Friday, November 19, 2004
Killshot
Accessing Road Kill at the CIA
Bush's Way or the Highway
New York Times, Nov. 17:
New CIA chief Porter Goss has told employees that they are expected to "support the administration and its policies in our work," a copy of the internal memorandum shows.
"As agency employees we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies," Goss said in the memo circulated Monday at the Central Intelligence Agency. He added that he was seeking "to clarify beyond doubt the rules of the road." ...
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New York Times, Nov. 17:
New CIA chief Porter Goss has told employees that they are expected to "support the administration and its policies in our work," a copy of the internal memorandum shows.
"As agency employees we do not identify with, support or champion opposition to the administration or its policies," Goss said in the memo circulated Monday at the Central Intelligence Agency. He added that he was seeking "to clarify beyond doubt the rules of the road." ...
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Shove Your Yellow Ribbon Up Your Tailpipe, Moron
What's up with these ribbon decals, anyway? Really. The absurdity is beyond comprehension. By buying a decal at a gas station, you're somehow "supporting our troops?" The latest ribbon decals I've seen also support the St. Louis Rams. Are the Rams and the U.S. troops in Iraq on the same plane? Yes, they are -- the plain of insanity. The most terrifying discover in post 9/11 America is that I am surrounded by a bunch of fucking idiots.
More than 50 Americans Killed in Fullujah
CNN, Nov. 19:
... 51 U.S. troops and eight Iraqi security forces have died in the Falluja offensive, while 425 U.S. and 43 Iraqi forces have been wounded. ...
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... 51 U.S. troops and eight Iraqi security forces have died in the Falluja offensive, while 425 U.S. and 43 Iraqi forces have been wounded. ...
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Hocked to the Eyeballs
Associated Press, Nov. 19:
Congress sent President Bush an $800 billion boost in the federal borrowing limit on Thursday, spotlighting how the budget has lurched out of control in recent years and how hard it will be to afford future initiatives.
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Congress sent President Bush an $800 billion boost in the federal borrowing limit on Thursday, spotlighting how the budget has lurched out of control in recent years and how hard it will be to afford future initiatives.
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You Can Hear the Lies in Bush's Voice
The propaganda or bullshit, whichever you want to call it, is getting thicker, folks, much thicker. You can hear it in the radio reports on NPR every morning, when they drop words like "progress" into stories about the rape of Fullujah. Although the disinformation has reached mamouth proportions, they are, of course, still eclipsed by the lies coming directly out of George W. Bush's mouth.
The funny thing about liars like Bush is that you can detect the severity of the lies by the inflection in their voices. In this case, the Bush soundbite I heard this morning was about "reforming" the tax code. But it really doesn't matter what the issue might be.
When I worked as a Teamster warehouseman at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, I remember hearing the same inflection from my shop steward. Our union was in the middle of a contentious labor dispute with the company, but instead of focusing on the common enemy, the shop steward was more interested in protecting his chosen cronies by giving them cushy jobs at the expense of the rest of the union workers. By surrounding himself by his supporters, the shop steward, like Bush, hoped to insulate himself and prolong his power. The company recognized his selfish interest and gave him enough rope to hang himself and the rest of us. In the end, management essentially busted our union. It doesn't exist anymore. Jobs have been outsourced. The work force has been drastically reduced. The seniority system abolished. Two and three tier wage scales have been implemented.
My point is that whenever the shop stewart addressed us, either one-on-one or in a group, he had a certain manner of speaking. The lilt of his voice seemed to ascend toward the end of each sentence, leaving his final words of indecsion and deceit dangling. His minions adapted a similar way of speaking. The shop stewart and his ilk were trying to act like they had everything under control; that they were looking after all of us equally. Those of us on the other side, who were constantly being dumped on, knew differently. That's exactly the way Bush's voice sounds nowadays. Anybody who has ever been bullshitted can hear it in his voice.
The funny thing about liars like Bush is that you can detect the severity of the lies by the inflection in their voices. In this case, the Bush soundbite I heard this morning was about "reforming" the tax code. But it really doesn't matter what the issue might be.
When I worked as a Teamster warehouseman at the Anheuser-Busch brewery in St. Louis, I remember hearing the same inflection from my shop steward. Our union was in the middle of a contentious labor dispute with the company, but instead of focusing on the common enemy, the shop steward was more interested in protecting his chosen cronies by giving them cushy jobs at the expense of the rest of the union workers. By surrounding himself by his supporters, the shop steward, like Bush, hoped to insulate himself and prolong his power. The company recognized his selfish interest and gave him enough rope to hang himself and the rest of us. In the end, management essentially busted our union. It doesn't exist anymore. Jobs have been outsourced. The work force has been drastically reduced. The seniority system abolished. Two and three tier wage scales have been implemented.
My point is that whenever the shop stewart addressed us, either one-on-one or in a group, he had a certain manner of speaking. The lilt of his voice seemed to ascend toward the end of each sentence, leaving his final words of indecsion and deceit dangling. His minions adapted a similar way of speaking. The shop stewart and his ilk were trying to act like they had everything under control; that they were looking after all of us equally. Those of us on the other side, who were constantly being dumped on, knew differently. That's exactly the way Bush's voice sounds nowadays. Anybody who has ever been bullshitted can hear it in his voice.
