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- kiley481, on 03/19/2008, -1/+16Who'd have thought a single word could so nicely sum up the policies of an entire administration ... "So?"
- vatosplace, on 03/19/2008, -1/+11It will be a sweet day when the Hague comes calling for Dick and Chimpy.
- DavidYeah, on 03/19/2008, -0/+8This guy's contempt for democracy is chilling. To these bastards, democracy is nothing but a bunch of swaying opinions in the political breeze, and certainly nothing to rule by.
How can he say that he's supporting the world's youngest democracy in Iraq while pinning down the world's oldest democracy in the US?
The fact is he doesn't support either, at least not how we understand it. To him, democracy is having a choice as to where you buy your hamburgers, not how a country is led. - stormkrow, on 03/19/2008, -0/+6I'd like for the Las Vegas odds makers to go ahead and issue their odds for :
When will Dick Cheney return to being the CEO or President or Big Boss over at Halliburton?
I say 6 weeks. - Poetheunclothed, on 03/19/2008, -0/+5He doesn't care anymore, pulled off all the evil stuff he had been plotting.
- bullcutter, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4Well, he's got nothing to lose at this point, so I'm not surprised at all. The thing is this -- if Hillary gets the nomination, I would not be surprised either if she took back her pledges to end the war and withdrawl troops, seeing as how
1. she accepted more lobby money from military contractors than all other candidates combined (including all ex-candidates)
2. she voted in favor of every war propelling measure that went to the senate floor
3. her husband was the one signing over multimillion-dollar no-bid contracts to Halliburton at a time when Dick Cheney was CEO, achieving the company then-record profits.
http://www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/4811
There is only 1 anti-war candidate, so by all means, if you are interested in electing Bush's war to a 3rd term please buy into the empty rhetoric that's being flung around and vote for Hillary or McCain. The status quo will thank you. - dimebags, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4what a bitch
- professorjoe, on 03/19/2008, -0/+4I have just returned home from working with an Army Ranger who was recently deployed after having served two years in Iraq. He says that it is relatively quiet now, but will not be for long. The idea is to make the war look good at election time and lull the U.S. electorate into a false sense of achievement. If McCain wins the election (and it does appear that the Dems will somehow give it away) the occupation will continue and we will see an increase in combat and a flood of insurgents from the surrounding area. The administration is trying to stack the deck for the war to continue AFTER they leave office. They are both getting obscenely wealthy from the instability that the war has created. We have never had an assassination of a former president or vice-president. The question will be how angry are the American citizens who have disapproved of this invasion? And how angry are the former soldiers who resent having to fight such a ridiculous war? They have all been trained to kill, and friendly fire is more common than you think. The Hague may not get an opportunity to act.
- SaraLiberty, on 08/16/2008, -0/+3Disgusting. They don't even try to hide it anymore.
- badabeam, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2Our government WAS overthrown by fascists in 2000.
- KathySmith, on 03/24/2008, -0/+2So? ... A Note from Michael Moore
Monday, March 24th, 2008
Friends,
It would have to happen on Easter Sunday, wouldn't it, that the 4,000th American soldier would die in Iraq. Play me that crazy preacher again, will you, about how maybe God, in all his infinite wisdom, may not exactly be blessing America these days. Is anyone surprised?
4,000 dead. Unofficial estimates are that there may be up to 100,000 wounded, injured, or mentally ruined by this war. And there could be up to a million Iraqi dead. We will pay the consequences of this for a long, long time. God will keep blessing America.
And where is Darth Vader in all this? A reporter from ABC News this week told Dick Cheney, in regards to Iraq, "two-thirds of Americans say it's not worth fighting." Cheney cut her off with a one word answer: "So?"
"So?" As in, "So what?" As in, "F*** you. I could care less."
I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Click here and pass it around. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.
The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?
Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.
The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.
I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.
But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me?
God bless all of you in this Easter Week as we begin the 6th year of Bush's War.
God help America. Please.
Michael Moore
MMFlint@aol.com
MichaelMoore.com - orangekid13, on 03/20/2008, -1/+2too bad that hunting "accident" wasn't a reverse scenario...
why doesn't he just go back to his home planet already? - extratwice, on 03/20/2008, -1/+2If you are still pro Cheney/Bush at this point, you are a complete ***** moron. End your life.
- hawkeye17, on 03/19/2008, -1/+2History will not be kind to Dick. That is unless our government is overthrown by fascists someday.
- TheWookiee, on 03/29/2008, -0/+1We live in a country where the state sanctioned religion has been money since 1913, that marks the real end of what our forefathers started.
- heypetray, on 03/19/2008, -2/+3You bring up a good point, however leaders are the figureheads of the countries they represent. To go against the will of the people is to tell the world that we are a country ran by dictation, not democracy. This, of course, bringing up major issues when talking about "Spreading democracy to the world"
Maybe they don't have to abide by the rules, but damn them for not giving a ***** about us, and damn you for believing they shouldn't. - cpapermaster, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1
Cheney first! Bush second.
Impeachment is on the table in the House. Over 25 Representatives want to start hearings. Call Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep., especially if he/she supports impeachment and ask them to start impeachment hearings for Cheney immediately. Ask your Rep. to file an impeachment resolution of his/her own. This is the "Nixon Flooding Plan". Nixon resigned after a group of Congress members flooded the House with impeachment resolutions. They didn't bother getting co-sponsors. Hearings began and Nixon resigned soon after.
Congressional Switchboard: 800-828-0498-- ask for Conyers, Lofgren, Nadler, your Rep. - bgillingham, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Cheney doesn't care about you. We knew this.
It's time to remove them from office - as we can see the absolute corruption of power being displayed by this bunch. Start with impeachment of Bush, next would be Cheney and Rice. I anybody else left?? When they are impeached, we should be able to unseat any Supreme Court justices, roll back environmental laws, and undo all other things as well; it would be a bigger deterrent against this kind of behavior if Bush winds up with NO legacy.
Call your representative today!! There will be a bill introduced for impeachment after the break - and they need to seriously consider that what these guys have done is MUCH worse than lying about some oral sex.... if not that, somebody needs to give Bush OR Cheney a BJ (for more poetic justice, preferably somebody that's a male not female)!! - cpapermaster, on 03/26/2008, -0/+1bgillingham-
Cheney first! Bush second.
Impeachment is on the table in the House. Over 25 Representatives want to start hearings. Call Conyers, Lofgren, your Rep. if he/she supports impeachment.
Congressional Switchboard: 800-828-0498-- ask for Conyers - BoulderSue, on 03/25/2008, -0/+1Every time I think this admnistration cannot shock me any more, they come up with one, jaw-dropping word: "So?'
- zoezack, on 03/24/2008, -0/+1Sociopath!
- Lydia1948, on 03/24/2008, -1/+1What a load of crap! You're stumbling over words whose meanings are lost in your convoluted rhetoric. When you begin to point an accusatory finger at someone else calling them "rabid left wingers", in the end you reveal yourself to be a radical. ALL radicals are dangerous. I would ask you to show me just exactly when and how these two 'men of the people' acted in the best interest of ALL of America's citizens from within the spirit of the Constitution. How sad for you that you are filled with so much animosity. It's not so much that we feel they are against us, but that, in they're made dash for the almighty dollar, they seem to have lost their perspective. As long as so many people remain homeless, jobless, hungary, and sick; and hoplessness becomes the pervaseive sentiment of the people, we live in neither a republic or a democracy!
- mustangmike53, on 03/20/2008, -2/+2Of course, we're not a democracy, but a republic. Which 'rules' exactly do Cheney & Bush not abide by? You don't think the rabid left wingers in Congress wouldn't have already brought charges and/or impeached them if they had in fact broken any laws?
As for not caring about us, that is the one thing that I'm 100% certain of with Bush & Cheney that they do what they think is in the best interests ofthe country and its citizens, not for themselves or their political party. Bush is perhaps the only politician I've ever seen who is sincere, and Cheney's just a grumpy old guy whose only agenda is to kick ass on America's enemies. Stark contrast with even the transparently ambitious Republican candidates, much less the egregiously two-faced panderers Clinton, Edwards, and Obama.
How sad for you that you believe they are against you. - blairgolf, on 05/17/2008, -0/+0I'm a Canadian and follow US news very closely. We have had our share of goofs running the country, hell, some couldn't speak either "official" language worth a damn. But the monkey in the suit filling your VP role has to be the biggest goof in the history of your politics. Where did you guys dig up that old fossil? It takes a fair bit to rile me up these days but Cheney has the gift of "enrilement" if there is such a term? Hopefully, you guys will re-bury the fossil and remember that YOU run the country, not the living dead! Best of LUCK with your next election. A leader who says, "who cares what the people think" ought to tell you EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW about this particularly dusty, old fossil!!!
MIchael Moore for President, or perhaps Prime Minister of Canada - Voicedude, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0Why do you think they call him "DICK"???
- mustangmike53, on 03/19/2008, -3/+3>digg-tards can't read.
Or understand that the Executive Branch is not elected to represent the will of their constituents the way the legislators of the House and Senate are. Or deal with the fact that that very Congress voted FOR the war. Or that all their beloved anti-war leaders voted FOR the war (Save Obama, who was honing his progressive "God Damn America" credentials in Chicago at the time) and made eloquent speeches about why Saddam 'had to be removed', and have now, in the most craven manner, reversed themselves in response to polls and the NEED to get themselves re-elected.
Keep your polls - I prefer leadership. Thank God for Dick Cheney and, of course, President Bush. - k8company, on 03/26/2008, -0/+0He said this evil thing, and yet he's still in office. What's happened to us??
- lovinmexico, on 04/07/2008, -0/+0SO We the American people and our opinions no longer matter?? What is wrong with this man?
- canadazeus, on 03/24/2008, -0/+0No rioting in the streets? Y'all deserve what you get.
- flip2trip, on 03/19/2008, -6/+2Inaccurate commentary, lying hypocritcal leftist propaganda--all I got to say is read the transcript--oh, sorry digg-tards can't read.
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