Mr. Bush, sir, you get the futon and, Mr. Ahmadinejad, you get the beanbag chair. I will be moderating from the papasan chair. I’ve obtained black-light posters of your countries’ flags that are hung above your respective chairs. It’s badass—trust me.
…a scandal Republicans can wrap their minds around.
So why was the only news coverage a paltry four sentences from the AP?
Had that bomb been found outside a post office or a school, the headlines would have been hysterically running on about ZOMG TERRORISM TERRORISM IS AL QAEDA INVOLVED? And the right-wing warbloggers would be pissing their pants and hyperventilating about profiling Arabs and banning Muslims from public life and dhimmitude and how if they had been there, they’d have stopped it with their concealed carry and their extra-super special powers of righteousness, just like they saw in a movie once and BOMB IRAN! and 9/11 CHANGED EVERYTHING!!! but they still have better things to do than join the military, but they’ll be happy to go into the woods and hunt Russians and shout WOLVERINES!!
But it’s an abortion clinic, so. Ho-hum.
For some reason, terrorism doesn’t count if it’s directed against women and their health care providers.
Probably the most successful kind of internet troll, the kind of troll unaware that it is actually attempting to troll, is the truly stupid person. They attract an immense amount of attention, bringing out all of our inner teachers. We cannot believe they are actually that stupid. We believe that maybe, somehow, if we explain things to them very slowly they will actually have the capacity to learn. But they don’t. They are giant honking ignoramuses who don’t know anything about anything and likely never will.
Yet we can’t resist them, because we are fascinated by their stupidity. Fascinated that they manage to be that profoundly dumb yet still manage to tie their shoes, string complete sentences together, etc.
Atrios
And he’s puttin’ the puppy to rest.
Yeah it’s Clarke III, in Supervision 3D.
Put Bush’s ‘puppy dog’ terror theory to sleep – Opinions – NY Daily News
…unless of course you have some big bags of dough.
Up close and personal with a few little sale items at Sotheby’s.
Sotheby’s – Auctions – Calendar – Impressionist & Modern Art Evening Sale – Private View
General Petraeus spoke today. Two things stood out:
After citing all the theatres he has had experience in command,
Petraeus called the war there “the most complex and challenging I have ever seen.”
Sounds like someone went in either not prepared by his predecessors, or just a wee bit too cocky.
Then, the time honored howl of the cloudy balled commanders of yore:
“This effort may get harder before it gets easier,” Petraeus told reporters at a Pentagon briefing,
And for good measure, one more:
depicting the situation as “exceedingly complex and very tough.”
Exactly the same thing every other General for the past four years has said.
The same generals who have been retired by Bush for not doin’ a heckuva job.
And on and on it goes…
Please see this cartoon.
Then, for the best example of ones words biting one in the ass that I’ve seen in some time, scroll down to the Cal Thomas quote.
Must be the ginormous egos that shield them from all the pointing and laughing.
The Blog | Tom Tomorrow: What They Said | The Huffington Post
Cheney:
“What’s most troubling about Senator Reid’s comments yesterday is his defeatism,” said Mr. Cheney. “And the timetable legislation that he is now pursuing would guarantee defeat. Maybe it is a political calculation.”
Reid:
“I’m not going to get into a name-calling match with somebody who has a 9 percent approval rating,”
Swish!
Bush and Cheney Chide Democrats on Iraq Deadline – New York Times
