If you were following my tweets yesterday (follow me on Twitter here), I posted a bunch of quotes concerning Iraq from Boy Blunder And The Plunderers.
To me, the lesson of 9-11 is what I always say:
Republicans run on the platform “Government doesn’t work!” – once in power, they prove it.
And the amazing thing is, GOPers co-opted the Teabaggers – and TeaBaggers aren’t smart enough to figure that out.
I went to a Teabagger Candidate Training last February; it was produced for Teabagger Wanna-Bees by AmericanMajority.org. None are as blind as those that refuse to see. As I look back at that terrible terrorist attack ten years ago, I see a Republican Party that turned a tragic event into something worse.
Below is what I wrote on September 11th, 2008 – and reposted on 9-11 last year. I said it before, I said it again, and I still stand by it.
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From The Archives: “T-130 – It’s Hard”
by: TwoPuttTommy Sat Sep 11, 2010 at 08:58:48 AM CDT
(I said it before, and I stand by it now. This one is a post I made on September 11th, 2008 – and the T-130 was the countdown to The End Of An Error; the misAdministration of George orWell Bush. And BTW – where the (cheney) IS “Osama Been Forgotten”??!?)
“One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.” — George orWell Bush, CBS News interview, September 6th, 2006
Looking back, I remember where I was 7 years ago, today, when I first saw the replay of the first plane hitting the tower.
And I watched the news about that attack, closely. For a long time. As in, “still.” But I didn’t hear about what Condoleeza Rice was scheduled to do, on this date 7 years ago, until April of 2004.
She was going to give a speech. Not about Osama Bin Laden; not about al Qaeda; not about Extremist Islamic Fundamentalism. No, Condoleeza Rice was going to talk about what this misAdministration felt was the most dangerous threat to America, long-range missiles, furthering the goals set out in 1997 by the neo-conservative goup, Project for the New American Century.
Fast forward to George orWell’s comment, on September 6th, 2006, above – “One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.”
Ladies and Gentlemen, this misAdministration has never been focused on the real threat to America; this misAdministration used the ol’ “bait ‘n switch” ruse to do what the Neo-Con Right Wing always wanted: topple Saddam and radically transform America’s military. From Project for the New American Century’s 76 page “Rebuilding America’s Defenses:
even if it brings revolutionary change, is
likely to be a long one, absent some
catastrophic and catalyzing event – like a
new Pearl Harbor.(page 51)
So, just who are the people that formed PNAC; the PNAC that thought that a “new Pearl Harbor” might speed up the transformation of the American Military in a way they thought beneficial? Let’s look:
Elliott Abrams, Gary Bauer, William J. Bennett, Jeb Bush,
Dick Cheney, Eliot A. Cohen, Midge Decter, Paula Dobriansky, Steve Forbes,
Aaron Friedberg, Francis Fukuyama, Frank Gaffney, Fred C. Ikle,
Donald Kagan, Zalmay Khalilzad, I. Lewis Libby, Norman Podhoretz,
Dan Quayle, Peter W. Rodman, Stephen P. Rosen, Henry S. Rowen,
Donald Rumsfeld, Vin Weber, George Weigel, Paul Wolfowitz
So, today, as we mourn those that fell as the towers fell; those that fell in the heroic struggle on United Airlines Flight 93 in Pennsylvania; those that fell on American Airlines Flight 77 that crashed into the Pentagon; those brave men and women that have fallen in Iraq, remember this:
“One of the hardest parts of my job is to connect Iraq to the war on terror.” — George orWell Bush, September 6th, 2006
Of course it’s hard; Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11 but everything to do with furthering neo-conservative goals.
In 130 days it will be January 20th, 2009 – The End Of An Error
“Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?”
—President George W. Bush, Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000
Ladies and Gentlemen, today brings us another Double Dose Of Dumbya:
”Then you wake up at the high school level and find out that the illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”— Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004
Yep – that is a question rarely asked. Four years later, almost to the day, Boy Blunder utters a statement, rarely made. Fortunately, there’s only 171 days left, until The End Of An Error.
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
”I am here to make an announcement that this Thursday, ticket counters and airplanes will fly out of Ronald Reagan Airport.”
—President George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., Oct. 3, 2001
Of course, those ticket counters are a little rough upon landing…..but on the bright side? Only 172 more days, until the End Of An Error.
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
“I’m the commander — see, I don’t need to explain — I do not need to explain why I say things. That’s the interesting thing about being president.” — George W. Bush, as quoted in Bob Woodward’s Bush at War
Ladies and Gentlemen, it’s more of that Napoleonic Complex, from the guy that said it’d be easier if he were he were the dictator, and that he’s “The Decider.”
Only 173 more days, until The End Of An Error
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
“It is clear our nation is reliant upon big foreign oil. More and more of our imports come from overseas.”—President George W. Bush, Beaverton, Ore., Sep. 25, 2000
Still hard to believe this guy won. Well, the Supreme Court ruled he did, so I guess you can say Boy Blunder stole the election, fair and square. And this just goes to show that Janaury 20th, 2009 will definitely be The End Of An Error.
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
“Anybody who is in a position to serve this country ought to understand the consequences of words.” – George orWell Bush, Nov. 1, 2006
Ladies and Gentlemen, today brings us another Double Dose Of Dumbya:
“There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is bring them on. We’ve got the force necessary to deal with the security situation.” George W. Bush, Washington, D.C., July 3, 2003
Amazing, isn’t it? In 2003, Boy Blunder challenges the insurgents, and to add injury to insult, claims there’s enough forces to provide security, when General Shinseki testified there wasn’t. Time has proven General Shinseki correct, and Boy Blunder, well, a blunderer. Then in 2006, Boy Blunder claims there’s consequences of words.
Really? Just when did Boy Blunder have consequences for anything he’s ever said?
January 20th, 2009 will be The End Of An Error.
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
“If this were a dictatorship, it’d be a heck of a lot easier, just so long as I’m the dictator.” —President-elect George W. Bush, at a photo-op with congressional leaders during his first trip to Capitol Hill, Washington, D.C., Dec. 19, 2000
Ladies and Gentlemen, today’s a daily double of Dumbya:
“I’m the decider, and I decide what is best. And what’s best is for Don Rumsfeld to remain as the Secretary of Defense.” – George Dubya Bush, Washington, D.C. April 18, 2006
Now, Ladies and Gentlemen, while you look at these remember that yesterday, we noted that Donnie RumsFailed said this:
“I am not going to give you a number for it because it’s not my business to do intelligent work.” –Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, asked to estimate the number of Iraqi insurgents while testifying before Congress, Feb. 16, 2005
So, what we have here, is Boy Blunder playing “The Decider”, and deciding to keep a guy that claims it’s not his business to do intelligent work.
Only 176 more days until The End Of An Error – January 20th, 2009.
(this post originally published at MnBlue.com)
