Jeb Bush: Asking 'Hypothetical' Questions About Iraq 'Does a Disservice' To Dead American Soldiers

Jeb Bush: Asking 'Hypothetical' Questions About Iraq 'Does a Disservice' To Dead American Soldiers
The likely Republican presidential candidate explained his position on the Iraq war at a town hall meeting in Nevada.




Jeb Bush had a bad week the same way Lehman Brothers had a bad 2008.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Islamic State gains control of most of key Iraqi city
• Obama vows to keep Arab allies secure amid Iran deal fears 
• Ex-Soviet Central Asia raises alarm over IS recruitment
• Bin Laden top aide sentenced to life in embassy bombing plot
• 1,000 survivors of violence, hunger at sea land in SE Asia
• Wreckage of missing U.S. helicopter found in Nepal; no survivors

Jeb Bush says invading Iraq was a mistake based on “faulty intelligence”, which is a fancy way of calling George W. Bush dumb.- Tea Party Cat

Meanwhile, Back To The Israeli/Palestinian Peace Plan
 U.S. President Barack Obama said on Thursday he continues to believe a two-state solution for Israel and the Palestinians was "absolutely vital" for achieving Middle East peace.





The GOP plan is always the same: Let people die and blame Obama. - LOLGOP




Republican Shenanigans

• Rick Perry To Announce Whether He'll Run For President On June 4 
• Scott Walker Also Says He Wouldn't Authorize Iraq Invasion With Today's Intel
• Mark Everson ran the IRS, wants to bring back the draft and has a love child. Now he wants to be president.
• Bill O’Reilly: Obama should yell at poor people instead of criticizing Fox News scrooges

Knowing what we know now, Jeb Bush says he wouldn’t invade Iraq, but he’d still throw Florida to W, which is pretty much invading Iraq.- Tea Party Cat

The Shutdown Is Coming. The Shutdown Is Coming.
Gov. Rick Scott is asking agency heads to list only their critical needs as the Legislature prepares to hold a special session over the state budget.
Scott sent the letter to agency heads Thursday and told them to prepare in case the budget impasse results in state government shutting down July 1.

Republicans are afraid of what they don't understand.
And black guys.- Republican Jesus




Racism: Florida Style
An International Drive pub owner was arrested last weekend after holding a young black couple at gunpoint and making racist comments while threatening to shoot them, Orlando police records show.

Rock The Voter News

• Obama Says Trade Disagreement With Warren is Nothing Personal 

"A new report reveals that New Jersey Governor Chris Christie spent over $82,000 on food at NFL games. Christie said, 'Hey, both of those games went into overtime.'" –Conan O'Brien

"The White House is testing out new spikes that would make it difficult to jump the fence. So if you're wondering what kind of cutting-edge technology the Secret Service is using to protect the president, it's spikes. I think someone saw an episode of 'Game of Thrones.'" –Seth Meyers

More Science For The GOP To Ignore
The last intact section of one of Antarctica's mammoth ice shelves is weakening fast and will likely disintegrate completely in the next few years, contributing further to rising sea levels, according to a NASA study released on Thursday.

"The White House encouraged Tom Brady to be more of a role model. They would've said more, but there was a drunken Secret Service agent streaking across the Rose Garden." –Jimmy Fallon





Business/Tech News

• Oil prices slips on dollar strength
• 18-cent spike in LA drives gas prices over $4 a gallon
• Boehner on Amtrak Funding: “Such a Stupid Question”
• Ukraine's economy contracts 17.6 pct as conflict takes toll

"Senate Democrats blocked President Obama's trade bill yesterday because they're worried it could hurt jobs. It's not an issue for Republicans, since they've all found work as presidential candidates." –Jimmy Fallon

House Passes Defense Bill. Well, Of Course They Did. 
The House on Friday passed a sweeping annual defense policy bill that became a flashpoint this year in a larger dispute between the White House and congressional Republicans over federal spending.






I've created a toilet paper roll dispenser that's mounted 6 ft high on the bathroom wall for people who live with kittens. - John Fugelsang

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Odd News

• Wait, what?! Gynecologist accidentally leaves mobile phone in patient following a C-section
• Norwegian police suspect 4 in penguin theft from animal park
• Oklahoma woman charged with removing body parts from rival's corpse
• Sea weed? Packages of marijuana wash ashore in 2 states
• Naked Pennsylvania man found after days in woods near nudist camp

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A 19-year-old Theodore Roosevelt during his freshman year at Harvard, 1877.

Peace.

Jeb W. Bush

Jeb Bush: 3 Days, 4 Different Answers About Iraq
--IT ALL STARTED WITH ONE QUESTION posed by Fox News’ Megyn Kelly: “Knowing what we know now, would you have authorized the invasion” of Iraq in 2003? And over the last few days, Jeb Bush, who is not yet an official presidential candidate, has struggled to grab hold of one answer. Here’s a look back:




If Jeb doesn't step it up, other members of the Bush family may get in the race.- LOLGOP

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Death toll in Kabul hotel attack rises to 14; Taliban claim responsibility
• Gulf states to cool temperature at Camp David summit
• North Korea Said to Execute a Top Official, With an Antiaircraft Gun
• China cautions US Navy on patrols in South China Sea
• Navy will not discharge Guantanamo nurse

Goldilocks Bush:

My dad invaded Iraq too little.

My brother did it too much.

I'll invade Iraq just right! - LOLGOP




Republican Schools Jeb
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul said that his fellow Republican, former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush, gave an "incredibly fumbled answer" when he was asked earlier this week if he would have authorized the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Republican Shenanigans

• College Student Confronts Jeb Bush: ‘Your Brother Created ISIS’
• Rand Paul To Jeb Bush: 'Invading Iraq Was A Mistake' — Even As A Hypothetical
• Republican Rubio hits Clinton on trade, 'negligent' foreign policy
• Hannity Calls Jon Stewart 'Sanctimonious Jackass' over Spring Break Mockery
• Fox Blurs Famous Picasso Painting Because Boobies
• House passes bill banning abortions after 20 weeks

Want to reduce abortions? 

Universal health care, free birth control and no political abortion restrictions. 

In other words, Canada.- LOLGOP

A Lone Voice In A Sea Of GOP Cuts
Former Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell was visibly angry at House Republicans during an MSNBC interview on Wednesday, nearly cursing on-air about the GOP’s plan to cut $252 million in Amtrak funding hours after a train derailment that killed seven people and injured more than 50 others.





Fox News: We don't vilify the poor! We're jealous of them. Those lazy bastards don't have to work.- LOLGOP

Rock The Voter News

• Obama's Warren attacks backfire
• Naming names helped Obama get fast-track back on track
• Report: King of Bahrain skips President Obama meeting for horse show

According to Republicans, Black folk citing racial abuse is playing the "race card" but whining about them citing it isn't.- Kona Lowell

Congressmen Surprised Azerbaijan Funded Their Trip To Azerbaijan. What?
Four House lawmakers say they had no idea that a 2013 congressional trip to Azerbaijan (ah-zur-by-JAHN') was paid for by that country's government.

The government isn't invading Texas or coming for your guns, but it is coming for your uterus. - The Daily Edge

Prison Gone Bad
An inspection of a controversial California prison revealed unsanitary conditions, from a lack of hot water and incorrect storage of raw food to rodent droppings, a state report shows.







Business/Tech News

• Oil trades above $67 as stock draws counter economic worries
• GoPro's CEO Just Dropped $229 Million to Fulfill a Promise to His College Roommate
• Facebook Courts News Giants Into A Deal To Share Viewers, And Revenues
• Manila factory blaze kills 72 in sweatshop conditions

"This accident would not have occurred" if the train was equipped with technology Amtrak has been asking for -- NTSB

Honey Bee Deaths Increase
To the horror of beekeepers around the country, it appears that the worrisome decline in honeybees is getting even worse. According to the latest annual government study, U.S. beekeepers reported losing 42.1 percent of the total number of colonies managed from April 2014 through April 2015, much higher than the 34.2 percent from the year prior.





House GOP introduces new rail safety bill that gives all Amtrak funding to rich so that safety may trickle down to riders.- Tea Party Cat

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Odd News

• Hungry cancer patient calls 911
• Police: Man enraged by lack of mac 'n cheese at rest stop
• Beijing police warn 'strange outfits' on subway may cause stampedes
• A nail in the eye, a lucky landscaper left without a scratch
• Driver fined after truck tipped, spilled millions of bees

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Maligne Lake in Alberta,Canada.

Peace.

Jeb Bush backs off support of Iraq invasion

Jeb Bush backs off support of Iraq invasion
Republican Jeb Bush said on Tuesday that "mistakes were made" in the Iraq war, moving to disavow a controversial statement he made in support of the 2003 invasion ordered by his brother, then-President George W. Bush.




Jeb Bush: "Knowing what I know today I would have kept my mouth shut yesterday."- The Daily Edge

The World Is A Safer Place Without Saddam

• Jeb: Answering That Iraq Question Would Be A ‘Disservice’ To The Troops
• Yemen truce broadly holds, but reports of violations
• Hezbollah, Syrian army make big gains in border battle
• Return to pragmatism in Russia-West ties? Kerry-Putin talks hint that way.

Says something that the invasion Iraq is less controversial in the Republican party than the "invasion" of Texas.- LOLGOP

Amtrak Train Crashes, GOP Cuts Amtrak Budget
House Republicans who are pushing to slash $260 million from Amtrak’s budget found themselves in an awkward position Wednesday — voting to defend those cuts even as investigators search for the cause of Tuesday night’s fatal crash in Philadelphia.






Bush Says He Will Harm Nation Differently from His Brother. - Andy Borowitz

Republican Shenanigans

• Rick Santorum blames Christianity’s decline on lack of anti-abortion zealots running for president
• Texas attorney general tells CNN: Gays can ‘feel how they want’ but marriage is for straight people
• Fox Host Jokingly Compares Amtrak Crash To Hillary Clinton's Campaign (VIDEO) 
• Fox & Friends interrupts breaking Amtrak news to ask lawyers how to make money off crash
• Kasich Wouldn't Have Seen Invading Iraq 'As Vital To National Interests' 

Given the choices of Jeb Bush, Ben Carson, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Huckabee, Rick Perry, Marco Rubio and Scott Walker, why are you crying?- LOLGOP




Republican Rapist, Pedophile and John
Vermont state legislator Norman McAllister has plead not guilty to three felony counts of sexual assault, and three misdemeanor counts of soliciting sex workers. The case against McAllister involves multiple victims, including at least one child. But the Republican state senator maintains that — not only is he not resigning — he has not done a single thing wrong.

Rock The Voter News

• Fox guest to Michelle Obama: Don’t complain about racism because whites hired you for your black skin
• Walker Still Leads Nationally, Clinton Over 60%

Wow. Threatening John McCain?
The founder of the Oath Keepers, a loose-knit group of current and former law enforcement officials and military who pledge to defend the Constitution, called for Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) to be "hung by the neck until dead" for treason last week as the president of the Arizona Senate looked on.

"Harriet Tubman replacing Jackson on the $20?  But she only slaughtered, like, zero Indians!"- John Fugelsang

Business/Tech News

• Oil rises after U.S. crude draw but stockpiles still hefty 
• Obama slams CEOs who read some Ayn Rand and feel entitled to stiff their workers
• US Airways likely to stop flying this fall
• Southwest pilots announce strike preparation as talks lag
• California golf courses tee up water-saving measures

Dear Americans,
Good job putting Harriet Tubman on the 20  dollar bill. Next up: putting George Carlin on the 1 dollar bill.
- God




Deal Or Deadlock?
Republicans and Democrats in the U.S. Senate are expected on Wednesday to announce a deal paving the way for votes this week and next week on controversial trade legislation, according to a senior Democratic aide.

Don't follow the crowd.  It's crowded. - Yogi Berra

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Odd News

• Fla. funeral home workers fired after leaving Army vet in hearse during coffee run
• Motorcyclist stopped with $350,000 in cash
• Naked Mississippi Man Allegedly Jumps On Deputy's Back, Steals Patrol Car
• Pranksters plant tree at Ohio park _ in baseball infield
• Swedish peace group launches gay sonar against Russian subs

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The pyramids of Giza, Egypt, 1870.

Peace.