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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThis guy laughed at our dead soldiers and it never got mentioned on tee vee.
malaise
(268,967 posts)said guy and the other war criminals banned the showing of caskets with dead military personnel on TV
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Ordered whitewashed the next day.
http://blog.theautry.org/2010/12/los-angeles-muralists-react-to-moca-controversy/
daleanime
(17,796 posts)even if it is a pretty good kick in the mouth.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)In answer to a question about war on Iran, the same George W Bush said: "Money trumps peace." Then, he laughed. I was shocked to hear than not even one member of the callow, cowed White House press corpse saw fit to ask a follow-up.
Gold Star mom Cindy Sheehan tried to bring it to our nation's attention. Few others, if anyone, saw fit to comment. (For some reason, I now can only find her article on the Waybac Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20070224215116/http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0215-29.htm )
Something else no one ever sees on tee vee: Where the Giggling Mass Murderer got his entrepreneurial spirit of war: His Poppy, who told the FBI he was in Dallas on Nov. 22, 1963, but never gets asked about it by the "free" press.
Which is weird because it's been "Money trumps peace" ever since Vietnam around here. What a coincidence.
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)For some reason, muralists scare the monied classes.
A Mr. John Rockefeller of NYC didn't understand why Diego Rivera wanted to include Lenin in one of the great masterpieces of the 20th century...
Sheesh. They coulda put a toupee and a vanDyke on the dude and he'd fit right in.
mountain grammy
(26,620 posts)It's works like this that inspire the hearts of socialists. That's why it had to be destroyed.
heaven05
(18,124 posts)early in this tragedy that showed a plane full of coffins that had just returned to Dover. Saw it once, failed to archive it and never saw it again after the bushco criminals complained to the media. NPR.org has a story on the ban, February 25, 2009.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)barbtries
(28,789 posts)move on.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Oh, but his brain did set up a private email account!
Remember Carol Lam? For some reason the press forgot all about her and the private email system that should have documented what was done to her for actually doing her job.
Why was U.S. Attorney Carol Lam Fired? Here are a Few Political Possibilities.
Tuesday, 20 March 2007 15:21
A BUZZFLASH NEWS ANALYSIS
We know the fired U.S. Attorneys were booted for political reasons, but at this point there is simply no way to know exactly what those reasons were. For example, several possible explanations are floating around surrounding the ouster of ex-San Diego prosecutor Carol Lam. Here's a few:
Duke Cunningham Conviction
Lam was responsible for the investigation and conviction of disgraced Republican congressman Randy "Duke" Cunningham. Cunningham got eight years in federal prison for taking more than $2.4 million in bribes from defense contractors just a few months before the midterm elections, a significant blow to the party.
Kyle Foggo Indictment
Lam didn't stop with Cunningham. Among the other indictments was Kyle Foggo, the third-ranking official in the CIA. Foggo was involved in corruption and bribery with the same defense contractor as Cunningham. The day after Lam notified the Justice Department that search warrants would be issued, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' chief of staff wrote the following in an email:
"The real problem we have right now with Carol Lam ... leads me to conclude that we should have someone ready to be nominated on 11/18, the day her four-year term expires."
Rep. Jerry Lewis Investigation
The above email did not mention what the "real problem" was. While some stories tie it to Foggo, others tie it to the investigation of Rep. Lewis, the former chairman of the powerful House Appropriations Committee who was also tied by Lam into the Cunningham case. The email was sent the very day the New York Times identified that Lam had begun investigating Lewis.
Dick Cheney Implicated in Scandal
Lam may have been getting close to uncovering a possible role by Dick Cheney himself in the Cunningham case. Mitchell Wade, the convicted defense contractor involved in the scandal, got $140,000 from the White House on July 15, 2002 to provide Cheney with "office furniture and computers." It was his very first federal contract. Just two weeks later Wade bought a yacht for Cunningham for the price of exactly $140,000.
There are also a number of possible Cheney connections to the corrupt GOP types that Lam was prosecuting, including a politically and environmentally charged sewage treatment project in Tijuana to alleviate San Diego's growing need in this area.
Freak coincidence or illegal corruption conspiracy? You decide- Carol Lam can't because she was fired.
She appears to be the woman who loved justice too much for the Busheviks.
CONTINUED w LINKS...
http://www.truth-out.org/buzzflash/commentary/item/1837-why-was-us-attorney-carol-lam-fired-here-are-a-few-political-possibilities-tell-us-what-you-think-the-reason-was
Trillions.
Now back to our show, which is always in retroprogression.
Rex
(65,616 posts)Nixon also found something funny.
Sick men that destroyed peace and goodwill around the world.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)...and under-reported, too.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025308872
Nixon appointed a murderous Secret Service agent to guard Ted Kennedy.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025705286#post39
Secret government is largely a creation of the well-to-do and operates for the well-to-do:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=6267205
Also important for a thorough character analysis of psychopathy. George H.W. Bush's employer contends to the present day that it was JFK -- like they do whenever the assassination of Ngo Dien Diem is mentioned -- who ordered the hit on Castro when, in fact, it was Allen Dulles "under Eisenhower" who contracted with the mafia in 1960.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026226003#post38
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)also played a part. In fact Nixon was the WH person in charge of the attempted hit on Castro while he was VP. And, IIRC, Henry Cabot Lodge gave the implicit OK for the hit on Diem. JFK just wanted him removed from power and shipped into exile.
Rex
(65,616 posts)but never seen a video clip of it. Did you see Nixon's face? You could tell he wanted to say a lot more.
Looked like the Cheshire Cat.
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)The guy said that in the White House to a woman whose son died in Iraq for no reason Bush or anyone ever gave to the American people.
From the great DUer UTUSN noted the moment:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x1828225
lpbk2713
(42,757 posts)I couldn't decide at that moment if he was drunk or just plain stupid.
hifiguy
(33,688 posts)Paraphrasing Dean Wormer in Animal House, spoiled, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life, son.
Oilwellian
(12,647 posts)The Bushies are depraved creatures.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)From ISP's RightWeb, insight on one Big Time PNAC Family currently helping accelerate the warmaking process:
Victoria Nuland's spouse: Robert Kagan
Robert Kangan's brother: Frederick Kagan
Frederick Kagan's spouse: Kimberly Kagan
Brilliant people, big ideas, big war. Solid PNAC.
Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)KingCharlemagne
(7,908 posts)to understand this mentality. Fitzgerald's narrator Nick captures it in this famous passage:
marym625
(17,997 posts)And I was as disgusted then as I am now.
JEB
(4,748 posts)This country will never get over these crimes until those at and near the top are held to account. The press bears a huge responsibility for sweeping these issues under the rug.
hibbing
(10,098 posts)The rage I'll always have for that idiot, his whole crew of death dealing liars, and the corporate media cheerleaders will remain.
Peace
BigDemVoter
(4,150 posts)Smirky Ass and his friends destroyed so much. . . And when I think of how the media gave them a complete free ride, it just makes me want to vomit.
samsingh
(17,595 posts)he said so on tv
pasto76
(1,589 posts)trusty elf
(7,391 posts)- absolutely nauseating with that smug fookin' smirk on his imbecilic face.....
and the sycophants all laughing at his inane attempts at "humor"....
those were dark days......
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NuclearDem
(16,184 posts)I would just point out that six of my friends who went to Iraq are dead and Bush and Cheney are still alive.
riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)stevenleser
(32,886 posts)Octafish
(55,745 posts)If so, you wouldn't wonder what to do.
pa28
(6,145 posts)When we're around the base we can all loosen our ties a little bit, have a few dirty martinis and be a little too candid.