Gee, I'm so glad george bush cut his 35 day vacation short to hurry back to Washington and do nothing for people dying in the streets, starving in the convention center, and getting shot for offering the food in their store.
There are known to be poisonous snakes in the streets of New Orleans that have spilled over from the lake. I guess one of them got to Washington DC.
Where's Waldo? hell, Where's GEORGE.
Friday, September 02, 2005
Thursday, September 01, 2005
Bush is a wonderful president; haven't you heard?
Well, I guess I was wrong all along; I guess we have the best president ever, who's taking care of everyone, and we're all going to live happily ever after.
NOT.
Even with everything he's done up till now, I can't remember a time that I was as angry about our so called president as RIGHT NOW. He was just on Good Morning America and in response to Diane Sawyers question about receiving aid from other countries, he just said he doesn't expect help from other countries because we didn't ask for it. What a completely insane thing to say!!!!! Not only does it potentially alienate other countries from ever stepping up in the future, but we DO need EVERY BIT OF HELP we can get. What the hell is wrong with him!!!!! And now the BBC has just reported what this idiot has said. UNBELIEVEABLE. If there were EVER a time to reach out.......he is SO POMPOUS and ARROGANT, I can't take it any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He paints a picture of a hurricane aftermath through rose colored glasses, repeating everything we already know, and reciting those words, "HELP IS ON THE WAY" like a robot. The hurricane happened 72 hours ago, and I'd like to know what the people on the rooftops and swimming through dangerous water think about his words. I realize it can take some time for help to arrive but with the resources that Bush keeps saying we have plenty of, why the HELL is it taking days and not hours. If the media can get in with reporters and plenty of helicopters, why can't we get the military in quicker. Hmmmmm, perhaps because we're stretched so thin with so many deployed in Iraq!???
When asked about airdrops to deliver food, he said it's not the most efficient way to deliver food. I'd like to see him not eat for 3 days.
When asked about looting, he said there should be a zero tolerance policy, even for people getting lifesaving supplies. While I agree about zero tolerance for people stealing things like jewelry and tv's, especially when they're taking precious time away from police and rescue personnel, I do feel that there is a big difference between that and people getting food, water, diapers, medicine, etc. They're in a catch-22, while Bush is asking them to use their "civic responsibility" to behave properly. If he was watching the same news I've been, he'd realize this is about as bad as it gets. The mayor of New Orleans announced that he's moving 1500 police officers from search and rescue to going after looters. It makes me sick that people may die who aren't being rescued because someone is stealing a tv downtown. There was just a delivery of essential medical supplies that could not be delivered to a tarmac because there were hundreds of looters waiting with guns. We have sunk into a free for all.
Yet again, he admitted no wrongdoing. He sidestepped EVERY SINGLE QUESTION Sawyers asked by using placating words and actually saying things about all the GOOD work they're doing to keep gas prices down (!!!!!!!) by opening up the strategic oil reserves and suspending some EPA regulations on fuel. Are we so naive to believe that he's helping?!
Is he so psycho that he believes his own words? I'd have some shred of respect for him if he admitted that we DO need help.
Why isn't he calling for a national effort to conserve gas and fuel!!!!! He only just touched on it in response to one of Diane's questions by saying that he hopes people are conserving. Well, if there was any time to use his presidential muscle, he should be calling for everyone to cut back. I guess all of his cronies would lose money in Halliburton etc., if people did that in droves.
He also dodged the question about how we may not have enough National Guard since we're stretched so thin in Iraq. He reiterated that we have to win the war on terror, and that we will win the war on terror and that we have enough resources. He simply (with his simple mind) yet again painted a picture that "we're gonna take care of everything, and we're doing NOTHING wrong."
Where is the help; the people on the Gulf Coast need it NOW.
LisaBeth
www.fundraisingpins.com
NOT.
Even with everything he's done up till now, I can't remember a time that I was as angry about our so called president as RIGHT NOW. He was just on Good Morning America and in response to Diane Sawyers question about receiving aid from other countries, he just said he doesn't expect help from other countries because we didn't ask for it. What a completely insane thing to say!!!!! Not only does it potentially alienate other countries from ever stepping up in the future, but we DO need EVERY BIT OF HELP we can get. What the hell is wrong with him!!!!! And now the BBC has just reported what this idiot has said. UNBELIEVEABLE. If there were EVER a time to reach out.......he is SO POMPOUS and ARROGANT, I can't take it any more!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He paints a picture of a hurricane aftermath through rose colored glasses, repeating everything we already know, and reciting those words, "HELP IS ON THE WAY" like a robot. The hurricane happened 72 hours ago, and I'd like to know what the people on the rooftops and swimming through dangerous water think about his words. I realize it can take some time for help to arrive but with the resources that Bush keeps saying we have plenty of, why the HELL is it taking days and not hours. If the media can get in with reporters and plenty of helicopters, why can't we get the military in quicker. Hmmmmm, perhaps because we're stretched so thin with so many deployed in Iraq!???
When asked about airdrops to deliver food, he said it's not the most efficient way to deliver food. I'd like to see him not eat for 3 days.
When asked about looting, he said there should be a zero tolerance policy, even for people getting lifesaving supplies. While I agree about zero tolerance for people stealing things like jewelry and tv's, especially when they're taking precious time away from police and rescue personnel, I do feel that there is a big difference between that and people getting food, water, diapers, medicine, etc. They're in a catch-22, while Bush is asking them to use their "civic responsibility" to behave properly. If he was watching the same news I've been, he'd realize this is about as bad as it gets. The mayor of New Orleans announced that he's moving 1500 police officers from search and rescue to going after looters. It makes me sick that people may die who aren't being rescued because someone is stealing a tv downtown. There was just a delivery of essential medical supplies that could not be delivered to a tarmac because there were hundreds of looters waiting with guns. We have sunk into a free for all.
Yet again, he admitted no wrongdoing. He sidestepped EVERY SINGLE QUESTION Sawyers asked by using placating words and actually saying things about all the GOOD work they're doing to keep gas prices down (!!!!!!!) by opening up the strategic oil reserves and suspending some EPA regulations on fuel. Are we so naive to believe that he's helping?!
Is he so psycho that he believes his own words? I'd have some shred of respect for him if he admitted that we DO need help.
Why isn't he calling for a national effort to conserve gas and fuel!!!!! He only just touched on it in response to one of Diane's questions by saying that he hopes people are conserving. Well, if there was any time to use his presidential muscle, he should be calling for everyone to cut back. I guess all of his cronies would lose money in Halliburton etc., if people did that in droves.
He also dodged the question about how we may not have enough National Guard since we're stretched so thin in Iraq. He reiterated that we have to win the war on terror, and that we will win the war on terror and that we have enough resources. He simply (with his simple mind) yet again painted a picture that "we're gonna take care of everything, and we're doing NOTHING wrong."
Where is the help; the people on the Gulf Coast need it NOW.
LisaBeth
www.fundraisingpins.com
Friday, February 04, 2005
Ridiculous Rick
It is so unbelieveably pathetic that the sickening Senator from my own state of Pennsylvania, Santorum, is spending stupid amounts of time trying to "regulate" language in the media. What the hell is going on in this society? We are sending our soldiers to their most dangerous assignments, yet we have Senators STILL, (and I can't even BELIEVE this) freaking out about Janet Jackson's breast? I mean, who gives a fuck!? Shouldn't he be spending our hard earned tax dollars on more important things like protecting our soldiers, borders, and rights of free speech rather than on his own personal agenda? He was on NPR today babbling about his idiotic "Broadcast Decency Bill" in which fines can be up to THREE MILLION dollars per "offense"! Why is NO ONE asking WHAT HAPPENS WITH THAT MONEY and why he or anyone else has a right to implement fines based on their own narrow minded analysis. I defy anyone to not admit hypocrisy in using "language" in every day life and then complaining about it. They're worried about "the children"? Jesus Christ, any kid over 5 years old has heard any and every word of "slang" ever invented. Get a life people. I have never seen anyone with their head in the sand more than Rick Santorum. We MUST MUST MUST give him his walking papers in the next election.
Thursday, February 03, 2005
Social Insecurity
DID YOU KNOW???
Chew on this......The President and anyone in his tax bracket and above only pay Social Security taxes on a SMALL portion of their income. Do people realize that the law exempts income over $90,000 from Social Security taxes. If that amount was shifted even a little bit, we souldn't even be talking about Social Security.
Ok, here's a good one, from AIR AMERICA yesterday.....(with apologies to Punxatawny Phil),
"Today is Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address. As Air America Radio pointed out, it is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication and the other involves a groundhog."
Chew on this......The President and anyone in his tax bracket and above only pay Social Security taxes on a SMALL portion of their income. Do people realize that the law exempts income over $90,000 from Social Security taxes. If that amount was shifted even a little bit, we souldn't even be talking about Social Security.
Ok, here's a good one, from AIR AMERICA yesterday.....(with apologies to Punxatawny Phil),
"Today is Groundhog Day and the State of the Union Address. As Air America Radio pointed out, it is an ironic juxtaposition: one involves a meaningless ritual in which we look to a creature of little intelligence for prognostication and the other involves a groundhog."
The Fate of the Union
How does he get away with being so cavalier and making everything seem so hunky-dorey? Do you feel hunky-dorey? Yeah, there were no cataclysmic events on election day in Iraq, not unless you count 260 attacks by insurgents. And what of Social Security. Do we really trust that there won't be rampant corruption, not to mention the very real fact that the stock market could tank just before a person of a certain "age" needs their hard earned cash. And that's not even talking about the fact that there isn't this so called crisis that Bush wants us to believe, unless of course he goes forward and spends over 2 TRILLION dollars to launch his evil plan. I think he is hoping that we just follow along like sheep and lemmings, to the Social Security slaughter. He said, "The money is yours and the government can never take it away. YEAH RIGHT! Isn't this the perfect ironic hypocrisy to what he is doing to Social Security?
As for other items he spoke about.....
Eliminating 150 governement programs.....hm, wonder which programs these are.
Getting rid of frivolous asbestos claims.....huh? have i been missing something. I would imagine that if someone was claiming asbestos poisoning, it would be legit.
More affordable health care? I'll believe it when I see it. Especially since one aspect of health care rarely spoken of are the huge numbers of people that are UNDERinsured. It was announced on world news that about 1/2 of the bankruptcies in this country are the result of medical problems. And 3/4 of those people HAD health insurance when they got sick.
Environmentally responsible energy......codeword for drilling in the the Arctic Region no doubt.
The marriage amendment....how dare he put his religious right values on people in this country?
Restraining the spending appetite of the federal government......I think the person getting the most out of this one was the speech writer!
In closing, I'll defer to Nancy Pelosi. She spoke for the democrats after the speech and once again stated quite emphatically how vulnerable we still are after 9/11 when it comes to security at the borders, etc. During his speech, Bush said, "Society is measured by how it treats the weak and vulnerable". I would say this speaks for itself where our so-called president is concerned.
As for other items he spoke about.....
Eliminating 150 governement programs.....hm, wonder which programs these are.
Getting rid of frivolous asbestos claims.....huh? have i been missing something. I would imagine that if someone was claiming asbestos poisoning, it would be legit.
More affordable health care? I'll believe it when I see it. Especially since one aspect of health care rarely spoken of are the huge numbers of people that are UNDERinsured. It was announced on world news that about 1/2 of the bankruptcies in this country are the result of medical problems. And 3/4 of those people HAD health insurance when they got sick.
Environmentally responsible energy......codeword for drilling in the the Arctic Region no doubt.
The marriage amendment....how dare he put his religious right values on people in this country?
Restraining the spending appetite of the federal government......I think the person getting the most out of this one was the speech writer!
In closing, I'll defer to Nancy Pelosi. She spoke for the democrats after the speech and once again stated quite emphatically how vulnerable we still are after 9/11 when it comes to security at the borders, etc. During his speech, Bush said, "Society is measured by how it treats the weak and vulnerable". I would say this speaks for itself where our so-called president is concerned.
Monday, January 31, 2005
Oh Say Can You Blog
According to the Associated Press and CNN, many high school students think government censorship of newspapers may not be a bad thing, and flag burning is hardly protected free speech. The first amendment is at serious risk, people. We had best be conscious of what is going on and that it is no small coincidence in a parallel universe to the current employees of the White House. So in honor of today's story, I offer the following take off on a well known song, with apologies to Francis Scott Key. Please visit these websites for more information. www.aclu.org and www.au.org
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Oh say can you blog, by the computer screen light
What so proudly we type all those words of great meaning
Whose broad fonts and bright colors, through the perilous viruses
O'er the comments we wrote were so gallantly streaming
And the bloggers great care, opinions bursting in air
Gave proof through the night FREEDOM OF SPEECH was still there
Oh say does that star studded blogger still write
O'er the land of the free, they'll be blogging tonight.
lyrics, c. 2005, LisaBeth Weber
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Oh say can you blog, by the computer screen light
What so proudly we type all those words of great meaning
Whose broad fonts and bright colors, through the perilous viruses
O'er the comments we wrote were so gallantly streaming
And the bloggers great care, opinions bursting in air
Gave proof through the night FREEDOM OF SPEECH was still there
Oh say does that star studded blogger still write
O'er the land of the free, they'll be blogging tonight.
lyrics, c. 2005, LisaBeth Weber
Sunday, January 30, 2005
Experience preferred, but not essential
Regarding the Iraqi elections......It was announced today that White House officials are vague on what constitutes a successful election. Um, so, they're obviously talking from experience, no doubt.
Saturday, January 29, 2005
the INAUGRAVATION.....notes from a reluctant observer
Before we fly furiously into frozen February, I thought I'd post my excerpts from INAUGRAVATION day. This blog was started as a result of my e-mail rant on that bleak day. I received several e-mails of thanks from people who couldn't bring themselves to watch, and then a friend told me I oughta have a blog to share these thoughts with the ether. So if the ether is listening, here's some tangled thoughts from that dark moment in history......
Oh, and I assure you, my comments are about as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.
OK. Now I really wanna barf.
The pre-inauguration song was the one written by John Ashcroft at the request of Dick Cheney. ug. No wonder it's so hard to have a career as a songwriter. Look at what's getting chosen! Jeez, I woulda given them my song, "Bye Bye Bush" if only they had asked! I guess we should be thankful that Ashcroft didn't sing.
Did you see Scary Spector behind W? we MUST give him his walking papers in '06.
From "W"'s speech........ "......best hope for freedom in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world" (so I guess this is done by killing 150,000 innocent Iraqi citizens?)
More from the speech.... "Liberty will come to those who love it."
Does that mean those that would love it in the Darfur region (for example) get it automatically? Hey, remember when Ayad Allawi said, "14 out of the 18 provinces in Iraq are perfectly safe. There are no problems." ug.
And was it just me, or was the part of the speech about Sinai, the serpent on the mount, etc. his "inclusive" way of bringing faith into the white house under the auspices of his own personal beliefs. I'd be VERY cautious of this in the next 4 years. watch for subtle (and not so subtle) changes.....and in the same arena, seemed like every time there was a new part to the day, there was a new prayer. Yes, I'm grateful that we live in a country of freedom, but again it rides the fine line between separation of church and state.
And here's what REALLY burns my boat. He creates a war, goes in like a cowboy, ducks from responsibility, builds nothing less than a FORTRESS around Washington DC and then bases his whole inauguration address on FREEDOM while hiding the protesters behind a huge steel fence. THINK ABOUT THAT.
Rick Santorum was just on the 5:00 news defending the costs of the inauguration. saying how it will be broadcast around the world and the important image it would portray about America and what it stands for, "That is an important image and it is worth the price to pay." UNBELIEVABLE. I'd like to make sure the rest of the world knows that half of this country is embarrassed by what went on at the inauguration. Freakin' egomaniac homophobe is already working on his next campaign. Wouldn't it be really great if HE turned out to be GAY!?!
See? I told you it would be as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.
p.s. Next immediate fight MAY be Supreme Court. As a thyroid cancer survivor, I wish Rehnquist all the best for his health, but let's face it...retirement has got to be near.
Oh, and I assure you, my comments are about as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.
OK. Now I really wanna barf.
The pre-inauguration song was the one written by John Ashcroft at the request of Dick Cheney. ug. No wonder it's so hard to have a career as a songwriter. Look at what's getting chosen! Jeez, I woulda given them my song, "Bye Bye Bush" if only they had asked! I guess we should be thankful that Ashcroft didn't sing.
Did you see Scary Spector behind W? we MUST give him his walking papers in '06.
From "W"'s speech........ "......best hope for freedom in our world is the expansion of freedom in all the world" (so I guess this is done by killing 150,000 innocent Iraqi citizens?)
More from the speech.... "Liberty will come to those who love it."
Does that mean those that would love it in the Darfur region (for example) get it automatically? Hey, remember when Ayad Allawi said, "14 out of the 18 provinces in Iraq are perfectly safe. There are no problems." ug.
And was it just me, or was the part of the speech about Sinai, the serpent on the mount, etc. his "inclusive" way of bringing faith into the white house under the auspices of his own personal beliefs. I'd be VERY cautious of this in the next 4 years. watch for subtle (and not so subtle) changes.....and in the same arena, seemed like every time there was a new part to the day, there was a new prayer. Yes, I'm grateful that we live in a country of freedom, but again it rides the fine line between separation of church and state.
And here's what REALLY burns my boat. He creates a war, goes in like a cowboy, ducks from responsibility, builds nothing less than a FORTRESS around Washington DC and then bases his whole inauguration address on FREEDOM while hiding the protesters behind a huge steel fence. THINK ABOUT THAT.
Rick Santorum was just on the 5:00 news defending the costs of the inauguration. saying how it will be broadcast around the world and the important image it would portray about America and what it stands for, "That is an important image and it is worth the price to pay." UNBELIEVABLE. I'd like to make sure the rest of the world knows that half of this country is embarrassed by what went on at the inauguration. Freakin' egomaniac homophobe is already working on his next campaign. Wouldn't it be really great if HE turned out to be GAY!?!
See? I told you it would be as fair and balanced as a FOX news show.
p.s. Next immediate fight MAY be Supreme Court. As a thyroid cancer survivor, I wish Rehnquist all the best for his health, but let's face it...retirement has got to be near.
Thursday, January 27, 2005
Department of Homeland Scrutiny
Well hi there.
Y'know, I don't know if it's the way these stories are reported or the sheer redundancy of overstating the obvious.
Today on the news it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security has declared that "Al Qaeda is fully capable of another full scale attack". Well DUH. And this is news? If the D.O.H.S. (ok, that's funnier than I'd realized till I wrote it out), really didn't believe this up until now, we're in more trouble than I thought. And if anyone thinks that we're safer now because "there haven't been any major attacks since 9/11" then we're living in the biggest naive bubble ever. Oh yeah, I forgot. george bush is keeping us safe.
Y'know, I don't know if it's the way these stories are reported or the sheer redundancy of overstating the obvious.
Today on the news it was reported that the Department of Homeland Security has declared that "Al Qaeda is fully capable of another full scale attack". Well DUH. And this is news? If the D.O.H.S. (ok, that's funnier than I'd realized till I wrote it out), really didn't believe this up until now, we're in more trouble than I thought. And if anyone thinks that we're safer now because "there haven't been any major attacks since 9/11" then we're living in the biggest naive bubble ever. Oh yeah, I forgot. george bush is keeping us safe.
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