In other words: A discussion of The Bush Administration
Well, as it is Friday, why not post Monday's Top 10 Conservative Idiots!
1. The Pentagon
Remember all those so-called "support the troops" rallies that took place before the invasion of Iraq? The ones where all those chickenhawk conservatives were "supporting the troops" by insisting that they should be shipped off to die in a Middle Eastern hell-hole - all because George W. Bush convinced America that we were about to be blown up by Saddam's apparently non-existent weapons of mass destruction? I often wonder where those people are now - I mean, you don't see a lot of them around. Waving flags, parading in the streets, "supporting the troops" - or was that only when we were confronted with the exciting opportunity to kill lots of brown people? Yup, they've been remarkably silent recently, these "supporters" of the troops. It's a shame really, because the troops could probably do with a bit of extra support right now. Take, for example, the wounded soldiers who have to pay for meals while they're in the hospital. Last week it was revealed that the Pentagon is literally adding insult to injury by charging soldiers who were wounded in Iraq for meals they ate while recuperating. Some soldiers are having to write checks for up to $300 to cover the cost of their food. Odd really - George W. Bush just asked the American people for another $87 billion to foot the bill for his Iraq folly, meanwhile the Pentagon is trying to squeeze an extra dollar here and there from soldiers who were wounded in action. Still, I suppose in a time of war everyone has to make sacrifices. Everyone except Bush's super-rich friends of course, who just get an enormous tax cut.
2. Dick Cheney
Perhaps Vice President Crashcart should have stayed in his hidey-hole, because the minute he stuck his head out last week he got whacked like a fat, bald, atherosclerotic mole. The problem started when Cheney appeared on "Meet the Press" to regurgitate the usual Bush administration lies about Saddam's connections to Osama bin Laden. Said he, "If we're successful in Iraq, if we can stand up a good representative government in Iraq, that secures the region so that it never again becomes a threat to its neighbors or to the United States, so it's not pursuing weapons of mass destruction, so that it's not a safe haven for terrorists, now we will have struck a major blow right at the heart of the base, if you will, the geographic base of the terrorists who have had us under assault now for many years, but most especially on 9/11." But what's this? A few days later, the White House denied that they had ever linked Iraq to 9/11. "We've had no evidence that Saddam Hussein was involved with September 11," said George W. Bush himself. Whoops! I guess Dick's feeling a little embarrased now. It must be awfully tough to be smacked down by the boy idiot who's supposed to be taking your orders.
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