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LAPDOG » Politics http://www.lapdog.us Linux, Apple, Politics, Design, Observations, and Gaming Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:29:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 The Photo the GOP Wants To Hide http://www.lapdog.us/2007/07/13/the-photo-the-gop-wants-to-hide/ http://www.lapdog.us/2007/07/13/the-photo-the-gop-wants-to-hide/#comments Fri, 13 Jul 2007 23:51:04 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2007/07/13/the-photo-the-gop-wants-to-hide/ The one photo the GOP does not want anyone to see was snapped at yesterday’s NAACP GOP Presidential Candidate Forum. All 9 Republican candidates were invited, but only one showed up: Tom Tancredo. All the Democratic Presidential hopefuls showed up for their forum. The photo sums up the Republican party’s commitment to civil rights in America.

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2007/02/22/bush-pounded-by-livid-press-for-not-supporting-troops-video/feed/ 0 Michael J. Fox: I Could Give a Damn About Rush Limbaugh’s Pity… http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/27/michael-j-fox-i-could-give-a-damn-about-rush-limbaugh%e2%80%99s-pity/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/27/michael-j-fox-i-could-give-a-damn-about-rush-limbaugh%e2%80%99s-pity/#comments Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:03:23 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/27/michael-j-fox-i-could-give-a-damn-about-rush-limbaugh%e2%80%99s-pity/ Well, first thing, he used the word victim. And on another occasion I heard him use the word pitiable. And understand, nobody in this position wants pity. We don’t want pity. I could give a damn about Rush Limbaugh’s pity or anyone else’s pity. I’m not a victim. I’m someone who is in this situation. I think I’m in this situation along with millions…

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/27/michael-j-fox-i-could-give-a-damn-about-rush-limbaugh%e2%80%99s-pity/feed/ 0 More information about bad candidates http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/24/more-information-on-election-candidates/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/24/more-information-on-election-candidates/#comments Tue, 24 Oct 2006 20:21:46 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/24/more-information-on-election-candidates/ As usual, please do your homework and dig up the dirt on these guys! This isn’t a Christmas list!

–AZ-Sen: Jon Kyl
–AZ-01: Rick Renzi
–AZ-05: J.D. Hayworth
–CA-04: John Doolittle
–CA-11: Richard Pombo
–CA-50: Brian Bilbray
–CO-04: Marilyn Musgrave
–CO-05: Doug Lamborn
–CO-07: Rick O’Donnell
–CT-04: Christopher Shays
–FL-13: Vernon Buchanan
–FL-16: Joe Negron
–FL-22: Clay Shaw
–ID-01: Bill Sali
–IL-06: Peter Roskam
–IL-10: Mark Kirk
–IL-14: Dennis Hastert
–IN-02: Chris Chocola
–IN-08: John Hostettler
–IA-01: Mike Whalen
–KS-02: Jim Ryun
–KY-03: Anne Northup
–KY-04: Geoff Davis
–MD-Sen: Michael Steele
–MN-01: Gil Gutknecht
–MN-06: Michele Bachmann
–MO-Sen: Jim Talent
–MT-Sen: Conrad Burns
–NV-03: Jon Porter
–NH-02: Charlie Bass
–NJ-07: Mike Ferguson
–NM-01: Heather Wilson
–NY-03: Peter King
–NY-20: John Sweeney
–NY-26: Tom Reynolds
–NY-29: Randy Kuhl
–NC-08: Robin Hayes
–NC-11: Charles Taylor
–OH-01: Steve Chabot
–OH-02: Jean Schmidt
–OH-15: Deborah Pryce
–OH-18: Joy Padgett
–PA-04: Melissa Hart
–PA-07: Curt Weldon
–PA-08: Mike Fitzpatrick
–PA-10: Don Sherwood
–RI-Sen: Lincoln Chafee
–TN-Sen: Bob Corker
–VA-Sen: George Allen
–VA-10: Frank Wolf
–WA-Sen: Mike McGavick
–WA-08: Dave Reichert

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/24/more-information-on-election-candidates/feed/ 0 “Hero Of Guantanamo” Passed Up For Promotion http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/11/%e2%80%98hero-of-guantanamo%e2%80%99-passed-up-for-promotion/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/11/%e2%80%98hero-of-guantanamo%e2%80%99-passed-up-for-promotion/#comments Wed, 11 Oct 2006 17:13:14 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/11/%e2%80%98hero-of-guantanamo%e2%80%99-passed-up-for-promotion/ Lt. Commander Charles Swift, the lawyer who represented Guantanamo detainee Salim Hamdan in the landmark Supreme Court case that ruled President Bush’s military commissions unconstitutional and in violation of international law, will be “passed over for promotion by the Pentagon and must soon leave the military.”

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/10/11/%e2%80%98hero-of-guantanamo%e2%80%99-passed-up-for-promotion/feed/ 0 VIDEO: Clinton Eloquently Sets The Record Straight On Terrorism, Smacks Down Fox News http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/24/video-clinton-eloquently-sets-the-record-straight-on-terrorism-smacks-down-fox-news/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/24/video-clinton-eloquently-sets-the-record-straight-on-terrorism-smacks-down-fox-news/#comments Mon, 25 Sep 2006 02:16:22 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/24/video-clinton-eloquently-sets-the-record-straight-on-terrorism-smacks-down-fox-news/ Watch the contentious discussion Clinton’s record on terrorism and Fox News. It’s always fun to watch someone who actually knows how to speak during a spontaneous debate. Compare that with Bush who can barely piece together complete sentences and has trouble grasping the English language!

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/24/video-clinton-eloquently-sets-the-record-straight-on-terrorism-smacks-down-fox-news/feed/ 0 Matthews: ‘I Have Been Against This Bullshit War From The Beginning’ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/matthews-i-have-been-against-this-bullshit-war-from-the-beginning/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/matthews-i-have-been-against-this-bullshit-war-from-the-beginning/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:22:38 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/matthews-i-have-been-against-this-bullshit-war-from-the-beginning/ Although MSNBC’s Chris Matthews sometimes swings both ways as much as John McCain, it’s certainly fascinating to watch him. He and McCain are politically schizophrenic, in my opinion. Think Progress has a video of Matthews being interviewed by Don Imus on Thursday morning.

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/matthews-i-have-been-against-this-bullshit-war-from-the-beginning/feed/ 0 Caught on Tape! Administration Misleads America on Iraq – Al Qaeda Link http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/caught-on-tape-administration-misleads-america-on-iraq-al-qaeda-link/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/caught-on-tape-administration-misleads-america-on-iraq-al-qaeda-link/#comments Thu, 21 Sep 2006 16:19:29 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/caught-on-tape-administration-misleads-america-on-iraq-al-qaeda-link/ The good folks at Think Progress have a video compilation of administration officials asserting an Iraq – Al Qaeda link. The clips are from the days after a Senate Intelligence Committee report refuted the connection. Sometimes you just have to watch and listen to these jackasses in order to spot all the hypocrisy and lying. Enjoy!

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/21/caught-on-tape-administration-misleads-america-on-iraq-al-qaeda-link/feed/ 0 Bush Official Blocked Scientist from Discussing Global Warming/Hurricane Link http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/19/bush-official-blocked-scientist-from-discussing-global-warminghurricane-link/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/19/bush-official-blocked-scientist-from-discussing-global-warminghurricane-link/#comments Tue, 19 Sep 2006 20:31:21 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/19/bush-official-blocked-scientist-from-discussing-global-warminghurricane-link/ Emails released today by Rep. Waxman show that, one month after Hurricane Katrina, Bush officials blocked a NOAA scientist from discussing the links between global warming and hurricanes on TV. ThinkProgress has the emails. Don’t you just love public information and open government? Accountability is great!

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/19/bush-official-blocked-scientist-from-discussing-global-warminghurricane-link/feed/ 0 Rumsfeld Unveils New Justification For Iraq War: High Gas Prices http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-unveils-new-justification-for-iraq-war-high-gas-prices/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-unveils-new-justification-for-iraq-war-high-gas-prices/#comments Mon, 18 Sep 2006 03:08:50 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-unveils-new-justification-for-iraq-war-high-gas-prices/ In a radio interview last week, Secretary Defense Donald Rumsfeld introduced a new rationale for the invasion of Iraq: high gas prices. Rumsfeld said, “If Saddam Hussein were still in power in Iraq, he would be rolling in petrol dollars. Think of the price of oil today. He would have so much money.” Well, aren’t we all glad that didn’t happen? Look at the price of… oh wait!

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/17/rumsfeld-unveils-new-justification-for-iraq-war-high-gas-prices/feed/ 0 LETTER: Powell Says Bush Plan To OK Torture “Would Put Troops At Risk” http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/15/letter-powell-says-bush-plan-to-ok-torture-would-put-troops-at-risk/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/15/letter-powell-says-bush-plan-to-ok-torture-would-put-troops-at-risk/#comments Fri, 15 Sep 2006 21:38:41 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/15/letter-powell-says-bush-plan-to-ok-torture-would-put-troops-at-risk/ ThinkProgress has the actual letter. “The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism. To redefine Common Article 3 would add to those doubts. Furthermore, it would put our own troops at risk.”

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/15/letter-powell-says-bush-plan-to-ok-torture-would-put-troops-at-risk/feed/ 0 VIDEO: Snow Repeats LIE That Saddam Had A Relationship With Zarqawi http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/12/video-snow-repeats-lie-that-saddam-had-a-relationship-with-zarqawi/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/12/video-snow-repeats-lie-that-saddam-had-a-relationship-with-zarqawi/#comments Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:54:53 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/12/video-snow-repeats-lie-that-saddam-had-a-relationship-with-zarqawi/ White House Press Secretary Tony Snow insisted Saddam that had a “relationship” because Zarqawi was in the country. Snow refused to “go into the vagaries of the Senate report.”
This is the equivalent of saying that the United States government had a “relationship” with unibomber Ted Kaczynski because he was “operating” in the US.

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Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/09/12/video-snow-repeats-lie-that-saddam-had-a-relationship-with-zarqawi/feed/ 0 Hurricane Katrina: One Year and What’s Been Done http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/31/hurricane-katrina-one-year-and-whats-been-done/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/31/hurricane-katrina-one-year-and-whats-been-done/#comments Thu, 31 Aug 2006 19:37:59 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/31/hurricane-katrina-one-year-and-whats-been-done/ So now that the mass media and the Bush administration are celebrating the so-called relief efforts that have trickled into the Katrina-affected areas of the U.S., let’s look at what is really going on over there. Common Dreams has a very thorough study of the situation as it stands. As we know, former FEMA head Michael Brown is singing like a bird now that he’s been abandoned by Bush and it’s too bad the media isn’t picking up on his admission of lying to protect the President. This partial transcript is great:

O’DONNELL: You have recently given an interview to Playboy Magazine, in which you admitted that it was a mistake for you to play along with the White House message during Katrina and you said that that message was a lie. What was the lie?

BROWN: The lie was that we were working as a team and that everything was working smoothly. And how we could go out, and I beat myself up almost daily for allowing this to have happened, to sit there and go on television and talk about how things are working well, when you know they are not behind the scenes, is just wrong.

O’DONNELL: So let me get this clear. Someone in the White House was telling you to lie?

BROWN: Well, yes. They give you the talking points. Whenever you go out to do any interviews they always have the talking points. Here’s what the message for today is and here’s how we are going to spin everything. That’s just the way Washington, D.C. works and that’s just wrong.

O’DONNELL: Do you work for the White House or do you work for the American people?

BROWN: Exactly I worked for the American people.

O’DONNELL: Then why did you lie? If you say that they told you to lie, why did you carry that out?

BROWN: Norah, that’s exactly why I think that’s the biggest mistake that I made, was not leveling with the American people and saying, you know what, this is a catastrophic event and it’s not working at the state, local or the federal level.

Wow. Crooks and Liars has some analysis of the interview. So, back to the state of the nation one year after Hurricane Katrina. Many people know things are not okay and thankfully let others hear it. The very eloquent and hard-hitting Greg Palast lets us know about a LinkTV video marking the anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/31/hurricane-katrina-one-year-and-whats-been-done/feed/ 0 Republican Senator: Iraq “an absolute replay of Vietnam” http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/01/republican-senator-iraq-an-absolute-replay-of-vietnam/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/01/republican-senator-iraq-an-absolute-replay-of-vietnam/#comments Wed, 02 Aug 2006 06:34:59 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/01/republican-senator-iraq-an-absolute-replay-of-vietnam/ It’s about time one of these guys came to their senses and actually looked at the overall picture of the situation in Iraq. Senator Chuck Hagel, who by the way is a Vietnam combat veteran, could not hold on to the popular neoconservative illusion any longer and had to speak the truth. As someone who has observed history and seen the patterns of warfare and politics, he was able to spot a mistake waiting to happen, as most Democrats and Progressives have been confirming long ago. In an article from the Daily Kos Hagel notes that many high-level military officials are livid at the prospect of increasing troop levels at this point. Remember when Bush said “…As they [Iraqis] step up, we will step down”? Well, most Americans don’t (or don’t care), but the point is it’s been more than three years that we’ve dumped billions of dollars into this conflict (like Vietnam) and tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed so far (like Vietnam) and thousands of American/international soldiers are dead (like Vietnam) and people are asking “Are we winning yet?” (like Vietnam).

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/08/01/republican-senator-iraq-an-absolute-replay-of-vietnam/feed/ 0 One further step toward fascism http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/21/one-further-step-toward-fascism/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/21/one-further-step-toward-fascism/#comments Wed, 21 Jun 2006 18:07:21 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/?p=17 Apparently state offices in Kentucky have independent blog BluegrassReport blocked on all computers, thanks to their Commonwealth Office of Technology. Ironically, but not surprising, they still allow employees to surf slanted web sites like FOX News and Drudge Report. Why isn’t such censorship folly surprising? Remember that Republican Gov. Ernie Fletcher of Kentucky and his friends are facing indictments on a regular basis. They’re extremely corrupt and apparently they want everyone in the state to walk in line with them. Free speech, eh? Fair and Balanced, eh?

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/21/one-further-step-toward-fascism/feed/ 0 The Founding Fathers Had It Right http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/19/the-founding-fathers-had-it-right/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/19/the-founding-fathers-had-it-right/#comments Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:29:02 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/?p=16 All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent. — Thomas Jefferson

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/06/19/the-founding-fathers-had-it-right/feed/ 0 “Why We Will Beat Them in the End” – Great Article http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/25/why-we-will-beat-them-in-the-end-great-article/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/25/why-we-will-beat-them-in-the-end-great-article/#comments Thu, 25 May 2006 19:29:24 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/25/why-we-will-beat-them-in-the-end-great-article/ The good folks at Firedoglake have an excellent article explaining why people of common sense will triumph in the end against these lock-and-step right wing fundamentalists. A lot of the text brings out the fact that most Bush apologists really don’t like independent thinkers, intellectuals… y’know… smart people. Progressives like us are evil because we actually try to figure things out, ask questions, and try to come to conclusions using logic and common sense. Bushies depend on ignorance and following talking-points. They don’t want you to think for yourself. You’re supposed to trust Big Brother without question and get all of your daily information from Fox News (and nothing else).

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/25/why-we-will-beat-them-in-the-end-great-article/feed/ 0 Think domestic NSA spying is no big deal? Think again! http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/14/think-domestic-nsa-spying-is-no-big-deal-think-again/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/14/think-domestic-nsa-spying-is-no-big-deal-think-again/#comments Sun, 14 May 2006 22:19:25 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/?p=13 Our friends at the Daily Kos have once again compiled a great number of details about the illegal spy program implemented on ordinary Americans. They have a wonderful article which debunks many of the fallacies that may persist in some people’s minds which lead them to dismiss the Bush-ordered program as a non-issue.

America, don’t be fooled! Remember, this is the land of the free, not a locked-down prison camp. I suppose everyone won’t mind when we’ll have to get barcodes embedded on the back of our necks, gas will be $5.00/gallon, blogs and forums will be illegal in public buildings, and disagreeing with any Presidential opinion will get you locked up in a foreign prison with no chance to speak with a lawyer. So what happens if Al Qaeda operatives decide to just randomly ring the phone of thousands of ordinary American citizens… or even politicians? Will the black helicopters suddenly appear and whisk these innocent people off to Guantanamo bay with no warrants? How will you deny that you’re not a terrorist? You won’t get a chance, unfortunately… be very afraid.

Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety. — Benjamin Franklin

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/05/14/think-domestic-nsa-spying-is-no-big-deal-think-again/feed/ 0 Tony Snow: The new Defender of the Propoganda Machine http://www.lapdog.us/2006/04/27/tony-snow-the-new-defender-of-the-propoganda-machine/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/04/27/tony-snow-the-new-defender-of-the-propoganda-machine/#comments Thu, 27 Apr 2006 19:35:24 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/?p=8 Most of us now know that Scott McClellan, the beleaguered White House mouthpiece, has resigned. For what reason we don’t know yet, but it’s safe to say that for most people, lying for a living takes a hard toll on one’s soul. Maybe now that he’s a free man he will write a book about his experience being the public question-dodger. One can only hope that he’ll come clean about everything, like most who have left the administration… unless, of course, he gets arrested for a crime or ethics violation, which seems common among this new breed of Republicans.

Enter Tony Snow. Yes, Bush doesn’t surprise anyone by choosing a commentator from a Republican-backed propaganda network as its new press secretary. Who else to continue to block the truth from the news media than someone who has spent a career spewing everything but the truth?

To be fair, Bush acknowledged that Snow has been somewhat critical of him lately but come on… All Snow was angry about was Bush’s apparent lack of ferocity in crushing any and all opposition and dissent. Snow and Bush are lock and step when it comes to the talking points and don’t believe that anything will change for the better with respect to press conferences. In fact, I bet you will find that it will be exponentially more difficult to get real, relevant truths from the White House from now on.

Who knows, maybe now we’ll see 24-hour coverage of the situation in Aruba and daily updates of American Idol contestant profiles. I have a feeling that, come election day (2006 mid term), Fox will schedule an American Idol marathon on TV which will have the expected effect of keeping millions of voters home instead of out at the polls.

Share This ]]> http://www.lapdog.us/2006/04/27/tony-snow-the-new-defender-of-the-propoganda-machine/feed/ 0 Another famous quote http://www.lapdog.us/2006/04/19/another-famous-quote/ http://www.lapdog.us/2006/04/19/another-famous-quote/#comments Wed, 19 Apr 2006 16:21:59 +0000 MindMixer http://www.lapdog.us/?p=6 This time from our former, late President:

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable — John F. Kennedy

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