We're Done. Welcome to fascist america.

The recently passed Military Commissions Act removes the United States from the ranks of civilized nations. It codifies racial and political discrimination, legalizes kidnapping and torture of those the government deems its political enemies, and eliminates habeas corpus--the ancient precept that prevents the police from arresting and holding you without cause--a basic protection common to all (other) modern legal systems, and one that dates to the Magna Carta.

Is this how Rove fucks us? I don't think Rove wants Chimpy to EVER leave power.

Why Is Bush Waiting On Military Commissions Act? :.

The big question at the moment is why Bush has delayed signing the legislation even in the midst of fast-tracking other bills of little significance?

It was reported by the Washington Post over the weekend that Bush and Karl Rove are "inexplicably upbeat" about the upcoming midterm elections and expected the Democrats to easily fall short of the 15-seat threshold that would see them recapture the House.

In the face of scandals piled atop scandals and the universal unpopularity of the ongoing quagmire in Iraq, how on earth can Bush and Rove expect to employ successful damage limitation, absent some intervening event or the "October surprise" that Rove himself promised.

The arrogance of the Neo-Cons has led many to fear that HR 6166 is being maintained in a holding position in anticipation of a major event that will give the Bush administration carte blanche to expand its provisions and sharpen its focus to further target American citizens.

Curt, it's not Melanie Sloan. You see, the truth is, you're another punk ass bitch, crook republican.

You, Curt, are a common thief.

There's an updated story from the Associated Press on the Curt Weldon investigation that says the feds actually raided six sites today -- not just the home of the Delaware County Republican's lobbyist daughter and Delco GOP powerhouse Charlie Sexton but also two other sites in the Philly area and two in Jacksonville, Fla.

Jacksonville? That's a huge window into the investigation, because a leading client of Karen Weldon and Sexton's former lobbying firm, the Russian oil giant Itera, has its American office there. Here are some damning facts about Curt Weldon and Itera, first reported by the Los Angeles Times and summarized quite nicely in Weldon's Wikipedia entry:

Itera International Energy Corporation, a Russian company, was Solutions' first client. In May 2002, Curt Weldon had led a congressional delegation to Russia and visited Itera. At the beginning of September, Itera paid the expenses for a trip he made to New York City. The next week, Itera told Karen Weldon it would sign a contract with SNA. On September 24, Curt Weldon co-hosted an event at the Library of Congress honoring Itera's chairman. On September 26, Weldon gave a floor speech praising Itera. On September 30, SNA received a a $500,000 annual contract with Itera, with $170,000 up front. In November, Itera paid for Karen to join her father on a trip to Eastern Europe and Russia. In January 2003, Itera opened U.S. offices in Jacksonville, Fl., paying for Representative Weldon to attend the opening.

Doesn't look good, although Weldon is trying to blame all of this on Melanie Sloan and her admittedly progressive-leaning good government group CREW. Seems to us that CREW was merely doing its stated job: Looking for unethical behavior and referring it to the proper feds. The feds -- who ultimately report to a GOP-led administration -- toss most of CREW's referrals into the trash. Why not this one -- unless there's something to it?

The fact that the deciding Supreme Court vote was cast by a justice appointed by the candidate's own father in a case based upon partisan decisions made by the president's own brother the governor of Florida made this the most egregious case, even compared with Hayes-Tilden race in 1876. It was corrupt on an entirely different level. And looking at it now from the perspective of six years down the road, we can see that that very first act of blatant cronyism presaged the way the Bush administration would work, from Cheney's energy task force to the botched occupation of Iraq to Katrina.

No Curt.

It's because you're a criminal. You've betrayed America and you belong in jail. Go fuck yourself.

Petulant Child. Thy name is Chimpy!

The notion that President Bush is not just in denial -- but is petulantly in denial -- is taking on greater credence thanks to two recent Washington Post stories.

The Top 10 Conservative Idiots, No. 264

With just over three weeks to go until the mid-term elections, the GOP is in big trouble - and when the GOP is in big trouble, you can be sure that conservative idiocy will be off the charts. George W. Bush (1,10) shows us the price of indifference, John McCain demonstrates his maverick streak by, er, bashing Bill Clinton, and Dennis Hastert (3) is in "grave" condition. Elsewhere, Katherine Harris (4) rigs another election, new revelations could spell disaster for George Allen (7), and Fox News (9) gets it wrong... again.

Open thread

Is there a God dammed thing Chimpy hasn't fucked up? Can you name one single fucking thing?

OK, here's another topic: Bush is a living abortion. Do his supporters need to be hung for treason too?

Ok, ok. Bush: Hung, shot or just sent to Gitmo after Nov 7th?

ChimpCo better lawyer up... Big Time. Subpoena Power is coming to the Dems.

Subpoena Power. Jail. Scandal. Subpoena Power.
The GOP Firewall strategy is going up in flames

What is it with these republican fascist assholes?

Rape charge recommended for Israeli president

JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Police in Israel are recommending that the country's president be charged with rape and other crimes against several women, a police announcement said.

Idiot son of an asshole. Gee, who the fuck do you think we could we be talking about?

Chimpy raped a constituent. Literally. Raped. Her.

Republicans steal another 88 Billion fucking dollars!

The GAO report found the the federal Governement is unable to track the SPENDING of $88 billion in emergency supplemental appropriations funds for the Gulf Coast. From page 95 of the report...

In terms of protecting the government’s financial interest, our ongoing work in this area found that there is no one agency or central collection point that exists to compile and report on how the emergency supplemental appropriations funds provided to 23 different federal agencies are being spent. Without a framework and mechanisms in place to collect and consolidate information from these agencies on a periodic basis, it will be difficult for decision makers to determine how much federal funding has been spent and by whom, whether more may be needed, or whether too much has been provided. The ability to separately track and report on these funds is important to help ensure better accountability and clearly identify the status of funding provided in direct response to these hurricanes at both the individual federal agency level as well as the government wide level. Also, it is important to provide transparency so that hurricane victims, affected states, as well as American taxpayers, know how these funds are being spent. We will issue a report later this year that addresses the federal government’s ability to track and report on the hurricane relief funds received. (emphasis mine) [$88 billion figure at page 72]

The GOP simultaneously embracing and bashing gays? Why that sounds familiar. Let's me look something up,

hy‧poc‧ri‧sy  /hɪˈpɒkrəsi/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[hi-pok-ruh-see] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun, plural -sies.
1. a pretense of having a virtuous character, moral or religious beliefs or principles, etc., that one does not really possess.
2. a pretense of having some desirable or publicly approved attitude.
3. an act or instance of hypocrisy.

Yea, that's it. The GOP is the epitome of hypocrisy! There.

Baby-Eating Republicans.