April 3, 2006 - DeLay announces his resignation from the House.  Of course, his indictment related to corruption charges wouldn't have anything to do with that, he mentions other reasons.  But most Americans know that the corruption is there and of course groups like Moveon.org don't seem to help as they tend to advertise the failings of the Republicans in so many ways. 

A few days before that Andrew Card, someone the average American wouldn't have a clue who was announced is resignation from the position of Chief of Staff of the White House.  Now, Andrew Card has been there for a while and probably has his hand in some of the corrupt dealings happening at the White House since Bush moved in.  What are the real reasons he's leaving?  Who knows for sure, I'm sure one of the Republicans will write a book about it.

Of course, there's Libby, the close assistant to one of the most evil men frequenting the White House and the multitude of dark shadowy areas of undisclosed location, Dick Cheney.  But he resigned as soon as he was indicted by the Grand Jury that was investigating the leak of secret information in retaliation for a report that disagreed with Bush's reasons for going to war. 

There should be more coming from the CIA Agent leak soon, as the Prosecutor works up some more names and charges for the Bush White House and the crooked little bastards within.  Oh, I know, "innocent until proven guilty", but that only applies to the crooked Republicans, it doesn't apply to anyone that:

1. Disagrees with the Bush Administration
2. Strays from the Evil Mandate of the Republican Party Line
3. Doesn't believe in illegal, immoral wars for the sole reason of profit

Now the Democrats aren't really that much help.  It seems that every time that something is shown them that would convince any person that still has one working brain cell to get upset about what is happening to this country at the hands of the Republicans, that they scream about:

1. Getting to the bottom of this (read, let's have a meeting)
2. Stand up for what's right (read, until Cheney calls and let's them know the Republican Party Line)
3. Do the Right thing (read, follow lock step with the Republicans)

That's just the politics of the situation.  Is there any hope for America?  I'm not sure at this point.  The state that the Republicans are going to leave this country in will take decades of hard work to repair.  Bush has snubbed the International Community in EVERY International endeavor that has been tabled.  Contracts, Treaties, and Programs that were used to cooperate with the World and bring the World together has been tossed into the trash can by Bush and his Crooked Buddies. 

Bush has been busy working up to his next war, Iran.  Using the same tired arguments that he used to start the illegal, immoral and for profit war he did in Iraq.  Of course the World doesn't really want Iran to have nuclear weapons, it would seem crazy to give a madman nuclear materials, equipment, uranium and such, but the Republicans gave those things to Korea.  But the Republicans didn't give Iran those things, and most of the problem with Iran is that China and Russia are making the money from the Iran nuclear programs not the Republicans.  And we all know the bottom line there, if the Republicans aren't able to get money out of it, it has to be evil.

I don't know.. sometimes people ask me what I have planned for the future and I have no idea what to tell them anymore.  I used to have plans of owning my own home, but at price of $290,000 and up for a box of 600 square feet just doesn't seem like a good buy.  I used to think that I could work all my life and someday retire, but more companies today are seeking to remove employees to outsource them, going bankrupt because they want to lower the wages of their employees, and going bankrupt to rid themselves of keeping their retirement program promises. 

I sit and wonder, why people aren't upset a bit more in America.  But maybe the size of Britney's Boobs this week, or who is going to be the next American Idol is more important than how the country is run.  Yeah, the Democrats and Republicans in office today are basically failures when it comes to doing their jobs.  The Republicans failing because they have only used their jobs to fill their pockets.  The Democrats for just sitting back and letting them do it.  But the biggest failure really has been the average American, that stupid idiot that screams bloody murder because the batteries died on the remote, but won't take the time to actually vote when it's time to vote. 

Just have to wait and see.  I just know that when it comes to me, I'm going to still rage against the stuff going on the best way I can.  Drive around in my little 1972 VW Bug with my favorite Bumperstickers and try my best to survive under the Bush Bastard from Hell and his Crooked Buddies. 

George W. Bush, President, United States, 2000-1/29/2009

Egad, what a horrible fact.  But as some may have noticed recently there are some things that have finally come to light about Bush and his Crooked Cronies. 

First - IRAQ war was desired from the beginning.  Bush, while answering a question about why the Iraq started couldn't answer the question with any sense of intelligence.  I know, intelligence and Bush in the same sentence, same page, same book, same century is a stretch of the imagination.  But he could not come up with a real reason for the war, fumbling over his reasoning.  Don't believe me?  Check out the answer for yourself.

The President: Excuse me, excuse me. No President wants war. Everything you may have heard is that, but it's just simply not true. My attitude about the defense of this country changed on September the 11th. We - when we got attacked, I vowed then and there to use every asset at my disposal to protect the American people. Our foreign policy changed on that day, Helen. You know, we used to think we were secure because of oceans and previous diplomacy. But we realized on September the 11th, 2001, that killers could destroy innocent life. And I'm never going to forget it. And I'm never going to forget the vow I made to the American people that we will do everything in our power to protect our people.

Part of that meant to make sure that we didn't allow people to provide safe haven to an enemy. And that's why I went into Iraq - hold on for a second-

There's more for you to look at here, including an online video of his answer.
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/032206A.shtml

Second - IRAQ was never intended to end nor was our presence in Iraq supposed to end any time in the near or far future.  In the same press conference Bush stated that pulling troops out of Iraq will be left to "future president" and the funding that is being requested today, while playing to the increasing chorus of people demanding the troops be brought home, Bush and his Crooked Cronies are asking for, and getting millions of dollars to build permanent bases in Iraq for guess what - American Troops.  

The truly sad thing about that, is that the presence of the US Military at bases in Saudi Arabia was just ONE reason that Osama Bin Laden stated for the attack on 9/11.  Of course there were NO Iraq citizens within any of the groups related to 9/11, but there were plenty of Saudis.  Bush is setting the course for increased terrorism throughout the world with his and his crooked cronies little plans.  But the bottom line isn't protection, it's all about MONEY, and Bush and his Crooked Cronies have been raking that in by the barrel full ever since Bush stood up and swore to destroy the Constitution and the Country that used to believe in it.

Third - The illegal surveillance of Americans by Bush is being rubberstamped by the Crooked Crony club of Congress.  And Bush, in his ultimate idea that he is the King of the United States indicated when he signed the latest "Patriot Act" that -

Now, it's not my place to tell someone how to think.  The only thing that I can do is make sure that friends of mine are not sitting in the dark when something is coming their way that will curtail their lives in a negative way.  I'm not clairvoyant.  I don't know the future.  Never in my wildest dreams could I have dreamt that the damage that has been caused by Bush and his Crooked Cronies was even possible. 

Bush in the 5 short years that he has been in office has basically nullified the Congress as far as a check and balance to power.  Soon, he may try to just shut them down because they cost money and he needs that to wage yet another war, Iran.  The only thing that I suggest these days is:  When you are listening to someone spewing the bullshit of Bush and his Crooked Cronies, you have three options:  1) sit there like a gutless democrat and let them run roughshod over everything that this country used to stand for; 2) run them over with your shopping cart.. "oops.. the media made me do it"; 3) or just let them know that they should just get ready to give up much more soon, because the damage to this country is not done as far as the Bush and Crooked Crony club is concerned.  The goal, as far as I can tell for these "people" is to cause so much damage that no matter who gets into office next term they will never be able to repair it fast enough.

They keep calling Iraq a "quagmire".  What a load of bull that is, it's not a quagmire, it's a totally screwed pile of shit that YOU as the working American is going to have to pay for for many many years in money, lost job benefits, and very sadly but true, lives of your loved ones as they are carted off to war.

Oh, by the way, just in case it wasn't clear - I am not a Bush and Crooked Crony fan, in any way shape or form.  They need to be removed from office, and those that do not vote have absolutely NOTHING to bitch about as McDonald's shut down, Burger King, GM, Xerox, and so many other companies in the US have since Bush has come into office.  Just ask yourself, are you better off now that Bush is in office, and do you feel safer know that $385 million dollars is being spent right now by your government to build a "detention center" for "future programs". 

Now for a BLOW JOB, Clinton was chased after, the Republican Congress spent $72 MILLION to produce the Republican Party Clinton/Lewinsky Porno Report.

Republicans and Bush have spent nearly $300 BILLION dollars, increased the National Trade Deficit $2 TRILLION dollars since Bush has been office, and has depleted the resources, allowed Americans to DIE for OIL, all to watch Iraq fall into Civil War, something that was WARNED about, but just like Katrina and New Orleans the Blind and Deaf Bush & Co. ambled along like brainless idiots into the slaughter, however, it wasn't them that died it was Americans, Civilians, Women and Children.  It's a good thing that Bush isn't Hitler, he's be building the "detention camps" to place all those awful people into.. oh wait, he IS building detention camps for some "new programs".  Sorry, can't tell you about the "new programs" they are a secret although they are worth about $385 MILLION dollars.  It's okay, you don't need money to pay your rent, feed your children, decent wages, health care.. Bush will take care of anything and maybe allow you to work in his new camp of American Pride and Justice.  Info at: This Link on my Blog

So the next time you think a thought remember that soon, and the way things are going, that when you think something that is not "approved", "considered patriotic", or "against the Bush & Co Party Line and Profuse Puke of Truth" then you might get tossed into jail because, "If you're not with us, you're against us". 

Pity, US used to the United States and not just the crooks and liars in powers.

Now, Bush & Co. is at it again, believe or not, Halliburton has been handed a $385 MILLION dollar contract to build a couple of things for the Homeland Security Department.  As indicated in the New York Times article reported that "KBR would build the centers for the Homeland Security Department for an unexpected influx of immigrants, to house people in the event of a natural disaster or for new programs that require additional detention space." [Feb. 4, 2006]

When I first read this article a couple of questions came to mind.

1.  Why are we giving Halliburton $385 Million Dollars to build "detention centers" for an "influx of immigrants" and/or to "house people in an event of a natural disaster"?
2.  What new programs would require facilities that need to house 5,000 people?
3.  Why did the Army document, first drafted in 1997, underwent a "rapid action revision" on Jan. 14, 2005. The revision provides a "template for developing agreements" between the Army and corrections facilities for the use of civilian inmate labor on Army installations.
4.  How many people have looked at the similarities between the Patriot Act and the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act)?

Let's look at some of this information that I found to better understand why such things can look like there is something definitely WRONG going on in this country.

1.  Why are we giving Halliburton $385 Million Dollars to build "detention centers" for in "influx of immigrants" and/or to "house people in an event of a natural disaster"?

I'm confused about this one.  The Department of Homeland Security utterly and completely FAILED to protect anyone in New Orleans during Hurricane Katrina, and of course Bush is touting his study of the "incident" to look for ways to better ourselves.  Yes, it's good to look at these things, however the idea that we need to build "detention centers" to meet this need, NOT the first reason given in what I was reading for VICTIMS of a natural disaster. 

And what is this stuff about an "influx of immigrants"?  What we are going to attack Canada because they won't let Bush cut down all their trees?  Is Bush going to declare Washington State an Axis of Evil member because we won't let the idiot Republicans destroy and bankrupt the State, like the have the United States, financially, physically and spiritually?

And lastly, what "new programs"?  Are these programs KNOWN to anyone but the Holy Eight of Congress and Bush & Co.?  Another "secret and vital program"?  I believe that the "final solution" used by the Nazis under Hitler treated their program in secret also, always looking for a more "humane way" to kill lots of people without causing any emotional stress for the persons doing the killing. 

You might have noticed that little picture above and frankly that is NOT in existence today, but will that be the information someday in the future when they talk about the Bush Administration and the Holy War of Oil?  Of course, I'm going to try and be optimistic and assume that there IS a future that history is allowed to be told.  Some might recognize the format of that "detention center" and complex, it's from the Monowitz (the third part of Auschwitz) that the Nazi's used to allow I.G. Farben to utilize the slave labor generously provided and sometimes sold to companies in the name of national interest and security.  I.G. Farben is also the company that Grandpa Bush dealt with while Hitler was in power and of course he got caught because was working with the enemy at the time.  Like the saying goes, "The fruit doesn't fall far from the tree", however, more appropriately in this day in age, "The Shit doesn't fall far from the Bush".  It's not surprising that the number of people needing to be housed by the "detention center" needs to house 5,000, it's only 1/2 the size of Monowitz, which was supposed to house 10,000 "people".

2.  What new programs would require facilities that need to house 5,000 people?

Hmm... the new programs, what could they be?

Free American Speech Terrorist System (FASTS) - A program where the government can round up any person, regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, nationality, or citizenship if they are deemed unworthy of upholding the strict guidelines of Free Speech as determined by the President of the United States under his inherent powers as a President during the time of war.  I'll translate that for you, just in case you're a Republican, "If they say mean things about King Georgie Bush they must be rounded up and put to work for the safety of America."

Employment Leveling Financial Standards (ELFS) - A program where the government can round up any person, regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, nationality, or citizenship if they complain about working for $3 a day without any benefits.  Don't laugh, many companies that provide just about every thing you buy today in the stores are built by people that are making sometime LESS than that, so we would be RICH in comparison, and just think, you would be helping out the corporations by cutting you wages to what they would like to pay you.

American Social Program (ASP) - A program where the government can round up any person, regardless of age, race, color, creed, religion, nationality, or citizenship if they deviate in any way from the Social Standards set by the President under his inherent powers of President during a time of war.  Of course, all the social standards will be classified and you won't be able to know which standards you deviated from, but as an American you will do your duty and report to the "detention center" for your Social Standards Training and Employment Program.

American Loyalty Program (ALP) - "Sen. Lindsey Graham suggested to Attorney General Alberto Gonzales a new target for the administration's domestic operations -- Fifth Columnists, supposedly disloyal Americans who sympathize and collaborate with the enemy."  Now, there are some out there that actually do collaborate with the enemy, however, I do not believe that the President, or any of his followers, are truly capable of distinguishing between a real threat and someone saying President Georgie is "A complete and total failure that is entirely unqualified for the office that he now holds."

Now, these programs do NOT exist, at least that I'm aware of since the recent decision of King Bush to RE-CLASSIFY all government documents recently under a new program that has classified information that has been public knowledge and unclassified for decades.  We're lucky the Constitution and the Bill of Rights were not re-classified so we didn't know what they were anymore.  Give the Bush & Co. time they will figure out a way to hide that too.

3.  Why did the Army document, first drafted in 1997, underwent a "rapid action revision" on Jan. 14, 2005. The revision provides a "template for developing agreements" between the Army and corrections facilities for the use of civilian inmate labor on Army installations.

This one is amazing really.  Bush has lost more jobs in the United States than all the Presidents combined in the history of America.  Through bankruptcy of major corporations in all areas of production.  So in order to reverse the trend maybe the implementation of slave labor camps, selling slaves, and basically reproducing the success of the Chinese and the Nazis in their employment programs Bush can finally put to rest the major loss of jobs in the United States.  Or maybe, he can pull all the "Prisoners of War" captured during the "Drug War" and use them as body replacements in the military itself. 

The "official" unemployment rate is: 4.7%
However, the true unemployment rate is actually 8.4%
You can doubt me if you wish, but the information is provided by the United State Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, and you can view the numbers yourself at: http://www.bls.gov/news.release/empsit.t12.htm

4.  How many people have looked at the similarities between the Patriot Act and the Ermächtigungsgesetz (Enabling Act)?

Below you will see the similarities, and consider the things you have heard about so far about the Bush & Co. Presidential Actions and behavior when it comes to Domestic Spying (Bush calls it "terrorist surveillance") without warrants or any legal grounds.

Source Information:
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/022306C.shtml
http://www.consortiumnews.com/2006/022106a.html
http://www.pbs.org
New York Times Article - on Halliburton

Aw, Poor Little Bushie. 

I feel so sorry for him, he took time out of his busy schedule of spying on Americans without warrants, lying to the American People at every opportunity, cutting the funds to programs that benefit anyone the United States Government is supposed to be providing services for, and of course waging war on all those "evil doers" except of course his own evil Axis within his circle of friends and buddies to attend the funeral of Coretta Scott King, the wife of Martin Luther King.

Before I continue, I need to say, I didn't even know Martin Luther King had a wife.  Sorry, but it's basically true.  I knew about Martin Luther King and respected the work that he did and the things he stood for, but beyond that I hadn't known much until Coretta King died.  It's sad really, that someone that continued to be a voice, but wasn't as public to everyone in this country as Martin Luther King, maybe civil rights would have been more important in this country if the administration of this country wasn't so afraid of civil rights when Martin Luther King was alive. 

Of course I learn more about Coretta King as a review my emails from truthout.org and read some of the very revealing comments from various people about the funeral.  I'm sorry, but I didn't watch the funeral proceedings, but I don't attend funerals anymore, gave that up when friends between the ages of 20 and 35 all began dying of AIDS at the beginning of the AIDS pandemic.  I am not one though that spends time remembering people on the day that they die, just like my mother, who's birthday is today, February 9, 1944.  She died of breast cancer, certainly a more disastrous disease which isn't a part of what the Bush Administration cares much about.

And I am learning more about the Republicans and how slighted they feel that for once little Georgie Bush had to actually listen to things being said about his administration and government policies that he didn't like.  I mean really, comments like "King's Funeral was Appalling" that were proudly displayed in the Arizona Republic.  Including some of the comments of the Bush Talking Heads making much the same.  All basically saying the same thing, "How dare you tell the truth to Georgie, he's not old enough to know these things, you might hurt his precious feelings, he might actually have a conscious ya know, shame, shame".  And of course that's NOT an exact quote, why should it be?

That is one thing that is wrong with the President of the United States today, and one reason he looks like such a complete idiot.  It's doubtful that he's ever seen pictures from the aftermath of Katrina, the floating dead bodies.  Oh sure, he flew over in a helicopter and probably asked when lunch is and didn't really look at anything.  He's probably never seen pictures of the dead women, children and men, that were civilians that were killed by the bombs that he seems all too happy to send on their "righteous path" for his "crusade of democracy".  Bush probably hasn't seen any of the pictures or really been aware of the people dying in the United States because his war is more important, the oil of the middle east is more important than the people in his own country.  He is probably not aware that all of his jabber about how "safer" we are, while his administration still is not ready for any type of disaster that may be coming because he keeps placing unqualified morons (much like himself) in jobs that require some semblance of work ethic.  Bush probably never asks questions about the unemployment rate and how it doesn't count all those people who are no longer receiving unemployment insurance, have lost their homes, have had to spend every dime of their savings in order to survive in his jobless economic glorification program.

So, little Georgie had to listen to a few things he didn't like during a funeral.  Big Deal, the thing about a funeral, and always has been, is that it is about the person that is dead, and those surviving that knew, cared, and loved them.  It's not about any President that waited until the last possible moment to agree to go to the funeral, and I'm sure Coretta's dying breath didn't include anything about President Bush.  And I truly doubt that the people who spoke at the funeral took into account that little Georgie was going to be there, they were speaking about Coretta Scott King, NOT standing up there to make some sort of statement that the likes of Coretta Scott King, a believer in civil rights (from what I have read about her so far), to make it sound like she and little Georgie were best of friends and believed in the same things. 

Anyone that has a brain (republicans please have who ever is explaining this blog to you help you understand the first part) would know that Georgie or his Reich of Faithful, that Bush cares nothing about civil rights.  The only thing that Little Georgie cares about is himself, there is no one else that he cares about.  So I'm not going to shed a tear for Little Bushie, he's basically not worth the time to me.

If it were left to me Bush would be required to spend at least 4 hours a week reviewing pictures of the people who have died from his actions, listening to criticism from his detractors, and he should be required to watch, read and see some of the information from the protests.  But, I know, Little Bushie might get upset, but I don't care, maybe, between his conversations and dictates to God, maybe he will be able to see what is policies are really doing to this country, because I am not at all convinced the idiot has the first clue about how bad off this country is with all of his "leadership".

And now to the special people:

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And if you are really curious about the budget of the United States, most of it is public information, except those little black holes they toss millions into each year, you can find it here: http://www.gpoaccess.gov/usbudget/  I only know this because I spent a couple of hours looking at the numbers after downloading the spreadsheets, importing them into a database and looking at the differences.  Not very exciting unless you're some demented accountant.

As I tell my friends all the time, "I would rather be a bleeding heart liberal than a Republican ANY DAY".

One last note:  There is much talk about the legality of the Domestic Spying Policy ("terrorist surveillance" as renamed because it sounds better to the Republicans) and that program is in jeopardy of being changed and adjusted to meet the requirements of the law.  And it should meet the requirements of the law so all Americans can feel like they are still Americans and not just being clumped into a group the Bush Administration calls, "terrorists".  These are dangerous times, but the one thing to remember, Bush has said over and over again that we are safer because of him, so if a terrorist attack occurs again in the United States, there will be the pointing of fingers towards the Domestic Spying Policy and it being talked about as the reason it happened.  And the fact will be if there is another attack, the Bush Administration FAILED to protect the country, not because someone wants them to do something legally, but because of incompetence that made the like of Katrina possible.  The Bush Administration doesn't work or play well with others, and they don't even work or play well with each other.  I do not agree that Bush has the right to do whatever he wants to do because he thinks that his daddy made him King.  He is not the King, we gave that up when we created the Declaration of Independence.  And Bush can, as far as I'm concerned monitor communications as is necessary, however, in order for me to feel comfortable with that, I should be able to request the data that has been collected on myself and be able to find out if information has been collected.  Once that is known to me, easily, without charge to me, and assuming there is no guilt or association to the "terrorist(s)" that they are seeking the data collected should be permanently deleted.  Of course, I'm afraid that right now the definition of terrorist includes: Anyone that disagrees with the Bush Administration and his Buddies.  Regardless of what some of the Bushies think, I am an American, I am a Veteran and I can only hope, that some day the disastrous policies of this Administration regarding fiscal responsibility, human rights, civil rights, economic strength, employment concerns, and such will someday actually be something other than giving to the corporate a few more dollars from the increasing number of people living with less and less.  The bottom line for ME is MY bottom line, I could care less how much money some millionaire has or how Bush feels he's being mistreated by his peasants. 

And now to the special people:

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This morning I "enjoyed" the show Meet the Press, in which they talked about the Bush Administration and the business of spying on Americans.  Then, after suffering through 60% of the news being about the SeaHawks being in the Super Bowl today on the local news, I was flicking around the stations, patiently waiting for the overpriced cable company to get the ONLY station (local) that will show the game so I can at least watch the commercials I happened upon the C-SPAN coverage of the Senate Hearing about the "Threats to America".

Now they had all the heads of the Intelligence community for the United States sitting in front of the Senate Intelligence Committee answering questions. 

What I noticed during the hearing was:

The Republicans:  Spent part if not all their time talking about a few things. 

• How proud they were of the people sitting there in front of them.

• How they applauded the work the people sitting in front for the job they were doing.

• How "some people" want to politicize the issue of the wiretapping.

• How awful it is that someone actually broke the news (New York Times held the story for ONE YEAR) about this wire tapping and "terrorist surveillance".

• How crippled this country is now because the wire tapping and "terrorist surveillance" has been leaked.

The Democrats:

• Can you give me an estimate of the number of Americans that have been caught by this surveillance program?  The answer was basically, "no, I don't know".

• Can you give me an idea how many of the people turned out to be actually to Al-Queda from this surveillance program?  The answer was basically, "no, I don't know."

• Can you give me an estimate of the numbers of people who have been saved by this surveillance program? (Dick Cheney indicated that the program had saved thousands of people in a speech somewhere, but the people running the programs, all sitting in the hearing, could not muster an answer.)

• Is this surveillance program a covert military action as defined by the National Security Act?  (This law, allows the White House to reduce the number of people in Congress that need to be told about actions of the military to 8 (eight) by law if the action(s) are covert military actions.)  The answer to the question was: "NO"  So the surveillance program is NOT a covert military action.

• Who makes the decision about who is to be told about these things and how they are going to be classified?  The answer:  The President and the Vice President.

Those are just some of the questions and comments made during this hearing.  I didn't tape it, and couldn't find a full transcript of the hearing or there would be more here.  Some of the things were referred to a CLOSED Session of the hearing, which is the APPROPRIATE thing to do.  Don't get me wrong here, there are things that SHOULD BE SECRET in the government.  That is just FACT and RIGHT.  I used to be in the military, and there were things that classified for good reason, not that I remember any specifics and wouldn't breach any of that stuff because I take that stuff seriously.  I took it seriously when I raised my hand and swore an oath to protect this country and the constitution of the United States when I joined the military.  I took seriously the acceptance of a security clearance, basically the only thing I ever told anyone when they asked me what I did in the military, "I typed".  Back then they didn't have personal computers, email and such, just typewriters and the like.

That said, the comment was made by the CIA Director that it was so awful that the existence of the "terrorist surveillance" program was leaked and that he wanted to find out WHO LEAKED IT.  Yeah, the program is secret, by the determination of President Bush and Vice President Bush.  There is one thing that is important to note though that most LEAKS during this administration have been FROM THE ADMINISTRATION themselves for the purpose of furthering their cause in some way.  The Bush Administration has turned to classifying nearly everything that they do under the guise that they are "protecting America", yet the truth is they are protecting their political careers, furthering the powers of the Presidency to that of someone that is ABOVE THE LAW, although the Republicans screamed, "RULE OF LAW" all the time they were fighting the votes from being counted in Florida in 2000 and anytime that they want to get their way by being the bully.

So was it wrong for the story to be leaked, OVER A YEAR AGO, held in confidence by the New York Times at the request of President Bush for that year?  Strange really that President Bush KNEW that the information was out there, made an agreement with the New York Times about not releasing it and now that it is out in the open, he's angry because he is doing the same kind of illegal wire tapping and "surveillance" that Nixon did and was just about to be indicted for by a special prosecutor before he resigned.  Is Bush following in the foot steps of one of his "heroes"? 

I really don't have all the answers to this, but I know that after watching the body language of the people sitting in the hearing this morning, listening to them trying to use "printed answers", usually interrupted by the Democratic Senators and reminded that they would like an answer to their question and not some talking point given to them by the White House. 

And it wasn't very heavily reported recently that someone that is working with "Homeland IN-Security" quit recently whose job was to increase the communication lines between the intelligence community and the law enforcement so they can quickly act on tracking down possible terrorist QUIT two weeks ago, and Senator Feinstein wanted to know if that program was going to be completed and be moving in the same direction.  A direction, from the question and her not letting it just be lightly answered is important to the security of the country.  Why are the people, who are privy to this information quitting their jobs and distancing themselves from Bush?  Do they see something coming to the Bush Administration that we don't, the illegality of the programs, the over-stepping of the powers that are and are not granted to the President and his followers?

I just know that, me personally, would like to see Bush RESIGN and take all of his evil friends with them.  The damage that they have done to this country will take decades to fix.  This country is now teetering on a fall towards becoming a third world country because of the overwhelming debt that countries like China are holding onto. 

And the damage that will come should Bush decide to start a war on Iran will threaten the world economy because of the oil involved.  Bush mentioned in his little speech about cutting down the oil consumption, but a day after he said that his Energy person said, "Well, he didn't really mean it".  Which is true, but it does give Bush one thing, a distancing from the rising gas prices, and they may not have gone up YET, they will, and he does not want that $3, $4, $5 gallon of gas to affect your decision of who to vote for in the coming election. 

And yes, regardless of the what they say, VOTE VOTE VOTE.  If enough people vote against Bush, and only 40% of the entire voting population are actually voting, it will be EXTREMELY difficult to play with the votes if the majority of people actually VOTE.  And if you believe as I do, that Bush and his Republican Crooks should NOT be in office, then VOTE, and don't be silent.  You will always be able to tell when you are losing an argument with a Republican, as they run out of talking points, as they run out of justifications, they resort to name calling, claiming you're a "terrorist", or "non-patriotic", but this country was founded by dissenters not by followers.  We didn't want a KING when this country was founded, and we don't want one now!

As I tell my friends all the time, "I would rather be a bleeding heart liberal than a Republican ANY DAY".

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And now to the special people:

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 Friday, January 27, 2006 - Olympia, WA

For the first time in Washington State, the Washington State Legislature passed into law protections against discrimination for "sexual orientation" to the current law which already provides protection based on race, creed, color, national origin, sex, marital status or the presence of any sensory, mental or physical handicap.

Now don't think that this is a DONE deal.  The religious fanatics, hate groups, anti-gay groups, and probably some others will be out there with their clipboards asking for signatures that will be designed only to remove those TWO WORDS, "sexual orientation", from the law.  Governor Gregoire will sign the law on Tuesday, January 31, 2006 which will set the law into effect beginning 90 days after that on May 1, 2006 unless the religious fanatics gather enough signatures to put the issue on the ballot in November 2006. 

What does that really mean?  Well, all those States that supposedly contain "intelligent" people that voted Bush into office, most of which were swing States had gay issues relating to rights of some sort on the ballot.  This kind of thing mobilizes the the crazy fanatic types to spend there money and actually move away from watching their 700 Club and VOTE.  Because it is very true, that although very fleeting in nature, HATE is a great motivator, and the BushCo group know how to use it as well as Hitler did to gas millions of innocents in the camps.

So, celebrate, but be aware of a few things on this for sure.  The incidents of anti-gay violence will increase during this year.  The religious fanatics will be running amok to force everyone to follow the "will of God". 

Just remember that although this is a victory, after 30 years of fighting for rights relating to sexual orientation in Washington State, it is also the first chance that the Republican Party (translated loosely to: Evil-Doing God-Abusing War-Mongering Crooks and Liars) to turn Washington State RED instead of the BLUE that indicates people who think for themselves.

It's a pity really, as the news announcer indicated about the bill in the Legislature, "both sides invoked God" to bolster their arguments.  And frankly, as I understand the workings of God that there are no mistakes.  So as each moment passes from Present to Past, for that one moment, no matter how terrible or wonderful it is, the world is exactly as it should be.  The definition of perfection in God's world because no one can go back and change the past, not even the Lawd Bush. 

OH sure they can lie about the past.  They can give a prosecutor a new job so he will stop prosecuting all those "god fearing reasonable people" (translated loosely to:  God Using Unreasonable Crooks) in Congress that have been caught in the Abramoff scandal.  And of course there was more, a prosecutor that was supposed to follow up on one portion of the Abramoff case was given a job by Bush and the investigation just disappeared.  Not a good sign, as you can see, even the law can be bought if you have enough money. 

And don't let the rhetoric related to Bush's Domestic Spying, which began shortly after he was elected, NOT just after 9-11.  And he, just like Nixon, without a doubt, has been using it to identify, track, and locate anyone that the BushCo finds dangerous (translated loosely to:  Any Who Disagrees with BushCo and the Lawd Bush Crowd).  I'm probably on some list because I have NEVER had a good word to say about Bush, and probably NEVER will, unless of course I hear the words, "My Fellow Americans, today I must announce the resignation of myself, Dick Cheney, Rummy, ToothGap, and AG Gongrabit".  Then I might say something nice, but don't count on it.

As I tell my friends all the time, "I would rather be a bleeding heart liberal than a Republican ANY DAY".

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Well, good riddance to 2005..

 Well, I guess due to the joyful and intelligent design of some policy that I spent the last year not really worrying about forced me to close down my little Tshirt Shop.  It was pretty cool, had lots of things in that were definitely NOT Bush Friendly, and of course I will NEVER be Bush Friendly because I think he, his crooked friends and all those that think like him are bastards, but that's just my opinion.

Not much else to say about it really.  Someday maybe I'll take the hundreds of graphics and work that I did and open a new one, but it is going to take me at least 6 months to recover from all that economic recovery that fucking idiot Bush has been enjoying so I can have a credit card or something I can use for online purchases. 

Oh well, such is the life under the Bastard Bush and his Crooked Cronies.

BUSH IS LISTENING
if you disagree with him or his cronies you are a "terrorist" and against him.

But I don't care, I will never be a Bush Supporter
And I will rejoice the day that he leaves the White House
As that will be the best possible gift that God will ever bestow on America.

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Well, good riddance to 2005..

 Let's see, I'm not going to review the year at all, well maybe a little bit, let's see...

Naw, enough of those sites out there telling everyone either that Bush has been their savior (those sites lie unless it was one of those sites of the rich oil companies that posted such high profits during the entire Bush Administration thus far or the religious NUT sites that believe that Bush is a "man of God").  Course, I really don't believe a "man of God" should be such a heartless, uncaring, non-compassionate murderous liar, but I guess everyone these days makes up their own definitions of God these days to justify their trampling of those unfortunates that were in any place that a natural disaster has taken place or the disaster of Bush's method of diplomacy, Kill and Kill Again if you disagree.

Yeah, I'm not a Bush fan, never have been, never will be, and I will enjoy it when that little Time Cover comes out, it will be a frameable piece of art really to see the likes of Bush fall. 

I noticed that his approval ratings dropped down below that of Nixon for a while, and actually below any President at any time in history, but have been soaring up, but that doesn't really reflect his true job rating because it has been linked to one thing that the News people have taken out of the picture for his ratings, the PRICE OF GASOLINE at the pump. 

Bush's approval rating was at it's lowest when the Gas Prices soared above $3 a gallon, and after the Oil Big Wigs were called to Congress to lie about the price fixing that is done in their camp, all of who were NOT sworn in so they can't be charged with perjury to Congress.  His approval ratings have seemed to jump when the prices have been falling, in some places lower than $2 a gallon, and the Bush Crooks know that this is something that is important, but the Oil Greedy will start raising prices again, and posting those huge profits again.  They won't support Bush very much longer if he's on his way out, they won't have the power where they need it to steal the working classes blind at the gas pump or to heat their homes.  It's not about production, as one of the Oil Talking Heads would like everyone believe.  As my family has worked in the oil industry for years and the oil companies always have backup parts and pieces for their equipment, it might seem expensive to buy two of a part when putting together a piece of equipment, but when that equipment does NOT work for a period of time they can lose more money by allowing that equipment to stay broken and not producing those dollars. 

So, if you have been surviving under the Bush Bastard and his Crooked Buddies, keep it up, and don't let up.  Just because some of his buddies are heading to court to lie about yet another thing that they have done, and hopefully will start prison terms soon, don't let the supporters of the Bush Almighty start to win, it's not good for the thousands upon thousands that have died for Bush's Crusade for Power and Money.  It's not good for any poor person anywhere in the world who might need help from the government or any agency, non-profit or group that might help.  And it's certainly not good for the ideals that founded this country to ensure that America is not being run by a dictator with UNCHECKED powers to do what he wants, when he wants, and however he wants. 

You have to remember that Congress is a Check of the Balance of Power, and although the Bush Administration tried to place the power to spy on Americans on American Soil and to use Military Force against Americans on American Soil in the Patriot Act, the Congress said, "NO".  Bush says, "Yes, I can, I'm the President".  Hopefully, the truth will come out, and Bush will be properly punished for using his grab for uncheck powers improperly.  Just remember that -

BUSH IS LISTENING
if you disagree with him or his cronies you are a "terrorist" and against him.

But I don't care, I will never be a Bush Supporter
And I will rejoice the day that he leaves the White House
As that will be the best possible gift that God will ever bestow on America.

And now to the special people:

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