"Somebody sends me a blue dress and some DNA, I'll have an investigation"

Yes, that quote is from Porter Goss, who recently "resigned" as head of the CIA. Why is such a dedicated Bush minion leaving office? Well the word is that he pissed everyone in the agency off and basically worked as an arm of the administration, but we know that those could not be the real reasons, not in these sad times. Perhaps it is his link to bribe-related poker parties complete with high-end hookers (and so fittingly at the Watergate Hotel)? Yes, and this is related to Randall "The Duke-inator" Cunningham and may have been going on for 15 years.

Of course, his replacement is on parr with Bush's past record for nominating inept cronies, suspect characters, and/or haters of the organizations for which they are being appointed to head... But even Republicans are complaining that this guy shouldn't be nominated for this position because of his military lineage, but that is likely a ruse. Perhaps it is because this guy was in charge of the illegal wiretapping programs? But should that piss off Republicans? Well, maybe the info from these taps explains why the Republicans have not fought the Whitehouse on anything. This is just conjecture, but while we all are pretty sure that these taps have been used to gather intel on the Democrats and on radicals like me and you, maybe the best way to neuter Congress is to get some good dirt on the guys in your own team. Well, at least this new guy is a constitutional scholar...

Perhaps I'm off base and it is merely a move to consolidate power under National Intel Director John Negroponte (whose wikipedia entry reads more like an indictment than an encyclopedia entry).

All of the links came from Randi Rhodes' newsletter, which always contains some worthy goodies... I recommend signing up.

Ho Hum bum

Been dissin my own blog lately. Expressing outrage at the current political situation is just too easy and there is simply too much to stay on top of... Eventually I'll get back to it.

In the mean time, check out this link giving examples of why Mike Luckovich won the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning...

Agent Fife has had Enough!

Remember that hilarious video of the DEA agent shooting himself in the foot in front of a classroom full of tykes? The poor dude has had enough!!

Fine Republican Morals

Ahhh... the political party that supposedly owns morality comes through again and again. Here is a nice site that predates the undoings of these two high-ranking gents highlighting the many criminals, perverts, and/or hypocrates of the Christian right. This site and this one do much the same, but if you can't get enough, check them out. Before perusing those sites, I hadn't known about the suspicious death in dipshit Joe Scarborough's past.

Join the Lord's Team

As I listened to Bush patronizingly sound out "prop-a-ganda" in this morning's press conference, I realized that I probably need some help to join this team in the fight against global "terrr." I think I need a Jesus Jersey. (be sure to have the sound on).


I'm a little worn down on politics (there is simply too much bad stuff with this administration to stay on top of it), but monkey boy once again affirmed his faith in the utterly incompetent Rumsfeld and was sassy and dismissive when questioned about his inept handling of the war. In fact, he was sounding more like Will Forte's impression than ever before (if you need a sample, click here and scroll down a bit, it took me awhile, but I think Forte does a great Bush). My favorite quote from his bumbling, inept speech today went something like this:

"I think it is an interesting... I find it an interesting, I'm interested... well my position is that it is interesting to have a debate about whether it is good to spread freedom across the world."

I may not have that exactly right, but I will vouch for the level of confusion, and how he tries to hide his (not my) failed actions in Iraq within a false debate (the Republican rightwing penchant for false dichotomies never weakens). Oh well... I'm going to go order a Jesus Jersey.

Still pissed off in Iowa

Okay, this is really old news, but on numerous occasions, friends have brought up the claim that Al Gore said he invented the internet. This was a classic example of detractors making hay out of nothing. If you still buy into this crap, at least go check out snopes' (my favorite urban legend site) take on the validity of this tired criticism. Also, why you read it, think how things might have turned out if the republicans and Scalia had not stolen the election. Would Gore have been a great president? I can't say, but compared to what we have now... Here is an interesting take on President Gore by a libertarian member of the Future of Freedom Foundation (a think tank, I think -- I provide the link for reference, not because I buy their whole message). While on the topic, this guy has a bunch to say about that election.
Oh, and for those of you who say "get over it," I will never get over it. I, and I think, history will look back on this sham as the start of the worse presidency in our lifetimes (ever?). Bush has built a giant, yet inept and cruel, government that is unbelievably in debt. As for Iraq and the mideast, that's another post, and it ain't pretty. Also, I feel for the way Gore was screwed over, and this pic shows how he felt when he found out about all of those Florida voters that were removed from the voting roles by Katherine Harris: (do click on katherine)

O'Reilly is sending Fox Security to get you...

I hate to pay any attention to this blathering schmuck, but this is just too funny. When a caller said the name "Kieth Olbermann" during a call in to his radio show, dipshit went into a tirade in which he implied that "Fox Security" will pay the caller a visit. Listen to the dopey yo yo here. Here is an actual post from the caller. Of course, O'Reilly has a history of saying stupid shit and we all know how he suckers his listeners by framing debates in that special right-wing way:

You can read an interesting conversation about the legal aspects of the issue here and hear Olbermann have fun with Falafel Boy here.

Oh, and just to make sure that the Fox Security boys come knocking at my door, I have to again post a link to the hilarious transcript of that fateful phone call to Andrea Mackris. Read it here and discover how a loofah can become a falafel, and learn what you can do with each. I have to go home to check out this reenactment of the transcript...