A fretless Les Paul style…hmm…cheap too!

Bush administration quietly boosting troop levels in second ‘surge’

WASHINGTON — The Bush administration is quietly on track to nearly double the number of combat troops in Iraq this year, an analysis of Pentagon deployment orders showed Monday.
When additional support troops are included in this second troop “surge,” the total number of U.S. troops in Iraq could increase from 162,000 now to more than 200,000 — a record high number — by the end of the year.

The little-noticed efforts to reinforce U.S. troops in Iraq are being carried out without the fanfare that accompanied President Bush’s initial troop surge in January.

Ok, since we don’t have an opposition party in this country, any suggestions on how to stop a tyrant?

We are, right now, in the middle of a class war–one that threatens to destroy the social contract that has made this country what it is today. The statistics are grim. Today, American workers’ take-home pay represents a smaller share of the nation’s total income than at any time in the last forty years. At the same time, corporate profits as a share of national income are at an all-time high. In all, the top 1 percent of Americans–those who make on average $1 million a year or more–owns a larger percentage of the nation’s wealth than at any time since the Great Depression.

Los Angeles – Mick Jagger reportedly tried to enlarge his penis by letting bees sting it.

The Rolling Stones frontman, whose “small penis” was mocked by a former lover, covered his manhood in bees in the hope that their stings would cause it to swell.

Film director Julien Temple, revealed how the ageing rocker attempted to use the ancient Amazonian marriage ritual while filming scenes for 1982 movie ‘Fitzcarraldo’.

And you thought Keith snorting his dad was the stupidest Stones story you would hear. Ha!

“It’s an indictment of everybody,” he said. “If this woman was in pain, which she appears to be, if she was writhing in pain, which she appears to be, why did nobody bother … to take the most minimal interest in her, in her welfare? It’s just shocking. It really is.”

Shocking? Yes. Pathetic? Yes. Surprising?

Sadly, not entirely.

Bo Diddley’s condition much improved

OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) — Four days after suffering a stroke, Bo Diddley walked around the intensive-care unit at Creighton University Medical Center, and doctors were encouraged that the singer-songwriter-guitarist would be able to perform again, his manager said.

The 78-year-old Diddley told his audience that he wasn’t feeling well during a show in Council Bluffs, Iowa, on Saturday night. Diddley’s manager, Margo Lewis, said she had the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer taken to the hospital by ambulance when he appeared disoriented at the Omaha airport on Sunday.

Good news for the man who gave us that beat…

Dems, fearful of offending ANYONE on the planet, roll over and let King George, Mr. 28%, Mr. “Heckuva Job Gonzo” win the first round on the war:

Democrats step back from timeline on Iraq withdrawals

Democrats were Monday poised to drop their insistence on including troop withdrawal timelines in an Iraq war funding bill, in a move which could for now, defuse a standoff with President George W. Bush.

Have you gutless morons forgotten that you were hired in November to END THE F’N WAR?

Or are you taking cues from President Carter, who is backpedaling from his “Worst administration in history” statement. Folks, don’t bring steak knives to a gunfight. Bush is laughing at you and the people who voted for you? We ain’t gonna make that mistake again.

Bible spared “indecent” classification

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong’s media regulator has rejected calls to reclassify the Bible as an indecent publication following more than 2,000 complaints about its sexual and violent content, including rape and incest.

It said it would not submit the Bible to the Obscene Articles Tribunal for classification.

Indeed:

Suggestion for Future Republican Debates

Clearly, there are too many candidates to give all of the different points of view a fair hearing. What to do? I suggest two podiums. Behind podium one, Ron Paul; behind podium two, the other nine, in an orderly, grade-school water-fountain line. After each question from the moderator, Ron Paul answers. In rebuttal, the other nine take turns howling “America, F*ck Yeah!“

Now that the poodle is gone, grownups return to power:

Brown to pull troops out of Iraq

05/20/07 “The Scotsman” — – GORDON Brown will remove all British forces from Iraq before the next election under a plan to rebuild support among disillusioned Labour voters.

Policy under Tony Blair involved keeping a small force in Iraq for many years to come. But it emerged last night that President George Bush has been briefed by White House officials to expect an announcement from Downing Street within Brown’s first 100 days in power.

Sure, its too little taking too long, but there goes our only ally in this imperial madness.