First Door on the Left

Right now, they really have no idea where this monster is going to hit land, but they know it’s going to be big. If you are anywhere within the possible path, please be prepared to get out of the way.

Bush braces U.S. for sacrifice as protesters gather

CRAWFORD, Texas (Reuters) – President George W. Bush, assailed by sagging poll numbers and criticism from anti-war protesters camped outside his ranch, called on Saturday for Americans to show resolve and brace for additional sacrifice in Iraq.

Sacrifice? By whom? So far, the only people who seem to be making any sacrifice are the troops fighting his war and their families.

Perhaps he considers paying $3.00 per gallon at the pump a sacrifice. If so, it certainly isn’t a sacrifice for his rich friends and supporters. Since most of them seem to be in the oil business, it is only making them richer.

The latest Gallup survey showed that just two in five Americans approved of the job he was doing while 56 percent disapproved of his performance.

Compared to other post-World War Two presidents at this point in their second term, only Richard Nixon had a lower job approval rating and he was in the midst of the Watergate scandal, Gallup said. The others were all above 50 percent.

Crawford Braces for Dueling War Rallies

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – This one-stoplight town of 700 residents near President Bush’s ranch braced for thousands of visitors Saturday, most in a cross-country caravan for a pro-Bush rally and others to support Cindy Sheehan’s anti-war demonstration.

More than 3,000 people were expected at the school football stadium for the culmination of the “You don’t speak for me, Cindy!” tour that started last week in California…

Meanwhile, hundreds were expected at Sheehan’s camp for a somber Saturday ceremony honoring soldiers in Iraq. The protest, which has swelled from dozens on weekdays to about 1,000 the past two weekends, will end Wednesday.

I wish them all luck, especially in the 100-degree-plus Texas heat. I hope their organizers thought to bring lots of water.

It’s too bad we all can’t get together and rally as just plain old Americans. Perhaps we’ll be able to do that once we are rid of George W. “I’m a uniter, not a divider” Bush.

Girl’s story of dad was a hoax, paper says

CARBONDALE, Ill. – For two years, Carbondale residents have been riveted by the writing of a little girl imploring her father in Iraq: “Don’t die, OK?”

Only now are they learning there was never any danger of that.

The Daily Egyptian, Southern Illinois University’s student-run newspaper, today will admit to its readers that the saga – of a little girl’s published letters to her father serving in Iraq – was apparently an elaborate hoax perpetrated by a woman who claimed to be the girl’s aunt.

In fact, the newspaper will report today, the man identified as the girl’s father was never in Iraq, and it was the woman who apparently wrote the letters and regular columns that were published under the little girl’s name – and even impersonated the girl in telephone interviews.

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Creepy… and, at the same time, kind of sad. It is so easy to fool people who want to be fooled. Just ask George W. Bush or Karl Rove.

Meet Mike, the newest member of our household…

He’s about four months old now and has been with us for roughly half his life. We adopted him from the Dallas SPCA. They named him and the name seemed to fit, so we let him keep it. A real bundle of energy, he is!

Now.

They criticize her when she laughs and they criticize her when she cries.

Seems kind of like a no-win situation. What’s the lady to do?

Here’s Trent Duffy at today’s press briefing in Texas:

As the President said on Tuesday, most of those he meets with express support for going forward in the way and the manner in which the President has laid out.

This is not difficult to believe when you consider that Mr. Bush never meets with anybody who is not carefully screened and selected by his handlers in advance. Even the audiences at his so-called speeches are by invitation only. Wouldn’t want anyone to burst that bubble, would we?

‘I know that if something happens to one of the boys, they would leave this world doing what they believe, what they think is right for our country. And I guess you couldn’t ask for a better way of life than giving it for something that you believe in.’

Who said it?

A) The mother of two suicide bombers.
B) The father of three Hamas fighters.
C) The latest right-wing propaganda shill, Tammy Pruett of Pocatello, Idaho.
D) One of George W. Bush’s speech writers.

The correct answer, while it could be any of the above, is of course ‘D’…

Guess what, guys… she’s back!

‘Peace Mom’ Returns to Texas War Protest

CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) – Even when she was in California taking care of her mother, Cindy Sheehan said part of her remained at the protest campsite she had set up outside President Bush’s ranch. On Wednesday, Sheehan returned to “Camp Casey,” named after her 24-year-old son, Army Spc. Casey Sheehan, who was killed last year in Iraq.

“This is where I belong, until Aug. 31, like I told the president,” Sheehan said at the Waco airport before driving about 20 miles to the Crawford site.