295 days and counting.

Singer/ songwriter Paul Hipp:
“Here is a new song for 4000 American soldiers and the 89,000 Iraqi civilians and all the others who have died as a result of George Bush’s war.”

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We’re the deciders. Impeach now.

296 days and counting.

Lazy is one thing when you’re talking about a highway bill or even national healthcare. But when it comes to war, lazy is murder. — David Michael Green

Watching George W. Bush in operation these last couple of weeks is like having an out-of-body experience. On acid. During a nightmare. In a different galaxy.
So begins [...]

297 days and counting.

And the war goes on… and on. From today’s news:
US Warplanes Widen Airstrikes in Iraq.
The number of people killed in the latest strikes was not yet known, he said.
Iraqi police said that earlier in the day a U.S. warplane strafed a house and killed eight civilians, including two women and one child. They spoke on [...]

298 days and counting.

Christ. He goes from romanticizing war to this:
Bush: Iraq Violence A Necessary Part Of Development.
“It’s going to take awhile, but it’s a necessary part of the development of a free society,” Bush said.
It’s a process, see. You start a war in order to bring peace later.
Prove that you mean it, George. Send the twins to [...]

299 days and counting.

Just what are they teaching kids in grade school today?
Scott Bateman presents one grade schooler’s assessment of our Feckless Leader.

Adman Rich Silverstein and friends have their own take on Bush/Orwell. It’s a little different yet much the same.
Sadly, there’s no “Doo Doo Head” here.
Choose from among events, slogans, and people.
Impeach now.

300 days and counting.

Mark Morford in the San Francisco Chronicle:
Maybe now is when the real dark period begins. Sure the last seven years of the inept Bush regime have been miserable and shameful, sure we’ve been humiliated, mortified a thousand ways from Sunday by an administration that would yank the legs off a dog if it meant a [...]

301 days and counting.

David Paterson Admits Using Cocaine, Marijuana In His 20s
This is almost too funny. Every week it’s a new revelation.
So far we’ve learned the man has had extramarital affairs — several, apparently, including one with a woman he “inherited” — has snorted cocaine, and smoked marijuana. Now all New York’s first legally blind, African American [...]