Oh yeah, about those two 'liberals'

Faux News and wingnut bloggers are foaming at the mouth over the op-ed, 'A War We Just Might Win' , that Michael O'Hanlon and Ken Pollack wrote for the NY Times yesterday. I heard Sean Hannity on his show last night trumpeting that 'these two liberals from these liberal think tanks' should, basically, (paraphrasing) 'shut up those who oppose the surge and the rest of the entire clusterfuck that is our occupation of Iraq'.

But, the problem? These two 'liberals', O'Hanlon and Pollack, have been big supporters of the war in Iraq from before the asinine invasion and they haven't gotten anything right about it since.

Let's take a look at some of the comments these two 'newly' pro-Iraq war 'liberal's' have said over the last few years, starting with Mr. O'Hanlon;

'Here’s why things are going well and why they will soon go even better'. [New York Times, 3/28/03]

'We’ve got to go to war by March, I think, if we’re going to use the good weather'. [Fox News, 1/3/03]

'The U.S.-led mission in Iraq is still quite likely to succeed over a time period of roughly three to five years. The lack of any unifying ideology for the resistance there makes it unlikely we will face a snowballing mass insurgency'. [O’Hanlon, 10/5/03]

And for those wingnuts who have been desperately grasping for straws since yesterday; Here's what O'Hanlon wrote just 5 days ago!

"The situation in Iraq remains tenuous at best. … [V]iolence nationwide has failed to improve measurably over the past 2-plus months, with a resilient enemy increasingly turning its focus to softer targets outside the scope of the surge". …

Here's what Ken Pollack has been saying about the war in Iraq;

'The United States has no choice left but to invade Iraq itself and eliminate the current regime'. [Foreign Affairs, March/April 2002]

'The question is not one of war or no war, but rather war now or war later–a war without nuclear weapons or a war with them. [New York Times, 9/26/02]

'I think it’s very important that the president receive a very clear statement of support by the Congress'. [NPR, 10/2/02] {Unfortunately for the country, Congress laid down and didn't send a 'clear' statement - 42% of Congressional Democrats went along with Republicans and voted to give 'Commander Guy' the authorization to stupidly invade Iraq}

'Increasingly, the option that makes the most sense is for the United States to launch a full-scale invasion, eradicate Saddam’s weapons of mass destruction, and rebuild Iraq as a prosperous and stable society-for the good of the United States, the Iraqi people, and the entire region. [The Threatening Storm, 2002]

Sorry wingnuts ... O'Hanlon and Pollack are not two liberals who have suddenly come to their senses and are just now praising Bush's bonehead war in Iraq. They've actually been pathetically cheerleading for it from the start and are only trying to save face from being so wrong for so long.

I don't know O'Hanlon's and Pollack's political leanings but I do know, they haven't been right about the war yet, so why would I get all excited by what they are saying now?

I don't need to grasp for straws trying to vindicate my position on Iraq. That's the benefit of being 100% right from before day 1.

Think Progress

Finally, a voice of reason on Iran

“There’s been enough aggravation on both sides, whether you consider the Iranian occupation of our embassy in 1979 and holding hostages for over a year, or the shoot-down of the Iran airliner by a U.S. naval vessel in 1988. It’s been a tragedy in terms of the relationship…. We’re kept out of there primarily by our own government, which has made a decision that U.S. firms should not be allowed to invest significantly in Iran, and I think that’s a mistake.”

Where is the gratitude?

"I want America to go out," he said. "Today, tomorrow, or the day after tomorrow, but out. I wish the American people didn’t invade Iraq and, hopefully, it will be over soon."
-Younis Mahmoud, captain of Iraq's soccer team

After all we've done for Iraq this is the thanks we get?

Maybe 'Younis' watches or reads too much of the American 'mainstream liberal media' and isn't getting the right information about how well things are going there.

Another corrupt Republican going to jail?

FBI, IRS search U.S. Sen. Stevens' home

ANCHORAGE (AP) — Agents from the FBI and Internal Revenue Service on Monday searched the home of U.S. Sen. Ted Stevens, an official said.

This is great news! Ted Stevens is almost as big of a prick as Dick Cheney!

Earn big $$$$ - Be a 'Quick Shipper'!

Are you one of the many millions who has already, or is about to lose your house due to a mortgage failure? College tuition got you down? Is your job about to be out-sourced? Just plain tired of your boss?

Well, have we got a deal for you! Become a 'Quick Shipper', and put you and your family's deepest financial concerns behind you by getting a quick $20 Grand from Uncle Sam!!

All you have to do is join the Army and promise that you will be riding shot-gun in one of George Bush's specially made Humvees down the middle of the streets of Baghdad within 30 days of volunteering. That's right, 30 days! How long do you think it actually takes to be trained to become a target and die getting blown to bits?

Also, look for our new 'Quicker' and 'Quickest' Shipper programs to be introduced next month. With the 'Quickest Shipper' program, we can have your ass patroling the streets of Baghdad within 24 hours of you signing that dotted line!

Don't miss these wonderful offers. Pass it along and if you have little Chickenhawk children running around, this could be a good opportunity for them too!

Please Remember-We take them from 17 - 42 and 'it doesn't take long to be trained to die'!

This offer is good at any local Army Recruiting Office!

Don't miss this wonderful opportunity to finally, 'shut-up and put up'.

Army - $20K Bonus For 'Quick' Recruits

As the U.S. Army continues to keep thousands of troops deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan, Army recruiters have a new perk to offer new recruits.

The Army is now offering a $20,000 "QS" – or “Quick Shipper” -- bonus to new and prior service recruits joining, selecting any job and shipping out for training within 30 days.

Iraq Wins!! - Keep up the good work

Hey that's wonderful! Kurds, Shia and Sunnis pull together and win something.

So how about working together on straightening out your country so we can get the fuck out of there?

Sunday Scroll #22

I love a good Chickenhawk story
'Center for American Progress military expert Lawrence Korb testified before the House Armed Services Committee and one right-wing Ohio Congressman, Michael Turner, desperately tried to smear Korb ... Not a very bright move Chickenhawk ... Just like a damn Buckeye!

They painted the schools
WASHINGTON -- As the Bush administration struggles to convince lawmakers that its Iraq war strategy is working, it has stopped reporting to Congress a key quality-of-life indicator in Baghdad: how long the power stays on. Ryan Crocker, the U.S. ambassador to Iraq, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee last week that Baghdad residents could count on only "an hour or two a day" of electricity. That's down from an average of five to six hours a day earlier this year. [I'm sure the Iraqis are enjoying their new democracy]

"I'm not a terrorist..."
'Grandma' here, Sara Weiss from Long Island NY [detained in San Diego] is who set off the big TSA warning about 'al-Qaeda doing dry runs' earlier this week. All the wingnuts wet their pants and screamed, 'We told you so!', but it turned out to be ...Well, she looks like a terrorist ... Hey sheople, grow a pair!

No Dick, Homer's daughter
Dick Cheney once confused Jessica Simpson with Jessica Lynch. Hayes details how, when the vice president threw out the first pitch before a 2003 game between the Cincinnati Reds and Chicago Cubs, Cheney was first informed that “Nick Lachey — a native of Cincinnati — would sing the national anthem before the game and would be accompanied by his girlfriend, Jessica Simpson. Cheney thought Simpson’s name sounded familiar. He asked his staff: ‘Is that the soldier who was captured in Iraq?’ ” (That would be Jessica Lynch). What's the failure rate on batteries?

What's the hurry?
Iraqi lawmakers take their time
BAGHDAD — Missing from Thursday's session of the Iraqi parliament were about half of the members, including the speaker, the former speaker and two former prime ministers. Also missing: a sense of urgency. [want to borrow some knee pads?]

Get that damn cat away from me!
Cat Predicts Patients' Deaths
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) -- Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours. His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.

They didn't complain a bit
Dead farmers got $1.1 billion
The U.S. Department of Agriculture distributed $1.1 billion over seven years to the estates or companies of deceased farmers and routinely failed to conduct reviews required to ensure that the payments were properly made, according to a government report.

Can we not and say we did?
- Let the Cleavage Conversation Begin -
Hillary Clinton's campaign has sent out a fundraising letter calling a Washington Post fashion writer's column on Clinton's cleavage "grossly inappropriate" and asking donors "to take a stand against this kind of coarseness and pettiness in American culture." Blah, Blah, blah [We're insulted! Send money]

Business is great!
Shell earns $3 million an hour
Shell has produced a stunning financial performance over the second quarter of the year with profits soaring by 20% to $7.6bn (£3.7bn) on the back of very high refining margins and despite a fall in production. The record results – amounting to some £1.5m an hour –

Their fingers got stuck ...
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No, no - that's not what we meant!











We just wanted to 'free' them from 'tyranny', not actually live with them!

Mis-Fucking-Wired!
Three men who dug up a young woman's corpse to have sex with it after seeing her obituary photo cannot be charged with attempted sexual assault because Wisconsin has no law against necrophilia, an appeals court ruled Thursday.
These three guys need immediate long-term confinement. Period.

Get in line, Sam!
Iraq Envoy Says U.S. Lags in Arms Delivery
The United States government has been very slow to provide Iraqi security forces with basic needs, including armored vehicles and weapons, says Iraq's ambassador to the United States. "We have been waiting and waiting," Samir Sumaidaie told a small group of reporters. "It has been a constant theme since 2003. I don't know why it's taking so long." [Yeah, well Sammie, I hate to be the one that breaks it to you but, we've been having the same problem getting that for our guys too, so shut up and get back in line!]

You decide







(He's an 'R')




He's dressed for the part
The war of words over Tom Cruise’s next film is heating up, with a leading church in Germany comparing the Top Gun star to a notorious Nazi. The German Protestant Church has compared Cruise to Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels and that he is using his fame to publicize his faith, the sometimes controversial Church of Scientology.

Bibletown, USA
'Where church and state are one'
Built from scratch to fulfill the lifelong dream of Domino's Pizza founder Thomas S. Monaghan, the town of Ave Maria, Florida is being called a "refuge for Christian values in the secular age." Ave Maria is centered around a 1,100-seat Roman Catholic church, and businesses are told not to sell contraceptives. "I put basically everything I had into it, not only my money, but the rest of my life," Monaghan said of the town, according to ABC News.

He said it, I didn't
Dismissing the GOP presidential field as a "pathetic" bunch of "pygmies," Newt Gingrich hinted Monday he might step in to beat Democrats Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama.
[Go for it, Newt. I think you're ready and you certainly typify what Republicans truly are.]

Speaking of Republicans, let's get to this week's;

The Limbaugh Award

This week's winner of the 'prestigious, but infamous' award for lying is, U.S. Attorney General, Alberto 'Gonzo' Gonzales!

I know ... how hard was that pick? Gonzo is so busted for lying even Rush Limbaugh won't pretend he's not lying anymore!

You made it way too easy, Gonzo.

Congratulations, you're #22.

Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
Limbaugh Award
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 7/22/07
Bush bin Lyin - George W. Bush - 7/15/07
Freed Felon - Scooter Libby - 7/8/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 7/1/07
Crazy Lying Okie - James Inhofe - 6/24/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 6/17/07
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used Car Salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07

Unbelievable
The Bush administration is preparing to ask Congress to approve an arms sale package for Saudi Arabia and its neighbors that is expected to eventually total $20 billion at a time when some United States officials contend that the Saudis are playing a counterproductive role in Iraq.

So what, he was a liberal anyway

The Army secretary is expected to take the rare step of recommending a retired three-star general be demoted for misleading investigators probing the military's handling of the 2004 death of Army Ranger Pat Tillman, Defense officials said Thursday.

ping

How many out of that 3,160 ...

... would be alive today if Bush would have done something then?

Embarrassed by his inaction, Bush will now send Rice & Gates to plead with King Abdullah

"Now, Bush administration officials are voicing increasing anger at what they say has been Saudi Arabia’s counterproductive role in the Iraq war".

What John Kerry and John Edwards were saying in December 2003;

"To put it simply, we will not do business as usual with Saudi Arabia," Kerry said. "They must take concrete steps to stop their clerics from fueling the fires of Islamic extremism." - John Kerry

"We need a new relationship with Saudi Arabia, one that no longer ignores that regime's pattern of tolerance and denial when it comes to terrorists." - John Edwards

When Kerry and Edwards said that, there had been 486 Americans killed [thru 12/03] in Iraq. As of this posting, there have been 3,646 Americans killed in Iraq.

I wonder how many of those additional 3,160 men and women who have been killed since would be alive today if George Bush would have cared 'then', like he acts like he cares 'now'?

What's been the cost of Bush's 'free pass' to the Saudis?

With this, the MRAP's, the lack of proper body armor, the extended tours and the rushed training, we can easily see that George Bush, and all the sheep who blindly followed, have been our troops' own worst enemy.


NY Times

[I guess Bush has been reading my blog]

They lied their way onto the Court ...

And now the country is stuck with them for life

Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) plans to review the Senate testimony of U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts and Justice Samuel A. Alito to determine if their reversal of several long-standing opinions conflicts with promises they made to senators to win confirmation.

Specter, who championed their confirmation, said Tuesday he will personally re-examine the testimony to see if their actions in court match what they told the Senate.

Great ... Wonderful .. now he has questions.

We're stuck with Roberts and [Sc]Alito for the rest of their lives and Arlen is just now figuring out that these two guys were lying through their teeth during their confirmation hearings.

There has to be another remedy for this stain on our Court. They both could live far too long.

Hey dumbass, what's this?

"To put it simply, we will not do business as usual with Saudi Arabia," Kerry said. "They must take concrete steps to stop their clerics from fueling the fires of Islamic extremism." - John Kerry

"We need a new relationship with Saudi Arabia, one that no longer ignores that regime's pattern of tolerance and denial when it comes to terrorists." - John Edwards

"... The administration failed to use international support it drew after Sept. 11 "to raise pressure on Saudi Arabia and other Arab states to cut off fully the moral, religious, intellectual, and financial support to terrorism." - Wesley Clark [Secretary of Defense in the Kerry administration]

[comment (below) from a Bush supporter - debunked]

"And second, ignores the facts that his beloved commie Democrats in Congress are not calling for any actions against Saudi Arabia either. He left the Democrats out of his little rant".

The poor guy just can't get anything right. Looks like he campaigned [with his four Bush/Cheney lawn signs] for the wrong ticket in 2004. That's all right, he's only one of 62 million sheep who did.

Did Gonzo think Mueller would lie for him?

FBI Director Contradicts Gonzales

(WASHINGTON) — The head of the FBI contradicted Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' sworn testimony and Senate Democrats requested a perjury investigation Thursday in a fresh barrage against President Bush's embattled longtime friend and aide.

Damn, Alberto Gonzales is not only a huge liar but he's really stupid, too!

No wonder why Bush likes him so much.

Why these sons-of-bitches shouldn't be in power!

"Blumenthal opens the video by interviewing Tom Delay, who when asked how much the "Second Coming" plays into his support for Israel, says, "obviously, it's what I live for, I hope it comes tomorrow."

Delay closed by saying, "we have to be connected to Israel to enjoy the second coming."

If your goal in life is to hurry up and die you should be banned from serving in all capacities of government!

These evangelical crazy fucking Republicans are exactly the people those who wrote the Constitution warned us about.

Can you imagine having someone like Tom DeLay in charge of the 'Nuclear Football'?

Well, guess what? You do! George W. Bush is one of those deranged, 'can't wait for Armageddon' assholes, too!

Get these mentally-ill bastards out of our government!

Question with boldness even the existence of a God; because, if there be one, he must more approve of the homage of reason, than that of blind-folded fear.
Thomas Jefferson

I do not find in orthodox Christianity one redeeming feature.
Thomas Jefferson

Raw Story

Video of these 'Rapture Ready' morons, here.

Now isn't that ironic!

There won't be a Kunsan on the Tigris

WASHINGTON - JULY 25 - – Today, by a vote of 399-24, the House passed legislation introduced by Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-Oakland) to prevent permanent military bases in Iraq and bar U.S. control over Iraqi oil resources.

Whoa, 399-24!

Looks like the House feels pretty strongly against permanent bases in Iraq.

Barbara Lee ... Does her name ring a bell?

Remember when Congress voted on invading Afghanistan and the vote was 534-1?

Congresswoman Lee was the "1".

She's got them eating out of her hand now.

Ain't that something?

[Kunsan]

We need to cut costs somewhere

FORT LEWIS, Wash. — Twenty soldiers deployed to Iraq from this Army base were killed in May, a monthly high. That same month, the base announced a change in how it would honor its dead: instead of units holding services after each death, they would be held collectively once a month.

The anger and hurt were immediate...continued

When you're wasting $12 billion a month, you need to find somewhere to cut the cost.

Not to mention, we don't want to draw too much attention.

So, when are you going to threaten the Saudis?

WASHINGTON, July 24 (Xinhua) -- The United States and Iran had "difficult discussions" during their second round of ambassador-level talks over the security situation in Iraq, U.S. ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker said Tuesday.

"Frankly, I certainly walked into the room today expecting that discussions would be difficult. We've got a lot of problems with the Iranians."

Who do you think has killed more Americans, the Saudi Arabian-backed Sunni insurgents or the Iranian-backed Shia militias?

It's not even close - Saudi Arabian-backed Sunnis - backed with personnel, weapons, bomb making material and cash from the Kingdom - have killed far more Americans than the Shia. The ratio is something like 15 to 1!

When is Ambassador Crocker, Condi Rice, Dick Cheney or George Bush going to threaten the Saudis?

How about a little more consistency and lot less favoritism?

How about choosing your country over your fucking wallet?

Blame the military

"... For example, when it became clear that the US did not send enough troops to secure Iraq after the removal of Saddam Hussein, President Bush claimed General Franks, the combatant Commander, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff assured him that we had enough troops to succeed. And during 2005 and 2006, as the violence in Iraq and American casualties increased, the President said that General Casey the Commander in Iraq had not asked for more troops. Of course, Bush never mentioned the fact that Secretary of Defense Rumsfeld made it clear to the Generals that they would not get more troops.

... Since Petraeus took command in Baghdad in February 2007 the President has invoked his name over 150 times".

A very pointed piece from Lawrence Korb.

The 'buck' never stops with Bush.

[And, in case you're wondering, Lawrence Korb served as Assistant Secretary of Defense in the Reagan Administration.]

Business is booming

Halliburton Co., the world's second-largest oil services company, said on Monday second-quarter profit from continuing operations rose 19 percent, topping Wall Street views, helped by new international contracts and stronger demand from its customers.

NIE Director - Bush Admin. Manipulated Iraq Intel

‘Because They Didn’t Like The Answers’

Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell was honored to be asked [to be DNI], but he had serious reservations. He had been unimpressed with many aspects of the Bush administration and its conduct of the war on terror, particularly what he felt was a politicized use of intelligence in the lead-up to the Iraq war.

“My sense of it is their political faith and convictions influenced how they took information and interpreted [it], how they picked up and interpreted outside events. … I’ve read much more about the current set of players and they did set up a whole new interpretation because they didn’t like the answers. They’ve gotten results that in my view now have been disastrous,” [McConnell said].

McConnell decried the “secondary unit” established within the Pentagon to “reinterpret information” prior to the war. An internal Pentagon investigation released in February revealed that former Undersecretary of Defense Doug Feith utilized the Counter-Terrorism Evaluation Group within the Pentagon to create and promote false links between Iraq and al Qaeda.

Specifically, then-Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz “asked Feith’s analysts to ignore the intelligence community’s belief that the militant Islamist al-Qaida and Saddam’s secular dictatorship were unlikely allies.” Subsequently, Feith “disseminated alternative intelligence assessments on the Iraq and al-Qaida relationship…to senior decision-makers.”

McConnell stated, “The way you do intelligence is all sources considered. You have to factor one issue against the other and balance it.” Four years later, this administration is still reinterpreting intelligence.

Let's start the trials now. We only need Bush's new Director of National Intelligence, Mike McConnell, as the witness for the prosecution.

Many blamed - and still blame the CIA for the intelligence failures that needlessly led us into Iraq. That is a lie! The CIA was telling them the truth but as McConnel stated on Meet The Press, 'they didn't like the answers'!

Russ Feingold has called for a 'censure' of George Bush for his conduct on the War in Iraq. A censure is a start, but it should only be the first step to their impeachment and we will only need Bush's new Director of National Intelligence as our country's chief witness.

There should be absolutely no doubt in your mind that the Bush administration lied us into needlessly attacking Iraq.

Our Director of National Intelligence, a man Bush hired just four months ago, clearly tells us so.

What are we waiting for?

Pow!!*!Thump!@!@!Bam*!!@!Splat!@!!Smack!*!!

Got a way with the ladies, huh Turd Blossom?

"In a recent conversation with the editors of the Washington Post, Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings was asked why she rebuffed Karl Rove’s advances on her in the early ’80s. Spellings paused, then said: “Have you met Karl Rove? He was so inept and so inartful,” she added. “I mean, I couldn’t even understand." ... TP

I don't know TB ... she ain't no Jeff Gannon ...

Sunday Scroll #21 - 'We train 'em quick' Edition

With 90% of it wasted
"Assuming Congress' approval of President George W. Bush's request for war costs for the upcoming fiscal year 2008 (a request of $141.7 billion), total appropriations related to the wars would reach $758 billion, including $567 billion for Iraq, $157 billion for Afghanistan, $29 billion for other security operations in the US and elsewhere, and $5 billion which can be attributed to "unknown" due to the Defense Department's inability to track its own money".
[And what do you think the cost will be for the long-term care of the 27,000 who have been wounded in Iraq so far?]

And what's another $1.2 billion?
US renting Pak army for $100 million a month
The United States is paying around $ 100 million a month for the deployment of 80,000 Pakistani troops on its border with Afghanistan ostensibly for the war on terrorism, a key US official revealed on Thursday. [Let me get this straight - We're paying Musharaf and his Army a $100 million a month? For what? So they can they can properly manage their truce with al-Qaeda? Nice job on fighting the 'war on terror', losers.]

About that long-term care ...
Marine Sgt. Merlin German, 21, burned over 97 percent of his body

SAN ANTONIO - The five badly burned soldiers arrived around 11 p.m., sedated and swathed in bandages from head to foot — the screech of the plane's wheels on the tarmac and waiting ambulances marking the end of a 7,500-mile journey.

Powder Puff
It turns out Mitt Romney has maintained an expensive beauty regimen for years. A RAW STORY analysis of Romney's campaign finance records during his time as Massachusetts governor shows he spent nearly $2,000 on makeup artists over four years. The personal-beautification spending was divided over six sessions to three separate companies. Individual makeup jobs ranged in price from $180 to $690.

Which way did the 'surge' go?
Attacks in Iraq last month reached their highest daily average since May 2003, showing a surge in violence as President George W. Bush completed a buildup of U.S. troops, Pentagon statistics show. The June numbers showed 5,335 attacks against coalition troops, Iraqi security forces, civilians and infrastructure. ... the average daily number of attacks was 177.8.

Thank you ... you're welcome
The University of Michigan Hospitals and Health Centers completed the 2007 fiscal year with a positive operating margin, the 11th year of consecutive positive earnings, hospital leaders told U-M’s Board of Regents today. The health system’s operating margin was 3.8%, or $61.7 million in earnings over $1.57 billion in revenues, in the year ending June 30.

We need to Feingold
During a Friday book signing in Washington, D.C., one of former Vice President Gore's daughters seemed to go further than her father in saying that a 2008 White House run was not going to happen. "He's really not going to get in the race," said Kristin Gore when asked if she has any special insight into her father's political plans.

Today a long time ago
On July 22, 1933, Wiley Post, became the first person to fly solo around the world.
Friends with humorist Will Rogers, they were both killed in a crash Wiley Post was piloting over Alaska on August 15, 1933.

Illegal procedure
Twenty-seven-year-old Michael Vick is a star player with the Atlanta Falcons. Fast on his feet and with a strong arm, Vick is the highest-paid quarterback in the NFL and a favorite with fans. He still is, although the spotlight on him changed this week. After months of investigation, including multiple searches of a property Vick owns in Surry, Virginia, authorities brought a federal indictment against him on Tuesday, charging that he was running a dogfighting operation. Dozens of pit-bull terriers, like this one,[above] were found here. PBS

Sorry about the MRAP's, son



















Limbaugh takes stock hit
Purdue Pharma L.P., the maker of OxyContin, and three of its executives were ordered Friday to pay a $634.5 million fine for misleading the public about the painkiller's risk of addiction.

Nice security
A former White House official who took top secret documents from U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney's office and gave them to opposition figures in the Philippines was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years in prison. Philippine-born Leandro Aragoncillo, a U.S. citizen and former Marine, pleaded guilty last year to taking the documents that included details on threats against U.S. government interests and military personnel in the Philippines.

When her ass got about that big!

I thought that was a bad call
The FBI is investigating allegations that veteran NBA referee Tim Donaghy bet on basketball games over the past two seasons, including ones in which he officiated.

Lying sack of shit
Presidential hopeful Rudy Giuliani said the U.S. is distracted by the conflict in Iraq and is not focusing enough on al-Qaida’s resurgence in Afghanistan and Pakistan. "I said it a long time ago – America is too consumed with Iraq,” the former New York City mayor told USA Today. [Rudy's reading the polls again]

A Special Limbaugh/HD Award

[The award doesn't necessarily have to go to just pathological liars and since the namesakes of this prestigious, but infamous award were both sheep that followed Bush into Iraq and who are therefore, obviously, complicit with the failed policies that have allowed al-Qaeda to survive , it can also be presented in special circumstances like this.] - The 'Committee' -

The Grim Reaper
The airplane is the size of a jet fighter, powered by a turboprop engine, able to fly at 300 mph and reach 50,000 feet. It is outfitted with infrared, laser and radar targeting, and with a ton and a half of guided bombs and missiles. The Reaper is loaded, but there is no one on board. Its pilot, as it bombs targets in Iraq, will sit at a video console 7,000 miles away in Nevada. GO AIR FORCE!

"I ain't no baby!"
Army Spc. Christopher D. Kube was memorialized Thursday in a packed theater at this outpost in east Baghdad. Another fallen soldier. Another reminder, far from the public spotlight, of the grief that hits not only families of this war's casualties but also their comrades in arms. He was 18.

"When I saw him I asked, `How old are you, 10?"' recalled his platoon sergeant, Staff Sgt. Eugenie Byron-Griffin. "`What are you doing here? You're a baby.' He looked me straight in my eye, with his chest poked out like he does, and he said, `I'm 17, and I ain't no baby. I'm a man."'

[Christopher D. Kube, a young 18 year old Michigan hero whose needless death is proof you don't need 'years' of training to die for a mistake.]

Limbaugh/HD Award
Ladies and gentlemen, the 21st winner of the prestigious, but infamous, Limbaugh/HD Award, given here weekly (almost) at 'done that', is Tony 'Snowjob' Snow!

I know - I was somewhat disappointed that it was another repeat winner, too, but after listening to the 'committee', which was unanimous with its selection, it had to be Mr. Snow - Irregardless of his butt-cancer - there was no other choice.

Mr. Snow, who used to do all of his lying for Fox News, and for a whole lot more money, penned an op-ed this week for USA Today - [You know, that America-hating, commie/liberal, media-biased rag?]

There were so many lies and untruths in Snow's short op-ed that many speculated he may have had a 'bad' reaction to some of his therapy and thought he was back at Fox, where of course, he was once able to get away with such rubbish.

But after an official White House denial of Snow being negatively affected by any cancer treatments, the 'committee' had absolutely no choice but to name Mr. Snow this week's winner.

Snowjob told at least four blatant untruths in his brief, 400-500 word essay for USA Today. We got the lie about, "We never tried to connect Saddam and 9/11", the one about Iraq not making things worse, the one about al-Qaeda wanting us to leave Iraq, but, the lie that the 'committee' said tipped the scale enormously in favor of Snow was his line, “The al-Qaeda of 2001 no longer exists.”

The committee was dumbfounded by that sentence.

“The al-Qaeda of 2001 no longer exists” ?

Isn't he forgetting a couple of bad guys?

Congratulations, Mr. Snowjob - You're #21. Good luck with your treatment.

{Sources for lie(s) debunking at Think Progress}

Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
Limbaugh/HD Award
Bush bin Lyin - George W. Bush - 7/15/07
Freed Felon - Scooter Libby - 7/8/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 7/1/07
Crazy Lying Okie - James Inhofe - 6/24/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 6/17/07
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used Car Salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07

Yeah, well buy their asses some La-Z-Boys!

"As Iraqis stand up, we will stand down"

Two More Years!
US forces have "turned the corner" in Iraq's western al-Anbar province but it will take two more years for Iraqi forces to be ready to replace US troops, a senior US commander said Friday.

Fuck that, Jack. We don't have two years for these sandbagging sons-of-bitches!

Participate in today's 2 1/2 hour horror show

President Bush will undergo a routine colonoscopy Saturday, and will transfer power to Vice President Dick Cheney during the procedure, expected to take about two and a half hours, the chief White House spokesman said.

Hmm, now that I think about it, I'm not sure which scenario would be worse.

I had a colonoscopy recently [I know, tmi] and there was only about an hour that I couldn't have run the country.

Actually, there wasn't any time during the procedure that I couldn't have done a better job than W.

Somebody ought to write that line down

" ... We need to make sure we are smarter getting out of Iraq than we were getting into Iraq."

How presumptuous of Senator Clinton to think they would actually have a plan for that.


TP

The good news, the grim news and the bad news

Excellent report out of Iraq from CNN's Michael Ware [5 minute graphic video here]

The good news? Sunni insurgents have turned on 'al-Qaeda in Iraq' suspects.

The grim news? Sunni insurgents have turned on 'al-Qaeda in Iraq' suspects.

The bad news? The Shia government and Shia militias are not very happy about us buddying-up and arming the Sunnis!

Why should they be upset? I'm sure the Sunnis will return the weapons to us when they're through with them.

We are fools ...

As opposed to, beating a dead horse ...

... I'll beat on a 'live' one

I had no intention of giving another dose of Thom Hartmann but as long as he keeps interviewing these very distinguished and classic, 'true' conservatives, I'll keep giving out the link and you can decide if you want to listen, and learn, or not.

Thursday Thom Hartmann had as his first hour guest, Paul Craig Roberts, who like Wednesday's guest, Bruce Fein, served in the Reagan administration. Mr. Roberts served as Ronald Reagan's Assistant Secretary of the Treasury and is known as the "Father of Reaganomics" .

In other words, Paul Craig Roberts, like Bruce Fein yesterday, is a 'true' conservative, and not some liberal-patsy that Hartmann invites on his radio show to validate his position.

Roberts doesn't mince words on what has happened during the Bush reign and even gives some eerie comparisons of today and pre-WWII Germany - Right down to Bush's fondness and use of the term, 'Homeland'.

Hartmann also reads on air the new Executive Order Bush just issued two days ago that clearly violates numerous articles of the Constitution and should give anyone who is paying attention, serious cause for alarm.

When you read Bush's newly issued Executive Order, substitute, 'I, George W. Bush', with any murdering dictator that comes to mind, and if that juxtaposing doesn't give you pause, you probably need shearing.

Here's the audio, and today's lesson on how true Constitutional conservatism is a huge contrast with today's intellectually-challenged, 'social' conservatives, who dominate today's rightwing. It's a sad contrast.

And I wanted to add this last comment - After listening to Hartmann and Roberts yesterday I flipped the channel over to Limbaugh to hear his stimulating conversation and guess what his topic was? He was talking about some woman in Las Vegas going to court to get her baby's 'placenta' back so she could eat it. I kid you not.

And they wonder why they're so weak ...LOL!

Listen to Paul Craig Roberts, Bruce Fein and Thom Hartmann and pull your head out of your ass before George Bush has you pledging allegiance to his new 'Homeland'.

Something well worth the time

Yesterday I had the good fortune of listening to maybe the most stimulating and informative conversation that I can ever remember listening to.

On Thom Hartmann's radio show he had as his guest, Bruce Fein, a true 'Constitutional' conservative - Not the phony, current-day religious-right, social conservative, or even one who is adamantly fiscally conservative, but one who truly understands what those who wrote our Constitution warned us about; The unchecked power of government.

Here, I'll set this up by paraphrasing Thom Hartmann's introduction of Mr. Fein, which you can also listen to at the audio link below;

"Bruce Fein is a Constitutional scholar and lawyer and an international consultant for Bruce Fein & Associates and the Litchfield Group and is affiliated with conservative think tanks, American Enterprise Institute and The Heritage Foundation.

He served in the Justice Department during the Reagan administration as General Counsel in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and currently writes for the Washington Times and Politico.com. Mr. Fein is also currently the Chairman of AmericanFreedomAgenda.org".

And by the way, if those credentials don't convince you of Mr. Fein's 'conservatism', you should also know that he was one of the authors of the original articles of impeachment against William Jefferson Clinton.

If you have a 'spare' 45 minutes, and you want to listen to two of the brightest men you might ever want to listen to; A brilliant liberal, and an equally brilliant real conservative, listen to this. You won't regret it.

And one more tidbit if you have even made it down this far on this post, [Man, I feel like such a political lightweight after listening to men like Fein and Hartmann] and that's a comment about Hartmann.

Thom Hartmann is on the radio each day from 12PM to 3PM on Air America - in direct competition with Rush Limbaugh - and after listening to him and his 'adult' and 'mature' conversation with one of the country's most [real] conservative men you don't realize that Limbaugh sounds foolish and immature in comparison, there's no help for you - You are intellectually bankrupt.

Listen to the audio and learn something.



American Enterprise Institute
The Heritage Foundation

Pay the man a fair wage!

Bush shows more disdain for our military

3.5% raise too much for Bush

Talk about lousy timing. With President Bush's popularity scraping bottom in opinion polls, with U.S. casualties rising in Iraq in a force surge that has stretched tours to 15 months, the Bush administration has said it "strongly opposes" key military pay and benefit gains tossed into the fiscal 2008 defense bill.

What needs to be said about a 'Commander-in-Chief' who would quibble about a 1/2 percent difference in an increase in the wage of man who is fighting and dying for him?

Really - How do you defend that?

Filius, this is another clear example of them 'loathing' our military.

They are a lot alike

In the United States, opposition to the teaching of evolution in public schools has largely been fueled by the religious right, particularly Protestant fundamentalism.

Now another voice is entering the debate, in dramatic fashion. - Islamic fundamentalists!

Why they should be impeached

WASHINGTON (AP) - Defense Secretary Robert Gates plans to ask Congress Tuesday for permission to shift as much as $1.3 billion from other military programs to speed up the purchase of bomb-resistant vehicles for troops in Iraq.

According to military officials, the Army would like to reallocate about $800 million, and the Marines want roughly $500 million, to buy the Mine Resistant, Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles that have been saving lives in roadside bomb attacks.

They 'support' the troops? Bullshit! Military commanders in Iraq have been begging for more MRAP's for 3 1/2 years and they have been ignored by the Bush administration. And that's been at the cost of over 700 Americans.

The MRAP has been around since the 1970's. The military has wanted them, and they have desperately needed them, but we are just now going to order sufficient amounts of them for our troops.

This administration epitomizes incompetence and heads should roll - And we need to start at the top!

Impeach them bastards!

No shit Sherlock

US still at risk from al-Qaeda

Al-Qaeda has regrouped in tribal areas of Pakistan and could use contacts and capabilities developed in Iraq to mount fresh attacks on US soil, according to a new US intelligence estimate released on Tuesday.

So this is news? No, it's exactly what those of us who have been right all along have been saying since day one - We should have never wasted and diverted so much going into Iraq which as everyone knows had nothing to do with al-Qaeda.

We should have finished off al-Qaeda years ago but we didn't because most of you were too stupid to know better and because of that, because you were so ignorant and followed Bush like the sheep you are, we still have to deal with the enemy that should have been eliminated almost 6 years ago.

Nice work, fools!

We don't waste anytime getting them there

Pfc. Christopher D. Kube, 18, of Sterling Heights, Mich., died July 14 in Baghdad, Iraq, of wounds suffered from an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 17th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Carson, Colo.

"My son wasn't even supposed to be there."

Wendy Vitter, then and now

Then (1999)

'Wendy' when she was playing the role of sweet, family-values oriented, wholesome Republican Christian woman and looking down her nose at the Clintons;

"Asked whether she could forgive her husband after an extramarital affair, as Livingston's wife had done, Wendy Vitter told the Times-Picayune: "I'm a lot more like Lorena Bobbitt than Hillary [Clinton]. If he does something like that, I'm walking away with one thing, and it's not alimony, trust me."

Now (7/16/07)

'Wendy', the snarky bitch, now that the truth comes out she turns out to be just another typical Republican lying hypocrite;

"To those of you who know me, are you surprised that I have something to say? You know, in most any other marriage, this would have been a private issue between a husband and a wife -- very private. Obviously, it is not here.

Like all marriages, ours is not perfect. None of us are. But we choose to work together as a family. When David and I dealt with this privately years ago, I forgave David. ... To forgive is not always the easy choice, but it was and is for me."

Oh Wendy, - Payback is hell.

Another fiscal fool

Should a candidate like John McCain, who obviously cannot even manage the finances of his presidential campaign, be seriously considered for a position that is in charge of our national treasury?

Oh, that's right, he's a Republican. Never mind.

Majority of Military - Going to Iraq was wrong

Among military members and their immediate families who responded to a national New York Times/CBS News poll in May, two-thirds said things were going badly, compared with just over half, about 53 percent, a year ago. Fewer than half of the families and military members said the United States did the right thing in invading Iraq. A year ago more than half held that view, according to the a similar poll taken last July. The May poll had a margin of sampling error of plus or minus 7 percentage points.

The Iraqis don't want us there, 70% of Americans don't want to be there, and a majority of our troops don't want to be there.

Shouldn't have went there in the first place - just like a majority of the military and their families now agree with - and it's way past the time we should have left!

I wonder why Bush never mentions that?

Half of foreign fighters are Saudis

"Although Bush administration officials have frequently lashed out at Syria and Iran, accusing it of helping insurgents and militias here, the largest number of foreign fighters and suicide bombers in Iraq come from a third neighbor, Saudi Arabia, according to a senior U.S. military officer and Iraqi lawmakers.

About 45% of all foreign militants targeting U.S. troops and Iraqi civilians and security forces are from Saudi Arabia; ... continued

Can you recall a single instance where George Bush has ever criticized the Saudis for funding the insurgents and foreign fighters who are killing our troops in Iraq? Give me just one.

Bush has known all along that Saudi Arabia is not only supplying the actual terrorists but he's also known all along that the Saudi government has been supplying the money to finance the terrorists.

Bush does a whole lot complaining and threatening of the Iranians and Syrians but is dead silent when it comes to the Saudis who are responsible for far more Americans deaths than either of those two countries.

Has anyone ever asked Bush why he supports the Saudi royal family over our troops?

About that 'training' of Iraqi troops

Pfc. Le Ron A. Wilson, 18, of Queens, N.Y. He was assigned to the 26th Brigade Support Battalion, 2nd Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, Fort Stewart, Ga.

We don't waste anytime in training our young to die for a lie and to defend a country that refuses after four years of training to fight their own battles.

But what the hell - Who really gives a shit about some young black kid from Queens anyway?

Norm Coleman will be one-term bad memory

Al Franken funds leave opponents in the dust

If anyone had doubts about the seriousness of comedian Al Franken's campaign to represent Minnesota in the Senate, his latest fundraising numbers go a long way toward showing his campaign is no laughing matter.

... Franken outraised Sen. Norm Coleman (R) in the second quarter by about $300,000, banking $1.9 million to the incumbent's $1.6 million. He raised money from all of the state's 87 counties, and from 27,790 individual contributors.

Norm Coleman, the rubber-stamp boy for George Bush will only serve one term as a Senator from Minnesota. Al Franken will rightfully regain the seat of Paul Wellstone and the people of Minnesota will once again have the representation they should have had all along.

Sunday Scroll #20 excerpt

Clinton's policy still working for U.S.
North Korea told the United States it shut down its nuclear reactor, the State Department said Saturday, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country's pledge to disarm.

Thanks again, President Clinton. Even Bush couldn't fuck-up your Agreed Framework policy. Nice to see him re-instituting it after all that saber-rattling over the last 5 years.

Sunday Scroll #20 -Third Time's a Charm Edition

Privilege to hide what?
The White House has refused to give Congress documents about the death of former NFL player Pat Tillman, with White House counsel Fred F. Fielding saying that certain papers relating to discussion of the friendly-fire shooting "implicate Executive Branch confidentiality interests."

They're hiding the fact that Bush knew Tillman was killed by friendly fire for a full month before they bothered to tell his family. All the hype they were getting from their 'Poster Boy' was too good to pass up. Once Congress get's ahold of those documents you will see that Bush schemed to keep the truth from the Tillmans and the American public. They have no shame and they need to hide behind phony executive privilege.

F-Troop
CANON CITY, Colo. - A unit of 25 military paratroopers landed inside the perimeter of a state prison, but not to quell a riot or attempt some movie-script breakout. They just goofed.

Fucking yo-yo

Reward for Osama bin Laden increased to $50 million.

"I don't know where bin Laden is. I have no idea and really don't care. It's not that important. It's not our priority."- G.W. Bush, 3/13/02

As we now know, Bush has let bin Laden slip away twice - at Tora Bora and then again in 2005, so it's possible he meant what he said back on 3/13/02. And what's comical about all this is do you remember that farce, "The Path to 9/11", when they made up that phony scene of Madeleine Albright refusing to take out bin Laden so as not to upset Pakistan? Well, that never happened, but Bush has done that exact thing twice! Maybe we can get the producers of that farce to re-record it with the facts.

The one that better get away
Scientists don't know why the Gulf sturgeon jump while they summer in the cool waters of the Suwannee River. It is something to marvel at … as long as they don't hit you. The fish can be 8 feet long, and can weigh up to 300 pounds.

That sounds fair
The Blackstone Group, the big buyout firm, has devised a way for its partners to effectively avoid paying taxes on $3.7 billion, the bulk of what it raised last month from selling shares to the public. Although they will initially pay $553 million in taxes, the partners will get that back, and about $200 million more, from the government over the long term.

Thought they were on our side?
In a rare battle between American and uniformed Iraqi forces, United States troops backed by fighter jets killed six Iraqi policemen and seven gunmen during a predawn raid in which they captured a rogue police lieutenant, the military said Friday.

Clinton's policy still working for U.S.
North Korea told the United States it shut down its nuclear reactor, the State Department said Saturday, hours after a ship cruised into port loaded with oil promised in return for the country's pledge to disarm.
Thanks again, President Clinton. Even Bush couldn't fuck-up your Agreed Framework policy. Nice to see him re-instituting it after all that saber-rattling over the last 5 years.

I love this from TPM
Advantage Rudy
Okay, finally the definitive story. Last night we were bringing you the latest on the proxy fight between the Giuliani and McCain campaigns over who could have the most prominent or outrageous campaign official involved in a prostitution scandal. Where we left things was whether Florida state Rep. Bob Allen (R), Florida co-chair of the McCain campaign, had offered to pay a Titusville plain clothes police officer for oral sex or whether he had asked to be paid for oral sex. The price, in either case, you'll remember was to be $20.

Well, mystery solved. Courtesy of TPM Reader VS we were able to track down the arrest report. As officer Kavanaugh explains in the arrest report "Allen engaged me in a conversation in which it was agreed that he would pay me $20.00 in order to perform a 'blow job' on me."

So, advantage Rudy.

Do you find business news confusing?
By Rik Kirkland, Fortune
July 12 2007: 9:46 AM EDT

(Fortune Magazine) -- Just how red-hot is the current worldwide expansion? "This is far and away the strongest global economy I've seen in my business lifetime," U.S. Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson declared on a recent visit to Fortune's offices.

Dollar Wavers Near All-Time Low
Friday July 13, 7:26 am ET
Economic Concerns Keep Dollar Near Record Lows Against Euro

BERLIN (AP) -- The dollar hovered close to its new all-time low against the Euro Friday as concerns persisted about the strength of the U.S. economy.

'Hounddog' admits he's a liar
Let's see, Hounddog Thompson has admitted he was a mole for Richard Nixon and now he's admitted that he's also a liar. Last week he denied he was a lobbyist for a pro-choice group, but sorry, yes he was. And this is the best the phony conservative party has to offer? I can't wait for this flip-flopping ugly bastard to win their nomination. He's going be more fun than Giuliani would be!

And you say he's an actor? Well, give his sorry-looking ass a banjo and let's do a re-make of 'Deliverance'

Somebody? No, try at least four!
George W. Bush acknowledged publicly for the first time Thursday that "perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name" of then-CIA operative Valerie Plame, the wife of former ambassador Joseph Wilson. "I'm aware of the fact that perhaps somebody in the administration did disclose the name of that person," Bush told reporters Thursday

Court and grand jury records show at least four people in the administration, Libby, Armitage, Rove and Ari Fleischer disclosed "that person's" name, moron.

Good old Dad
When retired US school teacher Edward Sadlon died in 1993, his son apparently saw no reason to tell anyone, and allegedly continued to cash his father's pension checks for almost 10 years. Now, prosecutors in Connecticut, where the retired teacher had worked, have charged the son, William Sadlon, 58, with mail fraud, accusing him of paying the monthly checks into his own account from late 1993 until early 2003. Connecticut authorities are believed to have paid out more than 250,000 dollars in pension payments before realizing that Sadlon was in fact dead. The defendant, from the state of South Carolina, faces up to 20 years in jail if convicted.

Did Osama pick up the bar tab?
Omar bin Laden, the al-Qaida leader's fourth son, has married a British woman he met in Egypt last fall, British media and colleagues of the bride said Wednesday. Jane Felix-Browne, 51, of Moulton-Cheshire, in northwest England, was in Egypt for medical treatment of multiple sclerosis, the Times and Sun newspapers reported.

British secret weapon
British forces have denied rumours that they released a plague of ferocious badgers into the Iraqi city of Basra.
Word spread among the populace that UK troops had introduced strange man-eating, bear-like beasts into the area to sow panic.

Limbaugh/HD Award

Gentlemen and ladies, this week's choice for the 'prestigious, but infamous', Limbaugh/HD Award, given here weekly at 'done that' to the biggest liar of the week, was a very easy decision.

Initially when the 'blue ribbon' selection committee informed me of their choice I was a bit disappointed because I didn't want someone who had previously won the award to win this week since this is of course, a memorial winner, #20.

But then I quickly reasoned, who could be more 'memorial' than the Liar-in-Chief himself? Especially when he's won the award by telling the same egregious lie that took us needlessly into Iraq.

George W. Bush spoke before the press for almost an hour the other day and the most commonly used word to describe him after the press conference was, 'delusional'.

Of course Bush was his usual muttering, stuttering and embarrassing self and he told so many lies and delivered so much misinformation in that short one hour's time that even Roger Ailes and the puppets at Fox News couldn't spin it and defend him.

Bush told several lies Thursday - There was the one about al-Qaeda rebounding in strength to 9/11/01 levels - but, his big lie, the one as I said, was the same one he duped all the sheep with to go into Iraq, was when he said;

"The same folks that are bombing innocent people in Iraq are the ones who attacked us on Sept. 11."

Now ladies and gentlemen, there is not one reputable source in this entire country, or the world for that matter, that doesn't know that is a lie. And if you don't know that's a lie, you're either real stupid or you need to pull your head out of Bush's ass and get yourself some oxygen for your decomposing brain.

Congratulations asshole - You're #20.

Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
Limbaugh/HD Award
Freed Felon - Scooter Libby - 7/8/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 7/1/07
Crazy Lying Okie - James Inhofe - 6/24/07
Pro Liar - Tony 'Snowjob' Snow - 6/17/07
Mormon Moron - Mitt Romney - 6/10/07
Bye Week - 6/3/07
Commander Guy - George W. Bush - 5/27/07
Pat's Brother - Bay Buchanan - 5/20/07
Used Car Salesman - John Boehner - 5/13/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/6/07
Mr. Overrated - Rudy Giuliani - 4/29/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 4/22/07
The Decider - George W. Bush - 4/15/07
Lying Chickenhawk VP - Dick Cheney - 4/8/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 4/1/07
Attorney General - Alberto Gonzales - 3/25/07
Fox mouthpieces Sean Hannity and
Victoria Toensing - 3/18/07
Fox News guy - Brit Hume - 3/11/07
VA Secretary - Jim Nicholson - 3/4/07
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 2/25/07