(RANDOM QUOTE)
"Washington is a town where there's all kinds of allegations. You've heard much of the allegations. And if people have got solid information, please come forward with it. And that would be people inside the information who are the so-called anonymous sources, or people outside the information-outside the administration."-Chicago, Sept. 30, 2003 (Thanks to Andy Bowers.)

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Soldiers In Iraq Death Toll:
(Total Dead: 4221 - In Combat : 3402 )
?? Until the end of the Bush Debacle

"While suturing a cut on the hand of a 75-year old Texas rancher whose hand was caught in a gate while working cattle, the doctor struck up a conversation with the old man. Eventually the topic got around to Sarah Palin and her bid to be a heartbeat away from being President. The old rancher said, 'Well, ya know, Palin is a post turtle.' Not being familiar with the term, the doctor asked him what a post turtle was. The old rancher said, 'When you're driving down a country road and you come across a fence post with a turtle balanced on top, that's a post turtle. You know she didn't get up there by herself, she doesn't belong up there, she doesn't know what to do while she's up there, and you just have to wonder what kind of dumb ass put her up there to begin with.'"

Archive for November, 2005

Dead Ahead and man the bodybags!

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President Bush addresses the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, on WednesdayANNAPOLIS, Maryland (CNN) — President Bush countered diminishing support for the U.S.-led Iraq war on Wednesday in a speech outlining what he believes must be accomplished before withdrawing any forces.

The president did not satisfy critics who’ve called for a definitive timetable for troops to pull out, saying it would send the wrong message to terrorists and certain conditions must be met first.

"As Iraqi forces gain experience and the political process advances, we will be able to decrease our troop level in Iraq without losing our capability to defeat the terrorists," Bush said in his address before students at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. (Watch Bush speak before enthusiastic students at Annapolis — 4:57)

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November 30th, 2005 at 2:24 pm

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Abortion case. (All the court groupies are there…)

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Abortion is back on the Supreme Court’s docket this week.WASHINGTON (AP) — New Hampshire’s attorney general urged the Supreme Court Wednesday to uphold the state’s parental notification law, as the court heard its first abortion rights case in five years.

The stakes are significant in the dispute over the law requiring a parent be told before a daughter ends a pregnancy, although the case does not challenge the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that said abortion is a fundamental constitutional right.

The court, starting with Justice David Souter, a New Hampshire native, wasted little time before firing questions at Kelly Ayotte, New Hampshire’s attorney general, about how the state’s law deals with situations where a minor’s health — but not life — is in danger and she needs an immediate abortion.

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November 30th, 2005 at 2:20 pm

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It’s only activism if it’s againts your interests..

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Supreme Court nominee Samuel AlitoWASHINGTON (AP) — Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito told senators Wednesday that federal judges must constantly guard against slipping into judicial activism to get the results they want, especially when dealing with the nation’s highest law, the U.S. Constitution.

"Our constitutional system relies heavily on the judiciary to restrain itself," Alito said in a 64-page response to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire.

"To do this, judges must engage in a continual process of self-questioning about the way in which they are performing the responsibilities of their offices," he continued. "Judges must also have faith that the cause of justice in the long run is best served if they scrupulously heed the limits of their role rather than transgressing those limits in an effort to achieve a desired result in a particular case." (Read Alito’s questionnaire — PDF)

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November 30th, 2005 at 2:17 pm

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Game of the day! Count The Contradictions

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National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza-PDFWASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush is scheduled to deliver a speech Wednesday at 9:50 a.m. ET that will launch a new White House strategy to bolster public support for the increasingly unpopular U.S.-led war in Iraq.

Just hours before the speech, the White House went on the offensive by releasing a 35-page plan titled "Our National Strategy for Victory in Iraq."

The plan says increasing numbers of Iraqi troops have been equipped and trained, a democratic government is being forged, Iraq’s economy is being rebuilt and U.S. military and civilian presence will change as conditions improve, according to The Associated Press. (Watch: Bush set to deliver strategy speech on Iraq — 1:42)

 

(*FatherStorm’s Note.. The image tag says it’s for ’National Strategy for Pandemic Influenza-PDF’) 

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November 30th, 2005 at 8:08 am

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Not until they draft my daughters!

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The president was in Colorado to help raise money for Rep. Marilyn Musgrave.DENVER, Colorado (CNN) — The White House held out the prospect Tuesday that U.S. troop levels in Iraq could be reduced soon, but President Bush insisted he would not withdraw U.S. forces "without having achieved victory."

Bush is scheduled to make a Wednesday address that will launch a new series of speeches aimed at bolstering public support for the increasingly unpopular conflict.

On Tuesday, during a visit to the U.S.-Mexican border, he said any decisions he makes will be based on the recommendations of top U.S. commanders. (Watch: Bush effort to reassert control — 2:15)

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November 29th, 2005 at 7:59 pm

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Sure to be clear as the very finest mud

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Steinmeier’s visit paves the way for Merkel’s first meeting with Bush.WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice says the U.S. government will clarify reports that the CIA transported terror suspects on covert flights via European airports, the new German foreign minister said after a meeting with her.

"I am happy that we addressed this issue at length. It was right not to avoid this conversation," Steinmeier said. "I am especially delighted that it was understood that there are concerns in the European public but also in the parliaments."

Steinmeier also said that the U.S. government had agreed to meet European concerns and that "they will seek clarification — this has been assured to us."

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November 29th, 2005 at 7:56 pm

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Keep ’em out, let ’em in, and distract the rest of us

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President Bush will address illegal immigration, an issues that has split his party, this week.CRAWFORD, Texas (CNN) — President Bush will make stops in Arizona and Texas this week to address an issue that has divided some members of his own Republican Party — illegal immigration.

After spending the holiday weekend with family at his Crawford ranch, the president will visit Tucson, Arizona, on Monday, and El Paso, Texas, on Tuesday.

A senior administration official said that the president, in a speech on immigration, will focus on three areas: border security, enforcement and a temporary worker program.

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November 28th, 2005 at 7:17 pm

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Welcome to our troop’s world

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MACON, Georgia (AP) — A military vehicle carrying U.S. politicians overturned on the way to the Baghdad airport Saturday, injuring two congressmen, a fellow congressman traveling with them said.

Rep. Tim Murphy, R-Pennsylvania, was airlifted to a military hospital in Germany for an MRI on his neck, and Rep. Ike Skelton, D-Missouri, was sent to a Baghdad hospital, said U.S. Rep. Jim Marshall. Marshall, a Georgia Democrat, was in the vehicle but was not hurt.

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November 27th, 2005 at 9:26 pm

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Glad we could help. (Mission almost accomplished)

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Allawi: "These were the precise reasons that we fought Saddam."LONDON, England — Human rights abuses in Iraq are as bad as they were under Saddam Hussein if not worse, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi has said.

"People are doing the same as (in) Saddam’s time and worse," Allawi said in an interview published in Britain on Sunday.

"It is an appropriate comparison," Allawi told The Observer newspaper. "People are remembering the days of Saddam. These were the precise reasons that we fought Saddam and now we are seeing the same things."

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November 27th, 2005 at 11:58 am

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They learned their political process from us!

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A militia member stands guard over crowds of Shiite faithful gathering for prayers Friday in Baghdad.BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Insurgents in Iraq killed four people and wounded 17 others Saturday in three separate attacks, officials said.

The violence comes as the December 15 general elections to name a new national assembly approach.

In the day’s deadliest attack, a blast from a suicide car bomb ripped through a gas station in the Iraqi city of Samarra, killing three people and wounding nine others, according to the city’s police chief.

The bombing also destroyed five cars, the chief said. Samarra is north of Baghdad in Salaheddin province.

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November 26th, 2005 at 11:16 am

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