The Gvlshornbook

<blockquote>In 1999, responding to questions about his use of drugs and alcohol,George Bush told the Washington Post, “Well, I don’t think I had anaddiction. You know it’s hard for me to say. I’ve had friends whowere, you know, very addicted…and they required hitting bottom [tostart] going to A.A. I don’t think that was my case.”

Havingobserved the president’s behavior in office, I wonder if he might bewrong. Perhaps not only the president, but also his administration,suffers from alcoholism. After all, arrogance and the inability totake responsibility for one’s actions, classic alcoholic traits, havebecome trademarks of the Bush presidency. </blockquote>this excerpt is from an article I found on Yahoo Health titled <b>George Bush, Alcoholic - Pt. 1</b>

The series is a week long one. an interesting read.

technorati tags:dubyapaloozer, addiction

for those times when I just wish to blither and notuse the pop-up….

Power Line: That was then
Reader Douglas Rose has drawn our attention to this September 24, 2001 New York Times editorial (”Finances of Terror”) (access limited to TimesSelect):

Organizing the hijacking of the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center and the Pentagon took significant sums of money. The cost of these plots suggests that putting Osama bin Laden and other international terrorists out of business will require more than diplomatic coalitions and military action. Washington and its allies must also disable the financial networks used by terrorists.
The Bush administration is preparing new laws to help track terrorists through their money-laundering activity and is readying an executive order freezing the assets of known terrorists. Much more is needed, including stricter regulations, the recruitment of specialized investigators and greater cooperation with foreign banking authorities. There must also must be closer coordination among America’s law enforcement, national security and financial regulatory agencies.

The NY Times CALLED for the tracking of financial data, an dnow thye are accused of treasonous behaviour for reporting the fact?

Dubyapaloozer and the Chicken Hawks must be suffering from “Guiliani Syndorme”

RED HERRING | Concentrating the Sun
SolFocus hopes its solar panels mounted on moveable trackers will soon bring low-cost energy to power plants and commercial rooftops everywhere. Founded in 2005 by retired semiconductor executive Gary Conley, Palo Alto, California-based SolFocus developed solar concentrators to bring solar power down to pennies per kilowatt-hour, making it cheaper than fossil fuels. “It’s basically solving the world’s electricity problems, without subsidies,” says Mr. Conley. “We’re trying to compete with classic energy—not other solar—and we’re doing it on a global basis.”

wonder how long it will take for the UtiliCoes to try adn squash this?

Study: San Andreas fault overdue for quake - Yahoo! News
LOS ANGELES - New earthquake research confirms the southern end of the San Andreas fault near Los Angeles is overdue for a Big One. The lower section of the fault has not produced a major earthquake in more than three centuries.

The New York Crank: “Security detail? We don’t got no stinking security detail.”

…So Mike, just stand up like a man and tell them, “Supply your own damn security. No more police motorcade for you, pal. Now that you’ve cut our budget, we simply don’t have the money to provide for your personal security while the rest of our citizens are endangered.

“So no fleets of cop cars wasting time outside the doors of your hotel when you speak. No more disruptive traffic blockades clogging the city and preventing its endangered citizens from going about their business while you whiz from Manhattan to the airport in bulletproof safety. We’re no longer supplying any of the funny-looking security guys with black suits, weird lapel pins, and coils of wire coming out of their ears.

“Stick all of your own security costs in your own budget and then explain to the American people where you come off billing them a few million bucks so you can go to New York and raise a few million to support candidates who want to destroy the Social Security system.

“But if you do supply your own motorcade, be aware that we will have cops at every intersection, ready to stop your vehicles and ticket you if you or your people even think of running a red light.

“In other words, what security detail? This is landmark-free New York, pal. We don’t got no stinking security detail.”

Love it.