Tag Archives: The Surge

Trump bounces FBI chief

He also demanded the resignation of the Surgeon General, which isn’t actually his prerogative to do, as the SG has the power to bounce HIM by declaring him unfit.

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Springs Democrats hope democracy loses to State Senator John Morse

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO- International news headlines read “G-20 Summit Overshadowed by Syrian Crisis” but not in Colorado Springs! Here every politically active Democrat was working to defeat a recall of state senate leader John Morse, a democrat though barely. Morse … Continue reading

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NPR: women berserkers, oil whores, Goebbels Surge, presidential DNA

I accidentally listened to NPR today, what an earful of crap! No wonder Americans are so uninformed, none more than self-identifying progressives, waylaid by Corporate Public shysters. Here’s what I overheard:   The Defense Department is running short on recruits … Continue reading

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The sick origens of Anders Behring Breivik’s anti-immigrant hatreds

‘After being teased for having an “Arab” nose, he had surgery on it — at the age of 20 — conceding that it was too big, one of the witnesses said. In 1,500-page rambling manifesto, which Breivik posted on the … Continue reading

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Wrong WingNutz bitching about cost of protecting the president they threaten.

In this case two armored buses that would be a lot harder for their freak minions like and similar to Erik Rudolph, Scott Roeder, Jared Loughner, other un”man”ned missiles their hate campaign points at PEOPLE using such “harmless” imagery as … Continue reading

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Got an message from an Elitist Snob who claims to “help the Homeless”

Saying that the reason he lives in wealth is because he “earned” it. Which is a backward way of saying that those of who live in Poverty never “earned” anything. Like me, I guess. Working construction labor for 20 years, … Continue reading

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VietRaqIstan

Pentagon: Light at end of tunnel…     NATO: uh… like, no…   The Dutch portion of Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) so divided that the government fell apart. Their largely uncompensated mission as Disposable Shock Troops for the Washington Regime … Continue reading

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The text of my letter to Sen. Udall and Sen. Bennett

Don’t Drop the Public Option! It will have to be implemented, there’s no way to do more than temporarily “fix” Health Care without it. I know from personal experience how much more it costs society to abandon basic medical care … Continue reading

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Did you elect Obama to finish the job?

  President Obama wants to “finish the job?” What job would that be? Are we talking about a job which Bush started? Because I am pretty sure Mr. Obama was elected NOT to do that. “Finish” Afghanistan? Where was Obama … Continue reading

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Such boobs

All that pink was not only for cancer awareness, advocates insisted, it was for breast cancer research. But when research finally yielded a result, which was to recommend fewer mammograms, the whole pink bandwagon wailed in defense of its major … Continue reading

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Barack Obama Nobel Prizefighter

At what line in the sand will we be able to say for certain that President Obama’s hope bubble is a bust? Half of you are laughing at my naivety, the others are hushing me with your fingers crossed. Will … Continue reading

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Springs Utilities and “Right to Work” law

Which is really the “right to fire you if you get injured on the job or if you seek fair compensation for your labor or if you form (or join an existing) an organization which represents the workers to ensure … Continue reading

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Latest “Victory” in GWOT… Drafting a 50 year old Vet.

So says the State Department, citing the so called “plot” to mix explosives from toothpaste tubes and shampoo bottles on board airplanes, by British kids who had no money and no passports and it was a completely unworkable idea anyway. … Continue reading

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Liability and the value of a human life…

How much does one person or all of society owe for injuries, deaths or other damages caused by actions that an individual or the representatives of Society take? (I posted this on another forum, alfrankenweb.com. This hits at the core … Continue reading

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How “The Surge” is working, Kiss Our Boot…

I know I’m going to get a lot of hate-responses for this from the Semi-Literate Establishment Members…The Surge is working only as a propaganda piece to fool the already fooled The “surge” is proving that if you hold somebody’s neck … Continue reading

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Sha’aria Palin…

Might not be here this morning. Apparently she’s flying back to Alaska because Baby Track is now being shipped off to the Meatgrinder she so whole-heartedly endorsed, When It Was Other Mothers’ Sons Being Sent. On 9/11 how very symbolic… … Continue reading

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The urge to SURGE

My wife has been away for a month and when she returns, I plan to call out my troops to SURGE! Don’t laugh, if an old flake like John McCain can bait Obama about not being man enough to vote … Continue reading

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Chomsky: the US public is irrelevant

Al Jazeera’s INSIDE USA has a recent interview with Noam Chomsky. Chomsky: US public irrelevant. The partial transcript is mirrored below, as is the 2-part video: part 1 and part 2. Part 2 of the interview: Partial transcript: AVI LEWSI: … Continue reading

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We will miss you Elizabeth

If there is a heaven, I have no doubt that you have already spoken to Jesus and have begun to argue politics with him right as I write. Give him Hell, Elizabeth! Somebody needs to hold him and his dad accountable, and you are the one with the spirit to do it, too. Continue reading

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Pictures in remembrance of Elizabeth

A memorial will be held for Wilma Joanne “Elizabeth” Fineron at Benet Hill Chapel, 2pm Monday April 28.   Steve Handon will officiate the ceremony. The music will be performed by First Strike Theater alumni. Benet Hill Monastery is at … Continue reading

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Manitou Springs tribute to my mother

MANITOU SPRINGS- (Last night my mother Kathy Verlo was awarded a lifetime achievement award by the Open Space activists at the Manitou City Council. I was overcome by their gracious tribute. Here are the notes I prepared in thanks.)   … Continue reading

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The Surge morphs into The Purge

The US is now attacking the allies of Iran within the Iraqi Shia community, and this new battle in the US War to Re-Colonize the Middle East is now underway. It is an effort by the US to clean up … Continue reading

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Betrayus redux

So, now, the one general Bush could find willing to be his bag-man and “take one for the Team” is apparently not happy taking one for the Team, and taking another one for the Team, and then taking another one… … Continue reading

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Ann Frank of Mesopotamia

The DoD CENTCOM PR Department reports having recovered the diary of an al-Qaeda leader (now killed). In it, he despairs the surge is working. Gosh, they think they can embed the insurgent dead? In addition to cursing the usual “scoundrels, … Continue reading

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Pushing PAUSE button while on SURGE

They share three letters. SURGE. PAUSE. First our military wanted a surge, now they want a pause at the height of the surge, making the temporary amplification something more like an escalation. In fact, it’s forecast that US troop levels … Continue reading

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