I don’t use the word liberal much anymore. Its meaning has shifted over time. Hayek and other classic liberals are spinning in their graves. The strain of traitorous thought I focus on at this blog is leftism. I’ll have to write a long blog post about what “leftism” means to me.

You can criticize Bush for his cronyism and the bumbling bureaucracy he heads all you want. That’s not treason. Calling Bush “the biggest traitor in the world” is. The ground in between is up for debate, but you shouldn’t be surprised if being critical of X gets you labelled anti-X. “But I’m critical of Bush and his factions, not America” is playing coy.

Apply your definition of the “Bush play” to any other president. What distinguishes Bush most is his lack of pandering to the press. And they despise him for it. It shows in their selection of what to report and how they portray it. Katrina was a natural disaster, not an act of Bush. The pork and corruption riddled government in LA had far more to do with the levee failures and botched evacuation. But you wouldn’t know that from the popular reporting. And why do they label it “domestic” wiretapping? Calling it “foreign” wiretapping would be just as accurate. “Terrorist” wiretapping would be even better. I stop here for lack of time.

You’re right, Bush is not conservative. I support him because he’s president, and mostly right, not because he’s conservative.

Remember all the chatter about the centrifuges found hidden at an Iraq nukular scientists home…

At the time, how many people understood that it takes hundreds of centrifuges running continuously for months (if not years) to enrich weapons grade material.

I dont remember the liberal media educating the community on this.

Flashforward: Iran

BBC News (2002) “Israeli officials insist that Iran is less than three years from developing a nuclear weapon and is developing long range weapons that could deliver it.”

Frontline (2002) “The CIA identifies Iran as “one of the most active countries” pursuing weapons of mass destruction. Yet Iran steadfastly denies that it is seeking to build nuclear weapons.”

World Peace Herald (05/2005):
“Prior to the invasion of Iraq, many of the same voices pooh-poohed the notion of an Iraqi insurgency following the liberation of the country from Saddam’s despotic rule. Now they tend to dismiss Iran’s retaliatory capabilities. They believe air attacks on Iran’s nuclear facilities would accelerate “regime change.”

No one could have anticipated the Iranians would retaliate against Isreal…

Rummy: Who knew?

W: Iraq…Iran…same difference. I dont spend much time thinking about that.

Here’s one about the axis of evil (to lighten up):
http://www.satirewire.com/news/jan02/axis.shtml

This is about Bush Doctrine (aka Neo-conservatism) and whether it is a good or bad idea. The biggest difference between the Bush and anti-Bush factions is that the Bush factions have mastered the ability to deceive, redirect, politicize, reduce, re-invent and back-burner every major issue.

No one could have anticipated…
There is no better example of the Bush play – time and time again, the Bush Admin use this tact, despite evidence of officials with contrary opinions or observations (i.e., Dir Hurricaine for Katrina; DOE & aluminum tubes; State Dept INR & yellow cake; chief actuary for Medicare & prescription drug costs; pre-war military/civilian intelligence and the pentagon vs. rumsfeld on potential for iraq insurgency… i stop here for lack of time). Then stress what a “heckuva job” the boys have done. Then use the “your an anti-american” if you point out the problems. Then say “you have a better idea?”. Then use the ole “lets put this behind us and work together, we have more serious business to attend to then investigate where things went wrong.”

Iraq War:Pure War
Why did we go to war (another Bush play)? WMDs, links to Al queada, national security, oil, spread democracy? I still hear the spin-meisters stating the WMDs were sent to syria. We all know the congress supported war on the basis of national security – WMDs, imminent threat, links to Al Qeuada. So lets say the argument is that all this was TRUE – that means we did not secure and destroy ANY WMDs and we did not eliminate Al Queada from the region (contrarians say we actually increased their #’s) – that would be a failure in my book.

Pursuit of democracy … talk to the people of Najaf who had their local elections deferred (indefinitely – they are still waiting for their ballots) because the CPA didnt like the guy who was ahead in the polls. Of course the CPA spin was that they wanted to follow the process of electing a parliamnet and adopting a constitution (but then there were all those other local elections around the country).

Did I mention the Bush Policy AGAINST nation-building – we are not going to make the same mistake we made in Kosovo. We wont need troops for rebuilding Iraq because we will not be there. I faintly remember rose petals…

The Bush doctrine is not conservative, thats why many conservatives are moving away from Bush in this election year because his reach (“sphere of influence”) has been shortened. For example, Dubai was a ridiculous lightning rod issue that should have been addressed far differently. Oh well, as it turns out, Secretary Snow’s old friends at the Carlyle Group are looking into the port business.

There’s always a silver lining (or a good backup plan).