THE GREAT WHITE BEAR

Firsties!
I just heard that a couple of used car dealerships in my area were trying to sell Hurricane Katrina-salvaged cars and passing them off as "Almost New".
Can you believe that nonsense?
 

Excellent reports! Thanks for all the good links. Can't wait to hear the lies next week from dumbya of how Iraq is going great and the economy is booming despite the increasing national debt, ford layoffs, etc, how he hasn't broken the law, how his appt to the supreme court is a great choice.
And good news for you, you've been tagged, sorry (stop the maddness!). hugs!
 

I am starting to feel shame. How have we let this happen? I bet Germans were asking these questions while Hitler was taking over.
 

Sadie - ah, America, land of opportunity!

Jules - be over shortly, now that I am "it"

TJ - excellent analogy
 

The problem with the Islamists is that they're usually elected because the people who elect them are either

A) Uneducated enough to know that their polices aren't truly "Islamic"

or

B) So fed up to the point where they want some strong leadership, no matter where it comes from.

This is the point to which we've pushed these people. This is what happened in Iran in '78-79, and in Afganistan in 1996. Our problem is that we can't see where our policies led to both of those events, and we aren't able to see how we're responsible for it now either.
 

I've seen what this new drug and health program has done to our seniors and it's a shame. They try to remedy the situation by holding seminars that they encourage seniors to attend. Then they proceed to tell our seniors to get on the internet for all the information so they can make an "informed" decision about their "choices". I'm disgusted. Unfortunately, when Bush is a senior citizen, he won't have to take it up the ass because he'll have coverage, unlike so many of our seniors now.

Regarding US taking insurgents' wives... what can I say? Maybe the administration has been watching too much "24".
 

It is the Canadian people we get our mandate from, not the ambassador of the United States.

Too bad someone in THIS country doesn't remember it's the PEOPLE who govern here as well.

According to The US Commerce Department economic report, released Friday, the US economy grew at the slowest pace in three years, rising only 1.1 percent in the last quarter of 2005.
According to a report released by the Pentagon, the Army is being stretched to it's limits.
Iraq is as unstable today as it was six months ago, and show's no signs of getting better. Despite promises by Bushies that the situation would improve 'after the elections'.
Do you think we'll be hearing any of this in the SoTU by our CiC? Of course not. The only real question is how many voters will bother to find out the REAL facts?
 

OK, let me say now that I'm embarassed that Canadians elected an ideological conservative with a $3 rug. In our defence, though, he was elected with the barest of minorities. For those who don't know how the Canadian system operates, (and I'm simplifying a lot), that means that his government can be defeated easily if he introduces any bills that the other parties can't live with. On the other hand, the Liberal party has to pick a new leader (there are some good choices out there) and get out of debt before they fight another election, so they will be reluctant to defeat the government for a couple years. Harper will push the window as much as he can to get some of his platform in place, but he'll be doing a delicate dance along the way.
 

Bush's drug plan is a JOKE! Poor people can't afford this.
Doesn't ANYBODY in the White House, think ANYTHING through? NEVER having a "Plan B" is just egotistical!
 

Besides being thoroughly disgusted with this administration, all I can say is you should all be paying attention and laying the groundwork now to make your vote count in the next election. A lot of state legislatures are deciding on voting machines right now. I know the Maryland legislature is currently deciding whether paper ballots or a paper trail of any kind is necessary. I've been badgering my representatives to vote for accountability and a paper trail. You should all check what your state governments are doing. We have got to turn out en masse at election time and get these idiots and their cronies out of office. We won't be able to do that if the electronic voting machines malfunction or are so easily tampered with as they currently are. *sigh* You're probably wondering if all I do is rant. Sorry.
 

I'm going to have to link you on the side of my blog - your political commentary is just perfect. PERFECT, I say!
 

greatwhitebear blushes. Thank you!
 

Great pic of Harper. He ain't that lean, though! And I must hand it to him for that remark he made about the Arctic. He's not talking about invading Alaska, for God's sake.

Glad Mr. A. concurs re. the $3 rug. I knew you'd come around.