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While I was researching information for something else I was writing, I came upon this little photo and I couldn’t resist. This is the image of a favorite politician of just about everyone. He was so popular in Washington that they made him the Majority Leader. It is none other than, Tom Delay.

Unfortunately, this is most likely his worst photo-op. It is his mug shot taken while he was being arrested in Texas for conspiracy and money laundering charges.

See for yourself.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/1020051delay1.html

ImpeachPAC | Electing a Congress to Impeach Bush and Cheney

Glad to know that the desire to Impeach George Bush and Dick Cheney wasn’t an original thought, and that I am not the only one thinking this. We’ll just have to watch and see.

I started reading the news again. It has been awhile. Perhaps I have been a little depressed about the state of the world. Perhaps I have been avoiding that pressure. Perhaps I have been preoccupied.

After the last election, with the atrocities that happened in polling places, and the Republic Party’s resurrection of “Jim Crow” laws to challenge voter eligibility INSIDE the polling place in Ohio, and the garbage bags of “lost” votes in Florida, and election officials publicly promising to “deliver elections,” my reaction was that it was time for writers and thinkers to DIG IN and start doing their part. My pre-election threats to my family that I would whisk myself to a old-world European country to escape in the event that the scoundrels in-charge stole another election vanished entirely. I knew that I had to stay in America, and change the minds of people with words and ideas.

While perusing the 300+ articles that matched my general criteria, I found myself reading an article at SFGate.com about nearly a THOUSAND pilgrims who died while trying to cross a single bridge in Iraq. It was such a devastating amount of people that even though there is a war going on around them, the community is still reeling from the loss.

At the top of the page, just as I started to process the details of the article, I noticed a banner advertisement, and there appeared to be a man’s naked chest (the head and torso were blocked . . . . The copy for the advertisement read, “Under the Patriot Act, your information is no longer private. Strip away the sound bites and learn the truth. www.aclu.tv.” Are we really in a state of being where organizations have to ADVERTISE the truth in order to get Americans to participate?

Maybe, I could write some of the advertisements we might read in the not-so-distant future:

• Taxes have been temporarily suspended. Instead, please make your checks out directly to: The President and his Friends.
• Big Brother is here. He has opened up special camps, and all FREE THINKERS are invited.
• The HIDDEN oil crisis: How are the executives of the oil companies going to spend their record profits?

WorldNetDaily: Developer seeks Souter’s property:

Developer seeks Souter’s property Looks to build ‘Lost Liberty Hotel’ at home of Supreme Court justice

I guess I have always had my personal “punch-card” of things to do before I die, and quite frankly, I never expected Weare, NH to be a place on that list.

This morning, Weare, NH vaulted unexpectedly to the TOP of my list. As soon as it is built, God-willing, I will be staying in the Lost Liberty Hotel. Curling into bed at night with my complimentary copy of “Atlas Shrugged,” by Ayn Rand and with a belly fully of goodies from the “Just Desserts Cafe,” I will drift off to sleep. In the morning, I will wake with expectation–later in the day, I will be strolling through the Museum of Lost Freedom in America.

Please–don’t take my word for it–read all about it here . . . .

Wow. I cannot verify the sources, nor have I heard of any of this before, but there are quite a few photographs, and more than one convincing argument. See for yourself.

What hit the Pentagon on 911?

News and Images from Netscape/CNN

You know, when I first saw this, I had some really mixed emotions. The first thing that came to mind is, “Isn’t that a little queer?” I do not mean to imply that our President is gay, but the word “queer” has a certain empowerment to the concept of out of place–or, better yet–out of YOUR PLACE. Perhaps it would be used when someone is being brash, reacting, or defending themselves. But this is just flat-out brazen, and the word seemed somehow appropriate.

Out of all of the ways that I could envision this meeting unfolding, this was NOT one of the scenarios. Our President, Mr. Geroge W. Bush, walking though the Texas bluebells holding hands with the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia? It absolutely raises some questions. Is our spiny-crab, Texas-drawlin’, no-holds-barred, rootin’-tootin’ President up to something? The same guy who said, “Putin better do right by Democracy” in his threatening, “no back talkin’ now, ya’ hear” voice is perhpas embracing a social custom of Saudi Arabia. Or, perhaps, he is not. Whatever it is, he seems terribly at ease, terribly empowered, and VERY out of place in Texas. Holding hands in not exactly a good-ole’ boy activity. Perhaps after throwing down a few brews, and a good ass-whoopin’ at horseshoes, we could hold hands and take a walk through the bluebells, Jed.

Maybe there is more credence to Michael Moore‘s allegations that our President had business and long-term family ties with the Royal Family of Saudi Arabia. Moore’s allegations were that the our President ordered all of the Saudi nationals to be collected by the FBI, transported to special airplanes (more than 50 planes), and had every single plane flown to Saudi Arabia–to avoid violence against them–ON SEPTEMBER 11th! Every American was gounded, but the Saudi’s were flying the friendly skies.

The look on our President’s face in this image, however, is very poignant. As are the looks on his face in the other images in the collection. There is another thought–maybe our President intends to charm the oil right out of him. He was wildly popular with an unexpected population of female voters who were happy to waive their rights as females because “he is kinda cute,” and they “liked the way he dresses.” Well, at least Fox found plenty of women who said that. Perhaps our illustrious leader with the lowest approval rating of any President is gonna take one for the team to lower gasoline prices.

I keep returning to that little September 11th thingie–you know, the single greatest moment for our country (at least that a couple of generations can remember). The reason why we have the Patriot Act, and the Patriot Act II (sorta like a bad sequel to Rambo–except that our movie doesn’t end). If the September 11th panel was correct in their findings, I believe that 9 of the terrorists aboard the four airplanes were from Saudi Arabia–the KINGDOM of the man whom our President is strolling through the bluebells of Texas–holding hands.

I guess that is the problem with images like this. It raises so many questions, and produces so little understanding. Just see for yourself.

Yahoo! News – Gore Blasts GOP Bid to Block Filibusters:

A voice of reason from the political fray emerges, and it is none other than our former Vice President, Al Gore. Our Federal Government needs to get this maelstrom of garbage settled–they are so far out of touch with their constituents, it is no longer funny. At first, it was humorous, but now, it has reached the point of absurdity. By the people, for the people.

Yahoo! News – GOP Weighing New Concessions on Ethics: Keep voicing your opinions–we ARE making headway. I really hope that this is a turning point in the “madness” that has overcome the Republican party. The scary thing is that we are so much closer in proximity that we would care to admit.

I had a discussion with a friend last week–and, the Republicans and Democrats argue over miniscule differences in the shades of gray when compared to some of the other governments in history. For example, I have been reading a book about Hitler’s rise to power in Germany. In the early 1900’s, at the end of World War I, there were three active Socialist parties, a Communist party, and several other parties to boot. Each of those political parties were arguing from grossly different fundamental perspectives . . . while here, in the states, everyone believes in the Republic–the differences lie in what policies we choose to embrace.

On a More Somber Note

What have we here?

At some point, the leadership of the Republican party is going to have to make some choices. This Tom DeLay fellow, is bad news. He allegedly takes illegal money, has created a ton of negative publicity for the Republicans, and has single-handedly thrown a pretty big wrench in this 4-year Republican power-grab. The smartest thing, in my opinion, would be to throw out the spoiled onion, and in doing so, save the whole bag of onions.

If the Republicans continue to make legislation that allows those in power get away with committing crimes and violating the constitution, they are really going to cause problems for themselves in the future–especially considering that ironically, it seems to be the Democrats who are calling for the reduction in the size of government, calling for a decrease of the deficit, and calling for someone to get a handle on the immigration issue. As soon as middle America realizes (if we can get them to watch news and not FOX) the values of Democrat policies, the winds of changes are going to fill a different set of sails.

Politics – Costs of war quietly surpass $300 billion – sacbee.com: “Costs of war quietly surpass $300 billion

Congress approves requests from the president and the Pentagon with little resistance and adds a few unrelated projects to boot.

The Troubling Word Here is “Quietly”

Let there be no mistake, our troops need and deserve equipment, support, and money. Once again, if our Commander-in-Chief would just come forward and TELL US what they need, I would feel differently about it . . . .

Yahoo! News – Bolton Finds U.N. Nomination in Jeopardy:

Is this how a Democracy is supposed to work? Is this even how a Republic is supposed to work? You have a hearing, the hearing goes poorly, and so the Chairman decided to postpone a vote that Bolton would have lost.

This is preposterous! Following Tom DeLay’s lead, I guess it is acceptable to gerrymander votes until they fall in your direction. STEP DOWN, Bolton. And, for the love of God, will you Republicans do SOMETHING for the good of the country, or are you so completely drunk with power that you do not know what that may be any more?