Monday March 24, 2008, 1:04 pm
Watch the short video....
(Michael Moore Quote below) I would like every American to see Cheney flip the virtual bird at the them, the American people. Then ask yourself why we haven't risen up and thrown him and his puppet out of the White House.

The Democrats have had the power to literally pull the plug on this war for the past 15 months -- and they have refused to do so. What are we to do about that? Continue to sink into our despair? Or get creative? Real creative. I know there are many of you reading this who have the chutzpah and ingenuity to confront your local congressperson. Will you? For me?

Cheney spent Wednesday, the 5th anniversary of the war, not mourning the dead he killed, but fishing off the Sultan of Oman's royal yacht. So? Ask your favorite Republican what they think of that.

The Founding Fathers would never have uttered the presumptuous words, "God Bless America." That, to them, sounded like a command instead of a request, and one doesn't command God, even if they are America. In fact, they were worried God would punish America. During the Revolutionary War, George Washington feared that God would react unfavorably against his soldiers for the way they were behaving. John Adams wondered if God might punish America and cause it to lose the war, just to prove His point that America was not worthy. They and the others believed it would be arrogant on their part to assume that God would single out America for a blessing. What a long road we have traveled since then.

I see that Frontline on PBS this week has a documentary called "Bush's War." That's what I've been calling it for a long time. It's not the "Iraq War." Iraq did nothing. Iraq didn't plan 9/11. It didn't have weapons of mass destruction. It DID have movie theaters and bars and women wearing what they wanted and a significant Christian population and one of the few Arab capitals with an open synagogue.

But that's all gone now. Show a movie and you'll be shot in the head. Over a hundred women have been randomly executed for not wearing a scarf. I'm happy, as a blessed American, that I had a hand in all this. I just paid my taxes, so that means I helped to pay for this freedom we've brought to Baghdad. So? Will God bless me? (This comment/quote by Michael More)

Monday March 24, 2008, 1:20 pm
I love it that Nancy Pelosi is abroad screaming at the countries of the world to rally behind the people of Tibet to demand justice from the Chinese government.

Why didn't she obey the mandate from the American people who selected her to birn gimpeachment proceedings against the war criminals in our government?

Monday March 24, 2008, 1:36 pm
Noted. Thanks Michael.

Monday March 24, 2008, 1:39 pm
TY very much, it is time to take OUR country back, join U.S., March to the White House, July 4th, 2008, group; itisillegal
"We the People" must ALL Live in Washington DC? The MAJORITY of America must also live in DC??? What about U.S., the "Other" 49 States???

Monday March 24, 2008, 1:41 pm
I agree with Michael and Blue. I think Cheney is EVIL. For someone to be so terribly evil they have to have a serious flaw in the wiring of their brain. Cheney is not within sight of "normal". He should have been thrown out of office years ago. I think the ones with the Power to do so were too afraid of him and his gang to go against him. I think they didn't just fear for their careers, reputations, finances - but for their very lives. The Cheney Gang have no morals, no ethics, no conscience, no belief in the existence of God (they couldn't, and do the things they do). They believe they have the RIGHT to RULE: the RIGHT to do anything they please. And they 'please' to destroy the environment, species, countries, INCLUDING the USA, for financial gain. They are well aware that money means Power. Cheney must keep Satan smiling 24/7; no one has ever worked harder for him.

Monday March 24, 2008, 11:23 pm

There is no doubt about Cheney and his "puppet" (Dubya), and their "puppet in training" (McCain).

Before we are forced to pay for them for the rest of their lives . . .

IMPEACH, AND TRY THEM FOR TREASON AND CRIMES AGAINST HUMANITY.

Tuesday March 25, 2008, 9:08 am

Cheney on 4,000 Dead American Soldiers: They Volunteered
http://www.alternet.org/blogs/peek/80522/
Posted by Trish , Pensito Review at 4:41 AM on March 25, 2008.

Somebody needs to slap this guy.

Dick Cheney will tell ABC’s Martha Raddatz -- who wrote The Long Road Home: A Story of War and Family about the sacrifice of service members after her assignment covering Iraq -- that Pres. Bush carries the greatest strain for the ongoing occupation. He will also point out that the 4,000 Americans killed so far chose to be there.

Noting the burden placed on military families, the vice president said the biggest burden is carried by President George W. Bush, who made the decision to commit US troops to war, and reminded the public that U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan volunteered for duty.

“It obviously brings home I think for a lot of people the cost that’s involved in the global war on terror in Iraq and Afghanistan,” Cheney said in the interview, conducted in Turkey…

“The president carries the biggest burden, obviously,” Cheney said. “He’s the one who has to make the decision to commit young Americans, but we are fortunate to have a group of men and women, the all-volunteer force, who voluntarily put on the uniform and go in harm’s way for the rest of us.”

Well isn’t that a convenient way to get out of taking responsibility. No doubt Cheney is still patting himself on the back all these years later for his cleverness in requesting and receiving five deferments from duty in Vietnam.

One problem with his logic, though, which Raddatz points out.

Raddatz noted that some soldiers, Air Force members, and Marines have been on multiple deployments and have been sent back to Iraq because of the stop-loss policy -- an involuntary extension of a service member’s enlistment contract. The Army alone says 58,000 US soldiers have been redeployed to war because of the stop-loss policy.

“When you talk about an all-volunteer force, some of these soldiers, airmen, Marines have been on two, three, four, some of them more than that, deployments,” Raddatz said. “Do you think when they volunteered they had any idea that there would be so many deployments or stop-loss? Some of those who want to get out can’t because of stop-loss?”

“A lot of men and women sign up because sometimes they will see developments,” Cheney said. “For example, 9/11 stimulated a lot of folks to volunteer for the military because they wanted to be involved in defending the country.”

Unlike you, Dick Cheney, who just wants to run it. Into the ground.

You can watch the shocking and depressing exchange tonight on ABC’s World News.

Tagged as: bush administration, bush, cheney, iraq, us military casualties

Trish is a regular blogger for the Pensito Review.

Wednesday March 26, 2008, 7:38 am
We've been signing petitions and support other activities to impeach this dictator for quite a while now - why is this 'person' still where he is today ?