What does the W in George W Bush really mean?

[L. Coyote]

White House informs world, waterboarding is not torture!

Of course it isn't! It can't be, not any more.
We found out yesterday that Bush authorized it.

Bush said "We do not torture" before the evidence we waterboard was known.
So now, of course, it can't be torture.
Simple logic founded on the dictator is never wrong!

Soooo, now everyone knows, now no other option remains.
But, we can still debate the meaning of his middle name.
As the torturous logic we all see through starts to sink in.

[MrCoffee]

1. George Wanker Bush in the what a complete jerk-off sense

[L. Coyote]

8. What a great Way to Whip out a good one and start this with some Whackiness.

[ixion]

12. that was my thought as well

total jerk off that he is.

[Cabcere]

19. Great minds

:toast: Although I believe someone pointed out a while back that applying that nickname to him or anyone like him is an insult to wankers everywhere. ;) :hi:

[L. Coyote]

20. Excellent cautionary words: "an insult to wankers everywhere" LOL

[flyarm]

2. wanker..eom

[orleans]

32. that was my first thought: wanker or wicked. n/t

[L. Coyote]

33. Wicked is obvious, and an understatement!

[MzShellG]

3. Wacko?

[L. Coyote]

40. The Wacko from Waco!

[onehandle]

4. Wimp. Just like his dad. nt

[lpbk2713]

5. WORST

As in "Worst President EVER"


Statistics don't lie.

[L. Coyote]

9. WoW, MAN, talk about overlooking the obvious. Woe to me.

[lpbk2713]

11. Understandable.

Shit-for-Brains presents sooo many possibilities.

:thumbsup: :hi: :thumbsup:

[L. Coyote]

15. Thank you, as the quick list here illustrates sooo well.

[leftofthedial]

6. Wetbrain

[sandyj999]

7. Worthless. n/t

[woodsprite]

10. You have "Wastage", but no "Wasted" - that's my vote. n/t

[L. Coyote]

13. In the seven years gone to waste sense, and in the personal attribute sense too

[grasswire]

14. WUSS

Is our memory that short? Does no one remember how Bush Sr. ran away from that word??

[KG]

16. wuss. for all his big talk and swagger, you know deep down he's a coward.

[AlinPA]

17. Weasel

[L. Coyote]

18. in the blood-sucking, flesh eating, sneaky sense, I assume.

[AlinPA]

22. Like the ones that killed our chickens and baby rabbits on our farm.

[L. Coyote]

24. Yes, that sounds like a blood-sucker family. Where there is one weasel ....

[pleah]

21. Godless Warmongering Bastard.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

23. War-criminal. nt

[L. Coyote]

26. WoW. War Criminal 14, all other choices 4, I think I can call this election

:rofl: Who wants to deliver the indictment? :rofl: Volunteers?

You might get Waterboarded by War Criminals!

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

27. I wouldn't be surprised if there are copies of the waterboarding tapes that weren't destroyed,

and they're in his bedroom. I can really envision him getting turned on by them...

As to delivering the indictments? Well, we know it won't be our spineless and/or complicit Congress.

[L. Coyote]

28. And, there are copies they do not know about, so yet more lies will be revealed.

I think this is why they got no good story ever,
they have no idea which evidence might surface. T
hey are busy destroying evidence, like the WH e-mails,
but can they really trace every copy of every e-mail sent? NO!

So, you never know what the story may need to be tomorrow.

Today, waterboarding is no longer torture because yesterday
we had the admission that Bush authorized it three times.

See how that works?
Don't say anything until you have to,
and when something comes out,
paint another patch of
our "Up is Down" reality for us.

[wtmusic]

25. wicked nt

[L. Coyote]

29. CONTEST: Which Wierd Word for W did I overlook? Hint FISA Felon

Hint #2 Starts with a "W" :rofl:

How could :kick:I have overlooked such an obvious choice

[maveric]

30. Waffen. as in "SS"

[L. Coyote]

31. We have a winner for the Foreign Language Trophy!

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. wArbeit Macht Frei.

The "w" is silent. Like the estimated 1 million dead Iraqis and 4,000 US soldiers.

[L. Coyote]

35. WH: We Don't Discuss Interrogation Techniques until We Want to = TPM

We Don't Discuss Interrogation Techniques until We Want to
By Paul Kiel - February 6, 2008, 1:03PM - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/we_dont_discuss_interrogation.php

It was one of the most familiar refrains from the White House's mouthpieces over the past several years: we don't discuss interrogation techniques. Take, for instance, this characteristic exchange between White House spokeswoman Dana Perino and a reporter at a briefing in December, after Perino explained that "al Qaeda listens closely to everything that we do and say"...

...........

It's reminiscent of the White House's recent reversal with regard to documents concerning the administration's warrantless wiretapping program. For nearly a year, they ignored the House intelligence committee's request. But now that retroactive immunity is being fiercely contended in the new surveillance bill, the White House had a change of heart.

Note: TPM Reader BM writes in to ask that we remind readers on what this medieval torture technique entails. Not a bad idea. See here (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004617.php) for a detailed description by former Navy instructor Malcolm Nance and here (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/004535.php) for a history lesson.

[L. Coyote]

36. White House: Waterboarding Is A-OK

White House: Waterboarding Is A-OK
By Paul Kiel - Feb 6, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/white_house_waterboarding_is_a.php

The administration's pro-waterboarding PR offensive continues!

Today, White House spokesman Tony Fratto made clear that this was a clear, conscious decision to make the push, and that it's an interrogation tool they definitely want to have as an option going forward:

"And so the consensus was that on this one particular technique that these officials would have the opportunity to address them — in not just a public setting, but in a setting in front of members of Congress, and to be very clear about how those techniques were used and what the benefits were of them."

Fratto said CIA interrogators could use waterboarding again, but would need the president's approval to do so. That approval would "depend on the circumstances," with one important factor being "belief that an attack might be imminent," Fratto said.

Fratto also apparently used the administration's it's not torture because "we do not torture" line. And "torture is illegal" and this was deemed legal therefore it's not torture. You can choose your favorite tautology.

I think for the first time, Fratto also flatly said that the attorney general (John Ashcroft) approved the use of waterboarding. We'll have the transcript of Fratto's remarks as soon as they're available.

[L. Coyote]

37. TPM: Today's Must Read ** yes it was legal and yes we'd do so again **

Today's Must Read
By Paul Kiel - Feb 6, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/todays_must_read_270.php

What a long way we've come.

Remember when Vice President Dick Cheney off-handedly admitted to an interviewer that "a dunk in the water" is a "no-brainer" if it can save lives? The White House did its utmost to deny the obvious.

But the strategy has changed. Now administration officials are proclaiming in the open that yes, the U.S. waterboarded three detainees, yes, it was legal, and yes, there's a possibility we'd do so again. The stress, of course, is on the fact that waterboarding is not in the current authorized battery of interrogation techniques. But nevertheless, there it is. The administration has apparently decided that this is a debate they can win out in the open.

......

[L. Coyote]

38. Durbin Calls for Investigation of Waterboarding "not so hypothetical any more"

Durbin Calls for Investigation of Waterboarding
By Paul Kiel - Feb 5, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/durbin_calls_for_investigation.php


Earlier today, CIA Director Michael Hayden confirmed that the U.S. had subjected three detainees to waterboarding.

Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) thinks that’s worth exploring. And in a letter today, he called on Attorney General Michael Mukasey to open an investigation:

In light of your testimony that, “There are circumstances where waterboarding is clearly unlawful,” the Justice Department should investigate the instances in which the Administration has used waterboarding to determine whether any laws were violated…. Needless to say, a Justice Department investigation should explore whether waterboarding was authorized and whether those who authorized it violated the law.

You can read the letter in full below.

When Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) pressed (http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/02/durbin_calls_for_investigation.php) the attorney general on this question last week, one of the arguments Mukasey deployed for not investigating was that the notion of any possible torture was hypothetical. Well, it’s not so hypothetical any more, Durbin is saying. ......

[L. Coyote]

39. Whitehouse to Mukasey: Why Not Investigate Torture? = VIDEO of hearing

Whitehouse to Mukasey: Why Not Investigate Torture?
By Paul Kiel - Jan30, 2008 - http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/005180.php


As I noted earlier, Mukasey indicated early in the hearing that the criminal investigation of the CIA's destroyed torture tapes may well explore whether the interrogation techniques shown on those tapes were legal. But as Mukasey made clear, that may or may not happen.

So Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) wanted to know, is the Department of Justice investigating whether the sorts of techniques used by CIA agents were torture? And if not, why not?

Well, they aren't. And as for the why not, he and Mukasey went round and round on the question for two rounds of questioning. Here's Whitehouse's second try:

VIDEO

[madokie]

41. whistle ass

george whistle asshole bush

[L. Coyote]

42. Well, his tune reeks. More votes and ideas anyone?

[L. Coyote]

43. CONTEST OVER! I was looking for George WIRETAP Bush!

If "Wiretap Telecom Felon" we have George WTF Bush! How did we all miss that one? :rofl:

[L. Coyote]

44. AND, thanks everyone ....

[wildbilln864]

45. Walker!

As in he's going to walk away scott free regardless of his crimes! :grr:

[L. Coyote]

46. William Walker thought so too! But, third time is a charm. Is this a relative?

PERHAPS NOT ALL DAYS WILL WE BE IN THIS WORLD
or ATENCION TODO PASAJERO.
http://www.jqjacobs.net/writing/fa_part4.html

To appreciate the historical significance ... a telling of William Walker's history is necessary.

One interesting chapter of Walker's history preceded his sailing to Central America. He led an invasion of vagrant California 49'ers into Mexico in a crazed attempt to wrest Baja California and Sonora from Mexico to create a separate nation, with himself as leader of course. His small army, routed by Mexicans, surrendered to the U.S. Army in Yuma, Arizona. He was tried in San Francisco on charges of violating neutrality laws. Walker's acquittal was attributed to admiration for his bold scheming by a jury of his peers.

In June of 1855 Walker and 58 men who called themselves "the Immortals" landed in Nicaragua with a plan to conquer the nation and build a canal connecting the oceans, thereby making Nicaragua a significant power. To skirt neutrality laws Walker and company entered as colonists, were sworn into the Nicaraguan army as the American Phalanx and became citizens. Liberal revolt leader Francisco Castellón arranged Walker and company's emigration in exchange for military support. On landing the Immortals stated that they had come to free Nicaragua from oppression. Walker's small army sailed south along the Pacific Coast, crossed inland and attacked Rivas. They were nearly repelled but managed to hijack the steamer La Virgin on Lake Nicaragua. The captain's complaint that the ship was an American vessel did not deter the Immortals. They sailed to the conservative town of Granada, which they captured at dawn. In short order more newly arrived armed recruits from California marched in Granada in a torch light parade to "Hail Columbia" and "Yankee Doodle Dandy."

Walker proclaimed that he had come to Nicaragua to bring democracy. When Castellón died Walker gained full control of the liberal faction. When the insurrection was settled Walker became Army Commander, an army swelling with California recruits into the American Phalanx. Walker's effective control increased. He rose to dictator by ordering his opponent, Secretary of War General Corral, to death by firing squad. Walker invited the other countries of the region to unite under his rule. Only El Salvador bothered to send a reply. In the U.S. in the South Walker's exploits were favored by those hoping that Nicaragua would enter the Union a slave state. Walker's goal was to colonize with white North Americans and eliminate the brown skinned Natives whom he despised. Meanwhile the ranks of the American phalanx grew to a few thousand men. The Nicaraguan Liberals knew they had been deceived when the Conservative party nominated Walker for President. He was elected and the Liberals revolted anew with Costa Rican and British support. Costa Rican troops became involved in Walker's ouster after Walker's troops invaded Costa Rica. At one point the Costa Ricans invaded Rivas and cut off the transit road. Generals from El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua united to battle Walker. Furthermore British warships cut Walker off from foreign contact or support. A desperate Walker destroyed Granada and withdrew to Rivas. Finally Walker attempted to evacuate his surviving men by ship from the Pacific coast. He was captured by the United States Navy and the bloody and destructive conflict ended. Walker's second Central American reinvasion attempt resulted in the leader of the Immortals meeting his end. A firing squad of brown skinned and barefoot Hondurans ended the Walker problem on Sept. 12, 1860, five years after his landing from California.

[dajoki]

48. I love your logical thinking...

staring us right in the face and you saw it!! Very good!!

[L. Coyote]

47. Wahoo! Wahooo! Won a Duzzy!

We all thank those who give the Duzzy Awards their energy. Hooray to YOU ALL.

[Kool Kitty]

49. Mario Cantone was on "The View"

a while ago and said that his Aunt said that W stands for "What the Hell is he doing in the White House". Sounded about right to me.

[L. Coyote]

50. "What the Hell is Going on in America and the World?" would be my version.

What the Hell is going on in a world that permits the WH to get away with their crimes?

WE the People must clearly repudiate Bush's policies and actions, and reverse them in clear fashion before the retaliation is greater than past attacks!