Condi falsely accused?

I did not blog last night because our septic system revolted and had to be dug out and pumped. The joys of home ownership. As you all know, there is always something. I keep lobbying to sell out and rent a small apartment in Paris or Rome or someplace. She that must be obeyed is not sympathetic. Sigh.

According to Bob Woodward's new book, Tenet was so concerned about a possible terrorist attack on the U.S. he demanded a special emergency meeting with Condi Rice to prod her into doing something. At first she denied there was such a meeting. Then when it was proven there was such a meeting she said she couldn't remember. She also said it was inconceivable that if she had been told about an imminent attack she would not have done something. Well, relax everyone, it turns out she did do something - she told Tenet to go pester Ashcroft and Rumsfeld, who apparently did even less. Perhaps she was so intent on showing her new $600 shoes to her husband (oops, slip of the tongue, president) she just forgot about it.

As there has been nothing on the news for the last couple of days except Foley, Foley, Foley, how can I not mention it. Actually it is even funnier than all the Keystone Cops movies ever made put together. First, Tony Snow said they were just "naughty emails." Turns out they were somewhat worse than that. So Foley entered some alcoholic rehab place (implying, of course, that the demon rum made him do it). Then, not content with that, he admits to having been abused when he was a teenager (I guess if you are abused as a teenager that gives you license to abuse other teenagers?). Then Limbaugh, that fat druggy liar, suggested it was all set up by Democrats. Some other Republican suggested maybe the Pages themselves were at fault. Still others tried to compare Foley's hitting on children to Clinton's unfortunate affair with Monica (an eager adult participant). Still another Republican brought up the fact that a Democrat was convicted of sex with a teenager back in 1983 (I think it was, a sure proof that Foley's indiscretion was not really so different). Still another Republican Congressman suggested we should do away with Pages entirely (I guess the temptation is too great to resist). A senior aide to Congressman Reynolds, Fordham, has now admitted he discussed Foley's problem at least two years previously with senior people in Congress who did nothing. Hastert's claim that he knew nothing about it until recently has been disputed by at least two other Congressmen who say they discussed it with him months ago. Everyone that knew about it is passing the buck to someone else while many are calling for Hastert's resignation. Oh, it is so much fun. But not to worry, Fox News and now the AP has solved the problem for the Republicans - they have just claimed that Foley is a Democrat!! Simple, no? I suggest as a sanction all Republican Congresspersons should be made to wear clown suits for the remainder of their terms (which hopefully will not be very much longer). Will Hastert be forced out? Stay tuned. Oh, as an aside, I think there are others who aspire to Hastert's job. It is pretty obvious none of them care much about the children.

Our sensitive vice-president, Dick the Slimy, was viciously assaulted the other day. A man walking his 7 year old son passed very close to Cheney and said he thought the vice-president's Iraqi policy was reprehensible. A few minutes later he was handcuffed and arrested, charged with assaulting the vice-president. It is not clear whether or not the son was also handcuffed and arrested. The man is now bringing a lawsuit against the authorities responsible for violating his rights to free speech. Go man, Go!! Assaulting our sensitive vice-president with those nasty words. What is the world coming to? Unfortunately, I think we all know by now what it is coming to and it doesn't look too good. In case you have forgotten in all the excitement about Foley, there is a "war" going on and more of our troops are being killed every day for no reason I can see other than "staying the course."