So… it seems to me it’s important to remember this back and forth between White House mouthpiece Tony Snow and an anonymous reporter last week:

Q Is it possible that the President does not want to announce the deployment of thousands of more U.S. troops to Iraq before the holidays?

MR. SNOW: No, it has nothing to do with that. Cynical, but false.

Let’s see how that squares with Bush’s actions next month when he declares “Time to surge!” and witness all the death, destruction and continued failure that follows.

Hey, at least he’s not wrecking Jebus’s birthday for our troops… that’s mighty Christian of him.

Quite a legal system we’ve concocted over there in Iraq… Judge, Jury, and Executioner.

I suppose this is another of those grand Republican experiments they were all excited about when invading yet another country… perhaps an effort to tell those evil activist judges enforcing our constitution that they are expendable?

We’re lead by fools.

Except this one:

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold
On the President Signing the Military Commissions Act

October 17, 2006“The legislation signed by the President today violates basic principles and values of our constitutional system of government. It allows the government to seize individuals on American soil and detain them indefinitely with no opportunity to challenge their detention in court. And the new law would permit an individual to be convicted on the basis of coerced testimony and even allow someone convicted under these rules to be put to death.The checks and balances of our system of government and the fundamental fairness of the American people and legal system are among our greatest strengths in the fight against terrorism. I am deeply disappointed that Congress enacted this law. We will look back on this day as a stain on our nation’s history.”

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Okay… things have been quiet around here, but I’d have to be dead not to post this:

Limbaugh Detained At Airport

Joy Purdy
Reporting

(CBS4 News) WEST PALM BEACH Sources have confirmed to CBS4 News that conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh has been detained at Palm Beach International Airport for the possible possession of illegal prescription drugs Monday evening.   

Limbaugh was returning on a flight from the Dominican Republic when officials found the drugs, among them Viagra.

Limbaugh entered a plea deal back in April in a previous case where his charge of fraud to conceal information to obtain prescriptions was dropped under the condition he continue undergoing treatment for addiction.

Limbaugh had admitted to being addicted to pain killers on his radio program and had entered a rehabilitation program prior to that arrest.

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Bush says we don’t have to worry about port security.

Can we really expect anything more from this guy?

This is an administration that was warned when they came into office that the biggest threat they’d face is Osama bin Laden- in response they ordered the CIA to stop tracking him in order to smooth the way for oil pipeline deals in Afghanistan.

According to them, “No one” could have imagined planes being used as weapons. “No one” could have imagined Iraq not having weapons we pretended they had. “No one” could have imagined New Orleans flooding… and now “No one” has the imagination to see the easiest way to smuggle a nuclear weapon into the country is through our ports.

The CIA couldn’t take out bin Laden when they spotted him in ‘99 because he was meeting with several members of the Dubai royal family. Isn’t that enough right there to disqualify that particular royal family from owning our ports? Bush has said he isn’t concerned about bin Laden. Selling our ports directly to friends of bin Laden make that clear.

This is a pattern of ineptitude and greed that has been ignored for far too long.

The bottom line is this- he doesn’t give a shit.

Sure, they’re hopeful there won’t be any any further attacks on his watch, but in reality if a nuke is detonated in the port of New York it really won’t change his lifestyle- If he’s still in office his approval rating will skyrocket as he announces and then claims victory in a new “War on Nukular Weapons.” If he’s been retired to the ranch what the fuck does he care? He’s got brush to clear.

Either way, if asked for a comment on the flattening of New York he can just say, “Hey, No one saw that coming.”

It’s worked so far.

UPDATE: The truth slips out.

…because your neighbor might be a terrorist.

Un-Fucking-Believable

I just watched the morons on Fox & Friends read Drudge’s factually incorrect article about other presidents who have ordered warrantless searches.

They didn’t credit Drudge as their source- no doubt on account of his credibility problems, but they read the entire thing start to finish.

ThinkProgress details Drudge’s stupidity.

Washington Post Polling Editor Richard Morin yesterday:

Naperville, Ill.: Why haven’t you polled on public support for the impeachment of George W. Bush?

Richard Morin: This question makes me mad…

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Seattle, Wash.: How come ABC News/Post poll has not yet polled on impeachment?

Richard Morin: Getting madder…

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Haymarket, Va.: With all the recent scandals and illegal/unconstitutional actions of the President, why hasn’t ABC News/Washington Post polled whether the President should be impeached?

Richard Morin: Madder still…

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Dublin, Ireland: In a statement on Sunday, John Dean, former White House counsel during Watergate, stated that President Bush is “the first President to admit to an impeachable offense.” Will The Washington Post be polling about impeachment of the President in the near future, now that this topic has taken on national significance?

Richard Morin: An impeachment demand from Ireland? Oh my gawd. Now I’m furious.

Let me explain.

For the past eight months or so, the major media pollsters have been the target of a campaign organized by a Democratic Web site demanding that we ask a question about impeaching Bush in our polls.

The Web site lists the e-mail addresses of every media pollster, reporters as well as others. The Post’s ombudsman is even on their hit list.

The Web site helpfully provides draft language that can be cut-and-pasted into a blanket e-mail.

The net result is that every few months, when this Web site fires up the faithful with another call for e-mails, my mailbox is filled with dozens and dozens of messages that all read exactly the same (often from the same people, again and again). Most recently, a psychology professor from Arizona State University sent me the copy-and-paste e-mail, not a word or comma was changed. I only hope his scholarship is more original.

We first laughed about it. Now, four waves into this campaign,we are annoyed. Really, really annoyed.

Some free advice: You do your cause no service by organizing or participating in such a campaign. It is viewed by me and others with the same scorn reserved for junk mail. Perhaps a bit more.

That said. we do not ask about impeachment because it is not a serious option or a topic of considered discussion–witness the fact that no member of congressional Democratic leadership or any of the serious Democratic presidential candidates in ‘08 are calling for Bush’s impeachment. When it is or they are, we will ask about it in our polls.

Enough, already.

One has to assume he doesn’t read his own newspaper after throwing around misinformation like this. He goes on to post several responses rebutting his statements with no comment.

Getting lots of email on an issue is no reason to ignore it Richard. Do your job.

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