bushiness as usual

Having just received what many lesser men than he might have seen as a clear message from his fellow Americans, my friend George W. has made some reassuring noises and booted his slightly less than popular minister of defence.
So that's a good thing?
Well: While nobody was paying attention he's been going through his old stuff with a fine tooth comb, and have found a number of initiatives he wants to have approved by lawmakers before the formal changeover takes place.
Some of the proposals are truly horrifying. So while some things never change others remain the same.

coming up next:

...or rather: going down.
Another member of the Bush administration who we've been repetedly told is absolutely untouchable is viceprecident Cheney. Question is will he be able to adjust as fluently to the new political realities as to not become a liability. Can you imagine Cheney being politically flexible towards a democratic majority?
I give Dick less than a month.

didn't think he'd do that

So much has changed in so few days. President Bush's fired Rumsfeld. A move that by all accounts seems to have been long overdue. I *really* didn't think he'd do that. Not because it wasn't the right thing to do. It was. But because he's repeatedly said that he wouldn't.
So that's a good thing?
Well yes. It may be the only way to reach som sort of Iraqi "closure". Problem is, it shows how the presidents mind works. Full speed ahead untill you reach a locked door. Then change the direction. That's no way to lead a country. Or a world for that matter.
Interesting times lie ahead.

how s.... happens

Everybody seems to agree that Stuart W. Bowen Jr. has been doing what could truly be called one heck of a job in Iraq. Is this one of those so called feel good stories then? One that would make you feel less unhappy about that whole Iraqi thing?
Nope.
Stuart W. Bowen Jr. is the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction. An accountant (and a republican) whose office has unearthed scandals, failures of approbiate oversight, swindle and fraud in the use of American Tax payer money and Iraqi funds.
Now he's being fired which may not come as a big surprise to anyone. Follow the link below (to NYT.com) to find out how.
It's so unbelievably weird...

that's not funny - part V

So here's proving that Kerry was right after all.

don't do defence!

What's wrong with those democrats? Kerry's made that perfectly harmless - if unfunny - remark. And Now? He's busy apologizing and explaining! The question is: to whom?
The truth is that absolutely nobody could have found his remark offensive. Those who say they do, are either republican trained mud slingers or Rove's henchmen. It's all spin and every remotely sane American know it. (I hope!)
Here's what's happening: It's a well documented feature of Rove's political strategy to attack the opponent's strong points rather than their weaknesses. Furthermore they need a target that is big enough to 'damage' the entire democratic party team. To their line of thinking Kerry's the perfect man for the job. And - as we have seen - they have successfully mobilized the far right.
But the point here is that these people are not potential voters for the democrats so from a campaigning point of view they are totally unimportant. Democrats should focus their efforts on people whose views are centrist or moderate republicans. People who've found that Bush and/or republican lawmakers have let them down. That shouldn't be too hard!

that's not funny - part IV

Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney on a hunting trip

that's not funny - part III

Donald Rumsfeld

that's not funny - part II

Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan must be the film-title of the year. But Sacha Cohen's not funny - he's Borat. A rather sad, self-aggrandizing moron from a remote backwards country. So what's the joke: the backwardness of the country, the idiocy of the Borat figure or our reaction to those things? The answer seems to be: "I'd recommend a 9mm or a Glock automatic."
That's scary stuff!

that's not funny - part I

Senator John Kerry doesn't exactly look like the kind of guy who should try for a career as an stand up comedian. Nonetheless it seems he's tried to make a joke. He said:

"Education, you know, if you make the most of it, you study hard, you do your homework and you make an effort to be smart, you can do well. If you don't, you get stuck in Iraq."

That's not funny!
- It's true.
(You can watch the video clip here)

the meaning of life

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