Chuck Puckett, over at The Year of Being 56, has a good idea: No talking about the Iraq War without first stating The Obvious Truths.

Why? Because we Americans have short memories, and the vampires in Washington are using it to their advantage every chance they get:

In any discussion that deals with “freedom on the march” or “sectarian violence” or “Iraq is a hotbed of terrorism” or “if we leave, the country will dissolve into chaos”, the Obvious Truths put everything into the proper contextual framework:

We caused all this crap.

Or, to be more precise, CheneyBushRumsfeld caused it (started it, then immediately bungled the war they couldn’t wait to have). Every atom, every iota of the unholy mess has its source in the actions of those criminals. We must never forget this. And even though we, as a nation, must admit to a gross sin of omission by allowing ourselves to be blinded by the simplest forms of fear-mongering combined with jingoistic flag-waving, their sins of commission are almost astronomical in comparison. To knowingly feed your countrymen a diet of fear and misinformation, and then to feed your youngsters to a meat-grinding insanity like Iraq, those are the acts of demons.

Read the rest of Chuck’s thoughts on the U.S. Invasion and Occupation of Iraq, and the surge that keeps on going: Day 100: An Accounting.

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On November 10, 2001, President George W. Bush addressed the United Nations General Assembly and said:

Let us never tolerate outrageous conspiracy theories concerning the attacks of September the 11th, malicious lies that attempt to shift the blame away from the terrorists themselves, away from the guilty.

There you have it. The Commander in Chief asks that you NOT believe the outrageous and malicious lies you’ve heard.

Ironically, one of the most outlandish and contrived lies is that a 44-year-old former CIA asset operating out of a cave in Afghanistan conspired with 19 flight school dropouts to hijack four airliners and fly them around the most secure airspace in the world for almost two hours, weaving in, out, and around 35 in-range Air Force bases before dropping three Manhattan skyscrapers, and crashing into the headquarters of the world’s most advanced military.

If President Bush doesn’t want to shift the blame away from the guilty terrorists, then first we have to determine: Who the heck ARE the guilty terrorists?

“I knew within hours of the attacks on 9/11/2001 that it was an inside job. Based on my 11-year experience as an FAA Air Traffic Controller in the busy Northeast corridor, including hundreds of hours of training, briefings, air refuelings, low altitude bombing drills, being part of huge military exercises, daily military training exercises, interacting on a routine basis directly with NORAD radar personnel, and based on my own direct experience dealing with in-flight emergency situations, including two instances of hijacked commercial airliners, I state unequivocally: There is absolutely no way that four large commercial airliners could have flown around off course for 30 to 60 minutes on 9/11 without being intercepted and shot completely out of the sky by our jet fighters unless very highly placed people in our government and our military wanted it to happen.”

~Robin Hordon, Former FAA Air Traffic Controller at the Boston Air Route Traffic Control Center, located in Nashua, NH, 1970 - 1981. Former Certified Commercial Pilot. Former Certified Flight Instructor and Certified Ground Instructor.

For more clues, look here: The September 11, 2001 Attacks.

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Most of us don’t want to be the fascist leader of a New World Order, but that doesn’t mean we can’t learn how to be happy from a Texas blockhead who does.

George W. Bush, the ingrate responsible for much of the world’s grief, offers the following tips that make his life a happier life, despite the loud sucking noise in his country. Maybe they can work for you, too.

1. Experiment to find out what makes you happy. Different things make different people happy. If you aren’t sure what your hot spots are, experiment. Try eavesdropping on your friends. Tell a lie that gets somebody killed. Or just drink and drive. Find out what you enjoy most.
2. Surround yourself with others who are happy. Try to avoid tired, poor, homeless huddled wretched refuse, even if they’re yearning to breathe free. They’ll drag you down. Instead, stick with the storied pomp. Their easy way with success will rub off on you. You’ll learn how to pass the buck with a smile and keep on truckin’.
3. Count your blessings. When something bad happens, like Dick Cheney letting hijackers attack New York or the worst hurricane ever hitting New Orleans, try not to focus on it. Instead, read a book about a pet goat, or play a guitar.
4. Think solutions. Instead of thinking about problems, move to the next step: how to solve it. When someone says to me, “Oh, there’s no reason to invade Iraq,” or “Oh, the people ain’t gonna give us no more war profits,” or “Man, the Geneva Convention says torture is a war crime,” I just ask them, “Well, what’s the solution?” Most of the time, it’s easy as telling a lie and barring further discussion due to state secrets that could threaten national security. Try solution-oriented thinking and you’ll be much happier.
5. Accept things. Sometimes it’s hard to realize we can’t control the world. We have to understand and love every person of every color and faith, even if they have more oil than we…WTF? Who’s writing this load of hokey!?
6. Take time to savor life. Instead of rushing from one crisis to another, resolve to have less to do each day, less appointments and fewer tasks. Then do each thing slowly, with ignorance, and try to be absent. Just go to Camp David, or Kennebunkport, or the ranch in Crawford. Stay gone for over a whole month.
7. Treat yourself. Take a few minutes each day to give yourself a little treat, whether that’s something like a bubble bath, or walking barefoot in the grass, or riding your bike. Forget about the war on everything. You deserve it.
8. Follow your passion. If you do what you love to do, you’ll be extremely happy. This is one of the best things you can do. If it seems impossible, don’t give up. Saddam bombed Iran and you can too.
9. Look at your achievements. Instead of looking at your huge number of colossal failures, think about anything good you may have contributed to the world. If, like me, you can’t come up with anything, just smile and continue with the next tip.
10. Laugh. Just the simple act of laughing can make you happier. Just look at war widows. Or war orphans. Or vets without legs. And laugh your head off.

    Seriously…laugh your head off.

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