Saunter To The White House 98 ; Bush/McCain No Differences Ad

Here's the MoveOn.org advert for trying to tell the differences between President Bush and John McCain with John Cusack :



Plus, here's John Cusack's interview with Keith Olbermann from Friday evening :

War On Reality Part 92 ; Bush Bin Laden Hunt, Catch The Pigeon

Never one to underestimate the effect of a big announcement or arrival, George Bush is to try and catch Osama Bin Laden.

The President insisted on flying into London's Heathrow airport, because of the maximum media coverage. This was despite the huge disruption it caused. Well, today he's reported to have asked UK special forces to assist in a final push to find Osama Bin Laden.

You may remember at the back end of 2001 the President was meant to get him and never did, because he got distracted by shiny things and invading Iraq. Well now, Bush wants to give it one last go before he's ran out of Washington on a rail in January. This is despite the thin 'proof' that Bin Laden is directly responsible for the September 11th attacks. Shown here with his 'wanted' page not reporting him responsible for the attack. Plus, the cosy relationship between Bin Laden and US government agencies. So much so that he received US medical treatment in July 2001.

Tell The Truthiness ; If Bush did 'catch' Bin Laden, it'd pretty much secure McCain winning the election, as long as he doesn't fall asleep.

Saunter To The White House 89 ; McCain/Bush, What's The Difference?

John McCain has been getting a pretty easy ride with everyone's attention being on the Democratic campaign for nominee.

Well, not anymore.

John McCain has flipped his position on warrantless wiretapping of the public, making him look like an identikit of the President's position. All this, just a few days after he tried to dismiss suggestions that a vote for him was a vote for a third Bush term

Tell The Truthiness ; We can bet that this is just the start of McCain's switching of views, as he tries to get support from the far right-wing.

War On Reality Part 91 ; Bush Compares Obama To Nazi Appeasers

Yes, you read it right. Despite the fact President Bush refused to get drawn into the race to find his replacement, he changed that today when talking about his favourite subject, terrorism and how to deal with it.

Tell The Truthiness ; After recent revelations about the President's opinion of playing golf and how that relates to war in a distant country, executed by him, this news should be dismissed as the chatter of an irrelevant man.

The post-Bush era has already arrived.

War On Reality Part 89 ; How To Hold A President To Account, Olbermann Style

War On Reality Part 83 ; A Disconnected President

What was President Bush doing on the day that the death toll of US personnel reached 4000?

Hugging an Easter bunny.

Tell The Truthiness ; Then again, has he ever shown any true understanding, no matter what the casualty figure was?

Our President Is A Record Breaker ; For All The Wrong Reasons

President Bush's approval rating has fallen to an an all time low of 29%.

Tell The Truthiness ; With ratings like that, even on ABC, you would have been cancelled before now!

Iraq Terror Threat Level Raised To Severe/Cheney

Visits by Dick Cheney to Baghdad seem to be as frequent as senior weekend coach trips to Vegas.

The only difference is that each time the Vice-President pops into the green zone something nearby seems to explode pretty loudly. The President meanwhile, was saying how we shouldn't expect zero violence to be what defines victory in Baghdad.

Here, Senator McCain asks the question we all have been wondering, is Cheney a little Cuckoo?



To Tell The Truthiness ; If Cheney suspended visits and stuck to meglomania tours of the homeland then violence would be certain to be reduced.

Chickens To Come Home To Roost For The Wolf?

Known as Wolfie by President Bush, the President of the World Bank is skating on very thin ice and the sound of cracks spreading to his patch will get louder this week. The directors of the WB have said they are ''urgently'' wishing to deal with the scandal that's swirling around Mr Wolfowitz. He's accused of lobbying for his girlfriend to gain a pay rise and promotion.

With the general practise that goes along with those who teeter on the brink of being fired, the White House has said it has ''confidence'' in Paul Wolfowitz.

Usually with that show of support being reported it's not long before they are clearing out their desk and having their car park space repainted.

The Truthiness Blog Says ; When he does lose his job, maybe he could get a friendly bank to give him a loan at a generous rate to set up his own consultancy business?

If anything it'll keep the wolf from the door.

Hindenberg Warning! This production contains scenes of potential explosion and mild peril.

Confirmation came through like a ten tonne weight landing thwack from a great height today as to President Bush's dislike of hybrid and alternative vehicles.

Last week, with a Ford built hydrogen hybrid vehicle being demonstrated at the White House, President Bush, the hands-on guy that he is, tried to get involved. Fortune didn't shine on the fearless leader though as he had to be stopped by Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally before he plugged the electrical cord into the hydrogen tank of the demonstration vehicle and nearly blew himself, the Vice-President and half the White House up, not to mention creating a rather large hole in the South Lawn.

The Truthiness Blog Says ; We always knew that the President never liked the idea of non-oil fueled vehicles and now he's confirmed it in public. He'd rather blow himself up than let them gain a market share!

This would have made Cheney shooting that guy in the face look like a wardrobe malfunction.

Highway Shut Causes A Butterfly Flap

In Taiwan, a highway lane has been closed to allow migrating butterflies to move safely across the road without being killed by turbulence caused by fast moving traffic.

Perhaps the Taiwan government can give President Bush tips on closing something or reducing or outlawing a thing which might give the polar bears a chance to regroup.

If he doesn't, he knows they'll storm the White House.

The truthiness blog says ; We won't let up on this polar bear thing, whatever you do, don't make them angry, just like Dick Cheney with that gun., they can turn on you.

......And The US We All Wish Was Hidden In The Past.

We all know the policy of the US abroad, indeed against its own citizens at home come to that has been, at the least, questionable, since September 2001, but its now been cemented by comments by another superpower.

The US had, President Putin said, overstepped its borders in every way, seeking to impose its will on the world.

When your former enemy, lead by a former spy, decides to take a swipe at the way the US conducts itself in the World community, you know something's wrong.

When Russia starts having a go, calling the US out, then it's time for President Bush to take a long, hard look at the state his States are in, through his leadership.

Click here to see Putin's comments that all other World leaders have probably been thinking

The Truthiness Blog Says ; He's got until 2008, maybe he'll do some redeeming and surprise us all.

Bush Returns Christmas Present Book; Says He Couldn't Get Into It

The Pennsylvania Avenue branch of Borders is reeling tonight from a returned book purchased as a presidential Christmas present, in good faith prior to the festive season.

At 1.33pm Eastern Standard Time, (10.33am Pacific, for those of you watching this from the West Coast) and 9.33pm Baghdad local, a secret service agent wearing sun glasses, a black suit and a black spray painted single ipod ear-bud entered the local central Washington branch of Borders and slid a carrier bag across the returns counter.

The bag contained a copy of the Iraq Study Group Report which had been bought by Jon Stewart and Bill Maher as a joint Christmas present from Comedy Central and HBO for President Bush.

A woman in the queue returning a faulty copy of 'The Devil Wears Prada' overheard the conversation. '' The agent didn't have the receipt and the counter clerk only accepted the return when he was told they were tapping his phone. He said Bush didn't like the book as he couldn't really get into it and the situations weren't believeable. He was given a gift card for the value, then glided out of the store.'' Quote from Valerie Alexander, 48, a professional queue-er from Baltimore.

Rumours that First Lady Laura Bush was spotted this evening in the same store buying the Special Edition DVD of Air Force One remain unconfirmed tonight.

2978 Dead Soldiers, 2973 Dead New Yorkers ; But Condi Thinks Its 'Worth It'

As the sun set on Baghdad tonight and any Westerner serious about safety was holed up in the secure 'green zone' the number of US troops killed in that country's war has reached 2978, making it five more than the 2973 killed in the 9/11 attacks.

Five years since 9/11 and the US still eyes any country that simply disagrees on its policy with strong suspicion and trepidation, usually suggesting that it's not serious about peace and adding another name to it's bulls-eye board.

Four years since the invasion of Iraq and car bombings continue, people are blown up if they dare to want to work for their own police force, US and allied forces are regarded with suspicion and with having an alterior motive. This wary regard was demonstrated by Christmas Day's storming and blowing up of a police station and the freeing of around a hundred members of the public taken hostage. The operation was a success, but why let a hundred people go missing before something is done?

Of course, Saddam Hussein will certainly be executed before the end of January after today's ruling, as a waiting game that has lasted several year will now run into 2007.

After January 2007, will things change, will the violence fall away, will another policy take centre stage?

Has the wait for President Bush's new Iraq direction in policy over the holidays been worth it?

Will it take another 2978 dead troops? Or 2973 dead citizens to convince Mr Bush that this is not the way?

The heavy handed option in this self-branded 'War On Terror', to invade and bomb to hell anyone who doesn't jump to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with you has been a clear failure.

Will the possibility of the very old fashioned 'diplomacy' option make a resurgence on the international policy stage in the new year?

Roll on 2007, its clear there are 2978 reasons to try something, anything else Mr Bush, you owe them that.