Posts Tagged ‘Bush’


The victim mentality.

  You know you want to help MoveOn.org chastise the Bush administration, which is attempting to blame state and local officials for its glacially slow response to Hurricane Katrina.

  Do what I said ‘cuz I said it!


What Bill Of Rights?

  Good news! Congress has decided to slay the trolls on your blog by making it a crime to annoy anyone on the Internet.

  And they only had to ignore that pesky freedom of speech to do it.


Coincidence (Unpleasant)

In my Advanced Legal Research class, we’re looking at resources for researching legislative history. This is the stuff that accumulates around a bill as it’s working its way through Congress: committee reports, floor debates, amendments, etc.

Right now we’re looking at a print resource called the U.S. Code Congressional & Administrative News, published by Thomson/West. It collects edited versions of that material for bills that seem to be of particular public interest. The professor passed out, at random, volumes of the October 2007 collection.

The first law in my volume is the Implementing Recommendations Of The 9/11 Commission Act of 2007. Meanwhile, the Bush administration is claiming denying, contrary to the Commission’s report, that Osama Bin Laden was responsible for the attack in the first place.

Does anybody else feel like all those people basically died for nothing?

EDIT: Sometimes my typing fingers get stupid when I’m choking with rage. See strikethrough above.


Links For Brains: 10/17/2008

  • Scientists build RNA-based chemical computers that react to changes in individual cells. (Possible applications include single-cellular surgery, tattooing of internal organs.)
  • New book examines Einstein’s life and works by examining his many, many mistakes. (At last, Einstein and George W. Bush have something in common.)
  • Joe Biden claims that “jobs” is a three-letter word. (Senator Biden, meet Albert Einstein. Have you been introduced to President Bush?)
  • Pennsylvania Republicans file suit against ACORN for collecting false voter registrations that ACORN has already told the government about. (Poor people voting. It’s almost as bad as that “hip-hop” stuff they call music.)

Waldorf’s Week in Review

Crap, I’ve been in rehearsals all week, so I haven’t been following as much as I should. I will admit to some election fatigue. I think Pfizer makes a pill for that.

  • (∞+1) Still can’t believe Obama is the President-Elect. It is a very good thing, mainly because of item two…
  • (∞/(∞-2.34981)) The last seven years and 8 or so months have been the turds of life. George W. Bush is still our President until January.
  • (- -) Do you really think oil is going down because of a) a conspiracy, b) demand is lower, or c) I can’t think of a third reason. Don’t think so. Methinks speculators are still selling off oil stocks to make up for the losses they’ve taken in mortgage backed securities.
  • (- – -) To us, the citizens and taxpayers of the United States. We suck. Or rather, we get our funds sucked from us without the promise of reciprocity.
  • (+ +) It’s still so nice to see the shuttle launch, and nice to see it going on an ambitious mission. The urine into drinking water trick, though, leaves me with some doubts, unless they are like those cool suits in Dune.
  • (- – - X ∞) A BIG WTF to the friendly citizens of the US for this - more threats to Obama than any other president-elect.
  • (- – -) To News Organizations. Transition to Power? Come on! What, are you all upset that you didn’t get to use your nifty Election ‘08 graphics for a longer period of time? I know, 10:30 was early to decide an election, and early for a candidate to cut-and-run concede, but I’m sure there is other news out there… somewhere.
  • (- – -) To those who claim actors should shut up about politics. I agree, but only if you shut up about Ronald Reagan.
  • (+) To schadenfreude. I am not a fur-activist, nor do I like or dislike Lindsay Lohan, but the flour thrown on her while wearing an expensive fur DID make me giggle.