Standards for Measuring George’s Morality

By Dr Gerry Lower

Whether we measure the temperatures of a shuttle wing’s leading edge, the distances between a warship’s launch tube and a building in downtown Baghdad, or the molecular weights of chemical toxins in an Iraqi warhead (fictional example), we must have a reference point, a standard relative to which we make our measurements.

Without defined standards, we would obviously end up being all over the place, and while everything might have sufficient momentum to work for a while, everything would not work very well or for very long. This fundamental requirement of measurement is also true for human morality, of course, where we must have standards by which to measure the moral content of our behavior.

Without standards, we would end up just like George Bush the younger, able to rationalize tax cuts for the rich because the economy is so good and tax cuts for the rich because the economy is so bad, without bothering himself a whit over how this can hope to be logical, how this can hope to make sense to everyone else. In other words, George employs no standards at all outside of the rightwing political standard, characterized by religious absolutism and a self-righteous penchant for ‘winning,’ no matter what the stakes, no matter what it takes. George, as a ‘born again’ theist, turns out to be devoutly agnostic with regard to human logic.

More than anything, it is the absence of moral standards that defines the current Bush administration, that is, the people defining America’s current behavior in the world. America no longer measures herself relative to an agreed-upon, definable set of moral standards and we have, as a result, lost all reference points for judging our own behavior as a nation. Under Bush’s standardized rightwing dominion, no additional thought or input from the people is required. George sees the people as not needing to know the truth because, frankly, the people are just not up to the complex tasks which George and his cadre can so confidently confront. More…

Signs aren’t good in the Iraqi Government despite the spin of mainstream media and the US Government.
Iraqi politicians in a vote agreed partially to Prime Minister Ibrahim Jaafari’s submitted cabinet after three months of political stagnation.Importantly in a 275-seat parliament, there was 90 members of Parliament absent, with them being a considerable number of Sunni Muslims.Of the 185 present , 180 MPs voted in favor for 32 of the 37-member cabinet .
There were five key ministeries, including the oil and defense portfolios,still to be agreed on.Sunni’s are demanding the defense post go to a Sunni to allay fears of a witch hunt and a terror campaign against Sunni communities thought to be harboring Iraqi insurgents.The selection submitted by the Sunni Vice President Ghazi al-Yawar was rejected and is now being tempoarily filled by the Prime Minister Jaafari, while the oil portfolio will be filled by Ahmed Chalabi another Shiite politician until a permanent choice is selected. The appointment of Chalabi an exiled Shi’ite with close ties to the Pentagon and who was convicted of bank fraud in Jordan is creating frustration to the Sunni memebers of Parliament.
Ghazi al-Yawar was dismayed that some ministries were left vacant and threatend that Sunni ministers could step down if his minority community did not obtain at least the Defence Ministry.

“It’s simple and easy, if they fail to satisfy the Sunni Arabs …. the Sunnis might simply withdraw their candidates” from the government, he told reporters. “We’re not happy, but we have to wait until all the nominations are permanent before we do anything.”
Also likely to create tension in the future is the non appointment of any members of former prime minister, Allawi’s party. Allawi’s party, mainly secular Shiites won 40 seats in parliament and was seeking many cabinet posts and was one of the reasons for the protracted delay in forming a Cabinet.His party is likely to add to the behind the scenes bickering and bargaining.
Meanwhile Saddam Hussein turns 68 today.

Underwear
by McBourbon
A young lady asked me the other night what kind of underwear I had on. Since I was on my seventh Black and Tan (the tall 22oz ones) I had not yet forgotten what I was wearing and answered “boxer briefs.” She smiled and then shared this seemingly intimate info with her table of friends, who all looked over smiling and discussing my choice in undergarments.

So I got to thinking about underwear. And first, since it was the subject at hand, I thought about men’s underwear. For us guys, we’ve got some alternatives. First of all, there are the tried and true Tighty Whities. These staples of men’s underwear should, however, be removed from your wardrobe the minute you have the opportunity to tell your mother to fuck herself…you won’t wear them anymore. They are the single biggest sex-kill known to femininity and will usually warrant a pretty severe laughing at should you get to a point where a girl would actually mercy-fuck you. I say mercy-fuck because most guys who are still wearing tighty whities in their twenty’s or even thirty’s are pretty much resigned to mercy-fucks anyway. In fact, anything white should be dispensed with immediately.Nothing worse than having a girl dedak you on the throes of passion and her having a face frontal witha juicy fresh brown stain.

Fuck this is a gay ass picture, what were we thinking?
Another alternative is the bikini, and although it is popular among gay European men, we have no need for striped or zebra printed underwear cut high on the sides in this country. Sure, male porn stars of the seventies popularized this undergarment, but unless you still have a mustache and that douchebag helmet for a hairstyle with the part down the middle and the “feathered” sides…try to lay off the weed, get out of the VW bus, and realize it’s …we do things a little differently now.

Boxers are the next alternative for us men, and chicks love these as much as we do. They’re good for built in air conditioning, keeping our sperm count high, and easy access should we need to get the hog out of the pen in a hurry. They come in all styles and prints, including plain white if you’re in that transference time from the TW’s to the boxers, and they can even be matched with holiday themes or seasonal ones. Even if you’re not wearing them…this should always be the answer when asked what kind of underwear you’re wearing…more about that later.

These pictures can’t get any more homo-erotic.
Finally, I myself prefer the boxer brief. The Hanes bike shorts looking, Michael Jordan wearing u-trou that have the boxer and brief feel but provide that good look for ladies from the outside of what your packing inside. The boxers hide that…and that’s why I abandoned them in my early college years for the more intimate boxer briefs. Of course, these will just get you laughed at by most women because they do, in fact, look almost exactly like Spandex bike shorts…especially the black ones from Hanes. Try to avoid these. Gray and white are good colors….not much else.

Wow, was I wrong, they can get even gayer.
As for the ladies, one of the greatest inventions of the 20th century was the thong. It comes in many different styles and colors and it offers a WAY HOTTER alternative underwear picture to those big, cotton, granny panties we used to have to strip off you ladies just to find that Cracker Jack prize.

Let’s face it, no one wants to see a girl leaning over the bar and realize that her hip huggers have just dropped an inch or two as her shirt slid upward to find a pair of bloomers with the tiny yellow flowers on it. My dick would shrivel up faster than a slug taking a salt bath on a hot sidewalk if a girl came into the bar looking like that. But that thong peaking out past those hip huggers and under that midriff shirt just screams SEXY. So, I say to you women…well…those of you with bodies built for sin…WEAR YOUR THONGS! And we’ll try not to embarrass ourselves any longer with tighty whities and bikini briefs.

Newsinsider.org is predicting that the writing of Iraqi’s contitution will be delayed by at least six months.
With still no cabinet members and positions confirmed 3 months after the elections , the prospects of the constitution due in August is a fanciful one.With the Iraqi politicians unable to agree on the makeup of the Government, what chances that a agreement of such a complicated process can be reached.As well, there is very little incentive for the members of Parliament to reach agreement, as once the constitution has been finalised, its obligated to hold fresh elections.
These new elections due by Christmas will be postponed indefinitely with the excuses been given including the delay on a constitution and the ongoing security problem in Baghdad and Iraq which shows no signs of abating.

Just seven days before the next British Election the British Labour Government is under pressure again for misleading the British Public about its reasons for invading Iraq.
Its been revealed that Lord Goldsmith, the attorney General, had advised Mr Blair, in a secret paper, that he had concerns over the legality of the war on Iraq and for the war to be legal,the safest course would need a second United Nation resolution.Plus there would need to be compelling evidence that Iraq had breached the terms of that resolution before military force there could be considered legal .
Yet, just a week later, Mr Blair in a speech in British Parliament, stated that the advice from the attorney general was that the use of force against Iraq was in fact legal by law.He also confirmed that Lord Goldsmiths advice had not been altered or changed in anyway.
Prime Minister Blair’s credibility is surely being found out time and time again.

Everyday, more and more evidence, some suppressed, comes to light about The United States Government loosing the battle against terror.
3 Months after the elections in Iraq and 3 years after the war in Afghanistan, there is little sign that the world is a more peaceful place.
No government has yet to be elected and finalised in Baghdad, despite the pressure from the US for the Iraqi politicians to come to some agreement.Any progress on the hearts and minds of the Iraqis themselves after the elctions has been lost with the civilian population clearly becoming frustrated with the lack of improvement of security or the supply of basic services of water, sanitation and common goods , even petrol.
In a further blow to the US credibility, the US Military in a report about to be released have cleared the US tro0ps of wrongdoing or fault in the execution of a Italian Agent securing the release of an Italian Hostage.The Italian intelligence officer Nicola Calipari was killed as he escorted the hostage Giuliana Sgrena to the airport bound for home.US officers opened fire on what they claimed was a speeding car at a checkpoint just kilometers away from the airport.The release of the report has been delayed as the Italians and The United States have differing versions of the facts.Sgrena who was injured in the shooting claimed that the car wasn’t speeding and The Italian authorities claim that the US were well informed of the cars movement.Negotiations are being carried on to edit the report for the satisfaction of both sides.
On another note, Larry Johnson, a terrorism expert, formerly a CIA analyst is claiming ” Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice’s office..” is sitting on data showing an increase of “major terrorist attacks”that the number of major terrorist attacks ” increased from 175 in 2003 to 625 in 2004.
Apparently Condoleezza Rice’s office asked the National Counterterrorism Center ..” to use a methodology that would reduce the number of terrorist attacks..”, The NCC declined and so her office terminated publication of the State Department’s annual“Patterns of Global Terrorism” report.

During midday prayers on Friday, a car bomb ripped through a crowded mosque in Baghdad killing eight people and injuring 26 more, six of whom are said to be critical. The massacre was the latest attack to target Iraq’s Shiite majority.

A 10 year old child was amongst the dead and more young children were wounded as bodies were ripped apart – their parts strewn amongst piles of rubble and broken glass from the partly collapsed building. Hysterical men and women wailed in despair as they desperately searched for their loved ones; one man sat weeping whilst clutching the torn off foot of a child.

The Sunni minority are believed to be the driving force behind this and other recent attacks. Shiite mosques and funerals have become popular and frequent targets for the Sunni insurgents whose savage and cowardly attacks aim to create conflict amongst Iraqis.

The car containing the bomb had been parked outside the Al-Subeih mosque in New Baghdad since early morning.

This latest attack comes after a video was released on the Internet showing Insurgents shooting an innocent survivor of a helicopter crash on Thursday – a shooting in cold-blood: the crash said to have been caused by a missile attack.

Iraqi leaders are still struggling to form a Cabinet that will include members of the Sunni, in a quest to bring the two sides together.

The hope that the war against Saddam Hussein would put an end to needless suffering amongst innocent Iraqis seems to have been nothing but a dream.

While such atrocities as have been witnessed during the past weeks continue to shadow the lives of innocent men, women and children, Iraqis will never truly understand the meaning of freedom.

Lawyers, city brokers, fashion models, aristocrats, politicians, corporate directors, and Prince Andrew’s female bodyguard were amongst the 300 swingers to gather a London mansion of Saturday to enjoy what was meant to be a secret VIP Sex orgy.

Sarah Cox, 26, also guards Prime Minister Tony Blair whenever he spends time at Chequers, the PM’s official country residence.

Cox and her boyfriend, PC Bernard Bourdillon, were hired to take care of security the mansion where couples paid £150 to enjoy a romp in a specially designed 20 x 14 foot steel-reinforced bed.

It wasn’t long before Cox and Bourdillon decided to throw off their own clothes to get a piece of the action themselves during the first orgy of 2005 organized for members of an elite swinger’s society that’s open only to the rich and famous throughout the world.

What Cox and Bourdillon didn’t know was that one of the UK’s tabloids had sent undercover reporters to film the scene as naked men and women got together on the pink satin covered bed and any other available surface. Whilst chatting with reporters they admitted to borrowing police metal detectors to search guests with.

The couple could now face disciplinary action.

Shame on them! You can’t just ‘borrow’ police property as and how you see fit and with the money the orgy arrangers have, they could quite easily have bought their own.

But, as much as what Cox and Bourdillon did was wrong, the reporters who ‘mingled’ with the guests were invading other people’s personal privacy and that, surely, is equally as wrong? Since when did what consenting adults do “beneath the covers” (or atop the marble tables) become a concert of the general public? Exactly what consequence could possibly justify other people’s sexual preferences being treated as ‘news’?

A sickening desire for sensationalism combined with an unhealthy smattering of jealousy is the most obvious answer.

The tabloids appeal to a section of society that’s generally unable to enjoy the luxuries of VIPs so what could be better than to publicly humiliate those we envy? Reversed snobbery, plain and simple.

Apart from the use of police property, nothing was reported that might not have happened in any street, in any town, in any country. There was no proof that illegal drugs were taken and no minors were involved. What then, was the problem?

Reporting the misconduct surrounding the metal detectors would be considered acceptable practice. To quote what was said by guests at the ‘party’ when they had no idea they were even being interviewed is inexcusable but to print stills from the secret film as well, that’s despicable.

And to think stories like these sell newspapers!