WTF Is It Now?!?

The war hero vs the aWol preznit
'If Karl Rove thinks he can take down John Kerry the way his mentor, Lee Atwater, took down Michael Dukakis, he's got another thing coming.'

'[T]he Republicans' vulnerability runs even deeper than that. For the very real economic anxieties of the American people - diminishing health coverage, the inflation of college tuition and the disinclination of American corporations to do their hiring in America - the Bush administration has nothing whatsoever to offer.

'The abject failure of Bush's State of the Union address last week - his popularity actually sank in its aftermath - hasn't drawn much attention, sandwiched as it was between Iowa and New Hampshire. But I suspect a large segment of the American public views the president's interest in Mars exploration and in steroids in baseball as a kind of admission of his cluelessness or indifference (or both) to the nation's genuine needs.'

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Here, let me do your job for you...
Captain Maureen Griswold, RN (ret) writes to the media about Bush's AWOL/deserter status during Vietnam war.

The purpose of this communiqué is to furnish, free of charge, the attached research materials to ABC News and Mr. Peter Jennings because of Mr. Jennings' misinformed and unfortunate performance during the New Hampshire Democratic Debate this past Thursday evening. Mr. Jennings won't have to lift his multimillion dollar-salaried derriere even one inch out of his chair to complete the following homework assignments. The only effort necessary is clicking the links to bring up web pages and hitting the print command. Presto!

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High court duck blind
"Vacationing with the vice president under such circumstances, with both guests of an energy industry executive, represents a serious lapse in judgment, one that Mr. Scalia should now correct by recusing himself from further involvement in the case." - - from an editorial in the WaPo.



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Bush to eliminate nuclear plant standards
Plans to let contractors devise new rules

The Bush misadministration is moving to replace government safety standards at federal nuclear facilities with requirements written by contractors - after Congress directed it to start fining the contractors for violations.

Sorta like his plan to destroy the national forests in order to help prevent forest fires. Or waging a war on a country to prevent them from maybe planning some kind of weapons program.

I need a drink.