When Will We Learn?

I was a teenager who watched the news back in 1968.

Not much has changed.

The Decider...Thinking Out Loud

The Decider, speaking at a gathering of minority journalists in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 6, 2004, with tangled synapses and mangled syntax on full display:

"Mr. President...what do you think tribal sovereignty means in the twenty-first century, and how do we resolve conflicts between tribes and the federal and state governments?"

"Yeah, uh, tribal sovereignty means that; it's sovereign. It's---you're a---you're a ---you've been given sovereignty and you're---viewed as a s-s-s-sovereign entity. And, therefore, the relationship between the federal government and---tribes is one between---s-sovereign entities."

That was three years ago. If you think he's gotten any sharper than you must be among the twenty-nine percent that comprise "the base."

To further quote the Chimp : "There's an old saying in Tennessee, I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee that says, "Fool me once---shame on---shame on you;---(awkward pause)---you fool me, (you) can't get fooled again."

Oh, how he makes me proud.

Nothing and No One

I'm so sick and tired of the liars and thieves in this corrupt government—from the clueless, moronic "Decider", to his acolytes throughout his rotten, fetid administration, the Republican Party, and the national "news" media. For five years they have cynically and shamelessly attempted to conflate the terrorist attacks of 9/11 with the illegal invasion of Iraq and the never-to-end "Global War on Terror."

I'm equally fatigued and ashamed of the inept and useless opposition, the Democratic Party—from Harry Reid, to Nancy Pelosi, to Hillary Clinton—a caucus of craven political cowardice and moral bankruptcy, that, despite the election results of 2006, has time and again allowed the belligerent "Decider" to have his way with his delusional terror war, which he has maniacally ratcheted up in the months since the election.

And now he's talking of expanding the war into Iran.

From the recent American Legion Convention in Las Vegas: "Iran's actions threaten the security of nations everywhere. ... We will confront this danger before it is too late."

Have we heard this before?

Expect to hear a "crescendo bellicoso" from the "Chorus of the Willing" in the coming months—from Fox News, The Weekly Standard, The Putrid Punditocracy—as they all speculate upon, (and genuflect before), the ultimate wisdom of the "Decider."

Pat Buchanan, no liberal, has recently written, "What is to prevent Bush from attacking Iran and widening the war, at a time and place of his choosing, and sooner than we think?"

"Nothing and no one."

This is a depressing comment on the state of the republic; a grave condition which seems to matter to no one, and for those to whom it should matter—our elected representatives, and our "free" press—means nothing.