Republican nonsense

Congressman Murtha, a retired Marine Colonel, a staunch advocate for military action against Iraq, a Vietname veteran, decorated with a bronze star and two purple hearts, suggested that we should get out of Iraq as whatever we could have done there we have done and our continuing presence is simply fueling the resistance and is self defeating. From the response you might think he had actualy called for an end to the earth.

Republicans, never ones to miss a cheap shot, called for an immediate resolution on the Iraq "war." Should we withdraw from Iraq immediately, yes or no. Murtha did not suggest an immediate withdrawal, merely a withdrawal as soon as practicable. Obviously no one was going to vote for an immediate withdrawal as that would be totally ridiculous. But this stupid charade gave them a chance to embarrass Democrats which is what it was all about. It's not as if there are any more important problems facing the nation. So they managed to waste some time and take our minds off (for a moment) the real problems of this failed Republican administration. I have no idea how the vote came out. But it doesn't matter as the whole thing was a farce.

I suggest we should have an immediate up or down vote on whether or not the CIA should be exempt from torturing people. Or how about an up or down vote on whether Bush/Cheney should continue to direct the "war" in Iraq. Or even whether or not they should continue in office? How about an up or down vote on whether or not the "war" in Iraq is going well?

Fitzgerald has called for a new grand jury and announced that his investigation is not over. Wheee! There are going to be good times ahead. At least depending upon your point of view. My greatest wish in life is to see Dick the Slimy indicted. No one could deserve it more. Bob Woodward is going to get more press than Judy Miller, I guess that will make him happy and help him sell more books. Now that he is no longer a reporter but now a celebrity author he needs all the publicity he can get.

Things in Washington D.C. are getting ugly. It's about time. Democrats appear to have had spine transplants. Actually what has happened is that the Republicans have finally managed to outrage just about everyone, Democrats and the population at large. "We're fed up and not going to take it any more, etc. So let us not let up on this bunch of greedy, corrupt, lying, and dishonest war criminals. Maybe our corporate masters will see that Bush/Cheney have now become too radioactive to be of any further use and will dump them like they did Nixon. The Republican party itself seems to enjoy this cancer they continue to nurture.

Does Alito support human rights, privacy, and Roe vs Wade? Do bears do it in the woods?

I leave you with the question of the day: does Dennis Hastert have a brain?