Happy Anniversary, Georgie!

[rocktivity]

To celebrate the first anniversary of your "Mission Accomplished" PR stunt, I'm posting the photos I saved:



I'm also reminiscing about how you arranged to have the aircraft carrier turned around to face the water. And about how you waited for the sunset to hit just the right angle. And about how you padded your crotch. And about how your made sure the soliders who greeted you were color-coordinated. And about how you had a Mission Accomplished banner put up. And how said you had nothing do with the banner. And how you said that the only thing you had to do with the banner was have it made at the military's request. The funny thing is, I'm really not that happy....

:headbang:
rocknation

[jimshoes]

1. May I suggest that we dress him up like that again

and parachute him into Baghdad.

[soup]

2. Don't forget the helmet-

Wouldn't want him to bump his head.

[jimshoes]

4. I love that helmet...

It could easily be modified to hold two beer cans and some tubing like those beer hats one sees at football games.

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Isn't that 'GI JOKE'?

What an arsehole!

[soup]

5. Senator Byrd's remarks on the carrier speech

Published on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 by CommonDreams.org
'A Troubling Speech'
Remarks by U.S. Senator Robert C. Byrd
US Senate Chamber
May 6, 2003

In my 50 years as a member of Congress, I have had the privilege to witness the defining rhetorical moments of a number of American presidents. I have listened spellbound to the soaring oratory of John Kennedy and Ronald Reagan. I have listened grimly to the painful soul-searching of Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon.

Presidential speeches are an important marker of any President's legacy. These are the tangible moments that history seizes upon and records for posterity. For this reason, I was deeply troubled by both the content and the context of President Bush's remarks to the American people last week marking the end of the combat phase of the war in Iraq. As I watched the President's fighter jet swoop down onto the deck of the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln, I could not help but contrast the reported simple dignity of President Lincoln at Gettysburg with the flamboyant showmanship of President Bush aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln.

President Bush's address to the American people announcing combat victory in Iraq deserved to be marked with solemnity, not extravagance; with gratitude to God, not self-congratulatory gestures. American blood has been shed on foreign soil in defense of the President's policies. This is not some made-for-TV backdrop for a campaign commercial. This is real life, and real lives have been lost. To me, it is an affront to the Americans killed or injured in Iraq for the President to exploit the trappings of war for the momentary spectacle of a speech. I do not begrudge his salute to America's warriors aboard the carrier Lincoln, for they have performed bravely and skillfully, as have their countrymen still in Iraq, but I do question the motives of a deskbound President who assumes the garb of a warrior for the purposes of a speech.
>snip<

War is not theater, and victory is not a campaign slogan. I join with the President and all Americans in expressing heartfelt thanks and gratitude to our men and women in uniform for their service to our country, and for the sacrifices that they have made on our behalf. But on this point I differ with the President: I believe that our military forces deserve to be treated with respect and dignity, and not used as stage props to embellish a presidential speech.
http://www.commondreams.org/views03/0506-01.htm

[goclark]

8. We lov you Byrd! n/t

[rocktivity]

6. Monday AM kick

:headbang:
rocknation

[anarchy1999]

7. Keep this thread up all day and share it with everyone you know.

Also, forward to Congresscritters and Media.

Don't forget Halliburton and Prison Abuse. Demand Accountability!!