http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard America's struggle to relive the past with the weapons of the future. en Buzzard Buzzard Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:13:30 +0100 daily 1 In response to compaints of mind-numbing boredom by the Bush administration's spy agencies,  Bush's close friend the media mogul Rupert Murdoch recently purhased the wildly popular MYSPACE site. It's no secret that what Murdoch owns (including Fox News), the NSA, CIA, and FBI get to play with as much as they want. With unrestricted access to Myspace accounts, the men and women employed by these agencies report a tremendous increase in interest and morale. According to one internet surveillance agent, "Myspace has put the fun back in voyeuristic invasion of privacy. I used to monitor chatter crap in foreign languages no one in my unit could recognize or understand but now get to see and track some really hot babes.....265 of them are already my friends!" Sat, 07 Jan 2006 16:13:30 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Popular-Myspace-site-relieves-boredom-spy-agencies/14/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Popular-Myspace-site-relieves-boredom-spy-agencies/14/ DECEMBER 17, 2005 SPEAKER: GEORGE W. BUSH, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES BUSH: Good morning. As president, I took an oath to defend the Constitution. Like most of you, I don’t understand what it says, but I don’t have to. I’m president and I have no greater responsibility than to protect my people, my freedom, and my way of life. On September the 11th, 2001, my freedom and way of life came under attack by brutal enemies who killed nearly 3,000 innocent Americans. It’s hard to believe that two planes could cause the perfect demolition of three of our nation’s best designed buildings. But never mind what engineers and physicists are saying, we all saw it on TV. It was the Iraqis! We’re fighting these enemies across the world, yet in this first war of the 21st century, one of our most critical battle fronts is the home front. That’s right, right here in America, Dick and I have enemies who are still whining about Florida. And since September the 11th, we’ve... Sun, 18 Dec 2005 22:57:50 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/PRESIDENT-GEORGE-BUSH-DELIVERS-WEEKLY-RADIO-ADDRESS/13/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/PRESIDENT-GEORGE-BUSH-DELIVERS-WEEKLY-RADIO-ADDRESS/13/ Everyone on my block agrees that I have no qualifications for most jobs let alone the presidency of the United States. My family and friends will tell you that I’m a terrible person who will burn in Hell for depriving them of spiritual comfort, self-esteem, and security. What’s worse, I don’t and I won’t  wear one thousand dollar power pant suits. No disrespect to Hillary, but this is America and it’s OK to wear Goodwill sweatpants at the Aldi supermarket. That’s right, I get my clothes at the Goodwill, not at the Gap or Gucci. I also cut my own hair. Unlike stylish Hillary, I’m an affordable presidential candidate who won’t beg for campaign money or waste it explaining her economic policy to the American people. My economic policy is simple. I’m the Aldi shopper who brings her own bags and always returns the cart for the deposit----25 cents is one quarter of a US dollar or, in Aldi shopper terms, about half a pound of turkey dogs. Turkey dogs have lots of... Sat, 26 Nov 2005 00:50:40 +0100 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Vote-for-Me-Dump-Hillary/12/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Vote-for-Me-Dump-Hillary/12/ ( AGI) - Rome, Oct 3 - In a bid to buffer unlawful imitations of Italian-made products, the European Union has licensed the first Italian IGP carrot, namely the "Fucino plateau carrot", Italy's Farmers Association Coldiretti has said. This brings the number of Italian-made fruit and agriculture products licensed under IGP up to 43, with the overall number of Italian-made specialties protected by the EU rising to 150. If the EU's decision is not vetoed by any member state over the next six months, the Fucino carrot will be officially included in the EU List of quality-controlled products.  There are carrots and then there's the ITALIAN FUCINO CARROT! It's smaller but better, rather like the Italian shoe. But how can a carrot be unlawful imitation of a carrot? Is it permissible to advertise one's orange root product in this way, "Looks and tastes just like the Fucino plateau carrot!" One could grow genetic clones of the Fucino carrot near Gouda . Give or take a bit of variation in... Tue, 04 Oct 2005 07:10:57 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/EU-PROTECTS-ITALIAN-CARROT-FROM-IMITATIONS/11/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/EU-PROTECTS-ITALIAN-CARROT-FROM-IMITATIONS/11/ Hurricanes Katrina and Rita could be a Luddite's dream...millions of dollars of high tech gadetry and no power to operate any of it! Even in the best of times it's difficult to reach thousands of poor or tuned out people by home entertainment centers, CD players, Ipods, Laptops, and cell phones. In the worst of times, power to those devices is cut or runs dry. When that happens,  millions are left behind in deadly silence. We live in a high-tech, high energy bubble planet that can burst with a pin prick. If the 300 channel sattelite dish blows over, victim and rescuer can be within a half mile of each other and not know it. This is not only tragic, it's insanely stupid. We of the Microsoft Age are not the first humans on the planet to develop communication systems for emergency situations big and small. During World War II high frequency hand cranked radios worked quite well without electrical power. These are still available. Sirens in London and Trieste were... Fri, 30 Sep 2005 03:56:52 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Disaster-Planning-101-Bells-and-Whistles/10/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Disaster-Planning-101-Bells-and-Whistles/10/ In recent endorsements for Judge Roberts the L.A. Times noted he “had the intellect and temperament to lead the Court and Federal Judiciary.” The Washington Post noted he was a “modest and smart lawyer who is well regarded across party lines.” You may ask what’s so important about these endorsements. They all are some of the most liberal papers in the nation and no friend of President Bush. If we do not get more Federalist views in our courts, that is a court that will interpret our Constitution, the Constitution “will become a mere thing of wax in the hands of the Judiciary, which they can shape and twist into any form they please” according to Thomas Jefferson. Kodiak Daily Mirror  9/21/2005 Hold on there Mr. Kodiak Daily Mirror! Thomas Jefferson didn't endorse Federalist views, he warned against a government, including a Judicial branch unrestrained by the Bill of Rights ! Jefferson and the Anti-Federalists knew that the bankers had no intention of... Sun, 25 Sep 2005 22:56:59 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Mean-Justice-The-Rich-The-Smart-and-Everyone/9/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Mean-Justice-The-Rich-The-Smart-and-Everyone/9/ Many parasitic infections are common in Africa, Asia and South America, but rare in developed countries. This is explained by the theory of intelligent design. While the human body is parasite free in its design, residents of these underdeveloped countries have some rather peculiar dietary customs and are therefore more at risk of aquiring protozoan and helminithic parasites. Protozoans such as Entoamoeba histolytica are in fact not really parasites---they are not designed to live in our blood, stomach, liver, and lungs---but they are quite tasty and plentiful in certain areas of the world. Since protozoans do not find humans very tasty, their attempt to eat or flush their way out of our bodies makes us feel sick. If Africans, Asians, and Latin Americans changed their food preferences, parasitic infections would disappear along with floods and earthquakes    Sun, 25 Sep 2005 04:11:38 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Intelligent-Design-and-Parasitic-Infections-Anthony/8/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Intelligent-Design-and-Parasitic-Infections-Anthony/8/ Many people, especially the president of the United States, balk at the idea that they could in any way be responsible for the bad things that happen to good people. If those bad things are done by something (hurricane) or someone else, then we aren’t involved in ethical decision making and therefore absolved from moral responsibility.  This is the reasoning of a five-year old, it is not acceptable in “compassionate” adults. A ship owner who sends an old ship with a full crew and cargo out to sea hoping that a storm won’t brew, has decided to risk lives for profit. He hasn't simply decided to make money, he has decided that making money is more imporant than protecting lives. Like the ship owner, the Bush administration and members of congress are morally responsible for what happens to the people on their ship. Hurricane Katrina was a mighty storm, but the magnitude of harm and horror inflicted was due to human decisions and choices.  The administration and members... Tue, 06 Sep 2005 06:00:52 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Hurricane-Katrina-The-Moral-Catastrophe/7/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Hurricane-Katrina-The-Moral-Catastrophe/7/ The Christian Science Monitor  9/3/05 proudly reports that American corporations have thus far contributed 83 million dollars to the hurricane relief fund. This sounds like a hell of a lot "compassion."  Given that many CEO's personally take more  than 83  million  home in pocket change (salary), it's as generous as me donating 10 cents to the loose change tray at the BP gas station.  That's pretty damn generous! In my case giving up that 10 cents hurts, especially since I can't write it off as a tax-deductible contribution.  I could have kept my dime  and left it, free of charge, to my children, but I'm not a CEO and therefore my unworthy, lazy offspring won't benefit from Congress' repeal of the inheritance tax.  If I could, I'd go back to the BP station and retreive my 10 cents, put it in an envolope and mail it along with heartfelt compassion to the hurricane victims. Unfortunately I ran out of gas, ran out of stamps, and  I have... Sat, 03 Sep 2005 16:16:25 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Hurricane-Katrina-Measure-American-Corporate-Compassion/6/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Hurricane-Katrina-Measure-American-Corporate-Compassion/6/ "Wasting Away Again in Katarinaville”    Day 5 Starving in her wake, watching the sun bake, All of those bodies starting to spoil, Screaming my lungs sing, feeling my roof swing, “Smell the decay, hell’s beginning to boil!” Wasting away again in Katarinaville, Searching for my lost baby Shaynault Some people claim that there’s a levee to blame, But I know it’s America’s fault. Don’t know the reason, I’m trapped here all season, With nothing to show but this wound bleeding through, But it’s a real beauty, an infected cutie, How long I’ll live I haven’t a clue. Wasting away again in Katarinaville, Searching for my lost baby Shaynault Some people claim that there’s a levee to blame, But I know it’s America’s fault. Blew out my rooftop, tore through the sheet-rock, Severed a vein, cut through to the bone, But there’s flies in September, and soon they will render a maggoty white skin that helps me hang on.... Sat, 03 Sep 2005 01:33:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Wasting-Away-Again-Katarinavile-Day-New-Orleans-USA/5/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Wasting-Away-Again-Katarinavile-Day-New-Orleans-USA/5/ There are some 10,000 people trapped in the New Orleans Superbowl. Normally the Superbowl crowd is white (caucasian); poor African Americans who live in poverty stricken New Orleans can't afford tickets to the football games. Well, Katrina changed all that. The wretched and the poor who had nowhere else to go are finally sitting in the stands! But instead of cheering for a touchdown, thousands of African Americans are watching the roof fall down as the toxic, polluted water rises all around. The US has the biggest, most expensive Department of Homeland Security in the world. Evidently its only function is to "protect American lives" from terrorists. It's indifferent to and helpless against other catastrophic events, especially those  that are known to be coming. In Bush's America there's a scientific explanation for doing very little or nothing in advance to save lives from storms of "Biblical proportions." No amount of information and preparation can prevent God, the... Wed, 31 Aug 2005 01:17:39 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Katrina-in-Black-and-White./4/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Katrina-in-Black-and-White./4/ Sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words. Take the recent photographs of the anti-war and pro-war protestors in Crawford, Texas USA.  Look closely at the group shots---there are some good ones available on powerline.blog/ Lights, Camera, Protest.   Look at the people and you'll see a big difference in average body type and size. Cindy Sheehan and the "anti war" protestors look a tad underweight,  maybe even undernourished, compared to those who agree with President Bush that "our freedoms and way of life" are worth fighting, killing, and dying for in Iraq. The pro-war males and females are no lightweights! On the average each seems to have 50 pounds more of patriotic  commitment  to the American way of life than the skinny, scrawny Sheehan types. From an anthropolitical (sic)  perspective you can view and evaluate the difference between the anit-war and pro-war protesters in terms of size or pounds per protester. It takes energy to produce all of those... Sun, 28 Aug 2005 15:52:53 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/American-way-life-and-the-Crawford-Texas-protests/3/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/American-way-life-and-the-Crawford-Texas-protests/3/ This is something I wrote, published and distributed in February 2003. Although I reside in a university dominated American community of approximately 80,000 people, the local newspaper refused to publish THE FACTS on grounds that they could not be  verified. I agreed with the editor that “the facts” listed below could not be verified unless he opened a book, a real newspaper, or one of the websites mentioned.  To the best of my knowledge he has yet to do so.   THE FACTS : IRAQ / AFGHANISTAN  and the BUSH       ADMINISTRATION     “Successful war in Iraq would be good for (oil) business. When there is a regime change in Iraq, you could add 3-5 million barrels per day. The successful persecution of war in Iraq would be good for the economy.”   President Bush’s Economic Advisor, Larry Lindsey in London. The Observer   11/3/2002 US Oil Reserves: 22 billion barrels  Iraq Oil... Sat, 27 Aug 2005 17:55:55 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/THE-FACTS-IRAQ-and-the-BUSH-ADMINISTRATION-2003/2/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/THE-FACTS-IRAQ-and-the-BUSH-ADMINISTRATION-2003/2/ Welcome to college 101....it’s spelled c-o-l-l-e-g-e....college!  Does everyone have a pencil and paper? You’ll need to write a few things down. How many of you practiced writing in high school? I see...but you’re in college now and here’s how it works. I lecture and you take notes; you don’t have to write down everything that I say, just the important stuff. How do you know what’s important? Well, you begin by reading the assigned chapters in the textbook. Do all of you have the textbook? Be sure to remove the wrapping, it won’t open otherwise. Any questions? Yes, you’ll have to take written exams, do you know what those are? Well they’re not as hard as you think. I give you five or six questions and you answer them in written form. For example I could ask you to “Explain the difference between a library card and a credit card.”  They’re both made of plastic, right, but they’re used for different reasons to get different things. To do a good... Sat, 27 Aug 2005 14:22:12 +0200 http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Welcome-to-College-University-in-the-USA/1/ http://www.blogigo.co.uk/Buzzard/Welcome-to-College-University-in-the-USA/1/