Man I Miss Hunter Thompson

"We have become a Nazi monster in the eyes of the whole world -- a nation of bullies and bastards who would rather kill than live peacefully. We are not just Whores for power and oil, but killer whores with hate and fear in our hearts. We are human scum, and that is how history will judge us. No redeeming social value. Just whores. Get out of our way, or we'll kill you.

"Well, shit on that dumbness, George W. Bush does not speak for me or my son or my mother or my friends or the people I respect in this world. We didn't vote for these cheap, greedy little killers who speak for America today -- and we will not vote for them again in 2002. Or 2004. Or ever.

"Who does vote for these dishonest shitheads? Who among us can be happy and proud of having all this innocent blood on our hands? Who are these swine? These flag-sucking half-wits who get fleeced and fooled by stupid rich kids like George Bush?

"They are the same ones who wanted to have Muhammad Ali locked up for refusing to kill gooks. They speak for all that is cruel and stupid and vicious in the American character. They are the racists and hate mongers among us -- they are the Ku Klux Klan. I piss down the throats of these Nazis.

"And I am too old to worry about whether they like it or not. Fuck them."

The Black Dog

Black. That's how my heart and soul feel.When the black dog get's you he bites down hard and deep. He must feel a mouthful of emptiness. When it gets this bad I don't live for myself I live for my wonderful and patient wife and my three adoring dogs. And I live for hope. I always hope tomorrow will be better. Maybe world peace a cure for cancer and how about if you have the time a cure for depression. I would appreciate it.

"We do not torture"

We do torture.

Kick Me

At 12:15 I rolled over. At about 1, I said fuck it and got out of bed. Insomnia sucks. My body aches. I feel like I have been on the receiving end of an ass kicking. The timid, scared chair massage girl just made it worse. I guess you get what you pay for. Too tired to read or do anything productive. I've seen two Chris Rock Concerts in a row. Ever since I was a little kid If I heard two or three songs of the same artist on the radio or there is some TV marathon I assume they died. Well at least he made me laugh. That, as I have mentioned before, is generally hard to do. I might snorke, half chuckle, make some unintelligible sound that may or may not show approval for your attempt but an all-out gut buster is a bitter memory and a long time coming I fear. More happiness to follow. Happy Sunday God-fearers, football fans, World Series lovers. Me I'm hoping a good hockey game will come on, I can fall asleep too, and then wake up in time for last call.

Compassion

My body is so fucking tense that I could open beer bottles with my asshole. I even had a chair massage from the most meek, scared little apprentice ever. I hope she can make it in the real world of real assholes that want relief and they want it now. So please any muscle relaxers lying around, almost out of date please send them my way.

Waiting and waiting. Want a cup of pain?

Anxiety and depression suck. They have completely thrown off my sleep cycle for years. It's 3:30 in the morning and I'm wide awake so that I can drink a couple of cups of coffee and fully embrace my anxiety and fears. Bring it on. We've done this before.

Here's how stupid and irrational this shit is. I love sports. Recently Suzanne took up golf which I love and am overly excited to get to play with her. But I worry. I worry that there will be to many people there. I worry that I will suck and not just enjoy the game for the fun that it is. I worry that I'm boring my beautiful and patient wife with my anxiety. I worry. That's what I do. Everyday.24/7. I take Xanax and Ambien along with the cutely named Lunesta. They laugh at me.Your too crazy to let us work for you.O.K. We will let you get a little sleep in during your favorite hockey game but after that all bet's are off. Wake up psycho boy.This your brain talking.You got some worrrying to do for us.

An Angry, reflective, drunk Jew

Have I told you about the Rude Pundit blog. He's my favorite read. He put's my unintelligible spiels into well written spew. Man I wish I could write like that. I haven't written from the heart since I has in my twenties, broke, heart -broken but boy did I have a spiel. the ladies(I use that word loosely just as they were) fell for it every-time. That's when I didn't have a job any prospects but I played guitar, talked big and had great hair. It was just what I needed to write songs. Chaos. It's a hell of a motivator. I don't have that now. Sure I fuck up now and then but it will never measure up to the old days. And you have to live it 24 a day 7 a week. I'm to old and tired. But I'm more full of piss and vinegar than I ever have been. Just a spark and I could unleash one ugly EP. Splenetic. Just as you(my dear sister) suggested. A perfect work. Just scream and bitch and get it out. Then move on to the real stuff you want to do. But start somewhere. And I've got enough bad memories to last me all my life. Fin.

http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/

Goodbye old friend. You saw me through many a trying times. Do you think the headstone will say, "Relax in Peace."

Can you fucking beleive this shit.

Frist: A lying asshole senator and a shitty doctor

FRIST: BAD DOCTOR, LIAR
By now you've read about the autopsy that vindicated Michael Schiavo and "effectively quashed allegations by her parents that she had been abused by her husband." The report not only embarassed conservative pundits like Sean Hannity and Joe Scarborough, it also makes Dr. Bill Frist look as medically astute as Neil Patrick Harris. But when questioned about the report, instead of issuing an apology, Frist resorted to out-right lying on NBC's "Today Show" (hat tip Think Progress | Crooks and Liars):

LAUER: You were on the floor of the Senate at that time, not only as a senator, but a doctor, and in talking about Ms. Schiavo, you said, quoting you now, "She does respond." End quote. Were you wrong in your diagnosis?


Sen. FRIST: Well, first of all, I did--never made a diagnosis. I think it's very important that we saw the autopsy today. It does gives us the definitive information that we did not have at that point in time. And that's why I think it is big news that she had totally irreversible brain damage, and we now have that information. All we were arguing for on the floor of the Senate was to get an accurate diagnosis before you withdraw a feeding tube from a live person.

LAUER: But by saying that she does...

Sen. FRIST: And that was--that was the only argument, then we turned it back to the courts. And that's all we said, go to the courts and say, `Make sure your diagnosis is right before you remove that tube and starve her to death.'

LAUER: ...but when you stand on the floor and you said, `She does respond,' are you at all worried that you led some senators...

Sen. FRIST: No, I never said that. I never said she responded. I said--and I reviewed the court videotapes...
You'll notice the excerpt is long, even though Matt Lauer asked a simple question. It's because Frist was filibustering. But when Lauer pushes again, Frist resorts to lying:


Frist: "No, I never said that. I never said she responded." Oyyy-vey, and on the Senate floor:

And from my standpoint as a physician, I would be very careful before I would come to the floor and say this, that the facts upon which this case were based are inadequate. I`ve looked at the video footage. Based on the footage provided me, which were part of the facts of the case, she does respond.



Frist, 3/17/05: "she does respond"
Frist, 6/16/05: "I never said she responded"
The Lexington Herald Leader put it this way: “If Frist issued them a clean bill of health, we implore them to get a second opinion.”

A Pre-Downing Street Memo?

The Downing Street Memo

Someone Hasn't Been Paying Attention

From: Ken ------- <-----@mchsi.com>
To: skinner@democraticunderground.com
Date: 5/2/2005 3:52 PM
Subject: no subject

Why are demoncrats wrong all the time? It never ceases to amaze me how you people unerringly take the wrong side of an issue every time.

DU RESPONDS:  You mean like Iraq having weapons of mass destruction? Iraq having links to al Qaeda? Iraq having a connection to 9/11? Iraqis throwing flowers at the feet of our soldiers? The war paying for itself? The troops coming home by Christmas? The war makes the world safer? Tax cuts for the rich reducing the deficit and balancing the budget? Privatization solving the Social Security shortfall? Saying you support the troops and then closing down dozens of military bases and putting thousands out of work? Improving the economy by outsourcing jobs to India? Trying and failing to change Senate rules as part of an unconstitutional partisan power-grab? I'm sorry, what were you saying?

Amusing.

Mitch Hedberg R.I.P.

I haven't slept for ten days, because that would be too long.

Conservative Score Card

ACTIVIST JUDGES

Then:
We are STRONGLY OPPOSED to activist judges!

Now:
We demand activist judges.


THE CULTURE OF LIFE

Then:
Let's nuke Iraq! Let's execute minors!
Poor people don't deserve health care!
Seniors can go to Canada if they need drugs!

Now:
We must err on the side of life.
(And kill anyone who disagrees.)


FRIVOLOUS LAWSUITS

Then:
Damn lawyers are RUINING AMERICA!

Now:
I understand that this case has been
heard twenty-two times already, but surely they'll change their minds this time.


PLAYING POLITICS

Then:
Shameless Democrats are always playing politics!

Now:
"God has brought us Terri Schiavo."
"The pro-life base will be excited."
"This is a great political issue."


THE SANCTITY OF MARRIAGE

Then:
A marriage is between a MAN and a WOMAN and nothing should come between that!

Now:
I don't think Terri's husband should make this decision. Jeb Bush should do it for him.


THE RULE OF LAW

Then:
Don't you Dummycrats know that
this is a nation of LAWS?!

Now:
Stupid laws.


STATES RIGHTS

Then:
We should take the federal government
and drown it in a bathtub!

Now:
It warms my heart when the federal government intrudes upon a private family matter.


THE CONSTITUTION

Then:
You stupid America-hating
LIEberals should go back to Russia!

Now:
Damn, I've run out of toilet paper.
Wait, this old rag should do the trick.

Andy Borowitz: Bush Accuses Saddam of Telling the Truth

Evildoer Knowingly Came Clean on WMD's, President Charges
By: Andy Borowitz
Published: Jan 13, 2005

Just hours after confirming that the search for weapons of mass destruction in Iraq was over, President George W. Bush leveled his harshest charge ever at Saddam Hussein, accusing the former Iraqi dictator of "knowingly telling the truth" about not possessing WMD in the months leading up to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq.
"After years of lying about his weapons, Saddam Hussein willfully decided to tell the truth about them," Mr. Bush said. "His treachery knows no bounds."
After Mr. Bush excoriated Saddam for his "wanton truth-telling," he added that "thanks to the work of our coalition, Mr. Saddam Hussein will never be free to tell the truth again."
Mr. Bush argued that even though the stated reason for invading Iraq no longer applied, preventing the former Iraqi strongman from telling the truth in the future was "reason enough" to go to war.
"In the wrong hands, the truth can destabilize regions and even destroy entire civilizations," Mr. Bush said. "In that respect, the truth itself is a weapon of mass destruction one that Mr. Saddam Hussein will never be able to use again."
The president concluded his remarks with tough words for North Korea's Kim Jong-Il, whom Mr. Bush accused of telling the truth about his own weapons program.
Naming Mr. Kim a member of what he called "The Axis of Veracity," Mr. Bush urged the North Korean madman to cease and desist telling the truth and to "join the community of truth-fearing nations."

Reminders now that the search for WMD is over

But for those who say we haven't found the banned manufacturing devices or banned weapons, they're wrong, we found them.
George W. Bush, President
Interview with TVP Poland
5/30/2003

We don't want the smoking gun to be a mushroom cloud.
Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor CNN Late Edition
9/8/2002

How the United States should react if Iraq acquired WMD. "The first line of defense...should be a clear and classical statement of deterrence--if they do acquire WMD, their weapons will be unusable because any attempt to use them will bring national obliteration."
Condoleeza Rice, US National Security Advisor January/February 2000 issue of Foreign Affairs 2/1/2000

We are greatly concerned about any possible linkup between terrorists and regimes that have or seek weapons of mass destruction...In the case of Saddam Hussein, we've got a dictator who is clearly pursuing and already possesses some of these weapons.. A regime that hates America and everything we stand for must never be permitted to threaten America with weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney, Vice President
Detroit, Fund-Raiser
6/20/2002

Simply stated, there is no doubt that Saddam Hussein now has weapons of mass destruction.
Dick Cheney, Vice President
Speech to VFW National Convention
8/26/2002

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