Archive for July 2005

The monthlies.

• Bush Struggles To Understand Global Test (Video)

  Amidst the first presidential debate between Bush and John Kerry, a battle that Kerry won easily, Bush often truggled to respond to John Kerry’s points made during the debate. Here is a classic example of how ill-prepared Bush was for the Kerry debates. After Kerry articulated his views on Bush’s mistaken Iraq war, Bush eventually [...]

• Classic Bush On Missing WMD (Video)

  A classic Bush response to a question on the missing WMD in Iraq following the invasion. This took place in the Cabinet Room in the White House on June 9, 2003. Q Sir, is U.S. credibility on the line over weapons of mass destruction in Iraq? THE PRESIDENT: I’m not exactly sure what that means. [...]

• Bush’s Small TV Rivals His Small Brain

  Anyone who reads this blog, or for that matter, reads only a scant few of my blog entries, knows, and knows readily, that I am not a fan of George W. Bush, our beloved president. (The omnipresent goal of this blog, although it has failed, and failed mightily, was, and still is, the removal of [...]

• War On Terror Officially Ends

  Is it obvious how blatant the Bush administration has become a propaganda machine when a formal policy must be made to change the name of the “war on terror” to “a global struggle against violent extremism?” If the administration didn’t pound that phrase into every public address and response, and use that phrase, a not-so-subtle [...]

• MSNBC Offers reyonthehill To Readers

  I still can not believe it. MSNBC offered a link today to reyonthehill, yep, that’s right, little old reyonthehill. I think it has something to do with the second year of this blog’s existence coming to a close, and a third year beginning. Image: MSNBC.com

• Bush Has Failed Us In The War On Terror (Podcast)

  Midday, I phoned in and commented on Bush’s failures in the war on terrorism, as evidenced by today’s repeat bombings in London.

• And Survey Says…

  No comments needed. Image: Pew Research Center

• Roberts Makes Court 5-4

  For years, the Supreme Court has held a weak 5-4 conservative majority, with retiring Sandra Day O’Conner providing the moderate swing-vote. With John Roberts eventual nomination as the 109th Supreme Court justice, the court will now have a strong 5-4 conservative majority. That means that hot-button issues such as abortion, separation of church and state, [...]

• Bush: An Idiot, Or Just Plain Stupid?

  I recently quoted Bush’s ridiculous comments on the Karl Rove leak in which he said that if someone commited a crime, he/she (read: Rove) would be fired. Some have argued that I didn’t provide context. Well here goes; Bush’s entire response, which includes another doozy (in bold): “We have a serious ongoing investigation here. (Laughter.) [...]

• Bush Is New At This Law Thing

  The novelty of an MBA president wore off relatively quickly as the American people realized Bush was bad at business. It also means that he is not on top of this law-thing either. An easy example is the Karl Rove leak scandal, which has the Beltway all aflutter, is Bush’s explanation of how he will [...]

• Rehnquist Says He Won’t Retire; Supreme Court Term Limits

  Are we truly supposed to believe this? Or is this a case for term limits for Supreme Court justices? (I believe that Rehnquist will retire, and retire before the start of the Supreme Court term in October.) As what he said today would imply… “I am not about to announce my retirement. I will continue [...]

• Bush: Out of Touch? No, Really.

  A cliched yet very popular question is whether or not the president is out of touch with the American public. Bush certainly has lost all touch with the general public. Bush feels the war in Iraq is a battle in the global war on terrorism; the American people feel that it has detracted from the [...]

• CBSNews.com

  CBSNews.com has been revamped, albeit slightly, and the results are tremendous. Now, I have been a long-time user of the news site so the changes didn’t blow me away, but the content and power did. CBS has decided to pass on developing a “cable news channel” and has instead opted for the future: on-demand broadband [...]

• Deplorable Quote of the Day

  From the green grass on a golf course somewhere in the middle of nowhere. “I think she should play in the women’s tournaments because they don’t let the men play in women’s tournaments.” – Danny Green on Michelle Wie playing on the men’s tour. Source: ESPN.com What a jackass. If the “reason” she shouldn’t play [...]

• O’Reilly’s Latest Rant Just Another Sign Of His Ignorance

  Bill O’Reilly went off on the Tuesday evening edition of the O’Reilly Factor on Fox News over the BBC’s insistence to refer to the attackers in the horrific attacks last week in London as “bombers” and not “terrorists.” The BBC has reasoned that the term “terrorist” doesn’t clearly define the attackers. O’Relly however felt it [...]

• Democrat’s Supreme Court Fight A Murky Battle

  In three years, a democrat – scratch that – a liberal Northeastern democrat will hold the highest office in the land. During his/her first term, one, maybe two Supreme Court seats may open up, and one or two more during his/her second term will follow. The question: Will the democrat be able to push through [...]

• Cheney in 2003: London Won’t Be Attacked

  As the war in Iraq began to look like a quagmire on the order of the military action in Vietnam, The Bush administration began touting an interesting rationale, and certainly askew from the original WMD rationale: We are fighting the terrorists in Iraq so we don’t have to fight them here at home. It went [...]

• Bush: Saddam Behind London Attacks

  Tony Blair tries to comfort a disgruntled Bush and says to him, “We are pretty sure Saddam wasn’t involved.” Bush wasn’t convinced. Image: CNN.com

• Fox News: France Should Have Been Hit

  Of all the egregious comments to make regarding the horrific attacks on London’s commuter system yesterday is John Gibson’s on-line quip: The bombings in London: This is why I thought the Brits should let the French have the Olympics – let somebody else be worried about guys with backpack bombs for a while. Source: Fox [...]

• GOP Senator: Pregnant Women = Slaveholders

  Sometimes you cannot make this stuff up (as compared to my previous post). In a new “must-read” book by Senator Rick Santorum, the GOP conservative states that pregnant women are much like slaveholders. Don’t believe me? Here is the quote: “This was tried once before in America. But unlike abortion today, in most states even [...]

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