The Essence Of The 43rd President

I am not going to attempt to point out every blunder ever made by the 43rd President of the United States Of America, George W. Bush, as I am not out to write a book.  I am, however, going to show you one thing that clearly defined his presidency and should remove any doubt in any one’s mind about how incompetent this man is and has been and consequently why this country is in the dreadful state it is in.  This single issue that I am referring to is, of course, 911.

On September 11, 2001, the United States of America was boldly attacked on its own soil by a radical Muslim terrorist group called Al-Qaeda.  The leader of Al-Qaeda, Osama Bin Laden, was living in Afghanistan as a guest of the radical Muslim rulers of Afghanistan, the Taliban.  Four airplanes were hijacked on this day.  Two were flown into the World Trade Center twin towers, one each, in New York, NY.  One flew into the Pentagon building, the headquarters of all United States Armed Forces, in Washington, D.C.  And the fourth plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania field after its brave passengers attempted to retake the plane upon hearing of the other hijackings.  In all, more than 3000 Americans lost their lives this day.

This dastardly deed occurred nearly 8 months into the 43rd Presidency – EIGHT MONTHS!  As this was not the first terrorist act of war on the United States by Al-Qaeda, President George W. Bush’s predecessor, President William J. Clinton, had attempted on many occasions to terminate Osama Bin Laden’s life.  President Clinton had in fact ordered the CIA to kill Osama Bin Laden.  The CIA had even contracted killers to find and kill Osama Bin Laden.  Short of grabbing a gun and setting off to find the man himself, President Clinton did everything he could to remove Osama Bin Laden from this world.

On October 12th, 2000, three weeks prior to the US Presidential Election, Al-Qaeda attacked the USS Cole (DDG-67), an Arleigh Burke class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer that had put into a port in Yemen for refueling.  See this link for more information about the USS Cole bombing.  President Clinton, at this time, had slightly more than 3 months left in his Presidency.  Before President Clinton could act further, he needed reasonable certification from the FBI and CIA that Al-Qaeda was indeed the responsible party for bombing the USS Cole.  This certification was not forth-coming.  Meanwhile, President Clinton began receiving daily security briefings on the status of Al-Qaeda – DAILY BRIEFINGS!  This is how important this was to President Clinton.  President Clinton ordered his joint Chiefs to come up with a full blown invasion plan for Afghanistan designed specifically to take down the Taliban, destroy Al-Qaeda training facilities, and kill or capture Osama Bin Laden.

You may hear this information directly from President Bill Clinton’s own mouth here beginning about 4:10 into this part 1 of 3 videos.  The 2nd part of this 3 part video contains much meat for the issue as well and should be watched.  Part 3 is not of any consequence, but can be viewed as well for completeness.

President Clinton states very clearly and most vehemently in this interview how the far right wing has politicized Al-Qaeda and his pursuit of Al-Qaeda both during his Presidency and during George Bush’s.  He also states clearly how George Bush, for nearly EIGHT MONTHS prior to September 11, refused to do anything once the culprits of the Cole attack were known.  Furthermore, he clearly shows how the Republican party and its propaganda machine tried to slander, demean, and hamper his efforts to get Bin Laden while he was in office.  In short, as you saw, Bill Clinton completely eviscerated Fox News and the Republican party for it all.  And rightly so, for this is the essence of the Republican Party and the entire Presidency of George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States.

The blatant ineptitude and outright shameless hypocrisy of George Bush and the Republican party is clearly evident beyond a doubt.  This interview occurred in 2006, and it still pisses me off.  But I cannot begin to express and explain this situation like our good friend Keith Olbermann of MSNBC – go go Keith O!

Lies, slanders, hypocrisy, incompetence, negligence, and complete denial of any responsibility for anything is the essence of the George W. Bush Administration and the Republican Party.  911 happened on George Bush’s watch, but like everything else, the son of a bitch was on vacation!

Bill Mel8er

Don’t Let The Shoe Hit You In The Ass

If you haven’t heard about President Bush having two shoes thrown at him by an Iraqi reporter, Muntada Al-Zaidi, during a press conference in Iraq, you must be living in a truck or on the street someplace.  What a circus show this turned out to be.

First of all, came the reports and the videos of the shoes being thrown and George Bush agilely ducking them both.  It was very good to watch and could only been improved if I were in fact the guy throwing the shoes – because I wouldn’t have missed.  This man, Muntada Al-Zaidi, became an instant celebrity all across the middle east (except Israel I think) where people protested for his release and people participated in mock Bush shoe throwings , etc.  Really great stuff that should have shown George Bush exactly what the world thought of him.  But, no, he stuck his head back up his ass and went on about his almost complete business of destroying the American Middle Class and bankrupting the US Government.

Then came the reports of Al-Zaidi written apology asking forgiveness and for government clemency or a pardon.  The Iraqi government made a big deal over this and said well he needs to be convicted before anybody can pardon him, etc.  Ok, fair enough.

Now come to find out, poor Muntada Al-Zaidi was dragged out of the press conference room and beaten.  His arm was broken and his eyes damaged when his glasses were smashed on his face.  He was dragged to an Iraqi police station where he was further beaten and tortured to extract his “apology.”  His brother says that he was forced to stand naked while freezing water was poured over him, he had cigarette burns around his ears, he was missing teeth, he was beaten with a steel bar, he has a broken arm, and probably eye damage.  I hope I got all of the damage assertions in there.

This is heinous.  If George Bush had any sense of justice or honor, he would understand the man’s anger and why he threw the shoes in the first place and call on the Iraqi’s to release this man.  After all, the only damage done (other than to Al-Zaidi) was to impugn Bush’s honor – which the whole situation has shown that George Bush hasn’t any honor to impugn.

January 20, 2009, cannot come soon enough to be rid of this tyrant named George W. Bush.  The biggest insult a person can show another person in the Muslim world is to show them the bottom of their shoes.  This insult might well expand into our infidel culture once enough people learn about it.  So in that light, I must add, don’t let the shoe hit you in the ass on your way out the door, Mr. Bush.

Bill Mel8er

Karl Rove and GOP to Fight Nomination of Eric Holder

I cannot explain it better than Paul Abrams of the Huffington Post:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-abrams/why-rove-attacks-eric-hol_b_150936.html

Is this not simply amazing stuff?  The GOP crooks will be scheming and conniving and stealing from us right up until the last minute and then will pardon themselves and everyone involved.  Only in America, folks.

Bill Mel8er

Bush and Paulson Lied To Congress On Wall Street Bailout

Have a look at this article from the Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/14/AR2008121402670.html?hpid=topnews

George Bush and Henry Paulson told congress they would use this $700 billion dollars of taxpayer money to buy troubled assets from firms in an auction when they never planned to buy troubled assets from firms in an auction.  It is obvious from the last minute change that Bush insisted on limiting executive compensation only for firms whose troubled assets were purchased by the government in an auction.  So as soon as these crooks get some money allocated from Congress, they do not use the money in this way through auctions as they said they would and it allows their Wall Street cronies to keep their outrageous salaries and bonuses and completely bypasses the intent and the spirit of this law.

By allowing these firms, which have lost money and virtually destroyed the economy in America, to overly compensate their executive staffs with astronomical salaries and bonuses and by lying to Congress to do it George Bush and Henry Paulson have committed Grand Larceny against the American People as these bonuses and salaries will now be paid with American taxpayer dollars.  It really looks like this Wall Street bailout was a scam from the beginning.

 

Bill Mel8er