He gave them the carrot (weapons package) and then asked them to lower oil prices (they said 'no').

Nice deal for them and BushCo.

Is it just me or does every decision this president makes end up screwing America?

Michael M. @ 3:

Is it just me or does every decision this president makes end up screwing America?

No, it isn't just you.

I think Hillary said his begging was pathetic. She could have gone farther and said he, as a human being, is not only pathetic but also embarrassing to the American people.

Loved the tap dancing sounds. It fit perfectly.

Look, if I went 'round saying I was Emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

The Dem nominee should run this clip with a voice over..."we've had eight years of incompetence, let's now return intelligence and ability to the oval office."

The Saudi guy on the right is telling Dubyah "No more oil George, but you may take this sword as a gift. Now go home and sit on it. "

NanaT @ 11:

The Dem nominee should run this clip with a voice over..."we've had eight years of incompetence, let's now return intelligence and ability to the oval office."

Better yet.."we've had eight years of tap dancing around the truth by this idiot, time
to stick that sword up his ass."

What a foolish man bush is. He thinks his personality will get him favors from the Saudi's? The Saudi's hate America as do most of the rest of the Arab world due to bush's cowboy actions and lack of any understanding of what Diplomacy is.

Pathetic is a most a kind word for this absolute fool.

Lefty @ 5:

Michael M. @ 3:

Is it just me or does every decision this president makes end up screwing America?

No, it isn't just you.

In fact it almost seems as if he's deliberately screwing this nation over for profit...but he'd never do that...he only has our best interest in mind...HA!

Bush: "Well...what do you want?.......(whispering)....."Let me call Larry Flint right now."

Did they change the music, or do the Saudis really do a sword dance to Tea for Two?

It's not so much the price of oil that is going up, it is the collapse of the US$ that is causing the problems.

Dance with the sword, die by the... oops, wrong adage.

It's very simple - when you're an addict, you will do whatever your dealer wants. And if that includes removing the Prince Sultan airbase to appease terrorists the dealer's nephew, so be it.

Seems like a pretty harsh word being used by someone who hasn't done much to stop the war, stop the torturing, stopping illegal wiretapping or stopping the sleazy secrecy of the current administration.

In other words, why wasn't she calling him pathetic YEARS AGO?

What gives? I thought his signing statements were done in crayon because they won't let him handle anything sharp...

liberalNmoderation @ 19:

In fact it almost seems as if he's deliberately screwing this nation over for profit...but he'd never do that...he only has our best interest in mind...HA!

Nono, you slightly misstated that: it's "he has thoughts of the best interest rate he can get in mind." It's an understandable mistake, the Republicans have been confusing the two for how many years decades now?

OK. Next thing you know, they'll be headed off the the men's room together...

Yes, but there are bigger issues here than our President dancing around like a chimp, or the price of Saudi oil:

www.asecondlookatthesaudis.com

Why isn't Hillary, or any other Democratic contender, commenting on any of this?

1. Good comment about the holding the sword with the blade facing his neck. It kind of says. "I'd cut my own throat to hang out with you guys".
2. I wonder what message the Iraqi Shiites are getting when Bush is seen dancing a war dance with the Sunni? Seems likely to inflame the Sadrists. Sorry troops, oil is more important.
3. I'm sure this tape (not necessarily this version) will be on all the Al Qaeda recruiting tapes and will be quite successful too.

Ocham @ 6:

centavo @ 2:

Why didn't the Secret Service disarm the fool in the photo?

LMAO!!!

Let them experience the folly of their 'War on Terror" firsthand. And Hillary is right, this is pathetic.

pissed off patricia @ 14:

Glad I'm not the only one who thought he was holding the sword wrong. Seems you wouldn't want the blade side against your neck. I wouldn't. Thank god he didn't try to get cute and start swinging it around or challenge the guys there to a sword fight.

Note that Prince Salman holds his blade with the edge facing out or upwards. I understand this was likely a ceremonial/show blade with no real edge, but common sense demands you treat a weapon with respect at all times. (Unless you're Dick Cheney on a drunk dunk duck hunt.)

But, let's recap - Saudi Arabia gets $2 billion in military equipment. Bush got a medal, a sword dance, and a resounding 'no' from King Abdullah.

There's your legacy, Mr. Bush. Another failure to cap off a string of failures, like the three energy companies you helmed.

And did anyone else notice that Bush had a particularly medicated look about him on this trip, with frequent glancing off to the side as if he were wondering where he was, exactly? I mean, even St. Ronnie never looked so lost.

He seems to be having a grand old time holding hands, playing with swords (a phallic symbol) and dancing with a room full of nothing but manly men.

mcrown @ 42:

Boris Cleto @ 9:

Look, if I went 'round saying I was Emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

Just.... WOW!

"Now we see the violence inhiert in the system! Help help im beeing repressed!"

"Now go away, or I will taunt you a second time!"

Do I really need to set this up?

No, but you probably need to remove it from the site; some of us are eating lunch right now. ;-)

God, that mutherfukker is such an embarrassment

Well look, Bush is pretty damn white.

Guys got no sol, no funk ... not really all that surprising he's a shitty dancer.

Has there ever been a US President who cold dance reasonably well?

I remember reading that Lincoln liked to dance.

ChrisM70 @ 31:

Seems like a pretty harsh word being used by someone who hasn't done much to stop the war, stop the torturing, stopping illegal wiretapping or stopping the sleazy secrecy of the current administration.

In other words, why wasn't she calling him pathetic YEARS AGO?

Here's an idea - why don't we stop retroactively criticizing everyone on our side for stuff in the past that can't be changed and worry about what has to be done right now to fix this crap? Every single democrat Senator and representative failed us - including Edwards, Obama, and Hillary: in case you haven't noticed everything is still screwed up. All the Obama and Edwards fan boys need to stop acting like their candidates stopped the war, fixed the economy, and unscrewed the country from the beating it's taken from the Bush administration. Attacking Hillary isn't going to get us anywhere. For once the democrats are less divided than the normally solid straight conservative party line "Goofy Old Party". Let's take advantage of that instead of attacking our own candidates and throwing this election away.

You think we're screwed now? Let a republican win the presidency. There's a lot to lose right now.

Damn u key is all screwed up on my machine!

"Hey sheik, what-say we have one of them public beheadings of yours with this thing?"

Boris Cleto @ 9:

Look, if I went 'round saying I was Emperor just because some moistened bint had lobbed a scimitar at me, they'd put me away!

GHWB: "Son, one day, all this will be yours!"
GWB: "The curtains ...?"
GHWB: "No, not the curtains."
GWB: "But I don't want to be king. I'd much rather ... rather ... "
GHWB: "Rather what?"
GWB: "Do a sword dance!" ::: laughs and bobs about like a complete fool :::

Dont know much about dancin
Thats why I got this song
One of my legs is shorter than the other
n both my feets too long
course now right along with em
I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin every night
Hopin one day I might get it right
Im a dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool
I hear that beat; I jump outa my seat,
But I cant compete, cause Im a
Dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool

I wonder how many heads have been detached w/ that thing.

bush is not playing with a full deck ♥♦♣♠

Most of the hijackers were from Saudi Arabia yet they're still making him dance.
Considering some of the ridiculous things the MSM gets outraged about, shouldn't it be expressing at least a hint of disdain for this?

george stick to tapping your feet in bathroom stalls in dc like the rest of the sex in a shithouse gang in congress!!!!!!!!!

Well, of course Bandar Bush can't do the Sword Dance! He's a Boogiemeister, not a Swordmeister!. In proof of this, I offer the following link at Too Stupid To Be President com. Hit the link, scroll down to near the bottom of the left sidebar and click the pic of the Prezninint (requires Quicktime to see. If you don't have QT, it is more than worth it to download the free viewer from Apple - this one is priceless)).

http://www.toostupidtobepresident.com/

[holding my face in my hands and squeezing away the pain]

Our "commander in Chief" is an undignified clown.

On the other hand 10 years from now we'll hear about a moronic neocon push to get his mug carved into Mt Rushmore....

L.A. Confidential @ 54:

Those two are laughing all the way to the bank.

Americans obviously still don't GET IT.

After 7 years as President, he finally makes a visit to the Saudis. This was strictly a "money trip" to set up his career after he is out of office.

Bush Family - Saudis - Oil - Money (a long history together).

Thing Fish @ 65:

Dont know much about dancin
Thats why I got this song
One of my legs is shorter than the other
n both my feets too long
course now right along with em
I got no natural rhythm
But I go dancin every night
Hopin one day I might get it right
Im a dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool
I hear that beat; I jump outa my seat,
But I cant compete, cause Im a
Dancin fool, Im a
Dancin fool

nice Zappa reference!

The Bush Legacy = Giving hope to all mentally impaired people of the nation.... that one day... they too could be POTUS.!

truthfinder @ 79:

L.A. Confidential @ 54:

Those two are laughing all the way to the bank.

Americans obviously still don't GET IT.

After 7 years as President, he finally makes a visit to the Saudis. This was strictly a "money trip" to set up his career after he is out of office.

Bush Family - Saudis - Oil - Money (a long history together).

Only thing the Saudis have given money to is the Clinton library.

So this our energy policy... giving blow jobs to Arabs and begging for oil?

edwin @ 85:

truthfinder @ 79:

L.A. Confidential @ 54:

Those two are laughing all the way to the bank.

Americans obviously still don't GET IT.

After 7 years as President, he finally makes a visit to the Saudis. This was strictly a "money trip" to set up his career after he is out of office.

Bush Family - Saudis - Oil - Money (a long history together).

Only thing the Saudis have given money to is the Clinton library.

Give me the facts, not just some garbly goop, unsubstantiated BS.

While we're on Oil...which is what the 'war on terror' is really about....

THE ONLY THING MORE PATHETIC....THAN BUSH...IS THE REPUBLICAN WAR ON SCIENCE....AND THE GLOBAL WARMING DENIERS.....

Put this in your pipe and smoke it deniers: http://gristmill.grist.org/story/2008/1/14/165156/945

The Antarctic ice sheet hits the fan

The global warming deniers (and the rest of us) just can't catch a break: Vast areas of the Antarctic ice sheet -- which has 10 times as much ice as Greenland -- is losing mass much faster than anyone expected. And the rate of ice loss has quickened in the last decade. In fact, 2007's ice loss was 75 percent higher than 2006's.

Jeez, it's almost like ... I don't know ... the whole friggin' planet is melting, and we are to blame! If only we had a group of scientists who would, like, report regularly on the impending catastrophe and explain to us how to avoid it ...

As the Washington Post reports:

"Without doubt, Antarctica as a whole is now losing ice yearly, and each year it's losing more," said Eric Rignot, lead author of a paper published online in the journal Nature Geoscience.
Note to the Washington Post -- one of the many, many reasons traditional media are losing eyeballs to the blogosphere is that your embedded hyperlinks go bizarre places, rather than to, say, the study you are citing!

Here is the link to Nature's story on the article (note to Nature -- uhh, you folks could include a link to the actual study, too). And here, finally, is the link to the article, "Recent Antarctic ice mass loss from radar interferometry and regional climate modelling" by Eric Rignot et al. A subscription is required for the whole article, but the abstract is available:

Large uncertainties remain in the current and future contribution to sea level rise from Antarctica. Climate warming may increase snowfall in the continent's interior, but enhance glacier discharge at the coast where warmer air and ocean temperatures erode the buttressing ice shelves. Here, we use satellite interferometric synthetic-aperture radar observations from 1992 to 2006 covering 85 percent of Antarctica's coastline to estimate the total mass flux into the ocean. We compare the mass fluxes from large drainage basin units with interior snow accumulation calculated from a regional atmospheric climate model for 1980 to 2004. In East Antarctica, small glacier losses in Wilkes Land and glacier gains at the mouths of the Filchner and Ross ice shelves combine to a near-zero loss of 4 +/- 61 Gt yr-1. In West Antarctica, widespread losses along the Bellingshausen and Amundsen seas increased the ice sheet loss by 59 percent in 10 years to reach 132 +/- 60 Gt yr-1 in 2006. In the Peninsula, losses increased by 140 percent to reach 60 +/- 46 Gt yr-1 in 2006. Losses are concentrated along narrow channels occupied by outlet glaciers and are caused by ongoing and past glacier acceleration. Changes in glacier flow therefore have a significant, if not dominant impact on ice sheet mass balance.
Just for the record, the loss of Greenland's ice sheet by itself could raise sea levels 20 feet. The West Antarctic ice sheet would add another 20 feet. How fast could it all happen? Pretty darn fast, just going by the last interglacial.

Anybody out there who still believes business-as-usual energy use won't result in multi-multimeter sea-level rise?

The time to act is now. If not sooner.

Only a lobotomy can save Global Warming Deniers....

Remember when Presidents were people we could respect?

And to a degree most of them actually deserved at least some of that respect?

(OK, I admit a case could be made for most of them if not all of them probably being well before I was born - in 1974 - but I think my questions still have some validity ...)

edwin @ 90:

L.A. Confidential @ 66:

What it comes down to is we are being slowly murdered economically by Big Oil.

Even after Enron lit up the red light with sirens blaring the Good Ol' Boyz are still committing economic genocide on us.

Will Americans ever Wake up? And demand accountability? Or do they still believe the politicians will do it for them?

do any of you even know how oil is traded? do you think the President can do anything to adjust world demand for oil other than ask for more supply? Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.

Hey brain dead...how about alternative energy sources; but guess you've never heard of
anything but oil and gas in your small world.

edwin @ 90:

L.A. Confidential @ 66:

What it comes down to is we are being slowly murdered economically by Big Oil.

Even after Enron lit up the red light with sirens blaring the Good Ol' Boyz are still committing economic genocide on us.

Will Americans ever Wake up? And demand accountability? Or do they still believe the politicians will do it for them?

do any of you even know how oil is traded? do you think the President can do anything to adjust world demand for oil other than ask for more supply? Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.

do any of you even know how oil is traded?
Do you?
[waiting patiently to be educated]

Oh, and:
Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.
And he failed miserably, it appears, and in the meantime only managed to embarrass all of us by dancing like a bloody court jester.

edwin @ 96:

sorry LA but my car as well as every car being sold in the world only runs on gas. heres a newsflash for ya thats not going to change any time soon.

Again, just goes to show you that your are not informed, for there are in fact many
autos around the world running on other than gas.

edwin @ 96:

sorry LA but my car as well as every car being sold in the world only runs on gas. heres a newsflash for ya thats not going to change any time soon.

==============
Not so... I own a Low speed vehicle, all electric, called a ZENN (Zero Emissions, No Noise) and I bought it from a dealer in Ohio. They're regulated by law to only go 25 mph, but the technology for highway-capable vehicles exists. When the ultra capacitor technology replaces current batteries things will be even better for electric cars. I love mine, and my partner and I were even chosen to do a testimonial which is on their website:
http://www.zenncars.com/
The base price is around $12,000 and it's a French body design converted to electric in Canada and sold here.

Bonkers @ 97:

edwin @ 90:

L.A. Confidential @ 66:

What it comes down to is we are being slowly murdered economically by Big Oil.

Even after Enron lit up the red light with sirens blaring the Good Ol' Boyz are still committing economic genocide on us.

Will Americans ever Wake up? And demand accountability? Or do they still believe the politicians will do it for them?

do any of you even know how oil is traded? do you think the President can do anything to adjust world demand for oil other than ask for more supply? Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.

do any of you even know how oil is traded?
Do you?
[waiting patiently to be educated]

Oh, and:
Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.
And he failed miserably, it appears, and in the meantime only managed to embarrass all of us by dancing like a bloody court jester.

I could just hear the voice inside the Saudi prince's head..."Dance for me, infidel...DANCE for me!!"

In Saudi Arabia heads drop faster than oil.

Funny how they're our allies, after 15 of the 19 9-11 hijackers were Saudis, but the Iraqis are/were (?) our enemies.

edwin @ 90:

L.A. Confidential @ 66:

What it comes down to is we are being slowly murdered economically by Big Oil.

Even after Enron lit up the red light with sirens blaring the Good Ol' Boyz are still committing economic genocide on us.

Will Americans ever Wake up? And demand accountability? Or do they still believe the politicians will do it for them?

do any of you even know how oil is traded? do you think the President can do anything to adjust world demand for oil other than ask for more supply? Bush asked a major oil supplier to raise supply so price at the pump will fall making it easer for you to get to work and all you can do is talk about the dance.

While kindanasty tinkled on the ivories?

Ladies and Gentlemen...there he is...OUR PRESIDENT!

Yeah..."supply and demand".

Oil Companies - We have all the suppppply...so we can deeemand..whatever the fuck we want!

"The Saudis" have very little power to lower the price of oil.

Once upon a time the price of oil *was* set by OPEC, but no longer.

Now oil is traded like any other commodity -- in futures markets.

As a result, speculation drives the price of oil, not OPEC, not the Saudis.

They could increase production, which could drive the price down a bit.

Or they could buy heavily into the futures market, affecting prices that way.

But the Saudis have no power to set the price of oil. Gone are those days.

LOL!

That dude on the left holding the sword is NOT somebody who'll get invited to the prom, let me tell you.

But I guess that doesn't matter to a Saudi boyfriend. Did they hold hands later?

Pathetic

Im with you Shadowgm. I just think its wishfull thinking to think science is going to come up with something that works as well as oil any time soon.

edwin @ 119:

Im with you Shadowgm. I just think its wishfull thinking to think science is going to come up with something that works as well as oil any time soon.

It comes down to economics. The cost of change is greater than the cost of maintaining the status quo.

It's ironic that people who routinely tell us we should be spending and investing wisely won't take their own advice. It's a certainty that a crash-dive project to accomodate a major shift in equities (either war, or something like Chavez/Ahmadinejad convincing OPEC to switch to a different monetary standard) will be far more expensive.

The caption to this picture should be: "We're gonna dance dance dance all over your face"

KISS

"Dance all over your Face"

OMG, He's such a WAR PRESIDENT! I wonder when Chris Matthews will worship at his feet just like for the Codpiece and Mission Accomplished...

pissed off patricia @ 124:

Just a little something to watch for. When the repub candidates talk about oil, they always say we need to stop relying on foreign oil. They never say oil in general because they plan to drill holes all over the coasts of our country.

True, but we(US) has not built a new oil/gas refinery plant in over 20 years, so that
will have to be done if/when production of "our" resources commences on our homeland.

Dave @ 58:

LMAO!

robert crush Says:

Here is the scenario…

“Hey Abdula”

“yeah, what’s up?”

“Want to bet me money I can make the president of the U.S. dance like a monkey?”

“no way dude. it won’t happen.”

“how much you wanna bet?”

“I bet you two of my prized camels… no way will he do it.”

“Two camels it is.”

a little while later….

“hey abdul where are my camels…. ha ha Bush is such an idiot.”

LMAF too!

Putin made a monkey outta Chimp after Chimp looked into Putin's soul.

I wonder what Chimp sees when his nose is up that Saudi's butt crack?

edwin @ 84:

Perhaps people should remember the democrats promise to end the "pain at the pumps"

Pain at the pumps or pain in our rumps?

Stan9FOS @ 92:

Zappa gave us more wisdom* in this form, which to me will now and forevermore be known as "The DubbyaBu$h foreign policy song:

“Dumb All Over”

Whoever we are
Wherever were from
We shoulda noticed by now
Our behavior is dumb
And if our chances
Expect to improve
Its gonna take a lot more
Than tryin to remove
The other race
Or the other whatever
From the face
Of the planet altogether

They call it the earth
Which is a dumb kinda name
But they named it right
cause we behave the same…
We are dumb all over
Dumb all over,
Yes we are
Dumb all over,
Near n far
Dumb all over,
Black n white
People, we is not wrapped tight

Nerds on the left
Nerds on the right
Religious fanatics
On the air every night
Sayin the bible
Tells the story
Makes the details
Sound real gory
bout what to do
If the geeks over there
Don’t believe in the book
We got over here

You can’t run a race
Without no feet
n pretty soon
There wont be no street
For dummies to jog on
Or doggies to dog on
Religious fanatics
Can make it be all gone
(I mean it wont blow up
n disappear
It’ll just look ugly
For a thousand years…)

You cant run a country
By a book of religion
Not by a heap
Or a lump or a smidgen
Of foolish rules
Of ancient date
Designed to make
You all feel great
While you fold, spindle
And mutilate
Those unbelievers
From a neighboring state

To arms! to arms!
Hooray! thats great
Two legs ain’t bad
Unless theres a crate
They ship the parts
To mama in
For souvenirs: two ears (get down!)
Not his, not hers, (but what the hey? )
The good book says:
(it gotta be that way!)
But their book says:
Revenge the crusades…
With whips n chains
n hand grenades…
Two arms? two arms?
Have another and another
Our God says:
There ain’t no other!
Our God says
Its all okay!
Our God says
This is the way!

It says in the book:
Burn n destroy…
n repent, n redeem
n revenge, n deploy
n rumble thee forth
To the land of the unbelieving scum on the other side
cause they don’t go for whats in the book
n that makes em bad
So verily we must choppeth them up
And stompeth them down
Or rent a nice french bomb
To poof them out of existence
While leaving their real estate just where we need it
To use again
For temples in which to praise our god
(cause he can really take care of business!)

And when his humble tv servant
With humble white hair
And humble glasses
And a nice brown suit
And maybe a blond wife who takes phone calls
Tells us our God says
Its okay to do this stuff
Then we gotta do it,
cause if we don’t do it,
We ain’t gwine up to hebbin!
(depending on which book you’re using at the
Time…cant use theirs… it don’t work
…its all lies…gotta use mine…)
Ain’t that right?
Thats what they say
Every night…
Every day…
Hey, we cant really be dumb
If were just following gods orders
Hey, lets get serious…
God knows what hes doin
He wrote this book here
An the book says:
He made us all to be just like him,
So…
If were dumb…
Then God is dumb…
(an maybe even a little ugly on the side)

*wisdom: "The domain of the Wis, which is now extinct."

Damn that's so good I'm copying it to Wordpad! Just in case the Internet actually gets censored.

NanaT @ 11:

The Dem nominee should run this clip with a voice over..."we've had eight years of incompetence, let's now return intelligence and ability to the oval office."

And 2 years of incompetence by the Democratic Congress as well. When will people wise up and grow the balls to form a new party?

http://www.ecotality.com/blog/2007/algae-biodiesel-may-soon-be-reality/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algaculture
http://www.theaircar.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmqpGZv0YT4

Obama '08

Ruthless People @ 128:

We are at the mercy of the Saudis thanks to the Bush/GOP energy policies. We are at the mercy of the Chinese thanks to the Bush/GOP tax cutting and deficit spending economic policies. The Republicans have sucessfully taken a proud and strong nation and made it he groveling laughing stock of the world.

I wonder what else that Saudi made Bush do after he danced his ass out of camera range? What a national disgrace.

The U.S. Engery Policy is actually one developed by Dickhead Cheney during the
secret, behind closed door meetings of Dick w/the Oil and Gas representatives
in early 2001 of which meetings the American public was and has been shut out.

Shadowgm @ 138:

Actually, we've got it all wrong!

Prince Salman: My brother, King Abdullah, would inform you that he would sooner watch you slit your own throat than increase oil production.

Bush: Heh. Okay. I can do a little dance, too, see?

Prince Salman (smiling while thinking to himself): Abdullah is right. What a moron.

The truth is, we're going to be treated to another Presnitdential news conference, where Bush will scold Congress for doing nothing while he's been off in the Middle East slaving for peace and freedom.

Yep, that nit-wit will probably do just that....put the blame on anyone and all except
himself. What an idiot sitting in the W/H.

WHY ISN'T HE IN CANADA BEGGING THEM TO DROP THE PRICE OF OIL? We get the majority of our oil from Canada.

Answer: Cheney's oil buddies are pulling it out of the ground in Alberta, throwing a few pennies Alberta's way while they're doing it.

Lefty @ 5:

Michael M. @ 3:

Is it just me or does every decision this president makes end up screwing America?

No, it isn't just you.

And it isn't just America.