Friday, February 24, 2006

THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY PRACTICES PRE-EMPTION!

BULLY BOY PRESS - DC.
 
THIS JUST IN!
 
BULLY BOY SPEAKS TO FREEDOM.
 
TODAY BULLY BOY ADDRESSED THE AMERICAN LEGION CAUSING DC. PRESS CORPS DEAN HELEN THOMAS TO WONDER, "HAVEN'T THE VETERANS SUFFERED ENOUGH?"
 
BULLY BOY DECLARED THAT "ONE OF THE CLEAR LESSONS OF SEPTEMBER THE 11TH IS THAT THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA MUST CONFRONT THREATS BEFORE THEY FULLY MATERIALIZE.  AFTER SEPTEMBER THE 11TH, I LOOKED AT THE WORLD AND SAW A CLEAR THREAT IN SADDAM HUSSEIN.  DICK?"
 
AT THIS POINT VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY JOINED BULLY BOY AT THE PODIUM.  HE HANDED BULLY BOY AN ENVELOPE WHICH THE MISLEADER HELD TO HIS HEAD.
 
"SOMEWHERE IN QUEENS, HOWARD AND JANE JOHNSON ARE EXPECTING A SON.  IT WILL BE A BOY.  HIS NAME WILL BE BILLY.  HE IS A THREAT TO ME.  US MARSHALLS ARE NOW BEING DISPATCHED TO THE RESIDENCE OF HOWARD AND JANE JOHNSON."
 
AS THE NEW YORK TIMES ELISABETH BUMILLER AND THE DAVIDS APPLAUDED, BULLY BOY OPENED THE ENVELOPE.
 
SHAKING IT HE STARED INSIDE.
 
"DICK, IT'S EMPTY."
 
LAUGHING VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY REPLIED,  "IT'S NOT EMPTY BULLY, IT'S AN ALBERTO GONZALES WARRANT!'
 
AMIDST MUCH BACK SLAPPING AND GAIETY, BULLY BOY DECLARED,  "FREEDOM IS ON THE MARCH AND WE INTEND TO SEND IT RUNNING.  THANK YOU, THANK YOU."
 
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Thursday, February 23, 2006

THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY ADDRESSES THE ISSUE OF THE PORTS

BULLY BOY PRESS - DC.
 
TODAY BULLY BOY HELD A PRESS CONFERENCE TO ADDRESS A CONCERN RAGING THE NATION.
 
"EVERYONE IS FOCUSED ON THE PORTS.  EVERY WHERE I GO IT IS 'THE PORTS' THIS OR 'THE PORTS' THAT.  PEOPLE THE PORTS IS ALWAYS WITH US.  WHENEVER YOU WANT, YOU CAN DO THEM GOOD.  BUT, PAY ATTENTION BILL FRIST, YOU DO NOT ALWAYS HAVE ME."
 
"LOSING A JOB IS TRAUMATIC," BULLY BOY SAID.  "ASK MY FATHER.  IT'S DIFFICULT.  IT PUTS A STRAIN ON OUR FAMILIES.  BUT YOUNGER INDIANS ARE AQUIRING A TASTE FOR PIZZA FROM DOMINO'S.  THANK YOU."
 
"WHAT IN THE WORLD WAS HE TALKING ABOUT?"  HELEN THOMAS, DEAN OF THE DC PRESS CORPS, WONDERED.
 
"SHUT IT, HELEN!" SNAPPED A SOBBING ELIZABETH BUMILLER OF THE NEW YORK TIMES, "HE IS INSPIRATIONAL!  SIMPLY INSPIRATIONAL!"
 
 
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Wednesday, February 22, 2006

THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SUPPORTS AFFORDABLE HOUSING FOR ALL!

BULLY BOY PRESS - DC.
 
THIS JUST IN!
 
 
 
 
THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALL THE INFORMATION ON YOU NEEDED!
 
AND THEN SOME!
 
SAID WHITE HOUSE PET SCOTT MCCLELLAN, "WE ARE QUITE PLEASED WITH OUR GUANTANAMO DIVISION AND ARE LOOKING TO BUILD MORE THROUGHOUT THE UNITED STATES."
 
AT THIS POINT, NBC FACE & HAND MODEL DAVID GREGORY INTERRUPTED TO ONCE AGAIN PLEAD FORGIVENESS FOR QUESTIONING LAST WEEK.
 
"PLEASE, SIR MCCLELLAN, PLEASE!" GREGORY BEGAN WHINING, "I THINK I MADE A MISTAKE.  I THINK IT WAS INAPPROPRIATE FOR ME TO LOSE MY COOL WITH THE PRESS SECRETARY REPRESENTING THE PRESIDENT."
 
HELEN THOMAS WAS HEARD TO SIGH AND WONDER, "AM I THE LAST UNEMBEDDED REPORTER IN DC?"
 
"YES, YOU ARE!" EXCLAIMED SCOTT MCCLELLAN, "WHICH IS WHY WE'LL BE NAMING ONE OF THE FACILITIES 'THE HELEN THOMAS DORM: FOR THOSE WHO COULDN'T KEEP THEIR YAPS CLOSED'.  WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT?"
 
AS THOMAS CONSIDERED HER RESPONSE, THE NEW YORK TIMES NEIL A. LEWIS WAS SEEN FLYING OUT OF THE ROOM SCREAMING "I'VE GOT MY STORY!  I'VE GOT ALL THE FACTS NEEDED TO WRITE A P.R. RELEASE! OUT OF MY WAY!  OUT OF MY WAY!"
 
 
 



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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Hard news

In the United Kingdom today, over 200 people gathered at St Nicholas and Writhington Church, in Radstock, Somerset for the funeral of Corporal Gordon Pritchard who died in Basra on January 31, 2005 becoming the 100th British soldier to die in Iraq. 101 British troops have died in Iraq, official count. Gordon Pritchard, who was 31 years-old, is survived by his wife Julie-Ann and his children Stacey, Harrison and Summer.

Alexander Panetta, of the Associated Press, is reporting that Canada's Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay maintains that "latest intelligence" indicates that the four memebers of Christian Peacemaker Teams are still alive. The four members, kidnapped in November, were last seen in a January 29th videotape. The four members are:

James Loney, 41, of Toronto; Harmeet Singh Sooden, 32, a former Montreal resident; Tom Fox, 54, of Clear Brook, Va., and Norman Kember, 74, of London
[. . .]

Sunday's upsurge in violence continued on Monday. Reuters is reporting that bombings in Mosul and Baghdad today killed "at least 19 people." The Associated Press reports that in Karbala one American soldier was killed in a bombing and that in Mosul, a bomber killed himself in a "restaurant packed with policemen eating breakfast, killing at least five people and wounding 21, including 10 policemen". The Department of Defense has identified Capt. Anthony R. Garcia of Fort Worth, Texas as one of the 34 US military fatalities this month. Garcia died of from gunshot wounds after a February 17th shooting that took place on a military base in Tikrit. Garcia is survived by his wife Doris and his children Kelly and Garrick.

Brian Zimmerman, of Gannet News, is reporting that questions still surround the shooting death of Army Reservist David Douglas who died two weeks after returning to the United States from a one-year stint in Iraq. Commenting on the violent deaths of many returning veterans, National Guardsman Alfonso Williams told Zimmerman:

You have a whole lot of built-up anger from being over there. . . . You can't explain (what it's like) to anybody. And to them, what they may think is screaming and hollering to you is a normal tone.

In 2005, the military reports that 136 active duty personnel committed suicide. No figures are kept for those who are inactive. The current number for US military fatalities in Iraq stands at 2276.

As Jane Mayer reported in The New Yorker, early warnings were ignored by the administration about the environment created for abuse of prisoners in Guantanamo. Noting that "Human rights are under threat," Amnesty International is calling for the closing of Guantanamo. Tuesday, Amnesty International will host a live online discussion:

Live chat with Moazzam Begg, ex Guantánamo detainee, on 21 February, 6-7pm GMT

Moazzam Begg, British citizen, was held for "nearly three years," as noted on Democracy Now!. Amnesty International's call echoes the call of the UN investigation team as well as the prime ministers of Germany, France, England and Malaysia. U.S. Charm Minister Karen Hughes, speaking to Al Jazeera, rejected calls to close Gitmo and reportedly maintained that not only are the people imprisoned in Guantanamo wanting to kill Americans but that some released "have gone back to fighting and killing Americans." If the report is accurate, it is surprising that such an assertion would be made by the Minister of Charm and not Bully Boy himself.

In this country, the Associated Press is reporting that Republican governors George Pataki (New York) and Robert Ehrlich (Maryland) have joined the chorus of voices objecting by administration plans to turn over control of "six major U.S. ports" to Dubai Ports World. Senators Robert Menendez (New Jersey) and Hillary Clinton (New York) are also objecting to the proposed plan. Speaking out against the plan involving the Arab company, Mendendez stated today, "We wouldn't turn over our customs service or our border patrol to a foreign government. We shouldn't turn over the ports of the United States, either."

Feminist Wire Daily is reporting that CWIG (Center for Women in Government and Civil Society) has conducted a study on "the percentage of women in policy-making positions - such as state legislators, elected officials, high court judges, department heads, and top governor's advisors" for the years 1998 to 2005 and found that the rate of growth for women in those positions increased by only 1.6% -- "from 23.1 percent to 24.7 percent." FWD notes:

Slow progress for women in state government has national implications, says Debbie Walsh, director of the Center for American Women in Politics at Rutgers. State and local office serve as a "pipeline" to draw women into national politics. Not to mention, adds Walsh, state legislatures themselves are "making a tremendous amount of policy" –- in 2005, 48 state legislatures considered over 500 anti-choice bills.

On the national level, NOW notes, that although "almost nine million more women voted than men" only fourteen women serve in the United States Senate and only sixty-seven in the House, while of the fifty governors in the United States, only eight are women.

As noted on Sunday's KPFA Evening News, Saturday Feb. 25th, a Counter-Recruiting workshop will be held, open to the public, from 2 to 5pm at the Veterans' Memorial Building, Room 219, 401 Van Ness Ave. March 1st is the National Law Student Day Against the Death Penalty (SDADP).

In other news, Philadelphia Indymedia is reporting that Governor Ed Rendell vetoed the Pennsylvania's Voter ID bill. Rendell, who spanked Casey Junior in the 2002 election race, stated, "I see no reason to enact laws that will result in voter confusion and disenfranchise legitimately registered voters." Member of Protect the Vote had successfully fought against the proposed legislation and were on hand for the veto ceremony.

In other civil liberties news, following what BuzzFlash has called "Just Your Average Week of the Bush Administration Betraying America," the ACLU features a snapshot of governmental spying/snooping in the form of Betty Ball who states:

It is true that I have become more motivated to work for justice and social change knowing that the government is abusing its powers like this. But I am worried about how far the government will go to squelch First Amendment rights and silence dissent. Will we all be rounded up and incarcerated? Already so many people have been frightened away from participating in our events, and have asked to have their names removed from our mailing lists, for fear of the consequences of associating with us. I hesitate to call people to discuss plans for rallies or protests because I don’t want them ending up in an FBI file labeled as a "domestic terrorist."

Meanwhile, author and activist Diane Wilson remains in a Victoria County jail in Texas. Wilson was arrested for unfurling a banner that read "Corporate Greed Kills--From Bhopal to Baghdad" at a Dick Cheney attended fundraiser in Houston on December 5, 2005. Wilson's banners are apparently too much for the delicate sensibilities of the foes of democracy. She is currently serving a 150 day sentence for a 2002 action where she climbed a Dow Jones tower and unfurled a banner which read "Justice For Bhopal." CODEPINK is calling for Wilson's release.

In other take action news, MediaChannel.org is asking you to Take Action: Demand Coverage of Able Danger (more info on the Able Danger program can be found at Able Danger Media Monitoring).

Finally, Monday's Democracy Now! featured:

"Readings From Howard Zinn's 'Voices of a People's History of the UnitedStates:'"
Today we spend the hour with readings from a Voices of a People's History of the United States edited by historian Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. It is the companion volume to Zinn's legendary People's History of the United States ­ which has sold over a million copies.We will hear dramatic readings of speeches, letters, poems, songs, petitions, and manifestos. These are the voices of people throughout U.S.history who struggled against slavery, racism, and war, against oppression and exploitation, and who articulated a vision for a better world. Performances include Danny Glover as Frederick Douglass, Marisa Tomei as Cindy Sheehan, Floyd Red Crow Westerman as Tecumseh and Chief Joseph, Sandra Oh as Emma Goldman and Yuri Kochiyama, and Viggo Mortensen as Bartolomeo de Las Casas and Mark Twain.


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Monday, February 20, 2006

THIS JUST IN! BROKEDOWN DEMOCRACY SWEEPING THE NATION!



BULLY BOY PRESS -- DC.

THIS JUST IN!

BULLY BOY AND DICK CHENEY'S FILM BROKEDOWN DEMOCRACY DOING RECORD BUSINESS AND WINNING AWARDS, HEADLINES AND POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL PROBES.

THE NEW REPUBLICAN WRITES:

INTENSELY GIFTED! A STORY FOR THE AGES! TALE OF TWO MEN'S PASSIONS FOR S&M, DESTRUCTION, VOYERISM AND ONE ANOTHER! TAKE THE CHILDREN TO BROKEDOWN DEMOCRACY TO SHOW THEM THE WORLD THEY WILL BE LIVING IN! GRAPHIC FOOTAGE HANDLED IN A DELICATE MANNER. BULLY BOY IS ALL WINNER AS TOP DOG! WE COULD USE MORE DICK; HOWEVER, WHEN DICK POPS UP, MAGIC IS ONSCREEN.

THE RECENT SHOOTING OF HARRY WHITTINGTON BY VICE PRESIDENT DICK CHENEY IS BEING EXPLAINED BY MARY MATALIN AS 'HE WANTS TO BE HOLLYWOOD'S NEW BAD BOY. CHRISTIAN SLATER CAN'T GRAB ALL THE HEADLINES."

DC.'S BAD BOY IS MOUNTING A MASSIVE WRITE IN CAMPAIGN FOR BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR. VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY TOLD THE PRESS CORP TODAY, "IF HOLLYWOOD THINKS THEY CAN DO TO ME WHAT THEY DID TO CHER WITH MASK, THEY BETTER GET READY FOR MY OSCAR NIGHT OUTFIT!"

REPORTEDLY, JACK ABRAMOFF IS DESIGNING VICE PRESIDENT CHENEY'S OSCAR NIGHT OUTFIT WHICH WILL INCLUDE STRATEGICALLY PLACED FEATHERS AND DOLLAR BILLS.

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