Bad Things

Queen = RJ

It's sooooo convenient to frame the topic as "seeing a gathering risk". (Boy that sounds so nice.) The F-UP occurred when we actually invaded a soveriegn nation, killing thousands of innocents, more than a thousand of our troops, spending hundreds of BILLIONS of dollars, discrediting ourselves on the world stage, all based on Bullsh1t and fear. Two weeks to wipe out a country with an army that didn't fight... Saddaam hiding in a hole... boy that was sure a gathering risk!

Simply stated Darin... we must learn from History to improve our future. In analyzing the biggest F-Up our government has done (since my adulthood), we may be able to understand future F-ups before they happen again. By simply looking ahead... we will perpetuate the same mistakes over and over.

Thanks (Edit.) Hindsight helped you with your post, so I thought it should help me too. Anyway... I'm sorry if I'm thick-skulled, (Which I KNOW I am) but I don't seem to understand your logic. Are you stating that if "w" didn't start claiming a link between Iraq/911 and Saddaam/Bin Laden directly following Sept 11th, and if we didn't rush to war against the wishes of most of the world... Bush would be unelectable because he didn't remove Saddaam from power? But... since he ("w") claimed (lied) that Iraq had this HUGE stockpile of weapons that he was going to use against us makes him ("w") correct even thought it's now been proved false??

Why does it matter? What the heck is that for question?

Mich... Do you believe that the invasion of Iraq was justified?

Also... Bush' letter to Congress Dear Mr. Speaker: (Dear Mr. President:) Consistent with section 3(B) of the Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 (Public Law 107-243), and based on information available to me, including that in the enclosed document, I determine that: (1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic and other peaceful means alone will neither (A) adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq nor (B) likely lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq; and (2) acting pursuant to the Constitution and Public Law 107-243 is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations, or persons who planned, authorized, committed, or aided the terrorist attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001. Sincerely, GEORGE W. BUSH

Here's what was brought to Congress to authorize "w" to invade Iraq... "In connection with the exercise of the authority granted in subsection (a) to use force," the congressional resolution states, "the President shall, prior to such exercise or as soon there after as may be feasible, but no later than 48 hours after exercising such authority, make available to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the President pro tempore of the Senate his determination that: "(1) reliance by the United States on further diplomatic or other peaceful means alone either (A) will not adequately protect the national security of the United States against the continuing threat posed by Iraq or (B) is not likely to lead to enforcement of all relevant United Nations Security Council resolutions regarding Iraq, and "(2) acting pursuant to this resolution is consistent with the United States and other countries continuing to take the necessary actions against international terrorists and terrorist organizations, including those nations, organizations or persons who planned, authorized, committed or aided the terrorists attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001."

I think you're full of it. Show me the data about Joe Wilson's reporting. (Please don't quote a source from another right-wing nut job) (Or from those idiots at the Washington Post)

Shut the F*ck up about Clinton already! Damn it... don't you realize how completley stupid you sound? Comparing Clinton to Bush is just the lamest thing I can imagine. This A-Hole Bush fooled you and most of this country in his mad rush for war. Now... he continues to fool almost half of you. What the F will it take for you to at least "look behind the curtain" to see the truth. Fool America Once, Shame on BUSH Fool America, again and again and again and again Shame on America.

This could be fun. (I live about 30-40 miles away from Mt St Helens.) They passed out surgical masks to all of us yesterday at work. (The crappy thing about this is that I won't be able to go on my annual hike up to the Mt St Helens crater this fall, since all the trails are closed.)

<sarcasm on> Great! Screw the local mom and pop businesses! What did they ever do for you anyway? It's about time Buffalo gets a place that serves good beer and decent wings. <sarcasm off>

- Baraka - Amelie

I've been avoiding reading about this strike/lock-out because I think its a bunch of crap. However because of my self imposed ignorance; I don't know that main ($) jist of their gripe. Is this about salary cap issues? (or lack there of.)

Bada Bing!

How much does a procedure like this usually cost?

I just tried "colon-blow" a couple weeks ago. yowza...

Lock the war mongering/war profiteering mother f'ers up.

Yeah, but... name one other place in the country where you would have access to a high-speed ferry to Toronto! C'mon... tell me.

I hear ya... my son starts pre-school next monday.

Uh... I could do it. Does this mean I don't have a brain?

Boy... I really didn't see this happening

Flutie=RJ

The Pacific Northwest is beautiful this time of year.