Tuesday, October 26, 2004

Bush Speaks: The Empire Has No Clothes

"We're an empire now, and when we act, we create our own reality." -- senior Bush advisor quoted by Ron Suskind in The New York Times Magazine.

Finally, someone asked the president about the object on his back during Debate 1. And Bush lied straight-faced. This is from Dan Froomkin's account at washingtonpost.com of Charles Gibson's Good Morning America interview with Bush aired today:

"Brandishing a copy of the photo, he asked: "Final question. What the hell was that on your back, in the first debate?"

Bush chuckled.

Bush: "Well, you know, Karen Hughes and Dan Bartlett have rigged up a sound system -- "

Gibson: "You're getting in trouble -- "

Bush: "I don't know what that is. I mean, it is, uh, it is, it's a -- I'm embarrassed to say it's a poorly tailored shirt."

Gibson: "It was the shirt?"

Bush: "Yeah, absolutely."

Gibson: "There was no sound system, there was no electrical signal? There was --"

Bush: "How does an electrical -- please explain to me how it works so maybe if I were ever to debate again I could figure it out. I guess the assumption was that if I was straying off course they would, kind of like a hunting dog, they would punch a buzzer and I would jerk back into place. I -- it's just absurd."
"

Charles Gibson and ABC deserve credit for asking the president, but failed abjectly at following up on his brazen lies. The object under the president's jacket is obviously solid. There isn't any bad tailoring, at any price in the "reality-based" world, that could create a shirt with a convex rectangular bulge, much less one that would jut through a jacket.

Not to mention that he would have had to have worn the same shirt to all three debates. (Presidential tailor Georges de Paris must have threatened to file suit now, rather than to make any more, so the White House has fallen back on blaming the shirt.)

IsBushWired also hears that ABC News has interviewed several White House staff members who've confirmed that Bush uses a low-frequency transceiver during meetings with foreign dignitaries. Hope that ABC plans to run its story in time for voters to consider this information.

Postscript: We've since watched the interview and are struck by how quickly the president responded with a rehearsed joke. Clearly Rove et al talked to him about how to reply. The truth evidently wasn't an option. But as the Good Morning America interview ended, the camera drew back, and Laura Bush had disappeared from her spot on the couch next to the president. Someone in the White House is still capable of shame.

CBS Bloodied, Bowed

Meanwhile, CBSNews.com has groveled to the White House by printing a nonbylined story composed by AP's surely all-time-dumbest, or most slavish, reporter. The story's accompanied by a post-debate shot of the president that seems to show no bulge. We need not remind readers that photos, unlike the single video feed which everyone shared, can be touched up. But in any case, Bush's cheatpiece was most clearly outlined when he hunched over the podium, stretching the back of his jacket over the device and the cord snaking up his right shoulder.

Refresh your memory of the protuberance by looking again at the jpegs reproduced below in our archived post, "What's the Frequency, Karl?" These are stills that we took unaltered from the Fox pool video feed. Or check out cryptome.org's 28 time-stamped screen captures from the video.

Oh, and BushBulge.com has found
another photograph of a bulge-bearing Bush on the White House web site, lighting a menorah last December. Enjoy it before it's scrubbed.

54 Comments:

Anonymous said...

Any attention is good attention! - even though this interiview is being carried on local stations as "Bush bulge story unravels". Notice he never says there was no wire. I expect he is hoping to avoid being held to task if the truth comes out- like CLintons "I never slept with that woman" that got him into trouble.
Thanks for this website! It has kept me from going nuts. And thanks to Gary Trudeau too.

12:45 PM  
Anonymous said...

So... if it was the shirt... why was his tailor showing us how a SUIT puckers when you hunch over? Why fire the tailor over a poorly tailored SUIT?
Though I suppose "suit" and "shirt" might sound awfully similar through an earpiece... maybe he just misunderstood...

1:09 PM  
Anonymous said...

What do you think of the photos on the white house web page, one of which shows a similar bulge in the back of Bush's shirt (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch8-515h.html) while others show the president with earpieces that emerge from the back of his shirt (http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch4-765v.html and http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/08/images/20020809-1_ranch5-729v.html)?

1:24 PM  
Milo said...

Of the three picture you point to
#1 has been pointed to by many as another example of the 'bulge'. Personally, I think that one is just his shoulder blade.

#2 and #3 aren't audio devices. They certainly aren't wireless earpieces. They are clearly protective earplugs. Anyone would wear them when using power tools to take down trees (as he clearly is doing in this set of pictures).

I really believe we should get to the bottom of this story. But we aren't going to get there with pictures like that, my friend. In fact, even posting pictures like that harm the credibility of the story in general. They make those of us who believe in internet journalism look like 'crackpots'. Let's not help the Bushies laugh this story off, ok?

1:46 PM  
Anonymous said...

OK, let's dispense with the myth that the tailor done it, once and for all. As reported in the New Yorker Magazine (September 27, 2004 edition, pp 94-104 "Annals of Fashion, Fit For The White House") George Bush's tailor is Georges de Paris, "whom he sees sometimes three times a week, at the White House, for fittings" De Paris has served every president of the United States since Lyndon Johnson, according to the article.

If de Paris is responsible for "the bulge" (or as Bush calls it, "a poorly tailored shirt") it should be pretty easy to find out if he's wiling to take the rap. His shop is at Fourteenth Street and G. Why don't one of you Washington folk stop by and see if de Paris is willing to throw away forty years as tailor to the presidents to cover up for Bush?

3:07 PM  
Anonymous said...

By making such a disingenuous comment and pretending not to even understand the concept of being coached via the wireless earpiece, Bush has essentially verified that such a wire did exist.

He has verified this just as he officially clinched that he did cocaine by refusing to answer whether he did or not. If he didn't do cocaine, why be coy and Clintonian about it? Why not just answer the question and say "Those rumors are false, I have never done cocaine"?

Similarly, why can't he say "Those rumors are false, I was not electronically coached in my ear during the debate"? I agree with an earlier poster here that he's being deliberately vague to avoid being caught in a direct lie, rather than a mere dodge.

As for the red-wired dual earpieces, I agree that those are PROBABLY not a related matter, but I'm still not sure why they need wires coming from them. I don't think it hurts our credibility to inquire and wonder, however. There's a lot of inquiring and wondering going on at my website:

http://www.geocities.com/wcheated/

3:13 PM  
Babak Fakhamzadeh said...

Anon: George de Paris HAS already taken the rap. Keep track of what's happening.

3:17 PM  
Political Commentator said...

"
If de Paris is responsible for "the bulge" (or as Bush calls it, "a poorly tailored shirt") it should be pretty easy to find out if he's wiling to take the rap. His shop is at Fourteenth Street and G. Why don't one of you Washington folk stop by and see if de Paris is willing to throw away forty years as tailor to the presidents to cover up for Bush?
"

Lets see the suit!
Lets see the shirt!

3:54 PM  
Anonymous said...

The AP picked up the Charlie Gibson encounter this morning. It was on the Yahoo! front page for all of about 3 minutes. Then...it disappeared into election coverage oblivion. But here's their report:

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=1963&e=49&u=/ap/20041026/ap_on_el_pr/bush_bulge_1&sid=96378798

Also, a note to the poster above: the wires attached to the earplugs in the brush-clearing shot off of the White House's site are there for one reason -- to keep track of your plugs while they're not in your ears. Those aren't "wire" wires. They're keep'em-out-of-the-grass wires.

For those of you who are new to the site, I suggest going back and reading posts on the moderator's previous topics. There's a lot that's already been covered here. And by questioning the same things over and over, it's going to bore anyone who's been following thus far and give less credence to any of the three arguments out there: wire, defib, or both.

One more thing: thanks to the moderator/blogger for making a post today. I was jonesing for more and beginning to worry that he/she may have been "assisted" out of their home and "escorted" to a new residence -- at Guantanamo.

Keep pressing the issue. And hope that Charlie and the AP story gives other journalists "license" to start making this an issue. As if they needed license.

Note to the media: We know you suck. We just wish you didn't suck so bad. Can you please just halfway suck for the next week? Lob all of the softballs you want on November 3. But for god's sake, put the pressure on these mofos. You want four more years of bullying by the Press Secretary? Of no true access to the war or those who have fallen and are being brought back home in flag-draped boxes?

Just do your jobs. Yes, it may require professional/career sacrifice. But it also may hold huge personal gains. (Woodward? Bernstein? Remember them?) Either way, it doesn't matter. This is the future of our country. You have an obligation. Not just to the American People, but to yourself as professional journalists. It's easy to wake up and look at yourself in the mirror now. Everything's moving so fast. But if you f*ck this one up, will you be able to look at yourself in the mirror 20 years from now?

All right. I'm off the soapbox and the guilt trip. Peace.

3:57 PM  
bushiswired said...

Videos, Audio and Photos on the Bush was Wired topic

Bush Is Wired
Watch Kerry 'pat down' Bush during 3rd debate.
See Bush adjust his earpiece.
Photo analysis of Bush Bulge
Gallery of Bush hump

UPDATED Daily ! Amazing.......

4:02 PM  
Anonymous said...

Anderson Cooper 360 (CNN) story about Bush's response tonight (10/26)...

4:19 PM  
Anonymous said...

What on earth do they mean by "low frequency receivers"? Surely any miniaturized radio receiver meant to be worn on the body would operate on VHF or higher (more likely UHF or SHF) frequencies, for a variety of reasons--smaller antennas, smaller circuitry, less susceptible to man-made RF noise, digital scrambling possible, etc.

Perhaps they meant "low-powered"?

4:31 PM  
Anonymous said...

Watching Anderson 360, just saw the Bulge bit. It was a brief, brief spot. Bush brushed it off, in the words already reported here. No follow-up commentary. Oh well...

4:32 PM  
Anonymous said...

Saw the Anderson Cooper 360 bit on the Bulge. Disappointing, only in that it was short and contained no followup statements or commentary. They pretty much just played the clip of the interview quoted in the post here.

4:43 PM  
Anonymous said...

Let's see...Bill Clinton sex-lied about the whore-Monica (no, not harmonica) and the bulge in his pants, leading us to fear for the future of the Republic. Didn't we?

This morning on ABC-TV, George W. Bush flat out lied to Charles Gibson about the bulge seen on Bush's back during the debates. Which lie is more important to the fate of this nation? Hey, Bob Schieffer, which president should Face the Wrath of the Nation! Hey, Charley Gibson, did the producer whisper into your earpiece that ABC/Disney has something coming before the FCC? Is that why you backed off instead of telling the prez to cut the B.S. -- thereby calling him out -- and delivering the final blow? (not the Monica kind).

Judging by tonight's coverage, it looks like CNN thinks this story has no legs -- unlike Monica. They ran the Gibson interview with no hint of indignation. Will they feel any responsibility to follow through -- before the election is supposed to occur? Oh, the horror of baldfaced EX-AG-GER-A-TION.

Over at MSNBC, will Mr. Hardball, Chris Matthews, evaluate this story, count his balls, and scream bloody murder?

And, to think that if you voted absentee -- you couldn't have known that Bush was a liar -- how could you have known -- he's a Jesus lover -- like an OBGYN loves his patients -- or somesuch. And now, your vote is cast -- locked in -- too bad.

IMPEACH! This is slam-dunk lying which shows El Presidente has no integrity -- not an ethical bone. He's been caught with his hand in the cookie jar and his lie/sidestep is pathetic, childish. But maybe that sucker Jesus will forgive him -- over and over and over -- like the American people -- who can handle the truth. For example, it's not too late for Bush/Rove to say his lie was just a dyslexicalistical shirt joke and then produce a nice rectangular piece of Kevlar with a velcro strap stamped "Secret Service."

7:25 PM  
Anonymous said...

``I guess the assumption was that if I were straying off course they would ... kind of like a hunting dog, they would punch a buzzer and I would jerk back into place,'' Bush said. ``That's just absurd.''

I believe they used the microphone when Kerry got the question first. They could give Bush key points to make while he's waiting.
TH

8:20 PM  
Art from Vegas said...

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9:13 PM  
Art from Vegas said...

Last Sunday evening, I was watching a History Channel broadcast on the role of the secret service. "Dubya" was shown in this documentary shaking hands with a large crowed, George was in his shirt shelves. There were secret service agents standing close by. The back of Dubya's shirt was completely smooth yet all the secret service agents had a bulge on their backs much like the second presidential debate. Very interesting

9:23 PM  
Political Commentator said...

"BULGEGATE" STORY GROWS IN THE NEWS:

Read more: http://puppetstring.blogspot.com

////////////////////////////
BULGEGATE producing more questions than answers
by Political Commentator
////////////////////////////

John Chuckman weighs in, but note John.... there are "strings and hinges" :-)

"The Government You Deserve", by John Chuckman, Oct. 26, 2004
http://www.dissidentvoice.org/Oct04/Chuckman1026.htm

"
my first thoughts on the Bush "bulge" controversy ... the next comparison that came to mind was a marionette, only an updated version with radio controls and servomotors instead of strings and hinges.

Whatever the best analogy, the fact that the American president wears a radio device of some kind during important meetings and national debates has been sufficiently established for people of a critical turn of mind. The revelation seems almost an over-the-top parody of what we already knew of Bush's capacities, an absurd editorial cartoon about an inadequate man walking through responsibilities he doesn't understand, leaving in his wake terrible damage to decent government and peace. Where do the voices in his ear piece come from?
"
......................

This journalist sees a shirking on the shirt:

"President’s "bulge" tunes out the buzz about Ashlee", Dave Addis, The Virginian-Pilot, Oct 27, 2004
http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=77274&ran=166294

"
But something obviously created a weird bulge in the middle of the president’s back. That’s evident from the photos, of which there are many. The Web is now alive with other presidential photos of a square bulge under Bush’s clothing, from semiformal White House events to casual shots taken of him behind the wheel of a pickup at his Texas ranch.

The complication that’s keeping the story alive is the White House’s insistence that the recurring protuberance between the president’s shoulder blades is simply the result of “poor tailoring” of his apparel. Please. President Bush is a pretty well-turned-out guy. And an adulthood lived on a newspaper salary has made me something of an expert on poor tailoring.
"
and
"
But I’ve never owned a suit that was cut so badly that it looked as if I had a box of Oreo cookies taped between my shoulder blades.
"
and
"
In the meantime, the White House’s argument that the president of the United States of America has his clothing sewn by a blind tailor has us in stitches. There’s not a thimbleful of logic in it.
"
......................

And Evan Augustine Peterson III, J.D opines at:
http://www.opednews.com/peterson_101104_bush_cheat.htm
"
The Story's Implications: (1) Reputable journalists have already uncovered enough probative hard evidence and corroborating circumstantial evidence to conclude that the cheating allegation is true, and not a baseless internet rumor
"

Read more:
......................................
http://puppetstring.blogspot.com/
http://politicalcommentator.blogspot.com/

4:20 AM  
Anonymous said...

Someone should make one jpg image containg the following elements, roughly:
- Two screenshots showing the bulge
- The basic facts (short, in small print)
- W's own explanation
- A short statement explaining that the national media will not take this seriously, and asking why
- Perhaps a statement that says: "if he lied, he will lose the election"
- asking every person who sees this to send this to as many people as possible.

Getting it to a few million people the next days should make a difference. yours, HM

5:07 AM  
Anonymous said...

Day Three of Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury taking on the "Bush wired" debate in today's comic strip, dated 10/27/2004.

To read today's Doonesbury comic strip, visit:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html

The first "Bush wired" comic strip appeared on October 25, 2004.

6:16 AM  
Anonymous said...

That menorah lighting picture is the clearest one yet. What is that? It looks too big to be a receiver. What's the source of the picture?

M.

7:24 AM  
Anonymous said...

Oh, obviously, it's on the White House's own site.

M.

7:26 AM  
Anonymous said...

The Bush Bulge, the Grossly Incompetent Media and the Complicit Kerry Campaign

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=3903

relevant earpiece audio and evidence here

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=3778

10:54 AM  
icone said...

THE BUSH WIRED SITE HAS POSTED A BIG UPDATE (we're finally back to "bulge work")
•--> Be sure to visit THE OFFICIAL BUSH WIRED PHOTO GALLERY VIEW THE EVIDENCE!

CHEERS!
Icone
BUSH WIREDhttp://bushwired.blogspot.com/
NEWS - PHOTOS - LINKS - VIDEO!!! Frequently updated!

9:26 PM  
Anonymous said...

I do think Bush is wired and I don't think the device on his back is a receiver (it's too big in these hi-tech days).

But I do think there's something on his back and that the Bush administration doesn't want us to know what it is!

I bet on the defebrilator-doohickey that was mentioned before. Are the bookies open yet?

Marc
The Netherlands

11:11 PM  
Anonymous said...

MASSIVE ELECTION FRAUD IN FLORIDA!!!

"60000 Ballots have mysteriously disappeared", says a republican authorities' spokesperson!

60000 when last time 500 was the margin...PAY ATTENTION! THIS IS HAPPENING RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOUR HOME DOOR - NOT IN AFGHANISTAN!

YOU SHOULDN'T BE WORRIED ABOUT THE BULGE! YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE FRAUD THAT IS ALREADY GOING ON!!!

1:11 AM  
STOP_George said...

The RSBB Society - Don't be ashamed! It happens all the time!!!

Thanks to the President of the United States, this secretive, rarely talked-about issue has come to the forefront. A problem only fringe, underground dry-cleaners knew about.

The rectangular shirt back-bulge (a.k.a. RSBB)


--------------------------------------------------------------------------
"I don't know what that is," Bush said. "I mean, it is -- I'm embarrassed to say it's a poorly tailored shirt."

- President Bush, Good Morning America - October 27, 2004.

http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/news/102604-campaign2004-bushbulge.html
--------------------------------------------------------------------------


Rectangular shirt bulge wearers UNITE!!!! We now have a world leader as a spokesperson!!!

Discuss the issue HERE!!! Don't be "embarrassed" anymore!

- voice support for Bush coming out on this subject.
- Do YOU have a name for your rectangular shirt back-bulge?
- How can we help those with RSBB?

Let the world know your story.

1:13 AM  
Anonymous said...

My suggestion was to make a large jpg graphic that gives a brief overview of the bulge case. (some text + bulge screenshots). In effect a single "official" statement that all people concerned with this could spread to email users around the globe. It will contain nothing "new" for insiders, but will present the case and the issues involved for all those not yet sure what this is about. If done right, it could reach millions of people in a few days. And that might even make it a news story by itself.

yours, HM

1:20 AM  
Anonymous said...

I agree with HM - if someone would put together a nice piece, we can forward to everyone we know. Swamp emails with the info. Most people haven't seen the numerous photos of the object on Bush's back and aren't paying attention. Even using the language "Bush's bulge" makes it seem like a joke when it is deadly serious. lalinda

1:25 AM  
Political Commentator said...

"
I agree with HM - if someone would put together a nice piece, we can forward to everyone we know. Swamp emails with the info. Most people haven't seen the numerous photos of the object on Bush's back and aren't paying attention. Even using the language "Bush's bulge" makes it seem like a joke when it is deadly serious. lalinda
"

I am working on something like this. Anoyone that is interested can email me at political.commentator@gmail.com for a preview of the images I have made.

I dont agree about the language. Bush's bulge or "Bulgegate" is something people remember and it.

1:47 AM  
Anonymous said...

BULGE INFORMATION FLYER: Glad to hear that from Political Commentator. If possible present the sketch on your page, to get suggestions on improvement (open for perhaps 24 hours, as we have to move fast). Political parties and pressure groups have advertising agencies to do this kind of thing, but we have to rely on a collective effort - trying to bring in the know-how of individuals. News about the effort could be posted at sites related to design/communication etc, or basically everywhere. Personally I would like the result to have an angle towards principles of democracy: how media decides what is "news" and what ways people have of influencing... but the contents should be discussed by good heads from different backgrounds to secure that the message will be effective.
yours, HM

3:02 AM  
STOP_George said...

Here's a fake ad to help take the piss out of Bush's absurd reply to Charles Gibson.

I'm using a different technique now. If you can't beat them, join them in their absurdity. Try it. The more you compliment their logic, the more flawed it looks.


http://img96.exs.cx/img96/4442/TIDE-bulge_ad.jpg


Humour sometimes creates more of a "buzz" if the truth is soooooooo absurd.

4:03 AM  
Anonymous said...

BUSH ADMITS LIP-SYNCHING TO TAPE OF CHENEY

http://www.borowitzreport.com/archive_rpt.asp?rec=994

:-)

7:03 AM  
Anonymous said...

Day Four of Garry Trudeau's Doonesbury taking on the "Bush wired" debate in today's comic strip, dated 10/28/2004.

To read today's Doonesbury comic strip, visit:

http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html

The first "Bush wired" comic strip appeared on October 25, 2004.

7:32 AM  
theresa said...

I figured out a long time ago that Bush needed help with forming rudimentary sentences. When he became a semi-articulate speaker, I knew he had recruited some help. He could never be too far away from his handlers. So, the cheating during the debates was no surprise to me. I am more concerned about the quote from the senior Bush advisor about their Empire, and their "own reality". This is pretty scary stuff. I hope and pray that this administration ("empire"), will fall, and all will be revealed. This administration has played fast and loose with people's lives (Iraq, flu, poverty). Karma is Karma.

11:41 AM  
bushiswired said...

See the Kerry 'pat down' of Bush during 3rd Debate
Watch Bush adjust his earpiece.
Hear Rove feeding Bush his speach during a press conference.

-->Bush Is Wired<--
Send Bush back to Texas.

Photos, Video, Audio --> Updated daily <--

1:22 PM  
bushiswired said...

See the Kerry 'pat down' of Bush during 3rd Debate
Watch Bush adjust his earpiece.
Hear Rove feeding Bush his speach during a press conference.

-->Bush Is Wired<--
Send Bush back to Texas.

Photos, Video, Audio --> Updated daily <--

1:23 PM  
Political Commentator said...

"Bulgegate: Bush's Latest Lie About What He Wore to the Debates By DAVE LINDORFF"

http://www.counterpunch.org/lindorff10272004.html

"
They're getting away with it because, except for Gibson, nobody in the mainstream press that tags around after the president is pressing him on it, much less investigating the matter more aggressively by trying to get sources from inside the president's camp to come forward.

They're getting away with it because, as one reporter who has contacted friends in many of the major news outlets has been told, the mainstream press won't go after this story "because the Kerry camp hasn’t made it an issue."
"

2:57 PM  
Political Commentator said...

Bulge story followers:

A new lead has appeared over a newsgroup, I am posting research in the comments as I find it here:

bulgegate story commentsA new twist on the medical device theory:

Could it be a Wireless IV device?

Here is a press release from a company that makes one:

"
ALARIS Medical Systems now provides a new level of medication safety by wirelessly (radio frequency) linking its point-of-care infusion delivery platform with the hospital's information network to create a real-time systems management [wireless hookup]
"

Thanks for the help and great leads appearing everywhere...

I am searching for photos of these products but they are hard to come by.

4:38 PM  
Anonymous said...

check out the new posts and links at the bush wired site
http://bushwired.blogspot.com/
they have a new earpiece photo and link it looks like thats the bulge to me

6:03 PM  
icone said...

NEW POSTS AND PHOTO UPDATES AT:
New earpiece prompting system, new links... more
THE BUSH WIRED SITE THE OFFICIAL BUSH WIRED PHOTO GALLERY VIEW THE EVIDENCE!

Icone
BUSH WIREDhttp://bushwired.blogspot.com/
NEWS - PHOTOS - LINKS - VIDEO!!! Frequently updated!

6:11 PM  
Anonymous said...

"A poorly tailored shirt."

Let me get this straight. The most important person in the world going for the most important job during his most important debate walks in with "a poorly tailored shirt."

$250 million in ad buys, 1,000,000,000,000 miles of travel on the campaign trail, and no one can find this guy a FUCKING SHIRT THAT FITS???

More BUSH-SHIT!!!

6:22 PM  
icone said...

New salon.com story out!

NASA PHOTO ANALYST STORY http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2004/10/29/bulge/index_np.html

If you dont want to sign up for a day pass the full text and photos are in the comments section and photo gallery on my site:
THE BUSH WIRED SITE THE OFFICIAL BUSH WIRED PHOTO GALLERY VIEW THE EVIDENCE!

Icone

8:26 PM  
Blabber Ho Shlep said...

Well, no smart ass comments this time. I just read something that turned me cold. I don't mass email much. I couldn't resist this link though. The numbers here are equivalent to my town being decimated in 2 yrs time. Or equivalent to roughly 68 foot ball fields full of victims. What is really scary though is that it appears to be the grim reality of "choices" we've made. Easy to forget in our rhetoric here what really is at stake, possibly, with this election. Hope this one doesn't fall too far under the radar.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6354133/


OK, I think I know what Zack means when he says, "your anger is a gift!"

8:28 PM  
Anonymous said...

Well that puts to the lie to the only remaining rationale Bush used to justify the invasion.

-No WMD.
-No collaboration with Al Qaeda.
-And now no humanitarian rationale (as if anyone ever really bought that one anyway).

No wonder some Iraqis are looking back wistfully on the Saddam days.

Even if Bush wins next week (or whenever this mess is finally decided), let's at least hope the Dems regain the majority in the Senate. Then we can sit back and watch the impeachment proceedings, including a full investigation of Jr's debate cheating and bald-faced lying in the coverup.

I might even get more satisfaction from that than from seeing Kerry in the White House.

In light recent events, I propose we add a new verb to the English language:

bush verb, tr.
To demonstrate astounding recklessness and stupidity resulting

2:24 AM  
Anonymous said...

Well that puts to the lie to the only remaining rationale Bush used to justify the invasion.

-No WMD.
-No collaboration with Al Qaeda.
-And now no humanitarian rationale (as if anyone ever really bought that one anyway).

No wonder some Iraqis are looking back wistfully on the Saddam days.

Even if Bush wins next week (or whenever this mess is finally decided), let's at least hope the Dems regain the majority in the Senate. Then we can sit back and watch the impeachment proceedings, including a full investigation of Jr's debate cheating and bald-faced lying in the coverup.

I might even get more satisfaction from that than from seeing Kerry in the White House.

In light of recent news, I propose we add a new verb to the English language (in the tradition of "borked"):

bush (bush) verb, tr.
1. To demonstrate astounding recklessness and stupidity through calamitous action.
2. To wreak havoc through arrogance.

2:31 AM  
theresa said...

I agree completely with the A posting at 2:31 AM. The ignorance and arrogance exhibited in this administration is frightening. Please, at this time, let us all take a few moments to honor the troops and the 100,000 Iraqi civilians who have died in this "rush to war". Let us hope that a new day will dawn in Washington on November 3rd. A day full of hope, intelligence and compassion.

11:32 AM  
Anonymous said...

no bush is not weird
sick in the head ---yes

7:44 PM  
Anonymous said...

i am a television host (in ontario, canada), and on-air, i wear what's called an IFB earpiece so i can hear notes from the director and counts to give me segment durations.

i used to wear my IFB battery receiver pack (it's a little black box the size of a cigarette box) on my belt, but it messed up the hang of my clothing.

instead, i started wearing my pack on a broad elastic strap, velcroed around my calf (head-of-wardrobe whipped it up on her sewing machine in about 6 minutes). i run the wire up my pants leg, shirt, and into my earpiece. in a pinch, i've even duct-taped the pack to my leg.

what i'm trying to say is that it's very easy to conceal the bulge of a wire- i do it every day, and certainly, so does bush. to be fair, and just to play devil's advocate, it's likely that other politicians wear them too.

if you don't see his pack bulging, don't assume he's not wearing one. unless he's in a fullbody spandex speedskater suit. but even then i wouldn't be surprised if the FBI had developed a transceiver suppository.

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