This will come as a surprise to absolutely no one, but it appears Bush lied about Iraq. OK, more specifically, he and his cabal of schemers made 935 false statements about Iraq over a period of two years preceding the war, according to a study by two nonprofit journalism organizations. Well, we can sit back and take this as the latest in a series of after-the-fact revelations about the mistakes made by our top officials going into the war, but am I the only one wondering why there hasn’t been any serious discussion in Washington of how this whole affair appears more and more to reek of criminality? Scandal even? Much more so than possible perjury about a past President’s sexual relationship?
I know at this point, the country’s already trying to recover from the trauma of the Bush years and investing its energy in an exciting election cycle focused on “change.” But I have a feeling our kids will read about the first decade of the 21st century in their history books, find out that the President and his top guys were total thugs, and ask us how they got away with so much with so few consequences. What are we gonna say? I’m just gonna point them to YouTube:
“We make a big blast crater out of the fucking Middle East, for all I care.” It scares me that this guy probably has children. Miss Teen South Carolina perhaps?
Haha, I’m watching The — er — A Daily Show right now, and Jon Stewart makes a great point, commenting on how the Dow dropped 105 points in the hour after Bush announced his “economic stimulus package” on Friday: “It’s as if we’re no longer confident in this man!” Totally sublime. Jon Stewart can deliver zingers like no one else’s business.
In old news, a certain unmentionable team beat the Bolts in the AFC Championship and looks well on its way to going 19-0. All I can say about last Sunday is that I’m not bitter (anymore), that NE managed to pull out the win in spite of itself once again (3 INT’s …………), and that another new lesson for us is that offenses aren’t going to be commended for playing conference title games by scoring all points off their kicker. On the other hand, props go to Philip Rivers for secretly going the entire game without an ACL. Here’s to a speedy recovery to both him and LT, and another run for the title next season. Meanwhile, for the umpteenth year in a row, I’m ready for another Snoozer Bowl.
Oh, and Heath Ledger died today. Twenty-eight is too young for anybody.
