Making the pie higher—the cow pie, that
is
By Bev Conover
June 25, 2001—As the stench emanating from the White
House grows more fetid by the day, the corporate media
pretend it's perfume and the Democratic leadership in
Congress chooses not to notice.
Those of you anxiously awaiting the results of the latest
Florida vote count undertaken by National Opinion
Research Center (NORC) need not bother, because the
word is it is busy cooking the numbers in a meadow muffin
stew to make it appear that Al Gore's win is a loss.
Sound familiar? You bet. We've been down this road
before with the Miami Herald and USA Today, both of
whom cooked up stinky stews claiming that George W.
Bush won, but not really if you dared separate the solids
from the liquid. Stirring around in cesspools is dirty
business, but someone has to do it, right?
So why would anyone expect more from NORC, hired by
a media consortium comprised of The New York Times,
The Washington Post, CNN and the Associated Press,
and that is based at the University of Chicago, which is
home to the anything-goes-in-the-corporate-world free
marketers, such as Milton Friedman?
Maybe that's why the rank odor emanating from the Bush
Outhouse—and that ain't natural gas—is perfume to the
corporate medias' noses. After all, George W. said he was
going to make the "pie higher" and, indeed, the excrement
just keeps piling up.
Meanwhile, the Democrats, apparently overcome by the
aroma of methane wafting up to Capitol Hill and the wind
being broken on the Republican side of the aisle, instead of
fumigating the whole city are bent on being polite by
pretending it's just a little sewer gas and they can deal with
it. Would someone pull Tom Daschle and the rest of the
Democrats' heads out of The Washington Post and tell
them if they play with feces, they are sure to be splattered?
You never ever let the other side set the agenda. Yet, that
is precisely what Daschle is allowing the Republicans to do.
No investigations of Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Paul
O'Neill, ad infinitum, because the GOP and its media
lapdogs claims that would be payback for their endless and
groundless investigations of Bill and Hillary Clinton?
Puleeze! Have the Democrats so quickly forgotten the
Republican mantras of "rule of law" and "no one is above
the law?"
Here we have the former CEO of Halliburton, who lied
about Halliburton's involvement with Iraq, currently
squatting in the vice president's house. Even The
Washington Post couldn't ignore that one and yesterday
reported:
"During last year's presidential campaign, Richard B. Cheney
acknowledged that the oil-field supply corporation he headed,
Halliburton Co., did business with Libya and Iran through
foreign subsidiaries. But he insisted that he had imposed a
'firm policy' against trading with Iraq."
What the Post left out of that statement is that the foreign
subsidiaries were set up by Halliburton. The Post went on:
"According to oil industry executives and confidential United
Nations records, however, Halliburton held stakes in two firms
that signed contracts to sell more than $73 million in oil
production equipment and spare parts to Iraq while Cheney
was chairman and chief executive officer of the Dallas-based
company."
Is that not a smoking gun, Senator Daschle? Are you not
bothered that Cheney held secret meetings with energy
company executives to devise an energy policy for the
nation—an energy policy that is sure to benefit them at the
expense of the people and the environment—and that he
now refuses to tell Congress the names of those
executives? Never mind that neither you nor any other
Democratic senator stood up on January 6, when the
electoral votes were counted, to challenge either the stolen
presidential election or allowing Texas to give its electoral
votes to Cheney, who ran back to Wyoming to reclaim his
residency there while still availing himself of the homestead
benefits on his Texas house—benefits given only to bona
fide Texas residents.
The Washington Post calls the madness going on in the
Bush Outhouse "Clintonesque." Very good. It shows how
much poor "Slick Willy," whose hands were about as clean
as they come, is missed. But the Post and the other pundits
weren't focused on Clinton's hands, were they? The Bush
men, however, seem to lack that part of the male anatomy
that so long fascinated Ken Starr, his media buddies and
the Republicans—except perhaps for Jeb, but that has
been swept under the rug.
Nor does it seem to bother the nice Senator Daschle that
the Bush Outhouse's political operative, Karl Rove, met
with Intel officials who were seeking a merger between one
of their top U.S. suppliers, Silicon Valley Group, and a
Dutch company, ASM Lithography, over the objections of
the Pentagon—or that Rove held between $100,000 and
$250,000 in Intel stock at the time. Suddenly national
security concerns went out the window and the deal was
approved.
Rove, who also holds stock in General Electric, last March
20 met with nuclear power interests to discuss Bush's
energy plan. General Electric has a nuclear energy division.
Then Rove made the decision to halt the Navy's use of
Vieques for bombing practice and war games, while his
boss was running around Europe making an ass of himself
big time and the U.S. media were trying whip that dung
heap into a delectable pie for American consumption. But
why ask who elected Rove? After all, Bush wasn't elected,
either.
The nice Senator Daschle prefers to look the other way
when it comes to the rogue Secretary of the Treasury, Paul
O'Neill. O'Neill, the former head of Alcoa, promised back
in March to rid himself of the company's stock that he held,
which last year was valued at $100 million. Earlier this
month, the San Francisco Examiner wrote:
"Shortly after O'Neill's high-minded promise, the U.S.
Department of Energy directed several western aluminum
suppliers to halt production to conserve energy. The new
policy reduced the worldwide aluminum supply by five
percent. It also caused a run on Alcoa stock—it jumped
about 30 percent in the weeks after O'Neill's divestiture
announcement.
"There was only one problem: O'Neill never got rid of the
stock, despite his public promise. As a result, he may have
made as much as $60 million from Alcoa's increased
market value."
Pocket change, eh? O'Neill finally divested himself of the
last of the Alcoa stock last week. Is it any wonder that
O'Neill wants the U.S. to again turn a blind eye to offshore
tax havens, while doing away with Social Security (unless
Wall Street can get a piece of it) and Medicare for working
Americans?
The silence of the Democrats and the U.S. media was
deafening when O'Neill proposed to do away with
corporate taxes and pile them on individual taxpayers. If
the treasury secretary in any other administration had
proposed doing away with corporate taxes, Social Security
and Medicare, an immediate congressional investigation
would have ensued, it would have been the lead story in
every daily newspaper and on the nightly news, and he
would have been lucky to escape Washington with his life.
Ah yes, the Bush pie keeps getting higher.
With the Senate split 50–50, Daschle, who seems to be a
nice fellow, thought he could meet Trent Lott halfway
down in the sewer and reach an accord on power sharing.
Poor Daschle. When he came up, he wasn't smelling like a
rose and Lott quickly showed him how much such an
agreement meant to the Republicans: Ashcroft, confirmed;
Norton, confirmed; O'Neil, confirmed. It's almost as
though the Bush Outhouse had put out a job openings
description that read: "Must be a right-wing
multi-millionaire with stock portfolio. Christian extremists,
war mongers and anti-environmentalists preferred. Women
and minorities with the 'correct' ideology are acceptable.
Those with rap sheets, convictions or presidential pardons
will receive preferential treatment."
And when Vermont Senator Jim Jeffords decided it was
time for a shower, thereby tilting the balance of power to
the Democrats, the nice Senator Daschle let the
confirmation of the dastardly Ted Olson as solicitor general
go through, while Lott and the GOP goons
demanded—yes, demanded—power and called for a
vendetta against Jeffords and the Democrats.
But that has not deterred the nice Senator Daschle who is
now said to be going to allow votes to come to the Senate
floor on all the judicial fascists George W. wants to stuff
the federal courts with. So even if we find a way to send
the junior Bush back to Crawford, Texas, the courts will
be in the hands of judicial branch of the U.S. Taliban for
30–40 years.
Ah yes, the Bush pie keeps getting higher. Can you smell
it? Oops, watch where you step.
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posted on June 26, 2001 10:41:22 PM new
In an unsubstantiatable report, Bush has offered the end-all solution to the mythical energy shortage.
HIS FLATULENCY... It is a fact that the media has given GW a free pass on his disgusting public personal behavior, like picking his nose and goosing his wife. Remember during the 2000 campaign, George W. Bush promised to restore 'honor and dignity' to the Oval Office? But he didn't say when. Dignity appears to be a little slow in coming. A source tells UPI the president ended a recent energy policy meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney and others by jokingly offering his own personal stores of "natural gas" to help alleviate the energy crisis." (UPI) Even in jest, this is disgusting, something that transpires in a junior high locker room, not in the Oval Office. So we now have a new moniker to add to the list, HIS FLATULENCY. The man is a no-class buffoon. America deserves better. --FRank, 6/15/01
posted on June 26, 2001 10:56:30 PM new
What gets me, is that even after knowing all of this, his supporters still support him because he SAYS he's going to do a whole bunch of good things soon. When?
Just because a corrupt person reads the bible (even that's debateable), doesn't mean he knows what he's doing. My cat could run the country better.....geez!
posted on June 26, 2001 11:22:53 PM new
The image "bush pie" conjures up seems to fit the subject. This is the first I have heard of him goosing his wife and picking his nose. Gross.
posted on June 27, 2001 12:12:21 AM new
There is a pretty widely distributed news photo of him picking his nose. I think it was during one of his campaign stops in Illinois. It so grossed out the voters in Springfield that the Democrats carried the state.
There was another that supposedly showed his wife's reaction to a goose by him, but as it was a still photo it was not possible to determine whether she jumped.
I've posted the nosepickicture, but I'm not sure that I can find it now.
posted on June 27, 2001 01:21:30 AM new
Great article! Do you think the people that voted for him can comprehend it, and say their sorry for voting for the Bush gang?
I hope he washed his finger before picking his nose, because it's been up his butt for a long time.
posted on June 27, 2001 05:15:44 AM new
This thread stinks.
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For every action there is a reaction.
If a man goosed me, especially in public, he better be prepared for the imprint of my hand on his face.
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Did you see the picture of him saluting while holding his dog in his arms?
I don't know the occasion, but the uniformed man beside him was standing at attention while saluting. But not Bush. Rather than put the dog down and salute respectfully, he hunched over the dog and did a half-assed salute. He looked the Hunchback of Notre Dame.
The General Accounting Office is warning Cheney's office that if they continue to refuse to provide names, that they may issue a "demand letter,". The White House will have 20 days to respond and if they do not, the accounting offce can bring a civil action aganist the administration.
posted on June 27, 2001 11:38:41 AM new"What gets me, is that even after knowing all of this, his supporters still support him ..."-kraftdinner-
Did oyu ever stop to wonder why that is? Did you realize that it is directly tied to their voting for him? Sure it is! Do you think that any one of them are going to admit that they knowingly voted this 12-year-old into government? C'mon! Anyone over the age of 18 and therefore votes, knows for a fact that if you put an imbecile into the Most Powerful Political Office In The World, that he or she will be needing a keeper? And that they approved Cheney to be his keeper,, knowing as anyone with an IQ over 80 does, that putting the Oil Companies into power with the rest of the represenatives of the major corporations would SCREW AMERICA!
What does THAT say about those voters?
1) They voted in the Corporate State.
2) They voted in a government that gives it to them just where they enjoy it the most -- obviously! Pity that the rest of us don't enjoy that sort of abuse.
THEREFORE, they HAVE TO support Bush! It is a fiction FOR THEM to think that they did the right thing.
MY SUGGESTION: let them know AT EVERY POINT what a terrible thing that they did to all of us, our Democracy, the US Constituion, and The American Way. Make them AWARE that THEY are the responsible party for what takes place in this Corporate Takeover (no violence!!) When you get angry enough to SHOUT, don't do it at POLITICIANS -- that's plain stupid and is what they want you to do. Instead, BLAME THE VOTERS FOR IT!
posted on July 8, 2001 09:34:06 AM new
Hey, there's only six Bush threads on this page. Six threads out of forty. Fifteen per cent. That's practically nothing, isn't it?
posted on July 8, 2001 09:24:22 PM new
The Democratic Party is supposed to be the bastion of the Jeffersonians, not Federalist Conservatives. When will the Democratic Party seek its roots and stand up for something besides their pay-offs just like the Republican Party does?
posted on July 8, 2001 09:34:11 PM new"there's only six Bush threads on this page. Six threads out of forty. Fifteen per cent. That's practically nothing, isn't it?"
Someday, uaru, you may realize the magnificence of my restraint.
posted on July 8, 2001 10:12:52 PM new
Really, krs? Seems to me like the majority of your posts involve you copy/ pasting things from 'The Onion' or some other bastion of literary brilliance. Kind of like this thread. Doesn't take much restraint, the ideas aren't even yours.
posted on July 8, 2001 10:29:55 PM new
I think that if Al Gore had become President as the majority of voters wanted him to be, uaru would have at least 50% threads trying to enlighten us on how corrupt an Al Gore administration would have been. Since Bush is the President -- illegal or otherwise, he is news and a political target.
I heard that geneticists were trying to make a clone Mother Teressa. That way she could run in 2004 on the Democratic ticket. Pity that these same standards seem not to apply to Republican politicians.
posted on July 8, 2001 10:44:25 PM new
Are you talking to me, jlpiece? Did you mean to insult me? If so, maybe you could expand the odd connection you make between restraint and ideas so that I can better decide if there is something in what you've said that makes enough sense to be insulting?
posted on July 9, 2001 03:49:08 AM newBorillarI think that if Al Gore had become President as the majority of voters wanted him to be, uaru would have at least 50% threads trying to enlighten us on how corrupt an Al Gore administration would have been.
posted on July 9, 2001 04:15:30 AM new"I think that if Al Gore had become President as the majority of voters wanted him to be, uaru would have at least 50% threads trying to enlighten us on how corrupt an Al Gore administration would have been".
to which uaru posts: "you're wrong"
And uaru is correct. They would be threads trying to enlighten us on how corrupt an Al Gore administration IS.
