Rush Limbaugh, political advisor - foto by smith

Rush Limbaugh wants to take over Karl Rove’s job of advising the Republican’t party, which equates to a sack of ethical deviance replacing a sack of moral feces advising pond scum. Hope he succeeds. I’d love to see him take the GOP even lower than it went with Rove. (GOP = Government of Pricks, Greedy Old People, Grab Or Plunder, Get Our Piece, Gouging Our People.)

If the Republiscams and Limpbrain get their way, there won’t be anybody left employed but thieving politicians, hate-tongued conservative talk show hosts, pederastic priests, the liars and bigots at FoxNews, and crooked corporate CEOs. The rich and self righteous sure do take care of their own.

Recent headlines:

598,000 jobs lost in January
577,000 jobs lost in December
597,000 jobs lost in November
3,600,000 job losses since December 2007.
11,600,000 “officially” unemployed.
NEC to lay off 20,000 as economy bites
Nissan to slash 20,000 jobs worldwide
Alcoa lays off 15,000 and shutters plants
Google axes 10,000 temp workers in silence
Sprint To Lay Off 8,000 Workers
ING to lay off 7,000 — including CEO
Intel to axe up to 6,000 in factory shuttering spree
Stora Enso may temporarily lay off more than 5,000
Microsoft will lay off 5,000 over the next 18 months
Caterpillar to lay off 5,000 as 4Q profits plummet
Boeing crashes 4,500 employees
GM to lay off 2,000 workers, cut production
Clear Channel tunes out 1,850
Cigna lays off 1,100; CEO’s compensation should be questioned
Walgreen to axe 1,000 suits in ‘09
John Deere To Lay Off Nearly 700 Workers
Warner Bros. Will Pare Jobs
AOL to lay off 10 percent of staff
UnitedHealth lays off like its UnitedStealth
Chicago Tribune Plans Job Cuts, Salary Freeze

Even though official unemployment rate is 7.6 percent, some economists put the number at 13.9 percent.

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tears for fears - foto by smith

The public opinion approval ratings of the last five Presidents as they left office:

Jimmy Carter - 44%
Ronald Reagan - 68%
George H.W. Bush - 54%
Bill Clinton - 68%
George W. Bush - 22%

Barely 17% rated Bush’s presidency as very good or good (these are probably the billionaires he gave all our tax money to), while 83% said he was average or poor. Even 34% of the Republicans in his own party said he was worthless.

Never has an American President been so reviled. Never has an American President so screwed the country, the economy, the world. Never has an American President murdered so many civilians. And never has an American President been so clueless about his own crimes and stupidity - one of my favorite recent headlines is “The Cheerful Idiot Exits The White House, Smiling”.

What really rubs me raw is Cheney/Bush weren’t elected in the first place - they blatantly shamefully stole both elections, and the thefts have been thoroughly documented by the both the media and the Government’s Conyer’s Report - and no one cares.

I want retribution, I want justice, I want an accounting. I only hope there are war crimes trials in both their futures.

But we can’t say the Bushleague-Boy didn’t warn us: “There’s no cave deep enough for America, or dark enough to hide” - George W. Bush, Oklahoma City, 29 August 2002

Where’s the Fool Killer when we need him?

fears for tears - foto by smith

a few words concerning evil - foto by smith

We have a poet/teacher guest for a week, so I’m rushed today. Thus here’s my fallback blog on the low end of the gene pool: George’s Bushshit - Dumb, Dumber, Dumbest:

“I think — tide turning — see, as I remember — I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of — it’s easy to see a tide turn — did I say those words?” - Washington DC, 14 June 2006

“The illiteracy level of our children are appalling.”—Washington, D.C., Jan. 23, 2004

“I think if you know what you believe, it makes it a lot easier to answer questions. I can’t answer your question.”—In response to a question about whether he wished he could take back any of his answers in the first debate. Reynoldsburg, Ohio, Oct. 4, 2000

“I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family” — Greater Nashua, N.H., Chamber of Commerce, Jan. 27, 2000

“I think war is a dangerous place.”—Washington, D.C., May 7, 2003

“There’s no doubt in my mind, not one doubt in my mind, that we will fail” - Washington DC, 4 October 2001

“I understand small business growth. I was one.”—New York Daily News, Feb. 19, 2000

“We look forward to hearing your vision, so we can more better do our job.” - Sept. 20, 2005, in Gulfport, Miss.

“I think we ought to raise the age at which juveniles can have a gun.”

“Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream.”—LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

“Well, I think if you say you’re going to do something and don’t do it, that’s trustworthiness.”–Ibid.

“I think the American people—I hope the American–I don’t think, let me—I hope the American people trust me.”—Washington, D.C., Dec. 18, 2002

“I glance at the headlines just to kind of get a flavor for what’s moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.”—Washington, D.C., Sept. 21, 2003

“Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.” _ Aug. 5, 2004, at the signing ceremony for a defense spending bill.

“Give me — give my chance a plan to work” - TV interview, 24 April 2007

“There’s an old saying in Tennessee—I know it’s in Texas, probably in Tennessee—that says, fool me once, shame on—shame on you. Fool me—you can’t get fooled again.”—Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002

a few words concerning evil - foto by smith