FUCK!
A Pox on all of your houses
Happy Easter to everyone else.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
A Pox on all of your houses
Happy Easter to everyone else.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Labels: Assholes, Bush, Cheney, Iran, Iraq, Middle East, Saudi Arabia
One from the Genius Files - Five Stages of Conservative Grief
| Published Sunday, January 27, 2008 by Nate.
From Hunter at The Daily Kos
Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 10:00:00 AM PST
In the year 2000, a devastating blow was dealt to conservative ideology. They were at long last given simultaneous control of all parts of government, and a chance to implement their philosophies.
The outcome proved, of course, to be a fiasco of monumental proportions. From budget surpluses to record deficits; unchecked pork; a tide of corruption, both moral and legal, that thinned their ranks like smallpox; mismanagement of even basic government tasks, such as emergency response capabilities; a national economy constantly teetering between mere sluggishness and outright recession; the entrance into a quagmire of a war, one with unclear initial purpose and even less clear strategies for exit. And those are just the highlights.
It would be enough to drive even the most sane person to despair; in fact, the more sane you are, the more likely you are to feel despair over any of these things. With the agonizing lack of grace of a faceplanting pole vaulter, and in every realm -- economics, oversight, foreign policy, etc. -- conservatism unleashed into the real world met, once again, with abject and humiliating failure. It seems there is no aspect of government that conservatism is actually good at, once the adherents are given any more responsibilities than being the besuited blowhards of Washington cocktail parties.
I thought it might be appropriate, at this point, to go over the five conservative stages of grief. They are taken directly from Kubler-Ross, and so are solidly backed by the best psychological modeling. In their moments of understandable despair over actually having finally been given the unfair and dastardly opportunity to put their signing pens where their mouths have been, as opposed the previous years of merely erupting, geyserlike, on Fox News every evening about what they could do if they were in charge, it is expected that most conservatives will at this point go through at least some of these stages of grief. Since we are not ogres, here, we will simply wish them well and pray for their speedy recovery.
Stage 1: John McCain. In the McCain stage of grief, a conservative is mentally aware of their surroundings but unable to emotionally process the information. The result is a mental short-circuit. Sufferers are especially prone to thinking that the Iraq War is going spectacularly well; they may even wander open-air marketplaces in which they are protected by a hundred or more fully armed United States soldiers, with helicopter gunship support, and remark aloud at how normal and stable and safe their location obviously is. Denial may also exist over the state of the economy, of their own party, or, especially, their own past actions.
The McCain stage of grief is known to last years or even decades. Fortunately, the sufferer usually loses all concept of time, such that they cannot differentiate between any particular six month period, and will eventually declare them all to be "a hundred years" long.
Stage 2: Rudy Giuliani. The Giuliani stage of grief is marked by constant, seething anger. Individuals may reduce their entire range of emotional responses to one, that of constant, self-righteous rage. The stage is usually accompanied by Napoleonic fantasies, declaring the fearsome breadth of their own inner fury to be the only salvation not just of themselves, but of the entire world in which they live. Every situation, every social interaction, and every problem is met with a frequently irrational and always militant response.
Long-term sufferers of the Giuliani stage may eventually suffer from a permanent bug-eyed expression and the onset of sociopathy. They may sometimes be mistaken for necrophiliacs.
Learn about the final three stages of grief: Romney Stage, Thompson State and ending tragically in the Huckabee Stage...
Tags: GOP
Sun Jan 27, 2008 at 10:00:00 AM PST
In the year 2000, a devastating blow was dealt to conservative ideology. They were at long last given simultaneous control of all parts of government, and a chance to implement their philosophies.
The outcome proved, of course, to be a fiasco of monumental proportions. From budget surpluses to record deficits; unchecked pork; a tide of corruption, both moral and legal, that thinned their ranks like smallpox; mismanagement of even basic government tasks, such as emergency response capabilities; a national economy constantly teetering between mere sluggishness and outright recession; the entrance into a quagmire of a war, one with unclear initial purpose and even less clear strategies for exit. And those are just the highlights.
It would be enough to drive even the most sane person to despair; in fact, the more sane you are, the more likely you are to feel despair over any of these things. With the agonizing lack of grace of a faceplanting pole vaulter, and in every realm -- economics, oversight, foreign policy, etc. -- conservatism unleashed into the real world met, once again, with abject and humiliating failure. It seems there is no aspect of government that conservatism is actually good at, once the adherents are given any more responsibilities than being the besuited blowhards of Washington cocktail parties.
I thought it might be appropriate, at this point, to go over the five conservative stages of grief. They are taken directly from Kubler-Ross, and so are solidly backed by the best psychological modeling. In their moments of understandable despair over actually having finally been given the unfair and dastardly opportunity to put their signing pens where their mouths have been, as opposed the previous years of merely erupting, geyserlike, on Fox News every evening about what they could do if they were in charge, it is expected that most conservatives will at this point go through at least some of these stages of grief. Since we are not ogres, here, we will simply wish them well and pray for their speedy recovery.
Stage 1: John McCain. In the McCain stage of grief, a conservative is mentally aware of their surroundings but unable to emotionally process the information. The result is a mental short-circuit. Sufferers are especially prone to thinking that the Iraq War is going spectacularly well; they may even wander open-air marketplaces in which they are protected by a hundred or more fully armed United States soldiers, with helicopter gunship support, and remark aloud at how normal and stable and safe their location obviously is. Denial may also exist over the state of the economy, of their own party, or, especially, their own past actions.
The McCain stage of grief is known to last years or even decades. Fortunately, the sufferer usually loses all concept of time, such that they cannot differentiate between any particular six month period, and will eventually declare them all to be "a hundred years" long.
Stage 2: Rudy Giuliani. The Giuliani stage of grief is marked by constant, seething anger. Individuals may reduce their entire range of emotional responses to one, that of constant, self-righteous rage. The stage is usually accompanied by Napoleonic fantasies, declaring the fearsome breadth of their own inner fury to be the only salvation not just of themselves, but of the entire world in which they live. Every situation, every social interaction, and every problem is met with a frequently irrational and always militant response.
Long-term sufferers of the Giuliani stage may eventually suffer from a permanent bug-eyed expression and the onset of sociopathy. They may sometimes be mistaken for necrophiliacs.
Learn about the final three stages of grief: Romney Stage, Thompson State and ending tragically in the Huckabee Stage...
Tags: GOP
Labels: Bush, Conservative, Giuliani, GOP, Grief, Huckabee, McCain, RNC, Romney, Thompson
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq. Narrated by actor and activist Sean Penn, the film exhumes remarkable archival footage of official distortion and exaggeration from LBJ to George W. Bush, revealing in stunning detail how the American news media have uncritically disseminated the pro-war messages of successive presidential administrations.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Labels: Bush, Bushco, Politics, War, War Made Easy
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Detail oriented. Ability to remain calm during highly emotional or crisis situations. Ability to work well with others in a team environment. Mature self-starter with compassion for members of the US Armed Forces and the families of those killed or severely injured. Must be stable, dependable, and available for shift-work, overtime, and occasional weekend/holiday work consistent with the mission/operational environment. Must be able obtain and maintain a SECRET security clearance (Serco, Inc. will process the required application). Current or prior SECRET or higher security clearance is a strong plus.
H/T to Logan Murphy for the link
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
WTF?Bushes for Peace?
Since when?
In a just world a bolt of lightning from the heavens would strike between their split fingers for mocking something so noble as peace. A concept that family is incapable of comprehending.
A click on the picture will play a lovely movie from Peace Takes Courage that conjures up (for me anyways) the kind of mocking disdain a coward like George Dubya Bush must have for the very notion of Peace.
It would appear the Bushes can't even go fishing without getting hopelessly stuck and in need of competent human beings to rescue them.
Three generations of worthless shit heels, making fools of themselves as usual. They're like the Clampett's only they packed up their bags and they moved to D.C.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Clear. Concise. Powerful... Infuriating!
Blackwater
"Against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." so went the Constitutional oath that I, along with millions of other veterans swore.
Is this a new thing...? No. Only more insidious and more dangerous than ever.
Update: Welcome C&L visitors. One more video for you to watch about Blackwater while you're visiting:
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Blackwater
"Against all enemies, foreign and domestic..." so went the Constitutional oath that I, along with millions of other veterans swore.
Is this a new thing...? No. Only more insidious and more dangerous than ever.
Update: Welcome C&L visitors. One more video for you to watch about Blackwater while you're visiting:
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Found this great cut to Black Sabbath's timeless "War Pigs". Be back in a few days.
Thanks to Howie over at DownWithTyranny for finding it.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
Thanks to Howie over at DownWithTyranny for finding it.
Tags: War, Iraq, Bush
The Secret Government - PBS Bill Moyers 1987 - Full Length Video
| Published Friday, January 12, 2007 by Nate.
Some time back I posted a 25 minute condensed version of the 1987 PBS Documentary put together by Bill Moyers. The actual full documentary was an hour and a half and until now, wasn't available online. Without further ado, here is the full 90 minute documentary. It is powerful!
And in case you haven't watched Robert Newmans Video - History of Oil... What the hell are you waiting for? It is simply one of the most entertaining and informational videos to ever become available.
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret, Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala, PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez, Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
And in case you haven't watched Robert Newmans Video - History of Oil... What the hell are you waiting for? It is simply one of the most entertaining and informational videos to ever become available.
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret, Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala, PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez, Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
Labels: Allende, Bush, Chavez, Chile, CIA, Government, Iran, Iraq, Media, Moyers, NSA, NSC, PNAC, Secret, Venezuala, War
In a previous post: Robert Newman - History of Oil I included a seven minute PBS video by Bill Moyers in 1987 called "The Secret Government".
It is difficult to watch and learn what our own government, via outsourced shadow operations are capable of. For the idiots and self-deluded amongst our own citizenry, (AKA Faux News fans) it is so much easier to assume that we as Americans are always right and just and that others who hate our nation are "evil" and have no justification for hating us. It's hard to hold such a position when you take the time to learn even just a little of the truth of the horrors we have wreaked throughout the world for our own greedy interests.
I don't ask anyone to do anything other than open your minds. Consider possibilities other than the drivel you're fed on your nightly news and the interest-laced punditry of cable news. Dig deeper! It's out there for anyone who wants to know.
And in case you haven't watched Robert Newmans Video - History of Oil... What the hell are you waiting for? It is simply one of the most entertaining and informational videos to ever become available.
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret, Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala, PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez, Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
It is difficult to watch and learn what our own government, via outsourced shadow operations are capable of. For the idiots and self-deluded amongst our own citizenry, (AKA Faux News fans) it is so much easier to assume that we as Americans are always right and just and that others who hate our nation are "evil" and have no justification for hating us. It's hard to hold such a position when you take the time to learn even just a little of the truth of the horrors we have wreaked throughout the world for our own greedy interests.
I don't ask anyone to do anything other than open your minds. Consider possibilities other than the drivel you're fed on your nightly news and the interest-laced punditry of cable news. Dig deeper! It's out there for anyone who wants to know.
And in case you haven't watched Robert Newmans Video - History of Oil... What the hell are you waiting for? It is simply one of the most entertaining and informational videos to ever become available.
Tags: War, Iran, Iraq, PBS, CIA, Bush, Moyers, Secret, Government, JFK, Vietnam, Reagan, FEMA, Cuba, Guatemala, PNAC, Nixon, Democracy, Chile, Venezuala, Chavez, Allende, UK, NSC, Media, Press, NSA
Labels: Allende, Bush, Chile, CIA, Government, Iran, Iraq, JFK, Moyers, NSA, PBS, PNAC, Reagan, Secret, Venezuala, War
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Simply one of the best movie/standup/lesson/documentaries I have ever seen. Robert is a brilliant and commanding presence and this is simply a MUST SEE piece - IRAQ FOR SALE - THE WAR PROFITEERS
Another spectacular documentary by Robert Greenwald. War is big business and evil men are getting filthy rich off the blood and sacrifice of our heroes - THE SECRET GOVERNMENT!
The ninety minute PBS Special with Bill Moyers about America's shadow government - Originally aired on PBS in 1987 - VOTERGATE!
Great documentary about the state of our election system in America - Full Version - PEACE, PROPAGANDA AND THE PROMISED LAND
Peace, Propaganda & the Promised Land provides a striking comparison of U.S. and international media coverage of the crisis in the Middle East, zeroing in on how structural distortions in U.S. coverage have reinforced false perceptions of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict - SIR, NO SIR!
An awesome movie giving an unvarnished look at the underground G.I. Movements around the world that ended the Vietnam War - Full Version - WAR MADE EASY
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq - Full Version - THE BIG BUY!
Comp movie and dissection of how Tom Delay raped the U.S. Congress - Full Version - IRAQ: THE HIDDEN STORY!
An excellent documentary about what the world's media is NOT showing you in Iraq - THE REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED!
An excellent and inside look at the attempted coup of Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez in 2003 - IRAQ'S MISSING BILLIONS!
A powerful documentary that aired on British TV about one major heist in the middle of what will likely go down as one of the worst crimes of this Century - ENRON - SMARTEST GUYS IN THE ROOM!
What a story of hubris and greed
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