Sleeping with the enemy!!

US may reconsider Sudan's terror list status

This is exactly what we did with Iraq during Iraq's invasion of Iran in the 80's so we could support them militarily. Look out people we're headed out to sleep with the devil again.

By LOU KESTEN • The Associated Press • November 7, 2010

WASHINGTON — The United States may remove Sudan from its list of state sponsors of terrorism as early as next July, U.S. officials said Sunday, provided the government in Khartoum meets an assortment of benchmarks.

Of primary concern is a Jan. 9 referendum in which southern Sudan will vote on whether to secede from the northern part of the country. The south is widely expected to vote for independence.

The U.S. is insisting that the referendum proceed as planned, and that the northern-based government respect the results, before it will consider removing Sudan’s terrorist designation.

The referendum is part of the 2005 peace agreement that ended a 21-year civil war between Sudan’s mostly Muslim north and predominantly animist and Christian south that killed nearly 2 million people. The agreement also set up a unity government in Khartoum and an autonomous government in the south to rule until the southern referendum.

The two sides have been struggling over several issues, including borders, voting rights and control of oil-rich Abyei, which straddles the north-south border. Residents of Abyei are scheduled to hold a separate referendum on Jan. 9 to choose whether the region will join Sudan’s north or a possible new country in the south.

Salva Kiir, president of southern Sudan, has expressed concerns about a serious risk of violence during the referendum.

Sen. John Kerry, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, met with Sudanese leaders over the weekend and presented the Obama administration’s proposal to remove Sudan from the terrorist list. It comes on top of a September offer of a range of incentives, including possible restoration of full diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Sudan.

Bush, Cheney, Libby, & idiots!!

Oh gee, Bush did go above the law and commute Libby's sentence though. Libby should have been imprisoned just as the judge sentenced him.
What Bush, Libby & Rove did were incomprehensible & put Valerie Plame & Joe Wilsons lives in great danger, they both put their lives on the line for Bush.

Posted by Lucy Madison

In an interview that aired on NBC's "Today Show" Monday, Former President George W. Bush said his decision not to pardon former Vice Presidential aide Scooter Libby in 2008 did not sit well with former Vice President Dick Cheney.

"Scooter is a loyal American who worked for Vice President Cheney who got caught up in this Valerie Plame case and was indicted and convicted," Mr. Bush told NBC's Matt Lauer. Mr. Bush noted that while he chose to commute Libby's sentence, Cheney "wanted more." "He wanted me to pardon him," Mr. Bush said. "It was the last decision of the presidency, really. I chose to let the jury verdict stand after some serious deliberation, and the Vice President was angry." (Watch the clip at left.)

In 2007, Libby was convicted in four felony charges related to the 2003 leak of CIA agent Valerie Plame's identity, a leak thought to be a politically-motivated attack on her husband, Joseph Wilson. Wilson, a diplomat who had looked into alleged links between weapons components in Africa and Iraq, voiced his belief that the Bush administration "manipulate intelligence about Saddam Hussein's weapons programs to justify an invasion of Iraq." (The incident is dramatized in the new movie "Fair Game.")

Libby was sentenced to thirty months in prison. He ultimately avoided jail time thanks to Mr. Bush, who commuted his sentence to $250,000 in fines and two years of probation.

Mr. Bush, who was on the "Today Show" promoting his memoir "Decision Points," wrote in the book that he had considered dropping Cheney as his 2004 running mate in order to demonstrate that he was in charge. He suggested Cheney "had become a lightning rod for criticism from the media and the left" who "was seen as dark and heartless - the Darth Vader of the administration."

Mr. Bush said on "Today" that although he "was a little concerned at one time" about the status of his relationship with Cheney, the two are now on good terms. "I'm pleased to report...we are friends today," Bush said.

"It was a hard decision to make," he said of his handling of the Libby situation. "But that's what you do when you're President: You make hard decisions."

"Decision Points" hits stores on Tuesday.

George Bush has a new book, oh boy!

A quote from his book, ""My blood was boiling. We were going to find out who did this, and kick their ass," Bush writes."

Absolutely didn't accomplish this. Was even quoted a few years later that finding Bin Laden was never his goal in fighting 9-11. Ummmmmm (scratching my head)

Republican BS already!

First of all, I want to say that I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican. I find positive issues in both parties as well as negatives in both & never vote a straight ticket. One thing I did hear last night on Anderson Cooper from a female elected Republican & the topic of cuts in government spending. Anderson asked her to name 3 specific areas in which she wants to cut government spending. Her first and only reply was "cutting out" Obama's upcoming trip to some foreign countries. I don't know what trip this is & have not further investigated it. If someone is to lie about something I hate when they attempt to test my intelligence. This is how she did that......and I think Coopers intelligence also as he confronted her several times on the facts of the trip.

Her first resolution in government cuts was that he should not even take the trip....calling for a telephone conference!!! Second, & this is where she really tested my intelligence. Claiming Obama was taking 2,000 people on this one week trip, costing tax payers $200, 000 million a day!! She distinctly said this ordeal was reported. Cmon now, where? When Cooper confronted her as to where he could find these figures or who reported and where to find this information she bumble fucked around, then bit her lip in the process of being disorganized as it was clear she had no idea what the fuck she was talking about. She refused 5 different confrontations as to what specific programs she would cut for spending....but could not get out of the Obama trip issue.

Bush, a war criminal??

The use of contractors in Iraq is only a cover-up for the real reason Bush wanted them there!!!

These private contractors are nothing more than a front for terrorism & murder of Iraqi citizens by The US government. Bush once said that these private contractors are not under the same rules of engagement for war and that he has no authority in what they do. I have said for years that The US is every bit as despicable as any other country in which we've invaded. One can only look back at certain incidents in US government/military history. These are only a few.

First, The Iran-Contra Affair/Iran-Iraq war in the mid 80's in which we took Saddam Hussein off of our "list of most despicable leaders on the face of this earth" & supported his military during Iraq's ruthless invasion of Iran. C'mon now, Hussein turned into a saint overnight? Not only did our government support Iraq, we supported Iran also, ummmm, both sides of 2 insane countries??? How crazy is that??? The US shipped tons of chemical weapons to Iraq & very well knew Hussein was using them both on Iranian's & the Kurds in his own country.

Then, along comes our invasion of Panama & the capture of Noriega. He was convicted of massive drug trades in the US. What he was really guilty of was he was gun running for The US government & drug running for the US, helping funnel money into radicals/extremists in an attempt at a coup in South America, the US desperately had to cover this up. What else but to arrest him for drug running massive amounts of cocaine to the US for the US government. The US was using this money to attempt at a coup of a South American country.

What many Americans also don't know is we supported the overthrow of Bautista in Cuba in 1959. Originally, Bautista was a strong US ally, but allies change with the US anytime we no longer deem we are getting our way. In comes Castro who was popular with US government at first & was providing new freedoms to the Cuban people. Colleges were open to women, it was beginning to flourish. This was good for the US, a new and near puppet for the US government. But Castro in support of his own people began to break up the huge illegal land grabs (under Bautista) by the US for the sugar cane production. Castro & Cuba needed help from America to thrive, food, etc. The US denied this because of the rich American land grabbers were being confronted by Castro. It wasn't by choice that Castro turned to the USSR. This leads to the relations now between the 2 countries. And the intense heated relations with Spain thru out the 1900's over who owns Cuba. The US claimed it belonged to America. I myself question this. Looking at the race makeup of Cuban citizens who do you think is right? But then again, Caucasian people were not originally from American soil, it belonged to native American Indians.

We have supported Bin Laden & the Taliban on 2 separate occasions. We have supported 2 successful coups in Iran, both times actually overthrowing the very leader in which we put in power previously. The same for Chile back in the 60's.

I have researched US military actions since WW2. The number stands at above 40.

My son's first real job!!!

I just came back from the Payless Supermarket by the mall where my son Nick just started working. I guess I could say this is his real first job but it's not his first in which he earned a paycheck. His first was on a friends farm at the age of 10 I think. You see, Nick loves animals and has spent numerous hours in local pet stores just hangin out. He has had many pets over the years so this job was fascinating to him. His job on the farm? Cleaning out horse stalls 2 hours on Saturdays at a friends horse farm. Each time I came out to pick him up he wanted to stay & do more work....even for free. This past summer he did 2 things. He worked with a female friend cleaning apartments. This was short lived as it was inconsistent. He also helped me to remove weeds from landscapes of resident's houses. I am so proud of the big guy, 2 more years and he's out of school, the times have been fantastic.