tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70348752011-04-21T15:58:35.493-05:00Semi-Random thoughts of a semi-random being. The Baculum is a bone found in the reproductive organ of most male, non-primate mammals. Baculum experts (put THAT on your resume!) disagree on what purpose they serve. Like baculums, I exist, but there are disagreements on my purpose.Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.comBlogger761100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1163789604190887542006-11-17T12:07:00.000-06:002006-11-17T13:06:04.080-06:00

In the interest of fairness I think it's incumbent on us all to recognize the debt of gratitude we all owe Rush Limbaugh for his efforts on behalf of the Democratic Party in the recent Elections. Without the Missouri Senate seat we wouldn't have gotten a majority in that chamber, and as close as it was I don't think we would have gotten that seat without Limbaugh's mockery of Michael J. Fox.With

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1139965195887683292006-02-14T18:50:00.000-06:002006-02-14T18:59:55.900-06:00

There is a huge amount of speculation and misunderstanding about Cheney's accidental shooting of this lawyer, some of which (the speculation) I have engaged in myself. There are baseline facts that are pretty much beyond dispute which many are unaware of. Let's clear some of them up."Shot", in shotgun terms, refers to the individual round lead (usually) balls loaded into shotgun shells. These

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1132964360408563072005-11-25T17:06:00.000-06:002005-11-25T18:19:20.466-06:00

This is an expansion of an idea I first broached in this Diary.The most important target on the radar for those who oppose the Neo-Con hijacking of our Government is, or should be, regaining Majority control of the House of Representatives in 2006.The conventional approach, which incidentally got us in this position to begin with, is to concentrate resources and attention on "competitive" Seats

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1129950964638171812005-10-21T22:09:00.000-05:002005-10-21T22:30:09.720-05:00

The mob grew more frenzied as the gunmen dragged the two surviving Americans from the cab of their bullet-ridden lorry and forced them to kneel on the street.Killing one of the men with a rifle round fired into the back of his head, they doused the other with petrol and set him alight. Barefoot children, yelping in delight, piled straw on to the screaming man's body to stoke the flames.Within

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1127582957930531662005-09-24T12:21:00.000-05:002005-09-24T12:29:17.973-05:00

For anybody except the very wealthiest among us, the Bush Administration, coupled with the Republican control of Congress, has been an unmitigated and ongoing disaster. Repairing the damage will be a daunting task.Just reversing the damage done so far to the Environmental Protection Agency and environmental regulation throughout the Federal gov't would be a BIG job for any Administration. Much of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1119653727658110882005-06-24T17:50:00.000-05:002005-09-24T12:37:17.386-05:00

Our Heavenly Father...I know that the Universe is a big place, makes it hard to keep track of every detail everywhere, but I need to bring to Your attention some evil-doers who are mucking up your Creation down here.There's a bunch down here on Earth called "Republicans", I'm sure some of the recent arrivals at the Pearly Gates have mentioned them in passing, who have been lying and stealing and

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1104917794632429372005-01-05T03:29:00.000-06:002005-01-05T03:36:34.633-06:00

CAIRO -- The suicide bomber who killed 22 people when he blew himself up in a US mess hall in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul was a Saudi medical student, an Arab newspaper reported yesterday. Saudi-owned Asharq Al-Awsat identified him as 20-year-old Ahmed Said Ahmed al-Ghamdi, citing unnamed friends of the man's father. The friends said members of an Iraqi resistance group contacted

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1103951037509342662004-12-24T22:19:00.000-06:002004-12-24T23:03:57.510-06:00

Okay, so the best information available seems to be that the attack on the mess tent outside Mosul was carried out by Ansar al-Sunnah Army. Ansar al-Sunnah Army is apparently an outgrowth of (and shares some personnel with) Ansar al-Islam, the group that Powell cited as part of the justification for the invasion as they were supposedly producing ricin at a camp in the Kurdish north, under the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1092857990171958712004-08-18T14:36:00.000-05:002004-08-18T14:39:50.170-05:00

An unidentified supporter of President Bush tries to silence protester Kendra Lloyd-Knox (right) outside Southridge High School in Beaverton. Elsewhere in Portland, supporters of Democratic candidate Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., rallied on the waterfront. One picture's worth a thousand words...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1092798879609351592004-08-17T22:10:00.000-05:002004-08-17T22:14:39.610-05:00

CAROL HARRINGTON AND JARED FERRIE SPECIAL TO THE STAR KABUL—With evidence mounting of plans for widespread vote-rigging in Afghanistan's upcoming elections, U.S. experts say the controversy could emerge as a serious liability for U.S. President George W. Bush's re-election campaign. After voter registration centres closed across Afghanistan on the weekend, election officials acknowledged the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1092797837197063852004-08-17T21:51:00.000-05:002004-08-17T22:07:58.213-05:00

By MARTIN FREED One of the most gratifying things about writing periodic political columns is that folks on the other side of the spectrum read them. It gets kinda' boring when citizens constantly approach you and say things like, "Right on" or "You wrote everything I've been feeling." What's really exciting is when someone disagrees and even calls you names. Recently, one fellow referred to me

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091948055833791252004-08-08T01:50:00.000-05:002004-08-08T01:54:15.833-05:00

MEMPHIS, Tenn. Aug. 6, 2004 — An unabashed racist will represent the Republican party in the November election for a congressional seat after a write-in candidate failed to derail his effort. With 86 percent of the primary vote counted Thursday, write-in candidate Dennis Bertrand had just 1,554 votes compared to 7,671, or 83 percent, for James L. Hart, a believer in the discredited, phony

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091946826395350162004-08-08T01:28:00.000-05:002004-08-08T01:33:46.396-05:00

Saturday, August 07, 2004 MIKE FRANCIS BAGHDAD - The national guardsman peering through the long-range scope of his rifle was startled by what he saw unfolding in the walled compound below. From his post several stories above ground level, he watched as men in plainclothes beat blind folded and bound prisoners in the enclosed grounds of the Iraqi Interior Ministry. He immediately radioed

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091624431079050662004-08-04T07:51:00.000-05:002004-08-04T08:00:31.080-05:00

Benton (AP) -- Polk County Sheriff's officers have arrested two county election commissioners and the county Republican Party chairman in a ballot box scuffle. Election Registrar Sula Jenkins says commissioners Bill Frady and Steve Gaddis "manhandled" her. Jenkins is a Democrat, Frady and Gaddis are Republicans. The registrar says the commissioners wrested a ballot box from her grasp Saturday

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091610709306206672004-08-04T04:05:00.000-05:002004-08-04T04:11:49.306-05:00

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) -- Republican congressional candidate James L. Hart acknowledges that he is an ``intellectual outlaw.'' He is an unapologetic supporter of eugenics, the phony science that resulted in thousands of sterilizations in an attempt to purify the white race. He believes the country will look ``like one big Detroit'' if it doesn't eliminate welfare and immigration. He believes

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091528336206083052004-08-03T05:14:00.000-05:002004-08-03T05:18:56.206-05:00

Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge announced today that "The British are Coming!! The British are Coming!! during an early morning ride through Philadelphia. Speaking to reporters while letting his horse rest he also advised South-Central Pennsylvania to be on the lookout for a large Army led by one Robert E. Lee...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091510403244289732004-08-03T00:05:00.000-05:002004-08-03T00:20:03.243-05:00

WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - The White House said on Friday the federal budget deficit will grow to $445 billion this fiscal year, a new record likely to fuel election-year wrangles about President George W. Bush's economic policies.More Layoffs occurred at the second-fastest rate on record during the first three years of the Bush administration, a government report has found. In the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091152298028164572004-07-29T20:48:00.000-05:002004-07-29T20:51:38.030-05:00

BOSTON - While Gov. Jeb Bush reassures Floridians that touch screen voting machines are reliable, the Republican Party is sending the opposite message to some voters. The GOP urged some Miami voters to use absentee ballots because touch screens lack a paper trail and cannot "verify your vote." That's the same argument Democrats have made but which Bush, his elections director and Republican

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1091086653920464162004-07-29T02:30:00.000-05:002004-07-29T02:37:33.920-05:00

FORT CARSON, Colo. - One of four soldiers charged with pushing two Iraqi civilians into a river, where one of them drowned, says he was ordered to do so and told what to say to officials looking into the death, an Army investigator testified Wednesday. Spc. Terry Bowman said he "was told by his chain of command what version to give" investigators, Sgt. Irene Cintron of the Army's Criminal

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090999509775683302004-07-28T02:19:00.000-05:002004-07-28T02:25:09.776-05:00

A bit more about how Rush Limberger "blows off steam"... On the earlier program, they quoted U.S. Sergeant Samuel Provance about the torture of a 16-year-old. “He was full of fear, very alone. He had the thinnest little arms that I have ever seen. His whole body shook. His wrists were so thin that we could not put handcuffs on him. As soon as I saw him for the first time and led him to the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090727780925081102004-07-24T22:54:00.000-05:002004-07-24T23:01:19.160-05:00

WASHINGTON, July 24 — The Bush administration has been going to court to block lawsuits by consumers who say they have been injured by prescription drugs and medical devices. The administration contends that consumers cannot recover damages for such injuries if the products have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration. In court papers, the Justice Department acknowledges that this

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090718684629619162004-07-24T20:16:00.000-05:002004-07-24T20:24:44.630-05:00

In the face of stubborn insurgency, troops scale back Anbar patrols By Tom Lasseter Knight Ridder Newspapers RAMADI, Iraq - After more than a year of fighting, U.S. troops have stopped patrolling large swaths of Iraq's restive Anbar province, according to the top American military intelligence officer in the area. Most U.S. Army officers interviewed this week said the patrols in and

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090393510970764432004-07-21T01:57:00.000-05:002004-07-21T02:05:10.970-05:00

On "Meet the Press", Feb. 7... "I'm a war president. I make decisions here in the Oval Office in foreign-policy matters with war on my mind." In a speech in Cedar Rapids, July 20... "Nobody wants to be the war president. I want to be the peace president." Against a 9/11 Commission, then for it. Against a Department of Homeland Security, then for it. Decisive, my ass.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090283214462984902004-07-19T19:22:00.000-05:002004-07-19T19:26:54.463-05:00

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A grand jury issued a subpoena to oil field services company Halliburton Co. seeking information about its Cayman Islands unit's work in Iran, where it is illegal for U.S. companies to operate, Halliburton said on Monday. The company, formerly headed by Vice President Dick Cheney, said it understood the investigation of its subsidiary's work in Iran had been transferred to

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090248817648651282004-07-19T09:42:00.000-05:002004-07-19T09:53:37.646-05:00

The Repugnicans have lambasted John Kerry for months over his "Foreign Leaders" remark, and saying, in effect, "So What?" Well... NEW YORK, July 18 /PRNewswire/ -- The Bush administration is finding few volunteers abroad who will offer troops to secure the critical U.N. mission to set up Iraqi elections, Newsweek has learned. As of last week just two nations had indicated interest, though "I

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1090198517330112882004-07-18T19:50:00.000-05:002004-07-18T19:55:17.330-05:00

Downing Street has admitted to The Observer that repeated claims by Tony Blair that '400,000 bodies had been found in Iraqi mass graves' is untrue, and only about 5,000 corpses have so far been uncovered. The claims by Blair in November and December of last year, were given widespread credence, quoted by MPs and widely published, including in the introduction to a US government pamphlet on

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1088527456619046302004-06-29T11:42:00.000-05:002004-06-29T11:44:16.620-05:00

John Kerry has my vote. What choice do I have? Seriously. This is the Klingon's Choice - die quickly or die slowly. But if John Kerry wants my support, if he wants to win a bijillion votes and set this country on fire and send the current administration of thugs packing, here's what he needs to do and say: 1. Anyone from the current adminstration found to have condoned, authorized, or

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1088348928979874572004-06-27T09:49:00.000-05:002004-07-19T19:16:45.606-05:00

I've been trying to puzzle out whether a staged terrorist attack in Mid-October would have a predictable political effect on the American electorate, and have decided it probably would not. It could break either way, folks might conclude that it's too dangerous to change teams, or they might decide that the failure was Bush*'s. I think a staged thwarting of a 9/11-level attack much more

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1088154314099379222004-06-25T04:03:00.000-05:002004-06-25T04:05:14.100-05:00

It's sort of a shame that woman got in the way, but look around her...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1088153526238085212004-06-25T03:46:00.000-05:002004-06-25T03:52:06.236-05:00

From Sisyphus Shrugged comes this gem of a strategy memo from Frank Luntz, Professor Emeritus of Republican Whoredom... The overwhelming amount of language in this document is intended to create a lexicon for explaining the policy of “preemption” and the “War in Iraq.” However, you will not find any instance in which we suggest that you use the actual word “preemption,” or the phrase “The War in

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087821280293294452004-06-21T07:20:00.000-05:002004-06-21T07:40:17.740-05:00

Thomas B. Griffith, President Bush's nominee for the federal appeals court in Washington, has been practicing law in Utah without a state law license for the past four years, according to Utah state officials. Griffith, the general counsel for Brigham Young University since August 2000, had previously failed to renew his law license in Washington for three years while he was a lawyer based in

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087818694349608422004-06-21T06:34:00.000-05:002004-06-21T07:03:53.806-05:00

A Northwest Airlines flight from Minneapolis mistakenly landed at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota Saturday after the pilot apparently confused the base for nearby Rapid City Regional Airport. Passengers aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 1152 from Minneapolis knew something was awry: Nobody from the flight crew got on the intercom to welcome them to Rapid City, Out the window were

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087714251394274292004-06-20T01:47:00.000-05:002004-06-20T01:50:51.393-05:00

President Bush traveled to Youngstown, Ohio, a few weeks ago to talk about health care, and before long he was reprising his complaint about "junk and frivolous" malpractice suits, which he said are discouraging good doctors from practicing medicine. As he often does, the president called for reforms to make it more difficult for patients to seek compensation and to restrict the amount of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087713965159626882004-06-20T01:43:00.000-05:002004-06-20T01:46:05.160-05:00

Hospital superbugs with resistance to a "last resort" antibiotic have emerged independently in at least eight different countries, reveals a new study. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) is a major problem worldwide. It is highly resistant to most antibiotics, with the exception of vancomycin, which could be relied upon to kill the superbug. An MRSA bug with increased resistance

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087461785853790092004-06-17T03:40:00.000-05:002004-06-17T03:49:16.036-05:00

Finally, the cavalry is on the way!! A contingent of Tongan soldiers is heading to the Middle East to join American forces in Iraq. The 44 Tongan troops will travel to Kuwait first, and after acclimatising will then join the First US Marine Division. Their exact role hasn't been determined, but at first it is likely they will be confined to camp duties and training. The Tongan Government says

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087385641876336562004-06-16T06:23:00.000-05:002004-06-16T06:34:01.876-05:00

June 16, 2004 GHAZI Talabani, the security chief for Iraq's oil fields around the northern city of Kirkuk, was assassinated today outside his home, Iraqi police said. here2:23pm (UK) Pipeline Blast Cuts Iraq's Southern Oil Exports Two explosions damaged oil pipelines in southern Iraq, cutting oil exports from the region by half.here KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - An explosion ripped through a crude

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087268205563368052004-06-14T21:51:00.000-05:002004-06-14T21:56:45.563-05:00

COLORADO SPRINGS - Army re-enlistments have dropped suddenly and dramatically at Fort Carson and several other posts where combat units have recently returned from Iraq. The surprising decline within the past 21/2 months has jolted recruiters and military analysts and provoked questions about the war's effect on the Army's recruiting ability. Since Fort Carson units began coming home in April

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087186967538162442004-06-13T23:18:00.000-05:002004-06-13T23:22:47.536-05:00

In the fall of 2002, in the preparations for possible war with Iraq, the Pentagon sought and received the assent of senior Bush administration officials, including the vice president's chief of staff, before hiring the Halliburton Company to develop secret plans for restoring Iraq's oil facilities, Pentagon officials have told Congressional investigators. The newly disclosed details about

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1087080421145060952004-06-12T17:44:00.000-05:002004-06-12T17:47:01.146-05:00

That's how it is with George W. Bush and his neocon handlers. If this were a Saturday picture show and not reality as reported by American MegaMedia Inc., the audience would obviously see how the only characters benefitting from 9/11 was the Bush crew and their approval ratings. The same Bush crew whose lives and finances intersected closely with the Saudis and Bin Laden for decades. We would see

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086851301701253842004-06-10T02:06:00.000-05:002004-06-10T02:08:21.700-05:00

I used it first, it's mine, if anybody else uses it I want paid.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-108684797307709672004-06-10T01:08:00.000-05:002004-06-10T01:12:53.076-05:00

The mind-changer must have agreed to roll over on LTG Sanchez. If it was any of the Modern Major Generals on Sanchez's staff or at the Pentagram Faye could "interview" them. Sometimes, not often but sometimes, you just start to feel sorry for that old fan that just keeps getting hit. Reckon Ronnie would agree to Resurrect and Die about once a month until November??

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086846507988424812004-06-10T00:43:00.000-05:002004-06-10T00:49:54.556-05:00

WASHINGTON, June 9 — The commander of American forces in the Middle East asked Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld this week to replace the general investigating suspected abuses by military intelligence soldiers at Abu Ghraib prison with a more senior officer, a step that would allow the inquiry to reach into the military's highest ranks in Iraq, Pentagon officials said Wednesday. The request

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086807450039523502004-06-09T13:42:00.000-05:002004-06-09T13:57:30.040-05:00

"In a stunning display of solidarity, captive dogs in Western Wyoming and Eastern Idaho have been eating poison baits intended for wolves. At least 8 dogs have martyred themselves and 13 have been sickened..." Well, maybe that ain't exactly what it says here... I have seen these amateur "control" schemes, most recently here when some budding Einstein decided to get rid of some beavers.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086730791481111142004-06-08T16:35:00.000-05:002004-06-08T16:42:22.153-05:00

W. Patrick Lang Col. Lang is president of Global Resources, Inc. and former defense intelligence officer at the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). For a printable pdf version of this article, click here. Throughout my long service life in the Department of Defense, first as an army officer and then as a member of the Defense Intelligence Senior Executive Service, there was a phrase in common

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086589283998873672004-06-07T01:19:00.000-05:002004-06-07T01:21:23.996-05:00

Although his approval ratings have slipped somewhat in recent weeks, President George W. Bush still enjoys the overall support of nearly half of the American people. He does not, however, fare nearly so well among professional historians. A recent informal, unscientific survey of historians conducted at my suggestion by George Mason University’s History News Network found that eight in ten

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086579449480793262004-06-06T22:23:00.000-05:002004-06-07T01:35:25.900-05:00

Here Little Tykes should be in charge of making a vessel to name after Bush*. Something suitably bush-league...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086447910659120282004-06-05T10:04:00.000-05:002004-06-07T01:40:09.216-05:00

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086399221525123122004-06-04T20:32:00.000-05:002004-06-04T20:33:41.526-05:00

BUSHIDO:THE WAY OF THE ARMCHAIR WARRIOR by EVAN EISENBERG Issue of 2004-06-07 Posted 2004-05-31 Knowledge is not important. The armchair warrior strives to attain a state beyond knowledge, a state of deep, non-knowing connection to the universe: in particular, to that portion of the universe which is rich, powerful, or related to him by blood. The unenlightened speak of “failures of intelligence

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086292379922163152004-06-03T14:50:00.000-05:002004-06-03T14:52:59.923-05:00

Witnesses told a federal grand jury President George W. Bush knew about, and took no action to stop, the release of a covert CIA operative's name to a journalist in an attempt to discredit her husband, a critic of administration policy in Iraq. Their damning testimony has prompted Bush to contact an outside lawyer for legal advice because evidence increasingly points to his involvement in the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086288825149976842004-06-03T13:51:00.000-05:002004-06-03T13:53:45.150-05:00

Finally, a grand unified theory that explains Bush's domestic and international policies. Little did we know. By Matthew Yglesias Web Exclusive: 06.02.04 Surveying the vast wasteland that George W. Bush has made of American governance, even the most sophisticated observer is driven to ask, like the simple son at a Passover seder, what is all this? The most compelling hypothesis so far is

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086288253118598262004-06-03T13:43:00.000-05:002004-06-03T13:45:16.766-05:00

Nothing to see here, move along.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086217715050412472004-06-02T18:06:00.000-05:002004-06-02T18:08:35.050-05:00

ABC News is reporting that Bush* has "contacted" outside counsel about the Plame treason... May get interesting, indeed.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086208498934265272004-06-02T15:33:00.000-05:002004-06-02T15:34:58.936-05:00

No single source I can point to, not much more than a hunch based on background noise, but I think the Cheney/Halliburton shit is about to hit the fan. This "Administration" has made so many internal enemies in Government Agencies it's phenomenal, and those enemies are going to be active between now and November. The screwing that the troops at CIA and State have taken is well known, but there

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086207807514595572004-06-02T15:17:00.000-05:002004-06-02T15:23:27.513-05:00

South Knox Bubba is on the right track: SKB ...but he forgot about it being considered "poor form" in those days to blatantly "profiteer" off the war... And the scrap metal recycling drives. How about a bullet drive?? Since we are using ammo faster than we can make it, why not support the War on Terriers by donating all that .223 and .308 ammo you have laying around?? That way wing-nuts can

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086201343215072112004-06-02T13:30:00.000-05:002004-06-02T13:35:43.216-05:00

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Army has issued an order preventing thousands of soldiers designated for duty in Iraq or Afghanistan from leaving the military even when their volunteer service commitment expires, officials said on Wednesday. The move to extend the service of some soldiers involuntarily was the latest sign of increasing stress on the Army as the Pentagon strives to maintain

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086197808563113522004-06-02T12:15:00.000-05:002004-06-02T12:54:55.006-05:00

If Republican whoredom allows a catastrophe to happen that could have been prevented, may there never again be any Officeholder in this Country that calls themselves a "Republican". Concerns rise over chemicals as targets By Charlie Savage, Globe Staff | June 1, 2004 WASHINGTON -- Homeland Security watchdogs call them "prepositioned weapons of mass destruction" for terrorists: huge tanks of

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086190540545943892004-06-02T10:32:00.000-05:002004-06-02T10:35:40.546-05:00

CHICAGO -- A new study of 14 countries finds that the United States has the highest rate of mental illnesses, including anxiety disorders and depression. Researchers from Harvard Medical School in Boston and the World Health Organization found that such illnesses are common and undertreated in many of the countries. The study results appear in Wednesday's issue of the Journal of the American

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086109848322457102004-06-01T12:07:00.000-05:002004-06-02T10:53:19.806-05:00

The guy in this picture, Joe Privatera, got himself arrested for this protest.Wouldn't it be fun to see 1,000 similar protests in NYC every day of the Republican Convention?? People standing all over the city with hoods and ponchos, just quietly standing there??

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1086108889886010192004-06-01T11:52:00.000-05:002004-06-01T11:54:49.886-05:00

Posner elaborates in startling detail how U.S. interrogators used drugs - an unnamed "quick-on, quick-off" painkiller and Sodium Pentothal, the old movie truth serum - in a chemical version of reward and punishment to make Zubaydah talk. When questioning stalled, according to Posner, CIA men flew Zubaydah to an Afghan complex fitted out as a fake Saudi jail chamber, where "two Arab-Americans, now

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085786787235844892004-05-28T18:24:00.000-05:002004-05-28T18:26:27.236-05:00

LOS ANGELES, May 24, 2004 (www.columnleft.com) -- They've brought America to its knees. They're a ruthless band of fundamentalist religious fanatics that respect no international laws and seem destined to cause only death, misery, and destruction. They strike without warning using stealth, torture, lies, and deception to rain down violence without regard to innocent lives lost. They cynically

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085785444024087072004-05-28T18:02:00.000-05:002004-05-28T18:04:04.023-05:00

"I think we're dealing with the most closed, imperialistic, nastiest administration in living memory. They even put Richard Nixon to shame."Gen. Wesley Clark

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085753997633470452004-05-28T09:15:00.000-05:002004-05-28T09:19:57.633-05:00

But didn't Pakistan arrest one of Ashcroft's "Most Wanted" over a year ago?? Woman Sought By FBI Reportedly Arrested In Pakistan Neurologist Questioned By FBI For Alleged Al-Qaida Links POSTED: 12:56 p.m. CST April 3, 2003 UPDATED: 12:57 p.m. CST April 3, 2003 U.S. intelligence officials are reportedly interrogating a Pakistani woman alleged to have moved funds and assisted with logistics

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085674133712862632004-05-27T11:03:00.000-05:002004-05-27T11:08:53.713-05:00

Last Friday I wondered... How many other Western intelligence agencies relied primarily on what Chalabi fed them?? It now appears that number would be 9. The Iraqi neocon favourite, tipped to lead his liberated country post-invasion, has been identified by the CIA and Defence Intelligence Agency as an Iranian double-agent, passing secrets to that citadel of the "axis of evil" for decades. All the

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085630105995717612004-05-26T22:47:00.000-05:002004-05-26T23:01:42.013-05:00

Two for the price of one... A U.S. Army general dispatched by senior Pentagon officials to bolster the collection of intelligence from prisoners in Iraq last fall inspired and promoted the use of guard dogs there to frighten the Iraqis, according to sworn testimony by the top U.S. intelligence officer at the Abu Ghraib prison. According to the officer, Col. Thomas Pappas, the idea came from Maj.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085606956439894242004-05-26T16:23:00.000-05:002004-05-26T16:29:16.440-05:00

George W. Bush promised us a foreign policy with humility. Instead, he has brought us humiliation in the eyes of the world. He promised to "restore honor and integrity to the White House." Instead, he has brought deep dishonor to our country and built a durable reputation as the most dishonest President since Richard Nixon. Honor? He decided not to honor the Geneva Convention. Just as he

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085538739247023492004-05-25T21:19:00.000-05:002004-05-25T21:32:19.246-05:00

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Interior Department has blocked the Army from hiring new civilian interrogators in Iraq while it investigates whether a past contract was awarded properly, a department spokesman said Tuesday. At least one civilian interrogator working under that contract has been accused of taking part in abusing prisoners at the Abu Ghraib prison outside Baghdad. The Army hired

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085412613227491072004-05-24T10:25:00.000-05:002004-05-24T10:30:13.226-05:00

and falling... CBS) The war in Iraq continues to tarnish the approval ratings of President Bush. Evaluations of the way Mr. Bush is handling the war in Iraq, how he is handling foreign policy, and how he is handling his job overall are now at their lowest levels ever in his presidency. Mr. Bush's overall job approval rating has continued to decline. Forty-one percent approve of the job he is

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085263505748964962004-05-22T17:04:00.000-05:002004-05-22T17:05:05.746-05:00

Just too easy.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085242214640359252004-05-22T11:08:00.000-05:002004-05-22T11:10:14.640-05:00

The one that got killed last August 17, while filming outside Abu Ghraib prison?? Just wondered...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085225999602284962004-05-22T06:36:00.000-05:002004-05-22T06:39:59.603-05:00

Steve McLinden, the Ft. Worth Star Telegram reporter who sent an e-mail to the Young Conservatives of Texas calling them “heartless, greedy, anti-intellectual little fascists” is no longer working for the newspaper. Some people just don't like being called little...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085225615977684732004-05-22T06:31:00.000-05:002004-05-22T06:33:35.976-05:00

How were the Chickenhawks supposed to know this guy was untrustworthy?? Hell, he only had ONE conviction for bank fraud. Compared to most of the people they know...

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085206223555729862004-05-22T01:06:00.000-05:002004-05-22T01:10:23.556-05:00

This will be a bigger political scandal than Watergate... A bigger intelligence failure than 9/11... A bigger stain on the Presidency than the entire blue dress.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085199004550110612004-05-21T23:03:00.000-05:002004-05-21T23:10:04.550-05:00

"The Defense Intelligence Agency has concluded that a U.S.-funded arm of Ahmed Chalabi's Iraqi National Congress has been used for years by Iranian intelligence to pass disinformation to the United States and to collect highly sensitive American secrets, according to intelligence sources."An Iranian Intelligence operation given access and influence at the highest possible levels in our government

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1085194725582139392004-05-21T21:48:00.000-05:002004-05-21T21:58:45.583-05:00

Has that neo-con darling Chalabi taken the entire civilized world for a ride?? The bulk of the "evidence" of Iraqi WOMD came, directly or indirectly from Chalabi and his INC. We know his stuff got traction in the U.S. primarily because he was saying (and inventing) exactly what Perle and Wolfowitz and Cheney wanted to hear. How many other Western intelligence agencies relied primarily on

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1084950898210704092004-05-19T02:12:00.000-05:002004-05-26T23:20:14.423-05:00

The list of dead from Iraq is far too large to look at in it's entirety, it's easier to see when it's broken down into digestible pieces. While perusing a State-by-State list: War Casualties I noticed an amazing thing. The casualty list from any State not home to multiple Major Army Commands is VERY rank-heavy. Tennessee has lost 18 killed, 3 of whom were not NCOs, Warrant Officers or

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7034875.post-1084947722558557042004-05-19T01:21:00.000-05:002004-05-19T01:22:02.556-05:00

May have happened as many as three times, but that's unsubstantiated rumor.

Jeffhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07174763798659003901noreply@blogger.com1