Wake Up DEMOCRATS...Baker Recommendations a TRAP

So, the Democrats raced to the airwaves to embrace the Baker Report and its Recommendations on Iraq...I'd suggest they read the report VERY CAREFULLY, and see it for what it really is. The report and its recommendations amount to "Stay the Course on Steroids" and this reality was confirmed when former Secretary of State Baker appeared on the Anderson Cooper show tonight, and admitted that regardless of the report, regardless of the decisions and choices made that America will have TROOPS IN IRAQ for years! Do the math...in the report, we are told no permanent bases in Iraq, but in same paragraph are told we would build bases if asked by Iraq to do so! Hmmmm....troops in Iraq for years, bases if invited....get real here folks, we are being sold a bill of goods.

The CANNONDALE BOYCOTT Against The War

Compliments of a very GENEROUS GIFT, President Bush is riding around the countryside on the seat of a very expensive CANNONDALE Mountain Bike. President Bush still supports "Stay the Course, even supports sending in more troops....if you are against the war, can you in good faith ride a Cannondale? Join the Million Clicks Boycott, and force Cannondale to take back their bike.

Pelosi and Dem's Should Be ALL OVER This Story

This is PATHETIC...Talk about PORK. Cannondale should be ashamed, and Bush should be impeached.

Thursday, November 23, 2006

Bush is CHEAP BASTARD...Buy Your Own Bike BUSH

YES, this writer is PISSED off royally...seems that freaking monkey in the White House, George the arse wipe Bush has taken accepting of gifts to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL. It's pretty pathetic when the President of the United States, a man who comes from a VERY WEALTHY FAMILY cannot even buy his own damned bicycle.

Seems that he has been taking tens of thousands of dollars in free bikes, outfits, shoes and the like from those wanting something out of him, even if it is the bragging rights that come with saying the president rides your bike...any one here want to bet that OTHER MEMBERS of the BUSH MAFIA are riding around on FREE, top of the line Cannondale Mountain Bikes? If Americans EVER needed a reason to STOP BUYING the Cannondale brand, THIS IS IT...you stinking filthy lobbying bastards. Screw the DAMN PRESIDENT, how about donating a few dozen of those top of the line bikes to OUR TROOPS who have returned home? Let George's DADDY buy him a new bike for Christmas, he can afford it. Is it the policy of Cannondale to reward a man who LIES to send troops off to die?

In the article, the author tries to convince us that Bushy Boy is quite the Mountain Biker...give it a rest George, you are not even close. I'd bet even money that dust flies out when you fart, and if you think you're really the biker, meet me at the slick rocks in Moab Utah on a nice warm June day...this former San Francisco Bike Messenger will whip your ass, and show you just how pathetic you really are on a bike. Come on, show America what you are REALLY MADE OF Mr. Bush...you think you are a hot shot rider because Cannondale outfits you with a FREEBIE bike most serious bikers cannot afford....BRING IT ON. Winner walks away with the other's bike. All your cronies, and paid Secret Service members telling you you're quite the biker does not make it so...we knew you were a panty boy when you ducked out of going to Vietnam. As to Cannondales, claims that they would not do anything to market their gift to the president...sure, this story JUST FELL INTO THE PAPER.

Bush transforms into avid mountain biker
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061123/ap_on_go_pr_wh/pedaling_president
WASHINGTON - Swapping his running shoes for bicycle pedals, President Bush bid adieu to painful runner's knees and transformed himself into a devoted mountain biker — and high-tech gearhead.

Even with elections looming, the cyclist-in-chief made time earlier this month for his ritual mountain biking on weekends. He changed into biking clothes and muddied up his newest ultra-pricey mountain bike given him by a manufacturer, a $5,000 Cannondale with a custom red, white and blue paint job. The 2007 model was put in his hands even before it had been shipped to stores.

Such a passion it is: he also went biking Thursday while spending the Thanksgiving holiday at his mountaintop retreat in Camp David, Md.

"He's an avid rider, a fanatic," said Matt Mannelly, president of Bethel, Conn.-based Cannondale, who hadn't publicized but confirmed what he called an unsolicited gift to Bush a month ago. "We also made it very clear we wouldn't do anything to market this. To give it to someone like the president, who's actually going to use it a lot, means a lot to us."

Bush already has two Trek mountain bikes, one worth $5,500, the other $2,700.

Washington Agenda verse People's Agenda

A Video On The Subject:



A Citizen's Letter To Both Sides of Congress:

This email is being sent out to members of Congress on BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE. We the American People voted for change on November 7th, spoke loud and clear that we are tired of business as usual, tired of STAY THE COURSE, in Iraq, and in our Federal Government. It is time to return to a government run BY AND FOR THE PEOPLE, not a government run for and by the rich and elite.

One week into the new Washington, and it is already starting to SMELL like the old one did. So, since none of you seem to have a clue about what most Americans (which means the lower and middle class) want, we'll give you a clue. The peoples AGENDA.

1. Iraq War-Stop stalling, bring out Baker's report, and let's change the course. Changing the course does not mean changing the slogan, and letting Bush maintain the Status Quo there. There is a civil war raging, and our troops are caught in the middle. Regardless of what some think, Murtha had it right...it's time for a NEW PLAN.

You Tube Video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7MDs7lhzxA Soon to be posted on a slew of political blogs.

2. Illegal Aliens...yes, ILLEGAL ALIENS. We do not care how hard working they are, they are stealing our jobs, depressing our wages, and in many cases they are ruining our neighborhoods and lowering our property values...maybe some of you should get out into your districts and SEE what it is like to live next to a house with 30-40 illegal aliens living in it. We want our fence, we want ARMED troops on the border, we want ANYONE hiring illegals severely punished...no exceptions. We do not want Catholic Charities using OUR TAX money to run job centers, and we OPPOSE amnesty by any label including Earned Citizenship or a liberal Guest Worker program. It's TIME WE TAKE CARE OF OUR OWN. Immigration Reform should not be about winning over the Latino Vote, it should be about what is best FOR MOST AMERICANS.

3. Tax Cuts...we oppose of of them that have benefited the rich and elite, which is almost ALL OF THEM. Trickle down economics did not work under Reagan, and it is not working now. Stop saddling our children and their children with an out of control national debt.

4. Social Security...first, repay ALL THE IOU's! We want it SAVED, not privatized. Do not tell someone who has paid into the system for 34 of their 50 years of life that they ARE OUT OF LUCK.

5. Medical Coverage...it should be available for all LEGAL AMERICAN CITIZENS.

6. Prescription Drugs for our seniors...we want competitive bidding.

7. Minimum Wage...raising it to $7.25 and hour should be just the start. Ireland now has a minimum wage of $9.50 and hour and is thriving! The concept of a living wage has arrived, and Congress needs to make it happen.

8. Estate Tax....KEEP IT. Stop trying to throw millionaires and billionaires a bone.

9. Earmarks...get rid of them COMPLETELY.

10. Term Limits...we want them, and you people need to ENACT THEM.

There is more, but like Letterman, we'll start with the top ten. The Republican Dynasty collapsed in this election, and the Democrats are now on probation. If both sides of the aisle stop their infighting, and learn to work together FOR THE PEOPLE, there is a good chance that most if not all of you will be re-elected in 2008. However, stay the course inside the beltway, and we will toss ALL INCUMBENTS OUT, regardless of the party they claim as theirs.

Respectfully,

Porgie Tirebiter

Impeach Bush? or Not?

Opening up my email today, I found a letter from a citizen's group who has an impeachment petition up and running online...link to be posted further down. Now, as one of the grassroots activist who worked very hard in this past election, I have to admit to some disappointment after the fact. First, as everyone in Washington goes about warring for their share of the credit, many of us grassroots activists who ran blog attacks, put political video's up on You Tube, and donated our time, effort, hearts and cash to local races are being left out of the equation, pushed to the sidelines, denied a seat at the table of input...I suppose on some level that was/is to be expected. What I think most like myself find ever so frustrating though, is the willingness to break promises made to us in the name of appearing as centrist in the new Democratically controlled House and Senate.

Nancy Pelosi ringing the bell of bipartisanship, and wanting to silence the voice of the liberal left on the subject of investigations, prosecutions, and even impeachment of Cheney and Bush. In short, the red meat many of us fought so hard for has been replaced with a cold, day old porridge. It's the war stupid...bring our troops home is the call of the day, and yet a report out this weekend says there will be no troop reductions in the next two years. Bush and Cheney while pretending to embrace the reality of a Democratically controlled House and Senate are still touting a "Stay the Course" policy wrapped in different phrasing. Forget seeking criminal charges against Bush and Cheney, and simply impeach them for incompetence, but to abandon the reality of impeachment all together is an unacceptable reality for a major part of the whole of the Democratic Party who brought this victory home.

How many remember the Iraq Press Gate that got swept under the rug? How is it that a small little company (Lincoln Group) run by a scarcely known personage by the name of Christian Bailey end up winning Department of Defense/Pentagon contracts worth over 100 Million dollars, and how did he get such open access to people like Condi Rice? I want answers. Were we sold a bill of goods in going into Iraq, did Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld and others know before hand their claims and allegations were over stated? If so, should they be impeached? Maybe 12 years of living under the thumb of Republican rule has jaded me, or perhaps I just want some answers, and where it should be doled out, just a little bit of justice and accountablity. Either way, it would be interesting to know what some of you think on the subject of Congressional investigations, and the possiblity of impeachment.

For those wanting to sign a petition to Impeach George Bush, you can find out more about it here: http://www.democrats.com/impeachforchange-plan

Hannity and Right Wing Nuts Seething

First up...Rumsfeld is GONE! In honor of the out of power and out of luck religious radical right wing of the Republican Party, let's have and AMEN on that one. Now we have Bush wanting to replace this villian with another evil character, one of his Daddies hand picked cronies ,in Gate's, who headed the CIA under Bush 1's enept term in the White House. Has Bush learned nothing in Tuesday's defeat...America wants to see change, and change does not mean going BACKWARD in time to his father's previous administration. How about some new FRESH faces in the Cabinet, instead of trying to foist off a has been retread from ancient times?

It's Friday night, and for amusement I am watching Hannity foam of the mouth on the FOX pro-Bush channel with his mental midget twin Michelle Malkin, both of whom are whining incessantly about the Democrats decisive win in Tuesday's election. Poor old Hannity just cannot stand that he and his party are slipping out of the lime light. With the radical rightwing zealots agenda officially rejected, he is ON HIS WAY OUT, and cannot stand it. He and Michelle Malkin are incapable of toning down their rhetoric and moving towards the middle, and in their stubborness they are becoming obsolete. It is time for Colmes to find a new partner, and time for Michelle Malkin to get a life and lose her blog. With any luck, Ann Coulter's criminal problems in Florida will have short circuited her potty mouth...find it funny she of all people is suspected in voter wrong doing.


Hannity is also beating the publicity drums for John McCain who announced today that he is forming a committee to run for president in 2008...let me give Hannity and the Republican Party a clue. Any candidate they put up who stood firmly behind the Bush policy of "Stay The Course" in Iraq does not have a chance in hell in 2008, and on the top of that list are two people...John McCain and Joe LIEberman. Democratic Senators in Washington may think it smart to welcome Joe back to the party with open arms, but for those of us in the grassroots, he's a turncoat who should sell his soul out to the Republicans, as we do not need him. Hannity needs to find someone else to support as a candidate, and needs to wake up to the reality that his own base is rapidly vanishing, and he either tones down his rabidly obvious hate of Democrats, or he will soon be off the air and out of the national spot light he so craves and adores.

Liberal Far Left Being Pushed Aside?

It's three days after the election, and for this somewhat far left voter, the writing seems to be on the wall...we were good enough to carry the Democrats into power in Tuesday's election, but now that the dust is settling, we are being pushed off to the side, ignored as the party tries to embrace a centrist image. We rapidly are becoming the fraternal ugly twin of the Republican Party's Religious Right who were given promises during the campaign, but tossed aside and ignored once election day had come and gone. They found themselves without a true voice in the process, and early signs indicate the liberal left will suffer a similar fate.


The earliest sign of this reality came in news articles aimed at denying bloggers and You Tube video makers their share of the credit, and with that credit, access to our elected officials.


Many of the local Congressional races were tough, hard fought battles with razor thin wins. In New York's 19th Congressional District for instance, it was a 51-49 percent ordeal with less than 10,000 votes separating the two candidates. Democrat John Hall is going to Congress having upset favored six term Republican Sue Kelly. One You Tuber loaded up numerous video's attacking Sue Kelly's record, and just one of those video's had just short of 3,000 views just ten days before the election. That same You Tuber had various attack blogs that received well over 30,000 hits in the months just before election day. One group of grassroots folks put up and maintained the Take 19 blog for 18 months, being in the fight for at least six months before John Hall even entered the race. Yet, three days after the election, there is NO EFFORT to reach out to these folks, no plans to give them a seat at the proverbial table. None of us are reaping the rewards of our efforts, while others who apparently are more politically correct are already seeing benefits...being brutally honest, where is OUR PLUM? Where are some of our faces as new staffs are put together, where is our seat at the strategy table?


In his public messages since the election, Dean seems to be sending out to all of us a clear signal that there will be NO INVESTIGATIONS of the Bush administration, and that bipartisanship is the new BUZZ WORD of the party. HELLO...many of us worked our buns off to put Democrats in power because we wanted investigations, wanted the true tale of the corruption brought out into the light of day. What, the Foley scandal now gets swept under the rug, Gitmo has become a mute issue? Bush fires Rumsfeld and Mehlman steps aside at the RNC and we all make nice? Do the Democrats now in power think this is what we fought so hard for? Bolton being pushed out come January the icing on the cake as our new Democratic leaders give us a wink and a nod and turn their backs on us...is that what we fought so hard for?


The Liberal Left was marginalized and insulted for 12 years under Republican dominance of Washington. When the time was right, we stepped up with our time, money and hearts and carried our party into control. Now, we seem to be hearing the beat of ugly drums, the message beating into our heads...you have served your purpose, been good foot soldiers for the cause, but now you need to step aside and be silent as we drag our party into the center and secure our new found gains. What about OUR GAINS, what about our voice here on the left? We came together as a team to win a majority in both the House and the Senate. In sports, you do not abandon what brought you to the big game, you go with that winning strategy...I'd caution the Democratic Party to heed that advice, would suggest there is a great deal of peril in 2008 if you snub the liberal left, fail to give credit to the bloggers and grassroots activist that got you to where you stand now. Defeat in large numbers if you fail to give us seats at the table of power...we brought you back into power, and we can see to it you are taken out of power as well.