it’s all the president’s fault

since we have finally discovered the source of all the problems in the united states and in the whole entire universe, i thought that it would be helpful to make a list of his most notable accomplishments in this area.

  • he controls the weather.

hurricane katrina not only was designed to target areas where minorities live,it also was planned to distract those pesky reporters from investigating karl rove. i have no idea what the purpose behind hurricane rita was for him, unless it was for the sheer entertainment value of watching the reporters in the middle of the hurricane try to stay away from the loose trees.

he should also be credited for the yanks/angels rain-out. steinbrenner is a known republican contributor and his overpaid boys needed a day off.

  • he tells conservative radio hosts and right-wing bloggers exactly what to say and post so they can spread his message of evil to millions every day.

again, this is all about karl rove because he’s the evil puppetmaster controlling president bush. frankj over at IMAO has the details on these talking point memos.

  • he starts wars with other countries to make himself look like a tough guy and to improve his poll numbers.

after all, you can’t hold your head up high at the neo-con cabal meetings unless you have invaded a foreign country and forced liberation on them. this was another mistake in strategy by the evil ones. everybody knows that starting wars doesn’t always contribute to high poll numbers. karl rove should be fired, not for the CIA thing, but for totally screwing up the neo-con strategy for world domination and total control of the google empire.

upon examination of the evidence, it seems that the president has been very busy destroying lives, houses, and other countries. being the example of pure evil while keeping up the facade of a good Christian guy must be very exhausting work. why else do you suppose he needed that really long crawford vacation?

if you don’t get the point of this, read the rest of this blog.

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rhetoric vs. bill bennett and president bush

anger over the inequalities in america often degenerates into overheated, sometimes divisive rhetoric. this kind of dialogue distracts us from addressing the real questions we face and finding solutions to improve race relations. it’s easier to assign blame than to deal with the root causes of poverty and the reasons why it continues among african-americans and others.

fellow blogger amilicar has this take on president bush/bill bennett and the response to katrina.
i’m posting some excerpts here.

“In the Board room down in the Dungeon of the Republican Radio Broadcasters producers weekly meeting,a decision was made ; to reassert the confidence of the republican faithful, following the national and international exposure and embarrassment the President got, for his open racial response, to the devastation in New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina.”

“As a result of that meeting, William Bennett decided he has no fear , nor love for America, so he would fire up the trailer park, to reignite the Red states, some excitement on behalf of the sagging approval rating of their beloved President Bush.”

there is no question that the response to hurricane katrina wasn’t perfect. there were colossal screw-ups on the local and state levels in new orleans, and FEMA didn’t perform as well as it could have. this continued carping that the recovery efforts were more effective for one race of people over another on purpose is just asinine. we saw more african-americans that were victims of katrina than other racial groups in new orleans because there was a disproportionate number of them in that area. the system in place was ineffective FOR EVERYBODY.

it amuses me when i read statements such as the above quoted statement. there is this persistent myth out there that conservative talk radio hosts all read from the same script. anyone who actually listens to the variety of conservative radio shows out there knows that this is not true. as far as bill bennett is concerned, when you read his statement in context, its meaning is altered quite a bit. bill bennett is not a racist. i think that he got caught saying something that he probably wishes he had said differently. i’m not here to be an apologist for bennett, but this charge is unfair.

to suggest that bill bennett said what he said to energize the red states and improve the president’s poll numbers is way past normal cynicism. that is accusing red staters and republicans of harboring racist attitudes, and this charge has no support by legitimate evidence. even if true, bennett would be wasting his time. it’s blindingly obvious that this president doesn’t govern by his poll numbers anyway.

i understand frustration with the current way things work in this country. i’ve been there myself a time or two. i just think we should be able to get beyond the personal attacks and the arrow-slinging to work together on making changes in the system that will alleviate some of these problems. we can come from different points of view, but at the end of the day, finding a solution to these problems should be more important than winning the argument.

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wonkette, the president’s speech, and alcohol –common sense surrenders

wonkette live-blogs the president’s speech today, apparently under the influence of alcohol– and i thought creating a drinking game from MSNBC’s “situation” was amusing. some people will use any excuse to abuse their legal right to drink beer. of course, she could be joking. either way, her analysis of the speech is different than anything you will ever see on the news.

as eliza doolittle said in my fair lady, “words, words, i’m so tired of words”. the president has the ability to come up with a good speech once in a while. from what i’ve heard about it, he came up with one today. he needs to sell himself and his policies better. i’ve said this before. he also needs to realize that maybe he could have done better with his second SCOTUS pick. i hope he will figure this out.

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is this president bush the one we elected?

i’m reserving judgment on harriet miers, president bush’s pick to take the next seat on the supreme court. i’m not thrilled with it, because it does suggest to me that he isn’t taking on these democrats while they are this vulnerable. she may very well be the answer to conservative prayers and maybe we are all wrong. i do think that the president could have found someone better than miers, and i’m disappointed by this pick.

this is part of a broader concern with president bush. conservatives right now are feeling betrayed on some level by this guy. we voted for him because we wanted a president strong on terrorism, and we wanted someone who reflected our values on smaller government and tax cuts. most of all, we wanted someone who would appoint justices like scalia and thomas to the supreme court. while we got some of what we wanted, this president has not been the guy we expected or voted for. dare i suggest that he might end up being like bush 41 (except for raising taxes)?

bill kristol has some excellent advice for the president. i hope he takes it.

i’ve never been an apologist for the bush admin. but i’m ready to stop giving him the benefit of the doubt.

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the right response to hurricanes

here’s an obvious point. hurricanes happened under the current president’s administration before katrina. granted, none were as severe, but somehow florida survived without much incident. somehow they were able to handle hurricanes, due to the preparation done on the state and local levels. that’s not surprising, considering how much practice floridians have had in dealing with similar situations. however, i’m not excusing FEMA or michael brown at all for hurricane katrina even though governor blanco and mayor nagin totally dropped the ball on their end. brown probably deserved to be fired. he wasn’t really qualified to do that job.

that said, it’s worth pointing out that states like florida and texas have well-thought out plans in case of a hurricane. these plans are implemented on the state and local levels. we didn’t hear about drastic chaos until katrina. this was because cops were on the job and prepared for the scoundrel element thinking about benefiting from human suffering, and people were given instructions and some time to evacuate the area. jeb bush is a smart man. his brother should ask his advice on how to deal with hurricanes or even hire one of jeb’s people to run FEMA. the president couldn’t possibly damage himself any further by this move.

coming up in future posts…more on galloway v. hitchens.

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the president’s speech and the needed revolution

there are those who saw the president’s speech as an air-kiss to the liberal solution of throwing money at problems to cure them. i don’t think this is entirely incorrect. i think that the president will be better off when he realizes that some groups of people are never going to like him. trying to appease the kanye wests, the al sharptons, and the farrikans of the world is misguided and a waste of time. african-americans died in new orleans not because of racism, but because of mismanagement on all levels of government. we saw a lot of video with african-americans as victims of katrina. why was that? it was because there were a disproportionate number of them in that area. racism in this case was a myth and the president should have called out the race-baiters last night. he missed that opportunity.

one opportunity the president and our elected leaders should not miss is the opportunity to explode the concept of the welfare state. its flaws are obvious and glaring in new orleans. we need to encourage people to take personal responsibility for their own future by allowing them to be part of creating something they can take pride in. just re-creating new orleans the way it was before doesn’t fix the problem. we don’t want to keep people struggling and on welfare. if my tax money is going toward this reconstruction, then i want some accountability on where it’s going. we should all demand this.

also, repealing the pork projects in existing bills should be done immediately. we should bring the pressure to bear on our elected officials to do this. this country belongs to us, and it’s about time washington acknowledged this and listened to us for once.

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president bush was wrong!

george w. bush was wrong. he was completely and totally wrong. he didn’t fully understand the implications of not implementing needed change in the system. there is no need to share blame in this case. sure, others voiced similar opinions…but no one with his political clout ever made a wrong decision like this one before.

if he had thought far enough ahead, he would have seen the positive results of doing something out of the box for once. being resistant to change is a characteristic a lot of conservatives have, so it’s not surprising that bush would have this approach as well. now, because his view was ignored, we can see the effects of ignoring bush’s advice in this case.

side note:
I’m quite amused at the liberals (who can’t find anything that president bush has done right as the head of the US government) who still want the federal government to have increased control and involvement in New Orleans. if bush has screwed everything up so completely, why do you still want him to control clean-up and recovery efforts? interesting position.

as I was saying, we should hold our president accountable for the past mistakes he has made. liberals and conservatives should agree on this.

after all, it is obvious to all baseball fans that george w. bush was wrong about not adding the wild card round to MLB’s playoffs. he should apologize right away for this…and trading sammy sosa to the cubs.

what did you think I was talking about? 🙂

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the deconstruction of john roberts (part II)

people for the american way lists some conservative supporters. these groups generally do their homework on nominees, because abortion is an important issue to them. ann coulter disagrees with their endorsement. i generally don’t pay much attention to ann, but she makes a valid point about wanting to know more about john roberts.

the republicans have the majority and we have a president with the ability to elect a strong conservative to the court. we should be taking more advantage of being the party in power, instead of kow-towing to the democrats. this also goes for advocacy of conservative policies and programs. why are we so afraid to stand up for what we believe in? why are we considering candidates for ’08 who bear no resemblance to the reformers in the gingrich revolution?

this drives me nuts. i have yet to see an ’08 republican presidential contender committed to the issues that we believe in as strong conservatives. i mentioned gingrich before. newt’s a smart guy, with a lot of baggage. that doesn’t mean he doesn’t have good ideas on how to move this country in the right direction.

the problem with our hard-core conservatives right now is that they have recently done or said stupid things that have gotten them bad press. hopefully they can repair their images before they try to run for president. that’s the kind of president we need in the future — a proponent of all conservative values. we elected reagan, didn’t we? so it can be done. the future of our country is at stake.

“The hottest places in hell are reserved for those who in a period of moral crisis maintain their neutrality.” –Dante

previous:

the deconstruction of john roberts (part I)

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i’ve had just about enough of cindy sheehan.

latest news: other things happened not related to katrina. chief justice william rehnquist died saturday, losing a tough battle with thyroid cancer. read about it here .

like everyone else, i was willing to give cindy sheehan a pass on almost all the crazy, messed up things she has said. she lost a son in iraq who’s not coming back. it must be absolutely devastating to lose a loved one. i can’t relate to that. i really don’t know the way the grieving process works in cases like this. i sympathize with her loss and wish only the best for the remaining family members.

that said, the fact that cindy sheehan is using hurricane katrina to get herself and her personal vendetta against the president more airtime is beyond inexcusable. it’s just wrong. like i’ve said and fellow conservatives have mentioned in their blogs, mistakes were probably made here. cindy sheehan hates president bush. we get it. for heaven’s sake, let’s hear all the information and get all of the facts before we put any heads on a pike!

read what she said on huffington post and marvel at the insanity of it. i applaud the fact that sheehan has been involved in the recovery efforts in new orleans. good for her. however, i cannot excuse her blatant attempt to politicize this tragedy for her own benefit. i disagree with those who say cindy sheehan has been swayed in her beliefs by moveon, michael moore, air america, et al. she believes everything she says without any external persuasion from any group out there.

Here’s a few choice comments.

“950 people in Iraq and how many thousands in the Gulf States died while the emperor strummed a guitar and knocked a golf ball around? ”

“…I really believe that George and his band of incompetent and dangerous thugs need to resign. It would be the only honorable and competent thing to do.”

cindy, please stop this nonsense. you’re hurting your cause and ticking off a lot of people who would normally support you. your efforts to help the good people of new orleans suggest that you are capable of looking at the big picture involved here. keep going in that direction, and don’t let your personal feelings about the president interfere with that process.

some may slam me for piling on cindy sheehan. i’m comfortable with that. i absolutely disagree with the venom in her comments and refuse to make any more excuses for her.

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kanye west said WHAT?

will somebody please buy kanye west a clue? i really don’t know what all these bush haters will do when they don’t have our current president to kick around anymore. rev. al sharpton defended west’s remarks on msnbc to tucker carlson. tucker went somewhat ballistic on the reverend, and good for him. what did west say during the concert/telethon for katrina relief?

kanye west said that george bush doesn’t care about black people. he went into this rant about iraq and that our lack of a quick response to katrina was the result of our iraq policy. wow. of course, this is not a new allegation. it’s been all over the press. there will be plenty of time to pass out blame for the aftermath of katrina. but to say that bush doesn’t care about black people? there is no proof of this, and he makes a fool of himself by that allegation.

nbc and the red cross have both distanced themselves from this statement, as they should. read their statements on michelle malkin’s blog. in the re-broadcast on msnbc, it also appears that west’s remarks were edited.

it’s a good thing for celebrities, athletes, and musicians to use their considerable influence to assist in the katrina fundraising effort. however, we need to stop taking them seriously when they start ranting about politics. i’m not talking about shutting them up, although it might be tempting. i’m talking about tuning them out. listen to their music and watch their movies if you can’t help yourself. just don’t ever allow the vapid, self-absorbed, know-nothing airheads to influence how YOU think. from this vicious critique i exempt everyone at the concert except kanye west…

i just can’t bring myself to condemn the remarks made by new orleans mayor ray nagin. (warning — rough language) they are absolutely inflammatory, but they are produced as a result of frustration with the process. this is totally understandable. his whole city was destroyed. what the heck do you expect him to say? even the media is getting frustrated with the whole situation there. shep smith and geraldo rivera of fox news lost control on air with the ineffectiveness of the system. give them all a pass. they have a closer look at the suffering than we do.

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