Say What?

"See, free nations are peaceful nations. Free nations don't attack each other. Free nations don't develop weapons of mass destruction."
—George W. Bush, Milwaukee, Wis., Oct. 3, 2003

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Yes they do.

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What is his accomplishment? That he's no longer an obnoxious drunk?

- Ron Reagan Jr. speaking about George W. Bush

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That's just funny.

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It has been said by some cynic, maybe it was a former president, 'If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. Well, we took them literally--that advice, as you know. But I didn't need that because I have Barbara Bush."

-- Former President George Bush

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"I knew that my God was bigger than his. I knew that my God was a real God, and his was an idol."

-General William Boykin

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The only beef Enron employees have with top management is that management did not inform employees of the collapse in time to allow them to get in on the swindle. If Enron executives had shouted, "Head for the hills!" the employees might have had time to sucker other Americans into buying wildly over-inflated Enron stock. Just because your boss is a criminal doesn't make you a hero.

-Ann Coulter

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"I love California. I practically grew up in Phoenix."

-- Former U.S. Vice-President Dan Quayle

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"The truth is now back on the airwaves; equal time is back in America."

-- RUSH LIMBAUGH , still suffering from OxyContin delusions, opened his radio show with the above quote, according to a transcript on his Web site.

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"I agree that he [Clinton] is brilliant. I believe his native intelligence is equal to most."

-Linda Tripp

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"The Lybian army is capable of destroying America and breaking its nose."

-- Muammar Qaddafi

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"Space is almost infinite. As a matter of fact, we think it is infinite."

-- Dan Quayle, US VP, head of the Space Council

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"I would have made a good Pope."

- Richard M. Nixon (1913-1994)

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"[Nixon] is a filthy, lying son of a bitch and a very dangerous person."

-John F. Kennnedy

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Well these are just some more words of wisdom from those who run the country... Hey, things can only get better, right?

-Mr. Joseph

Supreme Court Follies and a Delay-ed Reaction

"She's never been a judge before, never served on the bench. This is part of President Bush's strategy of surrounding himself with people who are also in over their heads."

--Jay Leno, on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers

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Happiness is watching conservatives worry about a Supreme Court nomination by a Republican president.

-The Buzz

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"President Bush, out defending his Supreme Court nominee today. Bush said Miers has a good heart. Well, yeah, compared to Dick Cheney."

--Jay Leno

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"First Lady Laura Bush will appear on an upcoming episode of 'Extreme Makeover.' Tom DeLay will be on 'Cops.'"

--Jay Leno

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"President Bush's top adviser Karl Rove testified before the grand jury for the fourth time this week. Maybe Bush should nominate him for Supreme Court. He's been in more courtrooms then Harriet Miers now."

--Jay Leno

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"While trying to defend his nomination of Harriet Miers, President admitted he and Miers had never discussed abortion. Said Bush, 'Luckily it turned out to be a false alarm.'"

--Amy Poehler, Saturday Night Live's "Weekend Update"

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“Newsweek reports that President Bush likes Harriet Miers because she didn't go to an Ivy League school, she worked hard and she's achieved everything on her own without family help. So, see that, opposites attract.”

– Jay Leno

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“It is a terrible thing to see and have no vision.”

– Helen Keller

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President Bush is taking more liberal positions -- for example, global warming. He used to be against it, but now it's the Republican plan for heating homes this winter.

– Jay Leno

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"Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told the New York Times that George Bush was the most brilliant man she ever met, which is kind of scary. She only has one known opinion, and that's it."

--Jay Leno

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"One thing I've noticed about politics is that these guys have pretty thick hides. I know a number of Republican Senators, and have had no problem socializing with them. Susan Collins, Lindsey Graham, John McCain. I've talked to ten or fifteen Republican Senators in the past, and I've even gotten along with people like Rick Santorum. I've never told one of them to go fuck himself, like the Vice President did with [Patrick] Leahy."

-Al Franken

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"According to the latest poll, only 2% of African Americans think Bush is doing a good job. Yeah, the number would have been higher, but Condoleezza Rice has a very small family."

--Conan O'Brien

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"President Bush is getting a lot of grief from conservatives about Harriet Miers' lack of legal opinions. Which is kind of surprising, a woman without any opinions? That's like a Republican's dream, isn't it?"

--Jay Leno

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"It was raining so hard down in Washington, D.C., Tom DeLay didn't even have to launder his money."

--David Letterman

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"Guns have little or nothing to do with juvenile violence. The causes of youth violence are working parents who put their kids into daycare, the teaching of evolution in the schools, and working mothers who take birth control pills."

–Tom DeLay

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"We're not running our country down when we criticize it. We're trying to make it better."

– Bill Maher

That last one says it all...

-Mr. Joseph

John Kerry at his best...

I guess this is what everyone really wanted to do to him after HE LOST!

Slick.

-Mr. Joseph

"Proud to be an Ameican"

If tomorrow all the things were gone I’d worked for all my life,

And I had to start again with just my children and my wife.

I’d thank my lucky stars to be living here today,

‘Cause the flag still stands for freedom and they can’t take that away.

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And I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.

And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.

‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

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From the lakes of Minnesota, to the hills of Tennessee,

across the plains of Texas, from sea to shining sea,

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From Detroit down to Houston and New York to LA,

Well, there’s pride in every American heart,

and it’s time to stand and say:

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I’m proud to be an American where at least I know I’m free.

And I won’t forget the men who died, who gave that right to me.

And I’d gladly stand up next to you and defend her still today.

‘Cause there ain’t no doubt I love this land God bless the U.S.A.

-Lee Greenwood

"Keep on Rockin' in the Free World"

There's colors on the street

Red, white and blue

People shufflin' their feet

People sleepin' in their shoes

But there's a warnin' sign

on the road ahead

There's a lot of people sayin

'we'd be better off dead

Don't feel like Satan,

but I am to them

So I try to forget it,

any way I can.

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Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

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I see a woman in the night

With a baby in her hand

Under an old street light

Near a garbage can

Now she puts the kid away,

and she's gone to get a hit

She hates her life,

and what she's done to it

There's one more kid

that will never go to school

Never get to fall in love,

never get to be cool.

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Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

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We got a thousand points of light

For the homeless man

We got a kinder, gentler,

Machine gun hand

We got department stores

and toilet paper

Got styrofoam boxes

for the ozone layer

Got a man of the people,

says keep hope alive

Got fuel to burn,

got roads to drive.

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Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world

Keep on rockin' in the free world,

Keep on rockin' in the free world.

-Neil Young

"Born in the U.S.A."

Born down in a dead man's town

The first kick I took was when I hit the ground

You end up like a dog that's been beat too much

'Til you spend half your life just covering up

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Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

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I got in a little hometown jam

And so they put a rifle in my hands

Sent me off to Vietnam

To go and kill the yellow man

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Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

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Come back home to the refinery

Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"

I go down to see the V.A. man

He said "Son don't you understand"

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Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

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I had a brother at Khe Sahn

Fighting off the Viet Cong

They're still there, he's all gone

He had a girl in Saigon

I got a picture of him in her arms

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Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

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Down in the shadow of the penitentiary

Out by the gas fires of the refinery

I'm ten years down the road

Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

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I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

-Bruce Spingsteen

These are my favorite song lyrics...

-Mr. Joseph

George W. Bush doing his part

In light of Hurricane Katrina and Hurricane Rite and while Ex-President Clinton is out looking for money to donate to the victims, George W. and his father are out doing what they can.

Anyway...

Recently, I asked my mom if she would vote for Hillary Clinton if she ran in '08. My mom, being a feminist, answered "yes". I asked, "What about Condi Rice?" She answered, "no". So, I say, why not? And she answers -- "Because she doesn't have a brain."

Things that are so simple like that are sometimes the best answer.

Also, Bush nominated a woman to replace O'Connor. He also assured the neocons that she is "one of them". She has NEVER been a judge. She was a "close friend" of Bush. I also love how she was the "best [George W.] could find."

Great... this is really going to offset the balance of the Court. One sure fire conservative and Roberts (who is a trump card -- he could go either way). Not good.

Roberts WAS appointed -- damn, although Russ Feingold approves of him, so it's not the end of the world.

Not much else, the new pope is apparently having talks about married priests. Yeah, right. Like that'll ever happen -- we'll see, I guess.

Also, on the subject of the Church, check out my other blog for the lyrics of a song that I wrote called, "The Catholic Rap".

That's it for now,

-Mr. Joseph