Stephen at Drinking Liberally In New Milford talks about how the Hillary campaign is stealing from donors.
David at The Moderate Voice passes on this letter from a nine year old boy being held in a prison in Texas that just wants to go home. Follow the link at the end of the post for more about this letter and the prison he is being held in.
The House Of Cats (I don’t speak Spanish so I can’t even spell la casa de los gatos) has an excellent article about how Bush is wiping his butt with the Constitution.
ViceZilla talks about New York’s Governor adding himself to the list of shame already occupied with the likes of Idaho’s Craig and Louisiana’s Vitter.
Morrigan gives us a Dungeons and Dragons view of the presidential candidates over at Alternate Brain.
The Grateful Dissident talks about more congress members signing on to Cheney’s Impeachment.
It seems that the Iraq population is very mixed about the United States occupation of their country. Some actually feel that our troops being there is a good thing while others say things are worse since the invasion. Seems that it depends on which sect the interviewee belongs to. The Shi’ites have more freedom while the role of the Sunni’s is diminished. No matter what their religious beliefs they all are facing similar victories as well as setbacks.
Free speech is more tolerated by the government but maybe not by the neighbors. While less people are being killed by the governments forces because of religious differences there is more ethnic cleansing by non government forces. According to who you are listening to between 90,000 and 1,000,000 civilians have been killed since the invasion almost 5 years ago. While “Shock and Awe” took tens of thousands of lives and the Coalition’s occupying forces have taken thousands more, many of the countries people have been killed from religious and ethnic civil war.
Ethnic cleansing isn’t exclusive to Saddam’s rule. Those who were kept down under his regime have risen up and taken revenge. Things are far from easy now. things aren’t as rosy as the Bushies try to paint for us. For more on this MSNBC has a story
After showing his ass before the Iowa and New Hampshire votes were cast President Bill Clinton quietened down for a bit. He has been appearing in public more lately after a brief hiatus. It seems he is becoming visible again in a much more subdued form. The dutiful husband form. The under the thumb form. The FORMER president form.
But the real Bill story is coming from Santa Fe it seems. The democratic front runners are courting the man who dropped from the race January 10. The man who can help them win. The one person who has the right experience in foreign relations. New Mexico’s Governor Bill Richardson.
Bill Richardson’s record on a local, national and international level is tremendous. He worked in the Bill Clinton administration as an Ambassador to the U.N. as well as 14 years as congressman. He was our Secretary of Energy under Clinton. While serving our country he visited many countries around the world promoting good relations with “troublesome” leaders. He did such a good job in the old days with leaders like Saddam Hussein that George W Bush sent him to North Korea last year to deal with Kim Jong il and the nuclear crisis. He came away with success. N. Korea agreed to stop producing weapons and invited the U N to send in inspectors.
In New Mexico he pushed for a medical marijuana law that was shot down 6 times before it passed on the 7th try. Although the Feds are giving growers and patients grief he is pushing for less federal involvement on the laws of our nation. Maybe if he had a position high in the federal government the D.E.A. and other cops would start leaving individuals alone. When asked how the MMJ laws would affect his presidential campaign he said it didn’t matter as “it was the right thing to do”.
He has made law here that gives incentives to homeowners and businesses that go with alternative energy to power their electrical needs. Passed bills requiring the big power companies to use solar or wind for a growing percentage of their output.
He has demanded an end to the US occupation of Iraq. The return of our troops from the face of danger is a high priority in his political opinion. With 3970 American soldiers killed there so far he strongly supports the troops by calling for their rapid return.
President Clinton watched the Super Bowl with the Governor a few weeks ago. Mrs. Clinton stays in close touch with him. Barack Obama calls him often, on the average of every 3 days. They both have told him that they need him. His endorsement would swing so many votes their way and they both know his support would make the candidacy, and the election, theirs.
Richardson has said he is not going to put the offer of possibly being a Vice Presidential running mate or a Secretary of State appointment aside. He is staying in touch with both Obama and Clinton during their campaigns and is remaining friendly and non-controversial. No endorsements yet and thats probably a good thing.
If he were to become the VP nominee for either he would bring a lot to their campaign. Obama’s campaign would benefit from the experience and maturity he would bring. Clinton’s organization would be better off with his diplomatic attitude diverting the publics attention from the silly stuff her husband spews. The nation would be much better off with him as our Vice President what with his “progressive” ideas and policies. As Secretary of State he would be an asset to help heal the broken and bruised image of America the rest of the world has.
So with these thoughts, and others, in mind I am now going to make the Alien Trucker’s endorsement in this presidential race. I am saying, on the record, I am endorsing whoever Bill Richardson endorses. Especially if he is chosen as their running mate.
Does it really matter who I support? I don’t guess so but at least you know how I feel.
One of the reasons given when asked why the Romney 5 aren’t serving in our military was they were helping get their dad elected president. It was said that if he became president the troops would be better off. They would serve their country by working behind the scenes to improve the conflict in Iraq. The weak excuses offered for their lack of military service sickened me.
Now that he is out of the race do you think they will enlist? I doubt it. Their daddy supports the liars in this ongoing occupation but…senators sons usually don’t serve that way.
I believe they will be attending tea partays like this one. Their service is done.
(The video is a commercial thing from Smirnoff. Hope my use of it on this blog doesn’t offend the big corporation)
The “theme” from Team America..World Police. Yes I know its an old movie but truly one of my favorite songs, Satire or not. This clip was put together by You Tuber Simmyisdead.
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March 11th, 2008 by Rocky 
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