Crusader Bunnypants: size of protests against U.S.-led war against Iraq irrelevant
"Size of protest, it's like deciding, 'Well I'm going to decide policy based up on a focus group.' The role of a leader is to decide policy based upon the security - in this case - security of the people," the incoherent, incompetant court-appointed Emperor Snippy said, completely missing the fact that we'll be in even more danger of terrorist activities here once the US starts bombing the living crap out of Iraq, a Muslim country. One with lots of oil.
And another thing - 'focus group'??? Hey, Dictator Dumbass! There were millions of people around the world that were protesting! There were even close to a million here behind the Brown Curtain in Bushistan, you drooling idiot!
Oh, wait, I was supposed to cheer up. Time out.
February 18, 2003
Friday's poll results:
More pics 38% : I'll have to break this down, maybe in another poll.
No pics 0% : Done!
Hot elf-on-elf pics 30% : Unless someone can tell me how to get teeny little thumbnails that open up to larger pics, I may have to rethink this one. This is a f*cking family site, after all.
Polls! 7% : Maybe we need to take another poll on that.
Choice of fries or onion rings 0% : You're prolly better off. BTW, WTF recommends cigars and single-malts.
Sunday editions 0% : Huh! WTF, you all too busy reading the NY Times??
Cheer up, goddammit 23% We got over 2 feet of snow with 4 foot drifts, it's still snowing, and the driveway must be 150 feet long, but I'll try.
Frodo: 'Where are you taking us?'
Strider: 'On a picnic, you prat - now quit whining.'
- http://www.geocities.com/swordthatwasreforged/fotrquote.html
Behind the Great Divide
"There are two possible explanations for the great trans-Atlantic media divide. One is that European media have a pervasive anti-American bias that leads them to distort the news, even in countries like the U.K. where the leaders of both major parties are pro-Bush and support an attack on Iraq. The other is that some U.S. media outlets - operating in an environment in which anyone who questions the administration's foreign policy is accused of being unpatriotic - have taken it as their assignment to sell the war, not to present a mix of information that might call the justification for war into question.
"So which is it? I've reported, you decide." - Paul Krugman.
February 17, 2003
Over a foot 'n' a half of snow at 11:27, and still falling. New prediction: 34".
"president Bush said today it was clear that nothing short of a complete and utter disregard of UN resolutions would stop Saddam Hussein's complete and utter disregard of UN resolutions." - from today's Boondocks.
"We've wondering just how much egg we have on our face. Right now, the worst thing that could occur for the administration's credibility is that nothing happens this weekend. I know that sounds terrible but we've got a lot riding on this." - White House source, on the recent Orange alert level being based on a lie
"[S]ome critics say, the press seemed to be willing partners for an administration that might be interested in building fear and transforming it into support for war..."We're living in the middle of an ad campaign for war and the press has bought it. In fact, it's helping write the script," says John R. MacArthur, author of "The Second Front: Censorship and Propaganda in the Gulf War." "The terrorism warnings are a strategy designed to put the country on war footing in order to invade Iraq." - Salon.
February 16, 2003
'the battle for the future'
"Hey, gang! We won, if you don't mind Pyrrhic victories. I feel like the guy at Hiroshima who was in a fart-lighting contest just as the A-bomb went off. His last words were "beat that". In a topsy-turvy way that would baffle the Cheshire Cat, we who desire peace will triumph in the event of war. You see, if there's a clear loser in the pending savagery, it's George W. Bush and his administration of barking scrotum monsters." - read more here.
'insulted by little men'
"...Still less do they wish to embark on endless wars with a Texas governor-executioner who dodged the Vietnam draft and who, with his oil buddies, is now sending America's poor to destroy a Muslim nation that has nothing at all to do with the crimes against humanity of 11 September." - Robert Fisk of The Independent, here.
February 15, 2003
Hesiod has a caption contest at Counterspin Central, but his comments aren't working. Here's what I wanted to send him:
"I am not driving you into the city so you can protest with your commie friends!" the BF told me this morning. So I'm home driving him crazy as I hoot and pump my fists everytime CNN shows scenes of all those glorious antiwar demonstrations!
Favorite sign: Stop Mad Cowboy Disease!
Skippy and BuzzFlash have lots of links to the global peace marches.
Civilized world tells Bushies to suck on it
The United States suffered an embarrassing blow when its campaign to galvanize support for a war against Iraq failed to win any new converts in the U.N. Security Council and instead faced massive opposition from nations demanding more time for U.N. weapons inspections.
In a dramatic moment reflecting the strong anti-war sentiment, French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin was loudly applauded by delegates and visitors after an impassioned speech urging that war be considered only as "a last resort" and declaring that inspections were producing results.
A visibly exasperated Colin Powell put council members on notice that in "the very near future" they would have to decide whether or not to consider the "serious consequences" against Iraq called for in the last U.N. resolution.
When Powell finished speaking, there was silence in the council chamber. - link.
February 14, 2003
Now watch this drive!
"Now, we talked to Joan Hanover. She and her husband, George, were visiting with us. They are near retirement - retiring - in the process of retiring, meaning they're very smart, active, capable people who are retirement age and are retiring." - Chimpy McCokehead, dumber than walnuts, Alexandria, Va., 2/12/03.
'Playing the 'terrorism' card'
"When the sludge of propaganda is afflicting the body politic of our country, news outlets have a crucial role to perform. Media can function as a circulatory system for the nation; the free flow of information and debate is the life blood of a democracy. But right now, the USA's media arteries are clogged." - Norman Solomon, courtesy of SmirkingChimp.com.
Clogged? They're hermetically sealed. F*ck, the media is bloody well constipated. They're so full of sh!t it's coming out of their ears. Bah.
No banned arms found
Hans Blix:
- No convincing evidence that Iraqis have known in advance of inspectors' plans.
- Iraq has accepted an offer to talk with South African experts on disarmament.
- U.N. weapons inspectors have found no WMD in Iraq, but won't rule out the possibility they may exist.
- Iraq must account for status of anthrax, VX (a nerve agent) and long-range missiles.
- Not clear that Colin Powell conclusively demonstrated illicit movement of arms.
- Interviews with four Iraqi scientists were helpful.
Mohamed ElBaradei:
- Inspectors have so far found no evidence of nuclear weapons but are still investigating.
- Iraq has provided immediate access to all inspection locations.
- International Atomic Energy Agency will increase inspectors and support staff.
- Iraq has provided documentation on several outstanding issues, but the documents did not fully clarify the matters.
- Iraqi cooperation "will speed up the process," although it is possible to complete inspections without cooperation.
The Bushies and Britain are preparing a new Security Council resolution to be introduced early next week that, in the words of one U.S. official involved in the discussions, makes it clear "the time has come to enforce [Resolution] 1441." - I don't know why I thought any good news here would make a difference. Dickheads. Link from CNN.
Oh, crap, it's Valentine's Day. Happy happy to all you saps sweethearts out there, from lonely Maru, stuck behind Le Moat de Merde. Hey - wait a second, maybe this wasn't such a good idea....
Hot poodle lust: here's the pic of Tony Blair and Bush shmooching. Oh, baby.
Happy little bunnies edition.
UK protest march may break records
Organisers of the Don't Attack Iraq march have been confident for weeks of drawing huge numbers of people to Hyde Park for what could be the biggest protest march Britain has ever seen.
However, as the fleet of thousands of buses and peace trains heading for London grows by the hour, surprised national coordinators are starting to contemplate something unprecedented: a crowd well in excess of 500,000 coming together in defiance of the Anglo-American preparations for war. - Woohoo!! Read more here.
Up to 10 million people on five continents are expected to demonstrate against the probable war in Iraq on Saturday, in some of the largest peace marches ever known. Yesterday, up to 400 cities in 60 countries, from Antarctica to Pacific islands, confirmed that peace rallies, vigils and marches would take place. "The internationalism of the opposition is the most powerful weapon people have. It's all we have. We think that Bush and Blair are well aware that global opposition is mounting fast and that they are now desperate to start the war before they are completely isolated by world opinion," said a spokesman for United for Peace and Justice, a US coalition. BE THERE! - from the Guardian and Democrats.com.
Wazzat?
The whump! you just heard was the sound of Rummy, Karl, Unca Dick, and the Nooculer Nincompoop's heads exploding like a Dan Burton watermelon.
Saddam Hussein has just banned all weapons of mass destruction from Iraq. The presidential decree forbids the production or importation of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or of any materials that could be used to make them.
"All ministries should implement this decree and take whatever measures are necessary to punish people who do not adhere to it," the decree read. It came just hours before the chief U.N. weapons inspectors, Hans Blix and Mohamed ElBaradei, were to report to the Security Council on Iraq's compliance with U.N. demands to eliminate its banned weapons.
The reports were considered key to determining whether the Bushies and Britain will launch a war. - link.
February 13, 2003
"I truly must question the judgment of any President who can say that a massive unprovoked military attack on a nation which is over 50% children is 'in the highest moral traditions of our country'." --Sen. Robert Byrd, patriot, 2/13/03 (link).
Look! It's Bill Clinton's penis! It's all his fault! Bomb them!" - assorted pundits, cable nooze anchors.
"The president is not a king"
A lawsuit filed in federal court in Boston today seeks to prevent Napoleon Bonehead from going to war against Iraq without congressional approval.
A coalition including six House members, several U.S. soldiers and parents of military personnel claims only Congress has that power under the Constitution.
"A war against Iraq without a congressional declaration of war will be illegal and unconstitutional," said John Bonifaz, the plaintiffs' lead attorney. "It is time for the courts to intervene."
The representatives joining the suit, all Democrats, are John Conyers of Michigan, Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, James McDermott of Washington, Jose Serrano of New York, Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas and Jesse Jackson Jr. of Illinois.
The plaintiffs asked for a preliminary injunction against the president and for a hearing on their request that Bush be barred from launching a military invasion against Iraq without a congressional declaration of war. - UPI.
Why do I keep getting mail asking me if I want to increase the size of my penis??? Maybe I'm getting Don Rumsfeld's email?
LOLOL
'Bush gushes, PM blushes in war office'
Bush invited the travelling Australian media into the Oval Office and delivered an effusively glowing description of Prime Minister John Howard as "a close personal friend", "a person whose judgement I count on" and "a man of clear vision".
Mr Howard conceded that he had been a little embarrassed by the fervour of Mr Bush's endorsement, knowing that it would probably spawn a new generation of invective from Opposition figures such as Mark Latham, who already accused Mr Howard of being an "arselicker" of the Bush Administration and described this visit as "a conga line of suckholes" heading to Washington. - from here. My sides hurt!
Can't I have just one day where something in the news doesn't piss me off?! I guess the answer to that is NO.
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"I hope an administration spokesman will explain why we are sending 150,000 troops to overthrow Saddam Hussein when we wouldn't send in 5,000 to capture or kill bin Laden." - Joe Conason, obviously living in the same fantasy land I'm in.
Gassing his own people
"We know what a disarmed country looks like. And uhhhhhhh....Iraq doesn't look like that." - the number-than-wet-noodles Court-Appointed Crackhead, 2/10/03.
Bunnypants national security adviser, Condoleezza 'Chevronwhore' Rice, met in New York on Tuesday with Hans Blix, urging him to tell the U.N. on Friday that that Iraq has failed to disarm.
Please, pulleeeze, we'll do anything! You can become a junior partner in the Carlyle Group, just like Tony Blair! You can live in a beautiful, well-appointed undisclosed bunker, with 77 virgins personally chosen by John Ashcroft! I'll tattoo your name on my - uhhhhhh, tanker! Hans, baby!
The administration fears Blix's report, coming at a time when the warmongering AWOL wonderboob and former incompetant oil exec pResident Dumbass is trying to keep the little people from whining about the tanking economy bolster his poll numbers case for war, will be less decisive than his January statement to the U.N. The issue is expected to come to a head as early as next week when the United States and Britain seek a U.N. resolution condemning Iraq's actions as a prelude to potential war.
...for the vast oilfields of Iraq, which, surprise surprise, will come under the control of a U.S. general for at least two years.
Meanwhile, Rep./pisswad Tom Lantos, DINO-California, is in serious need of a good asskicking.
Open letter to our friends in Europe
"Many of us in America are doing everything in our power to change our government's policy toward Iraq. However, we fear this war cannot be stopped without the strong support of the people of European nations. Please sign this letter/petition thanking our friends in Europe and asking them to stand in solidarity with us this weekend against the Bush administration's push to make war on Iraq." - Please go to MoveOn.org and sign the letter!
WH flips nation the bird again
Adults-in-charge say 'who cares what you think?', take their ball and go home.
The White House yesterday rejected Democratic requests for more information about Miguel Estrada, further cementing a stalemate that threatens to kill uniter, not divider Emperor Snippy's nomination.
"The president is not going to back down on this," said Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin 'Dumber than Dogmeat' Hatch. "We've just begun to fight."
Bush and Senate republicans maintain Estrada deserves to be confirmed, but Senate Democrats say Estrada dodged a number of questions about his judicial views at a confirmation hearing last year, making him a "stealth candidate."
In a letter to Bush on Tuesday, Senate Democrats said they would block a vote on Estrada until he answers their questions. They also asked to see a memorandum he wrote on various legal cases while an assistant U.S. solicitor general.
Senate republicans and White House aides said on Tuesday they expected the administration to reject the demands, and on Wednesday they did so. Nice. - from here, more or less.
"In our country it used to be that oceans could protect us - at least we thought so. There was wars on other continents, but we were safe." - the churchillian, AWOL from the National Guard, poppy-protected pReznit Privilege, 2/10/03.
