THIS JUST IN! BULLY BOY SERVES UP A LITTLE CHEESECAKE

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

WHEN TODAY'S EDITORIAL IN THE ARMY TIMES CALLS FOR THE ENFORCED RESIGNATION OR FIRING OF DONALD RUMSFELD WHAT'S A BULLY TO DO?



GET YOUR HAIR STREAKED.

BUT NOT CUT. YOU WANT TO LOOK LIKE YOUR BULLY MAMA.

MAYBE IT WILL TAKE YOUR MIND OFF YOUR WEIGHT GAIN?

MAYBE IT WILL LET YOU FORGET ABOUT THE CALLS TO FIRE DONALD RUMSFELD?

OR MAYBE YOU FOOLISHLY DREAM OF YOUR POSTER BEING HUNG BY WORK BENCHES IN GARAGES ACROSS THE NATION?



FROM THE TCI WIRE:

On Sunday, Tom Godfrey (Toronto Sun) broke the news that the Canadian government had denied refugee status to US war resister Tom Godfrey. Joshua Key became the third war resister denied asylum by the Canadian government. The two who came before, Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey, are still awaiting word of their appeal.
Key's case was seen as the strongest of the three due to what Key saw while serving in Iraq. One example can be found in Michelle Mason's documentary Breaking Ranks, where Johsua Key states: "As we got down the Euphrates River and we took a sharp right turn , all we seen was heads and bodies. And American troops in the middle of them saying 'we lost it.' As soon as I stepped and I walked out the back of my APC, I seen two American soldier kicking the head around like a soccer ball. I stepped right back inside the tank and I told my squad leader . . . 'I won't have no part of this'."

In December 2003, Joshua Key returned from Iraq on leave and decided to self-check out. He, Brandi Key (his wife) and their children moved to Philadelphia where they lived 'underground' with Joshua doing welding jobs and Brandi waiting tables. The story of Jeremy Hinzman's war resistance was something Joshua Key learned of online. In March of 2005, the Key family crossed the border into Candada where Joshua, Brandi and their four children have have made their home since.


Tom Godfrey (Toronto Sun) notes that Jeffrey House, the attorney for Joshua Key, states he's "filed refugee claims in Canada" for "[a]t least 35" war resisters. None have yet to be awarded refugee status by the Canadian government which is in stark contrast to the Vietnam era. House tells Godfrey that he believes Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board "doesn't want to hurt relationships with the U.S. by granting refugee status to deserters".


Information on war resistance within the military can be found at Center on Conscience & War, The Objector, The G.I. Rights Hotline, and the War Resisters Support Campaign. Courage to Resist offers information on all public war resisters.

Joshua Key, in his own words (France's Le Monde translated by New Socialist):

My name is Joshua Key. I was born in 1978 in Guthrie, in central Oklahoma. My family worked on a ranch. We had a hard time making ends meet, but I loved the outdoor life, amongs cowboys, and where we didn't have to wear shoes until we started school. I married Brandi after high school. We were the same age, and from the same background. I dreamt of becoming a welder, but I didn't have money for school. So I looked for work doing anything. But there was no future in Guthrie, which has no industry. We went to Wisconsin, then returned, as we found nothing. Our future seemed dim, and we already had two children. It was then I met the recruiters from the Army. It was February, 2002. They knew how to talk to me, that's for sure!


On the topic of military talk, Kyle Snyder remains 'underground.' Last Tuesday, US war resister Kyle Snyder turned himself in at Fort Knox after self-checking out and moving to Canada in April of 2005. Jim Fennerty, Synder's attorney, worked out an agreement regarding Snyder's return with the US military. Fennerty had done similar negotiations for war resister Darrell Anderson when he returned to the United States.
While Darrell Anderson had a Purple Heart and family members who would be actively and strongly making their voices heard, Kyle Snyder grew up in foster-care and appeared to have less of a support network than Anderson. Courage to Resist is asking supporters to call 502-624-2707 to speak to Major General Robert M. Williams and tell him "Discharge Kyle Snyder!" In addition, Brett Barroquere (AP) reported on the reaction in Canada to the US military burning Synder yet again and notes that war resisters Corey Glass and Patrick Hart have no faith currently in their own fates should they return.


Last Friday, Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez (Democracy Now!) interviewed Kyle Snyder who explained: "I had jointed the military October 22, 2003, and I had originally joined for basically, the verbal promises that were given to me at the time then, too. I was 19 years old." When the verbal promises were again broken last week, Kyle Snyder self-checked out again. Snyder, Hinzman, Key, Anderson, Glass, Hart and Hughey are part of a movement of war resistance within the US military that also includes Camilo Mejia, Pablo Paredes, Carl Webb, Stephen Funk, Aidan Delgado, Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, Ivan Brobeck, Robin Long, Ryan Johnson, Clifford Cornell, Katherine Jashniski, Agustin Aguayo and Kevin Benderman.



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"THIS JUST IN! DOES THE SENATE NEED MORE LIARS?"
"Tattle tale or liar? Neither should get a vote."

THIS JUST IN! DOES THE SENATE NEED MORE LIARS?

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- SEATTLE.

 

A 43-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IS OUT OF A JOB BECAUSE OF THE BULLY BOY ACCORDING TO A U.S. SENATOR.

 

SHE WASN'T "DOWNSIZED" AND SHE WASN'T "OUTSOURCED."

 

SHE WAS JUST STRIPPED OF HER RIGHTS TO WORK.

 

THE WOMAN HAD BEEN EMPLOYED BY THE ISSAQUAH MIDDLE SCHOOL AS A BUS DRIVER FOR 7 YEARS.

 

THINKING THAT THE STATE OF WASHINGTON WAS IN THE UNITED STATES AND THAT IN THE UNTIED STATES THERE WAS FREEDOM OF SPEECH, THE WOMAN FLIPPED THE BIRD TO THE BULLY BOY.

 

WHAT NO 1 COULD HAVE ANTICIPATED WAS WHAT A WHINEY LITTLE PUNK BULLY BOY IS OR HOW CLOSE HE WAS WITH A TATTLE TALE.

 

 

PERMANENT CHILD (DESPITE DYING HIS EYE BROWS), DAVE REICHERT TATTLED ON HIS 6 BROTHERS AND SISTERS ALL THE WAY THROUGH CHILDHOOD.  HE WAS THE BULLY SHERRIF AT THE WTO DEMONSTRATIONS IN 1999.

 

 

HE HAS NOW DECIDED HE ENJOYS TATTLING MORE THAN BULLYING. 

 

RIDING IN THE MOTORCADE WITH BULLY BOY, BRUSHING LEGS AND WONDERING IF THERE WAS A SPARK BETWEEN HIM AND HIS MAN CRUSH, REICHERT LOOKED OVER TO FIND A SADDENED BULLY BOY.

 

SENATOR REICHERT ASKED, "WHAT'S THE MATTER BULLY BOY BABY, I WILL MAKE IT ALL RIGHT."

 

BULLY BOY REPLIED THAT A MEAN BUS DRIVER HAD JUST FLIPPED HIM THE BIRD.

 

HIM!  FLIPPED HIM THE BIRD!

 

"I AM NOT DICK CHENEY, THIS IS NOT 2002 AND THAT WAS NOT ELAINE AND C.I.!"  WHINED THE BULLY BOY.

 

 

REICHERT CLUTCHED THE BULLY BOY TO HIS CHEST, SMOOTHER HIS HAIR AND SAID, "THERE THERE, BULLY BOY BABY, I WILL MAKE IT ALL BETTER."

 

"PROMISE?" ASKED BULLY BOY IN A WEAK VOICE.

 

DAVE REICHERT SAYS HE MADE GOOD ON IT.  HE BRAGGED TO KING COUNTRY JOURNAL ABOUT CALLING UP "THE SCHOOL DISTRICT". 

 

WHETHER REICHERT IS TELLING THE TRUTH OR NOT, NO ONE KNOWS.  TATTLE TALES CAN ALSO BE LIAR-LIARS.  FOR INSTANCE, THE INCIDENT HAPPENED IN JUNE.  REICHERT NOW SAYS HE TATTLED IN SEPTEMBER.

 

THE QUESTION FOR WASHINGTON VOTERS THIS COMING TUESDAY MAY BE: "DOES THE SENATE NEED MORE LIARS?"

 

 

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

 

 

On Saturday, US war resister Kyle Snyder returned to the US from Canada where he'd self-checked out to in April 2005.  Tuesday, he turned himself in at Fort Knox only to learn that the arrangement between the US military and his attorney, James Fennerty, was being tossed aside.  At which point, Kyle Snyder self-checked out again.

 

 

Today, he spoke with Amy Goodman and Juan Gonzalez for Democracy Now! detailing his experiences in Iraq and Canada. Synder detailed the promises of recruiters and how they mirrored the empty promises of the agreement the military offered Synder's attorney:  "They can verbally promise anything, but once you are in their custody they can do anything they want with you."  Between the broken promises of recruitment and return came the assignment to tasks he wasn't trained for.  This is the point of the stand Melanie McPherson has taken. McPherson was trained to be a journalist for the military  (at Fort Meade, MD) in April 2000 and then, just as her contract was winding down, she gets orders to report to Fort Bliss to ship out to Iraq.  She reports on July 23 of this year and discovers she'll be serving in Iraq as a military police officer, something she has not been trained.  McPherson tells her own story here (scroll down).

 

 

Jim Fennerty was also a guest and he explained that the military wants to send him (Snyder) to Fort Knox (KY) and that he can't get a call returned from Fort Leonard Wood (MO).  Fennerty also addressed the issue of another of his clients, Ivan Brobeck.  Brobeck is from Virgninia and went o Canada after serving seven months in Iraq.  Like Synder, Brobeck arrived in Canada in April 2005.  Unlike Snyder, Brobeck is in the Marines.  Fennerty spoke of the different processes in the different branches of the US military and that "Ivan will be taken into custody" and "he'll be placed in the brig" at which point he would most likely face a court-martial.

 

 

Snyder stated to the following when asked by Goodman what he would say to other soldiers:  "To the soldiers that are in Iraq, for the third or fourth time.  A lot of them are scared to make decisions about moral and consientious choices, they're told by their commanders that they can't make these decisions  Just follow your heart if you feel that you need to be in Iraq and that you're doing the right thing, that's fine and I understand that. But if you feel like you're doing the wrong thing, please speak out.  The G.I. resistance is very important in changing the policits of this country right now and I feel that as G.I.s start coming out that's what's going to stop this war.  And that's the only thing that's going to stop this war. As far as the soldiers that are in Canada right now, I love every single one of you, just know that whatever happens here, just keep that in mind, and I'll be keeping in contact with them."

 

 

On those still in Canada, Brett Barrouqere (AP) spoke with US war resisters Corey Glass and Patrick Hart who are currently in Canada.  Glass is now reconsidering his own decision to return from Canada and both Glass and Hart consider the war to be based on lies.  Glass states, "After what they did to him [Kyle Snyder], I don't see anybody going back."  Hart says, "I could see going back under some kind of amnesty program or something like that.  But I don't trust them."

 

 

More information on war resistance within the military can be found at  Center on Conscience & War, The Objector, The G.I. Rights Hotline, and the War Resisters Support Campaign.  In addition Courage to Resist offers information on all public war resisters.  On the latter, Courage to Resist is asking supporters to call 502-624-2707 to speak to Major General Robert M. Williams and tell him "Discharge Kyle Snyder!"

 

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THIS JUST IN! IN TENNESSEE WE ENDORSE LUGO!

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

WHILE SPEAKING TO OTHERS IN THE D.C. PRESS POOL -- EVERY NOW AND THEN WE LIKE TO CHECK IF ANYONE'S GROWN A SPINE, WE'RE ALWAYS DISAPPOINTED, BILL THEOBALD, OF TENNESSEE'S THE TENNESSEAN TOLD US, " EVERYONE WANTS TO TELL TENNESSEANS HOW TO VOTE IN THE U.S. SENATE RACE BETWEEN DEMOCRATIC REP. HAROLD FORD JR. AND REPUBLICAN BOB CORKER."

WELL PUT US DOWN ON THE LIST, BILLY.

IN THAT RACE, WE ENDORSE CHRIS LUGO.

WHO?

THE CANDIDATE BIG BILLY 'FORGOT' TO MENTION.

CHRIS LUGO HAS DONE STRONG WORK AT TENNESSEE INDYMEDIA AND HE KNOWS WHERE HE STANDS ON THE WAR.

UNLIKE HARRY FORD JR., LUGO DOESN'T STAND UNDER BULLY BOY'S BUTT WITH HIS MOUTH WIDE OPEN, EAGER TO SWALLOW.

CHRIS LUGO'S A REAL CANDIDATE. HE'S FOR ENDING THE WAR. HE DOESN'T SHUCK & JIVE ABOUT HOW HE CAN'T HELP LOVING THAT BULLY BOY -- HAROLD FORD WOULD DO WELL TO FIND A NEW SHOW TUNE. POSSIBLY HE COULD PICK 1 UP WHEN NEXT POST-SUPERBOWL PARTYING?

OUR ADVISE TO BILLY IS TO LEARN THE CANDIDATES IN THE RACE AND ALSO TO STOP PULLING THAT "I'VE GOT TO RUN TO THE BATHROOM! BE RIGHT BACK!" WHENEVER IT'S TIME TO CLOSE OUT THE BAR TAB.


FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Starting with war resistance. Kyle Snyder self-checked out of the US military in April 2005 and moved to Canada. Saturday, Snyder returned to the United States with the intent of turning himself in at Fort Knox under the deal the military had worked out with Snyder's attorney, James Fennerty. The military elected to burn Snyder yet again and did not move to the agreed upon dishonorable discharge but towards deploying Snyder back to Iraq.


Kyle Snyder didn't sit around passively. He's checked out again. Brett Barrouquere (AP) reports that Snyder checked out "Tuesday after being dropped of at the Greyhound Bus station in downtown Louisville," Kentucky and Synder explained to Barrouquere, "I realized this deal was going to go bad." A longer AP version notes Synder explaining, "I came back in good faith. I put my trust in them one more time. Why should I put my trust in them again when I can just go back to Canada?" Also noted is that Snyder is traveling with activist and Vietnam war resister Gerry Condon who is hopeful that this was a misscommunication. Condon wrote on the subject of war resisters to today's illegal war in the July issue of The Objector [PDF format].


James Fennerty also acted as war resister Darrell Anderson's attorney. (Anderson turned himself in October 3rd. He was released October 6th.) Claudia Bayliss (South Bend Tribune) examines the roll of faith and service in Anderson's stand and speaks with Anita Anderson (Darrell's mother), Margaret Pfeil ("professor of moral theology" at Notre Dame), Lt. Col. Kelly Jordan and Mike Schorsch (Catholic Peace Fellowship in South Bend). Schorsch states: "Kids like Darrell go through military training, they go to war, they change, they grow up -- but they never lose their humanity. And sometimes their humanity boils up inside of them and causes them to say 'No,' even if it means personal risks." More information on Kyle Snyder, Darrell Anderson and other war resistors who have gone public can be found at Courage to Resist.

War resistance among the general public in the United States continues (as it will continue to do, the opinion hardened against the war some time ago, there will not be a softening). Adam Nagourney and Megan Thee (New York Times) report on the latest NYT/CBS News poll which found only "29 percent of Americans approve of the way President Bush is managing the war, matching the lowest mark of his presidency. Nearly 70 percent said Mr. Bush did not have a plan to end the war, and 80 percent said Mr. Bush's latest effort to rally public support for the conflict amounted to a change in language but not policy." Those polled cited the illegal war "as the most important issue" -- if only the media, big and small, felt the same. AFP notes the Wall St. Journal/NBC poll released Wednesday which found: "54 per cent of [US] voters saying it had not been worth the human and economic price to remove former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein from power."


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THIS JUST IN! JOHN KERRY CRAWLS LIKE A COWARD

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

CRAWL LIKE A COWARD IS THE NEW STEP U.S. SENATOR JOHN KERRY IS ATTEMPTING TO INTRODUCE TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC. FORTUNATELY FOR SENATOR KERRY, THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY HAS BEEN INTRODUCING IT IN VARIOUS FORMATS FOR SOME TIME.


MEANWHILE HAROLD FORD JR. DUSTED OFF HIS O'JAY COLLECTION AND STARTED PROVING HE KNEW HOW TO DANCE TO "THE BACKSTABBERS."
FORD, A BUSH-LOVING, CORPORATE FRIENDLY, WAR HAWK WHO WOULD SOONER SELL HIS SOUL THAN STAND UP FOR THE COUNTRY STATED, "WHATEVER THE INTENT, SENATOR KERRY WAS WRONG TO SAY WHAT HE SAID." FORD DID NOT MEAN THE APOLOGY, HE MEANT THE MONDAY REMARK.


FROM THE TCI WIRE:


US war resister Kyle Snyder turned himself in at Fort Knox yesterday. After which, David Montero (Rocky Mountain News) reports, the army went back on their deal and Snyder was "shipped from Fort Knox, Ky., to Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., possibly to face a full court-martial." Snyder's attorney, James Fennerty, told AP that after Snyder turned himself in, the military attempted to get him "to sign a form that would have hastened his return to his unit" and that "We wouldn't have brought him back here if we knew this was going to happen." As Katya Cengel (Courier-Journal) reports, Fennerty, who also represented Darrell Anderson, has stated, "We're going to make sure nobody comes back from Canada again because we were lied to."

Kyle Snyder self-checked out of the US military after serving in Iraq during which time he saw abuses that were not investigated, his girlfriend lost their baby, and his grandfather returned. In April 2005, he went to Canada. He returned last Saturday and turned himself at Fort Knox yesterday with the understanding that he would discharged.

War resistance within the military is an under-reported story in small media as Ruth, Rebecca and Mike pointed out yesterday. But, in fact, all waves of the peace movement are under-reported in small media. For those within the military considering resistance, Center on Conscience & War, The Objector, The G.I. Rights Hotline, and the War Resisters Support Campaign are among the resources out there. Courage to Resist offers information on all public war resisters.

[. . .]


In election news, though he may not grasp it, US Senator John Kerry's just taken himself out of the 2008 presidential race. It wasn't the remark he made ("You know education, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."), it was the fact that he went through a variety of positions on it including hedging it, distorting it, saying he wouldn't apologize for it until finally doing just that. And on Don Imus, of all places, where the supposed Fighting John allowed Imus to Swift Boat him with ha-has of "wind surfing" and more. It's over, 2008 is now officially over for John Kerry. Those willing to give him the benefit of doubt despite his caving in Boston in the early morning hours of the day after the election had been told Fighting John would never cave again. "Good of the country" was the excuse that morning. There is no excuse for not fighting this go round, there is only the admission that Fighting John will buckle each and every time and that Fighting John lacks drive, lacks leadership, lacks passion and lacks committment. Send him his "Dear John" letter, it's over.


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THE FAUX LEFT 'ADVISES' JOHN KERRY

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

 

 

 

IN CALIFORNIA ON MONDAY, U.S. SENATOR JOHN KERRY SPOKE TO STUDENTS AND SAID THE FOLLOWING, "YOU KNOW EDUCATION, IF YOU MAKE THE MOST OF IT, YOU STUDY HARD, YOU DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND YOU MAKE AN EFFORT TO BE SMART, YOU CAN DO WELL.  IF YOU DON'T, YOU GET STUCK IN IRAQ."

 

 

THOUGH IT'S NOT SURPRISING THAT WHITE HOUSE SNOW JOB TONY SNOW IMEDIATELY STARTED SPUTTERING NONSENSE, IT IS SHOCKING HOW MANY IDIOTS ON THE SUPPOSED LEFT WENT INTO PANIC-MODE.

 

TAKE THE WOULD-BE-LEE-GRANT-LOOK-ALIKE (IF LEE GRANT WENT TO SUPERCUTS) TAYLOR MARSH WHO, WRITING AT THE HUFFINGTON POST, STATED: "KERRY SHOULD JUST ADMIT HE SCREWED UP HIS STATEMENT.  IT MAY BE UGLY, BUT IT'S THE TRUTH."

 

 

QUEEN OF THE SURRENDERS AND ALWAYS TO BE FOUND AMONG THE FAUX LEFT, TAYLOR MARSH GLORIFIES IN THE ABSENCE OF FACT CHECKERS AT THE HUFFINGTON POST.

 

FOR TAYLOR MARSH AND ALL THE OTHER FAUX LEFT IDIOTS, KERRY IS 100% CORRECT.

 

PRESUMABLY, JOHN KERRY READS THE BOSTON GLOBE.  THERE'S NO INDICATION THAT THE FAUX LEFT READS ANYTHING OR EVEN KNOWS HOW TO READ.

 

CHARLIE SAVAGE REPORTED IN THE BOSTON GLOBE NOVEMBER 29, 2004:

 

 

STUDENTS FROM MCDOOUGH ARE AS MUCH AS SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY THAN THOSE FROM MCLEAN TO JOIN THE MILITARY, A DISPARITY THAT IS REPLICATED ELSEWHERE.  A SURVEY OF THE MILITARY'S RECRUITMENT SYSTEM FOUND THAT THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT ZEROES IN ON SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE PERCEIVED TO BE MORE LIKELY TO JOIN UP, WHILE MAKING FAR LESS EFFORT AT SCHOOLS WHERE STUDENTS ARE STEERED TOWARD COLLEGE.

 

 

TAYLOR MARSH SHOULD JUST ADMIT THAT, LIKE CAPTAIN LEWIS IN PRIVATE BENJAMIN, SHE SHOULDN'T BE SO QUICK TO WAIVE THE WHITE FLAG.

 

THE FAUX LEFT, DESTROYING AMERICA AND INTELLIGENCE 1 TOPIC AT A TIME.

 

JOHN KERRY SHOULD SHOW TONY SNOW, TAYLOR MARSH AND THE WHITE HOUSE THE MIDDLE FINGER AND NOT BACK DOWN.  HE IS RIGHT.

 

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

 

War resister Kyle Snyder self-checked out of the US military in April 2005 and moved to Canada where he remained until last Saturday.  Today, Brett Barrouqere (AP) reports is the day that Kyle Snyder will turn himself at Fort Knox. While serving in Iraq, Synder saw many actions go uninvestigated, he saw his girlfriend's pregnancy turn to tragedy -- "The military took my child," Snyder told Karen Button in an interview.  He saw Iraqis died who shouldn't have, he saw Iraqi women brought on to bases as prostitutes.  What he didn't see was reconstruction going on.  As Courage to Resist notes Snyder saying, "The only reconstruction I saw was building Army bases."

 

In Canada, Synder attempted to be granted asylum.  During the Vietnam era, the Canadian government had done that.  However, the government has so far refused to offer refugee status.  Jeremy Hinzman and Brandon Hughey are appealing decisions right now.  Hinzman has been attempting to be granted refugee status since January 2004.  At end of last month, war resister Darrell Anderson returned to the United States from Canada.  Snyder, Hinzman, Anderson, Hughey, Camilo Mejia, Pablo Paredes, Carl Webb, Ehren Watada, Stephen Funk, Patrick Hart, Corey Glass, Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, Clifford Cornell, Katherine Jashinski, Agustin Aguayo, Ivan Brobeck, Joshua Key, Joshua Despain, Kevin Benderman, are among those making up the growing movement of war resistance within the military. Last Friday, Different Drummer in Watertown, NY became the first G.I. coffeehouse of this war.  David Zeiger's documentary Sir! No Sir! charts the resistance within the military during the Vietnam era. More information on war resisters can be found at Courage to Resist and at War Resisters Support Campaign.

 

[. . .]

 

In the United States, Bully Boy continues to attempt to elude consequences for his illegal war while others aren't as fortunate.  The AFP reports that there are now 150,000 US troops in Iraq "the largest number reported this year" and the numbers are also "the highest levels since December 2005 when US commanders built up US troop levels for the Iraqi elections."  In another report, the AFP attempted to get a response on the increase in US troop numbers from the Pentagon press secretary Eric Ruff.  Ruff: "This is news to me.  Talk to MNF-I (Multi-National Forces -Iraq).  That's General Casey's decision."  Again, the Pentagon's press secretary responds, when asked about the fact that the number of US troops has increased in Iraq, "This is news to me."

 

 

That head-up-the-ass moment is rivaled only by last week when Bully Boy, attempting to convince the American people that he's hands-on and following the war, stated "we've lost 93 service members in Iraq" when that day (Wednesday) the count was 91 and would remain 91 until the US military announced more fatalities on Thursday.In both cases, Ruff's and Bully Boy's, it's their job to know the numbers.

 

[. . .]

 

And Kyle Snyder has now turned himself in at Fort Knox.  Prior to that, he held a news conference in Lousiville (at a Presbyterian church) and, Dylan T. Lovan (AP) reports, stated: "I don't see a lot of positive things coming from this war.  I see it as a counterproductive mission."  Lovan also reports that, according to his attorney James Fennerty, Kyle Snyder "will receive an other-than-honorable discharge.  That would be the same punishment received by . . . Darrell Anderson".

 

 

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THIS JUST IN! FAT AND FLUFFY, BULLY BOY 'FESSES UP

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- STATESBORO, GEORGIA.

FEELING PRETTY AND LOVED AS HE SPOKE BEFORE A HAND-PICKED CROWD WAVING SIGNS FOR MAX BURNS WHO WAS SENT PACKING BY THE VOTERS IN 2004. MAXI WANTS BACK INTO CONGRESS, SONNY PERDUE, GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA, WANTS TO GET TO HIS HOME IN FLORIDA (AND GRAB SOME MORE TAX BREAKS) AND BULLY BOY?


HE JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN.

YES, BULLY BOY JUST WANTS TO HAVE FUN.

SMILING, WITH HIS SHIRT SLEEVES ROLLED UP TO JUST BELOW HIS ELBOWS, BULLY BOY WAS SWEATING LIKE A PIG AND HAD THE ARM PIT STAINS TO PROVE IT. "IT'S HARD WORK," HE ONCE SAID AND APPARENTLY THAT INCLUDES SPEAKING TO A HAND PICKED CROWD OF ADMIRERS.

OR MAYBE IT'S JUST THE EVER EXPANDING BULLY-GUT WEIGHS ON HIM? HE STRESS EATS AND, FROM HIS WAIST LINE, HE'S GOT A LOT OF STRESS THESE DAYS.

SPEAKING TO THE FAWNING CROWD OF LOSERS, BULLY BOY STATED THAT DEMOCRATS WANT "TO GET OUT OF IRAQ" WHILE "THE REPUBLICAN GOAL IS TO WIN IN IRAQ".

BY PUBLICLY ADMITTING THAT DEMOCRATS PLACE AMERICANS 1ST AND THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT, BULLY BOY PROVIDES VOTERS WITH YET ANOTHER REASON TO NOT VOTE REPUBLICAN IN THE NOVEMBER 7TH ELECTIONS. AND INCENTIVE TO PURCHASE THE G.O.P. 1-WAY-TICKETS TO IRAQ SO THAT THEY CAN ATTEMPT TO 'WIN' UP CLOSE AND NOT FROM THE SAFETY OF D.C.


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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.


TODAY, JUDGE PAUL L. FRIEDMAN HAS SENTENCED FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF FOR THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION DAVID SAFAVIAN TO 18 MONTHS IMPRISONMENT

SAFAVIAN WAS ALSO THE EX-WHITE HOUSE BUDGET OFFICE APPOINTEE BUT THAT LITTLE RUN IN WITH THE LAW PREVENTED THAT.

NOW HE'S DOING THE DANCE THAT'S SWEEPING THE NATION!

THE G.O.P. PERP WALK!

IT'S A DANCE THAT'S SWEEPING THE NATION IN THE REPUBLICAN SET. JUST YESTERDAY DAVID A. PETERSON OF ARIZONA WAS DOING IT, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA.

SOON, IT'S SAID, SCOOTER LIBBY WILL BE DOING IT.

AND BOOKIES ARE TAKING ON EVEN MONEY ON BETS THAT BULLY BOY WILL BE DOING THE PERP WALK BEFORE 2009.


HERE'S HOW THE DANCE WORKS:

1) BALL YOUR FISTS IN FRONT OF YOU.

2) MOVE RIGHT TO LEFT, RIGHT TO LEFT WITH YOUR FEET.

3) POINT FINGER AND SAY, "IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT! I'M NOT GUILTY!"

4) THROW YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOU (AS THOUGH HANDCUFFED), BEND AT THE WAIST AND DUCK WALK ACROSS THE DANCE FLOOR.




FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Tomorrow Kyle Snyder will return to the United States, Mike Howell reports for the Toronto Star noting that Snyder notes war resister Darrell Anderson's decision to return to the US (Anderson returned September 30th). Like Anderson, Snyder elected to self-check out of the military. For Snyder, that happened in April 2005. As Snyder explains in Michelle Mason's Breaking Ranks, military recruiters were circling throughout high school: "I had just received my high school diploma. I get off of the stage and here's another recruiter right outside the door -- waiting for me. I look back at i now and everything that I'm going through, everything that I've worked through I can retrace down to that moment that I signed the f**king contract." Snyder has addressed how the military broke its contract with him -- such as by refusing to investigate incidents of violence targeting Iraqis.

In August, Synder explained his decision to self-check out of the US military and go to Canada to Karen Button noting, "You know, if they want to help people in Iraq . . . imagine a 15 year-old kid, for the last . . . years all he's seen is [US] military personnel with weapons going through his city. How is that child supposed to believe that the man, in that uniform is helping him? Now, if that child saw a convoy of logs being brought to his city, or a convory of water being brought to his city, still guarded, it would be a completely different situation. That's where the American military messed up. Because they forgot about the perception of civilisation. They forgot about the perception of the Iraqi people."

Kyle Snyder intends to return to the US Saturday and turn himself in. Michelle Mason's documentary Breaking Ranks takes a look at US war resisters who have gone to Canada seeking asylum. In addition to Mason's film, more information on war resisters hoping to be granted refugee status (which the Canadian government has thus far refused to do, unlike during the Vietnam era) can be found at War Resisters Support Campaign.

Kyle Snyder, Darrell Anderson, Ricky Clousing, Mark Wilkerson, Agustin Aguayo, Corey Glass, Patrick Hart, Jeremy Hinzman, Brandon Hughey, Carl Webb, Camilo Mejia, Pablo Paredes, Aidan Delgado, Ryan Johnson, Joshua Key, Katherine Jashinski, Ivan Brobeck, Robin Long, Kevin Benderman and Clifford Cornell are among those war resisters who have gone public. And that's only the names of those who have gone public. The war resistance within the military is a movement.

Earlier this week, US service members created a website, Appeal for Redress, and are attempting to collect 2000 signatures for their petition to Congress to end the illegal war. From Appeal for Redress

An Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq
Many active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S. military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2007.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone.
As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.
If you agree with this message, click here.
The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.
Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions that apply to service members click here.
Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to suppress this communication with members of Congress.
Several members of Congress have expressed interest in receiving the Appeal for Redress.
Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives.

Meanwhile, Citizen Soldier announces the opening, today, of "the first soldiers' coffeehouse of the current Iraq war in Watertown, NY." More information can be found at Citizen Soldier and at Different Drummer, the name of the coffeehouse. It is a movement and for those wanting more information on the importance of the GI coffeehouse to a peace movement should view David Zeiger's Sir! No Sir! documentary.

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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

DAVID A. PETERSEN, REPUBLICAN, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA HAD A STRANGE REQUEST. HE WANTED HIS COMPUTER CLEANED.

NOT THE KEYBOARD, NOT THE MONITOR SCREEN. HE WANTED "EVIDENCE OF VISITS TO PORNOGRAPHIC WEB SITES . . . SANTIZED FROM HIS COMPUTER".

APPARENTLY WHEN NOT "MEETING WITH A CONTROVERSIAL EVANGELIST," PETERSON ENJOYED A BIT OF THE PORN IN THE MIDST OF THE WORK DAY.


REACHED FOR COMMENT, PETERSEN TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "NO COMMENT." HE ALSO CURSED US OUT ABOUT "KNOCKING ME OFF THE WEB BY CALLING!" LEADING THESE REPORTERS TO ASSUME HE HAD A DIAL UP CONNECTION AND ONLY ONE PHONE LINE.

A CLOSE FRIEND WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE NOTIFIED ("WOULD YOU?!!!?") TOLD US THAT HE FELT DAVID A. PETERSEN "PROVES THAT BEING THE FATHER OF 8 DOESN'T MEAN YOU LOSE INTEREST IN THE PORN. HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PORNY LITTLE DEVIL."

POSSIBLY, BUT PLEADING GUILTY YESTERDAY MEANS HE IS NOT STATE TREASURER MUCH LONGER. PETERSEN PLEADED TO A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR FOR "FAILURE TO DISCLOSE A $4,200 COMMISSION HE RECIEVED FROM THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE." ONE THINKS HE SPENT TOO LITTLE TIME AT THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE BUT MAYBE THEY USED A "NET NANNY" ON THEIR COMPUTERS. PETERSEN WILL BE SENTENCED DECEMBER 1ST AND "AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL TERRY GODDARD, MR. PETERSEN MUST RESIGN NO LATER THAN DEC. 1".


FROM THE TCI WIRE:

Meanwhile, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) notes that the US military death toll in Iraq has "reached the highest level in nearly two years on Thursday following the deaths of four U.S. Marines and one Navy sailor in volatile Anbar province." The US military announced: "One Sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Wednesday from injuries sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province." The BBC notes that Bully Boy "on Wednesday admitted being seriously concerned about the scale of American casualties." Not 'seriously concerned' enough to get the number of American fatalities correct. Some people are seriously concerned such as Diana Unger who spoke to CBS' Byron Pitts about her son David Unger: "My son died in a country that I have no idea, really, why we're even there" and, of the Bully Boy, "Unless he puts his daughters over there and he has that real fear everyday of not wanting to turn on the television, that fear that gets into your heart and your head, he can't fathom what that means."

[. . .]

". . . truth is often denied at first, then grudgingly accepted until it becomes comventional wisdom," Danny Schechter News Dissector notes writing about the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq (at BuzzFlash): "There is a word missing in most of the coverage of Iraq. It's a ghost-laden word that conjures up distressing memories that Washington and most of our media prefer to keep in that proverbial 'lock box,' hidden away in dusty archives and footage libraries. The word is Vietnam. Its absence was never more noticeable than in the coverage this past weekend of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, marked in Vietnam with celebrations, but largely ignored in America where CNN led with the story of a bride who went missing when she had second thoughts. Is this denial or is it deliberate?"

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DAVID A. PETERSEN, REPUBLICAN, THE TREASURER OF ARIZONA HAD A STRANGE REQUEST.  HE WANTED HIS COMPUTER CLEANED.

 

NOT THE KEYBOARD, NOT THE MONITOR SCREEN.  HE WANTED "EVIDENCE OF VISITS TO PORNOGRAPHIC WEB SITES . . . SANTIZED FROM HIS COMPUTER".

 

APPARENTLY WHEN NOT "MEETING WITH A CONTROVERSIAL EVANGELIST," PETERSON ENJOYED A BIT OF THE PORN IN THE MIDST OF THE WORK DAY.

 

 

REACHED FOR COMMENT, PETERSEN TOLD THESE REPORTERS, "NO COMMENT."  HE ALSO CURSED US OUT ABOUT "KNOCKING ME OFF THE WEB BY CALLING!" LEADING THESE REPORTERS TO ASSUME HE HAD A DIAL UP CONNECTION AND ONLY ONE PHONE LINE.

 

A CLOSE FRIEND WHO DID NOT WANT TO BE NOTIFIED ("WOULD YOU?!!!?") TOLD US THAT HE FELT DAVID A. PETERSEN "PROVES THAT BEING THE FATHER OF 8 DOESN'T MEAN YOU LOSE INTEREST IN THE PORN.  HE'S ALWAYS BEEN A PORNY LITTLE DEVIL."

 

POSSIBLY, BUT PLEADING GUILTY YESTERDAY MEANS HE IS NOT STATE TREASURER MUCH LONGER.  PETERSEN PLEADED TO A CLASS 1 MISDEMEANOR  FOR "FAILURE TO DISCLOSE A $4,200 COMMISSION HE RECIEVED FROM THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE."  ONE THINKS HE SPENT TOO LITTLE TIME AT THE CHARACTER TRAINING INSTITUTE BUT MAYBE THEY USED A "NET NANNY" ON THEIR COMPUTERS.  PETERSEN WILL BE SENTENCED DECEMBER 1ST AND "AS PART OF THE PLEA AGREEMENT REACHED WITH ATTORNEY GENERAL TERRY GODDARD, MR. PETERSEN MUST RESIGN NO LATER THAN DEC. 1". 

 

 

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

 

Meanwhile, Qassim Abdul-Zahra (AP) notes that the US military death toll in Iraq has "reached the highest level in nearly two years on Thursday following the deaths of four U.S. Marines and one Navy sailor in volatile Anbar province."  The US military announced: "One Sailor assigned to 3rd Naval Construction Regiment, two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 5 and two Marines assigned to Regimental Combat Team 7 died Wednesday from injuries sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province."  The BBC notes that Bully Boy "on Wednesday admitted being seriously concerned about the scale of American casualties."  Not 'seriously concerned' enough to get the number of American fatalities correct.  Some people are seriously concerned such as Diana Unger who spoke to CBS' Byron Pitts about her son David Unger: "My son died in a country that I have no idea, really, why we're even there" and, of the Bully Boy, "Unless he puts his daughters over there and he has that real fear everyday of not wanting to turn on the television, that fear that gets into your heart and your head, he can't fathom what that means."

 

[. . .]

 

". . . truth is often denied at first, then grudgingly accepted until it becomes comventional wisdom," Danny Schechter News Dissector notes writing about the parallels between Vietnam and Iraq (at BuzzFlash): "There is a word missing in most of the coverage of Iraq.  It's a ghost-laden word that conjures up distressing memories that Washington and most of our media prefer to keep in that proverbial 'lock box,' hidden away in dusty archives and footage libraries.  The word is Vietnam.  Its absence was never more noticeable than in the coverage this past weekend of the 30th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, marked in Vietnam with celebrations, but largely ignored in America where CNN led with the story of a bride who went missing when she had second thoughts.  Is this denial or is it deliberate?"

 

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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

 

TODAY BULLY BOY ADDRESSED THE PRESS AND, BY PROXY, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO DECLARE "THAT MEDIA REPORTS FROM IRAQ ARE DISTORTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION IN THE COUNTRY."

 

REACHED FOR COMMENT, IRAQ HOLLERED (OVER THE SOUNDS OF EXPLOSIONS AND GUN SHOTS) BACK, "IRAQ THINKS THAT THE BULLY BOY OF THE UNITED STATES IS DISTROTING THE ACTUAL SITUATION HERE.  IT IS SO MUCH WORSE THAN YOU KNOW."

 

 

 

 

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

 

Starting with peace news.  As Ann Scott Tyson (Washington Post) reports, Appeal for Redress is up and running: "More than 100 U.S. service members have signed a rare appeal urging Congress to support the 'prompt withdrawal' of all American troops and bases from Iraq" and that the action's goal is to gather 2,000 signatures to the appeal before presenting it to Congress.  Drew Brown (McClatchy Newspapers) reports that the target date for delivery to Congress is MLK Day (Monday, January 15, 2007). [Readers of the New York Times who are wondering where this in their paper, it's right there on page A13, a whopping one paragraph -- from AP -- in National Briefing.]

 

 

From Appeal for Redress:

An Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq
Many active duty, reserve, and guard service members are concerned about the war in Iraq and support the withdrawal of U.S. troops. The Appeal for Redress provides a way in which individual service members can appeal to their Congressional Representative and US Senators to urge an end to the U.S. military occupation. The Appeal messages will be delivered to members of Congress at the time of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day in January 2007.
The wording of the Appeal for Redress is short and simple. It is patriotic and respectful in tone.
As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq . Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price. It is time for U.S. troops to come home.
If you agree with this message, click here.
The Appeal for Redress is sponsored by active duty service members based in the Norfolk area and by a sponsoring committee of veterans and military family members. The Sponsoring committee consists of Iraq Veterans Against the War, Veterans For Peace, and Military Families Speak Out.
Members of the military have a legal right to communicate with their member of Congress. To learn more about the rights and restrictions that apply to service members click here.
Attorneys and counselors experienced in military law are available to help service members who need assistance in countering any attempts to suppress this communication with members of Congress.
Several members of Congress have expressed interest in receiving the Appeal for Redress.
Click here to send the Appeal to your elected representatives.

 

 

 

Ehren Watada's attorney, Eric Seitz, is quoted by Drew Brown:  "The kinds of resistance and opposition and outrage that military people are now beginning to express has been simmering for quite a while. But it's about to just burst out in huge waves."   Ehren Watada is the first commissioned US officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq.  His father, Bob Watada, is beginning his third speaking tour to raise awareness of his son's case [an Article 32 hearing recommended court-martial, no decision has yet been annouced].  This speaking tour will last from October 26 through November 17th. 

 

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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE BIG DENNY HASTERT WENT BEFORE THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TO TRY OUT HIS "I KNOW NOTHING" ROUTING REGARDING THE MARK FOLEY/PAGEGATE SCANDAL.

WHETHER OR NOT HE'S ABLE TO FOOL THE COMMITTEE, THE REALITY IS THE MOST INTERESTING NEWS ABOUT BIG DENNY'S TESTIMONY TO THE HOUSE ETHICS COMMITTEE TODAY IS THIS: "SHORTLY BEFORE THE SPEAKER APPEARED, HIS SECURITY DETAIL ARRIVED AND WENT INSIDE THE ETHICS COMMITTEE ROOM, WHERE TESTIMONY IS TAKEN IN SECRET SESSIONS. HASTERT THEN ARRIVED WITH HIS ATTORNEY, J. RANDOLPH EVANS OF ATLANTA."

WHEN ASKED BY THESE REPORTERS ASKED VARIOUS MEMBERS OF CONGRESS "WHAT THE F**K WAS UP WITH THAT?" ALL BUT ONE DECLINED TO GO ON THE RECORD.

REPUBLICAN BOB NEY, OF ALL PEOPLE, AGREED PROVIDED WE NOT REVISIT "FELON IN THE CONGRESS." HIS GROUND RULES WERE THAT THE TERM "FELON IN THE CONGRESS" NOT APPEAR IN OUR REPORT. WHEN THESE REPORTERS INFORMED WE DID NOT AGREE TO THE GROUND RULES, HE RELENTED.

"IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE I WON'T EVEN BE BILLED AS 'CONGRESSMAN' ANYMORE," NEY SAID WIPING THE SWEAT FROM HIS FOREHEAD. "LET ME GRAB ALL THE PRESS I CAN NOW."

DISGRACED CONGRESSMAN NEY TOLD US, "BIG DENNY'S ALWAYS HAD A DIVA STREAK. HE'S TRIED FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS TO GET ON TYRA BANK'S AMERICA'S TOP MODEL. TRAVELING WITH THE MAKE UP GALS AND HANGER ONS THAT MAKE UP HIS POSSE MAKE HIM FEEL PRETTY."

WE THANKED CONVICTED FELON AND CONGRESSMAN BOB NEY FOR HIS TIME AND ASKED HIM IF HE INTENDED TO CONTINUE TO SERVE IN CONGRESS UP TO THE MOMENT HE'S HANDCUFFED AND LED OFF TO PRISON?

"HELL YEAH!" WHOOPED THE SOON TO BE IMPRISONED NEY. "I'M GOING TO RIDE THIS GRAVY TRAIN 'TILL THE WHEELS FALL OFF!"



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BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX -- DC.

 

AS NEWS LEAKED OUT THE BULLY BOY ADMINISTRATION WAS ATTEMPTING TO SET DEADLINES FOR IRAQ, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ISSUING DENIALS.

 

WHEN THAT DIDN'T FLY, THE WHITE HOUSE BEGAN ARGUING THAT THEY WERE SETTING "MILESTONES" NOT "DEADLINES."

 

IN AN ATTEMPT TO STEM THE LOSS OF LIVES IN IRAQ (2800 U.S. TROOPS KILLED, OVER 655,000 IRAQIS KILLED) AND TO SALVAGE THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, THESE REPORTERS MET WITH CONDI RICE TODAY AT APPROXIMATELY 3:30 PM EST ARMED WITH WEBSTER'S COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY.

 

MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIX MIX!

 

SECRETARY OF STATE RICE GREETED US WARMLY, "THANK GOD!  A MEETING.  I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO HAVE TO PRETEND TO SKIM TODAY'S P.D.B. I HATE THESE THINGS.  THEY NEVER HAVE ANYTHING POSITIVE TO SAY AND THEY GO ON SO LONG.  CAN'T THE C.I.A. JUST PREPARE A DRAWING WITH A THUMBS UP OR A THUMBS DOWN?  THAT WOULD TELL US ALL WE NEED TO KNOW."

 

SECRETARY RICE THEN LOOKED ALARMED WHEN SHE NOTED WE WERE CARRYING A BOOK.

 

"NO ONE TOLD ME READING WAS REQUIRED FOR THIS MEETING," SHE SAID NERVOUSLY RISING TO HER FEET.

 

AFTER WE CALMED HER BY STATING WE WOULD BE READING TO HER, SECRETARY RICE RETURNED TO HER POSITIVE PERSONALITY AND ASKED IF MAYBE THERE WAS TIME TO ASK SECRETARY OF DEFENSE DONALD RUMSFELD TO BRING IN SOME MILK AND COOKIES AS WELL AS "MY BLANKETA BECAUSE I LOVE TO TAKE A NAP AFTER I'M READ TO?  YOU KNOW HE'S GOT NOTHING ELSE TO DO BUT RUN ERRANDS THESE DAYS.  HE'S SHUT OUT OF THE LOOP."

 

EXPLAINING THAT THE READING WOULDN'T TAKE THAT LONG PROMPTED A HEAVY SIGH FROM SECRETARY RICE BUT SHE WAVED HER HAND TO INDICATE WE SHOULD CONTINUE.

 

"DEADLINE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A LINE DRAWN WITHIN OR AROUND A PRISON THAT PRISONER PASSES AT THE RISK OF BEING SHOT, (2) A DATE OR TIME BEFORE WHICH SOMETHING MUST BE DONE: SPECIF: THE TIME AFTER WHICH COPY IS NOT ACCEPTED FOR A PARTICULAR ISSUE OF A PUBLICATION'."

 

"MILESTONE," WE READ, "IS DEFINED AS '(1) A STONE SERVING AS A MILEPOST, (2) A SIGNIFICANT POINT IN DEVELOPMENT'."

 

"WHAT'S YOUR POINT?" ASKED A NERVOUS RICE.  "YOU DIDN'T SAY THERE WOULD BE A VOCABULARY TEST.  I COULD HAVE RESCHEDULED YOU FOR NEXT WEEK AND PREPARED."

 

THESE REPORTERS EXPLAINED THEY WERE JUST QUESTIONING THE ADMINISTRATION'S QUIBBLING OVER THE TERMS "DEADLINES" AND "MILESTONES."

 

"OH, THAT," CONDI RICE SAID LAUGHING.  "OKAY, SURE.  I CAN FIELD THAT.  SEE A 'MILESTONE' IS SOMETHING YOU SEND OUT INVITATIONS TO.  LIKE A WEDDING OR ANNIVERSARY OR THE 1ST TIME A BUSH FAMILY MEMBERS RUNS OVER AND KILLS SOMEONE."

 

AFTER GASPING FOR BREATH FROM LAUGHING AT HER OWN JOKE, SECRETARY RICE RESUMED SPEAKING, "LEAVE THAT IN, BY THE WAY.  I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT IN THESE DIFFICULT TIMES FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO REALIZE IT'S NOT ALL GLOOM & DOOM HERE IN THE WHITE HOUSE.  WE LIKE TO LAUGH AS MUCH ANYONE.  IN FACT, I'LL CALL MAGGIE [MARGARET SPELLINGS, SECRETARY OF EDUCATION] AND TELL HER TO SHOW YOU GUYS HER WHOOPIE CUSHION COLLECTION ON THE WAY OUT.  BUT A 'MILESTONE' IS SIGNIFICANT.  A 'DEADLINE,' WELL WE JUST BLOW THOSE OFF.  HAVEN'T YOU LEARNED ANYTHING IN THE LAST 6 YEARS OF THIS ADMINISTRATION?"

 

WHEN ASKED IF SHE WAS JOKING, SECRETARY RICE LOOKED PETURBED, "NO, I'M NOT JOKING.  WE BLOW OFF DEADLINES.  AM I JOKING?  PEOPLE DON'T SEEM TO GET MY SENSE OF HUMOR.  KIM JONG IL DIDN'T EITHER.  WE DON'T 'DO DEALINES' IN THIS ADMINISTRATION AND YOU CAN PRINT THAT.  IF I CATCH ANY FLACK, I'LL JUST CLAIM I WAS MISTRANSLATED."

 

WHEN REMINDED THAT THIS INTERVIEW WAS CONDUCTED IN ENGLISH, A WEARY CONDI RICE ASKED, "WHAT'S YOUR POINT?"

 

FROM THE TCI WIRE:

 

In other peace news, war resister Kyle Snyder intends to return to the United States from Canada next month as Courage to Resist.reported in an e-mail sent out Friday. In August, Synder explained his decision to self-check out of the US military and go to Canada to Karen Button noting, "You know, if they want to help people in Iraq . . . imagine a 15 year-old kid, for the last . . . years all he's seen is [US] military personnel with weapons going through his city.  How is that child supposed to believe that the man, in that uniform is helping him?  Now, if that child saw a convoy of logs being brought to his city, or a convory of water being brought to his city, still guarded, it would be a completely different situation.  That's where the American military messed up.  Because they forgot about the perception of civilisation.  They forgot about the perception of the Iraqi people."

 

 

Meanwhile, Ehren Watada's father Bob Watada is launching another speaking tour to raise awareness on his son -- the first commissioned officer to publicly refuse to deploy to Iraq.  The tour kicks off October 26 in Phoenix, AZ and is set to conclude November 17th in Atlanta, GA.  A full schedule can be found at Veterans for Peace.

 

 

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