KABUL, Afghanistan - Vice President-elect Joe Biden pledged long-term American support for Afghanistan during a visit Saturday, and the commander of NATO-led forces told him that thousands of new American troops expected this year will need more support against surging Taliban violence. President-elect Barack Obama has promised to end the war in Iraq and refocus American military efforts on Afghanistan. Biden’s visit is a sign that Obama plans to make the region an immediate priority.
[It'll be great getting back to the mission after so many years of diversion and devastating incompetence.]
Sure Dick
Outgoing US Vice President Dick Cheney Friday did not give up hope of capturing or killing Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, with only 11 days left before Barack Obama moves into the White House. "We've got a few days left yet," Cheney told CNN when asked why bin Laden or Al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri continue to elude US capture.Karma
Somali pirates drown as they fleeSIX Somali pirates who hijacked a Saudi supertanker drowned with their share of the ransom when their boat capsized as it left the vessel, their leader said yesterday. Four others were missing with their share of the $3m payoff, which been parachuted on to the tanker on Friday,
Lights out
HOUSTON – A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004. Their hearts also had been ripped out. He was convicted and condemned for the infant's death. "Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday.'Is our children learning?'
During his speech today, Bush also finally fixed one of his most notorious Bushisms — “Rarely is the question asked, is our children learning?” — stating, “Rarely was the question asked: Can you read? Or can you write? Or can you add and can you subtract?”
[And you voted for that guy? What an embarrassment.]
Bush to Bush
WASHINGTON, Jan 9 (Reuters) - The U.S. unemployment rate surged to the highest in nearly 16 years last month as a deepening year-long recession forced companies to axe more than half a million jobs, government data showed on Friday.
Unemployment when Bush Daddy left office: 7.5%
Unemployment when Clinton left office: 4.2%
Unemployment after another Bush: 7.2% and growing fast!
Yeah sure, how about another one?
Lord have mercy
MIAMI — Former Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida said Tuesday that he would not run in 2010 for the Senate seat being vacated by Mel Martinez, ending speculation about whether he could renew the Bush brand from Congress.
Hey what the fuck, they're Muslims
The pale blue 155mm rounds are clearly marked with the designation M825A1, an American-made white phosphorus munitionJERUSALEM - Photographic evidence has emerged that proves that Israel has been using controversial white phosphorus shells during its offensive in Gaza, despite official denials by the Israel Defence Forces. There is also evidence that the rounds have injured Palestinian civilians, causing severe burns. The use of white phosphorus against civilians is prohibited under international law.
"Can't stop now"
Taylor Jones
VAIL, Colo., Jan. 6 (UPI) -- Witnesses said a skier at a Vail, Colo., resort spent about 15 minutes dangling upside down from a lift with his pants around his knees before he was rescued. Fellow skiers said the man boarded the Skyline Express high-speed lift Friday morning in Vail's Blue Sky Basin, but the lift's fold-down seat was not lowered, causing the man to partially fall through a gap, The Smoking Gun reported Tuesday.No room in Dallas for that damn cat
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Bush family's 18-year-old cat, India, has died at the White House, First Lady Laura Bush's office announced Monday. The black American Shorthair, which lived with President George W. Bush and his wife at the White House, died Sunday.
"I love this rug"
Like that rug huh, Bill? Did it make you say, 'optimistic person.'?What a spoiled little bitch
Among the ongoing political theater in Washington, questions swirled in the nation's capital today when first lady Laura Bush introduced the new Bush china -- with a price tag of more than $550,000 -- less than two weeks before she and President Bush move out.[What a wasteful, vindictive, pompous bitch. Two weeks before leaving the White House she spends over a $1/2 million on china so that of course, if Michele Obama would happen to want to buy china anytime soon, she'll look wasteful, or 'uppity'. Get the hell out of here ... and take your idiot with you.]
Draw a picture for the dumbasses!
The claim that there are more ballots than voters in some counties has been a common refrain amount those raising charges of fraud. For example, pundit Dick Morris recently asserted, in a column titled, "Stop Al Franken From Stealing the Election," that "in Ramsey County, 177 more votes have been counted than people who voted on Election Day." However, Talking Points Memo notes claims like these refer to situations where "the votes tallied in the recount were more than were counted on Election Night, with no reference to what was on the voter register. The whole point of a recount is to find votes that the machines failed to pick up at first."
[Here, I'll write this real slow for the whiny wingnuts who lack the simple ability to figure out that when you count additional absentee ballots (that both Coleman and Franken agreed were wrongly rejected) you would obviously now have more votes. Coleman lost a close vote. Al Franken will be the new Senator from Minnesota. Quit whining and get over it. 59-41]
The Limbaugh Award
Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the 96th Limbaugh Award. This Sunday and next Sunday are the last two Sundays of the disastrous, almost crippling eight years of George W. Bush and the worst administration in U.S. history.
Selecting Bush has become like shooting fish in a barrel now that he's been out on his revisionism tour. One thing is for sure, he sure hasn't gotten any smarter over the years.
But the esteemed Limbaugh selection committee didn't pick Bush this week. They're thinking of possibly giving him a big send-off next week so most held off and he only received six votes. Interestingly, Dick Cheney also received six votes for his laughable quote this week on 9/11; “I don’t think anybody saw it coming.”
Of course we know that's not true since Richard Clarke persistently warned him from week one and the CIA did everything but draw him and Bush a picture before 9/11.
I mean, come on, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney have failed this country miserably and dishonorably with nearly 8,000 Americans killed by terrorists during their watch. --- But we'll save it for next week.
Receiving eight votes this week from our 'world renowned' selection committee is another traitor who was also very heavily involved in this administration's many crimes and foreign policy failures.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Richard Perle, failed 'architect' of one of our country's most historic blunders of invading Iraq, is now on a his own revisionism tour and hilariously claiming he wasn't involved.
That's laughable, Perle. Congratulations, you're #96.
Past winners of the prestigious, but infamous,
The Limbaugh Award
General Gonzo - Alberto Gonzales - 1/04/09
Disgraced Ringleader - Dick Cheney - 12/28/08
Disgraced Accomplice - Condoleezza Rice - 12/20/08*
Crazy Illinois Governor - Hot Rod Blagojevich - 12/14/08
Worst in History - George W. Bush - 12/07/08
Worst in History - George W. Bush - 11/30/08
Rep. Michele Bachmann - (R-MN) - 11/23/08
Turd Blossom - Karl Rove - 11/16/08
Double-talking Wingnut - Brent 'Bozo' Bozell - 11/9/08
Rightwing Radio Nutjob - Bill Cunningham - 11/2/08
Josephine the Plumber - Ashley Todd - 10/26/08
Joe The Plumber - Sammie Joe Wurzelbacher - 10/19/08
Drug-Addicted Beer Queen - Cindy McCain - 10/12/08
Anti-Semitic Lying Traitor - Sean Hannity - 10/5/08
Bye Week - 9/28/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 9/21/08
Lying Lil' Bush - John McCain - 9/14/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 9/07/08
Pretty Pork Princess - Gov. Sarah Palin - 8/31/08
Alleged Pedophile Pigboy - Rush Limbaugh - 8/24/08
A Terrible American Liar - Sean Hannity - 8/17/08
Self-described Narcissist - John Edwards - 8/10/08
Al-Qaeda in Iraq Liar - Traitor Joe Lieberman - 8/3/08
McCain Campaign Operative - Katie Couric - 7/27/08
Stupid Hillbilly Bitch - Libby Dole R-N.C. - 7/20/08
Lyin' Lil' Bush - John McCain - 7/13/08
Fox Assholes & Friends - Doocey and Kilmeade -7/5/08*
Fear-Mongering Buckeye Fan - Hugh Hewitt - 6/29/08
A Terrible American - Sean Hannity - 6/22/08
Tim Russert Memorial Truce Week - 6/15/08
Fox's Toe-Sucking Ethics Expert - Dick Morris - 6/7/08*
Troop Level Idiot - John 'Lil' Bush' McCain - 6/1/08
Sub 10th Grade Debate Loser - Rush Limbaugh - 5/25/08
Scared Little Man - George W. Bush - 5/18/08
Sugar Momma Beer Queen - Cindy McCain - 5/11/08
Uncultured Wussy - Bill O'Reilly - 5/4/08
Nazi Running for Congress - Tony Zirkle, R-IN - 4/27/08
Fox's Toe-Sucking Ethics Expert - Dick Morris - 4/20/08
Lying Dickhead VP - Dick Cheney - 4/13/08
McCain's Chief Lobbyist - Charlie Black - 4/6/08
Neo-Nazi Supporter - Sean Hannity - 3/30/08
Shiite for a Brain - John McCain - 3/23/08
Client #9 - Governor Eliot Spitzer - 3/15/08*
Turd Blossom - 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
