The photographer ain’t bad either…

Bush approval slips to 45%, lowest of his presidency

By Bill Nichols, USA TODAY

President Bush’s approval rating has fallen to 45%, the lowest point of his presidency, according to a new USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll.

Can I get a hell ya, brothers and sisters?

HELL YA!

I got yer mandate right here, george.

Rock.

that we’re going to war in South and Central America. Why?

It’s in your car right now…

Venezuela plan irks Rumsfeld
Secretary condemns the purchase of AK-47s

By Pablo Bachelet
Knight Ridder newspapers

BRASILIA, Brazil — Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on Wednesday issued the strongest U.S. condemnation yet of Venezuela’s planned purchase of 100,000 AK-47 rifles, saying he couldn’t “imagine why” Venezuela needed the weapons.

Can someone explain why this nations attempt to arm itself is our business?

The Iranian Threat: The Bomb or the Euro?

By Dr. Elias Akleh

03/24/05 “AMIN” - - Iran does not pose a threat to the United State because of its nuclear projects, its WMD, or its support to “terrorists organizations” as the American administration is claiming, but in its attempt to re-shape the global economical system by converting it from a petrodollar to a petroeuro system. Such conversion is looked upon as a flagrant declaration of economical war against the US that would flatten the revenues of the American corporations and eventually might cause an economic collapse.

By the way, you’ll find similar editorials before the Iraqi war as well. At least the US is consistent.

Play it Skydog.

Well, let us say that the old American republic is well and truly dead. The institutions that we thought were eternal proved not to be. And that goes for the three departments of government, and it also goes for the Bill of Rights. So we’re in uncharted territory. We’re governed by public relations. Very little information gets to the people, thanks to the corruption and/or ineptitude of the media. Just look at this bankruptcy thing that went through–everybody in debt to credit cards, which is apparently 90 percent of the country, is in deep trouble. So the people are uninformed about what’s being done in their name.

And that’s really why we are in Iraq. Iraq is a symptom, not a cause. It’s a symptom of the passion we have for oil, which is a declining resource in the world. Alternatives can be found, but they will not be found as long as there’s one drop of oil or natural gas to be extracted from other nations, preferably by force by the current junta in charge of our affairs. Iraq will end with our defeat.

More Gore Vidal here.

Seems there is a dress code if you want to hear the President lie about Social Security in person.

UA Young Democrat banned from forum

By Cassie Tomlin
Arizona Daily Wildcat
Tuesday, March 22, 2005

A UA student was banned from attending President Bush’s Social Security forum at the Tucson Convention Center yesterday.

“I was certainly shocked,” Gerner said. “Everyone should have access to this information.”

And more in Florida, too.

Oil shortage a pressing issue for Iraq’s economy
Two years since U.S. invasion, nation struggles to ramp up its production

“There was a kind of fantasy before the war that Iraq would suddenly produce this flood of oil that would transform the world oil market — that hasn’t happened,” said Yergin.

Ok, one guess as to why this is occuring. Anyone?