Show Your Ass
Today, our dear senators easily managed to vote against an ad run in the NYTimes by MoveOn.org, but yesterday they couldn’t muster enough votes to rescind habeas corpus or demonstrate their support and care for our troops by giving them more time between tour of duties ,because the price the troops are paying is so small that they would be demeaned by such efforts to relieve them. How can you get more cowardly? Shame on all the senators who thought expressing their displeasure about an ad was more important legislation–Democrats and Republicans–cowardice knows no political party.
But let’s move on(get it). Have you heard about the new trend in hedge fund investments? Authoritarian States! That’s right, you too can fund the repressive Chinese government’s citizen surveillance program. Ah, Capitalism, how we love you! You’re an amoral son of a bitch when we don’t keep an eye on you or let hedge fund managers run wild, but you’re Capitalism and we are America, and so where our money goes matters little as long as we’re making more.
And don’t miss Sidney Blumenthal psychoanalytic-flavored look at George W. Bush based on his read of Robert Draper’s book, Dead Certain.
I think my feelings about all of the above can best be expressed by the lyrics of “ShoYoAss” from the hip hop masters Boots Riley and Pam the Funkstress, otherwise known as The Coup :
“We all on “Punk’d” with no Ashton Kutcher
So now its time for all of us to show our ass. I’ve picked my bigger weapon (this blog). What’s yours?!
UPDATE: For some reason I can’t add a comment to this post so I am adding it here. This is a response to Iraq Updates:
General Patreaus is not the point. The TROOPS are the point. Why is General Patreaus’ reputation more important than troop morale and safety or rescinding habeas corpus? Don’t you have any perspective? I hope you’ve subscribed to comments because I want you to tell me why Patreaus is more important than the troops he leads. Also, take a stab at defending Boehner’s and Martiniez’ statements. Stop ducking the real point.
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Hi,
This General is an honorable man who has dedicated his life to OUR country and has the Bronze Star Medal for Valor
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Gen. David H. Petraeus
Commanding General ~~ Multi-National Force – Iraq
General David H. Petraeus assumed command of the Multi-National Force-Iraq on February 10th, 2007, following his assignment as the Commanding General, U.S. Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth. Prior to assuming command at Ft. Leavenworth, he was the first commander of the Multi-National Security Transition Command-Iraq, which he led from June 2004 to September 2005, and the NATO Training Mission- Iraq, which he commanded from October 2004 to September 2005.
That deployment to Iraq followed his command of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), during which he led the “Screaming Eagles” in combat throughout the first year of Operation Iraqi Freedom. His command of the 101st followed a year deployed on Operation Joint Forge in Bosnia, where he was the Assistant Chief of Staff for Operations of the NATO Stabilization Force and the Deputy Commander of the US Joint Interagency Counter-Terrorism Task Force-Bosnia. Prior to his tour in Bosnia, he spent two years at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, serving first as the Assistant Division Commander for Operations of the 82nd Airborne Division and then as the Chief of Staff of XVIII Airborne Corps.
General Petraeus was commissioned in the Infantry upon graduation from the United States Military Academy in 1974. He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe and the United States, including command of a battalion in the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and a brigade in the 82nd Airborne Division. In addition, he has held a number of staff assignments: Aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army; battalion, brigade, and division operations officer; Military Assistant to the Supreme Allied Commander – Europe; Chief of Operations of the United Nations Force in Haiti; and Executive Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
General Petraeus was the General George C. Marshall Award winner as the top graduate of the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Class of 1983. He subsequently earned MPA and Ph.D. degrees in international relations from Princeton University’s Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, and later served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations at the US Military Academy. He also completed a fellowship at Georgetown University.
Awards and decorations earned by General Petraeus include the Defense Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Distinguished Service Medal, two awards of the Defense Superior Service Medal, four awards of the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal for valor, the State Department Superior Honor Award, the NATO Meritorious Service Medal, and the Gold Award of the Iraqi Order of the Date Palm.
He is a Master Parachutist and is Air Assault and Ranger qualified. He has also earned the Combat Action Badge and French, British, and German Jump Wings.
In 2005 he was recognized by the U.S. News and World Report as one of America’s 25 Best Leaders.
LIAR…I do not think so.
Peace!
Steve
General David Betray Us
Dude, this is a totally confusing comment.
Myrna, you ignorant slut, keep yo’ ass covered please!
You’re luck you get a change to see it Gardner!