CNN (Sēē΄ –ĕn-ĕn) noun. 1.) Twenty four hour news, mostly about nothing. As in: You would think that you would have to use some real substance to fill twenty four hours – but you don’t – just repeat yourself once every five minutes – and you don’t have to ever tell anybody anything at all. So, CNN is really the five minute news network. It is a great service. People are busy and need to get the major news of the day in five minutes – so tell me – why do people like me watch the five minute news for five hours?
Coitus (Cö΄-tŭs) noun. 1.) What George Bush done to the United States. 2.) What George Bush done to John Kerry. 3.) What George Bush done to John McCain. 4.) What George Bush done to his partners in the oil business. 5.) Sex. 6.) Republican meaning: Man on top of women holding her down. 7.) Democratic Meaning: Monica, I don’t want to have sex with you… but… will… you… lick my cigar… for me… you lick it good… Oh!... SO!... GOOD!...
Darwinian Evilution (Dăr-wǐn΄-ē-ǐn Ēv-ǐl΄-lū-shŭn) noun. 1.) Similar to Darwinian evolution except that it is evil because it contradicts the literal word of God as interpreted by fundamentalist Christians. ¶ 10:47 AM 0 comments
"In response to the substance of the polls in the U.S., which indicate that Americans do not want to fight Muslims on Muslim land, nor do they want Muslims to fight them on their land, we do not mind offering a long-term truce based on just conditions that we will stick to".
It is possible, as others have pointed out that Osama could have made many permutations of tapes in the past allowing for different possible future developments. In that way tapes could be periodically released even after he is dead. So the tape does not prove that he is even still alive.
I find interesting that every time Bush the Second gets into trouble another Osama tape surfaces. Why is that? A number possibilities come to mind - some of which are wild eyed conspiracy theories - some are not so wild. First, it is clear that Bush the Second A.K.A. "The Disgrace on the Presidency" is the prime beneficiary of these tapes. The last tape was released just before the election in 2004. Since Bush II was incorrectly perceived as being strong on national security, the release of a tape that increased people's security concerns was to Bush's political advantage, and probably put him over the top in the close election. Now, Bush is in trouble over illegally spying on Americans. Another tape that has the effect of terrorizing Americans can only have the effect of making them more willing to sacrifice their privacy and civil liberties in exchange for security. And... low and behold, at the most opportune time for Bush, another tape appears... Strange... uncanny... isn't it? How? Why?
One possibility is that Osama is stupid and does not anticipate the effect that these tapes will have. Osama does not seem stupid - but maybe.
The Second possibility is that Osama needs to release tapes periodically in order to rally the troops, and that he simply can't find a better time to release the tape, because any time that he releases the tape, will play to "The Disgrace's" advantage. That possibility just does not hold water. For example, Osama could have released the first tape right after Bush got re-elected in that way there would have been no "danger" of helping Bush get re-elected and it would have undermined Bush's efforts to gut Social Security. So, it is clear, that if Osama wanted to hurt Bush there are better times to have released the tapes.
The third, somewhat wild eyed possibility is that "The Disgrace" has actually captured or killed the baby killer Osama, and has either forced Osama to make some new tapes or captured a library of tape permutations as mentioned above, and is releasing them at times that are politically opportune for Bush II. That makes some sense - except if Bush had actually captured or killed Osama, it would be a big feather in his cap - it seems that he would want to brag about it. You can develop a conspiracy theory where he would not - Osama is a big hole card for Bush - why play it - but it seems a bit of a stretch.
Bush could have faked a tape - but Osama could then produce a real tape and expose Bush - so this seems unlikely - unless "The Disgrace Bush" is pretty sure that Osama is dead but can't prove it enough to be able to take advantage of it. This seems unlikely - too many holes.
So, the possibility that makes the most sense to me, is that Osama or his successors, who possess a library of tape permutations as mentioned above, have released the tape with the intention of helping Bush. Why would they want to help Bush? It is quite simple. They know that Bush is the best thing that ever happened to them. Under "The Idiot's"... er... I mean "The Disgrace's" leadership tens of millions of Muslims have shifted form simply hating the United States into wanting to become terrorists and actively join the Jihad against the Uuited States. Under Bush's "leadership" thousands of Jihadists have traveled to Afghanistan and Iraq and have received the "priceless" gift of live combat training against the most powerful army in the world. Of coarse most of them will die - but a baby killing terrorist like Osama does not care about that - the ones who survive in the face of the U.S. Military - will - to use Bush style Orwellian speak - the ones who survive in the face of the U.S. Military will be double plus tough - live combat trained - battle seasoned. And tens of millions of others have and will join the cause. They will provide money, safe houses, networks, documents, war materials... George Bush is the best wet dream Osama bin Laden ever had. ¶ 6:10 PM 0 comments
The solution to the nuclear waste problem is a little more of the hair of the dog that bit us. Fast Breeder Reactors can solve the nuclear waste problem for us. It is a little more problematic for the Iranians. Current heavy water reactors use only one percent of the available energy in the nuclear fuel. The waste products remain dangerous for thousands and thousands of years (over ten thousand I think) because they have a long half life. How do you store something safely for over ten thousand years? You don’t. You can’t. Reprocessing that fuel for fast breeder reactors can use the other 99% and the waste products that were left would only remain dangerous for a couple hundred years. Furthermore, the spent fuel rods could be reprocessed of site and would not have to be transported and exposed to risk. New fast breeder designs are also intrinsically safer than the current heavy water reactors. There is a good article about this in December 2005 issue of Scientific American. You can view at least part of the article at: www.sciam.com/article.cfm?chanID=sa006&colID=1&articleID=000D5560-D9B2-137C-99B283414B7F0000
Nuclear power is also better for the environment because it does not add greenhouse gases to the atmosphere. On the down side though, fast breeder reactors do produce bomb grade material - so that is a problem for nuclear proliferation unless the fuel cycle is tightly controlled through monitoring. Fast Breeder reactors can burn the bomb grade material that they produce as well as bomb grade material from decommissioned warheads.
The Iran Mess
This Iran mess is just one more example of this disgrace on the Presidency’s incompetence. He pushed Iran into it by naming them part of the axis of evil and by saying that he was coming after them. Then he wears our Army out and ties them down in Iraq - and he has never been any good at diplomacy - what a mess. then he claims the powers of a king through the theory of the Unitary Executive. He thinks that he is above the law. He thinks that he can still order torture inspite having signed the McCain anti-torture bill. He thinks that he can subvert the Constitution and order illegal warrant-less wiretaps on Americans. We need to drive the Unitary Executive out of power. It is the hope that I see and there is precious little of it. There is a protest being organised to correspond with his state of the union address on Jan 31 around the country and in Washington on Feb. 4. Information is available at www.worldcantwait.org
Consumer (Cŏn-sūm΄-ĕrr) noun. 1.) American.
Creationism (crē- ā –shun-iz΄- ĕm) noun. 1.) The whimsical, inventive, production of news stories by Fox News. 2.) Synonymous with “Intelligent Design” 3.) A faith based belief that God magically produced the universe. 4.) Intelligence about WMD. 5.) The faith based belief that events in the natural universe must have an extra-natural / supernatural cause.
Death Tax (Dĕath΄ Tăx) noun. 1.) The unfair gouging of the rich after they are dead. As in: I stole billions of dollars from the poor and working class, but I should not have to pay a death tax, because I should be able to take it with me, and / or my children should be entitled to live as aristocrats without ever having to make a meaningful contribution to society.
Disassembling (Dǐs-ă-sĕm-blēng) 1.) Bushism for dissembling. As in: George Bush really disassembles the truth. 2.) Bush doctrine to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States of America. As in: Bush is disassembling the Constitution of the United States of America because he thought that his oath of office only applied to preserving, protecting and defending the actual piece of paper. See Strict Constructionist.
Army (Ărmē) noun. 1.) A group of political pundits ready to spin Bush’s latest screw up. 2.) A group of lobbiest prepared to use their $$$FREE$$$ $$$SPEECH$$$ to buy… er… I mean influence the American democracy. 3.) A branch of the military.
Britt Hume (Brǐt Hūm) noun. 1.) Who? 2.) A very realistic humanoid robot programmed to spew right wing propaganda.
Campaign (Căm-pān΄) noun. 1.) A glorious opportunity to smear one’s opponent with mud at the expense of turning the American people off from politics – unless of coarse your opponent is the first, second, third, or fourth member of the Bush dynasty – then it is a glorious opportunity to tell the American people the truth about him – because our side never smears.
Capital (Căp-ǐ΄-tŭl) noun. 1.) How laws are made. 2.) How no-bid contracts are earned. 3.) Money. 4.) Free Speech (the rich and powerful get more it (free speech), so that they can get more of it (Capital).
Capitol (Căp-ǐ΄-tŭl) noun. 1.) The place where capital buys the laws and no-bid contracts. ¶ 7:56 PM 0 comments
He did not answer questions openly and directly at the confirmation hearings and it is clear that he outright lied about his long time membership in a racist / sexist organization. How could a man with such an exhaustive memory conveniently forget that he paid dues to a racist / sexist organization for 14 years. The result of his hedging, dodging, and lying is that we have no real clarity about how he would rule on major issues. The only clear information that we have on him is his record - but that is a lot of information. Since he was not honest and open at the confirmation hearings, I would suggest that we need to completely disregard everything that he said there, and base our decisions entirely on his extensive record.
Based on his writings and record it is clear that he has antipathy for Roe v Wade. He would over-rule it if he could. It is also clear that he is biased in favor of the government and big business. It is also clear that he shows extreme deference to executive power and was an author of the theory of the Unitary Executive.
First Roe v Wade. Who cares. So what if the government has the right control what a women does with her own body and reproductive organs - to do the effective moral / emotional equivalent of rape to her. George Bush was very clear and forthcoming about where he stood on that before "We the people" allowed him to gain a second term. Many pro-choice women and men voted for him because they allowed themselves to be terrorized by the Osama boogieman. Elections have consequences people. Now we face the prospect of watching 14 year old girls die from back alley coat hanger abortions - but we are getting the government that we deserve. Roe v Wade is no reason to block Alito.
Second, deference to big business. "We the people" knew that George the Second was sold out to big business before we elected him King. So we have nothing to cry about now. Shut up before King George really gives us something to cry about. This is no reason to block Alito.
Third, and finally deference to the government, the executive and authorship of the theory of the Unitary Executive. This is profoundly dangerous to our Constitutional Democracy.
There are polls out which suggest the 70% of the American people are OK with the fact that Bush authorized illegal wiretaps based on the Unitary Executive. They are willing to do that because they are afraid of Osama. OK, I understand the women being afraid, but men where are your nads? If you can't grow any of your own, do what I do, and take testosterone shots for God's sake. Listen, the impotent pissant Osama tragically killed around 3000 innocent Americans. That is about 1 in 100,000. Osama ia less dangerous than walking across a busy street. But, out of your fear of him, you are willing to sacrifice your freedom, your civil liberties, your privacy, your democracy... All of which millions of our forefathers fought and died to protect. Why did they bother? Not only are you willing to sacrifice your freedom, you are willing to sacrifice the freedom of all future generations. I say again, where are your nads? It is time to stand up and fight for the American way of life. It is demand Bush's resignation.
In the extreme form that Bush is applying it the theory of the Unitary Executive is that the president has the power to interpret the Constitution and is not bound by any law other than the Constitution and then only on his interpretation of it. Congress and the judiciary have to defer to the President almost completely. Bush has used the Unitary Executive to justify illegal wiretaps. He has used it to justify crossing his fingers behind his back when he signed the McCain anti-torture bill by issuing a signing statement that says that the the law does not apply to his Royal Himself. Bush has claimed and wants to continue to claim the power to wiretap Americans without any oversight by Congress or the Judiciary. Our founding fathers (mothers behind the scenes), our founding fathers wisely protected us from government spying. They knew that if the government - particularly the executive branch of the government - had an unrestrained right to spy on the American people - that the government would wind up abusing it and would subvert our democracy. so they design a form of government that included co-equal branches of government. Courts supervise the police and agencies with police powers like the FBI and the NSA. The President has executive powers and is Commander and Chief. The congress passes laws that even the President has to follow. Bush is the bad apple that has upset a 200 year old apple cart by claiming that he has superior powers. This is not about war time powers. Bush has formally claimed an end to "major combat operations". Our founders had the nads to know that it was better to risk terrorist attacks, like the assiassination of Lincoln, then to allow the government unrestrained power. If you give this power to Bush now, it will be abused to subvert our democracy - now or in future. Nixon used it to subvert democracy. Bush or some future President will do the same - probably with greater success. Alito was an author of this and he needs to be blocked - if we can block him.
It is time for Republicans, Independents, and Democrats to join together in defense of American Constitutional Democracy and demand that the Unitary Executive resign from power now. There are protest being planned around the country on 1-31-06 to correspond with Bush's state of the union address. There are also protest being planned in Washington DC for 2-4-06. For more information go to www.worldcantwait.org .
¶ 8:17 AM 0 commentsBushism (Bŭsh΄-ǐs-ĕm) noun. 1.) An imaginative, strikingly clever and wise saying by President George Bush. As in “We will do, not just what is legal, we will do what is right” – or - “I just want you to know, that when we talk about war, we’re really talking about peace”. 2.) Neurological symptoms possibly resulting from excessive inbreeding. As in: What ism wrong with Bushism’s head?
Clintonism (Klǐn-tŏn΄-ǐs-ĕm) See lie. Noun. 1.) The definition of this term depends on what the meaning of is in ism is. As in: It is what it is – isn’t it?
Common Sense (Căhm-mŭn΄ Sĕnsss΄) noun. 1.) Synonymous with dissembling. As in: Bill Clinton used common sense when he lied about what is is. (in Texan: disassembling). As in: George W. Bush was using common sense when he disassembled the truth about WMD. 2.) A simple concise clear statement of the truth. 3.) A catchy 30 second sound bite about complex highly nuanced issues involving national security. As in: You see… uh… um… thar’s uh… bad people… uh… so… uh… um… we gotta… uh… uh… smoke em out… you see… its uh… just uh… um… common sense – you see.
Communism (Căhm-you΄- nǐzĕm) noun. 1.) Synonymous with the Democratic Party. As in: Those tax and spend Democrats are trying to balance the budget again. 2.) A form of government based on Karl Marx’s theory of political economy. As in: The rich will oppress the poor and working class until the economy collapses under the weight of their oppression and then the working class will have to create communism in order to keep things running. 3.) Compassionate conservatism. As in: George Bush has created a utopian socialist state for the rich by giving them government handouts, no bid contracts, tax breaks, allowing them to literally write their own legislation, and by starting a highly profitable war.
Compassionate Conservatism (Cŏm-păs-shŭn΄-nāt Cŏn-sĕrv-ă-tǐs΄-ĕm) noun. 1.) The application of principals of fiscal conservatism to help the poor and disenfranchised join the ownership society. As in: If we cut off their welfare, they will have to sell themselves into slavery, and we can own them. 2.) A method of creating low wage, wage slaves. 3.) A meaningless campaign slogan. 4.) A friendly conservative. 5.) A virulent and effective type of conservatism that uses insignificant social and cultural issues such as gay marriage to divide and conquer the ignorant masses and get them to vote against their own best interest. As in: We compassionate conservatives are going to create a culture of life by applying the death penalty to profoundly retarded convicts, cutting health care to the poor, and liberating the people of Afghanistan so that they are free to produce heroin which they can sell in the United States and then donate the proceeds to Osama bin Laden.
Constitutional Option (Cŏn-stǐ-tü΄-shŭn-ăl Ŏpt΄-shun) verb. 1.) Meaning to undermine the constitution. As in: Republicans will use the constitutional option to defeat the intentions of the founding fathers to maintain a balance of power between the branches of government and empower minority rights. In so doing, they will shift the balance toward pure democracy which is little different from mob rule. 2.) Meaning that the constitution is optional. As in: George Bush has ripped it up and used it for toilet paper as a result of the Patriot Act. 3.) A brisk walk. 4.) A filibuster.
¶ 7:52 PM 0 commentsA few bad apples (Ā fĕw băd΄ ăp΄-plès). noun. Synonymous with “Whitehouse officials”. As in: A few bad apples in the Whitehouse blamed low ranking soldiers in Abu Ghireb, Gitmo, Afghanistan, and CIA Black Sites for actually doing the things that were suggested in countless Whitehouse memos.
Affirmative Action (Ăf-fǐrm-ă΄-tǐv Ăkt΄-shŭn) Noun. 1.) Preemptive war. As in: George Bush took the affirmative action of spending over 300 billion dollars and conquering a weak Arab Nation which was ruled by a despotic secular dictator who obviously would never have trusted or cooperated with fanatical fundamentalist religious extremist – but it is A OK – most of the money went to Halliburton through no bid contracts see no bid contracts. 2.) The behavior of yes men in the administration of George the Second. As in: Top Whitehouse officials take the affirmative action of telling George Bush exactly what he wants to hear. 3.) The willful production of a false budget crisis. As in: George Bush took the affirmative action of cutting taxes for the rich with the intention of creating budget shortages so that he could have an excuse to cut vital services to the poor, elderly, and needy. 4.) The active creation of prewar intelligence. As in: The administration of George Bush took the affirmative action of cherry picking intelligence from highly dubious sources in order to make the case for war. 5.) The act of saving social security. As in George Bush took the affirmative action of pretending to try to save social security, while in point of fact, trying to privatize and destroy it, there by creating yet one more huge boondoggle for the rich… the rich who would have profited from the initial influx of capital into the stock market there by driving stock prices through the roof… the rich who would have profited again by buying up all of the cheap stocks after the stock market went back down when all of the baby boomers had to sell their stock at they same time… and the rich who also would have profited from all of the transaction fees in both directions… and the rich who would have profited by not having to help pay the baby boomers their social security that the baby boomers have worked their whole life to earn… and the rich who have already profited from the huge tax breaks that they were given - which just coincidentally - happened to be exactly equal to the excess social security payroll taxes that the baby boomers were paying into the general fund before they retire… so… George Bush wanted to act like he was saving social security. 6.) An archaic term referring to well intentioned, but naïve liberal attempts to arbitrarily achieve the American ideal of equality. 7.) Illegally money laundering corporate money through the Republican National Committee in order to subvert Texan State law. As in Tom Delay took the affirmative action of laundering corporate money through the R.N.C. in order to subvert democracy in Texas so that he could gerrymander Texas and subvert democracy in the U.S.A. Unfortunately he got the idea to gerrymander Texas from the Democrats who did it first. (see: Fool me once and ah… ah… as they say in Texas… ah… ah… two wrongs will make a lot of Republicans rich.)
American Way of Life (Ă-mĕr-ē΄-kăn Wā ŏv Līf) See Missionary Position... noun. 1.) (Republican meaning). The name of a particular sexually inhibited position for coitus. 2.) A collection of values – including; freedom, liberty, justice, equality and the rule of law, which are characteristic of American ideals and beliefs – but unfortunately not characteristic of American reality. 3.) A commitment to a liberal democratic form of government (liberal democratic form of government not a conservative democratic form of government). 4.) The holy dollar. 5.) The creation of political instability in the mid-east in order to drive oil prices and oil company profits through the roof. 6.) Sitting in traffic jams inside of big off-road SUVs. 7.) Orwellian speak, meaning an oligarchy of the rich and powerful manipulating the American people through so called cultural issues and the fear of terrorism, there by running American politics for their own profit and purpose. 8.) Being blessed to live in freedom and prosperity.
