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Clear and Present Danger
Associated Press, Los Angeles, CA (where I live!) some Navy Seals have filed a lawsuit for being exposed as part of an invading army which causes me to wonder exactly what people suppose being in the military entails? Apparently, the AP has literally threatened the lives of these people and their families by photographing them in the process of 'doing their jobs'. Now, am I seriously to believe that the AP is more to blame than the choice of occupation itself? Maybe, if Navy Seals are suddenly feeling so exposed, they should sue the U.S. Government for not making it clear that their occupation fell into the 'high risk' category? Seriously, I'm all for people not dying, but let me drop a little hint, here. You don't want your life at risk? Don't kill other people. Don't jump on board of someone else's dirty little war. You walk into another nation, wipe out thousands of their civilians, jump their citizens and generally act in a violent and horrific manner, I don't care who's orders you're supposedly following, you put YOURSELF in harm's way, and you're the only person who can take the blame for that. As for the 'wives' of these Navy Seals, well, maybe they should go have a nice long heart to heart with the wives of some of the Iraqis killed or beaten or imprisoned or tortured before they start mouthing off that they're in danger because of the AP. Honey, you should have made ethics part of the nightly dinner conversation, that's all I have to say. What we have here is a bunch of tards who want to play executioner. Too bad, fellas, because someone just pulled the mask off. Now, you might ask how I would respond if this were an invasion I supported. I would say the exact same thing. You wanna play war, play war, motherfuckers, but don't start whining that you're afraid of being a victim when your role in the game makes the news. You kill people, they're going to want to kill you back, and you kill people on the wholesale level that we have in Iraq, well, you may just deserve it. You don't want your life to be in danger? Get your Microsoft Network Engineers Cert. and shut up. Killing people is actually a serious part of the Fun Party Platform. Killing people is not fun, and neither is being killed. We're all supposed to have an absolute right to life so, kids, don't kill other people! And buckle up!
Waiting for... an answer
Read this on Wonkette, taken from a White House Press Briefing. It has a very Samuel Beckett-esque quality to it. Q: How is the President going to mark the second anniversary of our war against Iraq and the start of the third year? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, there's still a few days off until the date that we began the liberation of Iraq, and -- Q: The invasion of Iraq. MR. McCLELLAN: Well, I think the Iraqi people showed that they appreciate the sacrifices of the coalition forces, of Iraqi forces, and our men and women in uniform of the U.S. military, who helped -- Q: Well, we're still there and we're still fighting, aren't we? MR. McCLELLAN: -- to provide them with the opportunity to determine their own future, and to move away from their past of oppression and terrorism. And, obviously, we will -- Q: How is the President going to mark the anniversary? MR. McCLELLAN: Well, we will have more to say as we move closer to that, to express our eternal gratitude to the men and women of our Armed Forces who have served and sacrificed in the defense of freedom, and who have helped to liberate some 25 million people in Iraq. We are-- Q: That isn't why you went in. MR. McCLELLAN: We are forever grateful to our men and women in uniform. And the Iraqi people have expressed their gratitude, as well, and showed that they are committed to defying the terrorists who want to return to the past by going to the polls and voting for a future based on freedom and democracy. And the National Assembly that was elected by the Iraqi people, the transitional National Assembly, will be meeting for the first time tomorrow. It's an important step on the path to democracy. And we stand with the international community in doing everything we can to support the transition to democracy in Iraq. We stand with the Iraqi people, and we are greatly appreciative of our men and women in uniform who continue to serve and sacrifice for this important cause. We are also grateful to their families who have made sacrifices, as well. Q: How many people are dead? MR. McCLELLAN: Go ahead, April.
We're all born mad. Some remain so.
Reverse Psychology Strategy
In the past few years, Bush has made some fairly bizarre choices regarding just who he assigns to which cabinet positions. John Snow for Sec. o' the Treasury, Gale Norton for the Interior, Mike Leavitt to head the EPA (thank goodness we just saw that replaced by someone slightly more sensible, at least on the surface.) Anyway, here's the comprehensive list.But just in case the whole Stephen Johnson thing might have convinced us Bush was goin' all soft on the whole lunatic executive appointments thing, we get this whole John Bolton thing. At the end of Bush's first four years, I contended, quite seriously, that Bush's election had been engineered by both parties in order to scare us away from voting third party again (after that whole Perot scare.) What with reelection, I guess I'm wrong, but there has to be some plan here, some end goal towards which Bush openly thwarts the rules of reason, self interest or sanity.
Reminding Myself Why I Voted For Nader
Mar 11 1993, Bill Clinton tells USA Today : "We can't be so fixated on our desire to preserve the rights of ordinary Americans."
Fact is funnier than fiction
Bush declares war on social security
From an AP story today... It's now official; our commander in chief is really, totally super-serious about Social Security reform. Today the administration announced they have set up a "war room." Look out AARP! But, buried in the article was something... a bit odd. Maybe it's just me. "The uber purpose is to centralize and coordinate the administration's public affairs and communication activities," said chief Treasury spokesman Rob Nichols. "Standing up this office demonstrates how important fixing Social Security is."
"Uber purpose?" I think Mr. Nichols gives away too much, and I can't help but think of Dr. Strangelove. Mein Führer! I can walk!
Proof that U.S. media is alseep on the job
Coming soon to the White House lawn...
I read this and immediately thought of the Onion. It should be a fake news item, but alas... it is not. It just seems to have a certain Madlibs quality to it. Combine "Texas," "youth," "conservative group," "illegal immigrant," and "bullhorn" and you're bound to get a funny story. One not unlike this... A University of North Texas conservative group's demonstration, in which students who captured people posing as illegal immigrants received a candy bar reward, angered some on campus and amused others Wednesday. The university's chapter of Young Conservatives of Texas held "Capture an Illegal Immigrant Day" on campus to call for tougher enforcement of federal immigration laws. The group used a bullhorn to invite passers-by to "capture an illegal immigrant, get a candy bar." One student retorted: "No, thanks. My grandfather was one, and yours probably was, too." Another simply shouted: "Awesome."
Ahhh... the incorrigibility of youth.
Good news/Bad news in Kansas
You've no doubt read about the courageous Kansans who voted on Tuesday to uphold an ordinance that prohibits discrimination against homosexuals in municipal hiring. This putting an end to the repeal campaign by a minister known for picketing the funerals of AIDS victims... charming fellow. That, of course, is the good news. The bad news is that the vote was close with 14,285 voting "no," and 12,795 voting "yes." That's 12,795 folks voting "yes" to descrimination. God bless America... especially the gay parts.
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