Somebody sent me the plans for the upcoming George W. Bush Presidential Library... boy, they sure sound official!

Compliments of the Southwest Missouri Libertarian Party.

The George W Bush Presidential Library is now in the planning stages.

The Library will include:

The Hurricane Katrina Room,
which is still under construction.

The Alberto Gonzales Room,
where you won't be able to remember anything.

The Texas Air National Guard Room,
where you don't even have to show up.

(More below the fold.)

1775 - US Postal system created

1929 - President Herbert Hoover proclaimed the Kellogg-Briand Pact, which renounced war as an instrument of foreign policy.

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!

Quote:
"Blessed are the young for they shall inherit the national debt."

"Children are our most valuable natural resource."
-- Herbert Hoover

FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:

Josh Marshall had a great find tonight at the JohnMcCain.com store: the McCain Door Mat! ($70)

I'm so happy he sent me there, because within a few moments I alighted on this special nugget of McCainy goodness.

Norm.  I'm seriously concerned about your well-being and your family.  I realize you're barely making it financially as a Senator and the stress of your reelection campaign has got to be giving you an ulcer.  It's just not fair that a Senator such as you should be living in the dive basement of a Replubican political operative and yet have to work so hard in such a anti-Replubican reelection environment.

But I have an idea.  You should become a lobbyist.

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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You know about the stimulus-response rule?  Apply a stimulus, get a response.  So, how has the GOP attempt to frame the debate been going?

Stimulus: Tell America that Obama hasn't been to Iraq, and doesn't know what's going on in the Middle East.
Response: Obama visits Iraq, and their prime minister endorses his idea for troop withdrawl timetable.

Stimulus: Tell America that the "liberal" media is treating McCain unfairly.
Response: Media looks at McCain, and watches him make gaffes.

Stimulus: Tell America that Bush's call for drilling has brought down the price of oil, and schedule a photo-op on an oil rigger.
Response: What else?  An oil spill.

This begs the question: "Is the McCain Campaign cursed?"

We Democrats are getting confident.  How can Obama possibly lose?  Just wait until the debates!

The M$M, however, having lots of rating advertising to lose with a blowout, is in a panic.  They need a horse race.  Fortunately, they have a plan, and the money to pull it off.  Want to know how?

Fictional News Network(FNN): Exclusive spy photos reveal new Chinese mobile division.
In response to intelligence information on a new Chinese mobile brigade, the US army is requesting $344 Billion for development to  meet this capability gap:

Pentagon officials are accellerating their Combat Yield Objective Team Endeavor (COYOTE) program (see below):

But seriously, what are those guys shooting...not the pistol, the thing that looks like a Kalashnikov whose growth was stunted by smoking ?(it's the same sort of gas port)

I stole the pictures from a blog post titled Crouching Tiger, Hidden Segway (hee hee) and the Warner Brothers picture from this site on how to get to the moon cheap.

1306 - King Phillip the Fair, orders expulsion of Jews out of France

1938 - 3d Reich issues special identity cards for Jewish Germans.

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!

Quote:
"We found the weapons of mass destruction. We found biological laboratories ... And we'll find more weapons as time goes on. But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them."

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we."
George W. Bush

Crossposted from Left Toon Lane, Bilerico Project & My Left Wing


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I got a few requests to repost this since I published it at 11:30 p.m. Friday night. I'm updating with some new details about my experience at Netroots Nation.

I arrived at Austin Thursday just in time to hear Howard Dean speak outside the convention center.

It was one of those moments in life where timing is perfect.

In many ways Howard Dean's work as a presidential candidate and then as DNC chairman got me there.

1873 - Jesse James and his gang pulled off the first train robbery in the U.S. They took $3,000 from the Rock Island Express.

2004 - White House officials were briefed on the September 11 commission's final report. The 575-page report concluded that hijackers exploited "deep institutional failings within our government."

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!

Quote:
When we hang the capitalists they will sell us the rope we use.
-- Joseph Stalin

FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:

As many pundits have pointed out, Barack Obama surely must be too arrogant to be president.  

It is easy to see this in action: one only has to visit the Obama campaign website to see bumper stickers for sale with his name on them, transcripts of Obama speeches, fawning photos of the senator with his family, and other shocking behaviors.

He speaks to his supporters by using the word “we”, which clearly means “I”.

He speaks to large crowds, instead of carefully selecting supporters for a "town hall" style discussion.

It even appears that he may be running for president because he is cocky enough to believe that he would make a good one.   Or even that America's days of greatness may not be all in the past.

As a public service, I have attempted to lay out the areas in which this unbridled arrogance and self-confidence can be dangerous for the country:

On July 19, 1870 France declared war on Prussia, starting the Franco-Prussian War.

Louis Napoleon evidently had his own Neo-Conservatives who guaranteed that the French army would Can-Can its way to Berlin.

In fact, the Emperor decided to lead the chorus line himself. Unfortunately, the charming bumbler had delusions of competence; he inherited the name Bonaparte but none of his uncle's military genius. His army of 120.000 soldiers never got further than Sedan, where the entire force was captured by the Germans. And this French army was supposed to be rescuing another French army that was trapped at Metz.

When this political season is done, if not before, there are some phrases which have crept into our discourse, which should be terminated with extreme prejudice.

I have a few to start with.

• <x> threw <y> under the bus
• <x> was against <y> before he was for it, or vice versa
• flip-flop

I'm a fan of Digg. I was reading through the top ranked stories the other day and came across a January 17, 2001 story from the Onion, the title being Bush: "Our Long National Nightmare Of Peace And Prosperity Is Finally Over".

Mere days from assuming the presidency and closing the door on eight years of Bill Clinton, president-elect George W. Bush assured the nation in a televised address Tuesday that "our long national nightmare of peace and prosperity is finally over."

President-elect Bush vows that "together, we can put the triumphs of the recent past behind us."

"My fellow Americans," Bush said, "at long last, we have reached the end of the dark period in American history that will come to be known as the Clinton Era, eight long years characterized by unprecedented economic expansion, a sharp decrease in crime, and sustained peace overseas. The time has come to put all of that behind us."

You would think those are just "general" things from the Onion, a site based on satire and humor. Well normally I laugh when reading the Onion, not this time.

This diary is in the spirit of the true diversionary wit of fellow DKos citizen Droogie6655321, since he is busy with truly important things on this Friday. Forgive this pale imitation as the sincerest form of flattery. Hat's off to ya, Droog.

Today's topic: Most annoying musical acts.

I realize this is a cumbersome phrase, but I wanted to differential just plain bad from annoying (which is tastily subjective), and I didn't want to deal with the whole band/artist/group/duo/etc. differentiation. So "annoying musical acts" it is. I'll start the ball rolling with this list, in no particular order:

64 - Rome burned on this day -- while Nero fiddled, literally.

1918 - Battle of Marne begins

COINCIDENCE? I think NOT!

"It's not dying for your faith that
is hard; it's living up to it."
-- William Thackery

FROM THE CHURCH OF INEFFABLE STUPIDITY:

Yep. Nothing more.

No great political discussion. After the reason below of why I am posting what I am, and the main post, I'd hope you respond in kind.. being it is Friday and a great day to let off some steam with a chuckle or three.

As part of my job I sometimes give presentations on how to talk to people who are living with common or rare chronic illness.

When I speak to groups (Usually nurses or pharmacists) I try to inject humor into the conversation and hope that they do the same, when possible, if the situation calls for it, when interacting with patients when it might be the right response.

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