I don't like George Bush and I don't want him to win the next election, so I'm starting a thread that makes him look bad.The Bush campaign has used the Iraqi football ('soccer') team in an advertisment - the Olympics are on and Iraq's through to the Quarter Finals. Bu...

Seems that teh Iraqi leader that we elected for the Iraqi people is doing a bang up job: closing down stations and now even BANNING CRITICISM OF HIMSELF IN THE MEDIA ( http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1092232150124&call_pageid=970599...

Did Kerry Admit To Falsifying His First Purple-Heart Report?CQ Reader Amelia picked up this intriguing report on World Net Daily, which may not be the most reliable resource on the Internet. However, this should be rather easily cross-checked, and would be if the mainstream media would ever get of...

With political analysts like David Broder seeing the election turning in Kerry's favor, Zogby's latest national poll showing K/E at 50 and B/C at 43, oil prices at an all-time high and Wallstreet losing confidence in the economy, I can't see Bush pulling out of this tail spin...not...

Blog-o-rama ( http://patterico.com/) Been trying to hit some different types of bloggers out there and ran across this today. To me, the analysis of the article reads quite convincingly. Although I'm not a professor of English, (though we have a couple lurking about) it seems to me this is a c...

This guy is gaining support and importance because we are dancing around his testicles. The more we let him prolong this standoff, the more power he gets. He knows that we are holding back and that we will not go get him. The way I see it, when he decided to use a shrine as a bunker, he desicr...

Yesterday Copenhagen had its own Gay Parade and in the end the annual salmon (to those who swim against the stream) prize was given to our prime minister. Why? Because asked in the parliarment if he favors the right of gays to be married in the church he said yes (already now they can get a civil...

I am at the point that I believe that the situation in Iraq is not winnable or at least at the edge of being so. Hand in hand with that also goes the WOT.I am sad that America, where I was born and have come to love, has shown the world that though being the most powerful military force on earth,...

Candidate AAssociates with crooked politicians and consults with astrologists. He's had two Mistresses. He also chain smokes and drinks 8 to 10 martinis a day.Candidate BHe was kicked out of office twice, sleeps until noon, used opium in college and drinks a quart of whiskey every evening.Can...

Here is an interesting test that determines where on the political left-right scales you sit. The results should be quite interesting.Take the test here: http://www.politicalcompass.org/ Please post your results back here, but don't discuss them or how the test works in to much detail. I will...

Originally posted by trumptman So have fun, go nuts, and describe what would happen if Bush lost the popular vote, tied the electoral college and was elected by popular vote of the House of Representatives.Nick Then the prophecy of John Titor ( http://www.johntitor.com/) will come true....

Kerry leads in key states ( http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=536&e=2&u=/ap/20040812/ap_on_el_pr/kerry_gaining_ground) I was reading this story when I happened upon this paragraph.. If public polls and pundits are right, Florida, Michigan, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, Oregon and 15 ot...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) - In a stunning declaration, Gov. James E. McGreevey announced his resignation Thursday and acknowledged that he had an extramarital affair with another man. "My truth is that I am a gay American," he said."Shamefully, I engaged in adult consensual affairs with another man, whic...

This one is just too juicy to pass up...From The Daily KOS ( http://www.dailykos.com/story/2004/8/11/1562/16898):Former GOP Sen: Kerry saved my lifeby kos Wed Aug 11th, 2004 at 15:06:02 GMTFrom a February edition of the Las Vegas Sun:Former U.S. Sen. Chic Hecht of Nevada is a staunch Republican, bu...

If Matt Drudge can smear John Kerry EVERY SIINGLE DAY so can I. Unfortunately very few people possess the amount of persuasive power as Matt Drudge wields via his #1 news portal. So in my effort to match Drudges current headlines bashing Kerry every single day I propose the following historical...

Some of you may have seen this in popular science. But Joshua Kinberg for his thesis created a bike that can spray paint messages from the internet as well as upload pictures and locations of messages. He plans to use it to protest the republican convention in NYC. 1. Nokia 3650 cellphone receives...

Not only did it force the British to prematurely capture 13 suspected al-qaeda members before gathering enough evidence to convict them, but apparently it allowed 5 others to evade capture. And this is just the stuff we know about. Add this to the long list of major screw-ups on the part of this...

Makes me cringe....Keyes: Obama holds 'slaveholder's' view http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/keyes09.htmlKeyes: Obama holds 'slaveholder's' viewAugust 9, 2004Republican Alan Keyes ripped into Democratic rival Barack Obama's views on abortion Monday, calling them...

Biggest new divorce court issue ( http://signonsandiego.printthis.clickability.com/pt/cpt?action=cpt&title=More+parents+going+to+court+when+ex-spouse+wants+to+move+kids+%7C+The+San+Diego+Union-Tribune&expire=&urlID=11258870&fb=Y&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.signonsandiego.com%2Funiontri b%2F20040808%2Fnews...

The current budget proposal floating about Washington includes a decrease of a little more than 100 million dollars for the funding of the National Science Foundation. This organization for those of you not in the know is one of the largest governmental funding agencies for basic science research....

Found this funny clip ( http://www.majorityreportradio.com/weblog/archives/Bush%20-%20Tribal%20Sovereignty.mp3) from Majority Report Radio through DailyKos. It's a clip of an audience of minority journalists laughing at Bush's flubbing of a complex question. :) More on the conference...

Homeless ( http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story2&u=/ap/20040808/ap_on_el_pr/gop_convention_homeless) We had a nice long thread or two about the various precautions that would be put into place for these two conventions. I admitted straight up that I had no doubt that the Republican conventio...

If you can catch Russert's interview of Krugman vs. O'Reilly, I highly recommend it, especially if you enjoy watching O'Reilly melt down. It was on CNBC yesterday (August 7) but maybe they'll re-air it because it was so entertaining. It wasn't Meet the Press, but Russert&#...

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/08/chalabi.warrant.ap/index.html The Bush admin's go to man from the middle east. Nice.

This is just a CRUSHING video. Go here: http://kerryoniraq.com/ The page has the links to the video. It's 11 minutes long. You'll need either RealPlayer or Windows Media Player to view it.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/08/07/iraq.al.jazeera/index.htmlOperation Iraqi freedom eh? Freedom? The first US approved bozo, Ahmad Chalabi is a convicted bank fraudster. Now the US approved leader in Iraq is a cold blooded murderer. Hows about calling him a terrorist, to be fashionable. h...

This looser needs to be sent to Iraq. What an idiot! No patience for people like this during times of war. He should go to jail. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/3544032.stm Moe

This Site ( http://www.fundrace.org) lets you see all the donations made by anyone for the 2004 presidential election (Includes donations made to people who lost in the primaries). The neat thing is that it is searchable by address, zipcode, and name. They also have maps. Now you can see if your bo...

How can unemployment be getting lower but job growth be slowing? A little bit of googling didn't do it for me. It has something to do with different ways of measuring employment, but I couldn't find any good explanations. Some smart person explain it to me.

Eh? ( http://www.cnn.com/2004/US/08/06/terror.wrap/index.html)So, it's bad when 'chatter' picks up and its bad when 'chatter' slows down now. 'Chatter' is bad, mmmkay?But here's the thing. You're intercepting the communications of suspected terrorists an...

Out of curiosity, I just want to see who you'd vote for and why

Hart, 60, vows if elected to work toward keeping "less favored races" from reproducing or immigrating to the United States. In campaign literature, Hart contends that "poverty genes" threaten to turn the United States into "one big Detroit." http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=684&e=16&...

Here ( http://www.redvsblue.com/) then here. ( http://files.redvsblue.com/NYC2/RvB_NYC2.mov)

Planned Parenthood is selling these t-shirts ( http://store.yahoo.com/ppfastore/ihadabt.html): http://store1.yimg.com/I/ppfastore_1802_384152It seems odd to me. No one thinks abortion is a cool thing, even if you're pro-choice. I could see a t-shirt saying "I'm pro-choice," but I can'...

But what does it mean? Neither of the candidates nor their running mates can exactly explain why their campaigns are based around the fuzzy concept of American Values. What are American values? Are they written down somewhere? And if Bush wins, will we dissapear in the night if our values aren...

I was watching Real Time a few nights ago with Bill Maher and he had Ralph Nader on. Ralph scored some serious points on a couple issue when dealing with Moore and others. One point he made rang especially true. He said that the Democratic party tosses some very large groups (for example having tr...

On ABC 7 in Chicago today:Kevin Roy: When Pat Buchanan suggested on the Fox News Channel in March of 2000 that he run for senate in New York, Keyes responded, "I deeply resent the destruction of federalism represented by Hillary Clinton's willingness go into a state she doesn't even live...

http://vernonrobinson.com/Vernon Robinson is a Republican running for Congress in NC. He won the Republican primary and is likely to be elected to Congress.Check out his ads ( http://vernonrobinson.com/radio.shtml) or his issues ( http://vernonrobinson.com/robinson_contents/issues/) page. Yes, he...

So I guess these guys don't like Kerry ( http://www.swiftvets.com/anyquestions.mov)?

THUS FAR, THE COST FOR INVADING AND OCCUPYING IRAQ (not counting lives lost) is approximately $166 billion. The President has just asked for an extra $25 billion on top of his FY2005 defense appropriations request -- and most expect another $25 billion request during the next fiscal year, bringing...

I need this urgently. Anyone have any information on where the ME press center during Iraqi freedom was located? I have seen pictures of the press room but for some reason I cannot find anything about it on the net now.

Is it possible for him to run again?

Cheney, 11 years in the House:96th Congress: 4 Sponsored; 0 became Law97th Congress: 4 Sponsored: 0 became Law98th Congress: 8 Sponsored: 0 became Law99th Congress: 7 Sponsored: 1 became Law (H.R.1246 : A bill to establish a federally declared floodway for the Colorado River below Davis Dam.)100th...

What do folks think about the debate over a NID? The 9/11 commssion recommended that the office be a quite powerful one. It would control the budgets of all foreign and domestic intelligence services (including those within the DoD). It would have the power to appoint the leaders of those services...

LA TIMES -Reg Required ( http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-bush3aug03,1,7312796.story?coll=la-home-headlines) WASHINGTON President Bush declared Monday that "knowing what I know today, we still would have gone on into Iraq," signaling that revelations of flaws in the prewar inte...

In the "Pakistan Gets Serious Around Election Time" Category:Last month TheNewRepublic ( http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040719&s=aaj071904) reported that Pakistani officials were under pressure from the Bush administration to find some al-Qaeda bad guys before the election. What's more, a hi...

Well the first of the polling results pre/post convention are out. Surprisingly though, Kerry did not get a whopping 10 - 15 point jump in the numbers that some had predicted. Ouch. http://pollingreport.com/images/NWKpostcon.GIF

http://www.johnkerry.com/pdf/our_plan_for_america.pdfAnd its not thin.First impression. Ugly front page. The word Apple appears 1 time (the company)Microsoft 0 timesReagan 1 time (Nancy)Moore 0 timesIraq 88 timesBush 111 timesWoMDs 18 timesWind (as energy source) 3 times...

http://www.johnkerryisadouchebagbutimvotingforhimanyway.c om/ It hasn't been updated in months. I liked this site. oh well.

I found myself reflecting on the whole "preemption" deal, as it pertains to the fight against terrorism and the war in Iraq.Although the term preemption deals with land purchasing or federal vs. state land grabs, and has hints toward imperialism or colonialism. In short it has a negative connotati...