Thursday, May 31, 2007
Wednesday, May 30, 2007
DeMint, He Opens His Mouth
And a flood of stupidity follows.
His latest attempt at public speaking has a couple of choice moments.
A few notes for Sen. DeMint.
Al Quade makes up only a very small percentage of the forces involved in fighting against the US in Iraq (and would not even be in Iraq if we had not gone in there). The vast majority of those involved in attacking US forces are Iraqi. These people will continue to fight us until they are totally defeated, something that almost never happens with domestic insurgency.
They are responding to an invasion of their land like I hope Americans would respond to an invasion of the US, with massive resistance. In the US this resistance would not stop based upon the political discussions of the invaders, but only when the invaders were either kicked out, or had killed such a massive amount amount of our population that resistance was no longer an option.
We face the same reality in Iraq.
The sad truth is, they want us out of the way so they can get busy killing each other. Iraq is a land divided by religious, ethnic and family divides, and grudges held onto from the past. These will define their existence for the next few decades if not longer. Our staying in Iraq just delays the now unavoidable.
All you do by demanding that we remain in Iraq is assure the deaths of more of our troops. The Democrats are trying to save some troops, it is you Sen. DeMint who are killing them.
Not only did Sen DeMint display his stupidity while in Spartanburg, He also confirmed that he is very accomplished at spinning a lie.
Yes Saddam has some very old, scattered, most likely forgotten, shells that did at one time contain deadly toxins. These are left over from their war with Iran (you know, back when we were allied with them, and were helping with their chemical weapons programs). As chemical weapons, these shells are basically useless. The chemicals have degraded, and are not much of a threat. In fact a couple have been used in IEDs (most likely by accident), and the damage was very limited.
These are not the 'stockpiles' but leftovers, and posed no real threat to our nation.
Stupid, and a bad liar, no wonder so many love to call the Jr. Senator from South Carolina Sen DimWit.
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His latest attempt at public speaking has a couple of choice moments.
“Al-Qaida knows that we’ve got a lot of wimps in Congress,” DeMint said. “I believe a lot of the casualties can be laid at the feet of all the talk in Congress about how we’ve got to get out, we’ve got to cut and run.”
A few notes for Sen. DeMint.
Al Quade makes up only a very small percentage of the forces involved in fighting against the US in Iraq (and would not even be in Iraq if we had not gone in there). The vast majority of those involved in attacking US forces are Iraqi. These people will continue to fight us until they are totally defeated, something that almost never happens with domestic insurgency.
They are responding to an invasion of their land like I hope Americans would respond to an invasion of the US, with massive resistance. In the US this resistance would not stop based upon the political discussions of the invaders, but only when the invaders were either kicked out, or had killed such a massive amount amount of our population that resistance was no longer an option.
We face the same reality in Iraq.
The sad truth is, they want us out of the way so they can get busy killing each other. Iraq is a land divided by religious, ethnic and family divides, and grudges held onto from the past. These will define their existence for the next few decades if not longer. Our staying in Iraq just delays the now unavoidable.
All you do by demanding that we remain in Iraq is assure the deaths of more of our troops. The Democrats are trying to save some troops, it is you Sen. DeMint who are killing them.
Not only did Sen DeMint display his stupidity while in Spartanburg, He also confirmed that he is very accomplished at spinning a lie.
DeMint also took issue with the now widespread belief that Saddam Hussein had no weapons of mass destruction, saying the executed Iraqi dictator had “stockpiles of chemical weapons” that still exist.
Yes Saddam has some very old, scattered, most likely forgotten, shells that did at one time contain deadly toxins. These are left over from their war with Iran (you know, back when we were allied with them, and were helping with their chemical weapons programs). As chemical weapons, these shells are basically useless. The chemicals have degraded, and are not much of a threat. In fact a couple have been used in IEDs (most likely by accident), and the damage was very limited.
These are not the 'stockpiles' but leftovers, and posed no real threat to our nation.
Stupid, and a bad liar, no wonder so many love to call the Jr. Senator from South Carolina Sen DimWit.
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Tuesday, May 29, 2007
Well, She Was Covert
That is again made perfectly clear.
I would hope that the small army of right wing nuts cases who kept trying to claim she was not covert would now have the grace and manners to both apologize the the Plames. and the people of the US, and then demand the proper punishment for the traitors who outed a covert US spy (you know, Bush, Cheney, Libby etc).
But I wont hold my breath. Past experience has shown that vast majority of those who make up the right wing noise machine lack both the courage and wisdom to do the right thing.
An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.
I would hope that the small army of right wing nuts cases who kept trying to claim she was not covert would now have the grace and manners to both apologize the the Plames. and the people of the US, and then demand the proper punishment for the traitors who outed a covert US spy (you know, Bush, Cheney, Libby etc).
But I wont hold my breath. Past experience has shown that vast majority of those who make up the right wing noise machine lack both the courage and wisdom to do the right thing.
Tuesday, May 22, 2007
Terrorist Attack Thwarted in Virginia
It appears they have followed us here.
Ooopppps
It appears that these terrorist were already here. I wonder if the right wing wack jobs are going to flip out like they did about the Miami and Ft. Dix groups (who do not appear to have been this close to making an attack).
Campbell County authorities arrested a Liberty University student for having several homemade bombs in his car.
The student, 19-year-old Mark D. Uhl of Amissville, Va., reportedly told authorities that he was making the bombs to stop protesters from disrupting the funeral service. The devices were made of a combination of gasoline and detergent
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Three other suspects are being sought, one of whom is a soldier from Fort Benning, Ga., and another is a high school student.
Ooopppps
It appears that these terrorist were already here. I wonder if the right wing wack jobs are going to flip out like they did about the Miami and Ft. Dix groups (who do not appear to have been this close to making an attack).
Monday, May 21, 2007
Evolution or Fantasy
Not Very Bright has started a survey, and the results, while not surprising, are very disappointing.
It should be no surprise that a parade of Not Very Bright people are in charge of South Carolina. I suspect an average IQ of about 69 (Intellectually Deficient) could be found in the creationsim subset in the survey.
It should be no surprise that a parade of Not Very Bright people are in charge of South Carolina. I suspect an average IQ of about 69 (Intellectually Deficient) could be found in the creationsim subset in the survey.
Saturday, May 19, 2007
Dr. Laura's New Difficulties
(At least she is not naked this time)
As a media product, She has been in decline for a while now. It appears that the behavior of her sole reason for being (her Son) may, if true, speed up her disappearance from the American media scene.
Unfortunately as well as being repulsive, it is also similar to many other such projects that have been produced by members of our armed forces, who, a recent study suggest, think torture is a fine idea.
It is alarming what four years of lies and pointless warfare is producing.
As a media product, She has been in decline for a while now. It appears that the behavior of her sole reason for being (her Son) may, if true, speed up her disappearance from the American media scene.
The soldier son of talk radio relationship counselor Laura Schlessinger is under investigation for a graphic personal Web page that one Army official has called "repulsive."
Unfortunately as well as being repulsive, it is also similar to many other such projects that have been produced by members of our armed forces, who, a recent study suggest, think torture is a fine idea.
It is alarming what four years of lies and pointless warfare is producing.
Tuesday, May 15, 2007
Fawell's Dead
And when you can't say something nice, you should say nothing at all so I will hush.
Other voices
I can say with a clean conscious that one of the great leaders of intolerance and promoters of illogical thinking is dead at age 73.
the reality is that he was a shameless liar, a demagogue and a driving force for a variety of anti-liberty causes.
Over his long career as a vile televangelist building an empire of bigotry from the donations of poor people, Falwell has supported South African apartheid, called AIDS an invention of Jesus to punish gays, attacked Martin Luther King and U.S. civil rights, and blamed 9/11 on feminists and homosexuals.
we can all take solace in the fact that the extinction of the televangelist was all part of god's loving plan.
Hell, serving one.
"Every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."
It's difficult to be charitable when acknowledging the passing of someone whose life's work you despised.
Other voices
I can say with a clean conscious that one of the great leaders of intolerance and promoters of illogical thinking is dead at age 73.
the reality is that he was a shameless liar, a demagogue and a driving force for a variety of anti-liberty causes.
Over his long career as a vile televangelist building an empire of bigotry from the donations of poor people, Falwell has supported South African apartheid, called AIDS an invention of Jesus to punish gays, attacked Martin Luther King and U.S. civil rights, and blamed 9/11 on feminists and homosexuals.
we can all take solace in the fact that the extinction of the televangelist was all part of god's loving plan.
Hell, serving one.
"Every good Christian ought to kick Falwell right in the ass."
It's difficult to be charitable when acknowledging the passing of someone whose life's work you despised.
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
Sen. DeMint and RU-486
South Carolina's Junior Senator's war on RU-486 continues. It should come to no surprise to anyone that in this ongoing effort, The Senator (or his staff) continue to use misinformation (A classy term for subtle lies) in their effort to support their case.
There is an excellent quick review at The Well-Timed Period, where some real facts are introduced.
While the DeMint press release is chocked full of half truths and misapplied stats, the one that I find most interesting is the whole last paragraph.
It appears that the fine folks in DeMints office decided to quote the numbers that best helped their case, while ignoring the rest.
Lets start with the RU-486 mortality number, there is still study needed here, and some of the adverse effects appear to come from improper use of the meds, but even then, the real number is about 1 in 110,000 (not less than 100,00 are DeMint claims). As for regular abortions, well on the whole, they are 1 in 1 in 142,000 ( not 1 in 1,000,000 ).... and there is one other fact that his office left off the memo that is very telling: The risk of death in pregnancy is 1 in 8700. Making it a far riskier proposition than either RU-486, or surgical abortion.
Yet, somehow, that little fact is not mentioned at all.
No wonder so many people in SC prefer his nickname when refering to him, Sen. DimWit.
hat tip to pharyngula
There is an excellent quick review at The Well-Timed Period, where some real facts are introduced.
While the DeMint press release is chocked full of half truths and misapplied stats, the one that I find most interesting is the whole last paragraph.
The reported risk of death associated with RU-486 is ten times greater the risk associated with surgical abortions. The death rate associated with surgical abortion is one in a million. By contrast, the reported risk of death associated with RU-486 is higher than one in 100,000.
It appears that the fine folks in DeMints office decided to quote the numbers that best helped their case, while ignoring the rest.
Lets start with the RU-486 mortality number, there is still study needed here, and some of the adverse effects appear to come from improper use of the meds, but even then, the real number is about 1 in 110,000 (not less than 100,00 are DeMint claims). As for regular abortions, well on the whole, they are 1 in 1 in 142,000 ( not 1 in 1,000,000 ).... and there is one other fact that his office left off the memo that is very telling: The risk of death in pregnancy is 1 in 8700. Making it a far riskier proposition than either RU-486, or surgical abortion.
Yet, somehow, that little fact is not mentioned at all.
No wonder so many people in SC prefer his nickname when refering to him, Sen. DimWit.
hat tip to pharyngula
Sunday, May 06, 2007
Mom Always Wanted A Dr. In The Family
MD... or PHd... it didn't matter
| You Are Dr. Bunsen Honeydew |
 You take the title "mad scientist" to the extreme -with very scary things coming out of your lab. And you've invented some pretty cool things, from a banana sharpener to a robot politician. But while you're busy turning gold into cottage cheese, you need to watch out for poor little Beaker! "Oh, that's very naughty, Beaker! Now you eat these paper clips this minute." |
Saturday, May 05, 2007
28%
I thought only serial rapist and televangelist could have approvial ratings this low.
George W. Bush now has the worst approval rating of an American president in a generation
Tuesday, May 01, 2007
A New Blog To Follow
Denialism
If they stay true to their stated goal, they should be a great asset to all of those of us who cherish truth.
If they stay true to their stated goal, they should be a great asset to all of those of us who cherish truth.
Bush Block Funding For The Troops
That would be a valid statement if I was trying to spin the war funding debate the way the Bush White House has been trying to spin it. Since I am not, so I guess I will retract it.
But back to the main point, Bush has vetoed the democratic version of the supplemental spending bill that would fully fund Bush's war in Iraq.
What is interesting about this whole Iraq funding mess is: The democrats fully funded Bush's request, no quibbling at all. The only progress markers the Democrats included in the bill are the ones Bush himself outlined, no additional demands at all. The only thing that is purely democratic in orgin is the timeline, and that is at the demand of the American people who voted them into power.
Bush's biggest complaint seems to be that the Democrats took him seriously when he outlined the steps that the Iraqi government needed to take to move forward.
So we are back to the starting point, and at this time I can see only 3 real options presented.
1. Follow the Bush - McCain plan, and play Wack-A-Mole in Iraq for the next couple of generations.
2. Do the job right. Find 600,000 to 750,000 trained and armed troops, find a spare 500,000,000.00 a year to fund it, then move into Iraq a force that can impose some form of peace
3. Get the heck out of dodge.
And remember, if you pick option 1, at some point in time you will still have to pick either 2 or 3.
This is a fact, that is obvious to so many, is something that the Bush administration refuses to address.
But back to the main point, Bush has vetoed the democratic version of the supplemental spending bill that would fully fund Bush's war in Iraq.
What is interesting about this whole Iraq funding mess is: The democrats fully funded Bush's request, no quibbling at all. The only progress markers the Democrats included in the bill are the ones Bush himself outlined, no additional demands at all. The only thing that is purely democratic in orgin is the timeline, and that is at the demand of the American people who voted them into power.
Bush's biggest complaint seems to be that the Democrats took him seriously when he outlined the steps that the Iraqi government needed to take to move forward.
So we are back to the starting point, and at this time I can see only 3 real options presented.
1. Follow the Bush - McCain plan, and play Wack-A-Mole in Iraq for the next couple of generations.
2. Do the job right. Find 600,000 to 750,000 trained and armed troops, find a spare 500,000,000.00 a year to fund it, then move into Iraq a force that can impose some form of peace
3. Get the heck out of dodge.
And remember, if you pick option 1, at some point in time you will still have to pick either 2 or 3.
This is a fact, that is obvious to so many, is something that the Bush administration refuses to address.
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