al-Mal-icky

From Philadephia Daily News:

BAGHDAD – Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki yesterday lashed out at U.S. and French politicians who have called on him to step down and accused U.S. forces of committing “big mistakes” in killing and detaining civilians in the hunt for insurgents.

It was the second outburst from the embattled leader in recent days as he has come under fire from an array of allies and adversaries who accuse him of failing to unite his cabinet and put key laws and programs in place.

He drew fresh criticism yesterday from two influential congressional Republicans.

Maliki trained his angriest words on a Democratic presidential candidate, Sen. Hillary Rodman Clinton of New York, and Sen. Carl Levin (D., Mich.).

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Road2DC: A Dozen Reasons to March on Washington

A recent diary asked:
Why Should you Go to DC on 9/15?
The diarist (pssst, it was really jlynne, but I didn’t tell you!!) stated her reasons:

I am going to DC to protest the War in Iraq because I am convinced that if we do not purposely, consciously and willfully end the War, we will lose, not only the War, but the grail as well. We will lose the very thing that defines us as a Nation capable of waging war in the first instance.
…
Rigged elections, torture and rendition, warrantless spying, the Unitary Executive, suspension of habeas corpus, signing statements, the SPP, the Iraqi Oil Law, lost arms shipments, increased heroin production, war profiteering, the national debt, the invasion and utter destruction of a sovereign nation, the deaths of over half a million civilians and 3,723 American soldiers, the shredding of the U.S. Constitution . . . . four million Iraqis have been displaced from their homes – nearly 20% of the total population of Iraq. Twenty percent.

Well, yeah, there’s that.

Not That There’s Anything Wrong With That….

To the tune of The Lumberjack Song by by Terry Jones, Michael Palin, and Fred Tomlinson.

Oh, I’m a senator, and I’m NOT GAY,
I troll at night, and I work all day.

Chorus:

He’s Republican, so he’s NOT GAY,
He trolls at night, and he works all day.

I swipe my hand, I tap my foot,
In airport lavatories,
But gay? Not me! Just wide-stanced, please ignore the stories.

Police Dept. Undercover Cop Division:

He swipes his hand, he taps his foot,
In airport lavatories,
But gay? Not him! Just wide-stanced, please ignore the stories.

Chorus:

He’s Republican, so he’s NOT GAY,
He trolls at night, and he works all day.

I cruise men’s rooms, I peek in stalls,
Very dark and noisy,
Let me stay in D.C., can’t get laid in Boise.

Religious right:

He’ll cruise men’s rooms, he peeks in stalls,
Very dark and noisy,
Let him stay in D.C., can’t get laid in Boise.

Chorus:

He’s Republican, so he’s NOT GAY,
He trolls at night, and he works all day.

Oh, I’m all male, and i vote down,
Pro-gay legislation,
To diss the guy who blew me, down in Union Station.

The Singing Senators:

Yes, he’s all male, he voted down,
Pro-gay legislation…
And dissed the guy who blew him, down in Union Station!

Arresting Officer:

You ARE Republican and you ARE GAY
You’re under arrest, so come this way!
You ARE Republican and you ARE GAY
You’re under arrest, so come this way!

©mikk0 and nonnie9999

Send all correspondence to the Mighty Mikk0Mouse. This was all his idea!!!

Idaho’s Own Private Ida-Ho

From The Oregonian:

A month before making sexual advances toward an undercover police officer in a Minneapolis airport men’s room, Republican Senator Larry Craig told the Idaho Statesman newspaper he had never engaged in any homosexual acts, the paper reported today.

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Don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out, Al Fredo…..

Then again, let the door hit you in the ass!

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To the tune of Bye, Bye Birdie, by Charles Strouse, as performed by Ann-Margret:

Bye, bye, Bertie,
I won’t miss you a bit,
You’re a smarmy,
Worthless piece of shit.

Oh, Chimpy, now you’ve gone and pissed off Max…..

Aug. 25 (Bloomberg) — Former Democratic U.S. Senator Max Cleland, a disabled Vietnam veteran, said President George W. Bush made a faulty analogy when he cited that war to bolster his case for continuing U.S. military operations in Iraq.

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A Hard Habit to Break

From ABC News:

In dozens of letters spanning 66 years, Mother Teresa described the “emptiness” she felt and confessed her struggles with faith and the existence of heaven in pages she had planned to have destroyed.

…snip…

To millions her work still shines as the example of Christlike devotion. It brought her the Nobel Peace Prize and beatification by Pope John Paul. But once she began her work in India she never heard God’s voice again. Nine years after she founded her mission in Calcutta she wrote, “What do I labour for? If there be no God — there can be no soul — if there is no Soul then Jesus — You also are not true.”

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A Nursery Rhyme for Our Time

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