In the News

    There were worries that an earthquake last week might cause a west coast tsunami. It turns out the flood is on the east coast, where a wave of bullshit has inundated Washington DC.
    Take for example Karl Rove’s recent comment on how after 9/11 the Republicans — cheer! — prepared for war while the Democrats wanted to — sneer — “understand the enemy”. I think he intended that as an insult to Democrats, but seeing as Iraq had nothing to do with 9/11 I think ‘understanding the enemy’ might have helped us out a great deal in attacking the right fricking country!
    Then there was this little bit of frivolity on the floor of the House today, as Representative Adam Putnam misrepresented a voice vote over preventing a bail-out for United Airlines. You can hear the audio here or read this little transcript:

Putnam:   Those in favor of the amendment say Aye…
Reps:   AYE!
Putnam:   Those opposed, No…
Indisinct:   …   (no)
Putnam:   In the opinion of the chair the No’s have it–
Reps:   WTF!!??

Nice vote count there. It’s the analog version of Diebold, and there’s no bothering with any kind of “paper trail” here, either. Well done. The good people at Lefterer.com have already stepped up to organize a national hearing aid drive to assist the ailing dumbass …I mean, Representative. Thanks there, fellas.
    And how could we forget our VP, Dick Cheney? On CNN yesterday, Mr Cheney tried to dismiss talk of prisoner abuse in Guantánamo. “They’re very well treated down there,“ he told Wolf Blitzer. “They’re well fed. They’ve got everything they could possibly want.” He even pointed out: “They’re living in the tropics.” [My emphasis.]
    See? If those whining crybaby prisoners could only look past being detained without any formal charges, stripped naked, hooded, kicked, beaten, sleep deprived, choked, burned with cigarettes, and peed on, they’d see it’s like a fricking all-inclusive resort! Better not talk it up too much, Dick, or everyone will want to vacation there.
    As I bring this to a close, it just so happens The Randi Rhodes Show has released a little video itemizing much of the crap that’s been going on. You can see that here, in Windows Media form.
    P.S.: Does anyone else remember the old “boodeBOOP, boode-boodeBOOP, boode-boodeBOOP, boode-boodeBOOP” theme from CBS’s old In the News segments on Saturday morning?