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Article #198Re: Top Ten Conservative Idiots: Turkey and Mustard Edition
From: Robert John
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:35
Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 18:35
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What would you expect from a dumb ass liberal. With near zero intelligents, they don't know their ass from a hole in the ground. "Gary J. English" <nospam@verizon.net> wrote in message news:hsp680dobkk4nehbv0kcjfq791abj39f3t@4ax.com... > On 18 Apr 2004 21:55:54 -0700, anon5c6c@nyx.net (In Your Dreams) wrote: > > In your dreams, learn how to f***ing post. This is a political post and does not > belong in general newsgroups. > > With over 30,000 newsgroups, I guess you're too stump stupid or lack some basic > netiquette skills to find national political forums, i.e. alt.politics, > alt.politics.usa, talk.politics.misc, us.politics, alt.politics.democrats, > alt.politics.republicans, alt.bush.conspiracy > > >The Top Ten Conservative Idiots (No. 152) > > April 19, 2004 > > Turkey and Mustard Edition > > > > So, did you see Bush on tee-vee last Tuesday? Four words: Worst. Press > > Conference. Ever. His ridiculous performance earned him the top three > > spots on this week's list. But that's not all. He and Cheney > > collectively earned the number four slot for their massive tax > > windfall they both received this year from the Tax Cut. (Must be nice > > to have the power to stuff fat cash into your own pocket like that.) > > Rounding out the list, we've got some familiar faces: John Ashcroft > > (5) is blaming Bill Clinton for 9/11. Randall Terry (7) of Operation > > Rescue has a gay kid. (Oh, the horror!) And Antonin Scalia (9) has > > learned an important lesson. Enjoy... > > > > 1 George W. Bush dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb > > Millions of viewers tuned in to George W. Bush's primetime press > > conference last Tuesday, and immediately tuned out again when they > > realized that American Idol had been pre-empted. But those viewers > > really should have "stayed the course," because they missed out on a > > performance just as half-baked and devoid of talent, as hilarious and > > yet downright sad, as any of American Idol's worst auditions. Think > > William Hung in a suit - just as Hung has made a career out of > > repeating "she bangs" over and over again until it ceases to be funny > > and merely annoys the piss out of you, so George W. Bush continued to > > drag out the same tired old platitudes last Tuesday night. Regardless > > of the question being asked, Bush returned again and again to the safe > > havens of "freedom," "terra," "war on terra," and even that old > > stand-by, "weapons of mass destruction." What's your best prediction > > on how long U.S. troops will have to be in Iraq? The Iraqis want > > freedom. You said that the Iraqis would welcome us with sweets and > > flowers - how do you explain to Americans how you got that so wrong? > > Saddam Hussein used weapons of mass destruction against his own > > people. Why are you and the vice president insisting on appearing > > together before the 9-11 commission? I look forward to answering their > > questions. Sorry George. America may not have voted yet, but you're in > > the bottom three tonight. > > > > 2 George W. Bush dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb > > While George formed a lot of substanceless sentences from a lot of > > substanceless words last Tuesday, it was what he didn't say that > > proved to be quite telling. When asked the question, "You've looked > > back before 9-11 for what mistakes might have been made. After 9-11, > > what would your biggest mistake be, would you say, and what lessons > > have you learned from it?" Bush clung to the podium, cast his eyes to > > the heavens as if looking for divine inspiration, looked at his feet > > for a while and shook his head, before finally blurting out, "You > > know, I just - I'm sure something will pop into my head here" (for > > video, visit this link, open it up in RealPlayer, and skip ahead to > > 50:58). The Worst President Ever then went on to explain that he was > > having trouble "in the midst of this press conference, with all the > > pressure of trying to come up with answer." Um, I hate to break it to > > you, numbnuts, but you're the Commander-in-Chief of the United States > > of America. And you can't even handle the pressure of a press > > conference? I'm going to start calling you Jello W. Bush from now on. > > > > 3 Jello W. Bush dumb dumb dumb dumb lying > > To be fair, there was one line that stuck out during Dubya's > > incoherent blatherings at the press conference. Yes, he was talking > > about weapons of mass destruction - again - but we can apparently now > > add 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm to all the VX, anthrax, > > yellowcake and aluminum tubes. That's right - it wouldn't be a press > > conference without Our Great Leader telling fibs about stockpiles of > > WMDs. During his non-answer to the question "what's your biggest > > mistake?" Bush started going on about how he still thinks that WMDs > > will be found: "See, I'm of the belief that we'll find out the truth > > on the weapons. That's why we sent up the independent commission. I > > look forward to hearing the truth as to exactly where they are. They > > could still be there. They could be hidden, like the 50 tons of > > mustard gas in a turkey farm." Now, for those of you unfamiliar with > > the 50 tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm story, here's the deal. > > Bush was talking about Libya's voluntary disclosure of weapons earlier > > this year, during which inspectors discovered - you guessed it - 50 > > tons of mustard gas in a turkey farm. Except... the day after the > > press conference Scott McClellan had to clarify Bush's statement, > > because apparently only 23.6 tons of mustard gas were found. Oh, and > > the substance was actually found scattered across Libya, not at the > > turkey farm. Um, in fact, there wasn't any mustard gas at the turkey > > farm at all, just unfilled munitions. So technically Bush's statement > > was correct, apart from the bit about "50 tons of mustard gas in a > > turkey farm." You know, it's not surprising that Bush can't think of > > any mistakes he's made since 9/11, considering that he DOESN'T HAVE A > > BRAIN. > > > > 4 Jello W. Bush and Dick Cheney greed > > But that's enough about Bush's piss-poor press conference. Let's turn > > our attention instead to tax cuts for the rich. It was revealed last > > week that "President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney reaped tax > > benefits last year from the cuts that they pushed through Congress," > > according to the Associated Press. Jello and Pickles paid a mere 28 > > percent of their adjusted gross income for 2003 compared to 31 percent > > in 2002, while Crashcart and, uh, Lynne, paid a piddling 20 percent of > > their $1.3 million income compared to 29 percent in 2002. So it's good > > to know that Bush's tax cuts are going to help those who really need > > it. A White House spokesperson said that the tax cuts have "had the > > effect of spurring economic growth and creating jobs." Yeah, right. > > With a bit of luck, Bush's elitist tax reform will have the same > > effect on his job this year as it's had on the jobs of three million > > of his fellow Americans since he came into office. > > > > 5 John Ashcroft covering your ass Clinton hating excessive spin > > The Crisco Kid himself appeared before the 9/11 Commission last week > > to explain why everything that the Bush administration did leading up > > to September 11 was in fact the fault of the Clinton administration. > > According to Ashcroft's version of the story, he "moved quickly" to > > focus the nation on fighting terrorism as soon as he got into office, > > which I guess would explain why former interim FBI director Thomas J. > > Pickard testified before the Commission that Ashcroft specifically > > asked not to be briefed about terrorism. I guess it would also explain > > why Ashcroft testified that "We did not know an attack was coming, > > because for nearly a decade our government had blinded itself to its > > enemies," despite the fact that Condoleezza Rice already testified > > that the Clinton plan was a good one, which is why she chose to keep > > it in place and retain Richard Clarke. And I guess that it would also > > explain why, according to the UK Guardian, on September 10, 2001 > > Ashcroft "sent a request for budget increases to the White House. It > > covered 68 programs, none of them related to counter-terrorism." Oh, > > and he "also sent a memorandum to his heads of departments, stating > > his seven priorities. Counter-terrorism was not on the list." Oh yeah, > > and let's not forget that he "turned down an FBI request for hundreds > > more agents to be assigned to tracking terrorist threats." Damn you, > > Bill Clinton and your terrorist-loving penis! Look what you made John > > Ashcroft do! > > > > 6 Robert Owsiany just plain evil > > Speaking of attorneys general, meet Robert Owsiany, former deputy > > state attorney general from Pittsburgh. Owsiany - a Republican Party > > activist - is somewhat infamous in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, > > where he served as the local GOP solicitor, because according to the > > Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "The GOP-dominated county Board of > > Elections hired Owsiany to investigate allegations of absentee ballot > > fraud in Kennedy between 1997 and 2002. His report alleged township > > Democrats were involved in an organized effort to forge absentee > > ballots in municipal primaries and elections...A federal probe was > > initiated, but criminal charges have not been filed in the case. > > County Treasurer John Weinstein and his father, Kennedy Treasurer > > Melvin Weinstein, longtime Democratic Party power players, disputed > > any wrongdoing and argued Owsiany's report was tainted. They contended > > Owsiany was a 'hired gun for the Republican Party.'" But anyway, > > that's all water under the bridge. Owsiany's got other things on his > > plate at the moment, not least of which is the fact that he apparently > > had to step down from his position last month "after the FBI seized > > the hard drive of his office computer in a child pornography > > investigation." Tsk, tsk. > > > > 7 Randall Terry homophobia homophobia > > Is there anything more embarrassing for a militant > > anti-abortion/anti-same-sex marriage activist and all round right-wing > > nutcase than your son revealing that he is gay? That's what just > > happened to Randall Terry, the former head of Operation Rescue. See, > > Terry's son Jamiel wrote a recent article for Out magazine, and now > > Terry is pissed. Apparently Jamiel, who Terry adopted when he was > > eight years old, came out to his father two years ago, but making it > > public has driven Terry bonkers. In a recent essay on right-wing > > turd-outlet WorldNetDaily.com, he says that "Jamiel is incredibly > > gifted. He is articulate and handsome. He sings like an angel, he > > plays the piano, he's a great cook, and he's a great debater. He would > > make a powerful lawyer and a formidable politician." Now, I have no > > doubt that Jamiel is all those things and more, which is why it's > > kinda confusing when Terry goes on to say, "My son is a young man in > > crisis who needs intervention and therapy, not heady interviews with > > CNN.... And Out magazine is despicable for their participation in a > > sham and exploiting my son for their own political agenda." Uh, so > > your 24-year-old son would make a great lawyer or politician, but he > > also needs intervention and therapy and Out magazine is exploiting > > him? What a load of crap. Three big cheers for Terry the Younger, > > several hundred large boos for Terry the Elder. > > > > 8 Ben Nighthorse-Campbell dumb lying > > Former Democrat-turned-traitor Sen. Ben Nighthorse-Campbell of > > Colorado got into a spot of hot water last week when he made a crass > > joke about the Coors Light twins. Campbell is retiring this year, and > > beer magnate Pete Coors has indicated that he will run on the > > Republican ticket to replace him. So Rocky Mountain News columnist > > Mike Littwin decided to ask Campbell about one of the most important > > issues of the upcoming campaign - what he thought of the Coors Light > > twins. Littwin showed the Senator a picture of the twins and asked him > > if he saw a problem with it. "Whoa, what the hell's the matter with > > that?" Campbell replied. "Hey, what have you got in your pants?" Oh > > my, what... gravitas. So Littwin dutifully reported the Senator's > > comments in his column last week. But here's the funny thing: the day > > after the column was published, Campbell claimed that he'd been set > > up. "I didn't even say it. I had two of my staff right with me, and I > > didn't even say it," he blustered. "But, it miraculously showed up in > > print." Miraculously indeed. Good job Littwin had a tape of the > > incident which the Rocky Mountain News decided to publish on their > > website, along with a convenient transcript. Enjoy the show. > > > > 9 Antonin Scalia unconstitutional > > And now, a follow-up on last week's story about Antonin Scalia having > > one of his goons erase the tapes of two reporters who were recording a > > recent speech he was giving at a Mississippi high school. Scalia wrote > > an apology to both reporters, saying, "As I understand it from press > > reports, a United States Marshal erased, or caused you to erase, the > > tape recorder that you were using for the purpose of assuring the > > accuracy of your press report. I imagine that is an upsetting and > > indeed enraging experience..." According to the Associated Press, > > "vowed he would make it clear in the future that recording his remarks > > for the use of the print media would not be a problem." Said he, "I > > have learned my lesson." Uh, hang on a second - isn't it a bit late > > for a Supreme Court Justice to be learning lessons about the First > > Amendment? > > > > 10 The U.S. Forest Service anti-environment anti-environment > > anti-environment dumb > > And finally, the U.S. Forest Service recently put out a brochure which > > insists that more logging is imperative to prevent wildfires in the > > Sierra Nevada. Want proof? The brochure contains six photos which > > demonstrate how the "forests of the past" were in fact much sparser > > than the forests of today. The photos - taken in 1909, 1948, 1958, > > 1968, 1979 and 1989 - show an open area of forest which, in each > > picture, becomes filled with more and more trees and underbrush. The > > pamphlet says, "Today's forests, dense with green, may seem beautiful, > > but in fact are deadly... Our old-growth forests are choking with > > brush, tinder-dry debris and dead trees which make the risk of > > catastrophic fire high." There's just one tiny problem - it was > > recently revealed that the 1909 photo used in the brochure was taken > > after the area had been logged, so that would explain the large, open > > area with hardly any trees or underbrush. Oh yes, and there's one > > other minor detail they left out of the brochure - the 1909 photo was > > taken in Montana, which is nowhere near the Sierra Nevada. In fact, > > the photo originally appeared in a 1983 Forest Service research report > > and was captioned "cleanup operations on the Lick Creek timber sale." > > A Forest Service spokesperson said "Our goal here was to... increase > > the clarity and understandability of our message. We needed to be > > accurate but not necessarily precise to the 99th degree." Well all I > > can say is thank goodness the Bush administration has made blatant > > manipulation and outright distortion acceptable in today's society, or > > someone would probably get into trouble for this. See you next week! > > > > Linked cites verifying the aforementioned idiots can be found at: > > http://www.democraticunderground.com/top10/index.html > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > > > This is Bush's 33rd visit to his ranch since becoming president. He has > > spent all or part of 233 days on his Texas ranch since taking office, > > according to a tally by CBS News. Adding his 78 visits to Camp David > > and his five visits to Kennebunkport, Maine, Bush has spent all or part > > of 500 days in office at one of his three retreats, or more than 40 > > percent of his presidency... > > _______________________________________________________________________ >
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