Bacon Sandwich really does cure a hangover

You’d think that right there, that one article alone, if it had been published during Chimpy’s Reign of Error, would have gotten all the science programs and projects of the Federal Government funded. He and Pickles could go on an 8-year bender with a bacon sandwich every morning… oh, wait. Never mind.

The new Olbermann term for Bush-style torture. “The Bush System”

No transcript available yet, but Raw Story describes the segment:

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Betcha he didn’t give that advice to anyone on the Chimpy team!

Cheney To Rahm: “Keep Your VP Under Control”

CNN reports on a private meeting organized by White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten, where 13 of his predecessors offered future Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel some bipartisan advice.

Vice President Dick Cheney had some blunt — and humorous — advice for incoming White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel at a private breakfast earlier this month, CNN has learned.

“The best thing you can do is keep your VP under control,” Cheney told Emanuel, according to three sources familiar with the White House meeting that had previously not been disclosed publicly.

One of the sources, who was not authorized to speak publicly about the private meeting, said the room broke up in laughter because of Cheney’s reputation for being a hard-charging vice president.

about human rights to begin with?

And shouldn’t he be embarrassed by his administration’s failure to act on behalf of the people of Darfur?

original pic from da white house

So, he believes the Bible enough to be a creationist, oppose stem cell research, and hate the gays, but he doesn’t think it’s literal? Huhh???

Cool pic though. Oy!

Bush: Bible ‘probably not’ literally true

Agence France-Presse
Published: Monday December 8, 2008

US President George W. Bush said in an interview Monday that the Bible is “probably not” literally true and that a belief that God created the world is compatible with the theory of evolution.

“I think you can have both,” Bush, who leaves office January 20, told ABC television, adding “You’re getting me way out of my lane here. I’m just a simple president.”

But “evolution is an interesting subject. I happen to believe that evolution doesn’t fully explain the mystery of life,” said the president, an outspoken Christian who often invokes God in his speeches.

“I think that God created the Earth, created the world; I think the creation of the world is so mysterious it requires something as large as an almighty and I don’t think it’s incompatible with the scientific proof that there is evolution,” he told ABC television.

Asked whether the Bible was literally true, Bush replied: “Probably not. No, I’m not a literalist, but I think you can learn a lot from it.”

“The important lesson is ‘God sent a son,’” he said.

Bush set to relax endangered species rules

from Yahoo! News

AP – Animals and plants in danger of becoming extinct could lose the protection of government experts who make sure that dams, highways and other projects don’t pose a threat, under regulations the Bush administration is set to put in place before President-elect Obama can reverse them.

Free snacks to anyone who can name something in this country that Chimpy has NOT tried to destroy!

Obama Wants to “Investigate” Torture, Not Prosecute It

Chimpy is safe!

Spring man sentenced for threatening President Bush

By MARY FLOOD
Copyright 2008 Houston Chronicle

A Spring man was sentenced to 30 months in prison today for threatening the life of President George W. Bush.

Gordon L. Chadwick, 27, stood in khaki green prison garb with his hands chained to his waist when he told U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison that he was sorry for all he had done, including threatening the judge’s life.

His lawyer, Samy Khalil, told the judge that Chadwick threatened to kill the president, the judge and a Montgomery County official in letters written while he was in solitary confinement in a Montgomery County jail.

“This case is truly a case about mental health,” the public defender told the judge in pleading for leniency.

Judge Ellison told Chadwick that he didn’t take the threat on his own life seriously, but that he would step off the case if Chadwick or his attorney thought it was a conflict of interest. Both men said they were happy with Ellison.

“I want to be a man and step up,” said Chadwick, a tall man with a star tattoo on his face, a spider web tattoo on his neck and other tattoos going down his arms. “I just want to say I’m sorry for what I did.”

While Chadwick was talking to the judge, an unusual number of court security guards stood all around the courtroom.

The probation officer told the court that though he was sympathetic to Chadwick’s mental health history, the man still had to answer for his actions.

The court discussion among attorneys, the judge and the probation officer revealed that Chadwick has been in and out of jail most of his adult life for crimes including indecent exposure, assault and theft.

His mother, Elly Davis, said that keeping her son on necessary medication was difficult. She also asked the judge for leniency.

She and another relative said jail time had hardened Chadwick and was at the root of many of his problems.

“He is not a threat to anyone except to himself,” Chadwick’s mother told the judge.

Chadwick is serving a four-year prison term for threatening a Montgomery County jail official and will serve his federal term for writing the threatening letter to Bush after he’s completed the county sentence.

Prosecutor Michael Schultz told the judge that to run the two sentences concurrent would mean Chadwick had no punishment for threatening to kill Bush.

Ellison ordered Chadwick to participate in a drug/alcohol dependency program, a mental health program and to get his high school diploma or equivalency when he is on a three-year supervised period after he is released from federal prison.

mary.flood@chron.com

and idiocy emerges! Well duh!

Bush: ‘I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said’
CNN
By Alexander Mooney NEW YORK (CNN) —

NEW YORK (CNN) — As his presidency nears its end, a reflective President Bush suggested Tuesday that he regrets some of his more blunt statements on the war on terrorism over the last eight years and said he wishes he had not spoken in front of a “Mission Accomplished” banner only a month after U.S. troops in Iraq were deployed.

President Bush says his wife told him that as president, he should watch his words carefully.

“I regret saying some things I shouldn’t have said,” Bush told CNN’s Heidi Collins when asked to reflect on his regrets over his two terms as president. “Like ‘dead or alive’ and ‘bring ‘em on.’ My wife reminded me that, hey, as president of the United States, be careful what you say.”

The interview, aboard the USS Intrepid in New York, came after the president addressed a Veterans Day ceremony.

Shortly after the attacks of September 11, the president said of al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden: “I want justice. There’s an old poster out West that said, ‘Wanted, dead or alive.’ “

“There are some who feel like that the conditions are such that they can attack us there. My answer is, bring ‘em on,” he said then.

On Tuesday, the president also referenced the moment aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 1, 2003, during which he declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq.

“They had a sign that said ‘Mission Accomplished.’ It was a sign aimed at the sailors on the ship, but it conveyed a broader knowledge. To some it said, well, Bush thinks the war in Iraq is over, when I didn’t think that. But nonetheless, it conveyed the wrong message.”

The president, whose legacy is sure to be hotly debated for decades, said there also is much he is proud of.

“I am proud to be the commander in chief of people who are so selfless and so courageous that they would volunteer to serve our country in a time of war,” he said. “I’m proud when I see people feed the hungry. I’m proud when I’m in Africa and see volunteers helping those citizens dying of HIV/AIDS.”

In the wide-ranging interview, the president also discussed his Monday meeting with President-elect Barack Obama and said he consulted former President Clinton before his meeting with the future commander in chief.

“I remember the conversation I had with my predecessor Bill Clinton,” Bush said. As a matter of fact, [I] called him yesterday and said, ‘Bill, I’m getting ready to meet with the new president, and I remember how gracious you were to me. I hope I can be as gracious to President-elect Obama as you were to me.’ ”

Bush described the atmosphere in his Oval Office meeting with Obama as relaxed and said he offered the future president advice on the transition process. Bush also said Obama was specifically interested in how his two young daughters would adjust to life in the White House.

“It was interesting to watch him go upstairs,” Bush said. “He wanted to see where his little girls were going to sleep. Clearly, this guy is going to bring a sense of family to the White House, and I hope Laura and I did the same thing. But I believe he will, and I know his girls are on his mind and he wants to make sure that first and foremost, he is a good dad. And I think that’s going to be an important part of his presidency.”

Bush said he plans to return to Texas after he leaves office January 20 and “may write a book” but otherwise has few plans. “No doubt I’m heading straight home. I miss Texas; I love Texas; I’ve got a lot of friends in Texas.

“I’ll probably get back and take a deep breath,” he said.

Bush said he has begun to think about an outline for the book.

“I want people to know what it was like to make some of the decisions I had to make,” he said. “In other words, what was the moment like? And I’ve had one of those presidencies where I’ve had to make some tough calls, and I want people to know the truth about what it was like sitting in the Oval Office.”

more here

Yeah, I think we’d all prefer if he just went shopping for new towels.

Bush Leads Ceremony at U.S.S. Intrepid

By PATRICK McGEEHAN and SEWELL CHAN

After a two-year renovation, the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum on Manhattan’s West Side was formally rededicated in a ceremony led by President Bush.

Way to honor the only ones you haven’t yet sent to their deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan.

uhh… the … pollution garden.

President George W. Bush speaks on the climate in the Rose Garden of the White House.
from Time Magazine
Saul Loeb / AFP / Getty

With less than three months remaining in office, the Bush Administration has proposed a flurry of last-minute changes that will likely weaken several of the nation’s environmental protections — and could remain well into the next presidency.

Here’s a rundown of some of the most prominent proposed changes:

Power Plant Pollution: Under the current regulations, every time a power plant is upgraded, the Environmental Protection Agency examines whether the modifications increase the plant’s annual emission of pollutants, such as particulates and smog-causing nitrogen oxide. If they do, the plant is required to take action to control the pollutants. But the Bush Administration wants to change the rule to focus instead on the hourly emission rate of pollution, instead of the total amount of emitted pollutants. That means that plant modifications that keep the hourly rate of emissions steady while increasing the overall amount of pollutants released would not trigger a review.

With the U.S. set for a wave of power plant construction and extensions to meet a coming increase in electricity demand, the change could potentially allow millions of tons of additional pollutants. “It’s fair to say that what the Bush Administration is trying to do could have a substantial impact on not just the environment, but public health and safety,” says Celia Wexler, Washington representative for the Union of Concerned Scientists.

Endangered Species Act (ESA): Every time the federal government approves a development project — such as a new road or a mine — it must consult with scientists at the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to see if the project has the potential to impact an endangered species. This expert scientific review is the heart of the ESA — and the Bush Administration proposes to all but eliminate it. Instead, Bush would allow the federal agency in charge of the project itself to determine its potential impact on endangered species.

The White House calls the changes “narrow,” but greens say the effect on one of the most significant environmental laws in U.S. history would be enormous. “I’ve been working on this act for 15 years, and this is by far the most serious threat that I have ever seen,” says John Kostyack, director of wildlife conservation and global warming for the National Wildlife Federation. As required under law, the Administration opened the proposed change to a 10-day period of public comment — and received some 300,000 comments, which greens say indicates just how unpopular the proposal would be.

The Administration is also trying to de-list the gray wolf of the northern Rockies — which conservationists say is still in danger.

Water Quality: The Bush Administration is proposing to weaken one rule that dates back to President Ronald Reagan, no friend of regulation himself. Currently there is a 100-foot buffer zone around streams, designed to protect them from the polluting byproducts of mining operations. The White House would extend that protection to other bodies of water, like lakes and wetlands, but tweak the regulation in way that could allow significantly more water pollution overall, by effectively reclassifying valley fills and other waste from mining as non-pollutants. That’s damaging to mountaintop areas, especially in the coal-rich Appalachians. “It really takes the buffer out of the buffer zone,” says Joan Mulhern, senior legislative counsel for Earthjustice.

The Bush Administration has also ruled that the more than 15,000 factory farms across the nation can avoid oversight by the Clean Water Act as long as they claim they don’t discharge animal waste into streams or rivers. Environmentalists say that self-regulation will lead to worsening nitrogen and phosphorus pollution, which can poison drinking water and worsen dead zones in coastal areas.

No one even cares any more.

Publishers not interested in producing Bush’s memoir.

from Think Progress by Think Progress

When George W. Bush leaves office in January, he’s likely to join other past presidents and write a memoir. However, publishers aren’t that interested in producing something from history’s most unpopular president at this point and are suggesting that he “take [his] time.” Even Marji Ross of the conservative Regnery Publishing said, “Certainly the longer he waits, the better.” President Clinton received $15 million for his autobiography, “My Life,” although few expect Bush will command the same sum.

A little long for an ad, but strong, on target, and truthful.

is THIS big.

	Daniel Rosenbaum for The New York Times President George W. Bush spoke about the economy at the United States Chamber of Commerce in Washington on Friday.

Bigger than some things around here, right y’all?

Best quote from the article?

But while Mr. Bush is doing plenty of talking, Americans do not appear to be taking much reassurance from his words.

President Bush shakes hands with an unidentified participant as he takes part in an event with members of the Wounded Warrior Soldier Ride,Thursday, April 24, 2008, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

“…Lefty!”

It pisses me off to see Chimpy condescend to the people he has injured and maimed — all because he is too small a man to admit he was wrong (I’m being charitable here) when he started the wars. This takes a lot of nerve.

(Handout/Reuters)

(Stephen Hird/Reuters)

I don’t know much about Pakistan, or about Benazir Bhutto, and so I cannot opine much on what appears to be a political assassination. So much strife, so much senseless killing in the world. Anyone who tells you that politics does not matter (usually with the statement that they do not intend to vote) need look no farther. People get killed for their political beliefs, and shockingly, some people kill for theirs.

It seems to me that with friends like Musharraf, our Great Allie on the Global War on Terror, our country does not need many enemies. But that is probably too subtle for Chimpy, who sees only what he wants to see, and only in black and white. Odd, still, that Bhutto was killed close by to Musharif’s home turf in Rawalpindi, and odder yet that she was the only likely opposition to Musharraf. Just saying.

I expect Chimpy is going to position this tragedy as proof of terrorism, not as a political assassination or as a threat to the “emerging” democracy in Pakistan. Bringing peace and stability to the Middle East, eh Chimpy? Bravo, and well done.

UPDATE 1: Musharraf convened an emergency meeting with his senior staff where they were expected to discuss whether to postpone the election, an official at the Interior Ministry said, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the talks. Gee, I didn’t see that one coming.

UPDATE 2: I told you so:

We stand with the people of Pakistan in their struggle against the forces of terror and extremism. We urge them to honor Benazir Bhutto’s memory by continuing with the democratic process for which she so bravely gave her life.

– Chimpy McStagger

UPDATE 3: you must, Must, MUST read comment number 8 from Traveling Man.

REUTERS/Chris Greenberg/Handout

“Ah will not invade innocent countries… Ah will not invade innocent countries… Ah will not invade innocent countries…, ah fooey!”

REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)

You did pee on Chimpy, didn’t you?