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Gordon Wagner

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Monday, August 14, 2006 03:33 PM

sound familiar..?

Did I not read this exact article during Viet Nam? Or Gulf War I??

Here's what we'll do:

1. Draft Paul Bremer, George Bush, Dick Cheney, Rummy, all the PNAC assholes.

2. Ship 'em off to Baghdad

3. They go out on long patrol

4. Bring the reservists home

5. Open a cold one and wait to hear that the instigators of our misadventure have met bloody deaths and that the larger pieces of their remains are being shipped home in plastic bags

Wednesday, August 16, 2006 08:25 AM
Original article: Paging Kenneth Blackwell

Ohio corruption is worse than you think

Diebold's treasonable shenanigans are barely a blip on the radar in Ohio. Dig a little bit and you'll uncover seemingly endless tales of severe, profound, bred-in-the-bone corruption.

Ohio's state government ought to be declared a kleptocracy. The Feds ought to take over the state and clean house.

Monday, August 28, 2006 05:35 AM
Original article: Ghost world

Well, at least it wasn't another article about television.

Might I suggest articles about Sheck Exley, a pioneer of extreme deep water diving, or perhaps the Haardt-Citroen expedition to Central Asia about ninety years back? They're both subjects I'm keen on learning more about, and they're both grounded here in the real world. Hint, hint.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 05:51 AM
Original article: The road to 9/11 and beyond

Smells like bullshit.

The full story of how America's intelligence agencies failed to stop 19 men from turning four commercial jetliners into precision missiles may never be known.

Mm hmm. How many countries forwarded warnings of the precise attack to the US? Six? Seven? Remember the FBI agents who tried to warn their (alleged) superiors about Arabs @ flying schools..?

Ever wonder why Dubya had to have Cheney at his side when he was dragged, kicking and screaming, to testify (not under oath?!) before the 9/11 Cover Up Commission?

I, too, have wondered about those five Mossad agents arrested on 9/11/01 after being witnessed videotaping and celebrating the WTC collapses.

The official story is bullshit. This book sounds like bullshit. Aviation fuel doesn't cause structural steel to soften or whatever the magic-physics explantion was.

EXAMINE THE FACTS. We've been set up and spiked like a volleyball. Let's waterboard Cheney and get some real information out of the real President.

Wednesday, August 30, 2006 12:22 PM
Original article: The road to 9/11 and beyond

How is it I'm an "anti-Semite" for wondering about the five Mossad

agents arrested on 9/11/01 after they were witnessed videotaping and celebrating the collapse of the towers..?

1. I didn't recruit them for Mossad

2. I didn't operate the moving company front operation they worked for

3. I didn't know the WTC towers were going to collapse

Please Paypal me $1 for each instance of my being accused of "anti-Semitism."

I do openly and freely admit to being suspicious as all hell of Israel's "special relationship" with the US.

I can hardly wait for the AIPAC spying trial to get under way next February! How about you?

Thursday, August 31, 2006 05:29 AM

25th Amendment..?

Is Bush insane? He seems to maintain a world view that you'd expect from a cross between Napoleon and Alfred E. Newman.

At least he's not parading on the Mexican-US border trolling for "illegals" -- yet.

Friday, September 8, 2006 09:28 AM
Original article: "Maus" it's not

Does it cover the Commission's experience with Bush and Cheney..?

You know, when Bush refused to testify under oath and had to have Cheney right by his side... all this behind closed doors...

How badly does it have to stink before you notice the stench..?

Monday, September 11, 2006 08:15 AM

Waterboard Cheney -- get some facts

Why not? Good enough for innocent Iraqis, it's good enough for innocent American Vice-Presidents. So fuck him, strap him to the board, let's see what he knows...

Thursday, September 14, 2006 06:03 AM
Original article: Hack the vote? No problem

E-Voting is second only to Iraq in importance.

Wally O'Dell ought to be hung by the neck for enabling vote fraud.

Diebold's ATMs spit out receipts -- why not E-Voting machines???

Have you watched the video of a CHIMPANZEE hacking a Diebold machine? It's that simple to do -- a zoo animal was trained to do it.

This is the #1 domestic issue, period. Vote fraud ought to be a treasonable offense, and I am perfectly serious when I say that Wally O'Dell ought to be strung up and left to rot as a grim warning to those suits who would usurp what's left of our watery representative democracy.

Friday, September 15, 2006 08:57 AM
Original article: Race to the bottom

The story here is that liberal intellectuals have a difficult time with race.

Stereotypes arise based on the experiences of individuals. I was quite blue-sky thirty or thirty-five years ago. Then I lived my life. I don't hold stereotypes, I have views based on my personal experiences.

You folks watch WAY too much television. Hint: it's mindless entertainment. Enjoy it and forget about it. Pay attention to the real world, not game shows. Sheesh(tm).

Friday, September 15, 2006 09:02 AM

"Al Queda"? Do you buy into that notion..?

I sure don't. Was it not reported that 18 of the 22 9/11/01 "Arab terrorists" were still alive and well.? Their IDs were stolen. They weren't on the planes. They're walking around today. And they aren't "terrorists" -- they're just Arabs who had their identities stolen.

What do you make of Dubya having drone aircraft (UAVs) killing people..? Is that not terrorism..? Or Israel dropping thousands of cluster bombs on civilian population centers..?

This article reminds me of a little kid pushing their peas around on their dinner plate, trying to arrange them so it looks as though they've been eaten.

Monday, September 18, 2006 05:43 AM
Original article: Up against the wall

Good article.

I appreciate that focusing on the wall, and especially providing a photo of it, will bring righteous hatred and the standard "Anti-Semite" lightning bolts down on your sorry head.

Is it really eight times the size of the Berlin Wall?

I saw an interesting scan of an illustration showing the size of Palestinian (would Israelis prefer the term 'aboriginal people'?) and Israel changing from 1948 to the present day. It was telling.

I don't suppose Salon will be writing anything about Israel's recent overuse of its older model cluster bombs on southern Lebanon -- in order to make way for a newer cluster bomb model waiting to be delivered from Uncle Sugar (that would be us)? They needed to deplete their existing stock of older cluster bombs in order for the US to provide them with new, improved cluster bombs.

Is keeping silent about things like that not what sends a soul to hell?

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 06:09 AM
Original article: Arugula for everyone

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If you're fortunate enough to live somewhere with a weekly farmer's market, make sure to visit it. And support it!!!

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