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Journal: file83
 Break the fucking cycle of Oligarchy already...can we try something new, puh-leeze? At least someone with a different family name? What's next, are we going to start a "Royal Family" with Kings and Queens next? We've got a democracy here, let's fucking use it, not abuse it.  From this article at Nature.com:
 The Cassini spacecraft, which is in orbit around Saturn, was in Saturn's shadow for about 12 hours. The sun is behind Saturn in this photo. So, in a way, this is like a solar eclipse for Cassini - very cool!! Edit: Hi-resolution version available here! (Thanks to "tridim"!)     !!!Should George really be asking Tony Snow to be his Press Secretary?
   Tony Snow on Bush:Begin with the wimp factor. No president has looked this impotent this long when it comes to defending presidential powers and prerogatives. <snip> The budget has grown nearly 50 percent on his watch, and he is vying to become the most free-spending president ever. <snip> This kind of behavior has given the impression that George W. Bush is more eager to please than lead... source He (Bush) behaves as if he were in an amusement park, pursuing a hobby rather than a calling. <snip> The key indicator is The Smirk. It pops out indiscriminately -- in times of peril as well as moments of mirth. It gives bystanders the sense they’re dealing not with a political heir to Lincoln, Reagan or George Bush, but with an exhibitionistic frat boy who has poked a hole in the bottom of a beer can and wants an audience to watch him pop the top. <snip> He (Bush) inhabits a political Oz, where the colors are happy and the tough decisions can wait until the oracle speaks. When he stumbles over abstruse matters of foreign policy, for instance, he actually jokes about his cluelessness. <snip> This is how frat boys behave when they know the class nerd is going to take their exams for them. source George W. Bush and his colleagues have become not merely the custodians of the largest government in the history of humankind, but also exponents of its vigorous expansion. source Damn Tony, I couldn't have said it better myself!  (on edit: formating & "press secretary") From Freerepublic (Google Cache): freeper cache
October 13, 1997 Tony Snow The recent behavior of Attorney General Janet Reno confirms what many in the nation's capital have suspected all along: The chief, and perhaps sole, occupation of people in Camp Clinton is the production, distribution and sale of excuses for the President of the United States. Web Posted: 10/11/97 02:59:02 PDT Funny, because selling excuses for Camp Bush is EXACTLY what Tony Snow would be doing full-time if he accepts the job offer. Feeling vulnerable yet?
Is Russia trying to warn us about attacking Iran? Or just Russian propaganda? What do you think:  Russian military planes flew undetected through the U.S. zone of the Arctic Ocean to Canada during recent military exercises, a senior (Russian) Air Force commander said Saturday. The commander of the country's long-range strategic bombers, Lieutenant General Igor Khvorov, said the U.S. Air Force is now investigating why its military was unable to detect the Russian bombers. "They were unable to detect the planes either with radars or visually," he said. source: http://www.spacewar.com/reports/Russian_Bo... on edit: Additional sources: http://www.flightglobal.com/Articles/2006/... http://www.interfax.ru/e/B/politics/28.htm...  "We're watching. We're listening. We're at&t 9000."...made back in September 2005.
"A Republican Tradition" Do I have a crystal ball, or what? Happy is me!  Source: U.P.I.
U.S. to create a bird flu virus mutation Atlanta, GA, Mar. 24 (UPI) -- The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has begun a series of experiments to see how likely the bird flu virus could result in a human pandemic. The six-month series of experiments seeks to simulate the mixing and matching of genes from the H5N1 avian flu virus that has plagued Asia and a common human flu virus that public-health experts fear could turn avian flu into a pandemic, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. CDC scientists inside an ultra-secure laboratory have started swapping the genes of the H5N1 avian virus with the genes of an H3N2 virus, the strain behind most recent human flu outbreaks. The goal is to substitute the eight genes of each virus, one by one, with the eight genes from the other virus to see which of more than 250 possible combinations create flu viruses that could spread easily among humans. more... Umm...can I just say , big time. First they said McKinney "punched" the officer.
Today, they say she "poked" the officer. The unidentified officer wants to press assault charges against McKinney, who allegedly poked him with her cellphone Wednesday morning as she tried to bypass a metal detector while walking into a House office building, said Capitol Police sources familiar with the incident. (source: The Washinton Post) "Poked"???So which is it, U.S. Capitol Police, did McKinney "punch" him, or "poke" him?What a joke. Nothing like changing your story to expose the false accusation. McKinney: 1 U.S.C.P.: 1 Wonder which way this tie game will end up... FIRE AWAY BABY!Nothing can touch me with my New DU Flame Suit!! |
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