thinking: July 2006

Monday, July 31, 2006

The world is run by nonsense

President Bush: Gibberish!

When "clarity" is such confused nonsense, we have to beleive we are doomed.
And look at Blair's face!

Condi - so much work for nothing or worse

Condicise

and she says this helps her brains!!!

Sunday, July 30, 2006

What happened in Kfar Kana?

Trying to make sense of what is happening and for anyone interested
in reading about what is being said in Israel read

What happened in Kfar Kana

in
The Jewish Worker

Friday, July 28, 2006

Condi is a supernova of Bush's Administration

Condi Decorates the Living Room While the Bedroom is in Flames

From Huffingtonpost

27.07.06

Yesterday in Rome, meeting with diplomats from the United Nations, the European Union,

and the governments of several Middle Eastern nations, Secretary of State Condaleezza Rice blocked all attempts to stop the current violence in Lebanon and Israel. "We have to have a

plan that will actually create conditions in which we can have a cease-fire that will be sustainable," she said.

Rice's disingenuous stance of refusing to negotiate a ceasefire because we cannot "return to the status quo ante" and "we need a lasting peace" is nothing but a stalling tactic to give the Israeli Defense Forces more time to "degrade" Lebanon. The Decider, during a joint appearance with the United States' puppet du jour in Iraq, Nouri Al Maliki, also said he's against a cease-fire claiming he wants a more permanent arrangement.

All of the talk about creating a "robust international force" in southern Lebanon to enforce security, the Lebanese government asserting its sovereignty over Hezbollah controlled areas, and the disarming of Lebanon's anti-Israel militias, is hopelessly premature, even

presumptuous, while entire populations in Lebanon and Israel are cowering inside bunkers. There is no way that Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora can assert control over his nation while the IDF rips it apart. The world seems to understand two things the Bush Administration does not: 1). No diplomatic progress can be made so long as the war rages on; and 2). This thing needs to be wrapped up now before it engulfs larger nations in a regional war. The longer the US allows this war to continue to escalate, the greater likelihood of it sparking an even bigger war.

Hezbollah shows no signs of giving in to the maximalist US-Israeli demands. Hezbollah and

Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, whose stature as a folk hero in the Arab world has been cemented by the current war, are not being asked to negotiate, but to surrender. Bush and Rice won't even talk to Syria and Iran. Conventional wisdom states that the US will give Israel another week or two to lay waste to the infrastructure, institutions, and the militia that serve the poorest people in Lebanon, most of whom happen to be Shia, and then some form of a cease-fire will be imposed. But while the skies over Lebanon are abuzz with Israeli airplanes and helicopters, and the rockets continue to fall on Haifa and other Israeli towns and cities, the current conflict has the potential to explode into something much bigger.

On July 18th, when I last wrote about the crisis in Lebanon, there had been 230 Lebanese and 24 Israelis killed, and $1 billion worth of destruction in Lebanon; nine days later, there is now over 433 killed in Lebanon, fifty-one dead in Israel, and $2 billion in damage to Lebanon. The key question for American citizens is this: How many corpses on both sides are we willing to accept for the Bush Administration to obtain its objectives in the Middle East? Blocking an immediate cease-fire and refusing to engage the parties of the current conflict in peace talks is just another neo-con wet dream like pursuing "democracy" in Iraq. As the violence intensifies, Condi should realize, as the rest of the civilized world seems to understand, that this war is different than previous Arab-Israeli conflicts, and it is fraught with danger given the current bloodshed in Iraq and in the Palestinian territories, and the emboldening of Iran in the region. The longer this war goes on with escalations on both sides, the more unstable and out of control the situation becomes.

The American occupation of Iraq has inflamed the Iraqis and destabilized Baghdad, one of the most important cities in the Arab world. The IDF's demolishing of the Palestinian Authority in the Gaza Strip, which has claimed the lives of over 120 Palestinians in recent weeks, has inflamed the Sunni Arabs in the Palestinian territories and elsewhere. The IDF attacks in Lebanon on the infrastructure and institutions that are tied to Hezbollah have inflamed the Shia of Lebanon, Iraq, and Iran. For the first time, a non-state agent is lobbing hundreds of rockets into Israel's northern cities. As this barrage continues, the IDF is guaranteed to intensify the violence, and will be tempted to dip into its vast arsenal of anti-personnel munitions such "fuel-air weapons," cluster bombs, napalm, and white phosphorous. The world demands a cease-fire now, and our nation's chief diplomat, following the instructions of our illustrious Commander-in-Chief, is blocking the international community's efforts to contain this war

before it spreads.

When Israel and the United States were militarily chewing up the PLO and Saddam Hussein they were at least combating mostly secularists; now they threaten to spark exactly what Samuel Huntington in The Clash of Civilizations warned against: a "fault line war." The current conflict has taken on the coloration of a religious war. To millions of people the conflict looks like Christians and Jews using their superior technology to destroy and oppress Muslims, both Shiite and Sunni.

Right-wing ideologues make poor diplomats. They are blind to the social, cultural, political, and religious nuances of the Middle East, and they are far too dedicated to the use of force. (William Kristol and other nut-bags are openly advocating US military action against Iran.) When the only tool you have is a hammer, everything starts to look like a nail. Bush and Condi's "transformational diplomacy," and the glorification of war to solve complex human problems, can only lead to more bloodshed, as it has in Iraq.

Jimmy Carter's former National Security Adviser, Zbigniew Brzezinski, said on July 20th that the United States must engage Syria and Iran. He sees Iran as a "serious threat" but not an "imminent" threat, meaning the United States has time to work out a deal with Iran at a later date. Brzezinski believes "Iran is a serious country, it's not Iraq. It's going to be a player," and therefore must be handled carefully and prudently. If the Bush Administration continues to isolate Iran, he said: "I fear that the region will explode, and for that matter, Israel will be in the long run in great jeopardy." Brzezinski offered the wise suggestion for a regional conference that would include Muslim states that are more distant from the current conflict such as Algeria, Morocco, and Pakistan, to bring them into the process of stabilizing the region. But George W. Bush appears to have something different in mind for the Middle East.

Tuesday, July 25, 2006

why is Israel attacking Lebanon?

why is Israel doing this?

Read the article

Why Is Israel Destroying Lebanon?

By Patrick Seale

07/25/06 "Al-Hayat" 07/21/07
courtesy of clearing house
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article14191.htm

Monday, July 24, 2006

where are they stopping?

Lebanese Forced to Bury Casualties in Mass Graves

where are they stopping?

Sunday, July 23, 2006

to relax: Merkel Massage Madness! | The Huffington Post

The Blog | Rachel Sklar: Merkel Massage Madness! | The Huffington Post

God have Mercy!

Today, AP tells us that
It is

It mostly is up to Rice

So, we are cooked. Just read

Rome - The success of a high-level Rome meeting on Lebanon this week
will depend largely on the outcome of the Middle East
diplomatic mission by US secretary of state Condoleezza Rice, Italy's foreign
minister said in an interview published on Sunday.

Rice, Italy's foreign minister Massimo D'Alema, UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan and representatives from key players
in the Middle East will meet
in Rome on Wednesday after Rice completes her talks in Jerusalem
and the West Bank.

One priority will be dealing with the humanitarian crisis in Lebanon,
which has been under attack for
12 days by Israeli forces targeting Lebanon-based Hezbollah guerrillas.

Participants will also grapple with "how to reach an effective cease-fire
or suspension of the hostilities,
something that requires a certain pressure on Syria and Iran so that
they act on ... Hezbollah" to obtain
the release of two captured Israeli soldiers, D'Alema said in an interview
with leftist Rome daily l'Unita. (more...)

Meanwhile, Bush wants Syria to take care of things.
I bet he was to busy at the Ranch

Saturday, July 22, 2006

Let us pray - Condi is on the way

A grieving family sits next to the coffins of several dead children. Ivan Watson, NPR

Rice to travel to Middle East Condi is going to solve the Middle East crisis. Can you imagine the nerve of this woman. The places she went? The things she achieved?
B. says Go and off she goes, even if she does not know what for. And some insist in saying she is smart! Read the article in

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200607/s1693824.htm

(july 22, 06)

Meanwhile, in Yesterday WaPo, July 21st, on the WaPo, there was this article

Israel Massing Military on Lebanon Border

By Edward Cody and John Ward Anderson

BEIRUT, July 21 -- The Israeli military called up reserve troops Friday and broadcast urgent radio
warnings for civilians of battered southern Lebanon to leave "immediately" for relative safety north
of the Litani River, adding to the growing indications that Israel is planning a large-scale ground
operation to root out Hezbollah guerrillas and their missile caches.
(read more in http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/21/AR2006072100968_pf.html

NPR reported that on the other side

Scores of Lebanese Civilians Buried in Tyre

they show a grieving family crying for their dead

Who wants war?

Friday, July 21, 2006

Condi Rice - just irresponsible?

CNN.com - Rice:�U.S. wants lasting peace, not quick fix - Jul 21, 2006

Does someone explain to me what is she doing?
Does she see? Is the Admninistration affected by neo-con blindness?
You made a mess of things. You are accountable!

We deserve to live

Saturday, July 15, 2006

Bush and Blair Singalong


Bush and Blair sing together.

Friday, July 14, 2006

George Bush stars in "No Child Left Behind"


President George W. Bush provides an example for the No Child Left Behind act, a moderately humorous look. Okay? it is an outright slam of the entire system, but I digress. Watch this video on the sad state of public education and feel your I.Q drop ten points.

Deconstructing George Bush


Let's take a look at some of the, uh, less than honest things George W. Bush said during his press conference about spying on Americans.

George Bush singing "Sunday Bloody Sunday"


Thanks to http://onegoodmove.org and Rx @ http://thepartyparty.com/ Greets to arstechnica!

Blair + Bush At The Gay Bar


A mixed music video for "At The Gay Bar" by Electric Six.

World going mad

NukeCompilation

world going mad and it is happenning!

Bush has ontologogical doubts

The Daily Show - Northa Korea

Bush gets honors in consistency

Tookie Williams Execution - Rough Cut

compassionate america

L'ODEUR DE LA PAPAYE VERTE


Gourmand et sensuel, un film baign? par la lumi?re verte du Vietnam. Pour Tran Anh Hung, l'odeur de la papaye est celle du pays de son enfance, et du monde secret des femmes. Cam?ra d'Or, Cannes 1993 Meilleure premi?re oeuvre, C?sar 1994 Louez ce film sur www.artevod.com