journal 15: AMERICAN'S: SORTA DIM.2.27.7

Journal 15: American’s: Sorta Dim



Completed 2.27.7

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If Giraffes Lived In America...
Our Stupefied CountryIt's gonna be very very difficult to win elections if 25% of the U.S. population think the sun goes around the earth...………………………………………………………………………………………………

Don’t walk ahead of me,
I’m not a “follower.”
Don’t walk behind me,
I’m not a “leader.”
Walk beside me,
We’ll be “friends.”

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2.21.7

Forces: U.S. & Coalition/Casualties
http://edition.cnn.com/SPECIALS/2003/iraq/forces/casualties/

There have been 3,403 coalition deaths -- 3,147 Americans, two Australians, 132 Britons, 13 Bulgarians, six Danes, two Dutch, two Estonians, one Fijian, one Hungarian, 32 Italians, one Kazakh, three Latvian, 18 Poles, two Romanians, five Salvadoran, four Slovaks, 11 Spaniards, two Thai and 18 Ukrainians -- in the war in Iraq as of February 21, 2007, according to a CNN count. (Graphical breakdown of casualties). The list below is the names of the soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors and Coast Guardsmen whose deaths have been reported by their country's governments. The list also includes seven employees of the U.S. Defense Department. At least 23,530 U.S. troops have been wounded in action, according to the Pentagon. View casualties in the war in Afghanistan and examine U.S. war casualties dating back to the Revolutionary War.
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Washington DC (January 27, 2007) Anti-War, Anti-Bush, Impeach Bush, Bring The Troops Home Now, No “Escalation,” etc. Protest/Rally:
Crowd, throng, mass, multitude, swarm, cloud, flock, herd, bevy, horde, gang,
mob, rabble, hoi polloi, whole host, pack, quantity, accumulation, gathering,
collection, group, bunch, heap, extent, size, measure, number, amount, buildup,
accretion, growth, development, augmentation, intensification, spiraling,
amplification, strengthening, addition, ever increasing, rising, expanding,
intensifying, mounting, swelling, escalating, amassing, accrual estimated (by
peace activist organizations) at about 500,000! www.votersforpeace.org
In attendance: Jane Fonda, Susan Sarandon, Sean Penn, Rev. Jessie Jackson
In Los Angelas: 150,000 in attendance (10 blocks; 15,000 persons, per block, estimated)!

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2.27.7
We must stop the “escalation” into IRAN!

A republican congressperson saying:
“The Democrats seem to be in mis-array/bewilderment/disorder/perplexity about what they’ll do next in Iraq!”

Bush’s policies are insane!

Bush is a moron.
He can’t even play checkers.

FINALLY, the progressive “aGeNdA” has its voice!

2.27.7
The richest 1% Americans will be a part of $30 billion in tax relief;
Meanwhile:
G. W. Bush is taking health care insurance away from the children of America of families who make more than $40,000, yearly. As well, the richest want more wealth, & more power! Class warfare is, now, taking place, & the richer just get richer because they are on top! And there are cutbacks in education, poverty has reached a 32-year high, health care for Americans is lessening in availability, working class citizens are unable to send their kids to college, minimum wage has not been increased, for so long. The Tobacco Industry wants millions of kids & citizens to buy cigarettes so that they will get cancer, to suffer, to die a horrible death. The criminals get a promotion, & they’re in their 3-piece suits & wealth!
THESE ARE MORAL ISSUES!

Forget about the part where we need to be – or we’re called to be – “gatekeepers” for God’s creation! Do we have to wreck the lives of our children & future generations? Global Warming is ruining us, or we’re ruining us!
Gerry Falwell, in his sermon, this past Sunday: he see’s it as “a Liberal plot … the “myth” of global warming … the Jury is still out on global warming … Satan is attempting to redirect the church’s focus;” we must discriminate against gays, it’s the homosexuals’ fault for global warming, if there’s any global warming, at all! “Al Gore’s AN INCONVENIENT TRUTH is A Convenient Untruth!”

These neo-cons who run the government are “out of control!”

2.27.7
The Fairness Doctrine mandates the “opposing side;” do not have the gov’t mandate “the other side!” It’s the most dangerous legislation; coming from a Party that doesn’t feel that it’s being represented properly or well enough! We don’t want the gov’t saying that it HAS TO BE “the opposite!” We do not want the Fairness Doctrine!

2.27.7
Everything was fine/good when Saddam was in power, there was electricity, there was water. Saddam was a bad person, but never as bad as the Bush-government has been!
Everything would be satisfactory, agreeable, suitable, acceptable (in Iraq) if we never went (to war) there!

It’s (inherently) gross, disgusting, unpleasant, sickening, coarse, foul, vulgar, nasty, crass to kiss your sister!

2.27.7
A study has been done: In relationships, today, people are more sadistic, unfaithful, & lacking of emotional warmth than previous generations!

2.27.7
Babies are not to be murdered; no abortion!!! But once they’re born, they can go hungry, & have no health-care!

2.27.7
War protesters, being against “blood-money,” are called unpatriotic, unsupportive (of the troops), cowardly, gutless, spineless, weak-willed, boneless, spiritless, pathetic, craven, pusillanimous, wacko, extremist, radical, fanatic, extreme, militant, activist, uncompromising, rebel, insurgent, mutineer, dissenter, terrorist, excessive, harming America!
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2.27.7
The reality is that they’ll use nukes; those in power will use nukes!

2.27.7
America is headed toward an economic recession for the year 2007!

Laura Bush, on Larry King Live (2.26.7), said:
“1 bombing a day, really, discourages everyone!”
There are 185 bombings, daily, in this war!
The neo-conservative view is: “(by lying) we create our own reality!”
THE REALITY-BASED WORLD IS LEFT BEHIND BY THE NEO-CONSERVATIVES!
Laura Bush is not exempt from the high crime, misdemeanors, & evil of the Bush Administration. It is not, even, in her interest that there be truth, peace, & justice!
The Bush’s are guilty of high crimes & misdemeanors, treason, fraud, corruption, murder, and on & on!

2.26.7 Oscar Night:
Al Gore’s film – An Inconvenient Truth – won an Oscar for best documentary.
And Al Gore’s personal light (electric) bill, at one of his 3 family homes, is 20 times higher than the average American’s electric bill (even though the home is very large)!!! In 2006, his natural gas & electric bills were $30,000. He uses more energy in a month than the average American uses in a year-time! His natural gas-lamps line the driveway! His swimming pool, always, remains on & warm, he says! He has an electric security gate! All of his power comes from Green Source (wind, solar, hydro-electric). At times, it’s more expensive! The reason he pays more is because his house is “lined & filled with” with solar panels (his use of 100% renewable green energy/power, hydro-power, coal-burning power), compact florescent bulbs, & other energy saving technology! Gore cannot explain why his electric bill is so high; he’s thinking it’s the “work/attack/surprise of some right-wing organization!”

2.27.7
In captivity, female koala bears, 3 out of 4 sex encounters, are found to be practicing lesbian sex, which make them 75% lesbian! The one (out of four sex encounters) time that they’re with a male, the sex is longer-lasting than with the lesbian experiences, conjecturing that it takes longer to fake orgasm (with the male koala)!

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2.27.7 (results based on 13 survey’s, conducted in 2005-2007; consisting of phone
interviews with 12,061 adults aged 18 & older)
Tony Snow says: “‘protesters’ are an ‘insignificant’ minority!”
INSIGNIFICANT; I don’t think so!
MINORITY; I don’think so!
67% of the American people (who are without a religious preference) who are against
Bush’s policies, & oppose “escalation.”
33% are supportive/favoring of Bush’s policies & war-“escalation!” Who are the stupid
33%?
17% know someone who is in the war
27 % know someone who was killed or wounded.
The American people have no idea how many Iraqi’s have died, because American Media is undependable & lack satisfactory, truthful reporting. LIES, LIES, LIES, everywhere!
55% Non-black protestants for the Iraq war
43% Non-black protestants against the Iraq war
U. S. Jews Toughest Foes of Iraq War
77% Jewish American’s oppose the Iraq war, saying that it was a mistake
21% Jewish American’s say the war is not a mistake
53% of Catholic’s opposed the war
46% Catholic’s showed favor
48% Protestants opposed the war, & 49% do not oppose the war
78% Black Protestant Christian’s oppose the Iraq war
72% Mormons most likely religious group to support/favor the Iraq war; they say it
was not a mistake to send the troops; 27% of Mormons say it was a mistake to
send troops!
Overall, 52% of Americans opposed the Iraq war, that the U. S. made a mistake to invade
Iraq. 46% were favoring the war, saying that the U. S. didn’t make a mistake!

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www.iraqwar.org
American’s Against Bombing
American’s Against World Empire
www.conservativesforpeace.com
A Conservative/Libertarian coalition opposed to the wars & hypocrisy whereby we create our own enemies. Empire will bankrupt America & cost us our own freedoms.

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2.27.7
Bush has been funding the Suni extremist (insurgency) terrorists for a long time; he’s funding the terrorists who flew planes into the WTC! Billions of our tax dollars have just been passed out to the terrorists, & weaponry handed to them, too!
Bush is, literally, funding Alqeida/terrorist groups, in cash! And G. W. Bush ought to be impeached! He’s funding the terrorists who are killing American troops! 92% of the casualties of our troops is done through the Suni extremists, & it’s Bush who is funding the Suni Alqeida Extremists Terrorists Insurgency Saudi’s.

Alqeida is Suni’s, not Shea!

2.27.7
Cheney has been President the entire time, not G. W. Bush; G. W. Bush is unable to be President!

2.27.7
FIRST LADY Laura Bush, on Larry King Live, 2.26.7 (referring to her husband & herself):
“Even though we disagree on the issues of the day, & don’t agree on everything,
I think that we, really, ‘understand’ eachother!”

2.27.7
Comedy:
In that Congress is trying to stop the Iraq war, & trying to end it through cutting off the funds, it’s apparent to so many Americans that “the people in Congress wont give the military troops the ‘support’ they need!”
But, truthfully, the only way to “support” the troops is to bring them home!

2.27.7
Ann Coulter calls it “anti-human global warming,” the fault of the liberals & liberalism!

2.27.7
It’s, still, a debate:
There’s no such thing as global warming;
Graphs have a “well-known” liberal bias;
Science is bull-shit!
(Probably, the point of this radio caller’s call was that we need to bomb China!)

2.27.7
We have a President, at this juncture, who stole the American Treasury!!!
We have (military) people (at this time) dying for our right to disagree!!!

2.27.7
A company by the name of SAIC took $8 billion, last year; they’re profiting from the Iraq war!

2.27.7
New polls out:
#1 – More Americans trust Congress than they trust (the) President Bush
#2 – Democrats back away from Iraq plan

2.27.7
Hey, global warming;
Look at the profits of Exxon-Mobil! It’s a good thing!

2.27.7
RIGHT WING WORLD:
The icecaps are melting, & the polar bears are drowning; maybe God hates polar bears!

2.27.7
87% of Europeans consider themselves happy!

2.27.7
During Dick Cheney’s cautious Asia trip, he got on a plane named The Spirit of Strom Thurman!
Upon Dick Cheney’s highly secretive Asia trip, power surge electrical problem, & arrival (to Afghanistan), a “suicide bomber” tries to harm/kill him (Cheney), and Cheney was (immediately) moved to a “bomb-shelter;” then, returns to the U. S! Ha, Ha, everyone hates Cheney!!! At the main military base that Cheney was staying at, he was (just) a half-mile from where the suicide bomber attacked, killing 15 people! CHENEY WAS THE TARGET, is what is being reported!

2.27.7
New website:
www.stopiranwar.com Stop Iran War, www.ga4.org A GA4 Campaign

2.27.7
Higher Postal rates by this coming Summer (!?); up to .41 cents, a stamp.

This (Iraq/Afghanistan) war (of choice) was a lie.

2.2007
According to the PEW research, 67% of Americans are against the actions of the Bush administration. Where are the other 33%; why are they (so) stupid, unintelligent, dim, thick, dense, slow, dull, brainless, dim-witted?

2.27.7
Coming home for the past 3 years, over 16,000 of them, the “forgotten” wounded of Iraq, returning (combat zone) troops, and Veterans, are committing suicide because they can’t get the medical help that they need (amputations, head-injuries, burn victims, spinal-cord injuries, psychiatric injuries, psychological injuries, etc; “signature injuries”). The conditions (at Walter Reid Medical Center), alone, are appalling, and a crisis. They need help for the rest of their lives. Of coarse, the Bush government, as they’ve always been aware of it, do not care! They’ve always treated the troops this way. Aides don’t respond to the calls/needs of troops, urine-bags overflowing on the floors, mold, holes in the ceiling, rats & dropping’s, etc.

We spending trillions on lethal, most advanced-weaponry, but/and nothing on the troops! Well, you volunteered for it! Let’s talk about the selling of “joining the military!” They’ll take everybody that they can take! Glorify WAR! We grow up in a military culture; we don’t talk about building bridges and peace.

A time comes when silence is betrayal.
A time comes when “darkness” is overwhelming, irresistible, overpowering, devastating, crushing, vast, great.

These particular foreign policy decisions; we are all involved; will we speak out, or hold our voices from being heard; will we stay silent; will we ignore the problem, difficulty, trouble, crisis, dilemma, predicament, quandary, setback, hitch?

We need to bring the troops home, now!
Take the profit out of war; intended for, designed for, meant for, used for, in favor of, on behalf of, in support of Industry/Corporate/rich; pro-Industry, pro-Corporate, pro-rich!

Anti-War Protests/Rally’s across the country: March 17th, 2007 (March 17 Iraq Protest)

Someone in America, or in DC, has to tell the truth!!!

2.26.7
Funny, humorous, hilarious, amusing, comical, comic, droll, witty:
George W. Bush is calling for us Americans to “kick” our dependence upon war, & oil!
G. W. Bush: “Sometimes, we get that oil from countries that don’t like us!”
“We need medical health reform, we need information technology” … blah, blah, blah!

Questions:
Why Do Men Have Nipples? Hundreds Of Questions You’d Only Ask A Doctor After
Your Third Martini By Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg, MD
It’s a book; read it!
Why Do Men Fall Asleep After Sex? More Questions You’d Only Ask A Doctor After
Your Third Whiskey Sour By Mark Leyner & Billy Goldberg, MD
It’s a book; read it!

The story of “Noah’s Ark” makes no sense to me! “Two” of EVERYTHING on this “ship!” Imagine the refuse, the “you know what;” that’s a lot of food, a lot of room, a lot of animals; everything not on the ship is “wiped out!”
Where’s the polar bears, the penguins, the cold water?
So, isn’t this preposterous, ridiculous, outrageous, unbelievable, absurd, outlandish, silly?

Facts about Rudy:
Rudy Giuliani was married to his 2nd cousin (his first wife), for 12 or 13 years; after he left his first wife, he moved in with two gay guys. He, once, dressed up in “drag.”

2.26.7
In today’s news:
Al Sharpton is related to Strom Thurman; the DNA is found to be the same!

2.26.7
We’re tired of the LIES, the DISTORTION, and the DECEPTION!!!

2.24.7
George W. Bush is:
lunatic, outrageous, madcap, crazy, foolish, mad, harebrained, scatty, off the wall, unbalanced, ludicrous, absentminded, inclined to forget, neglectful, scatterbrained, dreamy, disturbed, unhinged, deranged, unstable, uneven, lopsided, uneven, crooked, nonsensical, farcical, negligent, careless, slipshod, remiss, lax, slack, casual, empty-headed, dizzy, unreliable, pensive, faraway, wistful, preoccupied, unconcerned, crackers, nuts, off your rocker, wobbly, rickety, unsound, not fixed, unsteady, not level, jagged, patchy, irregular, potholed, asymmetrical, bent, warped, twisted, dishonest, criminal, corrupt, ridiculous, irrational, stupid, senseless, absurd, illogical, incompetent, embarrassing,

2.24.7
George W. Bush is delusional, sick, mentally ill, & psychotic.
Dick Cheney is delusional, sick, mentally ill, & psychotic.

2.24.7
The U. S. Government is “bought, & paid for!”
There isn’t a single Bill that’s passed through the House & the Senate that WASN’T “bought, & paid for!”
The “beloved” with cash/money/hard- cash/coins/currency/notes/change/wealth/capital/funds/riches go running through the chamber’s handing/passing out (to the Senators & Representatives) money-money-money, in receipt of the (very) votes (which) they fancy/yearn for!

Republican political (following, supporting, biased, taking sides, opinionated) figure (shape, form, outline, stature, build, body, number, numeral) fictional (imaginary, imagined, story bound, illusory, unreal, fantastic) names (forenames, given names, middle names):
Governor Seminal Vesicle
Senator Dick Trickle
Senator Vast Difference

2.23.7
NEWS: Senator Joe Lieberman changes his political seat from Democrat to Republican; big shock!!! He’s very disenchanted with Democrats, and, for a long while, has not attended meetings with Democrats; he’s (always) been closely aligned/allied/associated/ united with the republicans and with George W. Bush, his buddy/pal!

2.23.7
Today, a crowd of more than 10,000 people will be in Austin, to see 2008 Presidential Contender Barack Obama!

On the morning of 9.11.01, George H. W. Bush was having breakfast, in Washington DC, with the brother of Bin Laden!

2.21.7
A Gallup poll shows that the defining negatives of the GOP front runners are more of a problem for voters than voting for a woman or a black man; BAD news for Grandpa McCain, Brigham Romney, & happy pants Giuliani!

2.21.7
G. W. Bush knew about Walter Reed Medical Center before the Washington Post investigation! Yep!
Meanwhile, the reaction to the Walter Reed investigation is immediate!
Senate Dem’s dig in hard & fast, while the White House scrambles to act like they give a s**t!

2.21.7
And, a decaying facility, antiquated equipment, workers tasked to the point of exhaustion… no, not a Chinese sweatshop; rather, it’s a US nuclear weapons plant

2.21.7
With the help of AT&T, the government is reading your email!

2.21.7
Bush’s filthy oil war has increased terrorism sevenfold!

2.20.7
The Brits are pulling military troops out of Iraq!
Denmark’s leaving Iraq, too!

Capitalism is an economic system, not a political system!

2.20.7
Neo-Con’s are trying to destroy the public education system, and oine way they’re trying to destroy it is through vouchers!
And the Union system, also, is “demonized” by Conservatives!
“Critical thinking” (in education) is “looked down upon,” which is (just) one problem in the public education system! To seek the truth, the facts, information, history is shunned, bad, awful, terrible, dreadful, appalling, shocking, ghastly, horrific, dire!
There is “Empire building” going on, here!!!
Currently, education & healthcare are privileges, not rights! They need to become rights, not privileges!
There needs to be a Constitutional Amendment (crafted) stating that education, and healthcare, are rights, not privileges!
We have, not yet, put into law that education, & healthcare, are rights!
There needs to me more local control, & more funding!
The assault on public education is an attempt to strengthen oligarchy.
We need to take back our Government!

And do we have a right to a living wage?
Do we have a right to save for retirement?
Do we have a right to feed our children?
Do we have a right to live financially secure, and comfortable?
Corporate profits must be brought down (lowered)!
Taxes on Billionaires must be higher!

2.20.7
John McCain, now, informs us (all) that Roe vs Wade should be overturned; that he doesn’t support it!!!

2.2007
More than the World War III that we have started:
“Anti-gay ‘Death Squads’” are sanctioned by the Iraq Government; the Death
Squads that have taken over the Iraq Government are killing men, whether gay or
not!
Thousands of men & women disappear, & never seen again!
If you act gay, look gay, appear gay, you are taken away by these anti-gay Death-Squads, & killed!
Just for being suspected (of being gay), you can be executed!
And American Government is doing nothing to stop it!

Democracy starts/begins with YOU; get active!!!
Despair is NOT an option; GET ACTIVE!!!

2.20.7
Rev. Ted Haggard has been defrocked; he can no longer wear a frock (!!!)
He is so “homosexual”/gay & he has made such a fool of himself that his church has, quietly & kindly, made it known to him that he is no longer welcomed there!

February, 2007
As Bad As G. W. Bush: Rudy Giuliani
New Yorkers reviled Rudy Giuliani prior to 9.11.01, & they hated/abhorred him, even, after 9.11.01; teachers loathed him, police despised him, every one detested him; he never did any good in/for the entirety of NYC!

2.20.7
Hard-right’s don’t want the votes (or every vote) to be counted!
Hard-right’s don’t want negotiation or debate!
Hard-right’s don’t like to lose “control;” they don’t want liberals or democrats to have
power, and they don’t like for GOOD to happen!
Hard-right’s don’t like peace, & they don’t want peace; they don’t want (& don’t like)
health care, education, social justice, or environmental
salvation/deliverance/rescue/recovery/escape!
They who live by FEAR, the sword, war; they are the terrorists, and they are the
creation & creators of TERRORISM!
“How do we negotiate with the terrorists?” they ask!!!

2.20.7
“Hard-right,” Christian, Fundamentalist, Conservative, Republican, “Faith-Based,” G. W. Bush supporters carry/sustain/maintain/shore up/create the “Department of (WAR) Defense,” Nuclear bombs, W.M.D, war, killing, terror, violence, & they do it (all) in the name of JESUS, (all) in the name of PeAcE, & they don’t want/tolerate/desire/fancy/feel like “negotiation” with those whom they determine, agree on, establish, resolve, conclude, decide (are) to be “terrorists!”
One “hard-right” lady (she declared/affirmed/stated/confirmed/acknowledged that she was “hard-right”), on the radio, commented: “how do we negotiate with the terrorists???”
How do we negotiate with “the terrorists?”
She adds: “JUST knock them out; JUST nuke them; get rid of them all!!!”
Just knock them out, nuke them, get rid of “them” all!
Is this a “Christian,” (she says she’s a “Christian!”)?
Again, who are the terrorists!!!??? It sounds, seems, feels, tastes, smells (very) much like the terrorists are, verily, those extraordinarily/dreadfully/extremely/incredibly “Christian” people who desire the war, the violence, the killing, the nukes, the w.m.d, the terror, the terrorism, the… the… the… the… the… the… the…
“How do we negotiate with the terrorists?” they ask!!! How do we negotiate, at all? How can we negotiate with ourselves? How will we negotiate? Will we negotiate! Negotiate! Negotiate? Negotiate. Negotiate* Negotiate$ Negotiate^ Negotiate< > Negotiate “ ” Negotiate __________________
Talk, talk about, Discuss, Confer, Consult, Bargain, Parley, Agree, Settle, converse, chat, chat about, have a chat, make conversation, chew the fat, chitchat, repartee, yak, shoot the breeze, speak, tell, inform, keep informed, keep posted, update, fill in, renew, bring up to date, report to, let know, say to, advise, counsel, give advice, direct, recommend, propose, put forward, put it to somebody, plan, sketch, graph, arrange, prepare, intend, mean, represent, connote, imply, signify, indicate, stand for, aim, aspire, endeavor, try, want, be set to, be going to, have it in mind, be determined, urge, commend, advocate, suggest, give an opinion, warn, inform, advocate, encourage, guide, express, notify, put in the picture, enlighten, acquaint with, verbalize, articulate, have a word, address, communicate, gossip, tittle-tattle, chatter, rant, rage, tirade, outburst, invective, diatribe, harangue, lecture, rage, seethe, prattle, talk nineteen to the dozen, babble on, babble, go on, natter, utter, have a discussion, argue, quarrel, dispute, row, line up, paddle, bicker, squabble, thrash out, beat, whip, batter, lash, flog, flay, spank, award, bestow, present, grant, give, discuss, ask, check with, discuss with, talk to, confer with, seek advice from, see, sound out, good deal, good buy, haggle, quibble, equivocate, hedge, split hairs, nitpick, cavil, be pedantic, trivial objection, slight criticism, wrangle, barter, deal, agreement, conference, meeting, discussion, confab, huddle, have the same opinion, concur, harmonize, tone, correspond, bring into line, synchronize, match, be in agreement, see eye to eye, be of the same mind, be of the same opinion, differ, be at variance, vary, be different, consent, resolve, reconcile, clear up, straighten out, mend, patch up, stay, inhabit, live in, dwell in, make your home in, occupy, reside in, populate …

2.20.7
LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG, LONG ago:
The American government has aligned itself (is an ally, friend, helper, supporter, assistant, partner, collaborator) with Israel.
Leading Democrats, currently, say that Iran is a “threat.” !!!

2.19.7
Iran’s nuke plan is 5 – 10 years (more like 10 yrs from the assembly); the idea that Iran, now, has nukes (or has the immediate or near-future capability/aptitude/means/ability/facility of creating nukes) is bull-shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.20.7
In 2003, G. W. Bush wrote a letter to Congress saying that Saddam Hussein was connected/tied to 9.11.01, which Bush knew was a lie; that, alone, is an impeachable offense!

2.17.7
The States of Mississippi, Georgia, & Texas: against the sale of sex toys!
The States of Mississippi, & Georgia: also, for the continuing Iraq war, & an
“Escalation” of military troops (as part of the Iraq war)!
Senators in Mississippi and Georgia voted against the Resolution that would bring an end
to the Iraq war; they believe that there is no debate necessary over whether or not
there should be an “escalation” of military troops; they refused to (& didn’t) show
up for “the debate” (on 2.17.7); they’re for the “escalation,” & for continuing war!

Government is a necessary “evil/wickedness/sin/malevolence/iniquity/vice” for a (armed) military rationale/basis/raison d'être/motivation/foundation/grounds/underlying principle/purpose/justification/validation/explanation/rationalization.

2.18.7
If Hillary Clinton is the next President, Bill will, likely, take the N. Y. Senator seat!

2.18.7
If Al Gore is to run for President, it will be announced in September, 2007!

A great “ticket” would be Al Gore, & Barack Obama!

The Bush organized crime family/regime is Just That: ORGANIZED CRIME

Neglect (of military troops) is an impeachable crime!

The F-word: FASCISM; a merging of State & Corporatism!

We need air, water, and earth (food supply) to survive!
What happens when we sell off (& privatize) our air, our water, our earth, our roads, our jobs, our food supply, our very lives?

DISAPPEARED: 363 tons of (shrink-wrapped, & on a pallet) $100.00 bills (in Iraq)!!!

2.13.7
G. W. Bush, NOW, wants to make all hwy’s & freeways (in America) toll-roads; outsourcing & privatizing all roads (to be rebuilt & created into toll-roads) to big corporations & other countries; not only are our American jobs being outsourced & privatized, but so, now, our roads and freeways; already, our nations toll-roads are owned by other countries, and privatized!!! For too many people, in this country, it will be a cost of $25.00, to work, & $25.00 from work (to home), daily, on top of paying for gasoline, which we will never overcome our dependence upon! It’s about money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money, money!

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www.movecongress.org

“How many deaths will it take till (we) know that too many people have died?” – Bob Dylan

www.movecongress.org

Monday, February 12th, 2007 –
3,118 – U.S. Soldiers dead in Iraq
23,417 – U.S. Soldiers wounded & maimed in Iraq
61,000 – Estimated Iraqi innocent civilians killed

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www.stopthelibrary.com
Stop The Library & The Bush Think-Tank
www.h4pj.org
www.cathedralofhope.com

“There ought to be limits to freedom.” – G. W. Bush

2.8.7
The Bush Administration & their Corporate Cronies/friends are saying that climate-change, & global-warming is, coincidentally, “EVOLVING;” suddenly, gov’t & republicans are believing in (or claiming) “evolution;” next, they’ll blame it all on “liberals,” or on the democrats, or on the homosexuals/gays, or that God is angry & has sent it (global warming, & climate change) upon us all!!! It’s the homosexual’s fault! It’s the fault of unobedient, unsubmissive women!

2.7.7
I WILL NOT VOTE FOR OR SUPPORT ANY CANDIDATE FOR CONGRESS OR PRESIDENT WHO DOES NOT MAKE A SPEEDY END TO THE WAR IN IRAQ, AND PREVENTING ANY FUTURE WAR OF AGGRESSION, A PUBLIC POSITION IN HIS OR HER CAMPAIGN.

2.6.7
One (a single) visit (to Iowa) puts Hillary Clinton in the lead, at 35%!
18% – John Edwards
14% – Barack Hussein Obama
(of the leading Democratic Presidential Contenders)

2.6.7
President Bill Clinton cut the military budget, &, ultimately, gave us a SURPLUS!
G. W. Bush has wiped all of that away!

2.6.7
G. W. Bush wants to add 90,000 military troops, over (the years of) 2007 & 2008!
G. W. Bush wants $365-billion over the next three years (for war)!
G. W. Bush wants over $3 Trillion for Defense, & for War!
G. W. Bush wants to cut health care, Medicare, & Medicaid (a $70 billion cut)!
WILL HE GET IT ALL (THAT HE WANTS)!!!???
BUSH IS OUT OF CONTROL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2.3.7
Congress is, currently, attempting to pass legislation to keep G. W. Bush from starting war in Iran; if he does attack Iran, we’ll have a “Constitutional crisis” on our hands!
He’s, already, disregarded every bit of the Constitution, & he’s working on (trashing) the Bill of Rights, also!

2.2.7
Now, Bush is admitting (request for, or) intention to send (to Iraq) 48,000 troops, with a more than $300-billion cost “tag” over the next 2 years!!!

2.1.7
Senator Joe Byden’s Presidential Campaign kicked off & ended the same day, on 1.31.7!!!
Byden on Barack Obama:
“He’s the first African American (in history) who is mainstream,
articulate, nice, clean (‘as a whistle’), & bright!”
He said this after criticizing Hillary Clinton & John Edwards! It, too, was “criticism” of Barack Obama!
He (just) needs to keep his mouth shut! He loves to talk (way) too much!
Barack Obama’s response(?):
“I don’t pay much attention to what other people say on the campaign trail!”

2.1.7
80% of American public think that the next U. S. President will be a white man; I don’t think the same! I believe that we’ll have, as our next President, either a woman (Hillary Clinton), or a black man (Barack Hussein Obama)!
(It seems that) the three top Presidential Candidates are Hillary Clinton, John Edwards, & Barrack Obama, in that order!

2.1.7
Al Franken is running for U. S. Senate in Minnesota

Song:
Those Were The Best Days Of My Life: The Summer of ‘69

Song:
Creator loves the little people
All the people of the world
Red, yellow, black, brown, & white
We are precious in God’s sight
Maker loves the little people of the world

www.beatbushgear.com

1.29.7
Bush say’s that American Military will attack Iran if Iran starts fighting us! We’re, already, at war with Iran, because of Bush!

www.progressivetalk1260.com

www.airamericaradio.com
Tune In,
Turn Up,
Bush Out!

“We sacrifice your blood and bodies, and what is to come is even worse.”
– G. W. Bush, 1.23.7, in the State of the Union Address

IT”S ABOUT “PLANNED CHAOS,”
BECAUSE, IN THAT, WE CAN STEAL THE OIL!

It’s a coalition of the willing
It’s a coalition of the “drilling”

Bush’s best friends: the autocratic, despotic, tyrannical, repressive, oppressive, domineering, high-handed, heavy-handed, authoritarian, cruel, totalitarian, harsh, suppressive, exploitive, brutal, officious, intrusive, interfering, invasive, insidious, sinister, ominous, portentous, boding evil, ill-omened, threatening, evil, disturbing, disconcerting, disquieting, distressing, troubling, creepy, spine-chilling, baleful, malignant, nasty, hateful, vile, spiteful, horrible, wicked, vindictive, menacing, dangerous, nosy, snooping, prying, interfering, unapathetic dictators.

Bush Wants (& Gets) War In Iran, & In Somalia, & In Syria, & In North Korea, & In Cuba, & In Venezuela, & In Bolivia, & In Lebanon, Now!

End Colonial Occupation & Imperialist Aggression From Africa To Asia, From Iraq To Palestine, To Afghanistan, To Haiti, To The Philippines, To Puerto Rico.

Time To Move From Protest To Resistance;
Force Congress To Vote NO To War Funding!

Immediate, Unconditional, & Complete Withdrawal From Iraq; OUT NOW!

Solidarity With Immigrant Workers & Katrina Survivors

Stop The War At Home

Stop Racist Police Terror

Stop ICE Raids

Military Recruiters Out Of Our School’s, Universities, And Communities

No Draft

Education, Not War

Health Care, Not War

Peace, Not War

Freedom NOT For The People;
Freedom For The Oil Fields!

Civil War? You Got It!

See Dick Laugh When Bush Lies

Black. No!
White. No!
Red. No!
Yellow. No!
Brown. No!
Human. Yes!

War Is Not Healthy For Children & Other Living Things

GET THAT WARMONGER OUT OF THE WHITE HOUSE!

If You Want Peace, Work For Justice

(referring to troops being sent to Iraq) Bart Simpson says: HELL, NO; WE WON’T GO!

“I would no more teach children military training than teach them arson, robbery, or assassination.” – Eugene V. Debs

COEXIST

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If Giraffes Lived In America...
Our Stupefied CountryIt's gonna be very very difficult to win elections if 25% of the U.S. population think the sun goes around the earth...IS OUR ADULTS LEARNING?....In a recent Gallup Survey, only 35% of Americans said they believed evolution was "a scientific theory well-supported by evidence." Forty-five percent of Americans also believe that God created human beings pretty much in their present form about 10,000 years ago. A third of Americans are biblical literalists who believe that the Bible is the actual word of God and is to be taken literally, word for word.According to an NSF survey done in 2001, 25% of Americans think the sun goes around the earth.Take the test yourself: (here)------------------ Chance that an American adult believes that "politics and government are too complicated to understand": 1 in 3 (here) ------------------Bad Word, Bad Bad Word!Number of states that do not use the word "evolution" in their science curricula : 5 [National Center for Science Education Oakland] (here)------------------Rank shared by Jesus Christ and Bill Clinton among "the greatest Americans of all time," according to Americans: 13(Luntz Research) (Harper's)------------------Bad Weather In the U.S.A. (great article!)------------------A study of 556 seniors at 55 prestigious U.S. universities (Yale and Harvard among them) found that 40% couldn't say when the Civil War took place, even with these multiple choice answers: A. 1750-1800 B. 1800-1850 C. 1850-1900 D. 1900-1950 E. After 1950------------------The National Adult Literacy Survey says 23 percent of the 191 million adults in America perform at the lowest reading proficiency level.------------------Year in which Detroit presented Saddam Hussein with a key to the city: 1980 (here)------------------The average American adult spends 99 hours a year reading and 1,460 hours watching TV. That's two months watching TV.------------------ Number of Florida high school students who take physical-education courses online: 1,204 --Florida Virtual School (Orlando) (here)------------------ There are 50 million uninsured Americans, and nearly 10 million of them are kids. We do have 1 million insured dogs and cats. (more here)------------------45% of Americans believe that Saddam Hussein was involved in the September 11 attacks. (here) President Bush: "I just can't make the claim of such a link." (here) ------------------ (Transcript from a whistle-blower lawsuit filed against pharmaceutical companies Pfizer and Warner-Lambert in 1996, and unsealed last year. The words are those of John Ford, senior marketing executive for Parke-Davis.) Harper's 3/03"I want you out there every day selling Neurontin. Neurontin is more profitable than Accupril so we need to focus on Neurontin. Pain management, now that's money. We don't want to share these patients with everybody, we want them on Neurontin only. We want their whole drug budget--not a quarter, not half--the whole thing. We can't wait for them to ask, we need to get out there and tell them up front. Holding their hand and whispering in their ear: 'Neurontin for pain, Neurontin for everything.' I don't want to see a single patient coming off Neurontin before they've been up to at least 4,800 milligrams a day. I don't want to hear that safety crap, either. Have you tried Neurontin? Every one of you should take one just to see there's nothing. It's a great drug!" ------------------ From a list of subjects of film-footage requests submitted to various image archives over the past two years; the requests were made by researchers, television and film producers, and teachers. List compiled by Williams Cole, published in Harpers, March 2003Prehistoric TimesSocratesJesus Christ (footage and photographs)Columbus discovering AmericaGeorge Washington crossing the DelawareThe Titanic sinkingFounding Fathers signing the Declaration of IndependenceJack the Ripper, from around the time of the murdersThe Industrial Revolution, especially trains (circa 1830)The American RevolutionPeople with skin complaints being burned at the stakeClinton and Lewinsky having sexual relationsFirst lunar landing, shot from the moon (here)------------------A brief from the composer who wrote the music for the Fox News Channel's presentation of Gulf War 2:"The creative brief in the first Gulf War had more to do with the conflict of cultures and ideologies. It was the Islamic or Arabic Fast versus the West, and so the conflict was set in those tones. The second time it was more like they were trying to promote the war the same way they would promote Terminator 3--it was like "Battle of the Megaheroes." So the first time what I delivered was vaguely militaristic and vaguely Arabic simultaneously. And the second time it was just Techno-Ali vs. Frazier IV, we're-going-to-knock-the-crap-out-of-them music." --Peter Fish in Harper's Magazine, February 2004 Harper's------------------The Dead Kid Stays in the PictureThe following email was sent in March by Taylor Donahue, vice president of production at Timely Studios to Anita Lavine, senior vice president of productionTo: Anita LavineFrom: Taylor DonahueSubject: Location shooting for Codename CourageAssuming the current situation with Iraq leads to combat activity by U.S. troops, I suggest we get a small film crew credentialed as press to shoot over there. This will solve some of the budget vs. production-value problems we've discussed. In the best-case scenario we can also get one or two of our leads over there in costume to do a scene with the mayhem of real war as a backdrop.Failing this, we can have the war as a back plate to use with blue screen of our actors.We'll be the only movie with a multibillion-dollar effects budget. (here)

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June 22, 2003
The bad weather over America
By JAMES CARROL
WHEN WILL the bad weather end? Why the distance between what is and what ought to be? Where are Saddam Hussein's weapons of mass destruction? If he was such a threat, why did his army perform so poorly? Does it matter where he is? If the war in Iraq was not about oil, why does the United States insist on its indefinite control? If the war was, instead, about democracy, why are the Iraqi people, including Saddam's proven enemies, excluded from authority? Is Iraq to be like Afghanistan, where war lords rule and heroin thrives? Are there more suicide-bombers now than ever? Has the American war on terrorism advanced safety? How did relations between the United States and its European allies become so fragile? Will history recognize the 21st century Anglo-American combine as a mere continuation of the 19th century British Empire? What do good intentions count for if they cut a wake of wreckage? And is the bad weather the result of an atmospheric low that will not lift without the answers?
Why are taxes being cut when teachers and librarians are being laid off? What happened to campaign finance reform? Why is the United States more divided by race than ever? When did its citizens ever decide to forgo privacy? How can low-income wage-earners support their families? How much longer will the middle class be able to afford health insurance? Why are Americans eating so much bad food? Does prime time television hold a mirror up to the nation? Who teaches children to bring guns to school? What happens to teenagers who fulfill every graduation requirement except the test they can't pass? How many more will fail that test because their teachers were laid off?
Such impossible questions go a long way toward explaining the American mood. We cannot answer them, so we do not ask them, and the emotional weather is lousy. Thus, the patently false ebullience of George W. Bush -- the doubtless man -- is the perfect emblem of a nation so adrift that it dares not look twice at its real condition. Whatever the technical reasons for it, the economy that refuses to recover matches perfectly a broad psychological stagnation that precludes self-knowledge. Why are Americans incapable of looking directly at what we are doing and what we are becoming?
Abroad, the United States wages war on such vaporous pretexts that when they dissipate in the first breeze of mourners wailing, Americans take no notice. A strong tradition of multilateral internationalism is overthrown without political controversy or even debate. An old liberal dream of world federalism, nations united as democratic partners in global governance, is replaced by a program of American unipolarity, world government administered by fiat from Washington. And who in Washington questions this?
At home, an anxious sadness underlies the civic life. Careers feel terribly uncertain. Leisure is a forgotten luxury, which is not all bad because blank spaces in the datebook spark insecurities most of all. Intimate relationships are burdened by what is not discussed, and the confessional to which many people might once have carried such secrets is now dangerous. The Catholic crisis, cutting an entire community loose from moorings of authority and meaning, directly affects only a part of the national population, yet it, too, seems very American. The sadness is as religious as it is political.
In America each boon seems now to carry a curse. Is our freedom secured? Yes, by a government that can eavesdrop on every conversation. Are we well fed? Yes, to the point of obesity. Is our medical care superb? To the point of bankruptcy. Are we the most heavily armed people in history? Frighteningly so. Does the unprecedented success of the national project over the last generation bode well for the next generation? Obviously not. Can we dare to ask why?
An answer is apparent this very day in Iraq. The distance between what is and what ought to be is so vast there that only an act of communal self-blinding can keep Americans ignorant of it. The dark national mood has many causes, but one cries out to be reckoned with immediately. The Iraqi war was a pack of lies, and Washington's war on terrorism is a cynical manipulation of fears for the sake of power. So far, the citizens of the United States have willfully participated in this Bush-led charade. We have done so out of the very insecurity they tell us not to feel, as if the charade, however much it wrecks the world, will protect us. But our underlying sadness indicates what we need to know.
America was not meant to be like this. We are no longer ourselves. The bad weather will not end until we face this cold truth and change it.
James Carroll's column appears regularly in the Globe.
This story ran on page A15 of the Boston Globe on 5/27/2003. © Copyright 2003 Globe Newspaper Company.

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http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/01/20030131-23.html

President Bush Meets with Prime Minister Blair Remarks by the President and British Prime Minister Tony BlairThe Cross Hall

4:12 P.M. EST
THE PRESIDENT: It's my honor to welcome Tony Blair back to the White House. We just had a wide-ranging discussion on a lot of issues. I appreciate my friend's commitment to peace and security. I appreciate his vision. I appreciate his willingness to lead. Most importantly, I appreciate his understanding that after September the 11th, 2001, the world changed; that we face a common enemy -- terrorists willing to kill innocent lives; that we now recognize that threats which gather in remote regions of the world must be dealt with before others lose their lives.
Tony Blair is a friend. He's a friend of the American people, he's a friend of mine. I trust his judgment and I appreciate his wisdom.
Welcome.
THE PRIME MINISTER: First of all, can I say how delighted I am to be back in the White House and to see President Bush. And as he's just described to you, we had an excellent discussion, covering all the key issues of the day. And I would like to praise his leadership in the world since September the 11th, particularly, on what I think are the two key issues that face our world today -- which are issues of international terrorism and weapons of mass destruction. And I think both of those issues come together because they threaten the peace and the order and the stability of the world.
And what is essential is that in every respect, in every way that we can we mobilize international support and the international community, in order to make sure that these twin threats that the world faces are dealt with. And I have no doubt at all that we can deal with them. But we should realize those two threats -- terrorism, weapons of mass destruction -- are not different, they're linked. And dealing with both of them is essential for the future peace and security and prosperity of the world.
Thank you.
THE PRESIDENT: Fournier. Here's what we're going to do. I will call upon a reporter. The Prime Minister will call upon a reporter. And we'll do this three different times. Start with you.
Q Thank you, sir. First, quickly to the Prime Minister, did you ask President Bush to secure a second U.N. resolution and to give the inspectors more time? And, President Bush, the U.N. says -- the U.N. inspectors say Saddam is not complying, you say Saddam is not complying, why wait a matter of weeks? What's -- why hold up on the decision?
THE PRESIDENT: First of all, you violated the two-question rule -- as usual. He's had a bad habit of this. I'll start.
Saddam Hussein is not disarming. He is a danger to the world. He must disarm. And that's why I have constantly said and the Prime Minister has constantly said this issue will come to a head in a matter of weeks, not months.
THE PRIME MINISTER: The whole point about the present situation is that when President Bush made his speech to the United Nations, when we went down the United Nations route, we passed Resolution 1441. And I think it really repays reading that, because we said very clearly that Saddam had what we said was a final opportunity to disarm, and that he had to cooperate fully in every respect with the U.N. weapons inspectors.
As Dr. Blix said in his report to the Security Council earlier this week, he's not doing that. And therefore, what is important is that the international community comes together again and makes it absolutely clear that this is unacceptable. And the reason why I believe that it will do that is precisely because in the original Resolution 1441, we made it clear that failure to disarm would lead to serious consequences.
So this is a test for the international community. It's not just a test for the United States or for Britain. It's a test for the international community, too. And the judgment has to be, at the present time, that Saddam Hussein is not cooperating with the inspectors, and therefore is in breach of the U.N. resolution. And that's why time is running out.
Andy.
Q A question for the President, if I may. What is the status, in your view, of any second resolution? Is it something that you think it's worth spending time and energy trying to assemble and, if so, why?
THE PRESIDENT: First, let me reiterate what I just said. This is a matter of weeks, not months. Any attempt to drag the process on for months will be resisted by the United States. And as I understand the Prime Minister -- I'm loath to put words in his mouth -- but he's also said weeks, not months.
Secondly, I want to remind you, I was the guy that went to the United Nations in the first place. I said, why don't we come together as a world to resolve this issue, once and for all. Why doesn't the United Nations stand up as a body and show the world that it has got the capacity to keep the peace.
So, first of all, in answer to one part of your question, this just needs to be resolved quickly. Should the United Nations decide to pass a second resolution, it would be welcomed if it is yet another signal that we're intent upon disarming Saddam Hussein. But 1441 gives us the authority to move without any second resolution. And Saddam Hussein must understand that if he does not disarm, for the sake of peace, we, along with others, will go disarm Saddam Hussein.
Steve.
Q Thank you, sir. Mr. President, is Secretary Powell going to provide the undeniable proof of Iraq's guilt that so many critics are calling for?
THE PRESIDENT: Well, all due in modesty, I thought I did a pretty good job myself of making it clear that he's not disarming and why he should disarm. Secretary Powell will make a strong case about the danger of an armed Saddam Hussein. He will make it clear that Saddam Hussein is fooling the world, or trying to fool the world. He will make it clear that Saddam is a menace to peace in his own neighborhood. He will also talk about al Qaeda links, links that really do portend a danger for America and for Great Britain, anybody else who loves freedom.
As the Prime Minister says, the war on terror is not confined to just a shadowy terrorist network. The war on terror includes people who are willing to train and to equip organizations such as al Qaeda.
See, the strategic view of America changed after September the 11th. We must deal with threats before they hurt the American people again. And as I have said repeatedly, Saddam Hussein would like nothing more than to use a terrorist network to attack and to kill and leave no fingerprints behind. Colin Powell will continue making that case to the American people and the world at the United Nations.
THE PRIME MINISTER: Adam.
Q One question for you both. Do you believe that there is a link between Saddam Hussein, a direct link, and the men who attacked on September the 11th?
THE PRESIDENT: I can't make that claim.
THE PRIME MINISTER: That answers your question. The one thing I would say, however, is I've absolutely no doubt at all that unless we deal with both of these threats, they will come together in a deadly form. Because, you know, what do we know after September the 11th? We know that these terrorists networks would use any means they can to cause maximum death and destruction. And we know also that they will do whatever they can to acquire the most deadly weaponry they can. And that's why it's important to deal with these issues together.
Q Mr. President and Prime Minister, if I could, sir, the arms inspectors made their report on Monday this week. You've both made clear that it's a question of weeks, not months. And here we are at the end of the week and the Iraqis are suddenly inviting the arms inspectors back to Baghdad for further consultations. Could I ask both of you what you make of that?
THE PRESIDENT: Let's see if I can be polite. Saddam Hussein has had 12 years to learn how to deceive, and I would view this as more deception on his part. He expects to be able to convince 108 inspectors that he is open-minded. The only way that he can show that he is truly a peaceful man is to not negotiate with inspectors, is not to string the inspectors along, but to disarm in front of inspectors. We know what a disarmed regime looks like. We know what it means to disarm. There's no negotiations. The idea of calling inspectors in to negotiate is a charade. If he is going to disarm, he must start disarming. That's the only thing he needs to talk to the inspectors about, is, here, I'm disarming.
THE PRIME MINISTER: That's absolutely right. If you look back at the history of this, for 12 years, he's played these games. And that's why it's so important to realize what the U.N. inspectors were put back in to do. The U.N. inspectors -- and this is the crucial point, because it's on this basis that the whole issue of the U.N. authority rests -- the U.N. inspectors did not go back into Iraq to play a game of hide-and-seek with Saddam. They didn't go back in as a detective agency. They went back in under an authority that said that they had to cooperate fully, in every respect: the interview of witnesses, not just access to sites; honest, transparent declarations in the material they had. They're not doing that.
Now, why are they calling back the inspectors? I think it's fairly obvious. It's because as the pressure grows, they want to play the same games as they've been playing all the way through. That's why it's important we hold to the path that we've set out. They have to disarm. They have to cooperate with the inspectors. They're not doing it. If they don't do it through the U.N. route, then they will have to be disarmed by force.
Nate.
Q Mr. President, an account of the White House after 9/11 says that you ordered invasion plans for Iraq six days after September the 11th -- Bob Woodward's account. Isn't it the case that you have always intended war on Iraq, and that international diplomacy is a charade in this case?
THE PRESIDENT: Actually, prior to September the 11th, we were discussing smart sanctions. We were trying to fashion a sanction regime that would make it more likely to be able to contain somebody like Saddam Hussein. After September the 11th, the doctrine of containment just doesn't hold any water, as far as I'm concerned.
I've told you the strategic vision of our country shifted dramatically, and it shifted dramatically because we now recognize that oceans no longer protect us, that we're vulnerable to attack. And the worst form of attack could come from somebody acquiring weapons of mass destruction and using them on the American people, or the worst attack could come when somebody uses weapons of mass destruction on our friends in Great Britain.
Recently, Tony Blair's government routed out a poison plot. It should say to the people of Great Britain, there is a present danger, that weapons of mass destruction are a danger to people who love freedom. I want to congratulate you on your fabulous job of using your intelligence and your law enforcement to protect the people of Great Britain.
Today, Italy rounded up yet another cell of people who are willing to use weapons of mass destruction on those of us who love freedom.
And so, no, quite the contrary. My vision shifted dramatically after September the 11th, because I now realize the stakes. I realize the world has changed. My most important obligation is to protect the American people from further harm. And I will do that.
Thank you all very much.
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