Bush Spokesperson Keeps Lying Over And Over Again

Apparently, the Bush administration believes that when you are on the ropes, you just keep slugging with the same technique that got you in trouble. They would make pretty poor boxers just as they make a poor government.

Today in a news conference, Dana Perino, White House spokesperson, said that the escalation in Iraq is to keep the terrorists from finding safe haven and if we left they would find another country like Afghanistan. When pressed by Helen Thomas about how the administration knows this, she replied with the standard "rope-a-dope" of September 11. Thomas to her credit chimed in with the fact that September 11 had nothing to do with Iraq.

The Bush folks just can't give that up. Even though commissions and investigations and the top Bush intelligence people say there was no connection between Iraq and 9/11, Bush keeps repeating the lie. If you tell a lie enough times it becomes true? That must be their strategy, because if it isn't it just means that they are stupid, and I don't know which is scarier.

Bush Dodges Opening Day Pitch - Strikes Out Anyway

Funny how George W. Bush would never miss an opening day when he was part owner of the Texas Rangers baseball team, yet opening day for the Washington Nationals, and he declined to show and throw. His decision to decline the invitation to throw out the opening pitch of the season for America’s National Pastime says a lot about the man and his plummeting popularity.

Though the White House will not admit it, he fears hearing the boos that would have been inevitable had he shown up. Approval ratings in the 30’s and a gaggle of scandals hanging over the White House have sent Bush into the bunker. His recent Rose Garden press conference without microphones for the press to ask questions is a case in point. This is the sign that he will not listen to criticism and wants no questions asked. Like a fallen leader, holed up in a bunker, Bush and his battle worn staff are still living in the imaginary world they created. He and his hand picked "loyal Bushies" are living in denial. The truth is that his presidency has failed and he will probably be remembered as one of the worst in history. Hardly the stuff of home runs!

Bush Criticises Pelosi While GOP Lawmakers Meet With President Of Syria

So Bush is outraged that Pelosi met with the president of Syria. He says it sends the wrong signal. What about the Republican U.S. House members that were meeting with President Bashar Assad on Sunday? I heard not a single word about that from Bush and more disturbingly from the media reporting Bush’s statements about Pelosi. Only NPR let it slip that GOP officials had similar meetings the following day.

Is the Bush administration cornering the market on hypocrisy? Can there be a more duplicitous administration than this one? I seriously doubt it. Veiled in secrecy, they don’t even provide microphones for the press conference in the Rose Garden of the White House yesterday for reporter’s questions. That way Bush can "hear" only those he wants to hear.

Come on folks, this crap has to stop. Does nobody in the press see that they are giving Bush another free pass? Do your research and ask some real questions. Your readers deserve that at least.

Bush Still Not Explaining His Plan For Iraq

Bush and company are hoping people will forget about the fourth anniversary of the war, but we won’t. Bush’s mother Barbara won’t even watch the TV News about the war, especially any coverage of how many Americans have died. I guess her cold imperiousness has been passed down to her arrogant son?

Today Bush will spend 5 minutes on the war in a press conference with no questions allowed. He will present no new ideas, no success examples and no recipe for success in Iraq. He is out of ideas and imagination and his policies are a disaster. His administration is cracking at the seams and it looks like Alberto Gonzales will not last the week.

What does it all mean? It means that Bush & Co. are teetering like Enron on a tower of lies and deceit and someone needs to push them over. Time for Congress to stand up and make Bush take responsibility for his crimes and mistakes. Impeachment is the solution.

Gonzales Scandal Has Roots In The White House - But Bush Can't Remember It!

It is amazing how bad memories are in Washington, specifically in the Bush administration. The latest firestorm involving Alberto Gonzales has ties leading directly into the White House, and now as usual, the folks at the top have had a memory lapse.

Tony Snow today said regarding Harriet Myers involvement, "At this juncture, people have hazy memories." Asked if Bush himself might have suggested the firings, Snow said, "Anything’s possible … but I don’t think so." He said Bush "certainly has no recollection of any such thing. I can’t speak for the attorney general. I want you to be clear here: don’t be dropping it at the president’s door,"

It makes you wonder how these people remember to tie their shoes in the morning. More importantly, it makes you wonder why they are still in office.

Wounded Vets Treated Like Animals By Bush Administration

The Bush Administration really loves our troops, as long as they are fighting. The real problem comes when they get home. Recent stories of the house of horrors Walter Reid Medical Center has become make my stomach turn. Rehabilitation for some maimed vets takes place in rat infested sub-standard buildings and without proper medical care.

Worse yet, stories are surfacing of semi-delusional soldiers who are being put out on the street. The Washington Post broke the story last week and it is just now coming to the general public’s attention. It shows the sad truth that the Bush administration, whose new budget proposes even more cuts in Veterans benefits, really cares about nothing but themselves. They show such disdain for our wounded troops that I have to believe their actions are not from administrative mistakes, but calculatedly cruel.

Americablog has an extensive story on what would qualify as abuse of our Veterans at the hands of the very people who should be helping them. Enough is enough. It is time to write your congressperson and demand accountability for these and other crimes against Americans by the Bush administration.

Pentagon Report Show Deception By Bush Administration

Once again a smoking gun has appeared showing that the Bush administration cooked the intelligence on Iraq prior to the invasion. The recent report by the Pentagon’s Inspector General has been described as “very damning” in its explanation of how the Pentagon manipulated intelligence to portray Saddam Hussein as an ally of al-Qaeda.


In an interview with the Washington Post, Senator Carl Levin, Democrat from Michigan states, "that was the argument that was used to make the sale to the American people about the need to go to war…which was wrong, which was distorted, which was inappropriate ... is something which is highly disturbing."


My question is just how disturbing is it? To ordinary Americans, this report is direct evidence that Bush lied to us to get us into a war. That is heady stuff. If that is not ground for impeachment, I can’t imagine what would be. As a result of his lie, thousands of Americans and many more thousands of Iraqis have died in a war that did not have to happen. How much more evidence must pile up at the doorstep of Congress before they take action?


I again suggest that anyone concerned about this write his or her Congressperson. Demand answers and an investigation and if necessary, impeachment. This whole thing has stunk to high heaven from day one and how much longer will we let it go on?

US Military Sells Surplus To Iran And China

In its quest to grab a quick buck the US military has apparently sold surplus to Iran and China. Breaking its own rules parts for a Chinook helicopter ended up ion Iranian hands. Iran has also been trying to buy f-14 "tomcat" fighter jets as well.

I keep hearing the words of Lenin in my ears, "the Capitalists will sell us the rope with which we will hang them." The Bush administration rattles sabers at Iran and then sells them the same sabers. How much longer are we going to let these guys get away with their crap?

Bush Speaks - The World Yawns

So why no blog about Bush’s speech? That’s an easy one. What he said was not news or any surprise. The only scintilla of truth in his talking points was saying in the most passive voice imaginable, "Where mistakes have been made, the responsibility lies with me…."

And then there is the media being complicit in Bush’s lies by calling this a surge, it’s an escalation not a surge and everyone knows it. To use the deceptive terminology of the Administration the media is jumping on the propaganda bandwagon. Remember that next time someone feeds you that line of bullshit about "liberal media bias."

Lastly the Democratic response, while better than Bush’s speech is impotent. Bush has declared he will do whatever he wants regardless of Congress or the American public opinion. It is that kind of unilateral deciding that makes this "decider" a dangerous and reckless despot. I know I throw those words around here a lot and nobody would think I have any love for our President. True, but the words fit and the media is afraid to use them. Bush is behaving like a dictator. He makes pronouncements and signing statements that run contrary to constitutional process and that puts him outside the law. He would be prosecuted as a war criminal were he president of any other country.

Most importantly, Bush is talking like he plans to make war with Iran next. If he goes on unchecked, he will ignite a fire in the Middle East that will burn for centuries. Bush has some sort of warped crusader complex and if you add that to his recent dictatorial behavior and it spells trouble. Recently several commentators have compared him to Hitler. I think it may be an apt comparison. Though he has yet to start a "final solution" for his scapegoats, I am keeping a close watch. The day he decides that all Arab Americans need to be protected in special relocation camps is the day it will be too late.

If It Looks Like A Duck...And Limps Like A Duck It Must Be Bush

Lame duck President, George Bush is trying to push through the nomination of John Bolton still. He figures he better make hay while the sun shines. It remains to be seen if Congress will go along with a man who proved to be a Jonah to the party during the elections.

Meanwhile, speculation still running high here as to exactally when Karl Rove will resign. Maybe about the time Laura's divorce papers become public?