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Brain…Exploding…Must. Stop. Reading.

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If I were to create an anonymous political blog, I would name it “Heilige Scheisse,” because those seem to be the first words out of my mouth whenever I read the news these days.

  • This scenario is pretty much the same story as I heard from various sources right after 9/11. But the Republicans are also the gang that believes $3m to investigate 9/11 and $70m. to investigate something, anything about Bill Clinton is about right.
  • It’s an article of faith around California that, right after the Supremes did their thing in late 2000, at the very least energy traders figured they had a friend in the White House. “Go ahead, screw ’em, they didn’t vote for me.”
  • Every time I think this Administration can go no lower, they manage to surprise me.
  • Duct tape and plastic sheeting? Duct tape? Didn’t one person—just had to be one, speaking quietly even—say aloud: “Gee, you know, people might make fun of this. Think we’re not serious. Come up with headlines like ‘Duct and Cover.'”?
  • In case you haven’t heard, duct tape and plastic sheeting are petroleum products. Jesus, these guys are oilmen to the core.
  • I got two fucking words for you, you morons: North fucking Korea! Oh, that’s right: their missiles can only hit the West Coast, and we didn’t vote for you.

I’m going to go read some happy-happy fun things, like romance novels or the Anarchist’s Cookbook. See you later.

Comments

  1. It’s so depressing to read, but necessary to know.

    Maybe it’s because I’m in the deep south (per your previous post), but I’m not hearing anything locally about this. And have I totally missed the national outcries from the Democratic leadership? Is there any sort of concensus from them, any sort of united front to get the information out and start using it now? or are they all waiting, vying for position for the next election, when it may be too late? (If there is a concensus — great. It’s just not terribly obvious here.)

  2. Toni, it’s not unique to the deep south. The entire US media — including the so-called liberal media in New York and Washington — is out to lunch while the house burns down.

    The net is where the action is, because we can take pieces of stories from different places and put them back together to figure out the missing context.

    P.S. Thanks, Diane, for the link. I’ll return the favor soon.