Comments on: I Hate It Here, Get Me Out Of Here

By: timr

timr — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:35:44 +0000

The fact is that if the WSJ is correct Bush will; simply ignore everything that he has said before, and the timeline will become the new reality. McC will do the same. The shared worldview of the repigs will allow their leaders to do this, and the fact that the MSM is heavily invested in Bush/McC will insure that the media will not mention the complete reversal of position. The new facts superceed the old facts. History is flexable, whatever is said right now is reality. 1984 is here, now.

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:10:36 +0000

Elliot was on the FDL pages up to #104 at 8:04 FDL time.

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:09:06 +0000

http://firedoglake.com/2008/08.....y-he-owns/

blue texan on the mother ship…………

we badly need an alert of new post somewhere.

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 16:05:03 +0000

*alert*

obama just went on the attack–bout time.

just on cnn..

brought up how mccian didn’t konw how many houses he had-said he would have to check with staff, and then later said at least 4…..and that he thinks 5 mill is rich–that no wonder he thinks the economy is ok.

raised his arm and was goin’ for it.

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:59:03 +0000

one more–and this is a jewel.

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/49538.html

BAGHDAD — A key pillar of the U.S. strategy to pacify Iraq is in danger of collapsing because the Iraqi government is failing to absorb tens of thousands of former Sunni Muslim insurgents who’d joined U.S.-allied militia groups into the country’s security forces.

American officials have credited the militias, known as the Sons of Iraq or Awakening councils, with undercutting support for the group al Qaida in Iraq and bringing peace to large swaths of the country, including Anbar province and parts of Baghdad. Under the program, the United States pays each militia member a stipend of about $300 a month and promised that they’d get jobs with the Iraqi government.

But the Iraqi government, which is led by Shiite Muslims, has brought only a relative handful of the more than 100,000 militia members into the security forces. Now officials are making it clear that they don’t intend to include most of the rest.

“We cannot stand them, and we detained many of them recently,” said one senior Iraqi commander in Baghdad, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the issue. “Many of them were part of al Qaida despite the fact that many of them are helping us to fight al Qaida.”

—-snip—-

By: Ann in AZ

Ann in AZ — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:58:55 +0000

Should, but wanna bet it won’t! The opponents are expert at spin!

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:53:34 +0000

forgot t o add, the third article, about the 58 bases says that would be an expansion, we now have 30…

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:52:28 +0000

o/t
– Elliot, are you about ?

By: dmac

dmac — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:51:54 +0000

this was in the newsbox this morning–didn’t hit all of your links yet-
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/49581.html

be interesting to see how many things from june are in the agreement.
this was from june, back when they wanted us out
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/hom.....41047.html

this one from june, too–bushies watned 58 bases in iraq…
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/hom.....40372.html

By: cbl2

cbl2 — Thu, 21 Aug 2008 15:49:00 +0000

McCain to resist on this

consistency is for suckers. resist it ?!?!? that craven opportunist will make it the centerpiece of his acceptance speech

I believe these murderous thugs actually think having a date puts everything on the okey-doke. ya know, “slam dunk”, Peace With Honor”, “Victory bitches!”

McSmails will use it as his BillyBaroo moment

did I mention I’m presently sleep deprived ? *g*