Two self-identified conservatives said they would vote for the person who got them out of Iraq. Uh oh, McSame. That doesn’t bode well for you, does it?

Of course, absentee ballots won't be counted so, not to worry.

Great name Nicole----"McSame" (as Bush)

Remember, Officer Core != Enlisted.

Enlisted do what they are told, and bear the brunt of bad policy decisions.

Officers get promoted when they promote their superior officer's agenda.

If you ask the Officers, you want to stay in Iraq until the job is done? They will say yes because they want to further the mission and get promoted.

If you ask the Enlisted, you want to stay in Iraq until the job is done? They will say no because they know they won't see the end of this job.

McConnell KNOWS how illegal the illegal warrantless wiretapping has neen abused. He is just trying to cover his chickenhawk lying ass. He knows that if ANY of this comes to light or a courtroom he is deep You Know What. He is basically claiming the Constitution of the United States of America is irrelevant and that only he and the repuke party can "Protect" America. It's total Bs and more and more most Americans are finally seeing through all the smoke and mirrors and truly seeing how corrupt the repuke party is, to say nothing oabout being hypocritcal and incompetant. It's about freaking time too!!! This sort of Bs just urinates me the @%#$@%$#$#~!!!! OFF.

peace

here is a list of 338 scandals......
http://www.netrootsmass.net/Hugh/Bush_list.html

LIVE WEB VIDEO in SAN FRANCISCO:

http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/feature?section=news&id=6069106

This is the only route within the United States

The routes were changed; they went down Van Ness Ave to Broadway to Bay to, along the Marina Green, Chrissie Field, they are heading toward under the Golden Gate Bridge, there is talk that they may now run the torch across the bridge...

then they shuttle the runners -- or ferry them -- to closing ceremony at Justin Herman Plaza in SF

"Still haven’t reached the bottom of the barrel of Bush adminstration scandals. They keep coming and coming and coming."

*sigh*. How I long for the good ole days when the Republicans would impeach over consensual sexual relations with an adult intern that didn't cost America in lives in treasure. What a difference having one of their own in the White House makes. Hypocritical low life scum.

it's been assumed by many that bush himself is a country bumpkin void of intellect who despises reading unless of course it begins with a title akin to my pet goat. i would propose that the man is devilishly brilliant. he's played his part, that of the country bumpkin to the hilt. middle america bought it completely and claimed him as their own, as evidenced by their voting support which placed him office twice in the white house. all of the scandals that have taken down those about him have never touched him. that was not by accident. he is either bright enough to avoid any hint of scandal about him personally, or he has excellent advisors who guide him through the maze of scandal avoidance or he has so influenced or intimidated the media and the politicians of the "other" party that they have not wanted to confront him and risk their own precious careers, and justice and the country be damned.

weird -- DailyKos.com has been down for close to 20 minutes...

To Bush ( and Cheney ) :

The People are on to you. Everything. Dont pull anything stupid before November.
No October Surprises
http://www.consortiumnews.com/archive/xfile.html

Bush Surrender Your Justice Department to the Honest Patriots... including the Jags
http://www.wingsofjustice.com/08/04/woj08015.html
http://littlebrotheriswatching.com

Finally Bush,
"This union, our contract with each other, is bigger than you or any one of us."

"Our Constitution is a remarkable document. And even though it's over 200 years old, it remains well equipped to protect our natural rights even as leaders protect us from our enemies, foreign and DOMESTIC."

This is on the MSNBC site. Nowhere else.

Anti-U.S. rallies mark Iraq anniversary
Huge turnout follows calls by radical cleric for Iraqis to ‘unify’ against U.S.
The Associated Press
updated 9:01 a.m. ET, Mon., April. 9, 2007
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Tens of thousands marched through the streets of two Shiite holy cities Monday to mark the fourth anniversary of Baghdad’s fall.

The rally was called for by powerful Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who commands an enormous following among Iraq’s majority Shiites and has close allies in the Shiite-dominated government.

A day earlier, the renegade cleric issued a statement ordering his militiamen to redouble their battle to oust American forces and argued that Iraq’s army and police should join him in defeating “your archenemy.”

On Monday, demonstrators marched from Kufa to neighboring Najaf, 100 miles south of Baghdad, with two cordons of Iraqi police lining the route.

‘Yes, Yes to Muqtada’
Some at the rally waved small Iraqi flags; others hoisted up a giant flag 10 yards long. Leaflets fluttered through the breeze reading: “Yes, Yes to Iraq” and “Yes, Yes to Muqtada. Occupiers should leave Iraq.”

“The enemy that is occupying our country is now targeting the dignity of the Iraqi people,” said lawmaker Nassar al-Rubaie, head of al-Sadr’s bloc in parliament, as he marched. “After four years of occupation, we have hundreds of thousands of people dead and wounded.”

A senior official in al-Sadr’s organization in Najaf, Salah al-Obaydi, called the rally a “call for liberation.”

“We’re hoping that by next year’s anniversary, we will be an independent and liberated Iraq with full sovereignty,” he said.

Iraqi soldiers in uniform joined the crowd, which was led by at least a dozen turbaned clerics — including one Sunni. Many marchers danced as they moved through the streets.

The demonstration was peaceful, but two ambulances could be seen moving slowly with the marching crowd, poised to help if violence or stampedes broke out.

Cars were banned from Najaf for 24 hours starting from 8 p.m. Sunday, said police spokesman Col. Ali Jiryo. Buses idled at all entrances of the city to transport arriving demonstrators or other visitors to the city center. Najaf residents would be allowed to drive, he said.

Security was tight across Iraq, with a 24-hour ban on all vehicles in Baghdad starting from 5 a.m. Monday. The government quickly reinstated Monday as a holiday, just a day after it had decreed that April 9 no longer would be a day off.

Monday’s demonstration marks four years since U.S. Marines and the Army’s 3rd Infantry Division swept into the Iraqi capital 20 days into the American invasion.

In a statement distributed in Najaf on Sunday, al-Sadr called on Iraqi forces to stop cooperating with America.

“You, the Iraqi army and police forces, don’t walk alongside the occupiers, because they are your archenemy,” the statement said.

He urged his followers not to attack fellow Iraqis but to turn all their efforts on American forces.

“God has ordered you to be patient in front of your enemy, and unify your efforts against them — not against the sons of Iraq,” it said.

Al-Sadr had reportedly ordered his militia to disarm and stay off the streets during a Baghdad security crackdown that began Feb. 14, though he has nevertheless issued a series of sharp anti-American statements, demanding the immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops.

Where's al-Sadr?
U.S. officials have said al-Sadr left Iraq for neighboring Iran after the start of the crackdown, but his followers say he is in Iraq.

Sunday’s statement was apparently issued in response to three days of clashes between his Mahdi Army militiamen and U.S.-backed Iraqi troops in Diwaniyah, 80 miles south of Baghdad.

American troops continued operations in Diwaniyah on Monday, detaining four guards at a the office of a Shiite political party and scouring two neighborhoods in the city’s northern and eastern sections, police said. At least 24 suspects were detained, police said. U.S. officials had no immediate comment.

Bussed in
On Sunday, thousands of residents in Baghdad’s largest Shiite slum, Sadr City, boarded buses and minivans bound for Najaf.

Iraqi flags flew from most houses and shops in Sadr City. Drivers and motorcyclists affixed them to their vehicles. Police escorted convoys of pickup trucks overflowing with young boys waving Iraqi flags, en route to Najaf.

Despite the curfews, violence persisted Monday. In southern Baghdad, a sniper killed a civilian and a policeman, and a mortar round killed one person and wounded two others, police said.

Police in Buhriz, about 35 miles north of Baghdad, said clashes broke out between unknown gunmen and al-Qaida fighters — leaving 30 people injured.

© 2008 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
URL: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18019333/

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Now what?

To: The Honest Billionaires of the World: Please Come to a Peaceful Resolution For All People

Well praise the lawd and pass the human cannon fodder ammunition!

We're there for a noble purpose: to make ourselves the ultimate bully of the world.

If we've got to recruit otherwise undesireables into our armed forces to make this happen, SO?

They're "expendable". We'll even give 'em a tenth of a college education for their troubles. We'll even make sure they get some, if any, of the medical benefits they're entitled to. We'll give 'em a welcome-home folksy greeting, courtesy of Fred Phelps.

And we'll extend the tours for those left alive, for their own good.

THIS MADNESS MUST STOP!

DC @ 24:

McCain = Bush! If you Vote McCain expect more of the same. More of the same "Credit Card Republicans."

Yup! McSame "the Repub" Thanks, Nicole!

You gotta be kidding me. Why are Americans not concerned about the conduct of the Republicans? I mean, and the Dems, but the Republicans are blocking a law they claim is vital to the safety of this country because they don't want a few companies getting sued for cooperation?

Dammit, Americans, how stupid are you that you can't tell your elected leaders are holding out on your "safety" for stupid fucking reasons? Damn, if we ever needed a second revolution . . .

no longer a proud american @ 15:

it's been assumed by many that bush himself is a country bumpkin void of intellect who despises reading unless of course it begins with a title akin to my pet goat. i would propose that the man is devilishly brilliant. he's played his part, that of the country bumpkin to the hilt. middle america bought it completely and claimed him as their own, as evidenced by their voting support which placed him office twice in the white house. all of the scandals that have taken down those about him have never touched him. that was not by accident. he is either bright enough to avoid any hint of scandal about him personally, or he has excellent advisors who guide him through the maze of scandal avoidance or he has so influenced or intimidated the media and the politicians of the "other" party that they have not wanted to confront him and risk their own precious careers, and justice and the country be damned.

I agree 99.9% As far as getting NeoCon, big corporation, the rich and the war profiteer goals accomplished, his administration has probably been more successful than any other. Except possibly Reagan's, which began wholesaling the US to the same groups, rather than just retailing it as had been going on before him. The 0.1% is because of this possibility, as given in that wholly remarkable book The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy:

"The purpose of the president of the galaxy is not to exercise power, it is to distract attention from the people who are really exercising power."

E Pleb Neesta
"Blessed are the cheese makers."
Follow the gourd!

McConnell is under great pressure by the Adm to encorage the immunity.

You see, McConnell keeps getting these invitations to go hunting from VP Dick Cheney.

With each new invitation they become more and more forceful to accept.

diana @ 9:

here is a list of 338 scandals......
http://www.netrootsmass.net/Hugh/Bush_list.html

And counting...

Republicans in government are scared SH*TLESS if the telecoms do not immunity because it will mean they might go to prison.

Lawsuits against the telecoms will ensue and that means discovery. That means we finally get to see what REALLY HAPPENED with rampant violation of the Fourth Amendment. This would be HUGE and make Watergate look like a tea party for four-year olds.

Never give in to immunity, never, never, never give in.

My goodness did Olbermann take one moment of his presious time off from bashing Hillary Clinton to actually go after a Republican? How very strange when he has made it his goal in life to repeatedly ATTACK a Woman DEMOCRAT far more than the elderly Republican running for the same office. But then it has become impossible to ignore Olbermanns bias for Obama with or without the Tweety Leg Tingle. Too bad Keith, ya couldna been a champ. Instead you took the low road and became a chump. But that's all right with Obama supporters because they don't care what you do to Clinton if it benefits their candidate. They who used to be called Democrats/Liberals/Progressives but have now regressed to just being Obamacrats.

I agree he puts the telecoms first, after all they probably fund his campaigns but I think the "and us" refers to the Republicans in office, I think it was a reflection of their us-them mentality not a reference to us, "the people"

So given the choice between protecting America and protecting the telecom companies, the Republicans choose the latter. So much for Republicans being true American patriots.