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Monday, June 28, 2004

Surprise! Surprise! Our appointed government in the United States turned over the government of Iraq to its appointees this morning a full two days ahead of schedule.

Not a bad idea. Gives us two more days before our election that we can say about Iraq, "we're not occupiers, the appointees did it".

Of course when we say that here in the US about our own government it's kind of important to note that the occupiers sort of appointed themselves. Which is why they don't particularly like us to say it here.

That occupier/appointee rule is only true there, not here, according to our chief occupier/appointee. And to think otherwise would not only be undemocratic, above all else it would be un-Republican.

So don't think. Don't worry. Don't bother your head another minute. Let the President do it for you. It's the patriotic thing to do.

See..........Makes you feel better already doesn't it.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 12:10 PM EDT
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Thursday, June 24, 2004



Cheers to the Supreme Court. They have come to the rescue again. Having elected the administration by one vote you have now have saved it by a vote.

Thank Heavens you have ruled that Dick Cheney will not have to turn over his records on his policy meetings with oil financiers that drafted the nation's energy policy. At least not till after the election.

I for one couldn't be more thankful that you, the US Supreme Court have taken it upon yourselves to protect me from knowing anything, understanding anything or finding out anything. Otherwise if it weren't for you I'd probably have to go through the work of doing something about what I knew, understood or found out. Thanks guys.

While your at it, it would be nice too if you'd let me know who you are going to elect to the White House next time so's I could avoid the time and effort of wasting my vote on the wrong horse. Thanks again...........Don


Posted by donburnshomepage at 3:27 PM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:31 PM EDT
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Tuesday, June 22, 2004



Castro is at it again. This time he has warned President Bush not to invade Cuba. Apparently he is getting a case of the jitters, what with our troops in Afghanistan, Iraq, Korea and everywhere else on the globe.

I can personally assure him that President Bush will not willingly invade Cuba. I can do this for three very good reasons.

One, Cuba doesn't have any oil.
Two, we don't have any money (having spent it on all those other success stories).
And number three, and most important........ we don't have anybody left to send except for the President and his cabinet. And, if they were told they were going, collectively I don't think they would find Cuba if it was in New York Harbor let alone the Carribean.

So, rest easy Fidel. We ain't coming cause we can't.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 7:43 AM EDT
Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 7:44 AM EDT
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Saturday, June 19, 2004



The President's 9/11 Commission has concluded that " there is no credible evidence that Iraq was involved in the the 9/11 attack". The President has concluded they are incorrect.

In view of the facts that this is only the Commission's first ever 9/11 investigation and report and the fact that the President has never made a mistake that he can think of, we can only conclude that the Commission needs more practice and direction or maybe we didn't need a Commission at all.

Perhaps the President should propose another "Commission To Study the Failures of the 9/11 Commission". By then the election will be over and the new Commission should be able to get it right this next time.

Then we can all sleep easier knowing that Iraqi's will not be attacking American's ever again in the United States because of the President's Pre-emptive War Strategy.................................................... They will only be able to attack us in Iraq.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 7:57 AM EDT
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Thursday, June 17, 2004



Well, the 9/11 Commission has rendered their report.
According to the Commission there was no intelligence in Washington. We already knew that.

To be fair, what they really said was "no one seemed to be in charge of intelligence in Washington". 'Course if you didn't have any intelligence to begin with, what's to be in charge of?

What is more disturbing though is their (the Commission's) failure to asked the far more important question. "Have we gotten any smarter since 9/11? ....... If so, how and where...... If not, how much dumber are we?

If you want to find out the obvious, the useless or create new unanswered questions the best place to start is with a Commission. And how do you deal with the new unanswered questions?.......................You got it. ......... Create another Commission.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 8:31 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:33 AM EDT
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Monday, June 14, 2004



It's political poll season again. The latest one says that regardless of who or what Democrat Kerry picks for Vice President, he & Bush are neck and neck, however, if Republican Senator John McCain were on the Democratic ticket there's a 14 point difference with Bush at only 39%. That's taking Bush down to core Republicans at that point. It also means that the middle of the roaders and Independents are still up for grabs and the potential for a blowout is still a possibility despite what the polls say.

It also means that unless Iraq turns Republican and Christian overnight and applies for statehood, and the General Accounting Office realizes they made a bookeeping error and the nation is not trillions in debt but suddenly has a gazillion dollar surplus, and that all the new jobs created in the Bush recovery were not in McDonalds and Wallmart at minimum wage but instead were to our "new" Americans who are now living "high on the hog" in our 52nd state of India, then George Bush is in trouble. On the other hand, two new states with oil and cattle (cause they don't eat them) and a simple bookeeping blunder along with another $60 million in advertising might just appeal to the White House at this point.

After all, this is politics and whatever wins, works.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 12:50 AM EDT
Updated: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:34 AM EDT
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Friday, June 11, 2004



It just gets curiouser and curiouser. Now that the Justice Department is on the record as having told the President that torture is Ok and the State Department is on the record as having told the President that torture is not OK the President does not want to be on the record at all. All he will say is he told everyone to follow the law.

Of course the law for interrogating the Taliban was different than the law we followed for interrogating the al Quaeda by Presidential approval meanwhile no one is laying claim to the nudist camp law we used for for interrogating the Iraqi's.

The Administration's Shopping Mall Law approach to legal justification is sort of like the company that keeps two sets of books. One for the IRS and another for themselves. Of course you used go to jail for that, or you could the last time I checked, but then that was before the new variable legal code so who knows? After all, the easiest way to avoid breaking a law is to write it.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 2:22 PM EDT
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Thursday, June 10, 2004



Attorney General Ashcroft seems to have opened a real Pandora's box with his evasion of answering questions from members of the US Senate about authorization of torture in Iraq and elsewhere.

His attitude seems to be that "the end justifies the means" and his failure to answer questions about who knew what implies actions may have been authorized by the President that now might seem embarrassing. Fits right in with "pre-emptive wars" and "compassionate conservatism". We can call it "technically tolerable torture".

Nixon denied knowledge of Watergate. It didn't work. Clinton denied a relationship with Monica. That didn't work either. People didn't believe them, so my advice to the President is to take a different approach. Simply say you didn't understand what you signed. Even the Democrats will believe that.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 8:17 AM EDT
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Monday, June 7, 2004



Ronald Reagan has passed on. Regardless of whether you agree or disagree with his positions on issues it was hard to argue with his likeability or his belief in his principles. He will be missed by some for his policies, by some for his commitment, by all for his gift for unassuming humor.


Posted by donburnshomepage at 1:29 PM EDT
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Friday, June 4, 2004



If you're in the market for a job these days the CIA may be just the place for you. Lots of openings what with everybody resigning. On the other hand if your looking for job security the "Agency" may not be the place for you.

This move to "abandon ship" is probably the beginnings of the unraveling of the Bush Presidency. When the "high up" troops start looking for an out it usually means the mutiny is not far behind. The "money people" will be next in line to desert followed by a media "feeding frenzy".

At some point in November it finally gets around to the "little guy", the voter, who performs the final act but the business end of it has already been done by then.



Posted by donburnshomepage at 3:22 PM EDT
Updated: Friday, June 4, 2004 3:32 PM EDT
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