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Bill Owen

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Friday, February 1, 2008 02:47 PM

Does Everything go Down the Memory Hole Now?

Does everything go down the memory hole in America?

Hans Blix and other inspectors said many many times that Saddam was cooperating with the inspectors! I remember! Saddam was in fact, extremely cooperative.

Why would Saddam have not cooperated? HE DID NOT HAVE WMD! Even though the US sold him the precursor chemicals for nerve gas. So logically he had nothing to lose by cooperating. He knew the gun was pointed at his head.

http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2004/03/18_blix.shtml

All this was widely reported in what left of the free press at the time, and was certainly on the Internets.

And Hilary knew all that, and she knows the inspectors were not impeded when she voted for the war. Like another poster said he "knew" and I "knew" too. Lots of people "knew". If H. Clinton was not in possession of the facts then she is stupid and uninformed, if she actually accepted the story as told by Bush and Cheney - then she is dangerously naive. On the other hand if she knew the facts and voted to kill one million people, beggar the treasury, all the while making the United States the world's leading outlaw nation - then she is plain evil.

No one can hide something like a chemical weapons factory, not anymore. If Saddam had had anything the US would have the address, the telephone number, and the name of the guy running the plant.

Her husband, obviously with her assent, since she is so "strong", attacked and destroyed what he said was a chemical weapons plant in the Sudan 3 days before the Monica hearings. Some of us, "knew" that it was in fact a pharmaceutical factory even at the time. Since Sudan was under American led sanctions at the time, they were unable to produce enough medicines to treat their sick, and thousands, perhaps 10's of thousands of the vulnerable, mostly the old, and the young died as result.

Here is the official bullshit line as it was reported then. http://www.cnn.com/US/9808/20/us.strikes.01/

And here is the truth as we now know it. http://www.workers.org/ww/1998/sudan0910.php

Even Bill now admits it was a mistake, would that his wife had his balls. And I don't mean in a jar.

If you want more war, more death, more hatred toward America, plus a completely deadlocked congress and senate, compounded by a screaming, raging, right wing noise machine, by all means vote for Hilary.

At least Obomba has no blood on his hands - yet. But we can always hope that he will follow through on his callow, cowardly and near insane threats to bomb Waziristan, that's in Pakistan, a country with real WMD.

Sunday, February 3, 2008 05:08 PM
Original article: Mitt Romney's Mormon detour

Religion is Important

Salon took this opportunity to discuss Romney's religion because his religious views dominate his life and shape his world view. If a candidate is a Rastafarian who believes that the late Emperor Hallie Sallasie is god incarnate, and who believes in smoking grass as a sacrament, then I think that makes a difference; especially to the Americans who still think that marijuana is a gateway drug and from Satan. It may not be "fair" to swoop down on a funeral, but any opening to discuss his bizarre religious views is legitimate.

America and the world have suffered the madness of king george for too long. Are Bush's religious beliefs not important? If Americans had known prior to 2000 that this was a man who actually thinks he talks to Jesus and that Jesus asks him to attack and destroy countries such as Iraq, as he told Mahmoud Abbas, then he would not have been elected. Or at least I hope so!

Personally I want to know if the next "unitary president" wears magic underwear, and I want to know exactly what he thinks that magic underwear will do for him and the country. The last thing the world needs is another nut with nukes. Jesus told me that. Or was it Moroni? I can't remember. Smoked a few spliffs too many today I guess. It's the da lamb's bread mon. Vote Marley in 08!

And here is a good link for those of you who might want to follow the false prophet of a false prophet. http://www.christian-faith.com/forjesus/mormon-religion

Sunday, February 3, 2008 07:59 PM
Original article: Mitt Romney's Mormon detour

And if you need another reason why religious beliefs are important...

I believe today that my conduct is in accordance with the will of the Almighty Creator.

Adolf Hitler

He did too.

Sunday, February 3, 2008 09:29 PM
Original article: Betrayed by John McCain

Coulter, McCain and Hilary

This is good for Hilary, anyone looking for someone more conservative to vote for than Crazy John McCain has to look no further than "Dick" Hilary.

Anne Coulter supports Hilary over McCain. Does anyone need to know more than this about that?

Anyone? Anyone?

Sunday, February 3, 2008 09:38 PM
Original article: Betrayed by John McCain

@ rich

Anybody who wants to occupy another country for 100 years is freaking evil. I think you need to recalibrate your meter. Bush is in a league by himself, but McCain is a pig for war. How many would McCain kill is the only question.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 08:34 AM
Original article: Super Tuesday results

Where's the Cartoon Head for Huck?

Everyone else is a cartoon head. Why didn't you make Huckabee into a cartoon?

Oh, wait. Never mind.

No need.

Thursday, February 14, 2008 03:55 PM

John Roberts AKA "JD" is a Serious Journalist

Who cut his teeth on the mean streets of Toronto doing tough, hard-hitting interviews with The Spoons.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mv_I_cbKW5o

Too bad this good Canadian boy wound up as a fascist enabler, lickspittle, and doubleplusgood bootkisser. At least he knows what side of the fascist his bread is buttered on.

Strong jaw, good hair and no brains - reminds me of all the rest of them.

These filthy cowards make me ill.

Thursday, February 14, 2008 08:02 PM

They are even discussing this over at Gizmodo

And they never talk about anything but shiny shiny gadgets. Maybe people are waking up, some of them anyway.

http://gizmodo.com/356387/last-chance-to-save-our-privacy- (split url)

rights-from-warrantless-domestic-spying#c4210610

Thursday, February 14, 2008 09:12 PM

@ Roberts should be doing infomercials instead of interviews of public figures

Huh? I thought he was!

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