Recreational beheadings to follow.

It's a wonder he could talk at all with all of those Saudi dicks in his mouth. Pathetic.

Making the world safe for democracy has been a flawed strategy for over 100 years now... Can our policy makers be a little more original?

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Pathetic, Embarrassing, Pitiful and the most Un-American man I have seen (70 years old here) in office so far. bush (lower case intentional) has done more harm to America than any other past President. My grandfather used to say "any idiot could become president of the U.S. and now I finally understand what he meant.

Bush was also expected to take time out to meet with a group of “Saudi entrepreneurs.”

Translation: Lining up lucrative post-president positions of enormous personal wealth potential.

All that kissing, and they tell him..."NO"....us taxpayers want a refund monkey man.

Ahh one of our many OIL Colonies......http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SAWClI8zsH4

Bush loves playing grab asses with the Al-Saud junta

that is one bad ass sword.

he is the type of guy who would play with it in his ranch. He is the type of guy who would play baseball with that sword and oranges and laugh about it

Dhalgren @ 11:

Hey this just in, another former Republican congressman is indicted. This time, for allegedly supporting the enemies of freedom! No, really.

Not quite just in, TPMMuckraker reported this at 3:17 today:

http://www.tpmmuckraker.com/archives/005087.php#comments

Site Monitor: Scroll down...we have it too.

Well let's see, we're a democracy of "free" people and we have started wars in two countries and a third may be on the way. Now why wouldn't we be able to convince other countries that "freedom" and democracy are the way to go?

Aaron @ 15:

It's actually in our interest to support Pervez Musharraf because he's a relatively US-friendly dictator, controlling a population that is hostile to US and other Western interests, and running a country with nuclear weapons. Now, if you take down Musharraf and let a head of state that supports US hostility, you end up with a nuclear-armed country hostile to US interests that would be leading a population hostile to US interests and known for giving aid and shelter to terrorists.

Kind of a worst-case scenario, no?

Yes that plan worked great with the shah in Iran

Make no mistake about it, Bush is very much committed to freedom. He just defines it differently. His definition consists of the freedom of multinational corporations to make profit.

When viewed with this understanding, he actually doesn't look so stupid. Evil maybe, but not stupid.

What a pathetic piece of scum bush is. Look at him there looking like a freakin dumb ass monkey(no offense to monkeys).

BennyP @ 27:

The Chimp holds a sword like Chaney holds a shotty.
Idiot actually has the blade facing his own neck...

The prince suggested he hold it in that manner. The walk way was covered with banana peels.

Bush looks totally ill! I mean really... his face and smile looks completely unintelligent...
just like a very active alcoholic. Compare him to men that are much older... he looks terrible.
And acts totally desperate for love... the way he wants to hug and touch women and small children. It's so obviously disgusting! And of course his speech and smirk is worse than an embarrassment.

No wonder he goes to bed early. gulg, gulg, glug.

the cptian should be all that butt fucking i gave the american people for you saudi turd heads and all i gets a lousy made in china sword???????????????

Blue Lensman @ 32:

BennyP @ 27:

The Chimp holds a sword like Chaney holds a shotty.
Idiot actually has the blade facing his own neck...

The prince suggested he hold it in that manner. The walk way was covered with banana peels.

I'll assume the Chimp dropped those:)

i'll bet he raised more money for his library from the arabs than his dad did.

This begs for a "caption this photo" contest:

"Man, I wish I had this bad-ass sword when I was governor. Executions woulda been a hoot!"

Yes, all that phony talk about "spreading liberty", then cosying up, as usual, with dictators, thugs, crackpots, killers, and places where even the most basic human rights are denied. And smiling and laughing about it.

Iraq, under Saddam, had more "liberty" than Saudia Arabia ever has or ever will... so why didn't he try to spread some liberty in Saudia Arabia?

Asshole Bush.

Why would anyone give something sharp to General Shit for Brains? About as smart as giving a loaded gun to Commander Cheney.

To Bush and his ilk, "democracy" means government of the people, by the corporations, for the corporations.

They believe in the original Declaration of Independence:

We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal and are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these rights are Life, Liberty and PROPERTY.

Hence "spreading democracy" means forcing traditional cultures to accept Corporate Rule.

It's like the nearly universal agreement that the National Forests are there to "protect our natural resources" .. to me that means having a place to go to experience nature .. to the capitalists, it means making the timber, coal, and mineral available for corporate exploitation.

capiche?

The more I look at the pictures of Bush interacting with Saudi VIPs through the years, the more I realize that the idea of him being a Manchurian Candidate of sorts may not be so far fetched.

Filthy Harry @ 49:

This whole trip proves what a tin ear the Bush admin has had towards the country. Here we are, the whole country has been economically unstable for a while now, ever since Enron sent the first shocks to the subprime loan tsunami that could end in millions losing their homes, and the collapse of the related markets, with every major economic pundit predicting recession, and this asswipe decides NOW is the time to work the Middle East? Working on his legacy with a futile stab at peace in the Middle East as our country teeters on the verge of economic collapse. For almost his whole presidency we'd have been better off with him not around, now when he should be here fighting to right the ship of state, he's jerking off thinking about his legacy. Dick.

Indeed, although I may be so bold as to claim that maybe it is a good thing (tm) he is not around even when he is needed. He is a king Midas in reverse, so the last thing we need right now is to have his shit touch. As bad as things are, they could be made much worse just by having him around.

I am just fascinated that the guy is past his mid life, and yet he is unable to get his priorities straight: What is the point of working on a legacy if there may not be any country left by the time he is done "legacing" to care about it?

New Bush coins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guKAe64UeYk

Perhaps the bushies are angry Europe Rates Bush in the SINGLE DIGITS!!

Issue: Ugly American?

Europeans appear weary and wary of President Bush.
More than 5,500 Europeans told this to Harris Interactive in a poll conducted for the International Herald Tribune and a French television station. The survey showed that Mr. Bush's reputation is tanking.

The approval rating of President George W. Bush on an approval scale of zero to 100 in each of the five European countries surveyed is a single digit. Italy, 8 percent approve of Bush; the UK, 7 percent; Spain, 7 percent; Germany, 5 percent; France, 3 percent.

The same 5,500 respondents in the same five countries were also asked this question: "How much of a threat does the United States pose to peace among nations of the world?" In all five countries, majorities responded that the U.S. poses a, quote-unquote, "major threat to world peace."

http://www.mclaughlin.com/library/transcript.asp?id=635

I think it is funny how mouth-breathing, redstate, daddy-complex, republican constituents can spend most of their waking life harboring an irrational fear of middle easterners and anyone who even looks like one and yet not-a-one will lose their Corn Pops when they see this image. I mean, isn't the royal in this pic just another t***l-head to them? Cripes, they can't even be consistent about what they hate and fear anymore; I suppose they never have been, come to that. I guess Daddy Dumb Dumb can do no wrong in their eyes.

He just looks like a happy fucking idiot. Oblivious. God I hate that guy.

'BennyP @ # 27'

Yup. The sword blade is pointed towards his neck.
He shouldn't be let out of the country, and he shold
not be allowed to make public speeches.

Bonkers @ 58:

I think it is funny how mouth-breathing, redstate, daddy-complex, republican constituents can spend most of their waking life harboring an irrational fear of middle easterners and anyone who even looks like one and yet not-a-one will lose their Corn Pops when they see this image. I mean, isn't the royal in this pic just another t***l-head to them? Cripes, they can't even be consistent about what they hate and fear anymore; I suppose they never have been, come to that. I guess Daddy Dumb Dumb can do no wrong in their eyes.

Either they're being inconsistent, or your stereotypes need some updating. ;)

I'd like to see someone behind Bust slap the tip of that sword about two feet to the left!

If you believe lies you enable liars.

Is anyone else sick of seeing Jr kissing Saudi ass?

Bush spreads his legs for the Saudis.

And there George is again, arm-in-arm with a Saudi prince... he just can't keep his hands off those guys, can he?

Just imagine the spittle-flecked frothing at the mouth of the redstaters if Hillary or Barack was fondling the digits of a Wahabi Muslim whose country supplied most of the 9-11 bombers. But IOKIYAR, especially if it's Junior.

Remides me of a fascist version of Gene Kelly's "Singing in the Rain".

Bush's version is "me and my Dictator"...........................

And there are those that say it couldn't happen here.

Saudi Arabia is not our friend and never has been. Saudi Arabia had 15 of the 19 terrorist on the planes of 911,,,, and was the majority country funding and supplying of insurgents which are killing our soldiers in Iraq. Bin Laden is a citizen or Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia brain wash their citizens all the way through they schools that any on that is not of their believe is their enemy and refuses to let anyone see the books from which their children are taught.
They used Bush Sr. to protect their country using our military and our soldiers which were killed along with 100,000'(s ) of innocent Iraq's citizens in the Gulf war. Also there were 100,000 of our soldiers which suffered sickest and death from the effects of the nuclear weapons used in the Gulf, which Bush Jr. is also using in his current war for oil and the protection of Israel.
Bush No. 2 has increase the protection of Saudi Arabia (which has ties to terrorist and insurgents) which hate persons not of their belief or of the western world. If you notice Saudi Arabia is charging us a arm and leg for their oil, after all the support and death of our soldiers which fought in the Gulf war and now in Iraq, soon Iran and Syria to stop their threat to the Saudi Arabia.
We no longer have any friends in the world and the only support Bush receives from other countries are the ones which he pays for their support.
Anyone believing that Bush , Cheney and the republicans give a d... about the American citizens, our country, our constitution, our bill of rights, jobs , social programs, senior citizens , the poor or citizens in a disaster is just not wrapped tight or needs to learn to read.
Bush and the Republicans has let our jobs go overseas, wages at a standstill while the gas, heating oil, homes, food, electric and everything you buy has doubled or tripled , while the value of our money has been devalue to a point lower then any other countries currency in the world.
Now you have to realize that which Bush stole the office in 2001, Bill Clinton economy was on its way of a balance budge by 2010, and now Bush has given these to the wealthy, oil company, war contractors and foreign countries.
We now have countries we have supported and funded in the past years ,, that have now brought our banks (which means they own our economy) even countries with ties to terrorist.
Now, how in the h... can Americans say that Bush has been fighting terrorist to save our country,,, when he has totally destroyed our country which Bin Laden and all the terrorist has not been trying to do and could never do, in over 100 years.
As one of Bush's famous statements --- the terrorist keep finding new ways to destroy us and "SO DO WE", So here comes another one of his jewel statement --you have done a h... of a job Brownie.....

Sporty...check out the daily reading in the open thread....have 2 goodies from Bush's trip to Arabia...

I want to enter the caption contest....

Bush: Real Swords, cool.
Abdullah: Yes, very sharp, very long, you will like.
Bush: My Place or yours?

I wonder if King Abdullah will also offer Bush the pleasures of his harem?
"Laura, why don't you go ride the horses while the king shows me a super-secret part of his palace."

The New York Times criticized Mb. Bush for trying to get Mr. Musharraf to share power and for trying to install democracy. What would you and the Times rather that he do? This article
http://www.scragged.com/articles/the-nyt-bludgeons-bush-with-bhutto.aspx
explains some of the alternatives to what Mr. Bush was doing and asks what we'd rather he do? Criticism without suggestions is mere cant.

Democracy is a gift from God? I think not. It was a gift that man gave to himself, despite the gods. I challenge ANYONE to present me with a verse from the Bible, the Koran, the Torah or even the Bhagavad Gita that even refers to democracy let alone encourages it.

When Dubya talks about "God" he is of course referring to Yahweh/Jehova, the deity worshipped by Jews and Christians. (Mohammed grafted one of the Arab pagan gods onto Yahweh/Jehova, called Allah - or al-Lah, so Muslims believe that Yahweh/Jehova and Allah are the same deity.) To be sure, there is no more petty, tyrranical and hateful deity in any pantheon than the god of the Hebrews. Yahweh/Jehova (and al-Lah, too) sent down religious laws by which men were supposed to live. Remember those "10 Commandments"? Well, that was just the beginning of it. And nowhere in religious law is there room for democracy.

How sickening for the POTUS to stand alongside a tyrannical dictator like the ruler of Saudi Arabia and talk about the virtues of democracy. How ignorant of Islam for him to claim that democracy is a gift from God when the laws of Islam say that there is no higher law than that of al-Lah. Many Muslim scholars and clerics will tell you that democracy and Islam are incompatible, because democracy places the law of men above the law of God.

I hope that future POTUS'es will refrain from paying a visit to any Saudi ruler until true democracy (not "Islamic" democracy like we have seen in Afghanistan, Iran and Iraq) is established there. If the Saudis want to talk to our leader, then they can buy a plane ticket to Washington DC. To see the (alleged) leader of the "free world" holding hands and smooching on the Saudi king, the leader of a country where women are de jure second class citizens and non-Muslims cannot so much as pray in public let alone build a church or temple, makes me ill. Saudi Arabia is the antithesis of a free and democratic republic. To see the POTUS dancing around with swords - in a place where public executions by beheading are a regular occurence - is just plain SICK.

Maybe it isn't Iraq or Iran who should be attacked and occupied; Saudi Arabia would have been a much better target. If we're going to war for oil, why not go to where there is the most of it to be had?