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What a circus. I wonder how many of them would fit in a Volkswagen.

It’s a sad state of affairs here in Tennessee, TN-1 in particular. This is the greatest state in the disUnion, we just need and enema (or maybe a douche) to wash out all the Stacy Campfield’s, Marsha Blackburn’s, David Davis’ and other such excrement/infection.

We, as a state, have that “not so fresh feeling".

What a bunch of clowns. Just a short expose on the ills and infirmities of Tennessee Republican leadership and it’s staggering incompetence and moral turpitude.

George W. Bush Hypocrisy Award Winner: Congressional Rep. David Davis R-TN1

This man is so foul he should really consider setting up his offices in Hell. He already has a one way ticket on the next Down-Bound express.
If going back to his first campaign and reviewing the way he exploited Jesus Christ for personal and political gain isn’t enough, one can always consider his anti-Troop, anti-Children, anti-Environment, anti- Freedom and anti-Christ voting record.

And if that doesn’t do it, here’s the latest offering to the ways of Baal from Congressman Davis.

Even the Right-Leaning Bristol Herald Courier couldn’t take it…

By Bristol Herald Courier Editorial Board

Published: July 23, 2008

U.S. Rep. David Davis has said he sees nothing wrong with federal earmarks as long as the process is “transparent.”

So why won’t he reveal his 2009 earmark requests? Is he hiding further evidence of his slavish devotion to moneyed special interests? We don’t know.

Davis was one of just 33 House members who refused to disclose their earmark requests for the upcoming budget to the nation’s premier pork-busting group, Citizens Against Government Waste. That’s down from 94 House members who refused disclosure in 2008.

It appears that openness is catching on in the halls of Congress. Davis is just a bit slow to get the message. Perhaps he believes in transparency for others only, not for himself.

Davis, a one-term incumbent, saw his reputation tarnished earlier this year when it was revealed that he scored a $4 million earmark for a private company that donated heavily to his campaign. That chunk of pork went to BAE Systems, the defense contractor that runs the Holston Army Ammunition plant in Kingsport.

Davis defended his actions, noting that the munitions plant provides jobs for many of his constituents. This explanation would have been more convincing if Davis hadn’t pocketed the company’s campaign donations around the same time he was pushing the earmark. Such an arrangement looks like a quid pro quo deal.

The BAE earmark wasn’t the only one that Davis secured in the 2008 budget. Along with an Ohio congressman, he obtained a $1 million earmark for another private corporation, Seaman, to make collapsible urethane storage tanks.

He also brought home another $4.5 million in federal funds for a variety of local projects, including construction of a children’s hospital at Johnson City Medical Center, renovation of a church-affiliated food pantry in Hancock and Hawkins counties and work on the East Tennessee State University College of Pharmacy. On their face, these worthwhile projects will serve the greater good, but because they were funded through earmarks, they were not subjected to congressional debate. There is no way to determine whether they were the highest-priority projects in the region, state or nation.

Citizens Against Government Waste, a taxpayer watchdog group, objects to all earmarks for philosophical reasons. The group describes its mission this way: “to eliminate waste, mismanagement and inefficiency in the federal government.” The group is non-partisan but hews to a fiscally conservative policy.

Why do Tennessee Republicans vote for shit like this?
A tax break? Is that all you people care about?

So sad….

George W. Bush Hypocrisy Award Runner-Up: Ron Ramsey R-TN1 State Legislature

I knew Davis was scum, but Ron Ramsey? Poor, innocent little Ronnie Ramsey?
Just another local hypocrite with nothing productive to say, much less do.

Recently we at TN420 sent a few emails out asking simple, clear questions of candidates and other pols as we always do. That’s what helped us expose Harold Ford Jr. for the lying goof he is.
This time we inquired of Ramsey. Got more than we expected too.
The two questions were simple.

“…Could you please clarify your positions on the following issues? :

1) Medical Marijuana: Should it be legalized as medicine in it’s smoked form?

2) Stem Cell Research: Necessary for the common good, or morally unsound?”

Doesn’t sound too hard, does it?
The reply to the Medi-Pot question was expected. We knew Ron Ramsey was pro-suffering already.
What we didn’t know was that Ramsey is apparently against Embryonic Stem Cell Research and Implementation.
Excerpt from original Ramsey reply via e-mail:

Subject: RE: Research Assistance.
From: “Ron Ramsey” lt.gov.ron.ramsey@legislature.state.tn.us
Date: Mon, July 21, 2008 10:59 am
To: admin@tn420.org
Priority: Normal

Dear Mr. Kona,

Thank you for contacting me! I am against any legalization of marijuana. The ease of abuse and dependency is too great. Stem cell research is a federal issue for the most part. However, hypothetically, I would be opposed to stem cell research if the cells come from aborted fetuses.

I am always interested in hearing from my constituents and listening to their needs. Please feel free to contact my office if I can be of further assistance.

Sincerely,

Ron Ramsey

Heh, of course, the anti-Medical Marijuana excuse was nonsensical as it usually is with politicians, but the response to the Stem Cell question caught us by surprise. Especially since Ron Ramsey takes political donations from a company called Novartis. A pharmaceutical company that is preparing to undertake Embrionic Stem Cell Research…

NOVARTIS PAC
701 PENNSYLVANIA AVE., NW, SUITE 725
WASHINGTON,
DC 20004 P General 12/05/2007 $500.00

Uh huh….
From Reuters:

Tue Nov 7, 2006 12:27pm EST

By Bill Berkrot

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Novartis AG (NOVN.VX: Quote, Profile, Research,
Stock Buzz) has begun testing the waters in the controversial field of
embryonic stem cell research in the hope it will be ahead of its
rivals when marketable therapies begin to emerge, the drug maker’s head of corporate research said on Tuesday.
“A company like ours must follow the field so when the
breakthrough happens and it starts to become commercially usable, we are already
there,” Paul Herrling told the Reuters Health Summit
by telephone from
Shanghai, China.
Herrling cautioned that
the research was still in its infancy and that
Novartis has dedicated
only a dozen or so primary researchers to the
technology.

“We’re still very far from any drug discovery applications. It cannot
be a major research area for Novartis at this point – it’s too early,” Herrling said.

Still, Novartis is one of
the first major pharmaceutical companies to
admit to involvement in
the embryonic stem cell field that has so far
been left to academic
laboratories and small biotechnology companies.

“Many companies are very reluctant to talk about it because of the ethical issues surrounding it, but I’m sure all those companies that have a really strong innovation-based research culture are all doing something similar to what we’re doing,” Herrling said.
Because of fierce opposition to embryonic research from religious and anti-abortion groups, Novartis has established an external ethical advisory board to oversee its research in the field.

But there is also great enthusiasm over the potential that embryonic stem cells can someday be used to regenerate specific tissues that
could be used to treat the likes of heart disease, diabetes, spinal injuries and neurological disorders.

“In Europe, we are
working on specifically trying to differentiate
human embryonic stem cells eventually for use in neuro regeneration for (diseases) like
Parkinson’s and maybe Alzheimer’s,” Herrling said.

In California, Novartis researchers are trying to understand how
undifferentiated human embryonic stem cells can be pushed to become
one kind of tissue and not another.

Did you Tennessee Republican voters know about this?
Doesn’t this fly in the face of all you believe? Do you believe in anything other than tax breaks? Why do you vote for these people?

Tennessee Republicans. Some things never change.

It has been nearly three years since Hurricanes Katrina and Rita devastated the gulf coast region, leaving behind a wake of suffering and human misery unmatched in recent American history. Sadly, the victims of this crisis are still suffering and residents of the Gulf Coast region are still waiting for the government to do the right thing by investing in the region, cleaning up and rebuilding New Orleans and surrounding communities. The scale of this crisis is unimaginable for a modern, developed nation with the industrial strength and collective will we have to remedy the situation. As a country, it is time for us to come together and call for justice for the victims of Katrina and Rita with a comprehensive, public works program designed to address the real needs of people who are still suffering from this natural disaster.

In New Orleans and surrounding regions, people continue to suffer from unhealthy living conditions. Many areas lack basic social services and there always remains the looming threat of Mother Nature once again taking more. We have the means to address this crisis. Recently Congress introduced the Gulf Coast Works Act, which is designed to restore the region. The Gulf Coast Works Act will ensure that real progress is made toward restoring the environment, rebuilding infrastructure, and revitalizing the workforce of the area. The Act will provide 100,000 job opportunities for residents to rebuild their communities and it will create incentives for local and national business to participate in the redevelopment of the Gulf Coast region.

If this bill is introduced into the Senate I will work to support this companion legislation as a candidate and work to ensure that all victims of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita have the opportunity to rebuild their lives and make New Orleans the city it truly deserves to be. Real solutions to the problems of jobs, infrastructure development and environmental restoration are possible with the collective participation of our entire society. Unfortunately, at a time when the people of New Orleans really needed our support our President was too busy waging war halfway around the world. Instead of dealing with the real crisis at home, the Bush administration and FEMA largely neglected the disaster which had struck the gulf region, betraying a fundamental trust that the people have in government that it will be there at times of national crisis.

Thankfully, some people still believe that when disaster strikes, we the people will respond. In addition to the numerous private efforts which have accomplished many good works since 2005, the federal government has finally woken up to the reality of the situation and is finally going to do something right. The Gulf Coast Works Act will create a federal authority with the ability to implement and coordinate the necessary federal response in the event of a future natural disaster in the region. It will put people to work rebuilding vital infrastructure and restoring the environment and it will spur sustainable development in the community, giving people a sense of dignity and justice.

By working to rebuild the roads, levees, police stations, schools, firehouses and public utilities in the gulf region we are rebuilding America. By cleaning up the marshes, wetlands and restoring the natural ecology of the region we are protecting the planet. By serving as a national model for disaster recovery and infrastructure development we are protecting the future.

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How long have we been saying it? Now the final act of the drama has begun. We call Bush, Cheney, Rove, Libby, Novak etc “Traitors” because of the fact that they conspired to expose Valerie Plame Wilson, a covert CIA operative, who was monitoring Nuclear activity in Iran. Now, we have what amounts to a bold faced admission of guilt. Straight from the Horse’s Ass….

Read the Wilson’s story HERE.

Bush once before let his lying tongue slip and admitted that those who betrayed Plame and our nation were probably in the White House and insisted we get over it…

WASHINGTON - President Bush on Thursday acknowledged publicly for the first time that someone in his administration likely leaked the name of a CIA operative, although he also said he hopes the controversy over his decision to spare prison for a former White House aide has “run its course.”

“And now we’re going to move on,” Bush said in a White House news conference.

Now, after a fine job by Rep. Henry Waxman, the pressure has mounted and in classic Bush style, President Moron has taken the first course of a desperate man. Subpoenas have issued, and now Bush has claimed “Executive Privilege” for a defense. An admission of guilt.
You don’t need “Executive Privilege” in this case unless you’re guilty. There is no National Security issue concerning the Plame Affair that is not already known.

They’re traitors. Bush has spoken.

Scooter Libby was already convicted for lying to a grand jury during the course of the investigation. Sentenced to prison and pardoned by Bush.

“Executive Privilege". The President’s way of pleading the 5th. The history is interesting, those who claim it are always guilty…

From the LA Times:

Bush claims executive privilege in Valerie Plame Wilson case

The concept of executive privilege rings a special bell with readers of a certain age. It was relied on by the Richard M. Nixon White House seeking to shield documents and personnel from inquiring congressional committees and prosecutors during the Watergate investigations.

President Bush quietly claimed executive privilege on Tuesday, after Atty. Gen. Michael B. Mukasey requested the shield. Mukasey is seeking to avoid delivering to congressional investigators documents dealing with interviews of Vice President Dick Cheney and members of his staff regarding the unmasking of CIA covert agent Valerie Plame Wilson.

The House Oversight and Government Reform Committee has subpoenaed the accounts of the FBI interviews, as well as notes about President Bush’s 2003 State of the Union address in which he said Iraqi President Saddam Hussein was seeking uranium for a nuclear weapon – an assertion that proved wrong.

“The claim of executive privilege is ludicrous,” said the committee’s chairman, Rep. Henry A. Waxman (D-Beverly Hills).

On Wednesday, Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined the fray. He noted that the claim of executive privilege exempts the attorney general “from complying with a subpoena,” and wrote to Mukasey:

This executive privilege claim, and your justification for it, appears to turn the privilege on its head. The purpose of executive privilege is to encourage candid advice to the president, not to cover up what the vice president and White House staff say to investigating authorities when that information is requested in the course of congressional oversight.

– James Gerstenzang

We’re not making it up. George W. Bush, Dick Cheney, Karl Rove, Lewis Libby, Richard Armitage, Robert Novak. All involved in the crime.
Are we sure it’s really “treason"? Hey, read the statutes for yourself…
Intelligence Identities Protection Act.

Even George Bush Sr., former CIA leader, said “I have nothing but contempt and anger for those who betray the trust by exposing the name of our sources. They are, in my view, the most insidious, of traitors.” – George Herbert Walker Bush, CIA dedication ceremony, April 26, 1999.

It’s long past time for these treasonous vermin to be held accountable for betraying the secrecy that allows us to defend ourselves from foreign threats. All for the want of revenge.

The penalty for treason is severe. The infraction even worse. If there is any justice left in this country these people will rot beside Susan Atkins and the rest of their soulless kind where they belong.

Yep, another example of just how depraved, just how filthy, just how soulless and most of all, just how cowardly the typical Republican activist really is.

Some piece of shit named Mike Meehan in Florida has erected a billboard that not only is an essay in delusional viewpoint, but a grotesque example of exploitation for profit of the 9/11 tragedy.

This scumbag son of whore, Meehan, is actually using the billboard, along with his website, to sell CDs. Seems to be some sort of musician but I doubt that anyone so full of fucking shit could play a note.

The billboard attempts to suggest that voting for Democrats could bring about another 9/11 type attack. Problem with that logic is, it was Meehan’s kind that committed the attack in the first place and his political party of choice that has caved to the Right-Wing Terrorist’s demands.
We no longer have a fourth Amendment because cowards like Meehan were eager to bow (bend over) to those who hate our freedom.

A sign for cowards, by a coward.

That my friends is so disgusting even we are hard pressed to find words to describe our outrage.

Mike Meehan, you are a yellow-bellied little bitch. You and your kind have committed treason against the American People, murdered 4117 of our finest and bravest citizens, destroyed our economy, slaughtered nearly a million Iraqis, and embrace the people who are really responsible for the Attacks on New York and the Pentagon.

Now, Meehan. Go crawl your traitor ass back into the Jackal’s crack you crawled out of and take your coward’s billboard with you.

People like you should be locked up, or worse.

I’m captainkona, and I approve this post.

John McCain and the GOP…they’re just the typical, filthy, Republican liars and warmongers we’ve been suffering since 2000.
The “SURGE” is not working. Embedded journalists are just being censored. The pictures of reality and the stories of truth are not making it back home.
Journalists like Zoriah Miller, who had the courage to post the truth against the wishes of those who would try to hide the true nature of the war for political gain, are being made to look like they somehow betrayed the soldiers. Fact is, the only thing Zoriah has betrayed is the calculated lie that is the Iraq war.

“Surge” this

It ain’t pretty. Pictures of one of our own Marines, torn to pieces by a suicide bomber. Why is this Marine dead? Because of the greed laden, paranoid cowards that comprise both the US and Israeli governments.

As embedded journalist and blogger Zoriah Miller sees it, it’s important to reveal the daily carnage of the war on Iraq.

“I just feel this war has become so sanitized that it was important to show,” said Zoriah, who prefers to go by his first name. “My only discomfort is the idea that the family could accidentally stumble on it.” …

The Marine hierarchy viewed the images and insisted it violated some sort of “trust” between the military and embedded journalists. Zoriah was subsequently shut down and dismissed from a Marine unit in Anbar Province.

Here’s Zoriah’s blog. It’s not for the squeamish or the delusional. The photos are real and they depict the grave truth about the Satanic nature of this war and of war in general.
If you care anything at all about our troops and/or the Iraqi people, take a look. Suffer through the blood that George Bush, the PNAC, the Evangelical, the Zionist and every other kind of Pig have spilled in the name of Israel, Oil and Monumental Ignorance.

Thanx, Zoriah. Courage to be truthful and oppose this insanity is hard to come by these days. We can only hope that others like yourself will have the guts to be half as real.