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If there were an after-life, and I'm sure he would have denied it more than me, George Orwell would be looking down on us and laughing his ass off. "I tried to tell you, but NO, you wouldn't listen," he'd crow.
An appeals court threw out a lawsuit designed to reveal the subjects of top secret government wiretaps. The reason given was that the complainants couldn't prove they were the subject of top-secret government wiretaps, and thus did not have standing to bring the lawsuit designed to reveal if they were the targets of wiretaps. Thank you Mr. Orwell.

The president states that he "respects" the juries finding in the Scooter Libby case, and then throws out the sentence. TYMO.
The office of the Vice-President claims executive privileges, and yet when asked to comply with an Executive order to keep adequate records, claims to be in the Legislative branch. TYMO.
The war in Iraq is going well because the civilian death toll is falling, but when it rises it is not an accurate measure of the success of the "surge". T.Y.M.O.
The Republicans lost the mid-terms mainly due to the electorate being sick and tired of the war in Iraq. The Presidents response? A troop "surge" announced at 21,500, later determined to be 39,000 with support troops factored in, and even later determined to be upwards of 100,000 with delayed redeployment factored in. That, and we are asking the troops to stay longer in theater, with fewer R&R breaks than the troops in WW II recieved, and that was a real war fought for real reasons. Finally,TYMO for the concept of a permanent war waged over-seas designed mainly to keep the people at home in constant fear of attack, and thus more willing to give up their rights for some semblance of "safety". Was Karl Rove the only one who read "1984" in high school and remembered what it was about? Is anyone else out there ready for your "two minute hate"? Let us all think Bush/Cheney, and...begin!

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