"The scenes from the stricken city almost defy belief. Many, many thousands of people left to die in what is the richest, most powerful country on Earth. This obscenity is as far from a natural disaster as George Bush and the US elite are from the suffering masses of New Orleans. The images of Bush luxuriating at his ranch and of his secretary of state shopping for $7,000 shoes while disaster swamped the US Gulf Coast will haunt this administration.
In the most terrible way imaginable they show to the whole world that it is not only the lives of people in Baghdad, Fallujah and Palestine that Bush holds cheap. It is also his own citizens: the black and poor people left behind with no food, water or shelter. This is not simply manslaughter through incompetence, though the White House's incompetence abounds. It is murder - for Bush was warned four years ago of the threat to New Orleans, as surely as he was warned of the disaster that would come of his war on Iraq.
His is the America of Halliburton, the M-16 rifle, the cluster bomb, the gated communities of the rich and of the billionaires he grew up with in Texas. There is another America. It is the land of the poor of Louisiana; it is the land of the young men and women economically conscripted into the military. It is the land of the glorious multiethnic mix that was New Orleans, it is the land of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and of great struggles for justice."
May 8, 2006 - 4:18PM
It might sound fishy but US President George W Bush says that catching a bass in a lake on his Texas ranch has been the high spot of his five years in office.
Asked by German newspaper Bild to name the "most wonderful moment" of his presidency, Bush said: "I don't know, it's hard to characterise the great moments.
"They've all been busy moments, by the way.
"I would say the best moment was when I caught a seven and half pound (3.4kg) largemouth bass on my lake."
read more at the SMH
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And so spoke Bushazoostra... May I invite you to peruse over the photo (of course it's fake!!) at the head this line of blogs... see also the job reference description for a new president in 2000something....
The celebrated pianist and musician who for decades delighted audiences and fans around the world using the stage name Dr John, has died at age of 77, his family has announced.
The man who combined blues, honky-tonk and elements of ragtime to create a style as memorable and captivating as his home city of New Orleans, died early on Thursday from a heart attack.
The family of Dr John, whose real name was Malcolm Rebennack, said details of a memorial service would be announced subsequently.
Holly mackerel!
missing picture .....
I'm looking Gus but I can't see anything ???
mackeral .....
Sorry Mate .... got it now.
Looks like a mackeral: I'm not sure what sort of fish it is though?
It was...
sleepers awake .....
"The scenes from the stricken city almost defy belief. Many, many thousands of people left to die in what is the richest, most powerful country on Earth. This obscenity is as far from a natural disaster as George Bush and the US elite are from the suffering masses of New Orleans. The images of Bush luxuriating at his ranch and of his secretary of state shopping for $7,000 shoes while disaster swamped the US Gulf Coast will haunt this administration.
In the most terrible way imaginable they show to the whole world that it is not only the lives of people in Baghdad, Fallujah and Palestine that Bush holds cheap. It is also his own citizens: the black and poor people left behind with no food, water or shelter. This is not simply manslaughter through incompetence, though the White House's incompetence abounds. It is murder - for Bush was warned four years ago of the threat to New Orleans, as surely as he was warned of the disaster that would come of his war on Iraq.
His is the America of Halliburton, the M-16 rifle, the cluster bomb, the gated communities of the rich and of the billionaires he grew up with in Texas. There is another America. It is the land of the poor of Louisiana; it is the land of the young men and women economically conscripted into the military. It is the land of the glorious multiethnic mix that was New Orleans, it is the land of Malcolm X, Martin Luther King and of great struggles for justice."
Galloway's Frankness Invigorates, Shocks Americans
george galloway does chicago .....
“I don’t believe that Mr. Bush is a Christian.
Christians believe in the prophets - peace be upon them.
Bush believes in profits & how to get a piece of them.
brazen liars & conspirators .....
George Galloway interviewed in Los Angeles this week reprises the situation in Iraq.
George Galloway Interview
Bigmouth, big whatever
From the SMH
Bush's high spot: a fish
May 8, 2006 - 4:18PM
It might sound fishy but US President George W Bush says that catching a bass in a lake on his Texas ranch has been the high spot of his five years in office.
Asked by German newspaper Bild to name the "most wonderful moment" of his presidency, Bush said: "I don't know, it's hard to characterise the great moments.
"They've all been busy moments, by the way.
"I would say the best moment was when I caught a seven and half pound (3.4kg) largemouth bass on my lake."
read more at the SMH
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And so spoke Bushazoostra... May I invite you to peruse over the photo (of course it's fake!!) at the head this line of blogs... see also the job reference description for a new president in 2000something....
vale dr john...
The celebrated pianist and musician who for decades delighted audiences and fans around the world using the stage name Dr John, has died at age of 77, his family has announced.
The man who combined blues, honky-tonk and elements of ragtime to create a style as memorable and captivating as his home city of New Orleans, died early on Thursday from a heart attack.
The family of Dr John, whose real name was Malcolm Rebennack, said details of a memorial service would be announced subsequently.
Read more:
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/dr-john-death-cause-ag...
Read from top. Gus saw Dr John play in New Orleans in the 1990s... Vale Dr John...