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The Bush Legacy.
10X Spain, the next highest.

CIA – The World Factbook — Rank Order – Current account balance

Finally, a major media outlet (WaPo) has called out the White House on their invisible bogeymen that go by the names of “some” people, and “there are those” who say.

Bush suggested last week that Democrats are promising voters to block additional money for continuing the war. Vice President Cheney this week said critics “claim retreat from Iraq would satisfy the appetite of the terrorists and get them to leave us alone.” And Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld, citing passivity toward Nazi Germany before World War II, said that “many have still not learned history’s lessons” and “believe that somehow vicious extremists can be appeased.

Pressed to support these allegations, the White House yesterday could cite no major Democrat who has proposed cutting off funds or suggested that withdrawing from Iraq would persuade terrorists to leave Americans alone. (emphasis added)”

It’s easy to act like you have all the answers when you have all the questions.

Crooks and Liars – When ‘some’ eguals ‘none’

Ooooo dig thru the paintings. Bacon – de Kooning mashup.

The Official Site of Jakub Rebelka

via pixelsurgeon

An exhaustive resource.
Mountainous sided to the salt grain of any pro-Bush version.

Lie By Lie

Just love this…

After everyone had assembled I revealed the mission details. We would sychronize our watches and then walk over to Home Depot and shop. At exactly 4:15 we would all begin moving in slow motion. We’d do that for five minutes, and then shop normally for five minutes as if nothing had happened. At exactly 4:25 we would all freeze in place for five minutes. When that was over we would go back to normal and eventually leave the store.”

(the second YouTube video down is the best overview)

Improv Everywhere Mission: Slo-Mo Home Depot

via coudal

Don’t usually post on the weekend, We usually like our 2 day vacation blog free but since the president is taking a vacation from his vacation…
One would imagine this is how the Sheehan meeting would have gone had she ever had one. What a courageous and composed woman. Rest in peace Mr. Halley.

War Widow To Bush: “You’re Here To Serve The People. And The People Are Not Being Served With This War.” | TPMCafe

I know, it’s cats, but with less purr.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: Future Garfield Strips, If Garfield Aged at the Normal Feline Rate (Based on Real-Life Experiences With a Twentysomething Cat).

And one more:Record Store
They get better towards the bottom.

With all that terror going on in the other room it’s tough for a modern kid to catch some Z’s.

Armor of God PJs

To mark the one year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, the White House is planning a “public relations blitz” to counteract criticism that it bears some responsibility for “the government’s tardy response and the region’s slow recovery.”

Lest anyone forget what really happened or should we say, didn’t happen, Think Progress has put together this timeline.

Think Progress � KATRINA TIMELINE

Haul a piece of shit trailer to DC literally (aka: towing the party line) gets you dinner with Dub’ya.
Lose your son in his war, not even a roadside snack.

Think Progress – Bush Meets With Katrina Activist Who Wishes “The President Could Have Another Term In Office”

UPDATE:

Shouldn’t the media be a tad more skeptical about events like these? And isn’t the fact that Vaccarella was once a Republican candidate for office a relevant fact that should be mentioned, to help viewers place his effusive, nationally televised praise in context.

And all this during the release of Spike Lee’s documentary???

How many times [will the media] act as Charlie Brown, kicking with futility at the phony football that Rove and this White House hold out for us, again and again and again.

Attytood: “Rockey I”: If it sounds too good to be true…

via Talking Points Memo

There’s been a lot of “bush is an idiot” talk lately. Jeff Barnosky provides this telling piece from the Andover archives.

Political Satire in Modern Literature: C

George often seems bored in class, but I do find it heartening to find him so engaged in our discussion on Animal Farm, even if he frequently asks how “all of these animals are talking.” In his essay, George wrote passionately about the “oinkers and moo-cows striving for freedom and democracy, defending themselves bravely against the evil dictator Jones.” Unfortunately, George seems to have not fully grasped (or fully read) much of the rest of the book. He describes the animals’ lives as a perfect example of what happens when democracy is allowed to flourish. He also says that “Napoleon did a heck of a job” and that Snowball should “stop doing that shit.” While I can live with the profanity, the analysis leaves a lot to be desired.

McSweeney’s Internet Tendency: The Andover Grade Reports of George W. Bush, Senior Year.

… x 2.61 = 2,610 names.

Daily Kos: Most powerful political cartoon ever?

via The Stonegauge

Expanding donut (and bagel) holes.
Add yours.

10,000 Reasons Civilization is Doomed

A thorough fella.

1967 – Sets fire in elementary school yard.
“Confesses” to committing several murders, to a priest at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Norwalk, CT.

I am Joe’s Fear of Disease 2001

Joe Coleman: Gallery of Joe Coleman works

There, he finally said it. Does that complete some numbered step in the Liars Anonymous system of recovery? Did he just forget to carry the water for the charade today? And what’s with naming everything so it’ll fit nicely on a graphic hung behind him…”freedom agenda”? Alas he tries opaquely to cover his ball drop with another of his sleeve written tactics, the well parsed untruth: “No one ever suggested that Saddam Hussein ordered the attacks on 9/11″.
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Next L.A. meeting: monday, 8:00, rec room, DC YMCA. I’ll check with Marla Singer so our schedules don’t cross.

Think Progress – Bush Now Says What He Wouldn’t Say Before War: Iraq Had ‘Nothing’ To Do With 9/11