Laughing to Keep From Crying

"A hypocrite is in himself both the archer and the mark, in all actions shooting at his own praise or profit." ~Thomas Fuller

From Vidiot:
"It's interesting that the White House is attacking a news organization for getting something wrong and admitting it. Especially when that White House took the country to war (1,624 US troops have died, as of this writing) on discredited "evidence" that was manufactured or altered to suit policy goals."

And, from August Pollak (via Vidiot):
"1,700 dead, for the very reason the Bush White House used today to attack a perceived 'enemy:'

McClellan complained that the story was "based on a single anonymous source who could not personally substantiate the allegation that was made."

"The report has had serious consequences," he said. "People have lost their lives. The image of the United States abroad has been damaged."

There is absolutely no way Scott McClellan doesn't know what he's saying. A faulty report. Unreliable sources. People have died. And who do they want to resign? The editors of Newsweek."

(Thanks, August, for putting into words the frustration of those of us Americans who haven't been suckered into believing our government has our best interests in mind when they put American lives at risk by invading other countries for no good reason.)

Don't even get me started on Senator Frist's unjust little crusade. I remember being interested in learning about the significance of filibusters in my high school History class. But never did my adolescent brain imagine a group of cheating scumbags (a.k.a. the majority of our current government) would try to kill it for their own gain without any reverence for the U.S. Constitution the pantheon of righteousness so proudly touts as law. The unmitigated audacity of people like Frist is nothing short of appalling, yet most Americans are too busy donning Darth Vader costumes and lining George Lucas' bulging pockets to notice major shit going down in their capital. Sad, really.

Posted by ayelet at May 19, 2005 04:44 PM