The George W. Brezhnev administration reaches the inevitable destination of failure after 5 years of arrogance, cronyism, ideological-obedience culture, wilful ignorance and comic-book action and rhetoric.
Or, as Driftglass less-delicately put it oh so well:
"Shorter Bush Administration: 'We are quietly trying to unfuck a fraction of what six years of loutish, loudmouth, dimwit, drunk dude-ranch cowboy bluster has fucked so deep into the ground that we are searing our foreskins on the Earth’s molten core. Which is why everything we ran against and mocked to win the votes of our Christopath legions -- patience, consensus-building, internationalism and the U.N. -- is now back on the table and spoken of with reverence'".
We currently have 3 serial thugs terrorizing the Phoenix area. WE HAVE TO FIGHT THEM HERE,'CAUSE THEY ARE'NT OVER "THERE".
Mr. President, could you please return some of the money that you cut from our local crime programs to give to homeland security? Then maybe I can return this pitbull that is crapping all over my carpet.
Where is the "green zone" in Phoenix?
Posted by TIKI AL at July 10, 2006 01:40 AMI don't understand why people aren't more outraged at his poor showing. While many of us would question the policy [preemption] and his justification for putting it into action in the first place [WMD's, Al Qaeda ties], beyond that, it would seem that even people who agreed with his sentiments would be giving him a more resounding vote of no confidence for what a miserable failure this whole enterprise has been. Are we still unable to admit defeat, like in the Korean and Vietnamese Wars?
Posted by Mickey at July 10, 2006 01:48 AMMickey: no draft = able to get away with murder
oozo: "Bring back balanced government"
"Red, white and blue balanced government"
"Expose the GOP with TLC"
Excellent point! I forget about that...
Posted by Mickey at July 10, 2006 02:42 AMThe O'Donnell Factor
Posted by Joseph at July 10, 2006 05:34 AMBush has now reluctantly seen his policy of preemption hit the toilet.....
TIME Inc., has a cover story this week titled the Death of Cowboy Diplomacy. They pretty much conclude the same about Little Boots.
Guess his doctor won't claim again after his annual physical that Bush is 5'11", but is in fact, 5' 8", as we already knew.
Posted by Christopher at July 10, 2006 05:39 AMNero Jr and his Republican cabal have thrown dozens of monkey wrenches into our system, but they cannot govern, and their "policies" (being simply ideological nonsense) could not produce anything but disaster. Over time, those disasters have begun to manifest themselves and are now irreversible.
The shitbrain American consumers (one hesitates to call them citizens) do not care about Nero's contemptible War on the Constitution, because they think it's keeping them safe from terror.
They do not care about the Iraq invasion and occupation because we have suffered "only" 20,000 casualties (this is literally what the Right says), and they could not care less about how many Iraqi women and children "terrorists" die.
And they do not care about the enormous, ruinous debt that Nero has saddled us with, nor the permanent destruction of the fiscal health of the government, because those topics are simply beyond their understanding.
When will they care? Only upon economic upheaval that affects their mindless, appalling "consumption". The food is in the oven, the table has been set for it, and the invitations have gone out, but there's no telling when the guests will arrive.
Posted by euzoius at July 10, 2006 05:56 AMC'mn mrc, cncd dft lst th lft cntn t hp nrs nslts pn y.
[Editor: ignore=off]C'mon Bendito, concede defeat lest we start making you actually write more than one sentence.
TIME Inc., has a cover story this week titled the Death of Cowboy Diplomacy. They pretty much conclude the same about Little Boots.
Heh. I love that photoshop job they did. It was sheer political cartoon at it's best. It combined the best of the All Hat, No Cattle meme along with the snark on Dubya's Caliguan nickname.
Posted by idiosynchronic at July 10, 2006 06:26 AMBendodo is certain what "defeat" looks like, but is pretty hazy on what "victory" would be.
Posted by euzoius at July 10, 2006 06:30 AMBendito you're sounding alot like Bush on antidepressants.
Posted by mainsailset at July 10, 2006 06:47 AMValid criticisms all of the Bushco administrations failures and yet in Bendito's eyes its all just irrational Bush hatred and 'leftist defeatism'.
I can't wait til we get a Democrat back in the White House so the Republicans can go back to debating the really important issues like what he's doing with his penis.
Posted by snark at July 10, 2006 06:49 AMGeorge W. Bush is the greatest president the US has ever had. His razor-sharp wit, keen observations, intelligent discourse, and fab abs all reveal this. His grasp of world affairs is as gold-plated and God-assured as my Grandma’s.
Sure, he makes some decision-like mistakes, but so does my plumber, for god's sake. George W. is the second coming, in both his and my opinion! He is smarter than my pig!
Posted by tempus at July 10, 2006 07:11 AMSure, he makes some decision-like mistakes, but so does my plumber, for god's sake.
Yeah. The concept that shit doesn't flow uphill on it's own is a tough one. Both for Bush, Bendito, and plumbers.
C'mon America, concede defeat lest the left continue to heap onerous insults upon you.
Speaking of shit flowing. The tory supporter of "Mad" King George weighs-in. It must be difficult to live in neo-con land. When you get older you'll have to explain to your kids and grandkids why you were such a stupid bastard. That is, if they don't hang you first.
I do have a plan, though! First, we find a group of non-terrorists blathering on on the internet, track their phone calls, and arrest the whole bunch. Even if they aren't terrorists, and have no real plan, and no real capability, we hold them without charges, representation or trial. Then we claim we foiled a terrorist plot. Next, we end diplomacy with some piss-ant Korean dictator, and claim it's someone elses problem and that that someone else should do something. You see, it's a plan. And we can ladle on a sour gravy of "fear" and "terror". We can send a mess of soldiers to foreign countries so we can give no bid contracts to our buds, and claim the soldiers deaths are just numbers. My plan will work. I know it will! I've seen the roadmap.
Then, we can remake christ in our own image, rather than try to remake ourselves to be more like christ. We can do this while at the mall buying WWJD paraphernalia. We'll load it in our family truksters and our spouses can adjust their Mary Kay primer and basecoat as we drive home.
C'mon America, concede defeat lest the left continue to heap onerous insults upon you.
Gay for Bush. It's the only thing that comes to mind. That, and the Founding Fathers would not have been too understanding.
Posted by phidipides at July 10, 2006 07:46 AMBush has lost control. That indicates that Bush had control at one time. Not true. There is not one thing that you can point to and say Bush controlled events or policies. Except tax cuts for the weathy, which have done nothing positive for the rest of us.
It is the No Control Presidency layered on top of the No Responsiblity Presidency.
You forget the "No Common Sense" presidency.
BENDITO! Time to get afraid and build a survival shelter in the backyard! Kim Jong Il is threatening us with 'nucrear annihiration'!! Ramp that fear up a notch or two. These guys don't have towels on their heads, your favorite group to be fearful of, but you can get some pictures of Kim and pencil-in towels. Show em to your kids and explain why they should be fearful also.
"Shorter Bush Administration: 'We are quietly trying to unfuck a fraction of what six years of loutish, loudmouth, dimwit, drunk dude-ranch cowboy bluster has fucked so deep into the ground that we are searing our foreskins on the Earth’s molten core.
Mike, you’re assuming there is something to attach a foreskin to! With Georgie, I don't know what that would be.
Posted by tempus at July 10, 2006 08:56 AMThe 5 foot 8 God that you BENDITOver for has cut our crime programs. Could you please come to Phoenix and help catch the serial thugs?
It's hot enough here to pretend you're in Baghdad, fighting a just and patriotic war.
Posted by TIKI AL at July 10, 2006 08:57 AMTIKI AL: are you possibly suggesting that Bendito is an anal-consumer, and possibly gay? Tell me it's not true. I have the same respect for him as I have for President Bush!
Posted by tempus at July 10, 2006 09:02 AMThen, we can remake christ in our own image, rather than try to remake ourselves to be more like christ.
Excellent point, though I would quibble: They've been doing this for decades to justify their gluttonous, selfish behaviors so they can at least attempt to sleep at night.
Bendito,
While you are sitting there bathing in right wing welfare. Do me a favor and define, in specific terms and conditions what "Victory in the 'War on Terror'"™ means.
By definition, you cannot "win", yet you are happy to bow down to Nero's every whim in thy name O'Terror.
Posted by Simp at July 10, 2006 09:12 AMAwwwwwwwww, that's so precious!
You can even see Little Boots' size 5 cowboy boots sticking out from under the 10 gallon hat.
Posted by Christopher at July 10, 2006 09:12 AMHats off to that patriot, Paulson for giving up millions in salary to take the treasury job and bring us private SS accounts, which will provide Goldman-Sachs with perpetual commissions.
Posted by TIKI AL at July 10, 2006 09:40 AMWhat is it with you people pickin' on us 5'8" people?
Don't you know I have it on good authority that anything over 5'8" is a, "waste of good material?"
Posted by idiosynchronic at July 10, 2006 09:55 AMEasy.
I am not really sure how it works (I have not signed up yet) but there are many other Progressive sites linking to it. Did a quick search and it is coming up all over the place.
Rec'd my first call from Dem running for
State Senate seat this morning. I volunteered for his campaign.
Everything that I have been reading and hearing says that we just need to get involved, just a little - each one of us - and we can make a difference.
Believing this is so much better than feeling so powerless watching the rule of law slip away.
The more that I read the more discouraged I can become. But just spending an hour at a protest or throwing $10 the way of a candidate who I support seems to change that despair into something tangible and positive.
The Net has hundreds of thousands of people who are all feeling so frustrated and learn so much about how decieved that we have been; yet there is not as much opportunity for action as there is to bitch about it.
We only have 4 months to get the vote out. Not very much time. Especially when the news cycle will be stolen by "thwarted terrist attacks" and other such BS.
We can take this Country back. I really believe that.
Posted by Anjha at July 10, 2006 11:30 AMIdio: I had to do some serious bullshit-talking to the air force doctor to get him to write me up as "5'11", the max for a CF-18 pilot. I am 6.0 feet, and banged my damned head on the top of the canopy several times. Oh well, brain my still works!
Posted by tempus at July 10, 2006 12:21 PMtempus: So you think being scrunched into the A-10 simulator cockpit, (6'7") had something to do with having to bail out of the A-10 simulator at 50' with the bubble upside-down? Or was it that bar we stopped in for 4 hours before going to Davis-Monthan?
Idio: I've been to Wright's wrong height houses, owee. Tall guys don't like short guys because: you can buy clothes off the rack, you fit in sports cars, you don't knock yourself out in basements, and you start fights in bars.(how's the weather up there? A: It's raining- Throw drink in short guys face.)
Posted by TIKI AL at July 10, 2006 07:36 PMIt's raining- Throw drink in short guys face.
Pardonez moi. Plenty of short guys have rocked my world...oh, your talking about heighth! My mistake.
Posted by phidipides at July 11, 2006 12:16 AM