You know, just the fact that we let our polity and government reach such a nadir that a “Truth Commission” is even being thought about is … well, pretty mind-numbing. Other nations who have set up Truth Commissions in recent years include: Cambodia (Khmer Rouge/genocide); South Africa (Apartheid); Fiji (coup d’etat); Chile (Pinochet regime) and [...]
Posts Tagged ‘GWB’
Mind-blowingly bad
Posted in Posts, tagged GWB, Politics on March 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Can’t wait
Posted in Posts, tagged constitution, GWB, star wars on July 14, 2008 | Comments Off
Good gravy, I can’t wait till these people are out of power. They are giving the Dark Side a bad name!!! That is all. Love, Lord Vader
It’s sad, but it’s true. Listening to Morning Edition just this morning, I thought pretty much the same thing. The president is nearly as unpopular as RMN, and so are his policies. (Whatever happened to that Right Track/Wrong Track poll question, anyway?) Yet there’s no progress in opposing them. What can one do!? There HAS to [...]
Quick Thoughts
Posted in Posts, tagged elections, GWB, Politics, quotes on September 8, 2006 | Comments Off
Quick Thoughts This quote always bothers me: And Mr Bush won the 2004 presidential election with more votes than any president in history. (Economist, America’s Longest War, August 31, 2006). That wouldn’t be a function of the fact that there are more, you know, voters than at any time in history? Argh.
Rove’s Swan Song?
Posted in Posts, tagged GWB, judiciary, Politics, rove-ism on October 27, 2005 | Comments Off
Rove’s Swan Song? That gentle tapping sound you hear is the sound of Le Rove soft-shoeing to the sound of his swan song….the withdrawal of the Miers nomination. When I first received the headline on my Blackberry, I was as gleeful as anyone. But then the smile turned to a frown as I realized what [...]
shocked, SHOCKED
Posted in Posts, tagged cronyism, GWB, Politics on October 3, 2005 | Comments Off
TAPPED: “Yes, yes, POTUS is from Connecticut Texas, but the whole point of going to Andover, Yale, and Harvard Business School is to give America’s would-be rulers a wide, broad-based network of cronies. Bill Clinton had all sorts of buddies from Yale Law School and the Rhodes Scholarship at his side, not just some tiny [...]
Merry Christmas!
Posted in Posts, tagged GWB, holiday, inauguration on December 23, 2004 | Comments Off
Merry Christmas! Depressingly, the preparations for inauguration have begun. so i have a nice “ugh” moment, every time i walk in and out of the office. (the good thing about having an office on the parade route is, you get the day off; the bad thing is, it’s on the parade route so there’s no [...]
GWB’s “Values”
Posted in Posts, tagged GWB, Politics on October 24, 2004 | Comments Off
Nail on the head: The New York Times > Magazine > In the Magazine: Without a Doubt: “Bush’s speech that day in Poplar Bluff finished with a mythic appeal: ”For all Americans, these years in our history will always stand apart,” he said. ”You know, there are quiet times in the life of a nation [...]
The New York Times > Magazine > In the Magazine: Without a Doubt: “Moments after the ceremony, Bush saw Wallis. He bounded over and grabbed the cheeks of his face, one in each hand, and squeezed. ”Jim, how ya doin’, how ya doin’!” he exclaimed. Wallis was taken aback. “ ok, that’s just freakish.