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In Today's Tequila Treehouse... Support for War Hits New Low  Anti-Inaugural at fever pitch Bush Unaccountability Moment GOP Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay  Torture Island - Only on FOX  Jenna Bush killed in Baghdad  Dean Ahead in DNC Race  5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad  Inaugural Marked by Hope?   Quote of the Day "The WMD scandal--which few in the media    recognize as a bona fide scandal. If only Bush    had been receiving a blow job from an intern    when he told the public Iraq was a "direct" threat    to America because it had--no doubt about it--   weapons of mass destruction."             --David Corn,  Attribution    The dirty-legged American press doesn't take   a scandal seriously unless there's fur on it .  Lies that kill 1500 soldiers?  That's no scandal.   Not with Bush's good puppy press.  Lies about oral sex?  Stop everything - we need more details!

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 Quotes

"They wrote in the old days that it is sweet and fitting to die for one's country.
  There is nothing sweet nor fitting in your dying. You will die like a dog for no good reason."
      --Ernest Hemingway, who never even knew The Monkey      Attribution

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 Support for War in Iraq Hits New Low
   ...but we love the Monkey who lied us into that bloody mess?

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  Excerpt:
 Support for the war in Iraq has continued to erode, but most Americans still
 are inclined to give Bush time to try to stabilize things before it withdraws troops.

 The percentage of Americans who believed the situation in Iraq was "worth going
 to war over" had sunk to a new low of 39%. When the same question was asked
 in a similar poll in October, 44% said it had been worth going to war..

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 Bush's Unaccountability Moment
   by Nat Parry at  consortiumnews.com

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 George W. Bush has declared his election victory the "accountability moment,"
 which both cleanses him of blame for the war in Iraq and may clear the way for
 new wars in the future, a kind of absolution and blessing combined.

 Bush reportedly is asserting, too, that his mandate puts him above post-Vietnam War
 laws that require a president to inform Congress of covert operations and get war-powers
 approval. Journalist Seymour Hersh seems on target when he describes plans to both
 circumvent the rules on covert actions and consolidate these secret activities under
 Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and his band of neoconservatives in the Pentagon.

 Like a recent story in Newsweek, Hersh indicates in a New Yorker article that Bush may
 seek to replicate the "death squad" operations used in the 1980s against leftist rebels and
 their supporters in Central America. Hersh said the new approach will include deploying
 counter-terrorist "action teams" in Iraq and around the world.

"Do you remember the right-wing execution squads in El Salvador?" a former high-level
 intelligence official asked Hersh, recalling the Salvadoran "death squads." "We founded
 them and we financed them," the ex-official said. Now, a former military officer added,
"We're going to be riding with the bad boys."
 

 Note: consortiumnews.com  is the most important site on the Internet.

 Comments?

 Subject: bart vs the soldier

 You were very harsh and critical of that soldier who just wanted to tell the truth of the reality in Iraq.

 If you call your attitude "support of the troops" then I'd hate to see what you'd say
 if you were like those other libs who just plain hate the troops.

 Like he said, your web page only hurts the troops.
 telstar29
 

 That's Monkey talk.
 I showed restraint with that soldier - it was obvious I was holding back.
 He's about to get shot at in Iraq.
 The truth is not going to hurt him.

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 New Republican Chair Ken Mehlman is Gay
  ...and he hired a babykiller to help him

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           "I'm so gay..."

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 Will anyone in the media try to get a statement from America's leading champions of "moral values"?

     James Dobson
     Pat Robertson
     Ralph Reed
     Jerry Falwell
     Rush Limbaugh
     Rick Santorum
     Laura the Unloved
     Tom DeLay
     Newt Gingrich
     Cokie Roberts
     William Bennett
     Armstrong Williams

 Comments?
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 Torture Island: A FOX Reality-Based TV Show
  Starring Congressional Leaders, With Your Host Alberto Gonzales

  Click  Here

  Highlights:
Tom DeLay, with a hood over his head, at the top of a pyramid of his Republican puppets in Congress,
     their genitals bouncing into each other as Tom leads cheers for Bush's inauguration and Dennis Hastert
     urinates on himself while trying to keep his side of the pyramid from collapsing.

And did we forget cat torturer Bill Frist? Maybe he can get the boot and pipe treatment from Alberto G's "crew,"
    and if he survives he can write it up as a scientific experiment, explaining how much physical pain and trauma
    the human body can take just before it ceases to function. That's if Frist survives. Many at Abu Ghraib and
    Guantanamo apparently haven't. They left in body bags, not wheel chairs.
 

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 Jenna Bush killed outside Baghdad
   Fake headline from cartoonist Mo Paul

 Jenna Bush, one of president Bush's twin daughters, was killed today with 7 others of her unit
 just outside Baghdad.  Jenna, who was drafted in May of 2006, was with a supply unit bringing
 water and medicine to a makeshift hospital when a suicide car bomber slammed into her truck.
 16 civilians were also killed in the attack, including 5 children.
 
 The president was informed of his daughter's death just before sunrise this morning.  An hour later,
 with his wife Laura by his side, president Bush made a brief statement.  "Laura and I were deeply
 saddened to hear about the death of our beloved daughter Jenna, as was her sister Barbara.
 She died doing what she loved, serving her nation's call in a time of great strife.  Her sacrifice is
 an example to all the world of the importance of our mission in the Middle East".
 
 The president went on to say, "Jenna was a brave young woman, and her sacrifice was well worth it
 in the long run, and many, many more brave young men and women will be called upon to continue
 the march to freedom and democracy in Iraq and Iran".
 
 He then left the podium and Laura held his hand as they went back into the White House, heads bowed.
 Funeral arrangements have been made for Jenna Bush at president Bush's own Episcopal Church.
 The president does not plan to attend.
 

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 Subject: Bush elected - problems not solved

 I am not optimistic about the future of America. I wonder if we will still be a nation four years from now.
 When I look at how far America has fallen in the last four years I can't help but to wonder if we are at
 the beginning of the second dark ages. We are a nation who values war over peace and debt over fiscal
 responsibility. And now old people will have to eat dog food and go without medicine as we gut Social
 Security so that the rich can get tax cuts. Our children fight and die for oil company's profits.

 And I am ashamed to live in a country that no longer has any real moral values.

 Marc Perkel
 San Francisco, CA.

 Comments?

 Subject: making a friend happy

 I agree.
 If every person who didn't want to go to Iraq would just "smoke a pole"
 or "munch a carpet" maybe they'd get kicked out of the military and therefore,
 wouldn't be sent to die for Bush's oil grab.
 
 Kris
 Houston, TX
 
 Comments?

 Subject: talking stupid to to that soldier

 You told a Soldier that you know more about what's going on in Iraq than he does
 (despite the fact he's actually BEEN there).
 Whatever you're smoking, you need to cut back some.
 Either that, or see a psychiatrist for that raging case of delusional hubris you've got.
 You need a boot in YOUR ass for saying some stupid shit like that.

 Have a nice day.
 Brandt
 

 I think my meaning was clear to all but the longest-armed monkeys.
 Getting shot at in Iraq, he probably doesn't have time to skim 50-100 news stories a day,
 skim 100-200 e-mails a day,  skim a dozen columnists, rtc..

 Have a banana, Brandt, then suck on it.

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 Quotes

"JoJo, Hillary Duff, Ruben Studdard, Boxkar, aAnd what are they calling this?
"America's Future Rocks Today." No. No America is not going to "Rock Today"
  with JoJo, Hillary Duff, Ruben Studdard and Boxkar. Can these artists rock? Not fucking likely.
  Here is what Boxkar has to say about itself on their own website: Their songs have an appeal and
  realness of a Matchbox Twenty with a swagger of an Aerosmith.  Wanting to have the "appeal and
  realness" of Matchbox Twenty is like wanting to be funny like Bob Saget. After the inauguration
  I suggest a new name: A Flock of Wankers."
     --TBogg,   Attribution

 Comments?

 Subject: Sen Boxer

 Ok, ok. So you think Kerry and Biden wimped out on the Rice hearing.
 But, why not say some nice things about my Senator, Barbara Boxer?

 She nailed Rice and would not back down.
 Boxer has guts and has been a very good Senator.

 Tom
 

 When Repubs say "Over my dead body," the Democrats drop their plans.
 Dems say, "Gee, we don't like you, but we'll confirm you, anyway," ...so it's not the same.

 And even tho Boxer risked more than any other Democratic senator, what did she risk?
 Boxer simply did her job.
 We're in so much trouble, we give a standing ovation if a Democrat comes to work.
 
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 Subject: I'm just gonna moon my TV, Bart

 Those Bush bastards and their messianic delusions scare the shit out of me.

  John
 

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 Dean Gaining Early Momentum in DNC Race

  Click  Here

  Excerpt:
 Howard Dean's hard-charging race to head the Democratic National Committee
 is gaining early momentum that recalls the streaking start of his 2004 presidential campaign.

 Dean dominated the Democrats' presidential race through 2003, raising more than $40 million
 and recruiting thousands of supporters through the Internet.  But Dean stumbled as nutty Iowa
 Democrats rallied around Kerry because they thought was "more electable."

 Comments?

 Subject: a bartcop story

 Bart,

 I was driving on I-696 north of Detroit with my Bartcop sticker proudly displayed on the
 back window of my pickup when what I thought was a crazy man pulled up beside me and
 started blowing his horn and waving.

 I thought there was going to be some trouble until I realized that he was waiving a Bartcop sticker at me!
 Lots of smiles and waiving followed.

 If others have similar stories, and they should as the hammer gets bigger, I think it would be cool to share them.
 WhatUSay?

 R Beach

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 Sickening Quote

"...I have one simple message: Get over it. Get over it. President Bush is our president
  for the next four years, so get over it and start to act in your interest, Europe,"
    -- Joe Biden (R-Bush Suck) during the hearing to confirm Ghost Killa Condi   Attribution
 

"Amazing! Joe Biden has managed to kiss TWO asses at the same time, Bush and Rice.
  Hey, Joe? Do us a favor and borrow Senator Boxer's testicles. Her's are the size a real man's should be."
      --David Allen, http://thoughtcrimes.org/mt/
 

  Attribution

 Subject: the torture thing

 I turn to Bartcop when I need a source of righteous anger that does  justice to the outrages
 the bush administration hurls at us every day.  Many thanks for that.  Today, however, on Bartcop itself
 --a pretty cocky, even scary, assumption!  Dismayed enough I have to accept your invitation to comment.

 Re: "Is it always inexcusable, with no exceptions, and in all cases, to torture a certainly guilty man?"

 Wary as I am of categoricals, I have to take strong exception to your suggestion that torture--even in a
 "super-rare" case--would be permissible and of benefit.   Some of your givens deserve scrutiny--first,
 that of the "certainly guilty man."

 How do you determine certainty of guilt?
 Does torture in this case replace due process?
 Unless you know that he is guilty of the crime (?) for which he is to be tortured (in which case,
 why do you need to torture him for information you already have?)--precisely of what is he "certainly guilty"?
 The very certainty of his "guilt" may make torturing him unnecessary at best, and sadistic at worst.

 Perhaps you would also like to offer a hypothetical example of an iron-clad case in which torturing a man would save 30 million lives.

 If you are, as you seem to be, asserting a general principle--i.e., on "super-rare" occasions torture is to be allowed --you must
 take into account how this principle will be used in the real world.  It has been demonstrated that people under torture often lie
 to bring an end to their agony, and there is no reason to believe that even a "guilty" person will not lie for this reason.

 That "certainly guilty" man might also lie intentionally to mislead,  especially if he is as dedicated to his cause and as
 hard-boiled as you seem to assume.  Torture should not be presumed to produce truthful or effective results.

 But there is an even more central issue.  That issue is that a regime that condones torture for any reason will find
 reason to apply it whenever that regime finds it convenient.  Legitimizing torture is a path to lawlessness of the
 most brutal kind.  Acceptance of torture by a government is inherently out of control, and it threatens us all.

 Best,
 Rachel
 

 Rachel, I've given you a 7-day subscription so you can hear the whole story.
 It might take 800 words to answer your questions and I'm short on time because we're still "homeless."
 
 But...if the FBI had caught one of the 19 hijackers on 9-10-01 and "pressured" him for information,
 would you insist that pressure be stopped and allow 9-11 to happen?
 
 Your answer may shed light on why Bush was elected, if he was.

 Comments?

 5 Car Bombs Rock Baghdad

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  Excerpt:
 Insurgents unleashed a wave of five car bombings across the capital Wednesday,
 killing about a dozen people, despite stepped-up U.S. and Iraqi measures to protect
 this month's elections. North of Baghdad, insurgents killed a British security officer.

 Gunmen also fired on the Baghdad office of a major Kurdish party and two senior
 officials escaped assassination in separate attacks in the north.  The U.S. military
 put the death toll from the day's Baghdad bombings at 26,
 

 Yep, these people are ready for peace and democracy, just like Bush and the networks tell us.

 Comments?

 Quotes

"I think the resistance is bigger than the US military in Iraq.
  I think the resistance is more than 200,000 people."
     --General Shahwani, head of the Iraqi intelligence service,  Attribution

 Comments?

 Bush Inaugural Message Marked by Hope
   Nation hopes the crazy killer stops screwing up the world

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  Excerpt:
 George W. Bush, awaking at the dawn of a new term as president, relished taking
 the oath of office a second time Thursday, with four more years to pursue freedom
 around the world and push a legacy-setting agenda at home.

 You see what happens when you let Karl Rove write his own headlines?
 Four more years to pursue freedom - are you f-ing kidding me?
 Bush is pursuing personal wealth at the cost of American military lives.
 
 Family and friends joined the president for breakfast at the White House on this
 historic day of inaugural pomp and pageantry for the first family and the nation,
 while men are dying from a lack of armor in the sandy hellhole Bush sent them.
 

 Comments?

 Subject: Kerry and Boxer

 So, you're mad at Kerry for enumerating Condi's weaknesses and then standing
 with that CRAZY DELUSIONAL Barbara Boxer in refusing to vote for her confirmation?

 Or are you mad at him for keeping her there in the hot seat 'til everyone else had gone home?

 Or maybe for the maneuvering that (garbled) thing onto the Senate floor for debate
 and prevented her being sworn in right after her monkey?

 I'm confused, Bart.
 What should he have done.
 What would've been enough?

 Mahnkenstein

 
 Stopping her would've helped.
 Telling the truth would've helped.

 Refusing to joke with her and play footsie with her would've helped.
 Smacking that ignorant ass-kisser Biden in the mouth would've helped.

 Blocking her confirmation would've been a rare show of courage.
 Standing with the majority who hate this war would've been nice.

 The way I see it, the Democrats are like cops who witnessed a hit a run that killed 1370 people.
 Then they pulled the driver over and said, "Don't let it happen again," and then let her go.

 We need every tiny moral victory we can get, because victory is a long-lost idea in this party of losers,
 but if we pat the Democrats on the back and say, "Great job with Rice," they'll be nicer next time.

 Fuck nicer.
 The Democrats always bring a butter knife to a gunfight.

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