Gen. Sycophant admits the obvious
The 'surge' is failing
Gen. David Petraeus, who is preparing to testify to Congress next month on the Iraq war, said in an interview that "no one" in the U.S. and Iraqi governments "feels that there has been sufficient progress by any means in the area of national reconciliation," or in the provision of basic public services.[Not only have over 900 U.S. military men and women been killed and almost 6,000 wounded since the 'surge' began, but it's always been obvious that the factions within the Iraqi government were never serious about any reconcilation. And now, Petraeus is forced to admit this and try to lower our expectations. -- It's one of those, 'I told you so' moments.]
What a lying little asshole!
“I must say, I’m a little envious,” Bush said. “If I were slightly younger and not employed here, I think it would be a fantastic experience to be on the front lines of helping this young democracy succeed.” “It must be exciting for you … in some ways romantic, in some ways, you know, confronting danger. You’re really making history, and thanks,” Bush said.['If he was 'slightly younger'? Yeah bullshit! We all know what Bush did when it was his turn to fight. He begged his daddy to get him into the Air National Guard, begged for state-side duty and then went awol. Typical Republican Chickenhawk!]
Bush's way or the highway
Just days after a controversial article in Esquire magazine described Adm. William J. Fallon as the man standing in the way of a Bush administration war against Iran, he resigned his post, most likely under White House pressure, leaving as commander of Florida-based U.S. Central Command, or Centcom, and all U.S. military operations in the Middle East, Central Asia and Northeast Africa more than a year early.[Admiral Fallon is a national hero who will go down in history as the man who stopped George Bush and his band of warmongering traitors from invading Iran. We all owe Fallon a deep debt of gratitude. And thanks for calling them like you saw them, Admiral - Enjoy your retirement]
ANWR -- Note to the clueless
[Do you know how many barrels of oil the U.S. consumes every single day? The answer to that would be, 21 million+. Do you know how much oil The Department of Energy has estimated to be at ANWR? Approximately 10.4 billion barrels, which means in all of ANWR there's enough oil for a measly 17 months. It would take 10 years to start pumping oil out of ANWR, [and we will probably be using 30-35 million barrels a day by that time if we keep electing oilmen] so ANWR is just another red-herring spouted by people who don't know what the Hell they're talking about]
Sure Karl, you're a good judge of that
'Obama is “inexperienced” is “not fit to be commander in chief” and has “too thin a record to be considered a serious candidate for president.” Rove on Faux News
[That from the asshole who gave us George W. Bush who came into office with such a wonderful record and high credentials. Shut the fuck up!]
Little too good at advising
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When attorney-turned-movie producer Samuel Rael [right] decided he wanted to make a film about a serial killer in 1995, it was former legal client Gary Michael Hilton [left] who he says came up with the plot. Rael's adviser was the same Gary Hilton who confessed in January to killing 24-year-old Meredith Emerson in the North Georgia mountains and is the prime suspect in the killings of a Florida woman and a North Carolina couple.[Deadly Run]
[Very creepy story]
Hey that's not Michigan!
California Median Home Prices, Sales Plunge in February
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Median home prices plunged in many of California's most populous counties in February, with Southern California leading the slide with an overall drop of 17.9 percent compared to a year earlier, according to new housing data released Thursday.
[California with its 36 million people has a glut of housing? I thought the country was going through a 'one state recession'?]
Happy days are here again
David Letterman on Eliot Spitzer
"I'm thinkin', ... Whoa ... A Democrat being impeached for extramarital sex ... I'm a ... Happy days are here again!"
A flat-out hypocrite
When you spend your entire career prosecuting high-class prostitution all the while you are paying a high-class prostitute for sex you cannot get any more hypocritical than that. Governor, who do you think you are, Rush Limbaugh?With the bad, comes the good
NY's new governor
David Paterson, who on Monday will be New York's first black governor, received a call of congratulations from Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, where they chuckled over a political conspiracy that won't be. Paterson has campaigned for Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton -- Obama's rival for the nomination -- and remains a supporter. On Monday, Paterson will succeed Gov. Eliot Spitzer, who is resigning amid an investigation involving a high-priced call girl.Experience? What if you're an idiot?
In May of 2006, as Iraq spiraled down into an orgy of sectarian bloodletting, John McCain had a solution. "One of the things I would do if I were president," McCain told a group of wealthy contributors, "would be to sit the Shiites and the Sunnis down and say, 'Stop the bullshit.'" McCain's insightful plan to end the Iraqi sectarian conflict was just one comment, of course. But given how often we are told these days that McCain has "credibility" and "experience" on matters of foreign policy and national security, it's worth asking what effect all that alleged experience has had on him...continuedWe could hope
That's not news
Pentagon finds the 'bulletproof' prewar evidence turned out bogus
WASHINGTON — An exhaustive review of more than 600,000 Iraqi documents that were captured after the 2003 U.S. invasion has found no evidence that Saddam Hussein's regime had any operational links with Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida terrorist network.
[I decided to include it anyway. Besides, the sheep needed to be reminded again]
Please do
New Yorker suggests Rice as VP
The New Yorker's Hendrik Hertzberg makes the case for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to pick an unlikely ally in his bid for the presidency: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Raw Story
The Limbaugh Award
Not a very difficult choice for our esteemed selection committee this week with 92% of them choosing New York Governor, Eliot Spitzer as the clear winner of this 'prestigious, but infamous' award for liars and fools.Governor Spitzer, undoubtedly a man of few extra bucks and expensive taste, is nonetheless, quite the lying hypocrite.
Entering into an agreeable transaction with another adult is usually not much of a concern of mine. But when you spend a great deal of your career prosecuting prostitution rings and preaching about its harm to society and your self-righteousness, all the while you're banging $5,000 hookers -- man, you're just pleading for this award.
Congratulations, Eliot -- You're #54
Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
The Limbaugh Award
Turdblossom - Karl Rove - 3/9/08
Lying Redneck Rep - Jack Kingston R-GA - 3/2/08
Lying Little Twirp - Tucker Carlson - 2/24/08
Mr Straight Talk - John McCain - 2/17/08
Bye Week - 2/10/08
Mr Straight Talk - John McCain - 2/3/08
935 of them - Bush & the Gang of 7 - 1/27/08
Fox News Co-Liars - Hannity & O'Reilly - 1/20/08
Sheep's Favorite Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 1/13/08
Longtime Lobbyist - Trent Lott - 1/6/08
2007 Co-Champions - Dick Bush - 12/30/07
Lying Piece of - Mitt Romney - 12/23/07
Psycho Pervert - Michael Savage - 12/16/07
Sheepherder-in-Chief - George W. Bush - 12/9/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 12/2/07
Cowardly Welsher - T. Boone Pickens - 11/25/07
Republican Tool - Matt Drudge - 11/18/07
Their Favored Liar - Rudy Giuliani - 11/11/07
Fox News Liar - Chris Wallace - 11/4/07
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 10/28/07
Phony Patriot Liar - Rush Limbaugh - 10/21/07
Old Kentucky Homo - Mitch McConnell - 10/14/07
Liar-In-Chief - George W. Bush - 10/7/07
Phony Patriot Pig - Rush Limbaugh - 9/30/07
Big Stretch 'the truth' - Bill Sammon - 9/23/07
Mr. Straight Talk - John McCain - 9/16/07
Sycophant - Gen. David Petraeus - 9/9/07
His own Idaho - Sen. Craig R-Idaho - 9/2/07
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 8/26/07
The Exterminator - Tom Delay - 8/19/07
Big 'Rooster' - Mitt Romney - 8/12/07
Total Suck Up - Glenn Beck - 8/5/07
General Gonzo - Alberto Gonzales - 7/29/07
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
