Highlights From the Week

- Senate Republican's filibuster a bill with a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq, but the Senate approves a condemnation of MoveOn.org's ad

- Senate Republican's filibuster a bill to give troops a state side tour as long as their tour in Iraq

- House passes a bill for health care for children, Shimkus votes against it, Bush vows to veto it (Shimkus apparently loves a 4 cell zygote more then a sick 4 year old)

- Senate passes a bill that designates Iran's military a terrorist organization, Hillary votes for it, hell Durbin votes for it just hours after going on a rant against about how bad it is... (God help us all when WWIII breaks out after Cheney attacks Iran)

- House passes a bill condemning MoveOn.org's ad that pointed out Petraeus is being used as a political tool to read the White House "report" on how well the surge is going... - Jerry Costello votes for it.... (WTF?!?!?!?!)

Jerry, Dick - you got some splainin to do.....

Dear Mr. President

Democrat Senators Who Voted To Condemn MoveOn.Org

What the hell are these tools thinking?? Swift boat John Kerry - no problem. Morph Max Cleland's picture into Osama Bin Laden - sure. Point out some facts about the bullshit some political tool of a General is vomiting up on Capitol Hill? That is over the line!


Baucus (D-MT)
Bayh (D-IN)
Cardin (D-MD)
Carper (D-DE)[***]
Casey (D-PA)[***]
Conrad (D-ND)[***]
Dorgan (D-ND)
Feinstein (D-CA)[***]
Johnson (D-SD)[*]
Klobuchar (D-MN)
Kohl (D-WI)
Landrieu (D-LA)[*] [**] [***]
Leahy (D-VT)
Lincoln (D-AR)[***]
McCaskill (D-MO)[***]
Mikulski (D-MD)[***]
Nelson (D-FL)[***]
Nelson (D-NE)[***]
Pryor (D-AR)[***]
Salazar (D-CO)[***]
Tester (D-MT)
Webb (D-VA)[***]


[*] Also voted against allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices with manufacturers.

[**] Did not support Senator Feingold's bill to censure Bush for lying.

[***] Voted YES to allow revision of the FISA law, expanding wiretapping authority.

Got Habeus?

Nope - not yet...

Brendan Kelly to Step in as Circuit Clerk

Congratulations to Brendan Kelly on being named to be the new Circuit Clerk. And best wishes to Barney Metz for all of his service!

Iraqi's bury more anonymous victims than during Saddam's rule

This is something to be ashamed of:

Volunteers collect Baghdad's nameless dead

Apparently Glen McCoy Comes From a Whole Family of Right Wing Tools

Apparently Glenn's brother - Gary, is also a right wing tool and he says he is just too old to go serve in Iraq. He had a letter in the paper on Sept. 15th. The BND never did post the letters that day on the web site - not sure why. He does his part by writing inspirational editorials just like his brother Glenn. My question is: I wonder why he doesn't get a job with Haliburton? Or better yet - he could go over and work for the Lincoln Group and write government propaganda. He and Glenn have a lot of practice.

Jim Hightower On Why We Are In Iraq

Jim Hightower is great!!

What I Learned From Bush

Bridges Falling Apart??

I don't know about you - but my taxes are going up. Our local infrastructure is falling apart and Glenn is complaining about it. You think it may have something to do with us spending all our money in Iraq?? I think that is costing $12 billion a month.... Guess their bridges are more important - Glenn??

Get Ready for War Number 3!!

In case you did not hear - Bush basically declared war on Iran yesterday... More info below:

Study: US preparing 'massive' military attack against Iran

Bush Ramps Up Iran Rhetoric, Warns of “Nuclear Holocaust”

God help us....

GoLeft TV

I ran across this web site that has a fairly good daily news video.

McCoy is Morally Bankrupt

The surge is bringing results?? McCoy must be insane if he actually believes that.... The only results I have seen is this:



I guess McCoy thinks this is positive results from the surge too:

Toll in Iraq Bombings Is Raised to More Than 500

No McCoy - Democrats do not pray for the defeat of our troops - we pray that they come home alive, even though your Republican policies affect that a lot more then our prayers....

Gen. Fast An Embarrassment to Belleville East

After reading the article about Gen. Fast in the Belleville News Democrat:

Belleville East Grad Denies Approving Torture in Iraq

I was deeply embarrassed to have graduated from the same high school. Anyone who has read the Taguba report or any other of the reports that document the mountain of evidence that shows our military was torturing people at Abu Graib knows that Gen. Fast is lying. Of course, the BND is more then willing to do this fluff piece on Gen. Fast so that she can publicly pander to the Bush administration. I wonder how she got on the "fast" track to such a high position?? Incidentally, I have met Gen. Fast. In fact, she gave me one of her "one star coins" while she was the J2 at NSA. Up until her role in the Abu Ghraib cover up I had a lot of respect for her. Not any more - I think I will mail her coin back...

Truman Picnic Today!

Don't forget about the Truman picnic today! It is at Hough Park from 12-4.

BND Editorials Just Keep Getting Worse

I guess some people just can not even read.....

Plame was ‘covert’ agent at time of name leak

By Joel Seidman
Producer
NBC News
Updated: 4:24 p.m. ET May 29, 2007

WASHINGTON - An unclassified summary of outed CIA officer Valerie Plame's employment history at the spy agency, disclosed for the first time today in a court filing by Special Counsel Patrick Fitzgerald, indicates that Plame was "covert" when her name became public in July 2003.

Belleville Democratic Club Meeting

Name the Crimes?? Give Me a Break!

Another stupid letter in the Belleville paper:

Name the crimes

The clamoring for the impeachment of George Bush has gone from sublime to ridiculous. Disagreement with the president's position or policy is not cause for impeachment. That is what elections are for.

Do any of these folks know what impeachment means? To impeach is to indict, meaning to bring charges against. An indictment means there is strong evidence a crime has been committed.

According to the Constitution, the president can be impeached when evidence exists of "high crimes and misdemeanors." Can anyone name the crime for which he wants Bush impeached? Does he have any evidence? If so, please forward it to Dick "Turbin" Durbin, Harry "Pinky" Reid or Nancy Pelosi post haste. I am sure they would love nothing more than to bring down the current administration.

It appears, when they have no plan to improve a situation, the best we can expect out of Congress is to act like a bunch of kids on a playground, name-calling and finger-pointing. No wonder Congress' approval rating is lower than Bush's.

And just what list was the letter writer referring to that we should pick a crime to jail Dick Cheney for? Next time, can he include that list in his letter? I am sure we would all be fascinated to read it.

Steven D. Crossley

Belleville

Here is a list - in case you wanted to keep track:

Conyer's Paper on Bush's crimes

What the F***??

House Approves Foreign Wiretap Bill

WASHINGTON — The House handed President Bush a victory Saturday, voting to expand the government's abilities to eavesdrop without warrants on foreign suspects whose communications pass through the United States.

Glenn McCoy Proves He is a Tool Once Again!

I thinks John Edwards 30 second Youtube clip says it all....