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U.S. public seeing thru the Lying S.O.Bush
by DLi Friday, Jul. 11, 2003 at 4:25 PM

Finally, the "Slide" has begun. That is, the Slide of the Shrub from his high horse to an "Abyss of Evil." In the latest AOL Poll on the Lying Pretzel, 63% of poll voters felt that the Bushwhacked White House squatter "Lied to cover up a hidden agenda." Whoa, that's quite a dramatic slide from the oft-quoted 60%+ poll rating for Bush that the mainstream media loves to quote.

Surprisingly, that same poll reveals that 43% of the public named "Oil and Money" as the main cause for the Iraq Conquest, while only 19% said they believe that the War was launched to "fight Terrorism."

Anyday, now, I still expect Congress to begin the proceedings to remove the Lying Pretzel.

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Bush lied
by Bush lied Saturday, Jul. 12, 2003 at 6:13 PM

JULY 8, 2003
 
SCHAKOWSKY: PRESIDENT BUSH FINALLY ADMITS HE MISLED THE NATION DURING 
STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS

 
CHICAGO, IL –U.S. Representative Jan Schakowsky (D-IL) today issued the following statement after the White House finally admitted that President Bush should not have claimed in his State of the Union address that Iraq attempted to buy uranium in Africa to reconstitute its nuclear weapons program:

 “After months of denials, President Bush has finally admitted that he misled the American public during his State of the Union address when he claimed that Iraq attempted to purchase uranium in Africa.  That is why we need an independent commission to determine the veracity of the other so-called evidence used to convince the American people that war with Iraq was unavoidable.

“It is not enough for the White House to issue a statement saying that President Bush should not have used that piece of intelligence in his State of the Union address at a time when he was trying to convince the American people that invading Iraq was in our national security interests.  Did the president know then what he says he only knows now? If not, why not, since that information was available at the highest level.

“What else did the Bush Administration lie about?  What other faulty information did Administration officials, including President Bush, tell the American people and the world?  Did the Bush Administration knowingly deceive us and manufacture intelligence in order to build public support for the invasion of Iraq?  Did Iraq really pose an imminent threat to our nation? 

“These questions must be answered.  The American people deserve to know the full truth.”

Schakowsky is an original cosponsor of H.R. 2625, legislation authored by U.S. Representative Henry Waxman to create an independent commission - modeled after the September 11 Commission - to examine the intelligence about Iraq and the representations made by executive branch officials about this intelligence.

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Send message to Congress & UN
by DLi Sunday, Jul. 13, 2003 at 10:04 AM

Send as many messages to Congress reps, including Hawaii's 2 Dans, Neil & Ed, and ask them firmly to investigate possible grounds for Impeachment. If Congress actually voted for impeachment for Clinton for having sex with Monica(no one was killed or injured, and Bill didn't squander US$100 Billion in his misdemeanor!), they could do no less to the Lying Pretzel!

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jbusch
by More lies from DLi Monday, Jul. 14, 2003 at 2:57 AM

Clinton was not impeached for sex. He was impeached for perjury and obstruction of justice.

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rethugs make me puke
by clinton impeachment was a joke Monday, Jul. 14, 2003 at 6:42 AM

The Clinton impeachment was a right wing coup detat. The Paula Jones sexual harassment case (which was later thrown out for lack of evidence) was just an excuse to force Clinton into a perjury trap. It was a fishing expedition within a witchhunt. Clinton should have just said its none of your goddamned business if I am having sex with Monica. It had nothing to do with the Paula Jones case. The lawyers didnt give a damn about Paula, they just wanted to get Clinton. It was all part of the Arkansas Project, funded by the sick gutter drunk Richard Mellon Scaife. You can read all about it in Blinded by the Right.

If they really wanted to impeach Clinton, why didn't they impeach him for his involvement in CIA drug smuggling in Mena, Arkansas? Because that trail ultimately led to George Bush Sr. The whole Whitewater scandal was a "ropebridge of Democratic wrongdoing over a raging river of Republican crime."

And I would rather have a president who lies about sex than one who lies about war.

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mister
by bob white Tuesday, Jul. 22, 2003 at 6:29 AM

Perjury: A Weapon of Mass Deception
Perjury, In law: deliberate, willful giving of misleading, incomplete or false information, in testimony under oath. See: State of the Union, January 27, 2003. See: Deception of the American People, see also: Lie, perjure, perjured, perjurer.

Office of the President: an office for which an oath is taken.

Bush said that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction but it appears that he didn't. Bush also said we knew where they were, it appears that we didn't.
Halliburton (Mr. Cheney's cronies) has made out like a bandit in Iraq, as American soldiers are dying for corporate interests, not American interests.
The first thing that should be done after Bush is Impeached is the seizure of all of Halliburton's Assets, in the interest of National Security, as they appear to be an hostile enemy to the United States.

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PINOCCHIO PRESIDENT
by Bob White 'Carl Lodi' Thursday, Sep. 04, 2003 at 1:28 PM

See our dress-up Little Wooden Head in his magic flight suit! It gives him super-powers. Phooey to the Blue Faery! GOD talks to Little Wooden Head! (Because he's "Special", just like my cousin in the attic.)
All he wants is to be a Real President, and not just a little green shrub. But sometimes he has intelligence failures, see? And when he Lies... Well, the stacks of caskets grow! Stuffed with real Fatigued Patriots: our dead Boys who actually fought. And when he half-truths or double-talks watch the National Debt SOAR! And see how the bank accounts of his corporate buddies grow! OOOHHHHH!!!! (Gotta pay back those accounting frauds with the tax-payers' bucks, ya know.)
It's Scary! I don't like this story!
So, who is his Geppetto? Pulling his strings. Putting words in his mealy-mouth. OIL-ing his joints.
The World is not a Faery-story, Little Wooden Head, so don't try to "bait-and-switch" me by 'Heaping on Faggots' after admitting you gave us a FALSE State of the Union Address. For shame Little Wooden Head! Switching attention away from the Mote in your eye, by pointing your finger and judging others to be Sinners! Maybe you didn't read that story, or you just didn't understand it.
No, Mr. Pinocchio President, I want a REAL story. I Want the Real Truth about why we're in this War.
But I don't expect it will be told by you. To parphrase your words "Honest is Fabulous!" Have you any new Fabulous Fables to tell? The plot of this one is facetious, or is that Fascist? And has gone on far too long.

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THE TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY
by Bob White (Mr. X) Sunday, Sep. 07, 2003 at 3:44 PM

Delivering more well prepared Rhetoric, with NO unsubstantiated assertions (this time), George the Second took the stage for a new performance I call: How to Save Face (while Eating Crow). --- September 7, 2003
The man, under whose watch the 9-11 tragedy was carried out, the same man who snubbed the UN, and our European friends, and then engaged our soldiers in a poorly planned "pre-emptive" act of International Terrorism, Now has the Gaul to appear before us, absent his cocky attitude and glib insults, hoping to save face (and his public ratings) as he sends us Crawling back to the UN, to eat Crow, and Beg for their Help!
He says:
. "The triumph of DEMOCRACY" ... "would be a grave setback for international terrorism. The Terrorists thrive on the support of Tyrants and on the resentments of Oppressed Peoples. When Tyrants fall, and resentment gives way to Hope, men and women in every Culture reject the Ideologies of Terror, and turn to the Pursuits of Peace. Everywhere that Freedom takes hold, Terror will retreat." ----- George W. Bush
. Let's use New-speak and examine what he said:
* Terrorists: Those who profit from the Business of Killing and Fear. Like the Military Industrial Complex? Which has Directors and Advisors who also just happen to sit on our Defense Policy Board.
* Tyrants: These are Rulers who govern without restrictions (like "Checks and Balances"), who are vested with absolute power (to declare war). Tyrants gut Constitutions, rob Social Securities, are adept at shady accounting (with impunity), and have no qualms about using Soldiers as 'Fodder Units' to pad their bank accounts.
* Oppressed Peoples: Like Americans, who feel they've been used and are starting to resent it, but fear to speak out about it? Or Iraqi's who've watched their home crumble into anarchy while THE COUNTRY, that they blame for their last 12 years of suffering (under Sanctions), steps in with plans for Their Nation's Oil, but NOT Their Security?
. Certainly, George was speaking of others when he talked about tyrants and terrorists, but he could well have practised these lines in front of a mirror, albeit a fun-house mirror which distorts how you see things (like "weapons" that turn into "programmes", that turn out to be eerily "absent". Or "The end of major combat" that comes before our soldiers are done dying).
-- Obviously, his speech writers should be Chastised for the inclusion of that "Triumph of Democracy" line! HO! HO! A TRIUMPH OF DEMOCRACY! What a Laughable Line, coming from this Republican!
. Yes, the "Triumph of Democracy" would certainly be a grave setback for International Terrorists. I know that My Resentment would turn to Hope, to see us reject these Ideologists of Terror and return to Pursuits of Peace. But if you believe that Tyrants "Win" Elections, and don't Throw the Vote, well..... Saddam "Won" his election, too.

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AN OMEN? Or merely a Beam in mine own eye?
by by Bob White (an Houle, in many ways) Sunday, Sep. 14, 2003 at 6:53 AM

I Do Not (like certain Pharisees and Leaders), Proclaim to be "Christian", and yet, I Was Raised by "The Book".
Nor am I a "Republican" anymore and yet, I was Raised "That Way", too.
. In my above Pinocchio-Bush piece, which you may have read (Thank you!), I alluded to passages from The Bible and it would be a Shame if you're not familiar with them. Their extended "Mote-Beam-Tree-Wood-Bush-Thorn" metaphore seemed somehow Divinely inspired to this "Sinner" for use in a rebuttal to a lying wooden-head with a Messiah Complex, who showed real Character when he, while looking for another scape-goat, tossed faggots on his bait-and-switch bonfire. He should carry a copy of "The Pet Goat" with him, at all times. [Google it!]
You are an American "Servant" George, not God's Chosen One. And you were "Appointed", not "Annointed". Heck, I didn't even Elect you. But I can forgive. To err is human, to perpetrate "Fraud"... Well... (Thank you, David G. Mills, for your article "Lying/Perjury vs. Fraud/Deceit". I appreciate the clarification. Let's hope that our elected representatives do too!)
... But, to return to the sharp end of this stick's point:
... From the King James Version (An Eloquent text, despite its technical errors. And error does enter when Man translates Intelligence, or re-states it completely.)
__Luke, Chapter 6, Verses 41& 42: "And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye? "Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou Hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye."
. "Codify" This! (sound of Bob's raspberry)
. After you and Ashcroft finish restating the Constitution, you can ignore the Founders' suggestions for the separation of Church and State, all you want, but not yet.
. "Marriages" are done by Churches. "Civil Unions" are done by the State. Keep this idea clear, Mr. President, and there isn't much codifying that needs to be done, just recognise my Rights as an Equal Citizen, and let Churches tend to the Virgin 'Mary-ing' business. Marriage is derived from the Church and in her name. Civil Unions are Not. There's your simple solution for a very busy-body issue. Now, Get out of my bedroom!
... I chose This Page, "Lying S.O.Bush", for an obscure reason: I saw a bad joke inherent in the title.
. Do you recall the Omen movies? Ho ho ho! Do you remember the name of Satan's Brat? Damien. Damien Thorne.
___Luke 6:44: "For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of THORNs men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble BUSH gather they grapes."
. Thorne? Bush? Perhaps God does have a sense of Irony? Or maybe the screenwriter was prescient?
. It really gets 'funny' when one recalls that a name for the Anti-Christ is "The Prince of Lies", and it seems to fit to a "T" the "Lying S.O.Bush". But let's not foster THAT Complex in him as well! It's tough enough to rebound from a crushed Messiah Complex, and we don't need to offer him a worse alternative. We might turn him into a Charlie McCarthy Manson!
___Luke Chapter 6, Verse 45: "A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh."
_You've spoken volumes George, and the treasure you've given us speaks for itself.
. If you have Real Evidence that Saddam had weapons of mass destruction, last month would have been a very good time to prove it. You wouldn't have needed a scape-goat, and you wouldn't have pissed me off.
. Now, here's a Faery Tale for sweet dreams: The oppressed peasants rose up and cast the Evil Cheney into prison, where he belongs, and then they Impeached the puppet! Then, they took away all of their ill-gotten goods and then, and then.... They Forgave them! After all, it's the Christian thing to do. It's time you came clean, George.
___My God Loves You! (and he even loves me.) Mahalo! Fig Bob

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check one
by bob white Monday, Sep. 15, 2003 at 8:49 PM

thought I'd try posting again.
my previous entries went poof.
Bob

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Water Off This Duck's Back
by Bob White Monday, Nov. 03, 2003 at 4:07 PM

11 03 2003
I officially Welcome to the Ranks of "Scapegoats" and "Sinners" the Noble Crew of the Air-Craft Carrier Lincoln.
I'm Proud to be in Your Company, Men! Bush dished on Fags to cover his frauds, and Now, he's pissed-on You, Too!
(How do You Feel about it? You've been reduced to My level.)
Do you feel "Yellow Rain" on Your Leg, Too? Maybe that's why Pinocchio wore his flight-suit "High-Water" at the cuffs, and stuffy at the crotch for that usurious photo-op? Or maybe, he just Never wore the Suit Before?
By the way, How Did the Banner get out to the Carrier?
Did It arrive by Helicopter? (At less cost to the Taxpayers, but charged to us, I'm sure.)
Or did It come by Jet, Too?
In all Due Respect, Gentlemen, God Bless You, For your Service!
This "Fag" Respects You!
I can't, however, speak for Our President.

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Lying Son of Bush-wa
by That Nene, 'Bob White' Tuesday, Jan. 20, 2004 at 8:38 PM

Aloha, to any and all who've taken a gander at this goose's gabblings.
I hope I've been good for a gasp, and a laugh or two!
I'd spout about the mistate of the union but I think this other author has hit it.
Want a sad laugh? Just copy the next line, paste it in your browser's URL, and hit Return/Enter/Execute, whatever...

http://www.rense.com/general48/stateoftheunion.htm

Personally, I'm glad there are other Americans, who feel like me, and maybe like you, too. I WON'T STAND Being LIED TO About Cause For WAR: For Risking Our Soldiers LIVES! No PATRIOTIC AMERICAN should!
Let me add, that I had a VERY hard time witholding a flood of brilliantly snide commentary on The Anti-George ("I CANNOT TELL A TRUTH" Bush-Wa-shington)'s, Turkey-Droppings-Visit /slash/ salt-in-the-wounds /slash/ Crap-on-the-USED, VISIT with our AMERICAN Soldiers (Lied Into Dying! HEY!), this past "Ingratitude Day", (formerly known as "Thanksgiving" under previous American Administrations).
I found it Repulsive. (Remember Saddam, with his hand on the head of a prisoner child, popular on TV, circa '91? Think Bush with a (made from oil!) Plastic Turkey, a gift for those HE LIED into SACRIFICE: supposedly, IN THE NAME OF OUR COUNTRY! But REALLY in the INTERESTS of his Oligarchical, Corporate Crony War-Profiteer buddies.
Semper Fi! Boodle boy.
The "Turkey Shat on Baghdad" Photo-op would have been Disgusting if not for the fact that it was starkly Pathetic, and Highly Disturbing.
Our Golden-Shower (p)Resident went Scat on our soldiers, AGAIN!
I, for one, cannot support a President who, I believe, knowingly Lied in a State of the Union (google "16 words" if you "Really Don't Know", yet), and I seriously Question the Integrity, and the Validity of a Congress that has Not Yet called into Serious Question, the Liars who are Gutting America's Treasury, Troops, and Constitution!
Let's hope that those Diebold Voting machines, despite being promised "to deliver" (Kiss noise, Wally O'Dell) to 'Popish Bush-wa', Our Votes, really count what reasonable and considerate Americans think!
And, if Bush "WINS" again... Well, Responsible Patriots, perhaps we should consider what "Pre-Emptive Action" is 'appropriate' for that "Fabulous" terroristic Occasion.

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2+2= A News Scrap from My Memory Hole
by Bob "Winston Smith" White Monday, Mar. 08, 2004 at 6:11 PM

Summer 2000, (July, it was, as I recall).
CNN Live Broadcast from the floor of the debates.
As the camera slowly zoomed out, from its focus on George Bush Jr. speaking to his political advisor, the CNN camera's microphone was still on, and CNN hadn't yet completely dropped out the volume. Just before they went to commercial, the revelatory little tit-bit came over the telescreen speakers: Softly, but Clearly.
George: "Tell me what to say. I'll say anything you tell me to say!"
I believe that I am recalling the exact quote but, I will concede that I may have it slightly wrong. In any case, the message was the same: 'Put the words in my mouth and I'll mouth them, regardless if I believe them to be true or not.'
That was the deciding moment, for me, regarding George Jr. And I didn't vote for him because of those words!
If he couldn't think for himself then, as a candidate, how could I trust him in My White House? The horror of it, for me, was that until that moment, I'd considered voting for him (at least, he'd seemed to have more 'Spine' than that talking-board Gore).
CNN: If you want a nasty little scoop, check your file footage, you have it, because I saw it and I know what I heard. And I'm sure others did too.
It was broadcast at about 2:40pm, EST, possibly it was a Wednesday (Please, forgive me, it has been three and an half long, long, long, low years).
When CNN played the footage again (ad infinitum, as they always do, since their news is rarely NEW news, or insightful at that) they'd dubbed out the sound, but you could still read the shrub's lips. I watched later that afternoon with the vid-deck on, hoping to catch that sound bite again, to prove to my friends what I told them I'd heard Bush say!
But, someone on the CNN staff edited that footage -- dubbed out the sound -- so, obviously, someone else heard it too and thought it doubleplusgood to correct BB's day speech.
I offer this plea: If you were the sound editor of that footage, you know The Truth, just as I do. Please! Come forward and back me up on this one, and expose Bush-wa's integrity!
But... Big-Media "Journalistic Integrity" seems in mighty short supply these days, and I'm sure that that sound editor was Paid for editing The Truth. I tell it here for free, because I care about My Country, and I care about The Truth, and I'm tired of meaningless presidential rhetoric and fear-mongering.
Perhaps I was wrong? Maybe I only thought that I heard George say that?
NO! I'm not deaf, I'm not dumb, I'm not blind, and I don't appreciate Americans being treated as if we're all stupid barbarians.
Three and an half years later, and I still know what I heard.
2+2= exactly what the Supreme Court appointed; exactly what I found offensive on that summer's day; exactly what I expected from you.
It all adds up to: Claim everything. Explain nothing. Deny everything.
Seems that's a Bush family motto.
By the way, George, I appreciate those 9-11 ads! They're a poignant reminder of "Your Greatest Failure" to this Nation. YOU WERE IN CHARGE WHEN IT HAPPENED! IT HAPPENED UNDER YOUR WATCH! Not Clinton's, not Gore's, Yours! I'm amazed that you can take such PRIDE IN PUBLIC FAILURE! But I'm even more amazed that you think, by reminding us of your failure, that you'll inspire us to elect you! It leaves one to wonder what pride you would take if you actually merited accolades, rather than having them handed to you on a silverspoon, or a smouldering heap. I hope you enjoyed that month long vacation you took just before 9-11 (one of the longest presidential vacations ever!). I'm heading for the hills if you take another month off before the upcoming elections.
Wer war der Tor? Not I. You haven't fooled me yet, and now I see only an undeserving barbarian in the Pennsylvania Avenue "King's Chamber".
PS: There's a word for a corpse feeder: Ghoul.
Enjoy your meal.

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the public sees through the HomoRegressive Agenda
by sasha Saturday, Mar. 13, 2004 at 2:35 AM

March 13, 2004
My modest proposal

By MICHAEL COREN -- Sun Media

Gay couples all across North America are getting married. What a great
symbol of tolerance.

In the name of that same tolerance, however, I believe we should go
further and allow brothers and sisters to marry. In other words, incest
should be not only allowed but recognized and affirmed by the state.

If you're not tolerant of this, quite clearly you should not be tolerated.
Those of you who are shocked at first glance should take some time to
consider what I'm saying.

Remember, there were at one time frightened and reactionary people who
objected to marriage between homosexuals.

Sometimes progress can leave some wounded souls in its midst. That doesn't
mean we can stand still.

When we come down to the core of this, it's about love. And when love is
involved, nothing else really matters. Love is divine, love is all, love
is everything. The love I have for my dog, for my favourite sports team,
for my favourite food. If a brother and sister genuinely love one another,
who are we to say they cannot be married?

Imagine the pain of Jane and John, in love since childhood. Then a
thoughtless and cruel society tells them that because of some archaic
tradition they should not be allowed to be happy. Jane's and John's
feelings come first. If the majority is in some way offended, it is the
majority that has to look within and adapt.

History is on my side on this one. Ancient cultures routinely encouraged
incest and, indeed, used it to preserve aristocratic clans. It was only
that hateful and outdated book known as the Bible that forbade such
activities, and we all know that nobody takes Judeo-Christian values
seriously any longer. Thank God. No, forget that. Thank my magic crystal.

We also hear that tired old line about incestuous couples producing
genetically deformed offspring. It is possible, of course, but that is
irrelevant. They might not want children in the first place, in that kids
get in the way and, anyway, the world is so terribly over-populated. If
they do conceive and the fetus (after all, it's not a child until it can
say "mummy," "daddy" or "caregiver") is handicapped in some way, our
generous policies on abortion will allow a publicly funded termination to
take place.

Or, if the married brother and sister are intent on having a child that is
healthy, they could find an obliging friend to donate his seed, or a man
to directly impregnate the woman. Nothing unusual or wrong in that.
Loveless intercourse with a relative stranger is not so different from
loving intercourse with a strange relative.

Consent is a major issue here. These siblings are adults and they want to
marry. What they want is all that matters.

I have, of course, heard the arguments from some who favour pedophilia
that children can, in fact, give consent to sex with adults. I see the
logic, and it's compelling. I could, forgive me, be a little conservative
here, but I'm not ready to accept this. Not yet anyway.

What we face, though, is the influence of the incestophobes, who have a
powerful lobby and try to persuade people some love can be "wrong."

These people have no souls. They are bigots who are threatened by sex,
change, love, freedom and sugar-free diet drinks. They quote a Bible that
is full of contradictions and stupidity. So much so that one day I'll read
it for myself.

Look, I realize there are some good men and women who find this all a
little sudden.

Fine, agreed, with you, feel your pain. But the abolition of slavery, the
end of child labour, women being able to vote, all of these caused some
people concern. But all were noble.

I can see a day when our state television and radio stations will
broadcast brother/sister weddings and where magazines will feature special
editions on what the stylish incestuous bride will be wearing this summer.
We'll have a popular television show called "Incest Eye For The Straight
Guy" and nobody will be upset. If they are, nobody will listen.

It's all about tolerance. And if you can't tolerate this, it may be time
to live somewhere else or just fade away.

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homophobia is stupid
by tolerant hetero Monday, Mar. 15, 2004 at 3:38 AM

Why don't you just marry your dog? It would be a step up the evolutionary ladder for you.

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Humbug in Bush's Ear?
by Bob White Thursday, Apr. 15, 2004 at 6:45 PM

Humbug in Bush's Ear?
by "Bob White" 2004.April.14.Wednesday

In a previous posting ("Pinocchio President"), I asked a rhetorical question, RE: Our Appointed Leader. I asked: "Who is his Geppetto? Pulling his strings. Putting words in his mealy-mouth."

Perhaps I should have asked: "Who is at the other end of his WIRE?" And I mean that, not in terms of strings but of an actual Electronic-Wire.

If you have a copy of Bush's televised speech from Tuesday (April 13) and watched it with your own god-given gift of Reason's eyes to see, and ears to hear, then you too may find yourself asking the same question by the time I've finished laying this egg.

Did you notice anything odd about the delivery of the President's speech? Did anything about his technique and word choices niggle as untrue to your senses?

At first, I thought that Mr. Bush seemed pre-occupied. Perfectly understandable! But there was something other, something still not quite right, something besides his television unfriendly tie.

As I tried to put my finger on what seemed odd, I had an amusing image of a child on stage, playing the lead in a school play, but he can't remember all of his lines. And everytime he fumbles or errs I could picture his teacher, hidden barely in the wings, whispering cues.

Good chuckle! And then I cast the idea aside as nothing more than a good chuckle; after all, it was a LIVE performance and, obviously, no one was standing next to the Ventriloquist's Dummy!

Then my Partner spoke up.

So now! Before Your Astonished Eyes, Oh reader! Bob White shall turn into a Parrot! (Which is, I dare say, rather frighteningly like the subject herein raised! But better a Parrot than a Dummy!)

My Partner chirped up, "He sounds like he has an ear-piece in and is waiting for someone to tell him what to say."

And he broke the magic spell.

At one point, George said: "I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference..." "But it hasn't yet." And it suddenly dawned on me that I agreed; and after watching the video a few times, I find it hard to doubt. An unprepared question and a suddenly silent Humbug in George's ear.

Each time I've watched the tape, I still laugh aloud at what seems either an idiot's Freudian Slip, or a Fraud's having a laugh, believing that his charade is a wild success. In any case, the little voice which I suspect George was actually awaiting to "pop into his head" was actually supposed to pipe up in his ear, and it was not "The Voice of God", even though Georgie might think that it is, and (Horrors!) might actually believe to be! (Big hint George! Watch the rest of the "Wizard of Oz"! And this time, pay attention to the "Man Behind the Curtain". In fact, please do! Especially if you can't always hear the Humbug! Reasonable and semi-intelligent chimp-likes, and a few scrappy birds, started paying close attention to that type years ago but not with the same level of credulity your ear seems to give it.)

Details: It appears, from the video, that the earpiece was an insert, and placed in the canal of his right ear. Note how he favours the left ear when listening to the claquer-press's implanted questions. And Nota Bene the use of stalling techniques: the repetetive rambles; the "ums" and the "uhs"; the grammatically poor iterations which he'd then rephrase and repeat, and lastly; the suddenly available buzz words, with their baggage phrases of innuendo that roll so easily off the tongue of any duckspeaking idiot (be he President in name, or a mere hack-punster-writer, like myself). Phrases like "under my watch", and the repeated droppings about "turkey farms" in some country other than Iraq. At least we were spared that "The map that was rolled out on the table" crap, this time around.

In response to a question asked by "Terry", George said something about "... they're not happy they're occupied. I wouldn't be happy if I was occupied either". Touche! Was his ear occupied? George certainly didn't seem happy. Another reporter, "Don", said to Mr. Bush: "You deliver a lot of speeches, and a lot of them contain similar phrases and may vary very little from one to the next." Very observant! To which Bush replied something about "fine-tune my message" and "communicate better", but I wonder if he shouldn't have just said "The signals breaking up. I can't hear my master's voice". Especially in light of the next thing you know: End of conference.

If you have the Show on tape, watch it again! And keep the possible Secret of the Magic Trick in mind (was there an Humbug in Bush's ear? Watch closely!).

And there's your Golden Egg from this bird!

Well, audience. I'm sorry to have ruined the Trick! (No, I'm not.) But I was told that "The Truth Shall Set You Free". (But, only if you have a brain to go along with those ears and eyes, as even a wired dummy can feign Courage, or Heart, or Wisdom, or integrity, or a plan, or a clue.)

Ah! There's no place like Home. Now, if George would only go back to his... permanently.

PS: Congrats to my sis and her beau, recently married in Kona.

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FIFTEEN SITES
by Bob White Monday, Jul. 26, 2004 at 8:10 AM

BOB WHITE'S 15 WEBSITES WORTH VISITING

You don't trust corporate controlled media these days?
Ever wondered how someone else might see an issue?
Tired of the websites you regularly visit? Tired of their flat, one-dimensional perspectives?
Hate being forced to "log-in" your private information, just to get information?
Then, this site list is for you.
If you've ever wondered about some of my vague allusions, or wondered where I gather my information, then check out the following sites! They each have strong and weak points (no one is perfect) but they are all a welcome relief to the spoon-fed soundbite pabulum you get on FOX, CNN & MSNBC. There are many other sites that are also worth mention but for brevity my preferred 15 will do for now.

In alphabetical order, to avoid favouritism:
ANTIWAR.COM
http://www.antiwar.com/

BIG WHITE GUY IN HONG KONG
http://www.bigwhiteguy.com/

COMMON DREAMS
http://www.commondreams.org/

COUNTER PUNCH
http://www.counterpunch.org/

LE FIGARO (in French)
http://www.lefigaro.fr/

THE GUARDIAN (UK)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/

THE INDEPENDANT (UK)
http://news.independent.co.uk/

INFORMATION CLEARING HOUSE
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/

INTERVENTION MAGAZINE
http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/index.php

THE NATION
http://www.thenation.com/

RENSE
http://www.rense.com/

SYDNEY MORNING HERALD (Australian)
http://www.smh.com.au/

THE TORONTO STAR (Canadian)
http://www.thestar.com/

TRUTHOUT
http://truthout.org/

WHAT REALLY HAPPENED
http://whatreallyhappened.com/

Many of these sites are run on private dollars, so if you like what you find there, please consider offering them your financial support. At the moment, none of them require you to surrender your privacy via log-ins.
AH! FREEDOM OF INFORMATION! Here's to a brighter and better informed future! Cheers! Bob

(PS: I submitted this but it didn't post. I've reformatted it and hope that it goes through this time. Sorry for the double post if this submission pushes the previous posting through the system.)

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More Bush-wa
by Robin White Monday, Aug. 30, 2004 at 4:25 AM

More Bush-wa

The War in Iraq is a "Catastophic Success"!

Call it what it is:

A Glamorous Disaster

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Outing the Media
by Bob White Wednesday, Sep. 01, 2004 at 4:52 AM

Outing the Media

It's disturbing, the double standard of the new heterogeneous media: How they slavered like dogs on a bone over the (Democrat) McGreevey outing but have virtually ignored the (Republican) Schrock outing.

Last I checked, McGreevey is a mere Governor, while Schrock is a Congressman, and obviously an hypocritic too.

I wonder how his poor wife is taking the news of his homo-phone-romps, especially after he hopped on the big bed of discrimination they call the Federal Marriage Amendment?!

If anyone deserved to be outed, well then, Schrock got what he had coming to him, and this tale of two outings serves as a shameful example of our Conglomerate media's bias.

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"Now! Let me finish!" Humbuggery Part 2
by Bob (a little bird told you) White Saturday, Oct. 02, 2004 at 6:16 PM

"Now! Let me finish!" Humbuggery Part 2
by Bob (a little bird told you) White 2004.10.02

How good it is to see others assiduously scrutinising our appointed leader's performances!

In his article, Bush Blows Debate: Talks to Rove in Earpiece, John Reynolds offers an observant review of W's performance in that far-off-Broadway Show of September 30, 2004, affectedly entitled "A Presidential Debate".

http://bellaciao.org/en/article.php3?id_article=3562

The odd outburst, FYI, occured @ 38 minutes and 45 seconds into the debate and goes something like this: At a pause in his response, George stammers, "I'd... I'te.. I... I.. uh...", and then he sharply shifts his gaze to his left and narrows his eyes, focusing on a spot in or above the audience (Was Karl Rove sitting over there? Or Karen Hughes?) and he jabs his finger at the air, like a parent scolding an interupting child. Strangely, we who witnessed this heard no interruption deserving of his consecutive demand: "Now! Let me finish!" (Was George responding to a disembodied voice?)

Still uninterrupted, he finishes saying his piece and he wraps it up by smartly nodding his head in satisfaction towards the same spot. (Was this an, "I told you so!" gesture; a "Take that! Mr. Rove! or whomever", "Touche'!" sort of thing? He looks like a peacock preening.)

Forsaking the answer/excuse/fraud exposure that George's demand was directed at an instructing and annoying Humbug, this quirky little performance would otherwise be eerie! After all, arguing with unheard voices is a symptom of schizophrenia.

I almost, generously, granted him that excuse: Expecting at any moment that Bush would furiously start to flail his little cowboy Arms, and begin physically lashing out, like a deranged Renfield in Seward's sanitarium, swatting at the air, and grasping at the invisible harpies which must certainly, and most deservedly, swarm him like mosquitos, (f)Lies and perhaps, stinging Humbugs.

Repeated viewing of George's faux pas, however, supports Mr. Reynolds' opinion that the "Fakir" has been caught revealing his trick by talking to the person in his earpiece, thus, the sick sad fairytale is true: The Emperor Has No Clothes, and Bush really cannot be trusted to answer for himself, so why should we trust him?

It wouldn't be difficult to discover if George is getting his feed on the fly. The necessary technology is the same used by the SETI project (to essentially capture all signal at once). After the fact, a researcher could mine the data for communications patterns. The process could be engineered into a digital video camera, a cell phone or even an iPod! And then we too could hear the voice in Bush's ear!

In addition, the flip side of this technology will let you jam those same frequencies (quite discretely) in a venue like a press conference without interfering with microphones, cell phones or video feed! Now, imagine the Whiz of Washington babbling on the fly absent his minders! (Ah!!! I've made you smile!)

Prophetically, via the internet, the Invisible Hand that seeks to correct imbalance hath shewn itself: the posts are on the web and the writing is on the wall. Pray it is meant for Mr. Bush, lest it is writ for Our Fair America: MENE MENE TEKEL UPHARSIN Daniel 5:25-28. George, "Thou art weighed in the balances, and art found wanting."

Let us hope that the balances are untampered with come the judgement of election day, then perhaps Mr. Bush will be truly "finished".

God, please, Bless America!

Thanks to the folks at:

http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/

for directing my attention to Mr. Reynolds' post, and kudos to ace reporter Sidney Blumenthal for also noting the speech oddity (albeit in passing) in his article, Retreat Into a Substitute Reality, which I found posted at

http://www.truthout.org/docs_04/100304Z.shtml

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MORE BUSHIT
by Bob Blanco Thursday, Oct. 28, 2004 at 7:10 AM

So, nearly 400 tons of conventional explosives have gone missing in Iraq and, "once upon a time", these weapons were accounted for and secured by U.N. inspectors.

But then George Bush jumped to conclusions without knowing the facts.

Facts? Short litany: No WMD. No ties to Al-Qaeda. No connection to 9-11.
Conclusions? George sent our troops into an unnecessary Iraqi mess. Obviously, George has a problem with facts.

So, what does he do?
He accuses Kerry of denigrating our troops by mentioning the loss of weapons that we actually already knew about.



"Unfortunately, that's part of the pattern of saying anything to get elected."

I didn't hear Kerry denigrate our overstretched troops and commanders, who are executing their duties to the best of their abilities in George's poorly planned fiasco, but George has obviously entertained the idea of passing the buck and the blame (once again) to them, as revealed via his foul insinuation that:
"The senator is denigrating the action of our troops and commanders in the field without knowing the facts."

If the weapons were lost and the loss is pointed out, it doesn't mean that it's our soldiers' fault.
Consider: If George bought a shopping mall and only put a security guard by the front door (near the oil store), then whose fault is it if thieves come in the back door and rob the gun store? Maybe, if George had planned better, we would have had more guards, or closed the gun store.

The final joke was the most ironic.

George says "...a political candidate who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person you want as your commander in chief."



To repeat: Facts? Short litany: No WMD. No ties to Al-Qaeda. No connection to 9-11.

Yes, George, I agree. A president who jumps to conclusions without knowing the facts is not a person I want as my commander in chief. If George really believed what he said in Pennsylvania then he should just resign from the race. Right now.

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Ghoul in Hawaii on Halloween
by Bob White Monday, Nov. 01, 2004 at 4:28 PM

A Ghoul Appeared in Hawaii on Halloween night!

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6380124/

The re-animated frankenstein's monster with a dead heart, Dick Cheney popped up in Honolulu to "scare up" last minute votes.

I suspect that he just wanted to go for a moonlight swim, a tip-toe through the graveyard of inspiration behind the "new Pearl Harbour" (of PNAC "co-incidence") which fortuitously gave his failed administration pseudo-legitimacy.

Between the Republican Convention in NY and this last minute stump visit to the real Pearl Harbour, it seems the adage is true: psychos enjoy re-visiting the scenes of their crimes.

Please, get out and Vote! Vote with your heart, with your head, and especially with your conscience.
Remember, only you can exorcise these evil spirits (unless the Supreme Court screws us again).

Aloha nui
Bob

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Judas in Blue Jeans
by Bob White Friday, Nov. 05, 2004 at 5:00 AM

2004.November.05

I ventured out amongst the publicans and sinners Wednesday night and registered the quiet dismay on the faces of my fellow outcasts, we second class citisens.
The question was unspoken but the answer was obvious.
How could Americans, how could Christians in name (but not deed), how could our own families have given this syndicate of Pharisees a mandate to do more? To do worse?
Disbelief and pity was the order of the night.

As I was waiting to order a grail cup of lethe an impetuous young man jostled me as he forced his way in line ahead of me. Obviously, his need was greater than mine, so I forgave the transgression and let him cut in. He turned to me then, and I hoped for a moment that he might offer some sort of an apology, or thanks. Instead, he gave me a disdainful and lecherous once over and made some snide comment about the patrons of the bar.



"Not in a good mood?" I asked with a smile. "Are you upset because of the election results?"
"No!" He replied. "I'm happy. My candidate won!" He ordered his drink.
I realised then that I'd just encountered one of Bush's 23% of the gay vote.

"You voted for Bush?" I asked with a touch of amazement. "Despite the lies that took the country to war, the torture of innocents at Abu Ghraib, and his attempt to amend the Constitution to exclude us from rights? You voted for Bush?"
Yes!" He exclaimed and smirking asked, "I bet you feel sorry for supporting the wrong guy!" He collected his drink from the bartender and paid.
"No," I replied. "I'm disappointed but not sorry."

Trying to better understand his point of view I asked him why he voted for Bush.
"I'll pay less taxes," he replied as his only justification.

I said nothing in reply as he pocketed his change with a smirk, leaving nothing for the bartender.
He repeated, "I'll pay less taxes."
As he started away he turned back and sneered, "And MY CANDIDATE WON!"

Such selflessness, such magnanimity! Such compassionate conservatism.

Matthew 25:40
And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily I say unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my bretheren, ye have done it unto me.

I hope he enjoys his tax break. I figure it to be about 30 pieces of silver, about the same amount in coin as he pocketed as his change.
I ordered my cup and left a buck for the publican.

Mr. Log Cabin and his friend spent the next hour standing in a corner, pointing at me and whispering to each other, attempting to intimidate me into leaving. I saw them gesturing but ignored them. Eventually they went away.
I was disappointed, but not sorry.

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Bad Joke
by Bob White Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2004 at 7:37 PM

Bush has finally come out of the closet!

Haven't you heard?
He's been boasting he's got himself a "Man-Date".

he he he

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Yo Bob
by Salvador Saturday, May. 27, 2006 at 12:50 PM

YO BOB

You were right about Bush and another month long vacation. You said head for the hills! It's a shame the folks down in New Orleans didn't take your advice.

Yea, phooey to the blue fairy! George had a GOOD JOB BROWNIE!

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re-commandeering
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damn sex pervs trying to hawk their horn-dog web sites by commandeering threads

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