Faux quote of the day:
A large minority of Americans would vote for George W. Bush if the election were today,
..http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,101732,00.html
Thursday, October 30, 2003
Maureen Dowd:
"He's my man," Mr. Bush laughingly told Tom Brokaw about the entertaining contortions of Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, a k a "Comical Ali" and "Baghdad Bob," who assured reporters, even as American tanks rumbled in, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and, "We are winning this war, and we will win the war. . . . This is for sure."
Now Crawford George has morphed into Baghdad Bob.
"He's my man," Mr. Bush laughingly told Tom Brokaw about the entertaining contortions of Muhammad Said al-Sahhaf, a k a "Comical Ali" and "Baghdad Bob," who assured reporters, even as American tanks rumbled in, "There are no American infidels in Baghdad. Never!" and, "We are winning this war, and we will win the war. . . . This is for sure."
Now Crawford George has morphed into Baghdad Bob.
Wednesday, October 29, 2003
MWO'S Quote of the Day
"I guess that next thing we are going to hear is that the sailors told him to wear the flight suit and prance around on the aircraft carrier."
- Four star general, war hero, brilliant scholar, Eagle Scout Wesley Clark on pipsqueak AWOL squatter's assertion that the sailors were to blame for the now infamous USS Lincoln photo op banner.
"I guess that next thing we are going to hear is that the sailors told him to wear the flight suit and prance around on the aircraft carrier."
- Four star general, war hero, brilliant scholar, Eagle Scout Wesley Clark on pipsqueak AWOL squatter's assertion that the sailors were to blame for the now infamous USS Lincoln photo op banner.
Lott on War:
“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”
“Honestly, it’s a little tougher than I thought it was going to be,” Lott said. In a sign of frustration, he offered an unorthodox military solution: “If we have to, we just mow the whole place down, see what happens. You’re dealing with insane suicide bombers who are killing our people, and we need to be very aggressive in taking them out.”
Tuesday, October 28, 2003
poppy bush:
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have
been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no
viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles.
Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for
handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq,
thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have
destroyed
the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to
establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could
conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
"Trying to eliminate Saddam...would have incurred incalculable human and
political costs. Apprehending him was probably impossible.... We would have
been forced to occupy Baghdad and, in effect, rule Iraq.... there was no
viable "exit strategy" we could see, violating another of our principles.
Furthermore, we had been self-consciously trying to set a pattern for
handling aggression in the post-Cold War world. Going in and occupying Iraq,
thus unilaterally exceeding the United Nations' mandate, would have
destroyed
the precedent of international response to aggression that we hoped to
establish. Had we gone the invasion route, the United States could
conceivably still be an occupying power in a bitterly hostile land."
Monday, October 27, 2003
Wow! Truth?
"As our casualties continue to mount, America's leaders could do themselves and us a favor by calling things by their right names. What's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan today is not nation-building. It's not postwar reconstruction. It's not pacification. It's war."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21855-2003Oct26.html
"As our casualties continue to mount, America's leaders could do themselves and us a favor by calling things by their right names. What's going on in Iraq and Afghanistan today is not nation-building. It's not postwar reconstruction. It's not pacification. It's war."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21855-2003Oct26.html
Thursday, October 23, 2003
Gene Lyons:
"Let's just look at the situation like this: How much of a partisan do
you have to be to look at George W. Bush and Wesley Clark standing side
by side and say to yourself, "I'd pick George W. Bush to lead this
country." How partisan do you have to be to decide that Bush is more
qualified in a national emergency -- a guy who can scarcely speak in
complete sentences -- to handle a crisis over a decorated war hero, a
Rhodes Scholar, a retired four star general, and the former Supreme
Commander of NATO?"
"Let's just look at the situation like this: How much of a partisan do
you have to be to look at George W. Bush and Wesley Clark standing side
by side and say to yourself, "I'd pick George W. Bush to lead this
country." How partisan do you have to be to decide that Bush is more
qualified in a national emergency -- a guy who can scarcely speak in
complete sentences -- to handle a crisis over a decorated war hero, a
Rhodes Scholar, a retired four star general, and the former Supreme
Commander of NATO?"
Saturday, October 18, 2003
From Clark's blog:
General, you're my hero, please get well.
I know the others offering you advice on your cold mean well, but here is a truly Russian remedy which never fails:
You need a glass (stopka) of genuine Russian vodka, a liter of water and a table spoon of honey. First heat vodka a bit beyond room temperature, take a shot of it and chase it down with honey and a liter of luke warm water. Proceed to bed and cover yourself with three to five thick blankets. You will spend a nightmarish night half awake dreaming of Faust and ghost of Hamlet's father but in the morning you will feel fresh and healthy as a cucumber. I know this one really works because I was doing it since I was 5 years old.
This method with warm vodka also reminds me of a funny story:
My uncle Fedya was asked by his captain once if he likes warm vodka and sweaty women, to which which Fedya wholeheartedly answered "No!!!"
"Great", said captain Vasili Efimovich, "then will give you a month off during winter." :)
General, you're my hero, please get well.
I know the others offering you advice on your cold mean well, but here is a truly Russian remedy which never fails:
You need a glass (stopka) of genuine Russian vodka, a liter of water and a table spoon of honey. First heat vodka a bit beyond room temperature, take a shot of it and chase it down with honey and a liter of luke warm water. Proceed to bed and cover yourself with three to five thick blankets. You will spend a nightmarish night half awake dreaming of Faust and ghost of Hamlet's father but in the morning you will feel fresh and healthy as a cucumber. I know this one really works because I was doing it since I was 5 years old.
This method with warm vodka also reminds me of a funny story:
My uncle Fedya was asked by his captain once if he likes warm vodka and sweaty women, to which which Fedya wholeheartedly answered "No!!!"
"Great", said captain Vasili Efimovich, "then will give you a month off during winter." :)
Thursday, October 16, 2003
Leaker leaks bush's no leaks policy (Philly Inquirer):
Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else.
News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately.
Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used."
Concerned about the appearance of disarray and feuding within his administration as well as growing resistance to his policies in Iraq, President Bush - living up to his recent declaration that he is in charge - told his top officials to "stop the leaks" to the media, or else.
News of Bush's order leaked almost immediately.
Bush told his senior aides Tuesday that he "didn't want to see any stories" quoting unnamed administration officials in the media anymore, and that if he did, there would be consequences, said a senior administration official who asked that his name not be used."
Quote of the Day
"On Monday, Representative George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican from
Washington State who visited Iraq, chimed in to help the White
House: "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is
remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a
couple of soldiers every day."
"On Monday, Representative George Nethercutt Jr., a Republican from
Washington State who visited Iraq, chimed in to help the White
House: "The story of what we've done in the postwar period is
remarkable. It is a better and more important story than losing a
couple of soldiers every day."
Wednesday, October 15, 2003
Samela on Clark's National service speech:
it seems a radical break. If I'm not wrong, what he's saying is that America's presence in the rest of the world will no longer be the sole province of corporations and the military. It will be the genius of individual Americans serving under the auspices of the government: microbiologists, writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, etc. That banded together as a Reserve Corps of human talent helping to solve problems here and abroad, we can actually change the power structure and the direction of America's relationship to the world.
It's an empowerment of the people ... THROUGH the government. It's the antithesis of the 'what can Washington do for me' mentality operative since Reagan (give me my money back, reduce my taxes, give my kid a voucher) and the beginning of a new mentality: how we can take back the government by giving to it. And take back power from corporations and other entities. (Water problem in an African nation? Don't send Halliburton, send us!) It's the antithesis of 'government is the problem not the solution,' which so needs to be changed. It's a reminder that we ARE the government. This is not some half-assed charity, faith-based, ladies' luncheon volunteerism. This is asking artists and scientists and machinists and mechanics and engineers to take back the country and work to make it ours again. The more I think about it (if I'm not hyperbolizing), it's really fairly remarkable, if it were to work.
And even if it doesn't, the sentiment alone is the kind of out-of-the-box, big-picture thinking that at least can give us hope and change the perspective. And it tells us that we are all important to the well-being and security of the country. Not just politicians or businessmen or soldiers who make the decisions for us... but frontline musicians and artists, teachers and scientists, workers and caregivers. In some way, it is what we sometimes call a "paradigm shift." And if any country were ever in need of a new paradigm, it is ours. This is pretty out of the box.
it seems a radical break. If I'm not wrong, what he's saying is that America's presence in the rest of the world will no longer be the sole province of corporations and the military. It will be the genius of individual Americans serving under the auspices of the government: microbiologists, writers, teachers, doctors, filmmakers, etc. That banded together as a Reserve Corps of human talent helping to solve problems here and abroad, we can actually change the power structure and the direction of America's relationship to the world.
It's an empowerment of the people ... THROUGH the government. It's the antithesis of the 'what can Washington do for me' mentality operative since Reagan (give me my money back, reduce my taxes, give my kid a voucher) and the beginning of a new mentality: how we can take back the government by giving to it. And take back power from corporations and other entities. (Water problem in an African nation? Don't send Halliburton, send us!) It's the antithesis of 'government is the problem not the solution,' which so needs to be changed. It's a reminder that we ARE the government. This is not some half-assed charity, faith-based, ladies' luncheon volunteerism. This is asking artists and scientists and machinists and mechanics and engineers to take back the country and work to make it ours again. The more I think about it (if I'm not hyperbolizing), it's really fairly remarkable, if it were to work.
And even if it doesn't, the sentiment alone is the kind of out-of-the-box, big-picture thinking that at least can give us hope and change the perspective. And it tells us that we are all important to the well-being and security of the country. Not just politicians or businessmen or soldiers who make the decisions for us... but frontline musicians and artists, teachers and scientists, workers and caregivers. In some way, it is what we sometimes call a "paradigm shift." And if any country were ever in need of a new paradigm, it is ours. This is pretty out of the box.
Tuesday, October 14, 2003
Clark's Hunter speech report
went there at the time doors opened and even offered to help the volunteers with the signs,
Clark bars - confident that my name was on a list at the door. It turns out there was a huuuge
line of people waiting - and I hardly fit in the 600 people auditorium - pack to the limit. There was
plenty of media. Clark was late almost 1 h but his reception was enthusiastic with stand up
applause. Liz Kruger , a new NYS Senator introducing him made a jab about her also being new in
politics "although I wouldn't have started with running for president"
"You won an election there's a podium free, come on - join us" Clark responded to her.
He went on to describe the great reception he had in Florida. He mentioned that as he came
to NYC he saw this great crowd with flags, cheering. "For me? Nice!" He then was told that these
were Yankee fans, celebrating. "And this is the oldest problem with intelligence - you see what
you want to see" - big applause there.
He proceeded to talk about his life of service in the military.
Suddenly, behind him, one of the kids standing on the stage fainted. He immediately jumped to
see what happened - others too. In a few minutes he announced us that the kid was OK - he is
conscious and alert and will be able to join us shortly. He talked about veterans of parades and
locking of knees and asked the Hunter lady to bring chairs for those on the stage.
"I was talking about the war - I didn't know we'd have a real casualty" he reprised his speech.
He was very well received, standing ovations at the end - a great event which I'm sure brought
new people into the fold.
--
went there at the time doors opened and even offered to help the volunteers with the signs,
Clark bars - confident that my name was on a list at the door. It turns out there was a huuuge
line of people waiting - and I hardly fit in the 600 people auditorium - pack to the limit. There was
plenty of media. Clark was late almost 1 h but his reception was enthusiastic with stand up
applause. Liz Kruger , a new NYS Senator introducing him made a jab about her also being new in
politics "although I wouldn't have started with running for president"
"You won an election there's a podium free, come on - join us" Clark responded to her.
He went on to describe the great reception he had in Florida. He mentioned that as he came
to NYC he saw this great crowd with flags, cheering. "For me? Nice!" He then was told that these
were Yankee fans, celebrating. "And this is the oldest problem with intelligence - you see what
you want to see" - big applause there.
He proceeded to talk about his life of service in the military.
Suddenly, behind him, one of the kids standing on the stage fainted. He immediately jumped to
see what happened - others too. In a few minutes he announced us that the kid was OK - he is
conscious and alert and will be able to join us shortly. He talked about veterans of parades and
locking of knees and asked the Hunter lady to bring chairs for those on the stage.
"I was talking about the war - I didn't know we'd have a real casualty" he reprised his speech.
He was very well received, standing ovations at the end - a great event which I'm sure brought
new people into the fold.
--
Posted on DU (re: avoiding Liberal media - Gore media):
49. I could do it. Here's how I'd start
None of this seasoned, reasoned, we'll-beat'em-with-our-ideas crap. You wanna win? You throw punches.
"Bill O'Reilly wants you to shut up. Of course he does, he doesn't want everyone to know how dishonest he is. What a wimp. 'Stop hurting me, stop hurting me...turn off that mike, get out of my studio....' If he can't stand the heat he should get out of the kitchen. Even Stuart Smally kicks his butt. We know a liar when we hear one.
Hannity could bore the dead. Watch out Sean baby, Hillary's comin' to get ya!!! Someone give this guy a new ex-president to play with.
Let's see? How many bombs did tough-guy Bush drop on Afghanistan prior to 9/11? None. How many convictions did Ashcroft secure for 9/11? None. (They DID get Taliban John though. Whew...)
What was Bush doing in the fighter jet YOUR tax dollars bought, in that ridiculous get-up, when the Texas Air National Guard had BARRED HIM from flying because he was a afraid of a drug test??? No wonder Rushbo is such a Bush supporter...
How many terrorists do you think we could have caught if Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott and Tom Delay and Ken Starr weren't fixated on Bill Clinton's pecker? That was $70 million of sleeper cells laughing at us. Are you happy Scaife? Are you happy helmet-hair? Newt? How many wives did you leave last week?
How many convicted felons in Clinton's administration? None. How many in Bush's? Three. All appointments, too. Bush knows talent when he sees it.
How many indictments in Clinton's administration? 1 (overturned)
How many in Reagan's? 136
Who gets the airport named after him?
Clinton won elections the old fashioned way - by getting more votes. Who remembers that?
It took a Rhodes Scholar and 8 years to fix the mess that Ronald Reagan left us, despite a Congress that investigated every deposit slip and signature the guy laid down for the past twenty years, and it took a rich-kid Connecticut Cowboy, who's never even gotten a job on his own talents in his entire life, six months to screw it all up again. This is a guy who couldn't find oil in Texas, campers. Reminds me of the local brat that blows his allowance in one day and them blames his sister. Truth hurts, don't it????
Welcome to The Bottom Line, campers. Notice served to Hannity and Rush (now we know where you got that name), Mike "Ocscar Meyer Weiner" Savage and Bill NotReally.
This'll leave a mark."
I could do this.
49. I could do it. Here's how I'd start
None of this seasoned, reasoned, we'll-beat'em-with-our-ideas crap. You wanna win? You throw punches.
"Bill O'Reilly wants you to shut up. Of course he does, he doesn't want everyone to know how dishonest he is. What a wimp. 'Stop hurting me, stop hurting me...turn off that mike, get out of my studio....' If he can't stand the heat he should get out of the kitchen. Even Stuart Smally kicks his butt. We know a liar when we hear one.
Hannity could bore the dead. Watch out Sean baby, Hillary's comin' to get ya!!! Someone give this guy a new ex-president to play with.
Let's see? How many bombs did tough-guy Bush drop on Afghanistan prior to 9/11? None. How many convictions did Ashcroft secure for 9/11? None. (They DID get Taliban John though. Whew...)
What was Bush doing in the fighter jet YOUR tax dollars bought, in that ridiculous get-up, when the Texas Air National Guard had BARRED HIM from flying because he was a afraid of a drug test??? No wonder Rushbo is such a Bush supporter...
How many terrorists do you think we could have caught if Newt Gingrich and Trent Lott and Tom Delay and Ken Starr weren't fixated on Bill Clinton's pecker? That was $70 million of sleeper cells laughing at us. Are you happy Scaife? Are you happy helmet-hair? Newt? How many wives did you leave last week?
How many convicted felons in Clinton's administration? None. How many in Bush's? Three. All appointments, too. Bush knows talent when he sees it.
How many indictments in Clinton's administration? 1 (overturned)
How many in Reagan's? 136
Who gets the airport named after him?
Clinton won elections the old fashioned way - by getting more votes. Who remembers that?
It took a Rhodes Scholar and 8 years to fix the mess that Ronald Reagan left us, despite a Congress that investigated every deposit slip and signature the guy laid down for the past twenty years, and it took a rich-kid Connecticut Cowboy, who's never even gotten a job on his own talents in his entire life, six months to screw it all up again. This is a guy who couldn't find oil in Texas, campers. Reminds me of the local brat that blows his allowance in one day and them blames his sister. Truth hurts, don't it????
Welcome to The Bottom Line, campers. Notice served to Hannity and Rush (now we know where you got that name), Mike "Ocscar Meyer Weiner" Savage and Bill NotReally.
This'll leave a mark."
I could do this.
Friday, October 10, 2003
Wshington Post responds:
Mark Stencel wrote:
> Many thanks for your note about the missing bit of the debate transcript on
> our Web site, washingtonpost.com. Several other very alert readers also
> called that to our attention this morning and the problem has been fixed
> now.
>
> The wire service that provides of our transcripts moves these long text
> files to us in the short takes, often as the events take place, and we then
> assemble and publish the documents. On rare occasions a bit is
> unintentionally dropped. We usually catch that, but as is often the case in
> online journalism we sometimes hear from our readers before we can catch
> and fix our own errors.
>
> Again, we appreciate the message very much -- and apologize for the
> unintended "editing."
>
> Mark Stencel
> Co-editor, Online News
> The Washington Post
--
Mark Stencel wrote:
> Many thanks for your note about the missing bit of the debate transcript on
> our Web site, washingtonpost.com. Several other very alert readers also
> called that to our attention this morning and the problem has been fixed
> now.
>
> The wire service that provides of our transcripts moves these long text
> files to us in the short takes, often as the events take place, and we then
> assemble and publish the documents. On rare occasions a bit is
> unintentionally dropped. We usually catch that, but as is often the case in
> online journalism we sometimes hear from our readers before we can catch
> and fix our own errors.
>
> Again, we appreciate the message very much -- and apologize for the
> unintended "editing."
>
> Mark Stencel
> Co-editor, Online News
> The Washington Post
--
My letter to Wash Post
anscript of democratic Debate - you mean selected excerpts?
Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:12:54 -0400
From:
Leah Faerstein
To:
letters@washpost.com
I was checking your transcript to see one of the most important
responses (on the dangers of preemption) and noticed it was missing .
For your information, here's what you didn't include in your transcript:
"Clark, who has been very critical of the Bush administration's foreign
policy since entering the race, charged Thursday that its "pre-emptive
doctrine," as expressed in attacking Iraq, "is causing North Korea and
Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development."
He also challenged other candidates who serve in Congress to directly
confront the president on that issue.
"Let's see you take apart that doctrine of pre-emption now. I don't
think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on
this threat," he said. "We're marching into another military campaign in
the Middle East. We need to stop it."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/elec04.prez.democrats.debate/index.html
Can you explain to me why this was excluded from your transcript? Was it
not newsworthy ? Too long? Too boring? Too irrelevant?
Please enlighten me.
anscript of democratic Debate - you mean selected excerpts?
Date:
Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:12:54 -0400
From:
Leah Faerstein
To:
letters@washpost.com
I was checking your transcript to see one of the most important
responses (on the dangers of preemption) and noticed it was missing .
For your information, here's what you didn't include in your transcript:
"Clark, who has been very critical of the Bush administration's foreign
policy since entering the race, charged Thursday that its "pre-emptive
doctrine," as expressed in attacking Iraq, "is causing North Korea and
Iran to accelerate their nuclear weapons development."
He also challenged other candidates who serve in Congress to directly
confront the president on that issue.
"Let's see you take apart that doctrine of pre-emption now. I don't
think we can wait until November of 2004 to change the administration on
this threat," he said. "We're marching into another military campaign in
the Middle East. We need to stop it."
http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/10/10/elec04.prez.democrats.debate/index.html
Can you explain to me why this was excluded from your transcript? Was it
not newsworthy ? Too long? Too boring? Too irrelevant?
Please enlighten me.
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