Sipping Tea

If this man is an example of the tea party protesters, I feel sorry for them. They don’t even have enough sense to be embarrassed by their own ignorance. You’ve got unhinged conservative people bonding over their paranoia. President Obama hasn’t even been in office 100 days yet these people are whining about socialism and fascism when they sat through eight years of the George H.W. Bush and didn’t utter a word. I see some people will never get over the fact that a black man got elected President of their country.

Funny thing about these pitiful angry people is that few of them even know what fascism and socialism is. All I see is a bunch of misplaced anger. Let’s blame the black guy. I mean everybody knows Obama is a socialist right? These people are incapable of thinking for themselves so they rely heavily upon opportunists like Rush Limbaugh, Sean Hannity and Glenn Beck or stay glued to Fox News all day long while the world passes them by.

When President Bush was spending this country into oblivion, not a word was uttered by any of these people. Bush was their guy so whatever he did was okay. Where were they when his administration lied about going to war with Iraq? Better yet, where was the outrage when they found out the size of government actually increased under his administration? You’ve got people whining about the bailout who didn’t have a problem when Bush was squandering our tax money in Iraq. Where were these people then? If they were to honestly look back over the past eight years, they would have plenty to be upset about but they simply can’t bring themselves to do it.

Now these fringe folks are banding together under the guise of taxes to express their paranoia about the president, the country and the bailout. Do any of these people make cogent arguments? I’m thinking just a few do. The really smart, educated conservatives are staying away from these tea parties, only opportunistic politicians like the Governor of Texas are attending these events; he’s so mad he’s threatening to secede from the union all while spending stimulus money from government.

Listening to tea party people makes my IQ drop about 50 points. Ur-uh, I think he’s a fascist. Why? Because he is!? WTF! I see it doesn’t take much education or common sense to be a tea party conservative either, all you do is whine, complain and repeat. Now if they could harness some of that energy into something positive, that would be a good thing but know, nothing good is going to come of these events. Next thing you know they’ll be starting up lynch mobs, hatching Obama assassination plots and talking sucession.

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Obama Walks, Fox News Squawks

Not since 1977 has a newly inaugurated President walked Pennsylvania Avenue, Jimmy Carter was the last to do so. This afternoon, President and First Lady Obama got out of their armored Cadillac limo to walk Pennsylvania Avenue. With a 15 degree wind chill, the Obamas graciously waved and smiled at the thongs of citizens that gathered to get a glimpse of the world’s most powerful couple.

In the meantime, a bottomless pitcher of haterade was being served up over at Fox News where I caught a somber looking Brit Hume praising the presidency of the outgoing 43rd and Glenn Beck nitpicking the 44th’s pragmatic but eloquent inauguration speech. I see it’s going to take some people a long time to get over the fact that Barack Obama is our president. Now is as good a time as any because it’s going to be a long eight years. Not content to see the error of their divisive, narrow minded politics, they are convinced they know better than the 9 million people who elected him by overwhelming popular vote.

At one of the most challenging economic times in American history, President Obama is going to need our support and prayers. Change has obviously come but some people still aren’t ready for it.

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Wrong About Hurricane Katrina

Go away already W! It had nothing to do with where you landed Air Force One, it was about how you handled the disaster. You complimented Brownie for doing “a helluva job” while people were clinging on the edge of despair with no water, no food and no way out of New Orleans. Everyone else seemed to know what was going on but you, Brownie and FEMA. That is and remains one of the worst disasters in modern times and you were in the thick of it.

The fact that you’ve had years to reflect on it you still couldn’t come up with anything better is pathetic. Yes, the ‘Mission Accomplished’ banner was a bad idea and we find ourselves still bogged down in Iraq years after your victory declaration. More than 4,000 American soldiers are dead and you don’t regret the needless loss of human life for your self-aggrandizing mission!?

You leave the country worse off than when you took office eight years ago and you only have a handful of regrets?

P.S. Africa is still not a country

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One My Favorite W. Moments

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Democracy, Iraqi Style

Iraqi journalist Mantadar al-Zaidi

Photo: BBC

Iraqi journalist Mantadar al-Zaidi has been lauded in some parts of the Arab world as a hero for throwing his shoes at our beloved president. Hurling one’s shoes at someone is said to be the ultimate insult in Iraq. BBC News is reporting that he has sustained injuries at the hands of the Iraqi police. Al-Zaidi is to have a broken arm, broken ribs and internal bleeding from the beating he took after he was wrestled to the ground and taken into custody.That’s what I call instant justice. Don’t all fledging democracies take suspects into custody and beat the crap out of them?

Al-Zaidi’s anger toward our current president is certainly justified. Even I tire of American arrogance, paternalism and elitism when dealing with the developing world, particularly in Iraq. It’s like moving in to someone’s house uninvited and telling them when to eat and sleep and how to decorate. People don’t take kindly to it and eventually you become an unwelcomed annoyance even if you are overthrowing a hated dictator.

In spite of what the evil Vice President Cheney says, we invaded Iraq for all the wrong reasons. Wait Saddam had WMDs, didn’t he? Or did he just pose a threat to our friends in the Middle East? No, no, no, it was related to 9/11, somehow Saddam was mixed up in it; working with Osama bin Laden. And you wonder what made al-Zeidi throw his shoes at W.? We overthrew Saddam Hussein and the country has been a heaping incubus for sectarian violence, jihadi nihilists and turmoil ever since.

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W Gets An Early Goodbye

Outgoing President George W. Bush showed some agility at a press conference today with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki. Looks like his visit to Iraq wasn’t the only surprise. Muntadar al-Zeidi, an angry Iraqi journalist threw not one of his shoes but both at W. while shouting “This is a goodbye kiss, you dog.” Loves it! I’m only jealous I didn’t get to do it first.

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Dick Cheney, the Arrogant

Vice President, his lordliness Dick Cheney emerged from his secret bunker last week to do some bitch-slapping. He made visits to Iraq, Afghanistan and Israel spewing his ‘it’s my way or the highway’ diplomacy to all of our minions. His timing was perfect; we’re going into year six in Iraq, our 4,000th soldier has been killed in combat and more than 80,000 others have died there.

In spite of the fact that we live in a democracy, he has done everything in his power to circumvent the checks and balances that are supposed to prevent one branch of government from becoming too powerful. He doesn’t care that the majority of Americans think the war in Iraq was a mistake.

If you’re not outraged about this, you should be. Cheney’s detached arrogance is beyond comprehension. Am I the only one who can’t wait for him, George W. Bush and the rest of their administration to get the hell out of office?

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Why I Won’t Be Voting for John McCain

I’m trying to wipe this sour look off my face about John McCain being the Republican nominee for President but it’s hard. It’s even worse that President Bush, indisputably the worse president in my lifetime, has decided to endorse McCain as the party’s nominee. **yawn** The current president probably has the worse public approval ratings of any recent president. He’s been hovering around 30% for the past year or so for good reason. He and his administration have absolutely nothing to offer the American people, sure they’ve got plenty of swagger but they have no domestic policy and the only thing they can do with any effectiveness is incite fear among the American people.

Like President Bush, McCain is beating the war drum in Iraq. I’m tired of Iraq and believe we never should have invaded the country in the first place. We’ve secured the oil supply but have done little else but upend the lives of the Iraqi people and soldiers sent to fight there. With all of the money we’ve spent there, most people have forgotten why we invaded the country in the first place. I haven’t heard that issue brought up in awhile but if you asked the President today, he’d probably tell you Hugo Chavez, our sworn enemy and President of Venezuela, was responsible.

I remember when John McCain was the voice of reason in the Republican party but that was years ago. After the ultra-conservatives hi-jacked the Republican party, you could always expect McCain to cut through all of that foolishness and hypocrisy but not any more. As he’s gotten older, he’s become more like them. Apparently I’m not the only one who remembers the old John McCain. Tim Russert took McCain on a stroll down memory lane on ‘Meet the Press’. This clip says it all:

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Link of the Day: Rumsfeld Indicted in France

Former Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld was recently indicted by the French government for torture for his role in authorizing torture at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and in Iraq. That’s some of the best news I’ve heard in awhile but it remains to be seen whether he will actually go to trial. Whether he does or not, it’s a step in the right direction. Rumsfeld along with the rest of the Bush administration cronies need to be held responsible for their decisions. Lying about the facts shouldn’t absolve Rumsfeld, Bush or Cheney of anything.

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Let’s Arm the Terrorists

The endless war continues to escalate in Iraq. The latest plan from the morally challenged Bush administration is to arm the same Sunni militias who were responsible for killing innocent Iraqi civilians and our own soldiers. Partnering with any militia in Iraq, whether Sunni or Shi’a isn’t such a good idea but it does highlight the desperation of the Bush people.

How you can concurrently fight global terrorism and arm the very people who are responsible for terrorist attacks against you? It’s beyond my realm of understanding but I don’t expect the media to take President Bush or the rest of his war-mongers to task for this. I would LOVE to hear what kind of justification Vice President Cheney would give for this foolishness. He’s spent the majority of his time trying to scare the crap out of everyone with warnings about terrorists and terrorist plots. Times like this make me miss the inept but comical Donald Rumsfeld press briefings on the war in Iraq.

The Bush people are the most unscrupulous, inept bunch of politicians I have seen in my lifetime. This decision to partner-up with the terrorists is the ultimate in disrespect to those soldiers and civilians who have needlessly lost their lives in Iraq. There are bound to be consequences and repercussions for this ill-fated partnership. Giving the terrorists weapons and ammunition so that they can kill American soldiers, the Bush people probably missed reading the five rules for jihad that were published in the New York Times last week.

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