Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Storm Trooping

I stopped paying attention to Bush’s speech about his latest plans for Iraq after he said this, because it’s the only part that matters.

[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Audio/JAN07/BushSpeech.mp3]

Going door-to-door to gain the trust of Baghdad residents? Don’t think so. There’s going to be a clamp-down. The residents of Baghdad are already terrified to leave their homes, and now they’ll be terrified in their homes. A lot of civilians are going to get killed.

Bagged in Baghdad

As I predicted, there will be no change in Iraq, except for escalation. Why is this being called a change in policy? It’s a change in military strategy.

We’ve had 160,000 troops there before, with the difference this time being they’ll concentrate on Baghdad. But weren’t there two all-out battles to secure Fallujah? How successful were those, and will the outcome in Baghdad will be any different?

Change Stay the Course

As soon as I heard the buzzword “surge” introduced in the news, I knew there would be no change of policy in Iraq, other than escalation. Here’s a brief audio clip taken from Bush’s press conference on Wednesday.

[audio:http://www.dograt.com/Sounds/Wordpress/DEC06/Bushism.mp3]

Do you hear any indication that Bush intends to do anything differently? I don’t. He keeps repeating the same things over and over, in some self-deluded wish that somehow they’re true. A net increase of 20,000 – 30,000 “boots on the ground” will have the net effect of nothing, other than adding to American casualties.

Stephen and Steven

 

Previously I posted a link to an Even Stephven video on YouTube that is now gone. But now Comedy Central has posted the best part of it, Carell and Colbert discussing Halloween.

Who cares if Halloween was two months ago? Don’t miss this before it’s pulled. Both Carell and Colbert are smart and talented actors, but despite the fact that Carell is from my town I have to give the nod to Colbert.