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02/04/2006 23:42 #21705

Wow, America is interested
Category: politics
I posted an article on WNY Media about a week ago called "Impeaching the President" . It was a short article that I wrote after I stumbled on a document from the House Judiciary Committee. That Document said that they are creating a panel to “investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war and report on possible impeachable offenses.” I thought it was fascinating so I wrote the article to say that the wheels of impeachment are in motion, if we push for it, Bush might not finish his term.

the response to the article was astonishing. within a day it had 550 hits, many articles on WNY Media get 25-40 hits on average, my most popular articles have gotten about 140 hits total. Today the article is up to 754 hits, not quite record breaking but huge.

Also just now I looked at the article and noticed the comments, there are about 50. that is completely un-real. most I've ever seen is 7, and they weren't even talking about the article. check it out there are so many comments. That's why i wrote this, I was totally amazed as I scrolled through what is now a realy long page.


jason - 02/05/06 00:48
And, I am going to do you a huge favor and get more hits for your article. Should see some more comments coming in.
jason - 02/05/06 00:47
Hi Mr. Coffee - I think your article was much more interesting, intelligent, and well articulated than any of those 50ish comments.

02/03/2006 20:31 #21704

State of the Union: Bush gives his worst
Category: politics
I have to let you guys know, after watching the State of the Union address I was giddy for an entire day. Bush did terribly, and the democrats finally gave a speech that people can actually get behind. it was totally friggen amazing. and it wasn't just me, nobody gave bush good marks, and anyone who saw the democratic response was totally amazed and inspired. (Text of response --- Video )

Below is part one of two, it talks about how bad bush's speech was. part two will cover the democratic response. Part one below is like a normal article, part two will be in the form of a letter to my public officials urging them to adopt the themes of Tim Kane's democratic response as their official 2006 platform.

here's part one:

[size=l]State of the Union: Bush gives his worst[/size]

Bush gave the same speech he always does, using powerful terms but not really saying much of anything. The difference was that this time, nobody believed him. Bush ignored the fact that Americans are not happy with the direction of our country. We want a leader who produces results, if the current plan isn't working we need to change it. But Bush offered no changes, he only sought to justify the current plan with flowery language.

If Bush's goal was to convince the American people to have confidence in his party and their ability to lead our nation, he failed miserably. If the State of the Union is any indication of how the 2006 midterm elections are going to go, the Republicans are in deep trouble.

Bush offered very little with regard to real plans and proposals, instead he relied on rhetoric and repetition to paint a happy face on this past year. Americans are getting restless with republican leadership, and we don't fall for the usual spin about freedom and democracy anymore. America is in trouble, and the terrorists are not the ones creating the problems this time.

We want a president admits and accepts our problems, then comes up with innovative solutions for them. Last night, the president did not meet those expectations. Nobody was fooled by Bush's usual dog and pony show. After the speech the TV news coverage did not bode well for Bush.

The dominant themes from the TV reporters after the speech were, that this speech will not help boost Bush's poll numbers, and that Bush was not at the top of his political game. They also said that Bush offered few changes or new ideas, one reporter noted that it was as if he had cut and pasted lines from his recent speeches into this one, no surprises. They weren't giving Bush any leeway or benefit of the doubt as they usually do.

The next morning I caught a little bit of radio news coverage of the speech. Our republican morning show host Tom Bauerlie was not ashamed to admit that Bush's speech was pretty terrible. Bush preformed badly, conservatives found little inspiration for their cause or their party within Bush's speech. Bush could have done much better, this was not a president in his prime.

Rush Limbaugh on the other hand followed his usual routine and simply lied, repeatedly, insisting that this was a great speech and he can't understand the criticisms of it. Limbaugh spent most of his show citing "evidence" that Bush's speech was great, and that it was making liberals scared. I had the opportunity to hear Rush read about nine paragraphs of a MoveOn.org e-mail word for word.

It really made my day to hear Rush announce the start of MoveOn's new funding drive to raise $250,000 in one day for the 2006 elections (which they have now tripled to $750,000 after getting flooded with donations, thanks for the free advertising Rush). He read the e-mail as "evidence" of liberal fear, because the beginning of the e-mail told recipients "not to be discouraged" by Bush's State of the Union Speech. Grasping wildly to keep his audience safe in their own willful ignorance Rush Limbaugh ended up advertising MoveOn.org.

I've been asking everyone if they listened to the speech, and before offering my opinion I listen to theirs. Nobody thinks that Bush did well, largely because they witness all of the problems in our world, and need a leader with a plan for change. To most, Bush sounded like a bad Charlie Brown teacher, rambling on and on without ever actually saying anything or giving a damn. People fell asleep and lost track of Bush's words because he spoke without any inspiration or emotion.



More Bad News for Bush

State of the Union: Zzzzzz


Another Bush Deficit: Ideas


Buff News




jason - 02/04/06 17:04
I saw both the speech and the Democrat response. To be honest I was completely underwhelmed by both. Bush looked like a stubborn child who isn't getting everything he wants RIGHT NOW. He also tried to channel Reagan, and NOBODY, least of all the real Conservatives, believes he is anything like Reagan. It was, without a doubt, the worst speech I've heard from President Bush. He wasn't going to convince anyone other than his own cheerleaders.

It is absolutely astonishing to me that anyone could be "inspired" by the Democrat response, unless they were already cheerleading liberals. There was nothing new, and in fact the guy should have footnoted John Edwards for using the same basic themes and rhetoric as Edwards during the 04 Presidential race.

This is what liberals need to understand if they are going to take back the government - "Bush Bad, Us Good" is proven to be a losing strategy. It is NOT a platform. Spinning every little thing, and treating the American public like idiots will never work either, because the new media will never let them get away with it. You do not need to be insulting assholes and call half of America uneducated, brainwashed, redneck Bushbots - do you want to win or do you not want to win? You NEED those people more than you know. Also the horrible, shameful treatment of Bush's judicial nominees does not inspire people to go along with what you say.

Democrats need a REAL platform, and they need REAL inspiration. They need to actually do some work and come up with strategies to convince Americans trusting them is the best way to go. They need to stop looking at polls and start being who they are. They need to be more honest than the Republicans, and at this point they are not. "Bush Bad, Us Good" will only result in more of the same - tremendous losses for Democrats. You need to convince America that national security is something that you actually take seriously. There are so many ways you can blast Bush's policies and Democrats squander it and fuck it up every single time. Come up with REAL plans, not vaporware, and articulate it in a way that resonates with the American public. That's how you win.
ajay - 02/04/06 00:48
This wasn't the worst... the worst was the televised message to the Iraq Survey Group. I'll see if I can find it online. It was hilarious.

01/26/2006 08:07 #21701

Sweet Comic Strip
Category: politics
in case you guys havn't picked up this weeks BEAST here's a great cartoon that they included.

Full Size Version here

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You Probibly can't read that..


and if you are wondering, I'm not a Democrat, I'm a member of the Green Party.

01/30/2006 11:24 #21703

Impeachment? the ball IS rolling
Category: politics
We've gone beyond the impeachment demands from activists and progressive groups, and beyond demands from former attorney general Ramsey Clark , now mainstream journalists, and members of the house and senate using the 'I' word,

but Government documents and investigations serve as a nice reinforcement. here's the logical first step.


Congressman John Conyers is the ranking member of the house Judiciary Committee, (that's the committee in which impeachment hearings would begin). his office just completed a report entitled "The Constitution in Crisis: The Downing Street Minutes and Deception, Manipulation, Torture, Retributions and Cover-ups in the Iraq War."



This report finds that:

"In brief, we have found that there is substantial evidence the President, the Vice-President and other high ranking members of the Bush Administration misled Congress and the American people regarding the decision to go to war in Iraq; misstated and manipulated intelligence information regarding the justification for such war; countenanced torture and cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment in Iraq; and permitted inappropriate retaliation against critics of their Administration. There is at least a prima facie case that these actions that federal laws have been violated � from false statements to Congress to retaliating against Administration critics."

"In response to the Report, I have already taken several initial steps. First, I have introduced a resolution (H. Res. 635) creating a Select Committee with subpoena authority to investigate the misconduct of the Bush Administration with regard to the Iraq war and report on possible impeachable offenses. In addition, I have introduced Resolutions regarding both President Bush (H. Res. 636) and Vice-President Cheney (H. Res. 637) proposing that they be censured by Congress based on indisputable evidence of unaccounted for misstatements and abuse of power in the public record. There are a number of additional recommendations in the Report that I expect to be taking up in the coming weeks and months."


Check out the intro, it's serious stuff...


If we hope to have any Allies left in this world, we had better impeach the president.


joshua - 02/04/06 15:03
I've said it before, and I'll say it again - never, ever gonna happen.

01/27/2006 20:38 #21702

Rolling Stones
Category: politics
Just got the Rolling Stones new album, and it's actually realy good. then I got to song 13 and now I love the album. ( I swear one of these days I'll post something that's not about politics ) song 13 is called "Sweet Neo Con" here's the lyrics:



THE ROLLING STONES - "Sweet Neo Con"

You call yourself a Christian
I think that you're a hypocrite
You say you are a patriot
I think that you're a crock of shit

And listen now, the gasoline
I drink it every day
But it's getting very pricey
And who is going to pay

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con.... Yeah

It's liberty for all
'Cause democracy's our style
Unless you are against us
Then it's prison without trial

But one thing that is certain
Life is good at Haliburton
If you're really so astute
You should invest at Brown & Root.... Yeah

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
If you turn out right
I'll eat my hat tonight

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah....

It's getting very scary
Yes, I'm frightened out of my wits
There's bombers in my bedroom
Yeah and it's giving me the shits

We must have lots more bases
To protect us from our foes
Who needs these foolish friendships
We're going it alone

How come you're so wrong
My sweet neo con
Where's the money gone
In the Pentagon

Yeah ha ha ha
Yeah, well, well

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah...
Neo con




Stones website, nicely done


jason - 01/28/06 01:38
Yeah, sounds like a great Flat-Earth Liberal Anthem.