The Democratic Movement Of Justice

...from the New York Times

2008-07-14T18:17:55Z

The C.I.A. is still authorized by President Bush to use a number of secret “alternative” interrogation methods.

Bush in SLC- Protest time!!

2008-07-02T01:29:53Z

President Bush and John McCain were in town today raising money for the McCain campaign.
I attended a "High Road for Human Rights" anti-war rally in protest to the visit. http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3354711

(Above are a few of the funny signs I saw there)

It was incredible. So inspiring.

This was the stage where the protest was held. The brunette with the bangs is Kathy Snyder who spoke. Her son was killed in Iraq last year.

Rocky Anderson was there.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Anderson
I actually spoke with him for a few minutes! he is a wonderful, intelligent, and personable man. It was an honor to meet him in person.

There were three other speakers besides Rocky.

Dan Ellsberg http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Ellsberg
Marshall Thompson http://www.asoldierspeace.com/reviews.html
Kathy Snyder http://www.sltrib.com/News/ci_9361322

I could go on and on. It was a great experience.

Sicko By Michael Moore

2008-07-02T01:29:44Z

All my life I had wanted to go to America. All my life I had listed it in the top 10 - to visit, to see, to touch, to feel. It didn’t even matter to me which part of America, as long as it was on the coast. When I was growing up, America was something like Mars - as unavailable and undesirable to live in, but still as attractive travel-wise.

I had never admired America the way everybody who likes adventure literature admires Australia. Yet the Indians (the Mohican!) , the treasure hunts, the Scarlett O’Hara story - all of that kept it very high up my wish list.

I had a great time in all four states I visited. I know it was very touristy, yet I wanted it to be touristy to the point of being tacky, so I didn’t mind much. Crabs at Pier 39 in San Francisco, humble gambling in Vegas, a Broadway show in New York (the horses in Central Park unfortunately didn’t happen, too damn cold).

Nice country, I thought, - probably even great for retirement. Until I saw Sicko. Bloody hell! America, being one of the vastest, richest and certainly the loudest countries on the planet cannot provide proper medical care for its citizens.

I know they say we are spoilt here in New Zealand. The more I travel the more I realise how great this country is, and how lucky we are to have the freshest seafood cheaply (relatively, yes) and breathtaking scenery in any given point of the country, and two-day travel time to keep all buggers out. But I still thought America was full of life, very open-minded, very consumer-oriented, yet very demanding and very “you have to have”-oriented.

In New Zealand, where they copied the British system of medical care and social welfare, essentially everything is free. You get free emergency care and the proper follow-up; free maternity care and paid leave up to 6 months; free assistance in giving up smoking; free surgery; free gyms for the obese and so on. The system works very simply: if you are unhappy with the public wait, get an insurance and get operated on in a private way. If you do not want to get the insurance - oh well, the government is here to look after you.

Things are different in America. 1. You have to have insurance. 1A. For that, you have to be insurable. 1B. You have to be able to afford health insurance, as it is quite pricey. 3. You have to be lucky enough not to have your health insurance cancelled, if your health gets worse. 4. You cannot choose your doctor, as you get one allocated. 5. If you do have insurance and things get sour, they must not turn sour enough for your insurance to cover only some of the costs. And there is probably 6, 7, 8 and so on in finest print.

I have no idea how Americans put up with that. With their budgeting, with their military power, with their absolute potential, they get such poor health treatment. I know France is a resourceful country, but look at Cuba! They manage to provide free health care. I imagine Canada can somehow survive by just collecting taxes, not fees. I just feel very grateful that I do not have to live there - despite of all my American dreams. And I will make sure I have a thick travel insurance next time I am over in the States. Because there is no other way.

Zeitgeist Movie

2008-05-21T02:15:54Z

Oh my goodness. I just watched the most truthful thing I have ever seen in my life. I decided to post this here because I think that this community would agree with me when they watch it and see how much it really makes you think. I am sorry if this has already been posted, but I work alot, have kids, and go to school so I am not on here much.

Okay if you have 2 hours to watch a movie then watch this

http://www.zeitgeistmovie.com/

seriously the bush administration and the nazi regime are like one in the same. The famous quote that he said regarding terrorists.... he stole directly out of Hitler's mouth. Watch this movie and open you eyes. It has been banned from YouTube for being "unpatriotic" seriously if you think about it I have never seen anything more truthful in my life and it is all backed up with FACT.

Iran VS Israel

2008-05-19T15:26:48Z

anti_bush @ 2008-05-19T09:38:00

2008-05-19T15:26:35Z

http://spadizzly.livejournal.com/4123.html?mode=reply

hate/like george bush?

2008-04-15T03:02:10Z

(a film I made for my digi video art class)

would you dance?

LA vs WAR

2008-04-12T11:17:31Z

Four days of Art, Music, and Activism against the War.

This weekend - April 10-13

Free admission

www.lavswar.com

Traitriots

2008-04-11T15:52:33Z

Torture memo. Phoenix memo. Purged memos. Missing memos. Iraq. Katrina. Diebold. Halliburton. Abramoff. Ashcroft. DeLay. Rove. PATRIOT Act. Free Speech Zones. Wiretapping. Rendition. "Support the troops," but cut their pay. No solider left behind... at home. WMD jokes. FEMA. FOX. FCC. Enron. Exxon. Blackwater. Gitmo. Abu Ghraib. Walter Reed. Energy Task Force. Plamegate. Habeas corpus. Posse comitatus. 9/11. Profiteering. Election fraud. War. Treason. "Worth the sacrifice." "Heckuva job." "...just a goddamn piece of paper." "I'm the dictator."

Lies. Stupidity. Arrogance. Cruelty.

For Gods' sake.

What's it gonna take?

IMPEACH.

THESE BASTARDS.

NOW!!!!!

Bush named

2008-04-07T08:11:35Z

So a friend of mine was looking around the Huffington post and found something that I think more than grabbed his attention...

'George W Bush Sewage Plant' Proposed In San Francisco

He pointed this out to me, and I think it would pay true homage to the man, and a honor at least. You can go to the official website of this campaign here

All I have left to say now is E Pluribus Anus

Taken from Moveon.org

2008-04-06T01:47:20Z

10 things you should know about John McCain (but probably don't):

1. John McCain voted against establishing a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Now he says his position has "evolved," yet he's continued to oppose key civil rights laws.1

2. According to Bloomberg News, McCain is more hawkish than Bush on Iraq, Russia and China. Conservative columnist Pat Buchanan says McCain "will make Cheney look like Gandhi."2
3. His reputation is built on his opposition to torture, but McCain voted against a bill to ban waterboarding, and then applauded President Bush for vetoing that ban.3

4. McCain opposes a woman's right to choose. He said, "I do not support Roe versus Wade. It should be overturned."4

5. The Children's Defense Fund rated McCain as the worst senator in Congress for children. He voted against the children's health care bill last year, then defended Bush's veto of the bill.5

6. He's one of the richest people in a Senate filled with millionaires. The Associated Press reports he and his wife own at least eight homes! Yet McCain says the solution to the housing crisis is for people facing foreclosure to get a "second job" and skip their vacations.6

7. Many of McCain's fellow Republican senators say he's too reckless to be commander in chief. One Republican senator said: "The thought of his being president sends a cold chill down my spine. He's erratic. He's hotheaded. He loses his temper and he worries me."7

8. McCain talks a lot about taking on special interests, but his campaign manager and top advisers are actually lobbyists. The government watchdog group Public Citizen says McCain has 59 lobbyists raising money for his campaign, more than any of the other presidential candidates.8

9. McCain has sought closer ties to the extreme religious right in recent years. The pastor McCain calls his "spiritual guide," Rod Parsley, believes America's founding mission is to destroy Islam, which he calls a "false religion." McCain sought the political support of right-wing preacher John Hagee, who believes Hurricane Katrina was God's punishment for gay rights and called the Catholic Church "the Antichrist" and a "false cult."9

10. He positions himself as pro-environment, but he scored a 0—yes, zero—from the League of Conservation Voters last year.10
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Sources:
1. "The Complicated History of John McCain and MLK Day," ABC News, April 3, 2008
http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/04/the-complicated.html

"McCain Facts," ColorOfChange.org, April 4, 2008
http://colorofchange.org/mccain_facts/

2. "McCain More Hawkish Than Bush on Russia, China, Iraq," Bloomberg News, March 12, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aF28rSCtk0ZM&refer=us

"Buchanan: John McCain 'Will Make Cheney Look Like Gandhi,'" ThinkProgress, February 6, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/06/buchanan-gandhi-mccain/

3. "McCain Sides With Bush On Torture Again, Supports Veto Of Anti-Waterboarding Bill," ThinkProgress, February 20, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/20/mccain-torture-veto/

4. "McCain says Roe v. Wade should be overturned," MSNBC, February 18, 2007
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17222147/

5. "2007 Children's Defense Fund Action Council® Nonpartisan Congressional Scorecard," February 2008
http://www.childrensdefense.org/site/PageServer?pagename=act_learn_scorecard2007

"McCain: Bush right to veto kids health insurance expansion," CNN, October 3, 2007
http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/03/mccain.interview/

6. "Beer Executive Could Be Next First Lady," Associated Press, April 3, 2008
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5h-S1sWHm0tchtdMP5LcLywg5ZtMgD8VQ86M80

"McCain Says Bank Bailout Should End `Systemic Risk,'" Bloomberg News, March 25, 2008
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aHMiDVYaXZFM&refer=home

7. "Will McCain's Temper Be a Liability?," Associated Press, February 16, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=4301022

"Famed McCain temper is tamed," Boston Globe, January 27, 2008
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/01/27/famed_mccain_temper_is_tamed/

8. "Black Claims McCain's Campaign Is Above Lobbyist Influence: 'I Don't Know What The Criticism Is,'" ThinkProgress, April 2, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/04/02/mccain-black-lobbyist/

"McCain's Lobbyist Friends Rally 'Round Their Man," ABC News, January 29, 2008
http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4210251

9. "McCain's Spiritual Guide: Destroy Islam," Mother Jones Magazine, March 12, 2008
http://www.motherjones.com/washington_dispatch/2008/03/john-mccain-rod-parsley-spiritual-guide.html

"Will McCain Specifically 'Repudiate' Hagee's Anti-Gay Comments?," ThinkProgress, March 12, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/03/12/mccain-hagee-anti-gay/

"McCain 'Very Honored' By Support Of Pastor Preaching 'End-Time Confrontation With Iran,'" ThinkProgress, February 28, 2008
http://thinkprogress.org/2008/02/28/hagee-mccain-endorsement/
10. "John McCain Gets a Zero Rating for His Environmental Record," Sierra Club, February 28, 2008
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/environment/77913/

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Fight Club WTC

2008-04-05T14:31:54Z

(forget that IRA irish republican army and Chuck Palanhiuk is Irish-Terrorist? make me laugh)

1999 movie, 1996 book

first scene "ground zero"

operation mayhem "security is tight as a drum sir"

tony blair, bitch, IRA????

George Bush, bitch, IRA???

hah hah hah

my mom has a PHD, smart lady

sees fight club, first thing she says

"ground zero??? WTC???? what did he say? when did this movie come out"

anyone that did not have the paranoid instincts necessary

to avoid the tower that day

was considered by the elite insect Operation Mayhem as

being

'damaged, injured, already dead, because their 'paranoia antennae' had been removed'

-if you could not tell that something was up, that big that something was up,
you're numb, you're dumb, you're a drone, you're useless, and you certainly
aren't a patriot or a soldier or even well prepared to go into battle

I hate victims, notice people name their kid 'Victor' not 'Victim'?
Find one person outside of WTC whose parents named them Victim

'for oil money, says Bush and Blair, rename your kid 'Victim'?

FUCK THAT SCAM, YOU CAN'T CHANGE YOUR CHILD'S NAME TO 'VICTIM'

don't let them fool you for money, those families and friends of
those drones and boring people that died cannot rename them 'victim'

because two IRA bitches bush and blair said they'd share

never trust a bitch.
Telling you, the similarities are not similarities

what do you think, people write books just for the hell of it?

Bush and Blair= Bitches

IRA had a laugh

maybe it's a natural evolutionary reaction to balance out the adrenaline in the world

'too many boring people, something has to happen'

god did it.

Mrs. god laughed.

watch fight club again and notice that the WTC and the 'credit card companies'

might as well be the same thing

what's next for the fanatical religious followers of

FIGHT CLUB??????

not getting a cubicle job in an office,

I'd rather die.

see how that's a valid religion with death penalties for sinning?

for getting a job in a cubicle in an office building, you're sentenced to DIE

if your paranoid antennae are working, you may exit, not go to work

GET A LIFE

that doesn't involve little pieces of green paper with lies written on it like

'in God we trust' you don't, you eat pork, you jerk off, you wear polyester
you don't trust in god

cut the bullshit, god said 'cut the bullshit'

here it is.

last one out's a rotten egg

'those people didn't hear that'

that's what they wanted

-intelligent thought out replies only, would rather you watched the movie again
and thought about what I said instead of making 'straw man' arguments about
some grammatical error, or overly angry arrogant stance or opinion that you
do not enjoy an article that you read online holding-

people that rip out their paranoid antennae for money do not deserve

to be treated as if they had not, and we do not need to be told to 'be like them'

they are not 'normal' they are sub living, sub standard, zombies

cancer, waste, they are the pollution of the planet

office food, office furniture, office time, while the planet dies

THEY ARE GUILTY THEY ARE NOT VICTIMS THEY ARE ENEMY SOLDIERS

THEY ARE THE BREEDING CANCER OF THE EARTH

REPENT OR DIE

if you disagree, you are one of them?

no

YOUR STRUGGLE IS INSIDE

INSIDE THE DOLLAR OF THE GREAT SATAN

THAT DOLLAR CAN BUY YOU FOOD, OR IT CAN BUY YOU

SHIT

SEE HOW MUCH

SHIT

YOU'VE BOUGHT, DESTROYED THE PLANET

??????

this is why SHIT GOES WRONG

it's god's punishment

for sin and indulgence

why are Fight Club and Bush both on TV?

and this doesn't get discussed?

5 paragraphs, comments, intelligent only

only intelligent comments

KAPISCE???????????? PAISAN??????

anti_bush @ 2008-04-02T12:03:00

2008-04-02T16:03:13Z

Wiretapping Sexography

2008-03-17T16:45:46Z

yeah. Stay off my phone when I'm talking to a woman.

you creepy creeps are not 'intelligence agencies'

you need to get lives.

This Guy HATES Bush - Help 'Im Out

2008-03-15T16:20:39Z

http://starbulletin.com/1999/11/10/news/story3.html

Marian Szczepanski, Auschwitz survivor, friend of mine, fellow Pole. Desires that he would have a documentary made of his life.

If you are in art school, college, university, and can get a motivated group of people together dedicated to making a documentary of an Auschwitz survivor's life

-This is an educated 87 year old man, and he can drink you under the table to boot- cool guy

Then get a hold of your friends, get a hold of me, or, get a hold of him

come on. You hate Bush don't you?

lucidpseudogod@yahoo.com, or here.

Yeah, really, this guy Hates Bush

let me know.

Get some people together come to Michigan, make a road trip, the weather's nice, I don't know how movies are made, though this would be the

opportunity of a lifetime

ELECTION BOYCOTT

2008-02-01T18:03:41Z

IGNORE THE FAKE ELECTION

NO MORE SILLY FASHION SHOW

KEEP BUSH IN OFFICE

"HE GOT US INTO THIS MESS,
DON'T MAKE SOMEONE ELSE CLEAN IT UP"

WE'LL JUST IGNORE THE NEXT PRESIDENT

MARCH RIGHT THROUGH TO WASHINGTON D.C.

AND SAY

NO WAY

EVERYONE CAN WORK TOGETHER IN THE MEANTIME

GOOD DAY.

Proof That "9/11" has Lost its Shelf Date...

2008-01-11T01:32:51Z

...and that Republicans truly have lost all sense of shame.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/nyregion/10kerik.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/10/nyregion/10about.html?_r=1&ref=nyregion&oref=slogin

In brief, former NYC police commissioner Bernard Kerik - under indictment for 16 counts of criminal behavior including Mob ties, illegal loans, and overall corruption - invoked 9/11 as a sympathy play.

This isn't new behavior for Kerik. A close personal friend of both King Bush and "Prince of the City" Rudy Giuliani, Kerik has invoked the WTC dead as justification for the war in Iraq, as political endorsement, and even as his international calling card. But now, to use it 9/11 a sidelong defense against charges of the kinds of Mob corruption that Guliani made his sworn enemy, brings the degradation of September's dead - and the Republican Party - to a new low.

Is there anything they won't try? Any defense they won't use? Any cheap play on 3000 innocent lives, that they won't exploit for an inch of power or salvation?

I've often said that the Founders need to rise from their graves, EC Comics-style, and rip every American politician limb from limb in an orgy of righteous undead wrath. It's beginning to look like the dead of 9/11 need to join them. And though the Democratic Party shouldn't be immune (see my post last week), the zombie massacre's "ground zero" ought to start at Republican Party headquarters.

telepathic spiritual war

2008-01-08T00:54:01Z

before you discredit me with words of anti telepathic kookery

know that I am one of the 1% of people with green eyes
that has been practicing yoga for over 20 years

so, the other day I distinctly saw George W. Bush
and Osama bin Laden having anal intercourse

I know it it disgusting, but they were doing it on a

"spiritual-Spit Ritual" level

also check out

http://www.signsofwitness.com

so my telepathic amusement park and the amazing
bring your god to the whack-a-whirl

has now become an abandoned disease infested spiritual
free for all

with freaks, faggots, rapists, retards, murderers, dead bodies
and...... Scientologists

who telepathically kept blackmailing me

and I kept switching sides

until an entire audience (maybe in my own mind)

saw them line up and claim alliegence to the third
reich and Hitler

because Tom Cruise always cruises the telepathic spectrum
in his Third Reich approved

telepathic cruiser the OT series

I am sickened although still somewhat alive

trying to recover brain function after this massive
schizophrenic telepathic hypnotizine scam

(Bill Clinton has been seen dining with some of my
Elite Jewish Polish friends in London) in my imagination

Clinton and my lawyer, Dick Hamburger

sure glad to be rid of both of them
even if it did cost me $500,000,000

in diamonds

Psychotic and Loving It

This is all Heresay

from a dream vision

watch my telepathic back, these scumsuckers
are trying to brainwash you

Halliburton Gang-Rape Cover Up

2007-12-11T00:51:00Z

http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=3977702

this is {Fucken} sick

Doonesbury

2007-11-14T15:14:59Z

Hah! Look at yesterday's strip! No really.
http://www.doonesbury.com/strip/dailydose/index.html?uc_full_date=20071113

AT&T & NSA bedfellows

2007-11-10T15:59:19Z

http://www.betanews.com/article/Whistleblower_ATT_Maintained_a_Secret_Room_for_the_NSA/1194558737

as if it's a surprise

-peace out yall-

slow release of public information that anyone who thinks already knew
in 1993........... wow, what a boring drag

*yawn*..... still sucks though

progress is progress

Torture: Decaying America

2007-11-07T00:45:01Z

Codepink offers Senator Diane Feinstein a waterboarding demonstration, hoping to influence her senate judiciary committee vote to approve an attorney general who doesn't know if waterboarding is torture.

"One Heartbeat Away"

2007-10-26T00:42:09Z

So I’m watching coverage of the California wildfires yesterday, when I notice Vice President Dick Cheney dozing off during an emergency cabinet meeting called to determine how the federal government will respond to the crisis:

(Hat-tip Raw Story)
18 devastating wildfires - the worst outbreak in California history - prompting the largest mass evacuation in American history... and Cheney decides it's the perfect time for a nap.

Swell.

Ah, but why am I surprised in the slightest? This certainly isn't the first time Mr. Sleepyhead has sacked out at important meetings.

Here he is, attending an Iraq situation meeting with Commander Guy, Condi and various cabinet members on May 12, 2006:

(Hat-tip RFK in '08)
And here, at an April '06 press briefing by Bush and Chinese leader Hu Jintao:

Yep, we're definitely in good hands, America. Everything’s just fine...

Now go back to sleep. ☺

Grow a Pair, Democrats!

2007-10-08T23:38:39Z

I sent the following letter to the Democratic Caucus Chair (DCC.org), in response to the following fundraising post:

Dear Phil,

TIME IS RUNNING OUT!
In the next 48 hours, we can make George Bush and Dick Cheney's worst nightmare come true.

Why is Dick Cheney leaving no millionaire behind on his desperate summer tour for Republicans? Why did George Bush gather his fat cats this summer to raise more than $7 million for his loyal Republican friends? Because Republicans know what's at stake before midnight on September 30th.

If Democrats show more strength than Republicans before midnight this Sunday, it will mean more Republican retirements, more rejection of their disastrous war, and less money to change the subject with their campaign of lies and attacks.

Now is the time to make the difference -- but there's only 48 hours left. If you contribute by Sunday night's FEC deadline, your gift will be tripled by House Democrats

Help House Democrats slam the door on the Bush/Cheney era by contributing $35, $50 or more

There is nothing the media likes more than a trend. If Democrats stand together before Sunday night, it will be the third time in a row that we beat the Republicans before an FEC filing deadline. The media will write devastating stories for George Bush about the continuing Republican collapse and the continuing wave of momentum for Speaker Pelosi's New Direction agenda. We're so close to making it happen -- but we need you to put us over the top in the next 48 hours.

Better yet, if you contribute before midnight on September 30th -- you could be one of the five supporters randomly selected to come to Democratic National Headquarters for a special grassroots strategy session and lunch with my friend Paul Begala.

Help accelerate the Republican collapse by contributing $35, $50 or more

In the next 48 hours, we can take a giant step closer to making George Bush and Dick Cheney all but irrelevant in the final year of their failed Administration. The next 48 hours could make the difference -- but we need you to take us over the top. Stand with House Democrats before midnight on Sunday to accelerate the Republican collapse and set the stage to create lasting change in 2008.

Sincerely,
- Rhan Emanuel
DCC.org

</lj>
My Reponse

Dear Mr. Emanuel,

Perhaps if you wanted to "Democrats to show more strength than Republicans," you might tell your party representatives to stop handing over their lunch money each time the Republicans say "Boo!" As a longtime member of MoveOn.org - an organization which has given your party a great deal of popular and financial support - I feel betrayed and furious about the official condemnation of MoveOn.org agreed upon by Congress this past week.

While I personally feel as though the "General Betray-Us" ad went a bit far, it was nothing compared to the non-stop assault conducted each day by Right-leaning media figures and groups. Yet NOT ONCE has Congress greed to condemn any of those figures or groups. Anne Coulter has not be censured. Rush Limbaugh has not been censured. FOX "News" has not been censured. Yet each and every day, these figures and many others like them release a toxic torrent of abuse upon anyone who disagrees with their Party line - often including the Democratic Party as a whole.

And yet, you do not vote to condemn them from the halls of Congress. Instead, you stand with the Republican Party to attack ONE OF YOUR STAUNCHEST ALLIES in a pathetic effort to appear cooperative with a Party that has no desire to extend the same consideration.

Now you come to me with a fundraising letter?

To hell with you. If you want your Party to appear strong, act strong. and remember who your friends are.

For all that's holy, grow a pair and stop trying to play their game their way.

Good day.

- Phil Brucato

Asheville, North Carolina

---------------
Please feel free to send similar letters to the Democrats. I feel sick about the abuse our nation has suffered from the Republican Party and its minions and masters; I feel even sicker about the way in which the Democrats continue to let them abuse us.

The Definitive List (Work in Progess)

2007-10-08T23:38:28Z

You might want to bookmark the link below to show your kids/grandkids someday... it's nothing short of astounding.

Hugh at NetRootsMass:

George Bush, the Connecticut cowboy, the good old boy from Yale is a man of mediocre intelligence, little imagination, and great stubbornness and vindictiveness. He may be "The Decider," but his handlers have long known how to manipulate him. The key is to hook him with short, simple sells. Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and Rice know that once he has consulted his gut (and perhaps his higher father), his decisions are forever. So whoever gets to him first is likely to carry the day because he doesn't like to be challenged and is, quite simply, too lazy to change his mind. The Bubble is a natural consequence of this decision making process where logic, reason, and facts have little or no role.

Bush's Presidency began in the shadow of a contested and likely stolen election and promised to be unsuccessful in a largely forgettable and unremarkable way. 9-11 changed all that and transformed a plodding, and essentially AWOL one-termer into an accidental hero. Enormous power flowed to his office but Bush had no idea how to use it. He liked to campaign, not govern. In those around him, he prized loyalty over competence and honesty. A believer in the notion of "to the victor go the spoils," he was the perfect mark for every conniver, bumbler, bungler, hack, hanger on, and would be crony that Karl Rove, Dick Cheney, and their friends could find. In the normal course of things, this would have spelled failure. Post-911, it was catastrophic.

At this critical juncture in our history we needed an adult but got an adolescent. Instead of responsibility, we got a truant. In place of flexibility we got obduracy. In the face of great and complex challenges, we got strawmen, a black and white universe, my way or the highway, regurgitated stump speeches, and a steadfast refusal to compromise not just with opponents but with reality.

What all this comes down to is that George Bush should never have become our President. He is not just a bad President but the worst one we could have had, the worst our country has ever seen. This is a judgment that many Americans have come to but which our political establishment and media, even after 6 years, have yet to acknowledge, accept, and act on. This is the tragedy and crime of our times...

Let the evidence speak for itself.