Back From Vacation, Who Wants To Give Me the Highlights Of the Past 9 Days

[Beetwasher]

I was in tropical paradise from 11/17 until yesterday, what'd I miss?

[Hand]

1. Franco is still dead.

So are Tito and Stalin. :rofl:

[Don Claybrook]

2. Do you remember the nosedive Bush was in when you left?

He hasn't pulled out of it yet.

He's back at the ranch now, resting after doin' all that leadershippin' in Asia.

But Abramoff hasn't gone away.
Pat Fitzgerald hasn't gone away (although it's quiet in that quarter for now)

Oh, and his plans to bomb our ally's capitol city have been made public, and it seems like there are several people who aren't too happy about that.

On the bright side, his crotch wasn't attacked by a turkey this year, nor did he serve a rubber turkey to the troops.

[Beetwasher]

5. Huh? What City Did He Want To Bomb?

That's fucking nuts...

[Ilsa]

9. Whatever city Al Jazzeera headquarters are located in Qatar.

He was pissed enough that Toni Blair had to talk him down to stop it from happening. Al Jazeera satellite offices in Afghanistan and Iraq were hit, however.

[Don Claybrook]

10. Qatar

He wanted to bomb the headquarters building of al Jazeera, because he considers them part of al Qaeda. This was all contained in a top secret British memo detailing a meeting with Blair and Bush. Apparently Blair talked him down from the ledge, explaining helpfully that it would be bad to bomb an ally.

Now everyone wants to know the exact text of the memo, but Blair has threatened to arrest anyone who leaks it and charge them under the Official Secrets Act (I believe that's what it's called anyway).

The British public seems kind of angry about this, as do several politicians. And as you might guess, no one in Qatar is too thrilled with the whole thing.

As far as I know, the WH's only response has been to say that answering such allegations is beneath them, or words to that effect. Note, they didn't deny the story.

[Don Claybrook]

12. forgot the backdrop to the story

All of this was happening while we were bombing the hell out of Fallujah. Al Jazeera had reporters inside, showing dead civilians and so on. The idiot king was incensed by this. Now I'm not saying that the al Jazeera reporting in Fallujah had anything to do with bombing Qatar....wait, yes I am. Nevermind.

[Beetwasher]

14. Thanks!

Got it! :thumbsup:

[sundancekid]

15. plus we will someday come to know that the ijotsmirk felt the same

way about Sgrena (the Italian journalist who ALSO knew about Fallujah and white phosphorous)whose car, carrying her and SISMI negotiator-hero, was "accidentally" shot 300 times on their way to the Bagdad airport during her "rescue" ...

oh, so many dots and connections, so little truth!

[Don Claybrook]

17. I hope you're right; I hope that does come out

It's almost absurd to argue the point that it wasn't an assasination attempt. Sometimes a thing is exactly what it looks like.

[lonestarnot]

18. Yes and he demonstrated his excellent exit strategy while he was there,

anyone have the shot? I think MelissaB has the video.

[kurth]

3. Evil moron still in the White House, Cheney still an asshole

[NMDemDist2]

4. ahhhh, Bush wanted to bomb al Jeezera's HQ

but the Brits threatened jail to leakers

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1947682

Walmart Riots on Black Friday all over the country

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5452763

Dem Hawk comes out against War, RW Shill calls the 37 year Marine a coward on the House Floor

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=1942298

Hacker to get a shot at Diebold, thanks to the CA SOS

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5449912

edit to add, US has secret prisons in Eastern Europe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x5450865

and Bush is still an idiot

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1948158

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=104&topic_id=5411142

[Beetwasher]

7. You Rock!

Those links are great! :thumbsup:

[NMDemDist2]

8. i edited in a couple more, be sure to hit the last one for comic relief

:hug:

[Beetwasher]

13. Holy Crap!

Unbelievable, what a fucking buffoon...

[Ilsa]

6. The Bush twins had a birthday, and as one reporter said,

"What happens in Crawford, stays in Crawford." They must have had a blow-out kegger!

[TahitiNut]

11. Murtha, Sanford, Alito, Coulter, O'Reilly, Abramoff, Bushtard, Cheneyitis,

... and same ol' same ol'.

[elehhhhna]

16. Iragi gov't declared our troops "legitimate targets"& asked us to leave.

[havocmom]

19. Flying monkeys came outta Jean Schmidt's ass on the floor of Congress

It was cool, in a scary, watch a train wreck sorta way. There will be a new rep from her district elected in 06.