War, Politics, and Life by Bruce Maulden
An interesting item, the lede from Inter Press News Service, written by Dahr Jamail: “Iraq war veterans now stationed at a base here say that morale among US soldiers in the country is so poor, many are simply parking their Humvees and pretending to be on patrol, a practice dubbed ‘search and avoid’ missions.” Jamail’s…
As the worldwide price of oil subtly neared $90 a barrel and two US wars in the Middle East are quickly, horrifically going-to-shit in slow motion, Decider George obtained a good laugh yesterday at a press conference arrogantly avoiding a question on how he was going to rein in Blackwater, his Christian mercenary army. Although…
Just when one thinks all the worst aspects of the US military system has been revealed, here comes another. Even with the well-documented horror about equipment, body armor, and prolonged tours in war zones, the medical ‘don’t-give-a-shit’ care exploding from Walter Reed and just about every other military hospital, the recruitment of anyone who can…
Fifty years ago today our world was way-way smaller. We here at Compatible Creatures were smaller: Only eight-years-old. Howdy Doody, the puppet. Lee Marvin as a TV detective and those Pall Mall commericals ending with…”outstanding! And they are mild.” And now fifty years later, our world is even-more smaller. We, however, are way-way grown. In…
“President George W. Bush’s paranoid megalomania is so rampant that close friends and supporters worry about the man’s sanity and fear he has lost his tenuous grip on reality.” Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â…
“I’m not much of a reader,” I said, ashamed. “I never had much schoolin’.” “But you can read, can’t you?” “A mite ma’am.” I pushed back from the table. “I’m gettin’ up early. I better hit the hay.” –Louis L’Amour, ‘Passin’ Through‘ Decider George needs to hit the books — or maybe charge head first…
Another brick in the wall! Decider George has never, and the operative word here is never, had any sense. Due to his position, though, a bogus, senseless, self-serving and random mindset affects every asshole on the planet. As if the situation on the ground in Iraq couldn’t get worse, on Sept. 16 apparently it did.…
intractable adj. 1. not easily controlled or directed; not docile or manageable; stubborn; obstinate: an intractable disposition. 2. (of things) hard to shape or work with: an intractable metal. 3. hard to treat, relieve, or cure 4. an intractable person [dictionary.com] The white-washed Petraeus and Crocker Proxy Picnic is over. The weeks-load of war-spin generated…
Who’s foolin’ who? In a book on Decider George’s White House to be released today offers a continued look into the illusionary skull works of a president who really dosn’t give a shit and ponders how much he can make on the speech circuit after he leaves office. A life of boredom and luxury. “I’ll…
In a liar, lying beomes truth. One of the most dumb-shit items to come along in this horror is the formation of “Freedom Watch,” a right-wing nutwad of bozos trying to spend $15 million to bolster Decider George’s continued disaster in Iraq. And the mouthpiece for this bunch of shit is Ari Fleischer, Decider George’s…