Utter disregard
"As you can possibly see, I have an injury myself—not here at the hospital, but in combat with a cedar. I eventually won. The cedar gave me a little scratch."
—Bush, visiting with wounded veterans from the Amputee Care Center of Brooke Army Medical Center, San Antonio, Texas, Jan. 1, 2006
What do you expect from an idiot who equates fighting a tree with getting seriously wounded in an illegal war? Well, I can give you an idea. Not getting the point that violating privacy and civil rights is actually un-American, Bush keeps fighting for the PATRIOT Act to get renewed. Not to mention that he slid in a loophole that will allow him to authorize torture, even after signing McCain's pet bill. In addition, he made a bunch of crony-loving appointments, bypassing Congress as they are in recess. After Harriet Miers and Mike Brown, not to mention UN-hating UN Ambassador Bolton, you'd think he'd have some humility. You know, Christian humility. Guess his abridged bible has none of the Beatitudes in it.
Molly Ivin on Bush's spy games.
Speaking of games, Bush is returning $6,000 of Jack Abramhoff's tainted and corrupt money. This of course, is a small drop in the at least $120,000 the influence peddler gave Bush directly.
They say we're progressing in Afghanistan. If so, how do you explain this story of a teacher getting beheaded for teaching girls?
The GOP, after lengthening the year-end session to cover all the issues they couldn't railroad past actual conscientious politicians (I know. Gasp!), now want to extend the break so they can maybe make Tom DeLay Majority Leader again. You know, provided he can shake his felony charges.
Pat Robertson says Ariel Sharon is being punished by God. Then again, Robertson is the same sick bastard who wants to build a theme park on the sea of Galilee.
Bush says Arab media doesn't portray America in a good light. Then again, the Army isn't writing their headlines. That, and he's used to FOXNews kissing his butt. He can't shut them down like the military does soldiers' blogs, and he can't count on his pals who own TV stations to censor shows his religious fanatics find unsavory.
Speaking of the religious wrong, here's an Oklahoma pastor who hates homosexuals and engages in some self-loathing by propositioning an undercover cop.
TSA. Saving America from four-year olds on the terrorist watch list.
Letterman takes it to Bill O'Reilly and an English pilot does what I wish our pilots would do to unruly passengers. Wired gives a list of the 50 best robots ever.
Want a small taste of freeware? Download the Google Pack. Nowhere near as complete as it could be, but something to give you food for thought.
Speaking of food, for you anti-globalization readers, the story of a baker who fought McDonalds...and won.