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The Vidiot's weekly blog: What pissed me off this week? 6/6/2005 (updated every Monday at some point during the day) ...'cause I'm angry and my friends are sick of listening to me... Track your congresscritters here!
Free stuff can be found here Mirror (in case geocities is wacky or, in case of trouble in New York, check it for messages): http://129.79.148.33/vidiotcontact/ So great. Now we know who Deep Throat is. Fine. He was a pissed off FBI agent. I can respect that. It took balls. What I can't respect, however, (and you knew there was something) is the fact the media is all breathless and wet over this and meanwhile, the majority of the people out there have no idea what the Downing Street memo is all about.. and they have less of an idea of why Bush's withholding of Bolton's papers might have something to do with it. (And you thought Bolton wasn't really part of the neocon cabal that took us to war in Iraq.) The media have examined Deep Throat's motives ad nauseam. Deep Throat was pardoned by Reagan! Woodward had lunch with him in 1999! The search for the parking garage is on. Books will be written. Money will be made. Meanwhile, we have our own crooked president to deal with. The entire Bush administration, the Neocons included, should be marched out in front of an angry mob and pelted with rotting produce for their war crimes! (Oooo, just had a lovely image pop into my head: Cheney, with a big goober of rotting tomato dangling from his nose. EXcellent.) Misplaced energy. Also, I feel I must comment a little on the EU's constitution problem. I understand why an independent state would be loath to accept a constitution other than their own. It undermines their sovereignty. However, relinquishing control over one's currency hugely undermines a State's sovereignty (if you can't control things like interest rates, amount of money printed, etc. you can't set economic policy for your own country), but they took to the Euro with no problem because it looked like it might be a money maker... and it was. Now they're hemming and hawing about a constitution? I guess a constitution is too psychologically huge. Money, fine. Rights? Not so much I guess. But surely, they must realize, they'll destroy the Euro (and I doubt very much that many Italians want to go back to the crazy Lira). The Euro is one of the few currencies that can even challenge the dollar and by extension, US hegemony. If they want to remain a bunch of tiny world powers, so be it. But someone needs to give the US a run for its money. I'd rather it be the Euro than a gold-backed Dinar. Must-Read of the Week: Learning To Be Stupid In The Culture Of Cash Star Wars Trivia of the Week: Easter Eggs Toy/Art of the Week: Gyroid Time-Waster of the Week: Sudoku Video of the Week: Fallujah (graphic) Recipe Site of the Week: Unusual Cakes Weird Site of the Week: Dead Letters Pictures of the Week: Clouds
Programming Note: No edition next week. Perhaps I shall go someplace fun and interesting. Dick = Bonehead Cheney is a menace. What the hell is he bad-mouthing Kim Jong-il for?? Does he WANT to start a nuclear war?
Yeah you big Dick, that'll help our relationship with Korea.
Sure. Now they'll talk to us.
Jeeze. Do the Bushies have ANY international credibility any more?? On top of insulting Kim Jong-il, Cheney was all bluster when it came to the criticism from Amnesty.
And there's more. He said the insurgency in Iraq is in its "last throes."
Yeah Dick, it's so much better over there.
He's either delusional, insane, psychotic, oxygen deprived or... oh hell. He's all of them. Here's a scary fucking scenario for ya' (that I've mentioned before, but it bears repeating ) : They manage to either impeach (now Kerry wants to fight??) or assassinate Bush, Cheney becomes President and appoints Jeb as VP. Then, Cheney bows out in 2008, allowing Jeb to run as the "incumbent" Yikes. Read Rude Pundit's take on the Larry King interview. It will make you feel better. Payback's a bitch. I read this and and thought "good".
Now where's my tax credit for driving a 60 mpg vehicle? They still hate Dean. Turns out that this screaming headline saying Dean's fundraising skills suck
Is wrong. I'm shocked and disappointed. Runaround George I wouldn't have noticed this, but I'm so suspicious of the White House monkeys. So, check this out: There's no replacement for Rumsfeld in the event of his sudden demise. (Wolfowitz is heading to the World Bank, remember?) So, Bush has nominated someone, but he's not been able to switch over because there's some hinky crap with his pension. So WWBD (What Would Bush Do)?
Also, Bush is excluding Porter Goss from NSC meetings.
This guy does EVERYTHING by Executive Order. I get the first thing, sort of. He's already picked the guy and even though the guy he picked has a few {ahem} financial issues, George knows he'll eventually get him in there, it's just a matter of time and railroading. But the Goss thing is just plain mean and stupid. With all the hullabaloo in the 9/11 commission report that said that the intelligence agencies needed to share more, why on God's Green Earth would GW exclude the head of the CIA from NSC meetings?? Everything will now be filtered through Negroponte? A war criminal? Do ya' think some of his perceptions might be a little skewed towards the violent and evil?? Oy. Eh. What do we expect from a guy that charges $25,000 for a private meeting.
It's the small things... See, now, I'm liking this Pablo case. See, 'cause, like, they had to admit that the Iraq war was illegal.
I need a drink. Books are harmful? Can you say "Nazi book burning: Coming to a neighborhood near you!" Keeping up appearances. Whether or not he should be held responsible is a question of law BUT asking for an exemption leads me to think "Guilty!"
News of the Weird This kid has way too many digits.
Update: Jahweh was cancelled due to 'lack of interest'.
The reason given? Not enough people really think there are aliens. Oh really?
Now, I'm not really one of those "the government is covering up the existence of aliens" people... Ok, well, maybe I am just a lilla bit. But, running away from a story like this is just plain dumb. I mean, if they promoted it and nothing happened, they would've debunked it and that would've been that. But, if they promoted it and SOMEthing happened, well, wouldn't that just something? Both ways, veiwership is up, they get more advertising money, everybody is happy. Win/win. Everybody except for those in the secret cabal who run the world and don't want to reveal that there are aliens until the time is "right" (read: when the world is really going to hell in a handbasket and the powers that be need SOMETHING to unify the planet against an evil outside threat lest the mobs turn on them. THAT will be their final push for a one-world government replete with police state tactics!) Ok, so occasionally I read
a little crap along with the current events. So spank me. What do we do about all of this crap? I have no idea. Part of me wants to start teach-ins at my local pub. Just go to the bar, rant and rave and inform the idiots who still think Dan Rather is telling them the truth. Another part of me wants to organize a voter observation program to insure that this moron isn't in the White House all the way to 2008. I sincerely believe that if we protected the voting rights of the underprivileged that any Democrat could SWEEP any election. And we'd have to start with the Florida Election for Governor THIS FALL (like these guys!.) I don't think Democrats are the answer. But they are at least a start. At the very least, point your CNN-loving friends to my links page. Just getting started in reading alternate news sites gets people thinking. I have one friend who was very happy-go-lucky, thinking ol' Greta was telling the whole truth until I opened up his eyes a bit. Now, he's all depressed. He'll get over it. You gotta' get depressed before you get angry and you gotta' get angry before you can accomplish anything. We're all in mourning. We have to move through the steps. But we gotta' hurry it up. Read. Inform. Spread the word. Even if it means your friends avoid you for awhile. If they really love you, they'll start to listen.
"POSSE COMITATUS ACT" (18 USC 1385): A Reconstruction Era criminal law proscribing use of Army (later, Air Force) to "execute the laws" except where expressly authorized by Constitution or Congress. Limit on use of military for civilian law enforcement also applies to Navy by regulation. Dec '81 additional laws were enacted (codified 10 USC 371-78) clarifying permissible military assistance to civilian law enforcement agencies--including the Coast Guard--especially in combating drug smuggling into the United States. Posse Comitatus clarifications emphasize supportive and technical assistance (e.g., use of facilities, vessels, aircraft, intelligence, tech aid, surveillance, etc.) while generally prohibiting direct participation of DoD personnel in law enforcement (e.g., search, seizure, and arrests). For example, Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachments (LEDETS) serve aboard Navy vessels and perform the actual boardings of interdicted suspect drug smuggling vessels and, if needed, arrest their crews). Positive results have been realized especially from Navy ship/aircraft involvement. (Tom Ridge has practically said he'd do away with this act.)
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