WTF Is It Now?!?

BUSH KNEW ! ! ! ! ! - and went on vacation! ! ! ! !



Bush asked Daschle to limit Sept. 11 probes -

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Preznit Poopypants personally asked Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle to limit the congressional investigation into the events of September 11, congressional and White House sources told CNN.

The request was made at a private meeting with congressional leaders. Sources said Bush initiated the conversation. - - from CNN, 1/30/02.





WH knew - and did nothing

Sen. Bob Graham (D-Fla.) said yesterday that he has been told of a CIA document that reached Bush in August, warning him of a more specific al Qaeda attack involving an airliner.

A senior U.S. official who has reviewed the classified memo said yesterday that the FBI agent had made a "strong connection" between a group of Middle Eastern aviation students he was investigating and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network.

The agent was so concerned that he mentioned bin Laden in the first sentence of the memo, which suggested that terrorists from al Qaeda or other groups might be using flight schools to prepare for a hijacking or bombing plot, several officials said.

Zacarias Moussaoui was arrested in Minnesota August 16 after officials of a flight school in Minneapolis, tipped off the FBI His conduct aroused suspicion - he insisted on training to fly a jumbo jet despite an obvious lack of skill even with small planes. The prospective student reportedly did not want to learn how to take off or land, only how to steer the jet while it was in the air.

The instructor and a vice president of the flight school briefed two Democratic congressmen from the Minneapolis area in November about their repeated efforts to get the FBI to take an interest in Moussaoui's conduct. [They] said it took four to six phone calls to the FBI to find an agent who would help. The instructor became so frustrated by the lack of response that he gave a prescient warning to the FBI that "a 747 loaded with fuel can be used as a bomb."

[T]he facts which are known so far point to the conclusion that officials at the highest levels of the US government knew that a major terrorist attack was under way and made no serious effort to prevent it. The political motive can be inferred: they permitted an attack to go forward - whether they knew its full dimensions or not-in order to provide the necessary pretext for carrying out a right-wing agenda of military intervention abroad and attacks on democratic rights at home.

Kristin Breitweiser, whose husband, Ronald, died at the World Trade Center, said she became convinced shortly after the attacks that U.S. authorities mishandled clues that could have helped avert the carnage. She also contended that Squinty the boil-faced Chicken , if he had received private advance warnings, should have acted more decisively at the first signs of trouble on Sept. 11.

"They said they couldn't connect the dots, but once the dots were connected and the picture was drawn on the morning of 9/11, why did they do nothing?" she asked. "Why was the 'president' allowed to sit for 35 minutes with a group of second graders when this country was under attack?"

Donn Marshall of Marbury, Md., whose wife, Shelley, died at the Pentagon, also questioned the Coward of Crawford's actions.

"It sort of makes you wonder where the get-tough 'president' was when he was getting all this information, why they didn't react act more vigorously," Marshall said. "The notion that American planes might be hijacked, that should have caused more concern, even if we didn't think that they might be flown into things."

( - Snipped from an article at bushmoonieland, and a typical response: "You knew, you just KNEW that the Associated Press would find some of the grieving relatives and use them for their anti-Bush propaganda. I didn't think that the Democrats could ever stoop this low, but in hindsight, I shouldn't be surprised." - - Jeeeezus....it's amazing how f*cking stupid some people are.)




Captioned Photos of the Yellow Puddle of Texas's (in)famous 9/11 pic:

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'toon at BC Forum, which is hopping today!!





Quotes

"In Congress, members of both parties vote in increasing numbers for a change every time the 42-year-old Cuba policy comes up. But George Bush would rather keep Cubans hungry than take any chances for himself and his brother with the folks who thought Elian Gonzalez would be better off dead than red." - - Mary McGrory

"The GOP made a boneheaded decision by using a photo of Bush at the lowest point of his Administration. The commander-in-chief showed zero leadership on the bloodiest day in American history since the Civil War battle of Antietam. Instead of leadership, Bush played a game of hide and seek on 9/11. He hopscotched across the U.S., while Cheney and Attorney General John Ashcroft assumed command." - - Kevin McCauley




The Moron of Midland to toughen U.S. action against Cuba in hopes of getting Jebbie re-elected

The White House has been put on the defensive by critics who say the four-decades-old embargo has failed to produce democratic reforms while making everyday life harder for the Cuban people. Smirky the Squint-eyed Crackhead also was accused of shaping his policy to win support of Cuban Americans, a force in Florida politics and thus a key to his re-election hopes.

"This is not about foreign policy. We are talking about Florida politics," said Rep. Charles Rangel.

The Unelected Idiot plans to unveil his Cuban policy at the White House, visit a Cuban-American community in Miami and headline a fund-raiser for his brother, Florida Gov. Jeb - all on Monday. And I'm not allowed to telecommute.




Stuff:

Planted geraniums and celosias in the window boxes, NG impatiens near the bird bath.

Rumor has it there was a big red fox in the front yard yesterday morning. Hmmmmmm...that's where all the rabbits hang out...

Not enuff damn morels to do anything this season - I was so looking forward to spaghetti with morel sauce! Damn. Well, keeping our fingers crossed for next year.

Columbine, azaleas blooming.

Bluebird chicks making a racket in the birdhouse.

Baby grackles - the Rush Limbaughs of the avian world, without the obnoxious stupidity, overbearing ego, ugly phizz, and the anal cysts.



Pet Care Tip: Getting your kids a boa constrictor or monkey is a great way to teach them that the animal kingdom is not something that exists for their amusement, goddammit. - - from The Onion.com.