Shakespearean Daily Diss
“What cracker is this same that deafs our ears
With this abundance of superfluous breath?”
—King John, 2.1.147-48
Gratuitous Video Feed (America Is Doomed Edition)
Miss Teen South Carolina 2007 is asked to explain why do a fifth of Americans can’t locate America on a world map. Her answer, God bless her, can’t be found on a map of the Solar System.
Her heart’s in the right place. They just didn’t ask her the question she’d studied for.
O Frabjous Day
They’re resigning like flies. Latest to announce is Attorney General Alberto Gonzales.
In a news conference Monday morning, Gonzales did not address the reasons for his resignation, and he refused to answer reporters’ shouted questions.
“Even my worst days at Attorney General have been better than my father’s best days,” said Gonzales, whose parents immigrated to Texas [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“Here’s a large mouth indeed,
That spits forth death and mountains, rocks and seas,
Talks as familiarly of roaring lions
As maids of thirteen do of puppy dogs!”
—King John, 2.1.457-60
Abstinence-Only Drivers Education
Go read this brilliant comic strip now.
Gratuitous Video Feed (Definitely Not Iraq Edition)
Pete Seeger: “Waist Deep in the Big Muddy”
“Sergeant, don’t be a Nervous Nellie,”
The Captain said to him.
“All we need is a little determination;
Men, follow me, I’ll lead on.”
We were — neck deep in the Big Muddy
And the big fool said to push on.
“Failure”
The Washington Post editorial page, conveniently silent when we went to war, has now come out against it—in a backhanded way, using the word “failure” as though such a disastrous policy ever had a chance of succeeding (whatever the latter word could possibly mean for anyone not a Halliburton executive).
“Desperate presidents resort to desperate rhetoric [...]
JCS Chairman Recommends Partial Withdrawal
The president who claims to listen to his commanders may have trouble ignoring this call:
The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to tell President Bush to cut the US footprint in Iraq next year by almost half, according to an article in Friday’s (registration-restricted) LA Times.
Officials say Marine Gen. Peter Pace will [...]
Shakespearean Daily Diss
“The common curse of mankind, folly and ignorance.”
—Troilus And Cressida, 2.3.30-31
Down the Rabbit Hole
Up is down, freedom is slavery, etc. How much longer can we feign surprise at any of the White House’s gyrations?
The White House Office of Administration “is responsible for responding to requesters who are seeking OA records under the (Freedom of Information Act).”
This from the White House website.
Only there’s a small problem.
According to the Washington [...]
