You've Been Bad, No iPods For You!

President Bush bans sale of iPods to North Korea Wednesday, November 29, 2006 - 08:49 AM EST "The Bush administration wants North Korea's attention, so like a scolding parent it's trying to make it tougher for that country's eccentric leader to buy iPods, plasma televisions and Segway electric scooters," Ted Bridis reports for The Associated Press. Bridis continues, "The U.S. government's first-ever effort to use trade sanctions to personally aggravate a foreign president expressly targets items believed to be favored by Kim Jong Il or presented by him as gifts to the roughly 600 loyalist families who run the communist government." "The list of proposed luxury sanctions, obtained by The Associated Press, aims to make Kim's swanky life harder: No more cognac, Rolex watches, cigarettes, artwork, expensive cars, Harley Davidson motorcycles or even personal watercraft, such as Jet Skis," Bridis reports. "Experts said the effort - being coordinated under the United Nations - would be the first ever to curtail a specific category of goods not associated with military buildups or weapons designs, especially one so tailored to annoy a foreign leader. U.S. officials acknowledge that enforcing the ban on black-market trading would be difficult," Bridis reports. Bridis reports, "'It's a new concept; it's kind of creative,' said William Reinsch, a former senior Commerce Department official who oversaw trade restrictions with North Korea during Bill Clinton's presidency. Reinsch predicted governments will comply with the new sanctions, but agreed that efforts to block all underground shipments will be frustrated... 'If you take away one of the tools of his control, perhaps you weaken the cohesion of his leadership,' said Robert J. Einhorn, a former senior State Department official who visited North Korea with Albright and dined extravagantly there. 'It can't hurt, but whether it works, we don't know.'" Are you freaking kidding me! Does anybody not think for one moment that North Korea couldn't buy all these luxury items somewhere else in the world? Way to go George, that is showing them who is boss. Bad guys all over the world are now going to change their ways for fear of not being able to get a iPod from the US.

1347

Today I heard a very sad fact. The Iraq war is now 1347 days long. That is as long as the US was involved in World War II. Does anybody have a plan for how we are going to get out of this war before it lasts another 1347 days? George?

Death of a President

Heart pounding and chilling. Last night I watched the movie Death of a President after hearing some buzz about it. It really hit me. The 10 second recap... President Bush is assassinated in Chicago, they quickly "associate" it with Syria using some very weak evidence. At the same time another person of interest is ignored. This person finally commits suicide and his suicide note states how he is blaming Bush for the death of his son in Iraq. A innocent person is convicted for the murder, because this person is who the government needed to convict. It had to be a terrorist group, not a lone citizen. The movie had me completed focused and pulled in. They filmed this using real footage from various events and this lends to the realism. My heart was pounding while watching the assassination happen. It was sad, but completely believable that this how things would play out. As much as I want to see President Bush removed, I don't want it to happen like this.

U.S. has a right to deny access to space

As if the Earth wasn't enough, now it seems that George wants outer space as well. I would like to see him tell some alien race that they have to leave because they are hostile to US interests. Not going to happen.

From CNET, http://news.com.com/2061-11199_3-6127433.html?part=rss&tag=6127433&subj=news

George Bush, space ranger

President Bush has signed a new National Space Policy which claims the U.S. has a right to deny access to space to anyone "hostile to U.S. interests," the Washington Post reports.

The document, the first major overhaul of U.S. space policy in 10 years, has a new emphasis on security and defense, as opposed to research, while encouraging private enterprise in space, the paper says.

Administration officials said the revisions were not paving the way for putting weapons systems into Earth orbit, but some policy makers, and bloggers, were concerned about the possibility. Others pointed out that space has become increasingly important to the military, which relies on satellites for communication and navigation.

President Bush, First Lady Laura and Dick Cheney were flying on Air Force One

President Bush, First Lady Laura and Dick Cheney were flying on Air Force One. George looked at Laura, chuckled and said, "You know, I could throw a $1,000 bill out of the window right now and make somebody very happy."

Laura shrugged her shoulders and replied, "I could throw ten $100 bills out of the window and make ten people very happy."

Cheney added, "That being the case, I could throw one hundred $10 bills out of the window and make a hundred people very happy."

Hearing their exchange, the pilot rolled his eyes and said to his co-pilot, "Such big-shots back there. Shit, I could throw all of them out of the window and make 56 million people very happy."

Sunday Bloody Sunday

I love mashups and I just heard this one earlier this week on Live 105. It is by RX and it is George Bush singing Sunday Bloody Sunday. Give it a listen, great job!