Feline Warrior

Bush Calls Pope ‘Champion of Human Dignity’

Like he’d fuckin’ know!

No comments on this other than that “kills two US soldiers dead” sounds so… repetitive.

Um, huLLO!!!

Yahoo! News - Rumsfeld Says Osama Will Probably Be Found One Day

Okay, so let’s get one thing straight:
Abstinence is 100% fail-safe as a way to avoid pregnancy and STI’s.
Abstinence-only education is NOT.

Speaking of straight: I still don’t understand how Gay marriages could possibly invalidate “straight” marriages. I don’t personally feel threatened in my marriage to think that a Gay couple could also get married.

Laura Bush Says Gay Marriage ‘Shocking’

Yahoo! News - Mexican Evangelicals Pray for ‘Evil’ Marilyn Manson

This pleases me, it really does. I’m always happy when my people make the news, and especially when it’s for joining together in such a positive manner. My grandmother Rose was from Monterry, Mexico, so the story is even more meaningful to me.

The part about Marilyn Manson… pfft, who cares? {yee-awn} Of course Marilyn M. probably does need the prayers of one hundred evangelical Christian Mexicans, although it would be better, in my opinion, if they were still Catholic, as God intended them to be. Still and all, the one prayer that Marilyn M. really needs includes a delivery of about 25 gallons of makeup remover, a pound of cotton balls, a nice day at the Elizabeth Arden Red Door Salon, and then maybe, just maybe, I would let him hang out with me. Big maybe, though.

Yahoo! News - Bush Insists He’s ‘In Charge’ of Iraq Policy

Yes, yes, the footstomping is implied. And just for kicks, let’s all take a moment to visualize the Iraqi people shouting, in unison, “YOU ARE NOT THE BOSS OF ME!”

You have to read this article. Not only is it amazing that this guy actually wrote in to correct the “amount of drugs” he was convicted of selling, but also his views about racism.
So… read away!
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This used to be a link, but one would have to pay to read the article (because it’s now archived) so I am including the full text here:

Publication: THE CHARLESTON GAZETTE
Published: 10/10/2003
Page: 4A
Headline: READERS’ FORUM

Amount of drugs sold was incorrect

Editor:

There was an article on me in your paper recently. There is a correction to be made. You said in your paper that Marvin Meniar and I were selling 20 grams of cocaine per month. The exact weight was 20 kilograms per month. No one gets 20 years for selling 20 grams per month. Please. Make the correction. If you’re so into putting these petty things in your newspaper, at least do a good job at it.

One more thing, you should write an article about is how people in West Virginia get away with murder and rape, especially if they’re white. But you catch a Hispanic or black for selling drugs, and we get more time than a murderer and rapist.

I’m from New York City and this definitely doesn’t happen in my city. There is no violence in the sale of narcotics. There is malicious violence in committing rape and murder.

Alex Fernandez
Charleston

Yahoo! News - Bush Has Doubts Leaker Will Be Caught

Will everyone who had an image of Dubya passing gas please raise their hand? MmHmm. As I suspected!

Moving on from the gross to the absurd, why is it that this news item did not surprise me in the least? Hmm? Could it be that I pretty much counted on Dubya to shut those lips tight and hold his breath until we all left him alone about this? This is a pretty serious situation - not only was the CIA agent put in a dangerous spot, but so was (is) everyone associated with her. C’mon, Dubya! It’s not funny! These are people, not Fisher Price toys!

Anyway, here ya go, read about Dubya talkin’ about leaks.

Yahoo! News - ‘Deeply Sorry’ Schwarzenegger Apologizes to Women

Soooooooo… Let’s see now. Ah-nold is sorry that he did things that he later discovered were offensive. (”Later” as in just the other day when it came up — and not via his conscience.) I am glad that I haven’t been a California resident for a bazillion years, because I’d have to be all up-in-arms (and legs and toes) about this recall business. As a spectator, however, it does have an entertainment value - actual dollar amount as of yet undetermined.

My favorite quote from the article: “Republican political consultant Allan Hoffenblum said that for the issue to harm Schwarzenegger’s campaign, “they would have had to come up with something completely new. This is not a new issue.” He was referring to past allegations about Schwarzenegger’s behavior on movie sets.”

Now you see, this is not new; Ah-nold has been offending women (and other people, no doubt) for years and years. We’re used to Ah-nold offending women, being sexist, a womanizer, all that- it’s old, baby! Let’s get something that will really hurt the campaign, something new! Hell, if the facts of his past are so unimportant, why not let him be president? Eh? Why the heck not? We’ve got George W-stands-for-White-Boy-Network Bush in office. His drinking and drugging past have had no impact on his popularity (although I hear he’s not doing as well with the crack dealers as he did in earlier polls), and the fact that his cash ‘n carry education was courtesy of his good ol’ pops and company doesn’t seem to ruffle any feathers. So yeah, apparently, when you are a republican, your past does not count.

Hmph, I say!

There’s nothing, really, with the suicide theme, to be honest. I mean, there’s a thing, but then again, there’s not. It’s a wee thing if it’s a thing at all. {Forgive me, Professor D, for using “thing” so many times!}

You are wondering, “How do suicide and GW Bush relate to each other?” Well, there are many answers to that question. Or at least two that come to mind right now. One answer –the obvious one– is that one wishes, at times, that she were a Kevorkian niece. You know, some family ties can really pay off (just ask Dubya), and having a professional in the mix might be handy. And why die a slow and painful death under the Bush administration when Uncle Jack could send me to my maker in just a few drowsy moments?

{By the way, even though I am speaking of Dr. Kevorkian in a semi-humorous tone, I truly do admire him and believe in the work he did. Some day, when you are old enough to hear it, I will tell you my own Kevorkian story.}

So there’s that connection between suicide and Bush. And now that I think about it, having Dubya in charge of things around here is almost like assisted suicide, anyway. If you’re not a rich, white guy, that is. If you are a rich white guy, then you’re probably pretty stinkin’ happy right now and wish that someone would send me to my maker. To that I say, “WhatEVER!” {Note Valley Girl tone}

Another connection might be this: throughout our relatively short history, fine American folks have been taking off for other countries to avoid putting up with some of the crap that goes on around here. From James Baldwin and Gertrude Stein to Johnny Depp and a zillion others, people have said, “I’m not gonna take this anymore! Let’s head to France, where it’s more relaxed and the coffee is better.” So then the message, hidden though it may be, is that anyone sticking around is asking for it and basically signing up for a suicide mission.

These are just some of my thoughts on how the suicide-Bush connection might be made. Frankly, I just really liked the title, “ups and downs of suicide (burning bush)” and so I went with it. Sometimes a title is just a title, eh?

And no, I am not planning to take off for France or anywhere else. I have cats and it would be an enormous pain in the ass to have them quarantined for however long they make you do that. They’d be miserable and I’d be miserable, and our combined misery would chafe the buzzes of thousands of French people. I have too much stuff to be switching countries at this point in life. Visits, yes. Long-term or permanent moves, no. It is best for some of the discontented to stick around and yammer and holler and wave signs about in the air and blog and write essays and letters and shake their fists. Someone’s got to do it, right? Right.

Finally… and this is really away from the suicide-Bush thing… I do not hate my country. No. There are those who might interpret my words and actions as hatred, but they would be wrong. Those people don’t like anyone who thinks differently about, well, just about everything or anything! There are many events and policies that really stink, and that’s my opinion and even the opinion of many others. There are also many good events and policies, and far more than “many” good people, and so we hang on to those in order to maintain and build a better US. (That could be read as “US” as in “we,” or as “US” as in United States” - take your pick.)

Not agreeing with the government is hardly a new phenomenon. It’s always happened and it’s happening now. So snap out of it and listen up!

AlterNet: Bush’s Other Lies

Great article, but one pauses to wonder {pause–pause–pause} if David Corn isn’t pointing out the obvious.

I’m kidding, don’t throw your empties at me! It’s nice to have so many of the lies catalogued and in one tidy place. Makes it easier for me when pointing out the obvious to others.

MmHmm.

Yahoo! News - Bush Defends Change in Environmental Rules

Please someone, stop the madness! There is no foresight here, this man cannot see beyond his nose. First sends our people marching into Iraq, starts a big huge deadly fight, then with a finger up his nose, realizes he don’t have a PLAN. Or friends. Or anyone who is nodding approvingly. Oy, vey!

Now our boy Bush is lifting everything but common sense (which is soon to be outlawed, just you wait and see) and saying, “Hey, polluting corporations! Go ahead, pollute! ‘Sno big deal, ’cause, see, we’ll be helping the economy!” Except for the part where hundreds or thousands of citizens will develop pollutant-related illnesses which they won’t be able to have properly treated because they can’t buy medicine from Canada where the prices are regulated, and those very same medications are ridiculously priced in the USA!

And is this war not the priciest hard-on you’ve ever witnessed?! Puh-leeze! Why can’t Dubya visit one of the public bathrooms at Dupont Circle (in NW Washington, DC) and wank off with some boys? Wouldn’t that save lives and money and good air and… Well, you get the picture. It’s just about more than I can stand. It really is.

ARG!