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It takes a strong stomach to make it through this edition of the ongoing list of Bush administration scandals. First up is the story we brought you yesterday of the permanent hearing damage being sustained by our troops at alarming levels. And the saddest part is that it might have been at least partially prevented:
Some Marines were issued a $7.40 pair of double-sided earplugs, with one side designed to protect from weapons fire and explosions, the other from aircraft and tank noise. But the Marines were not given instructions in how to use the earplugs, and some cut them in half, while others used the wrong sides, making the devices virtually useless, Hoffer said. Today, instructions are handed out with the earplugs.
Then there is the disgusting and criminally negligent story of troops in Iraq with skin abscesses and infections, cellulitis and other nasty symptoms because the water used for washing --clothes and body--had not met basic sanitary standards, courtesy of Dick Cheney's favorite no-bid company: KBR. I guess you can say "Dirty war, dirty water". At least the troops had clean drinking water. The incidences of cholera in Iraq for civilians has steadily risen since the invasion.
And finally, there is Douglas Feith, one of the principal architects of the Bush administration's foreign policy, member of PNAC, and in the words of Tommy Franks, "the f*cking stupidest guy on the face of earth." Like all of these jokers who have been so utterly and tragically wrong about everything, Feith got a book contract and apparently, it's payback time. Thomas Ricks previews what I'm sure will be an incisive tome on the fragile state we find ourselves. It appears that Feith doesn't have a lot of good things to say about the guy in the Oval Office, and for someone so focused on his legacy, that kind of disloyalty has to smart. As Keith Olberman puts it:
When you get thrown under the bus by Douglas Feith, you are on your way to being a footnote in history.
When all is said and done, "to err is human; to forgive, divine."
Unfortunately, GWB is going to be far more than a footnote in history. He's going to be the man who oversaw the dismantling of what was left of American power and constitutional government.
take that YOU BASTAAADDSS
a congress full of do nothing layabouts
i thought that dougie had nothing but nice things to say about abraham lincoln bush...
this is going to ruin w's whole day!
I thought Karen Hughes was going to convince the Iraq people they needed a Home Depot and McDonalds on every block?
b @ 4:
poughkeepsie!
L.A. Confidential @ 6:
yeah and where's that village square in bagdad that's named after bush?
joe cantwell @ 8:
The George W. Bush Cineplex?
Can't imagine why they didn't go for that.
Oh, so NOW you disown Bush. Douglas Feith: co-conspirator, enabler, turncoat, pussy.
Why has Crooksandliars.com not talked about the quote from Ferro?
Only slightly off topic: There was a news story last night on KTLA, a local TV station in L.A., about the price of gas being due not to any type of shortage or the lower value of the dollar, but to big money types manipulating the market via the oil futures market. 'thought that would be headline news everywhere, but haven't seen any other mention of it. 'anyone know what gives?
L.A. Confidential @ 9:
And the Pat Robertson Megaplex. Boy they missed out big on that.
Please don't buy this bastard's book!
Vman @ 12:
Most people wouldn't understand it. It's to wild a CONspiracy to think the big boyz would do something like that.
Look.
The important thing to remember here is that the Democratic governor of NY picked up a hooker.
Bet's Feith has an "accident"?
Yeah if we'd just listened to Dougie Feith and handed Iraq over to the Chalabi gang everything would have worked out great. Dumb-ass Dougie, for your epitaph I suggest Yeats: "And the worst are full of passionate intensity."
joeedugan @ 18:
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Interesting quote.
Who I wonder was Yeats referring to?
When you get thrown under the bus by Douglas Feith, you are on your way to being a footnote in history.
Bush will be an ASSterick*
Goodness, if Tommy Franks thought Feith and the Bush administration were so stupid, why did he campaign for them in 2004? Maybe Franks was doing a little revisionist history of his own.
Vman @ 12:
Yep... and once all of the small players start jumping on the oil futures/natural resources bandwagon, then the smart money will take profits and leave the small fry left holding the bag. Again.
joe cantwell @ 5:
unless theres some pictures of goats in the book...
(hey Doug put some goat pics in it for a laugh, loose one pasted in if necessary, please)
Feith doesn't exactly disown Bush. He's arguing that Bush's and his plans were continually undercut by the CIA, the State Dept. under Powell, by Rice who wasn't doing her job [what a surprise], and the military's Central Command. Oh brother, read this part of the WaPo article:
Didn't the Pentagon just come out with an exhaustive report stating that there were no ties between Saddam and al Qaeda!?
Errm, does that drumline always play in the background of Bushed! segments?
Sure, Bush will be nothing but a footnote.... like Reagan.
Maybe it's just best we start admitting the people don't care one bit about the greater good, justice or the 'commons'.
The public sucks harder than Cheney!
Tinnitus is epidemic.
Dang, how much longer will this last?
Bobby @ 2:
And then shat on it.
Jericho @ 26:
I hope people never forget what Bush and Cheney did to this country. My hope is that they will become as infamous as Benedict Arnold. That people will grab their crotches and spit in disgust when invoking the names of these two criminal morons, and everything that they stand for.
Marcus Aurelius @ 10:
He's hardly the first person to do that after their association with the Administration came to an end. Usually with a view to self-justification.
GWB isn't the only person concerned with 'legacy' at this point.
The Halliburton/KBR water story has been going on since before 2005. This is a story on Halliburton watch from 2005:
http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/contamination.html
There were congressional hearing on this and a pentagon investigation in early 2006. KBR denied everything. Now we hear that the contaminated water continued through December of 2006?
Prison is probably too good for these assholes. Douglas Feith is just as culpable as the rest and should be indicted, tried, and incarcerated like Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, Wolfwitz, Rove, Libby, Card, Gonzalez, Yoo, Addington, and Mukasey. Did I miss anyone?
The water story is explosive.
It's simple.
It's very easy to explain and to understand.
It's, as pointed out, criminal negligence.
It has actually been floating around a long time.
The progressive media needs to hammer this story relentlessly until it is picked up by the MSM. Never give up on this story. It will bury them.
Pharmaceuticals found in drinking water of 24 major metro areas
"At least the troops had clean drinking water."
From somewhere in the cobwebs and lesser corridors of my aged, addled brain I recall reports that the troops were NOT getting clean potable water, although I'm unable to grapple hook the details from the cesspool of outrageous CheneyBushHlliburtonKBR, et alia, crimes. Maybe a nexus search would surface the story.
10 REASONS EVERYONE LOVES BUSH--->
10) hey... at least they got earplugs, does one side drown out the state of the union
9) you think mccain throws a great bbq.... bush gave us each $300 before the screwing
8) i love bush, but my name is elynn degeneras
7) you gotta love that cute dancing and singing 'bout all them disasters
6) did i mention his cute and crazy daughters
5) his wife only killed ONE person... how many is THAT? oh yeah... one
4) at least he is a uniter.... 81% of everyone hates him
3) at least he isn't Jeb
2) he knew enough to surround himself with a class act...cheney, rummy, rice
1) i always wanted to get screwed by a college cheerleader... and now we is
The culture of loyalty above all ... just like a criminal gang, no? Similarly, when one breaks rank (post officio, of course) ... well, no honor among thieves! Dey was da dirty rats, yeah, dat's it.
Grammar gripe, probably just a typo:
>The incidences of cholera in Iraq for civilians has steadily risen since the invasion.
The subject should be incidence. The singular verb is correct. At least it's not the incidents-incidence confusion I've seen.
Horst @ 34:
See the documentary "Iraq for Sale". It goes into painful detail about that very thing...and alot of other things that are quite infuriating.
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