junk and crap, amen

Alberto Gonzales, yes Alberto Fucking Gonzales, after having spent most of the last several years telling the US Constitution to go to hell, after resigning in disgrace after numerous scandals at the Justice Dept., has been named Lawyer of the Year by a journal published by the American Bar Association. I shit you not. Here's what Edward A. Adams, editor of the journal, had to say:

"Think about Time magazine's Person of the Year," Adams said in an interview. "In years past they've named people like Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin. So we're not suggesting by these awards that these are the best lawyers in any sense of the word. We are saying they are the most newsworthy — and perhaps also the best."

So, Gonzales isn't necessarily the best, but then again maybe he is.

For clarity, here are a few of Alberto's greatest hits: inappropriate dismissal of US attorneys, marginalizing of the right to Habeus Corpus, NSA illegal eavesdropping program... to name just a few.

Congrats, Al. It couldn't have happened to a less deserving guy.

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With reason seemingly being officially regarded as an enemy of the state, it stands to reason that appointing Paul Wolfowitz as the shiny new chairman of the International Security Advisory Board is the perfectly logical thing to do.

The 'board' is a prestigious State Department panel which has access to highly classified intelligence, and advises Condoleeza Rice on disarmament, nuclear proliferation, WMD issues and other matters.

To refresh our memories, Wolfowitz was one of the key architects of the illegal Iraq invasion, war, and continuing brutal occupation;

Meanwhile, reports continue to emerge of U.S. attacks on Iraqi civilians. Earlier today the Pentagon said U.S. soldiers mistakenly shot five civilians traveling in a car in the town of Tarmiya north of Baghdad. One passenger died while being taken to the hospital. Five Iraqi civilians, including a child, were killed in similar U.S. shootings last week.

...as the deputy secretary of defense under fellow war criminal Donald Rumsfeld. He resigned, as did Rumsfeld. Both distancing themselves of any responsibility.

He then was inexplicably awarded the job of president of the World Bank, where his outstanding contributions were cronyism, corruption and terrible socks. He was forced to resign.

And so, illogically, inexorably, his next job should be working for the US taxpayer. Of course, that's not really who he's working for. The reason he keeps popping up like a zit on the face of humanity is because he reliably does what he's told on behalf of his real employers; international bankers and corporations, who's own mangled form of logic demands this kind of ridiculousness.

Labels: Mangled Logic, Wolfowitz

Quote:

"Well, as I say, he has done more for Democracy in Pakistan than, than any modern leader has, and one of the reasons you’re seeing the blowback that you’re getting in Pakistan is because of the reforms that, that President Musharraf has put in place."

Jeebus. Musharraf is a dictator. D i c t a t o r.

His reforms are oppressive. O p p r e s s i v e.

Here's the first paragraph in his Wikipedia entry:

General Pervez Musharraf (Urdu: پرويز مشرف) (born 11 August 1943, Delhi) is the current Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistan Army, military ruler and President of Pakistan. He came to power in 1999 by effecting a military coup d'état and has suspended the constitution of Pakistan twice; since then, he has been actively supported (through military and monetary aid) by western countries including the United States. He took power on October 12, 1999, ousting Nawaz Sharif, the elected Prime Minister, dismissed the national and provincial legislative assemblies, declared martial law, assumed the title of Chief Executive and became Pakistan's de facto head of government, thereby becoming the fourth Army chief of Pakistan to have assumed executive control. Later in 2001, Musharraf appointed himself to the office of President of Pakistan.

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. 2+2=5. Your head will now explode.

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Alright, so US Senator Barbara Boxer points out to Condoleeza Rice during a Senate committee that neither of them have any immediate family in the armed forces, saying

"Who pays the price? I'm not going to pay a personal price. My kids are too old, and my grandchild is too young, ...You're not going to pay a price, as I understand it, within immediate family. So who pays the price? The American military and their families."

Really, she's just stating the obvious. There's no insult contained in the phrase. If anything she could be accused of wasting time. But in the fairy tale that is all Rupert Murdoch owned media it is transformed into a ghastly affront, with the New York Post telling us, without a trace of any sense of irony, that her comments are indicative of Democrat's having a propensity toward "vapidity ... mindlessness ... bitterness ... pettiness of spirit ... political self-indulgence".

Anyway, illogical though this may be, where it really gets mangled is, surprise, on FOX. Here we go:

"I think it was more than cheap -- it was degrading," said Fox News commentator Karen Hanretty "There's nothing more vicious than feminine politics, and Boxer proved herself a shrill harpy.''

From a woman yet! ...and then:

White House Fox contributor, Tony Snow said, Boxer's comments were "outrageous" and "a great leap backward for feminism.''

And just for good measure Rush Limbaugh, champion of women and minorities, educates us:

"Here you have a rich white chick with a huge, big mouth, trying to lynch this -- an African American woman -- right before Martin Luther King Day, hitting below the ovaries here."

You have to hand it to FOX for their unwavering belief in feminism.

Meanwhile, in the real world, Bush and Condi are sending 22,000 more troops to Iraq. When Boxer questions Rice about expected deaths amongst the 22,000 she responds "No, uh, Senator...I don't think there's any way to give you such an estimate."

Which is a lie. According to Jon Solz, an Iraq War vet who is co-founder and chairman of VoteVets.org:

"The Pentagon knows how many casualties they estimate for any of the actions the additional troops will be taking part of. It’s basic war planning. Depending on what happens, that number could go up or go down, but they know what they expect."

Of course, not a word about this from Murdoch media.

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You can't make this stuff up. Quote:

Homosexuals reproduce sexually by molesting children.

This absurd statement was written by Jason Jones, Director for Public Relations for Human Life International, which is, according to their website: "Founded in 1981, Human Life International is the world’s largest pro-life, pro-family organization that is dedicated to defending life, faith and the family, with branches and affiliates around the world."

Apparently it's also the worlds most confused organization regarding human reproduction. Does anyone have to take responsibility for what they say anymore? Hate filled garbage like this needs to be called out and the people who utter it should be called on to explain themselves. I'd love to hear the arguments Jason would use to defend this statement.

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Condoleeza Rice is today's spokesperson for all that is inane. The following exchange is between Rice and 9/11 Commissioner Ben-Veniste (video here):

BEN-VENISTE: Isn't it a fact, Dr. Rice, that the August 6 PDB warned against possible attacks in this country? And I ask you whether you recall the title of that PDB?

RICE: I believe the title was, "Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."

She goes on to explain, with a slightly impatient tone in her voice, that this PDB (presidential daily briefing) contains absolutely no warning of any sort of impending terrorist attack. It was simply an attempt by the FBI to give some historic perspective on Bin Laden's activities.

Lets examine the title (which she confirms) again. ""Bin Laden Determined to Attack Inside the United States."

What it doesn't say is Bin Laden Historically Determined to Attack the United States. Nor does it say Bin Laden Was Determined to Attack Inside the United States. It does not imply has been, or could be, or might, or did or tried to.

What it does say, through the use of strong, clear language, is that Bin Laden Is Determined to Attack Inside the USA. There can be no confusion, unless you are purposefully sowing it.

Of course, this could all be cleared up if the PDB in question would be declassified. But, because secrecy is their only refuge from justice and the truth, they refuse to do so.

Labels: Mangled Logic, War of Terror

One word.

Monsanto.

The company of death. The corporation that manufactures, packages and sells death.

Here's a little rundown of a few of their products:

• saccharine - causes cancer
• Dioxin - birth defects, diabetes, cancer, etc...
• Agent Orange - used in the Vietnam War, dropped on the countryside in order to defoliate the jungle, in the process poisoning women, men, children, the elderly, wildlife, fish, soil, etc....
• Bovine somatotropin - causes infertility, birth defects, cancer and immunological derangements.
• Sterile Seed Technology (aka The Terminator Gene) - a genetically modified seed that cannot reproduce, so farmers can't save seed and must buy from Monsanto new seed every season virtually enslaving them.
• Operated the Oak Ridge National Laboratory - where the US Govt. conducted the Manhattan Project and developed nuclear weapons.
  

A fun little list.

What defies logic, no - what rips logic to shreds, burns it and dumps junk and crap (amen) over the ashes is that this company, which looks to be run by Satan, has virtually been put in charge of the global food supply. Their genetically modified seeds cover the planet, threatening biodiversity, public health and the existence of independent farmers.

The corporation of death with control over the stuff of life.

How could this be? What madmen could possibly have planned and approved this corporate criminality on such a huge scale? Turns out that Edgar Monsanto Queeny (CEO of Monsanto, 1940) has a Republican history, and in 1985 Monsanto purchased G.D. Searle & Company, of which Donald Rumsfeld™™ (© Bush Inc., 2006) used to be CEO.

I'm getting too disgusted to continue. Feel free.

Labels: Mangled Logic, Monsanto, Rumsfeld

A word or two on abortion, rape, religion and the morning after pill. This one's a doozy.

The situation, in a nutshell, is this; Some men exist who are sub-human. Because they exist and because they act, and because their actions prove them to be of a different genus, there exists rape. A brutal form of torture. Sub-man rapes woman. Woman fears becoming pregnant, and as a man I can't realistically conceive of what kind of nightmare that would be. Luckily for her, society has deemed her to be of equal status to men and to be the master of her own body and a drug exists which would prevent her from becoming pregnant. A drug which levels close to horizontal the balance of power between men and women and would eliminate the need for a likely abortion in the near future - eliminating the possibility that weeks later, she would endure another violent physical assault undertaken voluntarily as a consequence of the first. Possibly even more humiliating, and the antithesis to any sort of healing.

So, upon hearing of this drug, the woman decides to use it. But when she asks her doctor for a prescription, he refuses on the grounds of ignorance and religious belief. He refuses, because his religion tells him that he would be murdering an unborn baby. That he would be murdering a potential life, one conceived in a frenzy of rage and torture and humiliation and terror. One whose mother did not want. His religion forces him to curse this woman, who has come to him in desperation as her only hope. He denies her her right of equality. He humiliates her, and really rapes her a second time. Not physically, although one could count a future abortion as that, but mentally. He tells her that god, acting through him and the rapist, are her masters. What she believes and what society has deemed to be so don't matter.

Should one conclude that god is pro-rape? Or anti-woman? Should we surmise that doctors are the chosen deliverers of god's will unto humanity and we are obliged to obey? Perhaps women are simply too feeble, unable to fend for themselves, and require male domination in the name of a masculine god?

Or should we conclude that the refusing doctor is a criminal, or at the very least a sociopath, not too far removed from the rapist himself, and should be treated as such? And also, should we not conclude that the idea of god is ridiculous, invented to soothe our fears of death, and leads humanity down a path of self-hatred and destruction?

You can think about it for a while.

The morning after pill is available in Canada without a prescription (because there is no need for one) to any woman who asks for it.

Thank Zeus. Wait...make that Venus.

Labels: abortion, birth control, Mangled Logic, rape, religion

Christopher Brauchli, writing for counterpunch.org, has todays ode to insanity. Beyond the ridiculousness of the situation, there is the tragedy of it. And there should be outrage as well.

Props to my home and native land for stepping up, or at least trying to. Canada does do some things right. Hey Albania, let them c'mon over.

Labels: Afghanistan, Bush, Mangled Logic, torture, Uighurs, War of Terror

Here's more on the 'Is Bush an idiot?' question that Joe Scarborough of MSNBC posed to us a few days ago.

Halfway through he interviews some politiclone named Terry Holt, who had this to say in the presidents defense (at 7:37):

...ultimately there's nobody else better at articulating the vision and the inspiration that we need to get back on our feet."

Seriously.

Besides the sentence having no real meaning, he seems to sincerely believe that nobody else can articulate vision and inspiration better than Bush. He's just the best damn orator in the entire country, or at least the entire Republican party. He simply needs to open his mouth and people's lives are instantly crystallized into optimistic focus.

It must be the warm, friendly, patronizing tone he often uses. Or maybe it's the commanding deer-in-the-headlights look he gives people when someone has asked him a question that requires him to think. Maybe it's the eloquent mispronunciation of words, or the mis-quoting or constant repetition that's so inspiring. Maybe it's when he makes up completely new nonsensical words, that assist his efforts at disengenuousness, which people feel cradling them down the road to destiny.

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