War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
Karl and George: Still up to no good. Now they’re on an exploding PR exit-strategy bandwagon to try and purify Decider George’s putrid near-eight years in office. (Illustration found here). In the closing days of a crime scene government that’s been without doubt the most corrupt and incompetent in US history, not to mention one…
In a flash: There’s a couple of stories out there this morning on Decider George’s legacy — both today and beyond next month. One from CNN here and the other from Juan Cole here, although Cole’s piece is an examination of Decider George’s speech yesterday at the the Saban Forum in Washington, DC. CNN is…
Decider George is like a rotten, aching and throbbing tooth, one of the them backside, big-old molars, one that can’t be worked on or even pulled, sitting there in the headcase, making life even more miserable with each countdown-passing second. Yesterday, the outgoing commander-in-chief told a crowd of people most-likely destined again for the Islamic…
Big Al and Decider George at show-and-tell. Four years ago near to the day: “There’s a lot we don’t know about his actions as White House counsel and his advice to the president,†said Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy of the Federation of American Scientists. “What we do know is rather…
Delusion is the child of ‘What, Me Worry?’ Especially if one doesn’t like homework and just goes with a gut instinct. In a pre-recorded interview broadcast Sunday on a Japanese television network, Decider George blubbered through his lying, delusional teeth he was very pleased with how the Iraqi war has been handled and how wonderful…
Rhetoric dreams fade fast when confronted with political reality. Despite President-Elect Obama calling for easy, unconditional talks with just about everybody, and for quickly getting US GIs out of Iraq, reality bites the ass of expectations. How quickly should troops leave, however, is the main concern, especially with the Pentagon. Obama’s stance on Iran, however,…
Fear has been Decider George’s top weapon of choice the last near-eight years. So now as he gets ready to get the shit out of Dodge, fear has cropped up again during some kind of tear-filled speech yesterday for White House staffers. Now it’s terrorists striking during the transition: “For the next 75 days, all…
In the quick wake of Sept. 11, 2001, Decider George set the banner in the winds of war. In a national address that night, he set the tone for the next seven years, blubbering: “The search is underway for those who are behind these evil acts. I’ve directed the full resources for our intelligence and…
Warriors in that happy-go-lucky city-state of ancient Sparta either can back with their shield, or on it. Veterans from US wars, however, especially those from the little-horrors currently in Iraq and Afghanistan, have no protective shields to ride back home. US Veteran’s Affairs has been just piling up those shields and shredding them. Department of…
Decider George has his big-ass-Texas-ears in the air. Last February, he blubbered: “There is a constant check to make sure that our civil liberties of our citizens are treated with respect.” He was blubbering about the eavesdropping his military was conducting to hunt down terrorists via telephone conversations. A couple of these eavesdropping boots-on-the-ground, however,…