Archive for July, 2007

Seventy one percent of Americans in a recent poll disapprove of the Preznit. I know the sonuvabitch says that he doesn’t govern based on polls, but seriously when are we going to collectively hand this man his hat? He’s not leaving. He’s like that one party guest that clears rooms by his sheer obnoxious presence who has absolutely no capacity to catch a hint.

Does that sound far-fetched? Republican Presidential candidates look like Olympian sprinters, running in the opposite direction of nearly all of this man’s policies.

“Oh man…George is coming. Quick, out the other door before he starts talking to us.”

The only one who has stayed to talk, indeed seems excited to do so, is watching his campaign fall apart in chunks large enough to be visible from space with the naked eye. The “Straight Talk Express” looks like Keystone Cops mixed with The Towering Inferno — some parts horrifying while others are fantastically funny.

What needs to be emphasized more, however, is the growing need for impeachment of both Bush and Cheney. The White House seems to be keenly aware of this need and my opinion is that is why they are stonewalling every request that comes from a Democrat. The more they can stall testimonies in the myriad of investigations that are underway by Democrats, the less time Democrats will be able to assemble the needed evidence and testimony to hold Bush and Cheney accountable for their capital crimes against, both foreign and domestic.

Here’s a good example of what I’m talking about: Bruce Fein’s appearance on Countdown with Keith Olbermann.

It’s official: President Bush is the most unpopular President for the longest stretch of time in American history. Keith reports on the latest poll findings confirming this sad, sad fact, and conservative Republican & former Reagan Deputy AG Bruce Fein talks about why Bush must be impeached.

*VIDEO YOU MUST WATCH*

What makes this most recent poll incredible is the fact that Bush still has almost two years left in office (or 544 days). Like they say in a limbo competition, “How low can he go?”

What continually amazes me are the numbers of former Reagan and Nixon appointees who are appalled by the actions of this administration. After reading as many things as I have, I’ve become convinced that Dick Cheney has put into practice all of the things he wanted to do under Nixon but wasn’t allowed to. Like Hitler’s teary-eyed promise from a hospital bed that he would avenge Germany when he heard the announcement of the Armistace, Dick Cheney promised to get into that power again and avenge Nixon — and damn anyone, regardless of political party, if they stood in his way. (If you even breathe the words Godwin’s Law, I will smack you with a fish.)

You’d think, even if you went by El WaPo’s 65% disapproval ratings, that congress would understand and comply with the wishes of the people. These fuckers need impeachment. Even if you don’t have the 2/3 majority in the Senate for a conviction, put forth the effort and the American people will reward you with replacements to those who voted no in 2008 and then you’re looking at supermajority to go with a Democratic President. Risky? Yes, but no less than the risk our soldiers suffer everyday in Iraq because of these colossal pricks.

There are moments where my country will do something or say something that makes me want to crawl into a cave and hide — out of sheer embarrassment.

Highly sensitive information about the religious beliefs, political opinions and even the sex life of Britons travelling to the United States is to be made available to US authorities when the European Commission agrees to a new system of checking passengers.

I mean we’re not a perfect nation, granted. I don’t think a perfect nation exists. But there are slips in time where we’ll make a policy which is downright, grade-A imbecilic.

Under the new agreement, which goes live at the end of this month, the US will be able to hold the records of European passengers for 15 years compared with the current three year limit. The EU parliament said it was concerned the data would lead to ‘a significant risk of massive profiling and data mining, which is incompatible with basic European principles and is a practice still under discussion in the US congress.’

It’s one thing that we’ve slowly become the laughing stock of the international community — it’s quite another thing to appear to legislate the whole of the world without permission or, you know, authority.

Hustinx warns: ‘Data on EU citizens will be readily accessible to a broad range of US agencies and there is no limitation to what US authorities are allowed to do with the data.’

He expresses concern about ‘the absence of a robust legal mechanism that enables EU citizens to challenge misuse of their personal information’.

Hustinx concludes: ‘I have serious doubts whether the outcome of these negotiations will be fully compatible with European fundamental rights, which both the Council and the Commission have stated are non negotiable.’

The new agreement will see US authorities gain access to detailed passenger information, from credit card details to home addresses and even what sort of food may have been ordered before a flight. In addition, US authorities will be free to add other information they have obtained about a passenger, leading to concerns about how the information will be shared.

It has emerged that neither Hustinx nor the European parliament were aware of the final draft of the plan.

Sweet. Fucking. Christ.

I honestly believe that Daily Show Correspondent John Oliver was born too soon as I think he would’ve fit right in to the Monty Python crew. His report on Sen. Inhofe’s proposed legislation is one of the funniest things I’ve seen in a long time.

Some of the best points of people’s fears and ignorance are made with humor. Oliver’s a master.

In case you didn’t notice, The Preznit is still hard at work destroying the Constitution. The latest victim of the Preznidenchul Pruning Shears is the Fifth Amendment.

Let’s see…what does that leave us with in the Constitution — I mean, aside from the gigantic holes in it.

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A few items for the reactionary/uninformed:

1. When a flag is flown upside down, it’s an indication of distress, not defeat or surrender.
2. Writing on the flag is not a form of desecration, especially when it’s a form of protest by one of that nation’s citizens who is guaranteed the right to free speech by his constitution.
3. A soldier never gives up his right to free speech when he signs up.