I cannot believe that an incoming President would not be able to extract us from the disasters perpetrated upon our nation by the tyrant Bush and his puppetmaster Cheney.
But if indeed these two traitors have found a way to lock us into their money machine it is even more imperative that we remove them from office NOW. They must be impeached and tried for treason.
The danger is real. We must act.
Bill Robinson

anthny:
I was just watching C-Span and Brian Lamb was hosting a Conservative Call in about Bush. Most caller's are in step calling the President out of touch. Especially about the immagration bill, and the war, and the econemy.
Many of these call-in Conservatives have changed parties or are about to.
Ya Nixon we thought was crazy when he stood in the doorway of Airforce #1 declaring "I am not a CROOK"
He was not a crook, but just a little Manic Depressent,
which today is very treatable.
Bush suffers from the (ism's, I Self Me) its usually catoragized as Dry Drunk, where the person is not using alcohol or drugs but acts like he is. The term was explained by Karl Jung as emotionaly senseitive, childish, and grandiose.

We say that we want PEACE.

If we truly want peace we have choices. Talk is cheap.

There is a man of PEACE running in the Republican primaries.

There is a man of PEACE running in the Democratic primaries.

Choose one of them. And work to get him elected. PERIOD!

If any of us who say we want PEACE choose any of the others, then we are liars.

Only an incoming President who is dedicated to PEACE will get us out of this perpetual war that the insane Bush administration has got us into.

It all becomes so clear, when you know you're dead.

John Hanks, Laramie, Wyoming

Looking at the list of candidates approaching the 2008 election, there is no one who can fix what Bush has done to America.

Republicans make excuses for Bush's actions and Democrats don't seem to understand what he has done is wrong. Our future in America will depend on which candidate can sell themselves to the voters.

It is time to define what Bush has done and will do until he is replaced or impeached. There are still a lot of conservatives who think he is doing a good job. These are people who continue to vote for the "R" not the actions.

We need more writers like Doug Thompson to point out why all of us are living in great jeopardy until we find a true American to put in the Oval Office.

We need a leader with a healthy ego but we don't have one at this time. Bush suffers from a lack of his own powers and is playing with toy soldiers on a table in his White House.

For those who haven't read it yet, the full column by Ms. Geyer is worth the time. Her notion of metastasizing terrorism is evidence of how well the Bushies have managed to lock down the options available to any successor.

The chest-thumping refugees from an asylum have continually refused to acknowledge that there is a connection between the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the Bin Laden jihadist brand of Islamic terrorists. They also refuse to acknowledge that our petroleum based economy forces us to remain engaged in a struggle that makes the Soviet adventure in Afghanistan look like a Sunday stroll in the park.

I am continually reminded of the old Star Trek episode where Federation interference produced a culture of gangs who engaged in continual warfare. The situation was resolved when Captain Kirk announced that the Federation was taking over and would be back every year to get it's 40% piece of the action -- or else. The next President should pull all the troops out and announce that if we don't get our oil we'll just turn the whole country to glass.

markwlowry I am still trying to confirm the quote about Bush calling the Constitution only a peice of Goddamn paper. Can anyone confirm the accuracy of that quote that was attributed to Capitol Hill Blue on the internet.

We are seeing Jihadist Islamic terrorist everywhere because they are everywhere. Europe is teeming with them, America lets them in if they look like Mexican laborers. Giving Islam Israel would accomplish what? Most Americans want to see Israel as a successful independent nation and Islam will just have to live with it.

We tried to free Iraq from the terrorism of Saddam and discovered he controlled them better than we could. There are places on this globe of ours when a dictator if often preferable to a continuing war that has no ending.

Our next generation will have to find energy sources to replace the oil found in the Middle East. This is where real leadership comes in.

We need to focus on controlling the Islamist terrorists in America and Europe. It will take a strong team but Bush refuses to play as a team and we need someone who will.

Whether Bush likes it or not, we should be working on what changes we need in the White House before we decide on any candidate. Let's build the foundation and then locate a leader.

Doug does the research and writes about it and it is then up to us to locate the candidate who closely resembles what we want.

What should we expect? For six years GW had a rubber stamp congress - a collection of bobble head dolls with whom he never had to compromise. His handlers isolated him from any dissent, kept those who would disagree with him at greater than arms length and no doubt showered him with praise ("oh George, you washed your hands after you went to the bathroom, that's so good - you ARE a great man!").

For six years he existed in a bubble - never faced with any voices that didn't echo his twisted view of the world and Americas position in it. He invaded Afghanistan, knocked the Taliban out of power and then figured out there was no OIL in Afghanistan - just dust and rock - so he invaded Iraq - "Mission Accomplished" -

Now - faced with direct opposition to his policies (weak and tepid though it may be), and seeing the "faithful" keep HIM at greater than arms length (because they LIKE being in congress - hell - it's gotta be better than working a real job!) he feels betrayed. None of this, in his mind, can be his fault - after all - Dick and Karl and Don and others all keep telling him that he's right and he's a great man - so it's others influence that's negating the postive potential of HIS decisions.

Were he a more intelligent individual he'd be able to adapt to the changes, but if George has demonstrated anything during the past six years it's his single mindedness - and his inability to change course or adapt as situations require.

This inability to adapt, to learn, to understand does not indicate a strong mind, but rather a fragile one, with a fragile personality behind it.

To be quite blunt, Bush reminds me of Nixon. Nixon was a drunk, a drug abuser, a personal isolationist who really didn't like people, he had a very rigid view of the world, was paranoid about "subversives", had various agencies look into the backgrounds of his "enemies" - that ain't far from the truth we're facing today!

So when's Cheney going to get nailed like Agnew - and what poor schmuck gets to play Ford?

Peace

Steve

In my limited experience, people professing a strong belief in God and/or Jesus usually have a distorted sense of reality. These beliefs seem to make them less anxious as individuals but less capable of dealing effectively with real life situations.

I think Mr. Bush--God rest his soul!!!--is in way over his head, his only remaining anchor his fuzzy religious beliefs. It is indeed of some concern that he can't confront the Iraq Mistake in any way that minimizes the damage.

Not only does Mr. Bush make ALL Republicans look bad. He makes all religious people look bad

Sorry if this is a bit off topic - but I felt it was post-worthy:

Dan Bartlett - who started his career with Karl Rove and then, 14 years ago, began his tenure with W has decided to leave the whitehouse -

He had the longest tenure as advisor to GW - I wonder why he's leaving?

Steve

It is time for impeachment processes to begin. Obviously the insulating bubble that the President has been reported to be inside for 6 years is actual and still there.

With his longest serving aide suddenly bailing today it is another example that those that can leave are running away as fast as they can before they are sucked into the growing implosion of this presidency.

There will be more of these 'leaving for the private sector' announcements as we get closer and closer to Labor Day. Unfortunately the replacements are going to be hired to strengthen the bubble as the White House continues to circle the wagons in defense.

Waiting for 2008 elections and a 2009 inauguration is looking more and more suicidal for the country...and absolutely fatal for our military.

Only the sharp point of impeachment can possibly burst that bubble around the White House.

Heck, he was able to make sure his successors at the companies that he headed were left with bankruptcy as their only option...

Bush is the type that believes it's better to destroy something than risk someone coming in and fixing what he couldn't. His fragile ego can't let that happen.

Donnat

Now more than ever we need the power of recall.Used sensibly and without animosity it would be a tool for the greater good.D.C. is not listening so lets turn up the volume.Alas my writing skills are bare at best, any ideas out there as to how to frame the argument so the politicians and judges can't avoid the debate?

Everyone seems to be focused on Bush, and those that surround him, and that is understandable, but I don't think it addresses the larger problem. I see the larger problem as the inordinate influence of corporate America in the politics of our country.

This affects both parties equally, in my opinion, and until we as a people are willing to address this ogre that colors everything, we'll be blessed with one set of "dysfunctional leaders" after another. We, as a people have abdicated our responsibility to "drive" this democracy, and we pay the price daily.

Bush is probably nuts, if this story about the chest-thumping is true.

But let's take a larger view. Both liberals and conservatives say they support a powerful central government in which a single executive has the power to order airstrikes against any perceived enemy, or even start a full-scale war if he feels like it.

But, both liberals and conservatives say, this system would be okay so long as "our people" are running the show.

We know Bush is probably a dry-drunk, paranoid megalomaniac. But do we know for a fact, that (let us say) John McCain would be any better?

Heck, McCain might be more dangerous than Bush.

Do we know, for a fact, that any of the candidates are entirely sound, mentally? Romney, Clinton, Giuliani, Obama--I don't think any of them should be trusted with such power.

The power of the central government needs to be curtailed, and drastically. This goes especially for war-making powers. I also am not comfortable with the idea of a single person being in charge of the Executive Branch. I think a triumvirate, with agreement by all three required to take military action, would be much better.

Otherwise, the system guarantees we'll eventually get a pea-brain with his finger on the pretty little red button.

Thanks Doug for this information concerning "little boots" instability. It seems that dubya doesn't have a clue as to how a constitutional, representative based republic is supposed to work. In his mind he's evidently transformed himself into "dictator", although a delusional one. I thought I'd post along with this a short piece that's inline with Bush's aforementioned megalomania titled:

Rome redux...

We've all seen Hollywood productions with ancient Rome as being the background for the plot. I'm sure many if not most can remember scenes showing an old, corrupt satyr like Tiberius, a much younger, maniacly raving Caligula, or a plumpish Nero all holding council in the Senate. They didn't have a House of Reps per se but no big deal it would have been as worthless as our current house.

In these movies the wealthy Senators, most quite fat, along with besotted brains and over-stuffed bellies sit in terror as they wonder who will be next having their estates confiscated; they offered a sword to fall upon, if not, their throats cut, their wives and daughters raped and the family sold into slavery?! But they must sit in silence and witness the ravings of their Emperor. When the Emperor demands support from his fearful toadies, they always unanimously say "aye" great Caesar...mumble...mumble...:))

Well folks it's no different now then it was then. J. Edgar Hoover managed to survive through many presidencies because he had constructed a massive collection of dossiers filled with incriminating dirt on Washington's leaders. Based on how the House and Senate recently rolled over on continuing the Iraqi debacle that they all know was started based on cooked intelligence courtesy of the Wolfowitz-Feith-Cheney pipline, and in the face of over-whelming support from their constituents they all rolled over like the aforementioned terrified Senators of ancient Rome, evidently fearing what "little boots" might do. My suspicion is Rove and other Bushco operatives have serious dirt on leaders of the opposition.

Visualize you are sitting in your Senate or House office with a major vote coming your way; not just any old issue, but something that represents the possible loss of big bucks to the MIC and the "oil patch". You have a stack of mail on your desk along with a large brown envelope. You are curious of course because it catches your eye. You open the envelope and inside are some compromising photo's of you engaged in either illicit hetero, homo, or over-the-top sexual activities, or worse yet a list of numbers all with your Swiss, Cayman Island, Isle of Mann, and Lichtenstein offshore account numbers with the amounts shown! Your heart almost explodes from your chest, cold sweat runs down your forehead as you see a few simple words that simply say "you best vote on the right side of the issue"...! You grab for your bottle of "nitro tabs"...:))

If you think this type of action can't happen, wouldn't happen, then you best think again! When Congressmen such as William Jefferson, Louisiana-D have $90,000 bucks in their home freezer it will give you an idea the kind of movers and shakers that reside in the Halls of Congress and the Senate. His case is still pending and we'll presume he's innocent until proven guilty in a court of law...? :))

In summation, modern day D.C. isn't far removed from ancient Rome. The only thing we are missing is bloody gladiatorial games...no?! I guess Iraq and "cage fighting" serves that purpose for those that enjoy witnessing violence. A Circus Maximus with chariot races is needed too; American's do have NASCAR races along with many other motorized racing events. The leaders of ancient Rome both knew and made sure their people had bread and circuses, allowing them to do whatever they wanted with minimal opposition, as so too our leaders. Modern day America also has thousands of shopping malls to keep our shopaholic population distracted with the acquisition of more "stuff" that they really don't need. Pass the plastic please...swipe, ka-ching, another day older and deeper in debt so goes the tune...:))

So visualize "little boots"; i.e, Caligula redux, madly signing bills, all the while modifying them with presidential signing notes, stamping them with his Emperor's seal; bam, bam, bam shouting maniacly SPQA Senatus Populusque Americanus, "for the Senate and People of America"...yeah right?! :|

[note: SPQR are the capitals for the Roman Senate and the People of Rome (Romanus), representing vested power being granted to the Emperor through them;i.e., his authority]

Tyranny is soon to rear it's ugly head no different than what you've witnessed in the aforementioned movie scripts. Get ready down below. I'll provide the duty links so people can hopefully get motived and call their reps. It's really quite painless and I urge all citizen/patriots to start excercising their right and duty as citizens; i.e., to start controlling their elected reps rather then they controlling you. They really work for us, it's just that they've forgotten so. It's time for them to receive a wakeup call!

http://www.conservativeusa.org/megalink.htm
http://www.congress.org/congressorg/home/

Carl Nemo **==

Bush Must Hang

There is no sensible, no moral alternative.
The monster must be punished, and an example must be posted for every politician in the world who might otherwise dare to tread the same path.
Later, we can, and must, go after and string up Blair, Berlusconi, Howard and all of the other sycophantic poodle war criminals.
But, right now, today, we must charge, try, convict and hang the greatest war criminal in human history.
George W Bush must hang. Now.

Cashel Boylo

Dear Sandra Price:

I am a Muslim and an American citizen. There are millions of us living here prospering and enjoying the freedom we could not find in the Muslim world. We are conservative, family values, low taxes people. America needs to work with us to defeat the very small but dangerous group of jihadist radicals. But if you spread paranoia and hatred about Islam in general, you only make those extremists stronger while alienating people like me who share your values and goals.

Part of that process of working with the mainstream Muslim community in tackling the scourge of terrorism is listening to us and understanding that we have valid grievances. America's blind support for Israel is one of them. Most American support Israel because they don't know how the Zionists invaded the Holy Land and brutally expelled its indigenous population, including Arab Christians. If Americans saw the misery of the refugee camps that these people have been pushed into by Israelis, or the daily humiliations of life under occupation, they would not support Israel.

America gets nothing from backing Israel except a whole lot of enemies. For Muslims and Arab Christians, Palestine is sacred land that was stolen by European colonialists. That is the underlying grievance. If someone came to your house with a gun and said "get out, God gave me your property, even though my ancestors haven't lived here for 2000 years" you would have a grievance, and you would be angry at people who supported the theft of your home.

So it is time for my fellow Americans to wake up and realize we have backed the wrong horse for 60 years and change our foreign policy. Then the jihadists will lose their major recruting tool and we can all work together to crush Al-Qaeda and protect this wonderful country.

We get what we deserve.

Go for it chimp, bring this country to its knees.

I have lived in this country since 1977. For thirty years I have watched Muslims speak out against terrorism and extremism, and it is never mentioned in the media. That's because our media is sympathetic to Zionism and is afraid of giving Americans the truth, that their Muslim neighbors are their friends and allies. It is easier for Zionist propaganda if Muslims are all evil, or least silently complacent on terrorism. The truth will unravel American support for Israel.

Here is a link about Muslim public rejection of terrorism, including fatwas by major clerics against this scourge:

http://www.juancole.com/2005/07/friedman-wrong-abo...

And Muslim political groups suchas Muslim Public Affairs Council and the Council on American Islamic Relations have been vocal and active on Darfur (both sides in the conflict are Muslim, it is an ethnic conflict, not religious).

The question is -- why are you all not listening?