September 14, 2005
Or Maybe You Just Need To Get Your Fucking Ass Off Of Vacation Once In A While, Dumbshit
President Bush on Monday urged Congress to examine whether the White House needs stronger powers to deal with catastrophes like Hurricane Katrina.
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"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney! Go fuck yourself!"
September 08, 2005
Quote Of The Moment
"Go fuck yourself, Mr. Cheney! Go fuck yourself!"
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From Fortune magazine's "Street Life" column for September 7:
Don't know what Halliburton has "been through", or why it should be "amazing" that its stock is hitting all-time highs, as columnist Andy Server seems to acknowledge in his next sentence:
What does it have in front of it, apart from providing "services" to the "Multinational Force" in Iraq for god-knows how long? Yes, of course: its already secured one contract to clean up after Hurricane Katrina; and now "[President] Bush is asking lawmakers to approve another $51.8 billion to cover the costs of federal recovery efforts," "which is in addition to $10.5 billion already approved".
The reader may determine which is the more vile: Cheney's profiting from a war of agression conservatively estimated to have claimed 100,000 Iraqi lives while poisoning the environment with all manner of toxic substances, or Cheney's profiting from a natural disaster -- made immeasurably worse by the vacationing Administration's inaction -- estimated to have claimed up to 40,000 American lives while poisoning the environment with all manner of toxic substances.
According to Scottie McClellan, "The President's most important responsibility is the safety and security of the American people. He talks about that often. That is his most important responsibility." What happens when he repeatedly fails, miserably, at his most important task? Why, he hands out medals to those "responsible", then gets back to work on slashing taxes for the rich.
And the rest of us are expected to not only pay the salaries of the incompetent fucks running the country, but to shoulder the massive debt incurred by their fiscal policies. To add insult to injury, relief supplies from political enemies are not allowed into the country.
This blogger has advocated War Tax Resistance on innumerable occasions. But even those who gladly shovel 50% of each tax dollar into the military's insatiable maw must (or so one would think) be getting close to wondering why that hole in the ground seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
Will we soon see municipalities, states, or regions refusing to pay federal tax dollars, on the grounds that they're not getting their money's worth? There's no time like the present.
Start up a Tax Revolt organisation in your own community, won't you?
September 07, 2005
Monopoly Money
From Fortune magazine's "Street Life" column for September 7:
Did you know that with everything that it has been through, Halliburton is now hitting all-time highs? Amazing. Up over $2.50 today to almost $65.
Don't know what Halliburton has "been through", or why it should be "amazing" that its stock is hitting all-time highs, as columnist Andy Server seems to acknowledge in his next sentence:
And why not, with all the work it has in front of it. Dick and Lynne must be happy!
What does it have in front of it, apart from providing "services" to the "Multinational Force" in Iraq for god-knows how long? Yes, of course: its already secured one contract to clean up after Hurricane Katrina; and now "[President] Bush is asking lawmakers to approve another $51.8 billion to cover the costs of federal recovery efforts," "which is in addition to $10.5 billion already approved".
The reader may determine which is the more vile: Cheney's profiting from a war of agression conservatively estimated to have claimed 100,000 Iraqi lives while poisoning the environment with all manner of toxic substances, or Cheney's profiting from a natural disaster -- made immeasurably worse by the vacationing Administration's inaction -- estimated to have claimed up to 40,000 American lives while poisoning the environment with all manner of toxic substances.
According to Scottie McClellan, "The President's most important responsibility is the safety and security of the American people. He talks about that often. That is his most important responsibility." What happens when he repeatedly fails, miserably, at his most important task? Why, he hands out medals to those "responsible", then gets back to work on slashing taxes for the rich.
And the rest of us are expected to not only pay the salaries of the incompetent fucks running the country, but to shoulder the massive debt incurred by their fiscal policies. To add insult to injury, relief supplies from political enemies are not allowed into the country.
This blogger has advocated War Tax Resistance on innumerable occasions. But even those who gladly shovel 50% of each tax dollar into the military's insatiable maw must (or so one would think) be getting close to wondering why that hole in the ground seems to be getting deeper and deeper.
Will we soon see municipalities, states, or regions refusing to pay federal tax dollars, on the grounds that they're not getting their money's worth? There's no time like the present.
Start up a Tax Revolt organisation in your own community, won't you?
Posted by Eddie Tews at 04:28 PM
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So, it's okay to "do tax cuts" when your budget is straining to kill tens of thousands of A-Rabs, no matter how much human misery and anarchy "seems to be prevailing". But when straining to "save lives", no.
Counter-intuitively back-asswards? Not really: "Our constituents demand it." Politics trumps principle every time.
September 05, 2005
Fucking Liberal Republicans
"How do you do tax cuts when your budget is straining to save lives?" asked Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla. [...]
Rep. Clay Shaw, R-Fla., a Ways and Means member, said some tax-cut plans will have to change. Bush's push to add private investment accounts to Social Security is all but lost.
"I think all of us are in a little bit of shock at the human misery and anarchy that seems to be prevailing," he said. "The problems in the Gulf states are going to dwarf any other business of the Congress -- as it should."
So, it's okay to "do tax cuts" when your budget is straining to kill tens of thousands of A-Rabs, no matter how much human misery and anarchy "seems to be prevailing". But when straining to "save lives", no.
Counter-intuitively back-asswards? Not really: "Our constituents demand it." Politics trumps principle every time.
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