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I’m Paul Springer, the other new writer at Sirened. Alex has been here all along; we both came over with the acquisition of Level 9 Media last year. I’ve been the writer at StarkedSF.com, which is being merged into Sirened.
My specialities include abrasive commentary and merciless satire.
Here’s a reprint of some opinions I expressed over Il Douche’s war rhetoric.
(A couple of caveats: I’m not on anyone’s side. I often refer to the current president as Il Douche, a heartfelt nod to the dictator Benito Mussolini, or Il Duce.)
Title: Bush on Iraq, or Satan’s Codpiece Speaks.
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Finally! Backstabbing Scott McClellan’s new book What Happened has the media looking into their own muck ups prior to the invasion of Iraq. As many remember, the media’s coverage was basically a flag waving parade as they helped enable the Bush administration to spew their propaganda without serious question.
From a business perspective, it made total sense for the media to do what they did. After President Bush put weapons of mass destruction and Saddam Hussein in the same sentence, some 80% of Americans supported a toppling of the regime. So the media was simply reporting on what the general public …read more

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The US gov’t has cremated American troops at a facility that also cremates pets.
The Pentagon fed us propaganda after we invaded Iraq…You don’t say!
A list of 5 Ways that Hillary Clinton can still win the democratic nomination…Spoiler alert: 1 of them involves changing the minimum voting age to 60.
John McCain opposes US troops getting too educated.
Medical marijuana just celebrated its 30th birthday in the USA! Congratulations marijuana!
John McCain on Bush economy: 4 more years!
Hillary’s “base” includes West Virginia voters who believe that Barack Obama is Muslim.
Ron Paul revolution planning to topple Republican national convention?
World starting to run low on fish??
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John McCain is a republican John Kerry? He was for pulling the troops out of Iraq before he was against it. Oh this will be fun come October!
Congressional democrats will fund the Iraq war so they can end it. It’s that Catch-22 logic.
NY Times readership is down, NBC’s Brian Williams mocks them on his blog.
Eliot Spitzer prostitute Ashley Dupre suing Girls Gone Wild founder Joe Francis for being a douche bag. But hey, who isn’t?
Last year 7% of Americans got married so they could get health insurance. Wow, so Mitt Romney’s secret health plan is working!
Those pesky Tibetan monks are …read more

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The world used to be fine and dandy for Elmo; totally carefree as he simply played with his friends, sang songs, got tickled and occasionally crapped himself. Then he met Laura Bush and Elmo’s world turned upside down.
Not really, but Wal-Mart decided to sponsor this episode of Sesame Street where Elmo’s dad goes off to war. This of course makes Elmo sad and since Elmo is so egocentric as to refer to himself in the third person constantly, everything is immediately focused on Elmo and not Elmo’s daddy who could get blown to smithereens in the coming 15 months.
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Yesterday President Bush spoke about an unfortunate milestone for the United States-4,000 troop deaths in Iraq. And of all days for us to hit this sad mark, it came on Easter Sunday with a roadside bomb that killed 4 soldiers.
Regarding the occasion, Bush said “One day, people will look back at this moment in history and say, ‘Thank God there were courageous people willing to serve, because they laid the foundations for peace for generations to come.’ ” Yes, and most people will also look back and say, too bad we had ‘Numb Nuts’ for president.
Anyways, to all those who …read more

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Hey, I told that American soldier that I wanted a danish, fruit cup and a soy venti caramel machiatto.
This is not a soy machiatto! Do you know what dairy does to my stomach?? It destroys it ok!
And you call this a fruit cup? My Uncle Sami’s smoothie shop in Kirkuk pisses on this.
Oh, that’s the only Starbucks in the green zone is it? Then go outside the green zone! I don’t know how you people expect me to get anything done with such lackluster service.
Photo from Wikimedia Commons

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We have to stay the course with Iraq war films by keeping them in theaters; otherwise the audience will become emboldened…

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There has been a lot of talk about water boarding and whether or not it is torture as defined by the Geneva Convention and United States law. The president has said point blank, “we do not torture.” Really, water boarding sounds pretty innocent and maybe even fun. If I didn’t know it was used on terrorist suspects I would envision something along the lines of knee boarding in a lake, which actually can be torture depending on your skill and how fast the driver of the boat is going.
Anyways, here is a demonstration of water boarding just in case …read more

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Thanks for serving our country and putting your life on the line so we can enjoy quality programming such as American Idol and Dancing With the Stars.
Bettie Page image from Allposters.com

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