‘Storm clouds and concerns’
December 18, 2007“I hope you can tell I’m an optimistic fellow. We’ve been through a lot over the last seven years, we really have. But I’m absolutely convinced this country is strong and vibrant.” — US President…
Author Archives: Bruce Maulden
‘Await Your Arrival With Simple Survival’
December 17, 2007“I have these moments all steady and strong I’m feeling so holy and humble The next thing I know I’m all worried and weak And I feel myself starting to crumble The meanings get lost…
Misplaced ‘the forgotten war’
December 16, 2007Deeply concerned about the prospect of failure in Afghanistan, the Bush administration and NATO have begun three top-to-bottom reviews of the entire mission, from security and counterterrorism to political consolidation and economic development, according to…
Shredder Header
December 15, 2007Although Decider George’s horrifying time as chief asshole still has another year to run, all evidence of the lies, the backstabbing and dirty-tricks will apparently end up as recycled bits of confetti: Federal spending on…
Fifteen Percent Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
December 14, 2007The president’s approval rating in the poll, conducted Dec. 6 through Sunday by Opinion Research Corporation, was 32 percent, tying his all-time low rating from June. Sixty-six percent disapproved of how Bush is handling his…
‘Psychobabble’
December 12, 2007Hypocrisy in war is worse-case scenerio for horror. In this Decider George’s terrifying war on terror (root of the word, “war”: wers from Indo-European, “to confuse, mix up”) nothing says shit better than the old…
Losers Weepers…
December 8, 2007Tractor trailers, tank recovery vehicles, crates of machine guns and rocket propelled grenades are just a sampling of more than $1 billion in unaccounted for military equipment and services provided to the Iraqi security forces,…
NIE Means NUTS!
December 6, 2007“Iran was dangerous, Iran is dangerous, and Iran will be dangerous if they have the knowledge to make a nuclear weapon. What’s to say they couldn’t start another covert nuclear weapons program?” — Decider George…
Security on ICE
December 1, 2007“I’d really like to have him (Michael Chertoff) spend some time with us telling us why he thinks you’re qualified for the job, because based on the resume I don’t think you are.” — Sen.…
Iraq Attack!
November 3, 2007Upon receiving the not-altogether-hideous news, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was reportedly optimistic, but could not predict a realistic time frame in which the overall conditions in Iraq would become the opposite of terrifying, or even…