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Date:
07/01/03
Time:
04:43 AM

Comments

Threatening Matilda with divine damnation is the funniest thing i've read here in a while. Can't you comprehend satire and ridicule youngster? Obviously not. While Matilda tries to alert people to the dangers of the Bush administration, who kill and lie and destroy the fragile environment, what are you doing? She is being a responsible human being and that is what really bugs you people, isn't it, the threat of a good example makes you shake in your shiny shoes.

Signed, Matilda's Hammer

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
04:54 AM

Comments

Oh please!!!!! It isn't the liberals who mix politics and religion. Where have you been? On the moon? Do you know who John Ashcroft is? Did you know that Bush gets his war orders DIRECTLY from the mouth of GOD?????!!!!!

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
07:09 AM

Comments

Hammer, please read the 6/28 post above regarding the latest EPA report. The "fragile environment" is in better shape now, during the Bush presidency.

The "dangers" (of the Bush administration, who kill and lie and destroy the fragile environment) are in the eye of the beholder.

PN

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
07:59 AM

Comments

Oh really, George the Liar is actually George the Green? How about some sources? Do you believe in evidence? Surely you know that the New York Times reported that Bush had forced the EPA to remove the bad stuff in the EPA report? Are you open to evidence or do you just spout opinions with nothing factual to back them up? The latter I believe.

Signed, Matilda's Hammer

Try this article, with the following quotes: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0625-08.htm

 

"The administration must be held to account for its stewardship of the environment. This document provides disturbing evidence of the administration’s readiness to reject or spin scientific findings on crucial environmental issues that do not suit the White House’s political agenda."

Mark Van Putten, president of the National Wildlife Federation

"The White House’s unwillingness to include all data undermines the report’s conclusions, said Greg Wetstone, director of advocacy for the Natural Resources Defense Council. “It is notable for what is not there,” Wetstone told ENS.

“There is a section on global issues that does not say a word about the most important or serious challenge we have ever faced--global warming. That detracts from credibility of the whole effort,” Wetstone said.

“It doesn’t deal with the real environmental problems. The pattern here is to ignore science, ignore law, and ignore public opinion,” he said. “It goes where the worst elements of corporate America want to go.”

Or try this recent article: http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0628-04.htm

 

"It was revealed recently that the ruling Republicans have shaped scientific research so that its conclusions serve the highest bidder, in this case the petroleum industry and its cohorts. The New York Times reported that the Environmental Protection Agency, which supervises US policy and practice on interactions with the natural world, succumbed to political pressure by eliminating the sentence, ‘‘Climate change has global consequences for human health and the environment,” from its draft report on the current state of the environment. Gone too was mention of a recent study documenting the rapid rise in global temperatures in the past decade. Instead, as the Times reported, two external agencies, the Council on Environmental Quality and the Office of Management and Budget, inserted a reference to another report that questioned the rise in temperatures – a report scarcely impartial, since part of its funding came from the American Petroleum Institute."

 

Try learning about the environmental disaster Bush left behind in Texas:

http://www.commondreams.org/news2001/0413-04.htm

"The 'compassionate conservative' has really turned out to be the 'Toxic Texan,'" said Andrea Durbin, Greenpeace Campaigns Director. "Since taking office, Bush has set a blistering pace in undermining efforts to stop global warming, improve our drinking water and protect public lands from oil development. No Earth Day spin will hide the damage he’s already done."

This action comes just days before Greenpeace holds the first "Take Back the Earth Day" on Wednesday, April 18, when Americans will rally against Bush’s anti-environmental policies in Washington, D.C. In a matter of weeks the President has rolled back decades of environmental gains. Among the environmental assaults he has already delivered:

 

Withdrawing U.S. support of the global warming agreement, known as the Kyoto Protocol; Relaxing drinking water standards; Supporting oil drilling in the Arctic Refuge and other public lands; Reducing forest protections; Slashing budgets for environmental protection; and Weakening the Endangered Species Act.

Texas environmental groups, including Public Citizen of Texas, the Texas SEED Coalition, Texas Campaign for the Environment and the Texas field office of U.S. PIRG, joined Greenpeace today in a joint letter (pdf file) delivered to Bush. The letter states: "We are writing to express our outrage over your Administration’s aggressive attack on the environment." It goes on to say: "The stances of your Administration, both current and in Texas, has been to back the interests of polluters, especially the oil, mining and timber interests."

"Bush thinks by making a pro-environmental announcement on Earth Day and planting a tree he’s compassionate about the environment," added Durbin. "The problem is his administration plans to trash the earth the other 364 days. From the state of Texas to nationwide to globally, the President must protect the people, not the polluters

 

 

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
08:36 AM

Comments

Ministers knew war papers were forged, says diplomat US official who identified documents incriminating Iraq as fakes says Britain must have been aware of findings By Andrew Buncombe in Washington and Raymond Whitaker in London 29 June 2003

A high-ranking American official who investigated claims for the CIA that Iraq was seeking uranium to restart its nuclear programme last night accused Britain and the US of deliberately ignoring his findings to make the case for war against Saddam Hussein.

 

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
09:42 AM

Comments

Matilda's Hammer (MH): I have no power to threaten damnation. I don't think anything Matilda does is satire. I do see the liberals on this page show nothing but hate for everything Republican.

I was only pointing out that if I had already lived longer than the normal life expectancy I would think about what I will be doing for eternity if I backed killing unborn children and lived with such hatred for anyone.

Is it satire you brought up the New York Times ("Surely you know that the New York Times reported that Bush had forced the EPA to remove the bad stuff in the EPA report")?

They have been proven to be anti Bush and liars.

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
03:25 PM

Comments

Six more American young men dead because of Bush's lies. Bush doesn't care, he's doing his job for the oil companies. Remember Bush went AWOL during HIS military service.

Bush allows U.S. soldiers to die for oil every day. Matilda is trying to bring those soldiers home to their family. Hooray Matilda!

Compare what you read here with what is currently reported in the mainstream media.

Signed: Matilda's Hammer

Go here:http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2003-07/01/article03.shtml

BAGHDAD, July 1 (IslamOnline.net & News Agencies) – Few hours after an American helicopter gunship reportedly bombed a mosque in Fallujah killing ten Iraqis, six U.S. soldiers were killed and four others injured in two separate attacks in central and southern Baghdad on Tuesday, June 1.

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
05:34 PM

Comments

Excuse me, We invaded Iraq because they didn't comply with UN Sanctions after 12 YEARS!

US soldiers have been killed ridding an oppressed country of a murdering dictator who would do everything in his power to hurt the US (reminds me of the liberals on this page).

A few of his followers will fight to the death against the US (like liberals here) and those are the ones that are being killed.

BTW, many, many more people die of smoking everyday than die in Iraq. Why don't you liberals do something worthwhile and fight to ban smoking? Oh, I forget, you'd lose votes.

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
07:34 PM

Comments

More on the Bush said God told him to go to war. You liberals will use anything to try and derail bush. Have you no shame?

Here is a quote to show how desparate you are and then the link to the whole article. (they are talking about the quote attributed to Bush about God telling him to go to war)

"remember that you are reading a translation of a translation of a translation. Mahmoud Abas does not speak English. Bush does not speak Arabic. If Bush said these words, or something like them, Abas heard them from a translator. Then Abas repeated them, as he remembered them a couple of weeks later, in Arabic. Some unknown person wrote down what he thought he heard Abas say. Then Regular, or someone at Ha'aretz, translated them back into English-or perhaps first into Hebrew and then into English."

http://commondreams.org/views03/0630-04.htm

Date:
07/01/03
Time:
10:42 PM

Comments

Hammer, since you call him "bush the liar", should we assume you are a fervent adorer of "Bill Clinton the truthfull" or "Honest Hillary"? That would explain a lot.

For references, since you could not find it yourself, here is the URL for the Environmental Indicators Initiative from the EPA. It took me all of three minutes to track it down. http://www.epa.gov/indicators/

In case you have trouble following links, here is the actual Draft Report on the Environment. http://www.epa.gov/indicators/roe/index.htm

Say what you want, America IS greener now than in the past, and G. Bush Is president.

Here is documentation on the EPA warning of a rise in global heartwarming. Start making your placards, gather all your friends and take to the streets to stop this menace

http://www.theonion.com/onion3413/globalheartwarming.html

Let's at least have some fun.

PN

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
04:31 AM

Comments

Cost of the war in Iraq:

If anyone hasn't checked this out, please do so. It can't be cut and pasted, so please go to the link.

http://www.costofwar.com/

 

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
05:30 AM

Comments

Kellogg Brown Root was awarded control of Iraq's oil fields ahead of the war under a no-bid contract. After the war, the Pentagon itself awarded the giant MCI a $45m deal to build a mobile telecoms system - despite the involvement of MCI, as WorldCom, in the biggest corporate fraud in business history.

 

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
06:59 AM

Comments

Re: the cost of the war in Iraq ...

Gee, what might have been the cost to us had we NOT gone to war with Saddam? Hmmm. 9/11 redux?

Does the poster have any idea as to the cost of maintaining the "no-fly zones" over Iraq for the previous twelve years? Or what the prosepective costs for same had we not finished the job?

Of course the cost/benefit to the Iraqis is of no interest to the poster. Folks in France like to cluck-cluck over the bad Americans while ignoring real horrors (like their favorite pastime, killing jews).

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
07:01 AM

Comments

Re: "Kellogg Brown Root was awarded control of Iraq's oil fields ahead of the war under a no-bid contract. After the war, the Pentagon itself awarded the giant MCI a $45m deal to build a mobile telecoms system - despite the involvement of MCI, as WorldCom, in the biggest corporate fraud in business history. "

And?

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
07:20 AM

Comments

"No votes, no inspections, no proof or lack of proof -- in fact, no earthly reason whatsoever -- could have stopped Bush's aggressive war on Iraq. It was God's unalterable will: the Lord of Hosts gave a direct order for George W. Bush to "strike at Saddam."

http://www.tmtmetropolis.ru/stories/2003/06/27/120.html

 

 

 

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
11:51 AM

Comments

"Gee, what might have been the cost to us had we NOT gone to war with Saddam? Hmmm. 9/11 redux?"

There is no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, just the lies you choose to believe because of your own unwillingness to challenge power.

"Does the poster have any idea as to the cost of maintaining the "no-fly zones" over Iraq for the previous twelve years? Or what the prosepective costs for same had we not finished the job?"

Patrolling the 'no-fly' zones was illegal under international law. During that time hundreds of innocent Iraqi people were killed by US bombs, that was the main human cost. The job you talk of finishing is the illegal invasion of another country and mass murder of innocent civilians and poor conscripts.

"Of course the cost/benefit to the Iraqis is of no interest to the poster. Folks in France like to cluck-cluck over the bad Americans while ignoring real horrors (like their favorite pastime, killing jews)."

It is you who show no interest in other human beings. Your logic is the logic of the Nazi, might makes right, might makes me good and him bad, and for you, supporting power makes me feel like a brave person. Actually people like you who blindly support power, the power of the boot on poor people's necks, are moral cowards who dare not question the bully. Makes you afraid doesn't it? I'm sure it's not your kids over there killing civilians and getting ambushed by a resistance movement, now is it? Repeating the words of power is at the heart of the Nazi mentality. Follower you are, and base coward.

Signed: Matilda's Hammer

Date:
07/02/03
Time:
06:28 PM

Comments

Re: No votes, no inspections, no proof or lack of proof -- in fact, no earthly reason whatsoever -- could have stopped Bush's aggressive war on Iraq. It was God's unalterable will: the Lord of Hosts gave a direct order for George W. Bush to "strike at Saddam."

This is tiring, that quote was taken from a translation of a translation of a translation. Mahmoud Abas does not speak English. Bush does not speak Arabic. If Bush said these words, or something like them, Abas heard them from a translator. Then Abas repeated them, as he remembered them a couple of weeks later, in Arabic. Some unknown person wrote down what he thought he heard Abas say. Then Regular, or someone at Ha'aretz, translated them back into English-or perhaps first into Hebrew and then into English."

and

Re: the horrible Kellogg Brown Root $42 Million contract. Check out:

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=32190

Guess Dianne Feinstein's husband getting awarded a $600 Million contract in Iraq is ok.

Two faced, simpleton Democrats.

Date:
07/03/03
Time:
02:24 PM

Comments

Someone calling himself Hammer!! You get an A for ego. I bet you are the kind of person who demands you mate call you "Rocky" behind closed doors, regardless of your sex and orientation. You are probably more like a rubber mallet with a broken handle.

Date:
07/03/03
Time:
04:07 PM

Comments

The really fun thing about morons like the self-styled "Matilda's Hammer" (I think of him as "Matilda's Hummer") is the certainty of his angst and dismay when he reads the election returns a little over a year from now.

Guys like him (her?) don't want to know the truth -- all they can do is live in their alternate universe. The truth is the Democrat party ran out of ideas a couple of decades ago and their sole reason for existance has been the perpetuation of themselves. Perhaps the next election will force them to take stock and perhaps we'll see some vibrance return to our political system.

Date:
07/03/03
Time:
10:27 PM

Comments

MH: “There is no evidence of a link between Saddam Hussein and 9/11, just the lies you choose to believe because of your own unwillingness to challenge power. “ Ahhh … where to begin. Let’s start with the assertion that there’s “no evidence” of a link. I assume you live in France with Matilda and so can blithely demand absolute and irrefutable proofs from your betters before you’ll believe anything. We in America have learned (again) that the best way to deal with nuts who would do you harm is to kill them. Every last one. Or, at least to take their toys away. So I applaud GWB for taking the sensible steps and being “better safe than sorry”. MH, of course, would rather see millions of Iraqis murdered by the baths than see a few thousand murderers given their just deserts. As to the last of MH’s comment – “unwillingness to challenge power”. This, I think is the heart of MH’s problem – he’s a garden variety anarchist. He likes to live in the West and loves to criticize it. I suggest that MH spend a few years in the PRK to better appreciate the freedoms we enjoy in the US of A. "Does the poster have any idea as to the cost of maintaining the "no-fly zones" over Iraq for the previous twelve years? Or what the prospective costs for same had we not finished the job?" MH: “Patrolling the 'no-fly' zones was illegal under international law. During that time hundreds of innocent Iraqi people were killed by US bombs, that was the main human cost. The job you talk of finishing is the illegal invasion of another country and mass murder of innocent civilians and poor conscripts.” Illegal? International Law? Don’t let the facts tread upon your fantasies. The no-fly zones were agreed upon by Iraq and embodied in the cease fire accords at the end of Gulf War I. They were the subject of several of the twelve UN Security Council resolutions against Iraq in the intervening years between GW I and GW II. Human cost? I guess you don’t count the millions of Iraqi’s (mostly Shia) killed by the baath’s and the millions more that would have been tortured and killed had we not deposed that tyrant. OBTW, where’s your outrage over the bombing of Belgrade by Big Bill Clinton? Oh, he was a Democrat. MH can’t complain about HIM. MH: “It is you who show no interest in other human beings. Your logic is the logic of the Nazi, might makes right, might makes me good and him bad, and for you, supporting power makes me feel like a brave person. Actually people like you who blindly support power, the power of the boot on poor people's necks, are moral cowards who dare not question the bully. Makes you afraid doesn't it? I'm sure it's not your kids over there killing civilians and getting ambushed by a resistance movement, now is it? Repeating the words of power is at the heart of the Nazi mentality. Follower you are, and base coward. “ Let’s see … MH says Saddam good, Bush bad. Is that about it? OBTW, the baths ARE Nazi’s – there really are historical links. And, of course, MH has nothing to say about the blood sport of modern France – killing the few Jews they missed while carrying water for the German Nazi’s.

Date:
07/04/03
Time:
04:31 AM

Comments

 

"Unlike Saddam, Bush needn't cut out his opponents' tongues. They're keeping silent on their own.

It may be naive to pose the question, but where are the principled Republicans? Not long ago, conservative leaders trudged down from Capitol Hill to tell an embattled Richard Nixon that he could no longer count on their support. Now the moderate, fiscally responsible Republicans one might expect to stand up to Bush's fiscal depredations--men like John McCain, Bob Dole and George Pataki--remain mute as their party and nation are hijacked by fanatics. Bush's rich man's welfare will cost the average U.S. citizen $500,000 over the next decade--isn't that the kind of government waste Republicans are supposed to deplore?"

 

 

 

 

 

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3988.htm

Date:
07/04/03
Time:
07:12 AM

Comments

"where are the principled Republicans? Not long ago, conservative leaders trudged down from Capitol Hill to tell an embattled Richard Nixon that he could no longer count on their support."

An interesting observation. Of course, the better question would be, "Where were the principled Democrats who coulda, woulda, shoulda done the same for Big Bill Clinton?

This highlights the real difference between the Democrats and the Republicans. The Democrats lack moral integrity, intellectual honesty, and a sense of shame.

As to the writer's point (which was most certainly not to shame Democrats) -- Again we're told that tax cuts are "rich man's welfare" and the government is "spending" money by cutting taxes.

Earth to Democrats! You're so used to playing "tax and spend, tax and spend" -- you can't tell the difference anymore. A tax cut is a tax cut -- it's not government spending. A tax cut means you leave the people's money in their pockets. If the government ends up needing more money it can always back and reach into our pockets. The money is STILL THERE.

OTOH Government spending, once done -- cannot be undone. The money is gone forever.

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
04:25 AM

Comments

Here is an article that provides enough grounds for impeachment:

http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3027229

'Bring Them On,' Bush Says to Iraq Attacks Wed July 2, 2003 11:33 AM ET

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush on Wednesday challenged militants who have been killing and injuring U.S. forces in Iraq, saying "bring them on" because American forces were tough enough to deal with their attacks. "There are some who feel like that conditions are such that they can attack us there," Bush told reporters at the White House. "My answer is bring them on. We have the force necessary to deal with the situation."

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
04:50 AM

Comments

Are you better off than you were three years ago? The New York Times

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
08:30 AM

Comments

"Here is an article that provides enough grounds for impeachment: "

Boy, you Demwits can't get over Clinton's impeachment. And you just can't get comfortable with a strong, honest, and plain speaking leader.

As to the substance of the quote -- it sure makes sense to me. Any sensible person would want the crazies to spend their resources attacking our troops on foreign soil instead of our civilians at home. These people need to be killed. The more they are drawn out into the open, the sooner we can get the job done.

And you Demwits want to impeach the President for stating the obvious? This is truly delicious. I'm thinking GWB might sweep all fifty states. You're such pathetic morons. Keep it coming. BRING IT ON! Please?

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
10:28 AM

Comments

This de facto president is finally seeing his poll numbers fall. Even chauvinist paranoia has a half-life, it seems. His legitimacy is being eroded as even the mainstream press has discovered now that the pretext for the war was a lie. It may have been control over the oil, after all. Anti-war forces are regrouping as an anti-occupation movement. Now, exercising his one true talent--blundering--George W. Bush has begun the improbable process of alienating the very troops upon whom he depends to carry out the neo-con ambition of restructuring the world by arms.

Somewhere in Balad, or Fallujah, or Baghdad, there is a soldier telling a new replacement, "We are losing this war."

Stan Goff | "Bring 'Em On?" http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/070403A.shtml

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
10:37 AM

Comments

"I have a message for the president: enough of the phony, macho rhetoric. We should be focused on a long term security plan that reduces the danger to our military personnel. We need a clear plan to bring stability to Iraq and an honest discussion with the American people on the cost of that endeavor. We need a serious attempt to develop a post-war plan for Iraq and not more shoot from the hip one-liners."

Senator Dick Gephardt

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
10:44 AM

Comments

"America's free press is essential to our republic. When questions are quashed, or the press is tethered, we are no longer a free society. Once information is manipulated or withheld from us, we have lost the freedom of informed consent. Although our constitution was designed to provide a balance of power between the three branches of government, recently, that balance seems to have eroded. Our only protection, then, is a free press which thoroughly informs the public about significant issues confronting our nation. September 11th should never have happened. There should be in-depth coverage of the 9-11 Commission's investigation into the murder of 3000 people. Instead of silence about our government's seeming inability to prevent the terrorist attacks, the press should aggressively question what went wrong, in an investigation which parallels and complements the 9-11 Commission's. Until the weaknesses and circumstances which led to the September attacks have been identified and corrected, our nation is as vulnerable as we were on September 11th."

Sincerely,

Carol Ashley mother of Janice, 25 93rd floor, Tower One

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
10:47 AM

Comments

>From a soldier's father: "My son is in the U.S.Army and currently stationed in Baghdad. I hear from him every three or four days. He is like most of the young men and women who went to fight over there inasmuch as he was proud to go and achieve what President Bush said was necessary. I have seen his attitude take a U-turn during the last month. At first he was saying: "I wonder why we are not doing this or that to help make life better for our soldiers?" Then he started to wonder why we were not doing more to help the Iraqi people who are suffering under terrible conditions. Not enough water or food, no electricity most of the time, a terrible shortage of medical supplies and medical staff, basically they are living like animals. Then he started to worry about the safety of our troops in the area. He says they are sitting ducks and easy targets for Iraqi people bent upon gaining revenge for slain family members and by those who hold the U.S. responsible for the terrible conditions they find themselves in. Yesterday he had a different message altogether." "Get us out of here now! There is nothing we can do to pacify the Iraqi people except get out of their country and allow them to restore order in whatever way THEY wish." And, allow me to give you his remarks when he was informed of President Bush's brash remarks saying "Bring them on." He said: "Myself and every last man in my unit are deeply offended that our President would make such a statement inviting us to be attacked. President Bush has lost the respect of every soldier I have spoken to because of his speaking those irresponsible words. Those words spread like wild-fire amoung the troops. We are here because he ordered us to be here and now for him to make such a ridiculous statement inviting violence towards us causes us to lose respect for him and his judgement. We are learning that we never should have come here in the first place. Believe me Dad, there is a completely different attitude now. The fact that the President gave rich people a tax cut and didn't do anything for military families is hurtful. Where there was once pride and satisfaction in defeating an enemy there is now regret and shame. God Bless America." Your loving Son, Donny

 

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
11:03 AM

Comments

. Nearly 80 percent of all workers are in jobs that qualify them for overtime pay, which is time-and-a-half for each hour that is worked beyond the normal 40-hour week. The administration wants to make it easier for employers to exempt many of those workers from overtime protection by classifying them as administrative, professional or executive personnel.

The quickest way to determine who is getting the better of this deal is to note that business groups are applauding the proposed changes while the A.F.L.-C.I.O. held a protest rally outside the Labor Department on Monday.

 

Bob Herbert | Picking Workers' Pockets http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/070403F.shtml

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
11:12 AM

Comments

You need to read this veteran's story....and then think carefully about what our president is doing today. Matilda

Max Cleland, Political Veteran http://www.truthout.org/docs_03/070403I.shtml

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
11:24 AM

Comments

There is no longer any serious doubt that Bush administration officials deceived us into war. The key question now is why so many influential people are in denial, unwilling to admit the obvious...But even people who aren't partisan Republicans shy away from confronting the administration's dishonest case for war, because they don't want to face the implications...

After all, suppose a politician - or a journalist - admits to himself that Mr. Bush bamboozled the nation into war. Well, launching a war on false pretenses is, to say the least a breach of trust. So if you admit to yourself that such a thing happened, you have a moral obligation to demand accountability - and to do so in the face not only of a powerful, ruthless political machine but in the face of a country not yet ready to believe that its leaders have exploited 9/11 for political gain. It's a scary prospect.

Yet, if we can't find people willing to take the risk - to face the truth and act on it - what will happen to our democracy?

Paul Krugman, The New York Times, June 24, 2003

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
11:32 AM

Comments

From Matilda's far left leaning truthout article:

"Cleland, 60, is still livid over a now-infamous TV commercial that Republican challenger Saxby Chambliss ran against him. It opened with pictures of Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein, then attacked Cleland for voting against President Bush's Homeland Security bill. It didn't mention that Cleland supported a Democratic bill that wasn't radically different.

"That was the biggest lie in America -- to put me up there with Osama bin Laden and Saddam Hussein and say I voted against homeland security!" he says, his voice rising in anger."

Biggest lie in America? Amazing how Dimocrats whine when one of their tactics is used against them. They thought it was alright when the NAACP and the Democratic party ran commericials showing chains dragging behind a truck and linking him to the murderers that dragged the black man to his death during election time.

Serves the Democratic party right to have the same technique used on them.

 

 

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
12:48 PM

Comments

" Jingoists mindlessly shout, "USA! USA! We're number one!"

In truth, we're embarrassingly behind many other countries in quality-of- life indicators from such basics as doctor-patient ratio and infant mortality, to safety on the job and in our streets, to care for the disabled, or the amount of paid vacation time we receive.

Being well and able to function is the most crucial human imperative, but the World Health Organization ranks the US a shocking 37th in healthcare, tailing even Oman and Costa Rica. Communist Cuba has long boasted of having better, more evenly provided healthcare (and education) than most of America's inner cities.

Scandinavia bests us virtually across the board, a fact which impressed an acquaintance of mine who visited Norway and wound up staying, finding a much more supportive, uplifting and secure society.

Data compiled by GeographyIQ.com reveals that 53 nations have a higher literacy rate than the U.S.; our 6% unemployment rate is shared with Fiji, The Central African Republic, and Kyrgyzstan; and we're between Thailand and Syria in percentage of population beneath the poverty line. We're 33rd in life expectancy.

Why is this unacceptable deterioration occurring?"

Read the answers for yourselves, at: http://www.liberalslant.com/dr062703.htm

 

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
12:52 PM

Comments

"This de facto president"

 

Yes, GWB is, IN FACT our President. The constitutional process worked, despite the worst efforts of the DIMS to thwart it.

 

What fun we'll have on election night, 2004 -- wondering if GWB will sweep all fifty states. I guess if it's less than a clean sweep, these DIMS will claim a "moral victory".

 

" Somewhere in Balad, or Fallujah, or Baghdad, there is a soldier telling a new replacement, "We are losing this war." "

 

Isn't a tad sick that you losers pray for disaster to befall us so as to try to regain the power that is your sole sense of worth?

 

....

 

"I have a message for the president: enough of the phony, macho rhetoric. ... We need a serious attempt to develop a post-war plan for Iraq and not more shoot from the hip one-liners." -- like my own?

 

Mesage to Carol Ashley mother of Janice, 25 93rd floor, Tower One

 

What makes you think your victemhood gives you wisdom none of us otherwise posess? We do have a free press. If you think there are truths out there -- then go find them. In the meantime, stop claiming half of Manhattan island (or at least all of the WTC site) as a memorial to your loss.

 

Memorials are for SOLDIERS lost fighting for our freedoms. They are not for hapless victims. Enough! The real memorial to our lost will be the shallow graves on a high desert where the winds uncover the bones of monsters we killed.

 

....

 

Oh sure, Danny boy wrote a letter to his dad (as quoted), bemoaning

 

Bush's tax cuts and claiming "Myself and every last man in my unit are deeply offended that our President would make such a statement inviting us to be attacked. President Bush has lost the respect of every soldier I have spoken to because of his speaking those irresponsible words. Those words spread like wild-fire amoung the troops" This, the day after the quote? Come on. All you Dims can do is lie. Have you no shame.

 

...

 

Krugman is a moron. His incessant Republican bashing aside, he's what's wrong with the profession of economists, today -- Paul's what is known as "a numbers guy" -- he's facile as a mathematician which got him advancement over guys and gals with real common sense. The guy can't write a lick, either.

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
03:59 PM

Comments

"George, Would You PLEASE Shut UP!"

http://www.americaheldhostile.com/ed070403-1.shtml

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
04:12 PM

Comments

"embarrassingly behind many other countries in quality-of- life indicators from such basics as doctor-patient ratio and infant mortality, to safety on the job and in our streets, to care for the disabled, or the amount of paid vacation time we receive"

Of course, all of these "more advanced" societies than ours are quickly going broke -- and none of them spend a tinker's damn on their defense. There's a reason why there are riots in France. They can't sustain their socialist societies and those who slop at the public trough are angry.

If you're not happy in the US of A, you're free to leave. I don't care what you do -- just keep your scummy hands out of my pocket.

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
04:17 PM

Comments

"Nearly 80 percent of all workers are in jobs that qualify them for overtime pay, which is time-and-a-half for each hour that is worked beyond the normal 40-hour week. The administration wants to make it easier for employers to exempt many of those workers from overtime protection by classifying them as administrative, professional or executive personnel."

And why do we need to pay government workers to supervise relationships between employers and employees? Oh, we ought to make sure we go bankrupt like France?

If you're not happy with your job -- get another one. Don't ask me to pay for my government to get between you and your boss.

Date:
07/05/03
Time:
04:23 PM

Comments

"George, Would You PLEASE Shut UP!"

Awww, does GWB get under your skin? Is he too macho for you?

If you stop and think, wouldn't you rather we goaded the crazies to attack our fighting men on foreign soil instead of our civilians at home? I would. It sure worked two months ago. Nothin like the sight of Al Quaida hooligans driving pickup trucks agains M1 tanks! Go USA!

Bring it on, George! These libs need to drink a cup of Shut the Fuck Up!

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
09:53 AM

Comments

Let's put this whole subject to rest today. The sexual behavior of former President Clinton was both unethical and stupid, not to mention embarrassing. However, this is what that behavior did not do:

1. Cost me one single dollar in either savings or retirement funds.

2. Cost me my job.

3. Add a single carcinogen to the air that my children and I breathe.

4. Increase the acid level of rain that contributes to higher mercury levels in Florida's fish.

5. Weaken or cancel a single one of my civil rights or liberties.

6. Shift the tax burden from the billionaires to me and my family.

7. Cut down a single sequoia before I can get out west to see the national forests.

8. Give a penny of my tax dollars to a minister of his own religion.

9. Turn my fair and righteous government into a "first-strike" nation.

10. Tell me to be afraid and hide under plastic and duct tape.

Instead, all of the above are some of the legacies given to me and my family by the current president, who governs by stealth, misdirection and deceit, and is held up by Republicans as a "moral" example.

PRISCILLA KRIMM

 

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
10:30 AM

Comments

"I hope we shall crush in its birth the aristocracy of our monied corporations which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and bid defiance to the laws of our country."

Ring a bell? Any idea who said it? It wasn't Marx or Lenin. Not Mao or Castro. It was none other than the father of American republicanism, Thomas Jefferson.

Jefferson, like his revolutionary brethren, was deeply wary of corporate power. In order for the people to govern, he believed the "aristocracy of monied corporations" needed to be kept on a short leash, in the form of revocable charters that limited corporations to strictly commercial activities and required them to serve the public interest.

Jefferson famously articulated the need for a wall of separation between church and state. He less famously warned that if the people were to remain sovereign for long, a wall of separation between corporations and politics was essential.

 

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
11:57 AM

Comments

Dear Priscilla,

Let me help you out here with a point-by-point rebuttal to your silliness.

Please tell me exactly how President George Bush

1. Cost you money from your retirement funds?

Tell me, which of his policies hurt you economically? Oh, he took office in the early stage of Clinton’s recession? And Clinton’s tax hikes didn’t take the wind out of George Walker Bush’s recovery (which Clinton inherited)?

Oh, it’s all GWB’s fault. Just like the mole on your ass.

2. Cost you your job.

If you lost your job (and I suspect you’re a liar – like all Dims, you speak for effect), it’s probably because you’re stupid. See remark #1, above.

3. Added carcinogens to the environment.

What a hoot! Did you catch him adding dioxin to the Croton reservoir? Net, Net – our air and waters are cleaner than they’ve been for over a hundred years. All you Dims can do is lie.

4. Increased the level of acid rain (which you confuse with increased mercury levels in fresh water fish). My dear, the EPA has PROPOSED new rules for upgrades to older power plants. None of this has yet to take effect – but when it does, it will yield a net decrease in emissions (both of sulfur dioxide – the acid part – and mercury compounds). Have none of you Dims ever taken a science course?

5. Weakened your civil rights? Gee, is anyone stopping you from shooting your fool mouth off? I guess not. Exactly what civil liberty can you no longer enjoy? Ooooh, can’t come up with one? What a moron!

6. Shifted the tax burden to you from billionaires? Actually, Priscilla, we don’t tax the rich. We tax the poor sons of a bitch who are trying to become rich. What does income have to do with wealth? Why should lucky-Louie-who-wins the lottery have to pay half his wealth to the tax man when school teachers like you who have as much in savings pay pennies?

7. Now I’ve heard the story of George Washington chopping down a cherry tree – but I’ve not heard anything about GWB and sequoias. Do you have your fables confused? Oh wait – I remember – you object to granting the same rights to land owners in the West that Tom Daschle slipped in for South Dakota’ins. The usual Dimocratic hypocrisy.

8. Money for ministers? I guess you’d be surprised just how much in federal grants and grants-in-aid went to religious groups during the Clinton admin. Naah, you’d ignore it.

9. First Strike? I guess 9/11 didn’t happen in your alternate universe.

10. Civil defense? Oh, you just would feel more secure with a Dimocrat in the White House. Well I wouldn’t – and the real question is whether GWB will sweep all fifty states in ’04 – because you’re the best hope the Dims have and you’re pretty pathetic.

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
03:16 PM

Comments

I wonder if dimocrats of the past ran around whining about not finding Hilter and implying WW2 was a failure because of the inability to verify finding Hitler's body?

No wonder dimocrats of today are having their patriotism questioned. I say throw all the dimocrats out.

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
04:53 PM

Comments

""When shall it be said in any country of the world, my poor are happy; neither ignorance or distress is to be found among them; my jails are empty of prisoners, my streets of beggars; the aged are not in want, the taxes not oppressive; the rational world is my friend because I am friend of its happiness; when these things can be said, then may that country boast of its constitution and government"

Thomas Paine, who also said, "My country is the world, and my religion is to do good". Bless you Thomas Paine.

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
05:17 PM

Comments

http://www.pressherald.com/religion/reflections/030705sky.shtml

Our political leaders are currently paralyzed by their fears. To prove the authenticity of their fears, they have dealt loosely with documents, selecting passages out of context, and saying, "Here's the proof. Our enemies are at our door."

Our fears displace the daily routines of life. We set aside our moral values: We ignore the hungry, the needy, the poor, the homeless, the debt-encumbered population, and the deficit budgets of our time.

In the name of these fears, everything is being derailed: our economy, our health-care system, and our education agenda. It has affected our creativity. The land of the entrepreneurs has become the land of people living in fear of the moment.

 

 

 

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
05:32 PM

Comments

Our Dimocrat party political leaders are currently paralyzed by their fear of being increasingly irrelevant. They conjure up all sorts of wild charges that they recite as their party line -- to no avail.

OTOH, GWB is a strong leader who has the courage of his convictions. He won't always be right, but he will always be honest and forthright. Contrast this with the Clintons or the nine dwarfs.

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
05:45 PM

Comments

The fatal error of Bush's "Bring 'em On" comment is that besides its cheap talk and bully posturing, is that it isn't true. We cannot handle what they're throwing at us. We don't know who they are and we aren't killing them in number. They wound and kill Americans every day and escape. They aren't being killed.

http://www.dailykos.com/archives/003273.html#003273

 

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
06:01 PM

Comments

"he fatal error of Bush's "Bring 'em On" comment is that besides its cheap talk and bully posturing, is that it isn't true. We cannot handle what they're throwing at us. We don't know who they are and we aren't killing them in number. They wound and kill Americans every day and escape. They aren't being killed. "

OMYGOD, is it a quagmire? Isn't it sick that you pathetic lefties hope and pray for a disaster? OBTW, if Clinton hadn't gutted the military, we'd have more resources to draw upon now. Never fear, our boys will get the job done. And, Yes -- Bring it on. Syria has flooded Iraw with the crazies they've trained. And, yes, we are killing them in numbers.

It's unfortunate that some of our young men will give their lives for our freedom, but such is the sustenance of our tree of liberty.

If there is a god, you lefties will burn in hell.

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
06:14 PM

Comments

Why do we celebrate the Fourth of July? After all, we are taught from kindergarten to the universities that all cultures are entitled to equal respect. Why then celebrate the creation of a nation that is no better than any other nation?

http://www.townhall.com/columnists/thomassowell/ts20030706.shtml

Date:
07/06/03
Time:
08:40 PM

Comments

Why do you lefties keep praying for America's defeat?

Fear not, we'll take whatever casualties we must, in the defense of our freedom. And, no -- no amount of handwringing will stay the hand of this president.

What a difference from Clinton. How many dead did we leave in Somalia? How quickly did Bill pull us out?

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
03:55 AM

Comments

My my, the middle of the night, a quick check on the message board of Let's Talk Sense, and what do I see? The Bush supporters who don't know the Declaration of Independence from a roll of toilet paper, or the Constitution from a Pentagon Press Release, are pretending to be patriots and bashing democrats.

Patriots! Hardee har har! You Bush supporters are either closet fascists or more likely just ignorant true believers who refuse to consider anything that questions your world view. You are the Taliban of American Politics and Bush is your Mullah Omar.

Believe it or not the job of U.S. soldiers is to protect our country, but you support them dying and being wounded (physically and psychologically) for Bush's mad quest to form an empire. And by the way, I did not support Clinton bombing Yugoslavia either. Tha led to the building of the biggest U.S. military base since Vietnam in Kosovo, Camp Bondsteel, whose huge services contract went to Brown and Root, a subsidiary of Halliburton, who STILL pays the real day to day ruler of the U.S., Dick Cheney, a salary!

When are you dimwits going to wake up and FOLLOW THE MONEY!!

When are you going to read the Constitution? Since when does the Constitution allow a U.S. war of agression for resource control?

Bush is the figurehead of a clique of ideologues (usually referred to as 'neo-conservatives') whose guru the late Prof. Strauss preached that an elite should govern through 'noble lies' and 'noble manipulation' of the masses. Look it up! They are manipulating you, can you not see that?

Why not be the patriots you claim to be and take back your country? Do some research, follow the money, look at the actual record of the people around Bush, they are bankrupting our country (there is a budget crisis in almost every U.S. state) and shifting money to the ultra rich, while many of you posters above do nothing but repeat what you hear on Fox and CNN!! There are destroying your heritage and the future of your children! Do you want to live in a republic, where WE THE PEOPLE run our own lives, or in an Empire where technocrats use your own money to manipulate you so they can take even more of your money.

Your mind has been colonized! Resist the occupation of your mind! Learn, research, follow the money, quit spouting off about political situations without evidence!

You country is being stolen from under your nose, because they have manipulated you to the point where you cannot understand what is happening.

Wake up before it's too late! This is not a Republican-Democrat issue, it is an issue of the survival of our representative form of government.

Signed: Matilda's Hammer

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
05:06 AM

Comments

http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=10344

 

MIT launches watch on US government System to empower an informed citizenry

By Egan Orion Saturday 05 July 2003, 10:05

"Knowledge will forever govern ignorance, and a people who mean to be their own governors, must arm themselves with the power knowledge gives." - James Madison

FITTINGLY ENOUGH ,Wired chose yesterday -- July 4, the US Independence Day -- to run the story that the MIT Media Lab has built a fully web-enabled system promoting Government Information Awareness.

What a superb response to the so-called 'Patriot' Act. Bravo MIT and Kudos to James Madison.

 

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
07:12 AM

Comments

So, what are to make of the latest rant by Matilda’s Hummer?

MH tells us that even Clinton was captive to the real ruler of the US, Dick Cheney, who must be one of them "neo-conservatives".

MH also tells us tells us that the facility in Kosovo, Camp Bondsteel, is “the biggest U.S. military base since Vietnam in Kosovo”. Now, MH’s command of English is not the best, so we’re not sure if he thinks Vietnam happened in Kosovo or that Vietnam was one big military base or that Bondsteel is the largest US base built in Kosovo in the last thirty years or that Bondsteel is the largest US base built anywhere in the world since the Vietnam war.

Inasmuch as Bondsteel houses 7,000 soldiers on 750 acres, the right answer is none of the above. But that pretty much sums up MH.

OBTW, the label, "neo-conservative" is applied to and descriptive of former liberals who have grown up. Do you think there's hope for you, MH?

MH, fear not. Despite the worst efforts of the American Communist Party (aka the Democrat Party), our republic is not in danger. You loonies will be free to spew your bile til the cows come home and no one will knock at your door.

Americans will put their lives at risk on foreign soil to protect the freedoms you enjoy. Happy 4th of July!

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
10:45 AM

Comments

Ah, we have a supporter of the neo-cons on board!

How about telling us what PNAC is all about mr. neo-con lover, and who was involved: perle, cheney, wolfowitz, the clique taking our government away while the american people are being frightened from asking questions. let's see, perle also wrote policy papers for an important politician of a certain middle eastern country, right? no conflict of interest there? i suggest the readers put the names Richard Perle and Clean Break in google and see what pops up.

so board readers, exactly why does the U.S. need a huge military base in Kosovo anyway? does that protect the U.S.? Isn't protecting the U.S. the constitutional purpose of the U.S. military?

you conservatives, check out www.antiwar.com for some real conservative opinions, of the classic kind. there you will find reasons to oppose bush and the neocons.

signed: matilda's hammer

during coffee break i crush bushites' arguements', now back to work.

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
12:37 PM

Comments

Dear MH,

Indeed, I’m crushed. I’m truly saddened by the anger and idiocy you display – and apparently think it passes for REALLY DEEP THOUGHTS.

Let me help you out. You used the term, “neo-cons”, apparently as a pejorative. I used the term, “neo-conservative” as descriptive. For, example, Jeanne Kirkpatrick is a neo-conservative, as is Andrew Sullivan. These are folks who have realized the emptiness of what passes for liberal thinking and become conservatives when they grew up.

Winston Churchill once famously observed, “A man, who in his twenties is not a Liberal, has no heart. A man, who is a not a Conservative, has no head.” Hence, being a neo-conservative is a mark of maturity and good sense.

I don’t know who the “neo-cons” are. Do you think they’re a secret cabal – like the Freemasons? Do you think they have secret rites? Perhaps they dance around boiling cauldrons? You seem to suggest you know all about them, MH. Please educate us. How shall we identify them? Do they have special tattoos?

Oh, wait, I get it. You call anyone who can beat you in an argument, a neo-con (that must include half the adult population in America). And you paint all those who would reason with you with the same brush.

Here’s an idea, Mr. MH. Instead of trying to label me (or anyone else), and instead of spewing bile, why don’t you articulate exactly what you think our present government is doing wrong. I’d be happy to respond.

Here’s a little sample for you to think about while drinking your next cup of coffee:

Q. Why does the US need a huge military base in Kosovo? A. I’m not sure Bondsteel counts as “huge”, but we have good reason to maintain forward bases. Do you think we shouldn’t? Oh, you’d rather wait for us to be attacked as we were on 9/11.

Q. Oops, we’ve run out of your points to rebut.

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
12:39 PM

Comments

Oops, it should have read, "A man in his forties who is not a Conservative has no head"

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
02:08 PM

Comments

So, are you enjoying the Iraq occupation as much as I am? I don't know about you, but I sleep better at night knowing that foreign policy whiz kid George W. Bush has decided to focus his keen intellect (and our troops, treasure and credibility) on solvin' that there Iraq problem. It's a piece of cake. Ya just gotta kill the right people, that's all.

Okay, Bush is not a total imbecile on international issues. I'm pretty sure that if handed a globe, he could pick out the United States, Texas, and being an expert on axes, the north and south poles. Beyond that, I wouldn't bet the farm that Bush could name too many other geographic features. Far from being a problem, I'm sure that the Bush people consider this an asset. I mean, why waste valuable time trying to understand the complex workings of the world when we can simply remake it in our image instead? After all, if given a chance, everybody really wants to be an American. All the Iraqi people need is to taste that first Big Mac and the kafias will fly off , crosses will appear above the mosques, and Joe Francis can get to work on his Iraqi Girls Gone Wild! video, right?

http://www.buzzflash.com/theangryliberal/03/07/07.html

 

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
03:01 PM

Comments

"Q. Why does the US need a huge military base in Kosovo? A. I’m not sure Bondsteel counts as “huge”, but we have good reason to maintain forward bases. Do you think we shouldn’t? Oh, you’d rather wait for us to be attacked as we were on 9/11."

"WE" hardee har har, who is "we"? The millionaires club that Pres. Ike, way back in 1961, called the most dangerous force in the U.S., the military industrial complex? They might make some money off the military budget, eh? Carlyle, punch that one in on google with George Bush Sr. next to it and see what you get.

So, 'we have good reason to maintain forward bases', just like the Roman Empire, eh? Over one hundred U.S. bases all over the world, so why is that.....hm, we are the biggest military power in the world, why should we need all those bases....hmm, that is SO hard to figure out!

"Oh, you’d rather wait for us to be attacked as we were on 9/11." Osama himself declared that the reason for 9/11 was the military base in Saudi Arabia! How would you like another country to have military bases in the U.S.? Would you do anything about it? (I doubt it, as I said, no true patriot can support Bush as he destroys our republic).

As far as neocons, go to www.antiwar.com and do a search for neocon and you'll learn something, unless your mind is so full on concrete that you're a danger to your own neck.

You ARE a danger to the fragile neck of our republic! Learn something! Think outside the box! Quit being the zombie of the rich elite!

coffee break over, signed matilda's hammer

Matilda For President!!!!

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
03:22 PM

Comments

To the reader of The Angry Liberal.

No, I don't think I'm enjoying the Iraqi occupation as much as you folks do. I really care about our magnificent young men and women in our armed forces who are putting their lives on the line to protect our freedoms. It's really dismaying to see what joy you Dims take in peoples' misfortune.

Oh well, I guess you'll get your just desserts come the next presidential election. Do you think GWB will really sweep all fifty states?

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
04:15 PM

Comments

MH, get a grip. I’ve just started fun’in with you. Don’t go off the deep end quite so quickly, please.

Who is “hardee har har we”? You just said it all. We are Americans who will fight for our freedoms. We don’t take them for granted. We’ll even fight for the rights of “useful idiots” like you to scoff at our values and ourselves.

OBTW, What Eisenhower actually said was, “Until the latest of our world conflicts, the United States had no armaments industry. American makers of plowshares could, with time and as required, make swords as well. But now we can no longer risk emergency improvisation of national defense; we have been compelled to create a permanent armaments industry of vast proportions. Added to this, three and a half million men and women are directly engaged in the defense establishment. We annually spend on military security more than the net income of all United States corporations. … In the councils of government, we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced power exists and will persist.”

If you’re going to quote someone, you should learn to learn what he said and what he meant. (You should learn to use Google) Eisenhower told us that there was no going back – that we were forced to maintain an enormous permanent armaments industry (think Hanford) because we could not risk “emergency improvisation of [our] national defense”., and that we should be wary of it, lest it unduly influence our policy.

Not exactly “the most dangerous force in the US”, eh MH? But why let the truth get in your way? Since you quoted Ike, (whom I did like), do you have any idea what the forward posture of American forces was when he made this speech? We had more that 3 million men in uniform in 1961. Today we have less than half of that total and a lot fewer bases. Gee, it guess it’s hard to make a case for American imperialism based on these numbers. But don’t let the facts confuse you. You know we don’t need to defend ourselves. All we have to do is be nice, right?

And, you wonder why we’re going to reelect GWB?

Lets see what other silliness you spewed:

You quoted “Osama himself” as saying his only reason for murdering our people was the existence of our bases on Saudi soil – Of course you’d believe anything your hero is reputed to have said and you’d disbelieve anything our elected President says. What does this say about you, MH? Do you think it’s a mark of intelligence?

Most folks have concluded that the Arabs hate the West because of their own impotence and backwardness – but not you. They hate us solely because we maintained bases on Saudi soil, right? So why did the (self styled) Palestinians cheer 9/11?

Now, if you really are interested in how your mind has been twisted, you do a search on “neo-cons” and “anti-Semitism”. You’ll discover that this brand of poison is really directed at the Jews – but then, you live in France where it’s a national sport to kill or maim the few Jews they missed while they were carrying water for the Nazis.

And you think I’m a danger to our republic? How? I don’t advocate laying down our swords, as you seem to do. I’m happy to hear your rants and I’ll defend your right to do so – even though I think you’re largely ignorant and silly.

Now, enjoy that cup of coffee.

Date:
07/07/03
Time:
09:52 PM

Comments

Dimocrats blasted President Bush on Sunday for his recent tough talk on Iraq, specifically his "Bring 'em on," remark. Al Sharpton said he sounded more like a gang leader and Senator Carl Levin (D-MI) called it "cocky rhetoric." Nobody in the press thought about asking our troops what they thought. But on Monday morning, Diane Sawyer did ask General Tommy Franks about it and Franks said, "I absolutely agree with the president. Bring 'em on."

Guess the Dims would rather say, "Please don't hurt us"

BTW, has there EVER been a military action that Liberals supported? No wonder the French love Dimocrats!

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
05:30 AM

Comments

Bwana Bush goes to Africa By Stephen Gowans

http://www3.sympatico.ca/sr.gowans/bwana.html

Excerpt: "Africa," America's newspaper of record says, is "the world's last largely untapped market," and, even better, "Africa's substantial oil reserves could play a larger role in fueling the American economy and perhaps serving as a counterweight to the influence of OPEC."

Now you know whence comes Bwana Bush's interest in Africa.

And don't forget "the Pentagon's interest in forging closer military ties" with African nations -- which means the promise of more arms sales abroad for the US manufacturers of guns, bullets, tanks, helicopter gunships, warplanes, and, oh yes, for the deserving, weapons of mass destruction. Plus the Pentagon gets to play rich uncle to the local military just in case the satraps get the idea that free markets aren't such a great idea after all and need a military coup, or the threat thereof, to remind them of the benefits free markets deliver (lavish riches in New York and LA, and slums, sweatshops, and IMF austerity programs at home.)

And so Bush heads into Africa, issuing ukases, top enforcer for the US corporate Mafia. "Mugabe, step down!" he commands. "Taylor, out!"

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
07:23 AM

Comments

Good Morning America!

Matilda's Hammer here, with my cup of coffee, ready to tap idols with my magic hammer so they splinter with the logical force of my words.

The neo-con anti-patriot has raised his glib head again, ho ho how does that blues song go?

Woke up this morning The neo-con's were talking I took out my hammer And they started walking I lifted my hammer And they started running Cause they know Matild's Hammer is coming!

Hey, instead of listening to neo-cons talk trash, watch this video, if you have a fast internet connection:

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3995.htm

The first two minutes are in dutch, the rest in english, it's the lowdown on the Carlyle group, so you can see what President Ike was talking about, you can learn about how Carlucci (Reagan's Secretary of Defense), and Bush the First, and John Major, and other fat cats are taking your tax dollars and putting it in their pockets.

The neo-con's first line of defense is to accuse people who try to expose the truth of these neo-con traitors of anti-semitism! Oooooo! Scares me to death!

because they ARE pro Israel, and some of them are Jewish, but most of them are just thieves taking your tax dollars, through their investment in the arms industry! So, they try to scare you away with the 'anti-semite' threat.

learn first! look into perle, wolfy-witz, look how they take your money, and send your kids to die so they can continue taking your tax dollars!

it's not hard to figure out how it works....

hitler knew how to do it, and so does bush: scare people, raise the military budget, send the kids to die, take people's tax money!

anyone who defends the neo-con's is a traitor to the U.S.!

signed, matilda's hammer

time to go to work

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
08:59 AM

Comments

Dear MH,

OK, we finally got an acknowledgement from your that railing against “neo-cons” might be considered in some circles to be anti-Semitic. And, you seem to have abandoned your tirades against the “millionaires club” (whoeverinhell they may be), once I gave you the correct quotation from Ike.

I don’t want to scare you. I just want to flush you out.

Tell me specifically, who and what these “neo-cons” are, what they stand for, and how you know this to be true – and why you think they’re a danger to our republic. It ought to be clear even to you that there hasn’t been an armed overthrow of these United States. So, tell me – how would these dangers you see to our republic take form? We still seem to enjoy ALL of our freedoms – even an idiot like yourself is free to spew his silliness. We have free elections – this really galls you. And, I expect GWB will overwhelmingly be reelected, in part because of the silliness of folks like yourself.

What passes for the Democrat party has become an amalgam of special interests. The only “idea” that has been collectively expressed by this group (inclusive of you) is that GWB is the village idiot (and that you guys think you’re REALLY smart). You guys stand for NOTHING, except that power is your birthright. You need to keep stirring the pot of hatred and resentment so that the permanent underclass you try to perpetuate will return you to office so as to keep their handouts coming.

Well, the rest of us (a sizable majority) think GWB is a pretty smart fellow. Of course, he’s no Bill Clinton – but that’s going to get him reelected. Stir that into your coffee.

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
12:25 PM

Comments

To: the no-name neocon who posted above

"OK, we finally got an acknowledgement from your that railing against “neo-cons” might be considered in some circles to be anti-Semitic."

Are you so dumb to think yourself so clever that you think we are so dumb as to fall for this kind of psuedo-intellectual trickery! you way way underestimate us, the mark of arrogance, ignorance, and mental corrosion.

the neo-cons smear anyone who criticises them with the brush of 'anti-semi blah blah blah ism ism'. it doesn't work any more dude, sorry. we know who richard perle is. we know who wolfywitz studied under. we know about Project For a New American Century. Read it no-name, do some of your own research! turn off fox, get an education for gosh sakes!

hey now, read about Bechtel and water. Read about Bechtel and water and south america and bechtel and water and Iraq. Hmmm, bechtel, who is the CEO? former reagan official, yes? why did bechtel get the choice contracts in iraq? why do they want to privatize water all over the world? profit from a necessary substance, taking the public out of the picture, money in millionaires pockets.

the no-name neocon is duped, poor thang. thinks he is smart while they take his money! a sucker for the con game, while he spends his time bashing us for criticizing bush and co.! have to pity the poor fool, he's been manipulated to the point of acting against his own interests. he can't even read the sense in Ike's message from 1961. he knows how to use google and copy and paste but he (not a she, women are much more clever than this guy, i assure you) cannot think for himself! the machine has him! he's asleep! he doesn't see bechtel as a special interest! he doesn't see carlyle as a special interest! he thinks the military industrial complex is good for the economy because they take tax money and build waste products called weapons.

he signs on, through ignorance, to this immoral program: take his tax dollars to bomb and kill, take his tax dollars to build and privatize, call it bechtel and halliburton, put the money in cheney's pockets, then do it again somewhere else.

hey now, who did rummysfeld our great deefense minister work for before bushy got appointed? anybody know? he worked for a big multinational....connected with the weapons industry!

the saddest thing is the no name no brain neo con is, in the sleep that he calls life, supporting mass murder, he supports spreading depleted uranium all over the planet, he supports poisoning his own children! he has lost the ability to care for anything except to worship the money god and the war god. his soul is corrupted because his mind is colonized. no help for him now, he's a goner.

oops, lunch almost over, back to work

signed: matilda's hammer

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
01:45 PM

Comments

Dear MH,

Re: “To: the no-name neocon who posted above” Ahhhh, I get it. Anyone who paints you as the fool is a “neo-con”. Now I understand. Of course you couldn’t actually identify who this “group” actually is or how one becomes a member. It’s just your latest smear word. Because I’ve taken you task you call me names.

Well, at least you’ve identified two persons as targets of your rage, Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz. Please identify ANY acts or actions of either gentlemen that is in any way inimical to the interests of these United States -- anything that would deny us our freedoms, threaten the safety and/or security of our citizens, or would defraud or cheat us of our wealth. I’m not interested in a recitation of the contracts won by Bechtel or Haliburton – unless you can provide evidence of fraud or malfeasance (identify the contract award and tell us who you think should have been given the work – and why). There aren’t too many places to turn to if you want to build something of size – especially on foreign soil.

OK, hotshot, let’s see if you can be more specific (and more accurate) than your misquotation of Dwight Eisenhower. Let’s see if you’re as ignorant and stupid as you’ve come off this far. Do you really know anything or are you an angry and mindless parrot?

And try to use proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar. You did learn something in school, did you not? Capitalize the first letter of the first word in a sentence (and try to write complete sentences). Try to gather your thoughts into paragraphs. Let’s see if you can actually express yourself coherently. Thus far you’re not doing very well. Perhaps English is not your native tongue? What is it, French?

 

Date:
07/08/03
Time:
03:19 PM

Comments

ah mai oui, je suis toute la fraçais, avec mon grammaire francaise parfait! ooohh la la, les neoconneries sont la pire! je suis tres afraid ov yu, yus etes la vrai sage et moi,