Awww, whats the matter? DId I insult your girlfriend, Keith? On Jan 19, 2:51 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > By all means keep listening to rush, he makes > much more sense when he is ON his illegal drugs. > > On Jan 19, 11:39 am, Zebnick <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Olbermann is too much of a jackass to listen to for more than 30 > > seconds. His romantic obsession with Bill O'Reilly alone is enough to > > gag you. > > > On Jan 19, 5:24 am, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > UPDATE w/ comment from K.O.: Olbermann's Recap of the Bush Admin Must > > > Not Be Missed > > > by thereisnospoon > > > Fri Jan 16, 2009 at 06:27:25 PM PST > > > UPDATE: From Keith Olbermann himself, in the comments: > > > > Nobody Likes Kudos Better Than I Do > > > > But I'm passing all these on to my segment producer, Jonathan Larsen, > > > with whom I've worked on and off since we were at CNN in 2001-02. He > > > compiled and wrote this one; I honestly made about four small changes > > > in it. > > > > Monday we go gently after the Torture Prosecution... > > > > Thanks to all, and to all a good night. > > > > thereisnospoon's diary :: :: > > > Offered with as little commentary as possible: the most astonishing > > > and damning review of the Bush Administration ever seen, courtesy of > > > Keith Olbermann. And half of the administration's morally negligent > > > or even criminal activities didn't even make it into the 8-minute > > > summary; much of the other half was mentioned only briefly. > > > > Still, if you can bear to watch a replay of the misery through with we > > > have suffered these last eight years, it has never been done better > > > than this: > > > > Transcript provided by TrueBlueMajority: > > > > George Walker Bush. > > > 43rd president of the United States. > > > first ever with a criminal record. > > > our third story tonight, > > > his presidency: eight years in eight minutes. > > > > early in 2001 the U.S. fingered Al Qaeda > > > for the bombing of the USS Cole > > > Bush counterterrorism adviser Richard Clarke > > > had a plan to take down Al Qaeda. > > > instead by February the NSC > > > had already discussed invading Iraq, > > > and had a plan for post-Saddam Iraq. > > > > by March 5 Bush had a map ready for Iraqi oil exploration > > > and a list of companies. > > > Al Qaeda? > > > Rice told Clarke not to give Bush a lot of long memos. > > > not a big reader. > > > > August 6, 2001 > > > a CIA analyst briefs Bush on vacation: > > > "Bin Laden determined to strike in U.S." > > > Bush takes no action tells the briefer—quote > > > all right, you've covered your ass now. > > > > next month Clarke requests > > > using new predator drones to kill Bin Laden > > > the Pentagon and CIA > > > say no. > > > > September 11th > > > Bush remains seated for several minutes > > > to avoid scaring school children > > > by getting up and leaving. > > > he then flies around the country > > > and promises quote a full scale investigation to find > > > those folks who did it > > > > Rumsfeld says Afghanistan does not have enough targets > > > we've got to do Iraq. > > > when the CIA traps Bin Laden at Tora Bora > > > it asks for 800 rangers to cut off his escape > > > Bush outsources the job to Pakistanis > > > sympathetic to the Taliban > > > Bin Laden > > > gets away > > > > in February General Tommy Franks tells a visiting Senator > > > Bush is moving equipment out of Afghanistan > > > so he can invade Iraq. > > > one of the men who prepped Rice for her testimony > > > that Bush did not ignore pre 9-11 warnings > > > later explains quote we cherry picked things > > > to make it look like the president > > > had been actually concerned about Al Qaeda > > > they didn't give a bleep about Al Qaeda > > > > July and Britain's intel chief says Bush is > > > fixing intelligence and facts around the policy to take out Saddam > > > January 03 > > > Bush and Blair agree to invade in March > > > Mr. Bush still telling us he has not decided > > > telling Blair they should paint an airplane in UN colors > > > fly it over Iraq and provoke a response > > > a pretext for invasion > > > > the man who said it would take several hundred thousand troops > > > fired > > > the man who said it would cost more than a hundred billion > > > fired > > > the man who revealed Bush's yellowcake lie > > > smeared > > > his wife's covert status > > > exposed > > > the White House liars who did it > > > and covered it up > > > not fired > > > one convicted > > > Bush commutes his sentence > > > > then in Iraq, stuff happens: > > > Iraq's army, disbanded > > > the government de-Baathified > > > 200,000 weapons, billions of dollars just > > > lost > > > foreign mercenaries immunized from justice > > > political hacks run the Green Zone > > > religious cleansing forcing one out of six Iraqis from their homes > > > Abu Ghraib > > > the insurgency > > > Al Qaeda in Iraq > > > > other stuff does not happen: > > > WMD > > > post-war planning > > > body armor > > > vehicular armor > > > > the payoff? > > > oil > > > and billions for Halliburton, Blackwater and other companies > > > while Mr. Bush denies VA healthcare to 450,000 veterans > > > tries to raise their healthcare fees > > > blocks the new G.I. Bill > > > and increases his own power with the USA PATRIOT Act > > > with the Military Commissions Act > > > public orders exempting himself from a thousand laws > > > and secretly from the Presidential Records Act > > > The Geneva Conventions > > > FISA > > > sparking a mass rebellion at the Justice Department > > > > secret star chambers for terrorism suspects, > > > overturned by Hamdan v Rumsfeld. > > > denying habeas corpus, > > > overturned by Boumediene v Bush. > > > 200 renditionings > > > sleep deprivation > > > abuse > > > > Rumsfeld warned in 2002 that he was torturing > > > that it would jeopardize convictions > > > out of 550 at Gitmo > > > hundreds ultimately go free with no charges > > > dozens are tortured > > > eight fatally > > > three are convicted > > > > on U.S. soil twelve hundred immigrants rounded up > > > without due process > > > without bail > > > without court dates > > > without a single charge of terrorism > > > > it wasn't just Mr. Bush no longer subject to the rule of law > > > he slashed regulations on everyone from banks to mining companies > > > appointed 98 lobbyists to oversee their own industries > > > weakening emission standards for mercury > > > and 650 different toxic chemicals > > > regulators shared drugs > > > and their beds > > > with industry reps > > > the Crandall Canyon mine owner told inspectors to back up > > > because his buddy, Republican Mitch McConnell > > > was sleeping with their boss > > > McConnell's wife is Bush Labor Secretary Elaine Chao > > > her agency overruled engineer concerns about Crandall Canyon > > > and was found negligent > > > after nine miners died in the collapse there > > > > Mr. Bush's hands off > > > as Enron blacks out California > > > doubling electric bills > > > after months of rejecting price caps Mr. Bush bows to pressure > > > > the blackouts end > > > > Mr. Bush further deregulates commodity futures > > > midwifing the birth of unregulated oil markets > > > which just like Enron jack up prices to an all time high > > > until Congress and both presidential candidates call for > > > regulations > > > > and the prices fall > > > > deregulating financial services and lax enforcement of remaining > > > rules > > > created a housing bubble > > > creating the mortgage crisis > > > creating then a credit crisis > > > devastating industries that rely on credit > > > from student loans to car dealers > > > > firms that had survived the Great Depression could not survive > > > Bush > > > those that did got > > > seven hundred billion dollars > > > no strings, no transparency > > > no idea whether it worked > > > > unlike the auto bailout > > > which cut workers' salaries. > > > a GOP memo called it > > > a chance to punish unions > > > > but Bush failed even when his party and his patrons > > > did not stand to profit > > > investigators blamed management cost cutting communication > > > for missed warnings about Columbia > > > Bush administration convicts include > > > sex offenders at Homeland Security > > > convicted liars > > > every kind of thief in the calendar > > > and if you count things that were not prosecuted > > > the vice president of the United States actually > > > shot a man in the face > > > > the man apologized. > > > > Mr. Bush faked the truth > > > with paid propaganda in Iraq > > > on his education policy > > > > tried to silence the truth about global warming > > > rocket fuel in our water > > > industry influence on energy policy > > > > politicized the truth of science at NASA, the EPA, > > > the National Cancer Institute, Fish and Wildlife > > > and the FDA > > > > his lies > > > exposed by whistleblowers from the cabinet down > > > "complete BS" the treasury secretary said > > > of Mr. Bush on his tax cuts. > > > > Rice's mushroom cloud > > > Powell's mobile labs > > > Iraq and 9-11 > > > Jack Abramoff > > > Jessica Lynch > > > > Pat Tillman > > > Pat Tillman again > > > Pat Tillman, again. > > > > the air at Ground Zero > > > most responders still suffering > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. 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