From Bush remarks at Vandy yesterday:

Refering to Bill Frist's (the only US Senator trained to perform an abortion) wife at Vanderbilt yesterday George Bush said:

" Karyn is with us. A West Texas girl, just like me."

Ya know, maybe that explains why he looks grumpy sometimes...

We need a Defense of Marriage Ammendment Now!

In today's news, I see the Bush commanded military has attacked an Iraqi wedding. Would this have happened if we had an ammendment defending marriage??

Also in today, a recent poll asked respondants if they saw Bush as a divider or a uniter. The results were split 50/50.

Thou art damned

Hey, I just talked to Lisa the other day and if it makes anyone feel any better, she has been consigned to a high ranking level of hell.

Be judged at Dante's Inferno Test.

To the Johnson City Forum

I never thought anything like this would happen to me, but,,,,,, I attend a small college in the southeast. One day last week while I was studying in the library, and thought I was all alone, this girl from class showed up and sat across from me. I tried my best to concentrate on my work, but she made it difficult,,,,,

huh? what???? It's not that kind of forum??? damn, I sure feel stupid now,,,,

nevermind,, go back to what you were doing.

damn

I've changed my name and turned green... one more sign of the end times,,, well that and the fact that no one that regularly posts on here is actually in JC anymore....

Whatever you say Rush....

Rush Limbaugh's morning update 5/11/04:

"Ladies and Gentlemen, let me ask you a question: Have you noticed, since these prisoners [pictures?] of torture and abuse and misery and whatever you want to say--since these pictures came out, have you noticed that there are fewer attacks against Americans by Iraqi insurgents? Have you noticed that the death toll and the injury count is [sic] severely down--drastically down--since these pictures were made public? Now, the question is this: Do we dare a draw a connection? Do we say that these pictures have so shocked the insurgents and the other members of the enemy in Iraq that they don't want to get anywhere near this prison--anywhere near these female American prison guards and so they have reduced their activity and instances of violence against us? Well, let's say it's true: can anyone get away with saying this? I mean, right now the mentality is: this is so horrible; this is bad: this is disgusting; this is mean: this the worse America has ever been. Can there be any good derived from the release of these pictures? Can anybody make this connection and survive? Who would do it? I don't think it can be done, folks. But' I'll try. I'll do it."

Nice try, of course the right wing won't hold you to these words.....

Further military news

As a result of the scandal involving the Iraqi prison, several members of the unit involved, who apparently had nothing to do with the abuses there, will not be receiving commendations earned in the service of thier nation, including several that were to be presented the Bronze Star.

No word from Dick Chenney if they will not be receiving medals, or not be receiving ribbons for these commendations. Given his prior insistence on the distiction between the two, I would hope that someone in the mainstream media would find out for us....

The Good News is:

It would be illegal for these "soldiers" to pose these photos in Rhea County, Tennessee, and if given his way, Bush would not let any of them marry........

Woohoo!! Brook's back!

And she is apparently pissed off!! This bodes well for our humble little blog me thinks....

Love the snickers pic by the way Ric,,,

Rumsfield says there are worse images to come (although he hasnt read the report?!?!?!), makes me fear for what could be worse, and what dark heart it crawled from.....

According to Rush

The alleged torture and humiliation of Iraqi POW's was no more harsh than a fraternity hazing.
Makes me kinda wonder which homoerotic frat he was in.....

How did the right wingers miss this in the Village Voice???

From April 13th edition:

"WASHINGTON, D.C.—Like most of the Bush cabinet, Attorney General John Ashcroft took commercial jets when he traveled. But on July 24, 2001, he changed that practice and began flying in chartered government jets. Asked by CBS News at the time about the change, the Justice Department cited a "threat assessment" by the FBI and said Ashcroft had been advised to travel only by private jet for the remainder of his term. "There was a threat assessment, and there are guidelines. He is acting under the guidelines," an FBI spokesman said. But as CBS went on to report, "Neither the FBI nor the Justice Department, however, would identify what the threat was, when it was detected, or who made it." A "senior official" at the CIA said he wasn't aware of specific threats against any cabinet member, and Ashcroft himself declared, "I don't do threat assessments myself, and I rely on those whose responsibility it is in the law enforcement community, particularly the FBI."

Wouldn't it be great if we all had gotten threat assessments???