause he says so or he denies any wrong doing.

jeez... cheney you moron

scooter, delay, frist... the list goes on.
and it's well know you cherry picked information.
you'll go alot further admitting specifically the facts
instead of ATTACK, ATTACK, ATTACK, ... ATTACK.
moron.

even if he's right, his approach worked when the administration was "on message". now the iraqis want a time table, and a definition of what the freaking mission is.. enough of this attack strategy.

what's the freaking mission?
what are the metrices,
the time table
the measures of sucess...

Chicago Tribune | Ex-DeLay aide pleads guilty to bribery charge

Dlay's aid pleads guilty, to conspiracy, turning states evidence.

my mom told me, "bad apples don't fall far from the tree."
tom do you wish to comment, or do you need your lawyer present.

Randon Muse on Economics and politics and train wrecks

a few nights ago, i had the good fortune to listen to
NPR, world affairs, a member of Council on Foreign relations.
James F. Hoge, Jr., Editor of Foreign Affairs and Dan Yankelovich, Chairman of Public Agenda


Tue, Nov 15, 2005 -- 2:00 AM
Are We Doing the Right Thing? Public Perceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy
Are We Doing the Right Thing? Public Perceptions of U.S. Foreign Policy -- James F. Hoge, Jr., Editor of Foreign Affairs and Dan Yankelovich, Chairman of Public Agenda, discuss which international issues weigh most heavily on the minds of the American public. Foreign Affairs and Public Agenda unveil a "Public Agenda Confidence in U.S. Foreign Policy Index" to help leaders look beyond the ups-and-downs of weekly polls and to provide on-going assessments of the public's confidence in this nation's role in global affairs.

a fascinating interchange ensued about international vs domestic politics
politicosm, ignorance of US citizens to thing international and train wrecks.

US citizens generally heed nothing outside of our daily circle internationally
or domestically til a "train wreck" occurs. Further international affairs are meaningless to most Americans, and functionally ignored.

Politicians understand this and cater to it; further politicians only adjust when an issue moves to tipping point, like 70% of the population engaged...

thus politicians say one thing, do another, til the cognitive mass get's high enough.
usually they just ignore international issues.

Bush suffers from attention refocussed on katrina and iraq.
the dismal response of Bush in reponse to Katrina, convinced
the average joe, that something is amiss in washington, and homeland
security isn't.... and isn't all that important..

people suddenly discovered that 200B spent on Iraq could be spent instead on NO. that is the money could be better used at home.

all this has suddenly "TIPPED" in view.

the media jumps from topic to topic, attempting to follow
their viewership, who is perversely, disinterested with a 5 second
attention span, little critical thinking skills..

what occured to me is all this seems to be a function of economics
short term, we're all pursuing our immediate interests. the media
chases a viewship who really is fickle and couldn't care less, so
the media keeps them busy with superficial rapid fire reporting.

the media chase ratings, because that's their job, but essentially
the problem is US. we don't care, apathy or disinterest.

in the long run, we all lose. economics doesn't promote any sort of
long term strategy, just "today's" transaction, whether political,
economic or media.

the politicos know few notice observe or track issues and results and outcomes.

the Bush' gang, has a really poor track record, their results are frankly
horrible, nearly everything is mangled or messed up..

when did it become "republican" to indulge massive debt on pet ideological
projects. where did the true "republican's" go, the fiscal conservatives..

i was one.. but i feel nothing in common with what's happening now.
my countries been hijacked, i want it back.

Daily Kos: Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon"

Daily Kos: Pentagon has called WP a "chemical weapon"

But really, to the apologists, that matters not one iota. However, Thing Progress has found evidence the Pentagon considers the use of WP as a battlefield munition as chemical weapons. And there's a big, huge, monstrous irony here. See if you can spot it. This is from 1995 Pentagon intelligence document.



IRAQ HAS POSSIBLY EMPLOYED PHOSPHOROUS CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST THE KURDISH POPULATION IN AREAS ALONG THE IRAQI-TURKISH-IRANIAN BORDERS. [...]

IN LATE FEBRUARY 1991, FOLLOWING THE COALITION FORCES' OVERWHELMING VICTORY OVER IRAQ, KURDISH REBELS STEPPED UP THEIR STRUGGLE AGAINST IRAQI FORCES IN NORTHERN IRAQ. DURING THE BRUTAL CRACKDOWN THAT FOLLOWED THE KURDISH UPRISING, IRAQI FORCES LOYAL TO PRESIDENT SADDAM ((HUSSEIN)) MAY HAVE POSSIBLY USED WHITE PHOSPHOROUS (WP) CHEMICAL WEAPONS AGAINST KURDISH REBELS AND THE POPULACE IN ERBIL (GEOCOORD:3412N/04401E) (VICINITY OF IRANIAN BORDER) AND DOHUK (GEOCOORD:3652N/04301E) (VICINITY OF IRAQI BORDER) PROVINCES, IRAQ.



Saddam tortured, we torture. Saddam used WP chemical weapons against insurgents and civilians, we use WP chemical weapons against insurgents and civilians.

Like torture, the apologists try to justify our use of such abhorrent techniques, oblivious to the fact that our moral standing is in tatters and our crediblity beyond repair. We aren't just losing the war in Iraq, we are losing our credibility in the world.

Cheney Blasts Iraq War Critics - Los Angeles Times

Cheney Blasts Iraq War Critics - Los Angeles Times

no dick, people are just asking you to be accountable.
what's the mission
what are the metrics.
you've made you're own bed you bastard,
for lying to us.

CRN | Mircosoft Windows | Microsoft Buffeted By Criticism Over Vista DRM

vista MSFT and DRM
sad but true.
i won't be buying the new software if it proves correct.

Daily Kos: The Iraq Debate: What Now?

yes, Murtha opened a door,
the sort of discussion prior to Iraq invasion
should have occured.

now it's time for the Prez to get SPECIFIC
What is the mission?
What are the metrics that define it's success and/or failure?
How are we doing?
what are the immediate specific next steps?