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It's interesting that what's coming out of the Scooter Libby trial We're seeing how the Bush administration lied to us about the reasons for the war with Iraq. It was a deliberate fabrication. At the same time this is coming out Bush is fabricating a new war with Iran. The militias are now the "Iranian backed militias". All of a sudden the Iranians are behind everything. Bush is speaking the language of war and is actively justifying an upcoming attack on Iran. Does anyone really expect the public to believe him this time? It's time for Bush to step down.
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There's apparently one thing that John McCain and I have in common. We both had a hard time staying awake during Bush's State of the Union address.
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Back in 1992 when Bill Clinton ran for president he talked about his wife Hillary saying that she was an outstanding partner. He talked about his run in terms of "Buy one, get one free", meaning that you're getting two for one. Now that Hillary is running for president she too can run a "Buy one, get one free", campaign because her husband is a proven great president. So I'm glad to see her get into the race because things were a lot better with the Clintons in the White House and I think it's time to bring the Clintons back. I'm looking forward to bringing back the debate about how we are going to spend the surplus rather than how we are going to stop the deficit.
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For those of you who are wondering if you vote makes a difference or if you wonder if it makes a difference who you vote for, these questions have been answered. Yes - it does. In just a few days Nancy Pelosi has accomplished more that the Republican controlled congress did in the last 6 years. The first thing that changed was that Rumsfield is gone. The Congress now works Monday through Friday rather than Tuesday through Thursday. They reformed congressional ethics standards, they raised the minimum wage, cut the interest on student loans in half, and cut tax give aways to big oil. The day before the hearings on domestic spying started Bush announced that he's going to stop breaking the law and get warrants before tapping your phone.
So voting does make a difference and we are seeing the results. The Democrats are trying a new way to hold onto power, do a good job, put the people first, and hope that people will appreciate it by reelecting them for doing a good job. Nancy is also proving that women are qualified to lead and if she does a good job she will be a big help to Hillary's run for president.
It makes me wonder if Republicans will adopt a similar strategy if they see Democrats getting elected by doing a good job. Imagine Republicans and Democrats competing t see who can please the people the most. That could happen as long as the people show up at the polls are reward the good politicians and punish the bad ones. And good government is the reward the voters get by paying attention to what's happening and showing up to vote. Thank you in advance for voting in 2008.
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A lot of people are talking about what the 2008 election will be like. Who will the contenders be? I'm predicting it will be Clinton/Edwards vs. McCain/Lieberman. If I'm right, you heard it here first.
Kind of interesting listing to right wing radio KSFO as the claim that the web site Spocko's Brian is trying to shut them down and how they stand for free speech. But the reality is that I'm hosting Spocko's Brian because lawyers for Disney, the owners of KSFO sent threatening letters and actually did shut down Spocko. But you won't hear about that on KSFO. When asked about the Disney lawyers shutting down Spocko's free speech they don't want to talk about that.
One interesting point. I heard them read a statement from Spocko's blog on the air. The read Spocko's copyright content. If you apply the same standards of copyright infringement that they are claiming then they have violated Spocko's copyright. But it's not a copyright violation because of fair use laws. Just like it's not a violation of Spocko to use their stuff because of fair use laws.
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Republican party is linked to Bush's success in Iraq. Bush wants to escalate the Iraq war and Republican are faced with the dilemma of siding with Bush and hoping his plan works or joining the Democrats in opposing it. Those who join Bush risk sharing the blame two years from now if Bush's plan fails.
So - will Bush succeed in sending in more troops? Not likely. He made the decision in spite of the fact that it is the opposite of what the Iraq Study Group and the military experts are advising him to do. He had to fire top generals who disagreed with him and bring in a navy admiral with no Iraq experience to support his position. Again Bush makes up his mind and then finds "yes men" to support him. So the Republicans who are betting on him being right are taking a really big gamble by going all in on a proven loser. So I think in the long run the Republicans are the ones who will hate Bush the most.
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Bush is just stalling for time so that he he can put off defeat of his war on the next president. This war was a bad idea and we lost it. It's over. Let us not stay 10 more years like we did in Vietnam after we have lost before we get out. Why should we go with Bush's plan when he's been wrong every time and his plan is just more of the same all over again?
This is Bush's war, Bush's defeat, and he should now step down because he has failed us. I'm tired of America paying for Bush's failures.
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Why should soldiers die to cover up for Bush? This is Bush's war and Bush's failure. Now Bush wants to escalate the war so that he can push off the blame for defeat onto the next president. Adding more troops just gives the Iraqis more bodies to shoot at. Soldiers who are asked to die for nothing. And Bush wants us to pay welfare to Iraqis to create jobs there so they can build things that other Iraqis can blow up. We're just funding death squads with American tax dollars and money we're borrowing from the Communist Chinese that future generations will have to pay back.
Iraq got to lynch their tyrant, maybe it's time we lynched ours. What kind of a nation are we that we will kill our children for political reasons
After the web site Spocko's Brain was shut down last week because the hosting company 1an1 got threats from Disney lawyers. A number of people contacted me about hosting it. I'm not easily intimidated by lawyers so I did it. Spocko is now hosted at Computer Tyme Hosting and it's here to stay.
I hast a lot of sites that no one else will touch. That's because I'm legal savvy and lawyers just don't scare me. I've received a number of threats by lawyers to take down free speech sites and unless they have firm lehal grounds I tell them to go screw themselves. I've even been sued a few times and in all instances the cases were dismissed and the threatening lawyers had to face the judge for ethics issues. I am a strong supporter of free speech and I don't like slimeballs like Disney trying to shut down critics.
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Republicans who under estimate the new Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi do so at their own peril. Nancy is a lot sharper than your average Democrat and she is only in politics for one reason, to make America a better place. She is independently wealthy and doesn't have any favors that she has to repay to get reelected. She is a true public servant. I especially like it that her first order of business was to put Congress back on a 5 day work week. Unlike the last Congress they won't get to sit around and do nothing. Go Nancy go!