... but since this obvious fact is unflattering to our nation and its greedy, lying, conniving politicians of both parties, the press will---- (surprise!) completely ignore it.

Read it and weep:

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/052607Z.shtml

And lest our wingnut brethren dismiss this as commie propaganda, please note that [author] "Ann Wright served 29 years in the US Army and US Army Reserves and retired as a colonel. She served 16 years in the US diplomatic corps in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, Micronesia and Mongolia. She resigned from the US Department of State in March, 2003 in opposition to the war on Iraq."

This is what is so fascinating about right-wingers...

...when they lie, and they seem to do so a lot, do they really believe their own lies?

This is what has always fascinated me about Hitler and his fellow Nazis.

The only explanation I've been able to come up with is that they are so totally consumed with hate for the Boogeyman-du-Jour (liberals, terrorists, communists, feminists, whatever)that they do know they're lying, but they don't think that lying is such a big deal.

After all, doesn't everyone understand that we are fighting a Holy War Against Evil here?

Just thinking outside the box here, but hmmm.... what if... Mike Allen, just like fellow wingnut David Frum, is sucking on some corporate teat for creating this moronic propaganda?

http://www.harpers.org/archive/2007/05/hbc-90000176

In the words of Peggy Noonan: "Is it irresponsible to speculate? It's irresponsible not to!"

...I can't really know about his religion or his true beliefs, just like Glenn said.

But what makes him and his fellow partisans think that lying for their cause is so acceptable?

The famous "WMD" fraud provides the most classic example, but the list is endless.

And now the wingnuts and their mouthpieces are seriously advancing the argument that Scooter Libby's perjury was not that big a deal, so he should not be punished. Presumably Bush and Cheney believe the same thing, though they don't dare come right out and say so.

Giving yourself the moral right to lie or commit other crimes because you are the "good guy"...I don't know what else to call this except "evil".

Do you? Perhaps "amoral" or "sociopathic"?

You sure can't call it civil disobedience, because folks like Ghandi and MLK and yes, Jesus, did not shirk the consequences of their so-called crimes.

...three guesses where these quotations came from?

1. "The leader of genius must have the ability to make different opponents appear as if they belonged to one category."

2. "The art of leadership... consists in consolidating the attention of the people against a single adversary and taking care that nothing will split up that attention."

(Scroll down)

1. Adolf Hitler

2. Adolf Hitler

... you love to talk about "fags"... like John Edwards and Al Gore.

What have you got to say about Larry Craig and Mike Allen?

What's the matter, Ann? Cat got your tongue?

It's singalong time!

"Georgie Dubya didn't go! Dickie Cheney didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

"Karly Rove, he didn't go! Freddy Thompson didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

"Mitty Romney didn't go! Giuliani didn't go

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

"Billy Frist he didn't go! Newtie Gingrich didn't go

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

CHORUS:

Here come the GOP Mighty Warriors

Hear their Mighty Roar!

Yes, it's the GOP Mighty Warriors

To lead the nation into war

"Ronnie Reagan didn't go! Johnny Wayne he didn't go

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

"Larry Craig, he didn't go! Rushie Limbaugh didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

"Bill O'Reilly didn't go! Jonah Goldberg didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

CHORUS:

Here come the GOP Mighty Warriors

And they've got Victory in the bag

Yes, it's the GOP Mighty Warriors

If you don't like them, then you're a fag!

(Repeat verses ad infinitum until you run out of GOP names... actually you can use pretty much any GOP name except "John McCain" or "Barry Goldwater".

*

Freddy Kagan didn't go! Bobby Kagan didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Georgie Dubya didn't go! Dickie Cheney didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Karly Rove, he didn't go! Freddy Thompson didn't go

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Mittsy Romney didn't go! Giuliani didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Hey! It's the Mighty 'Strap-on' Warriors!

Watch them wave their flags!

Follow the Mighty 'Strap-on' Warriors!

Support the war, you hippie fags!

*

Ronnie Reagan didn't go! Johnny Wayne he didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Billy Frist he didn't go! Newtie Gingrich didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Rushie Limbaugh didn't go! Bill O'Reilly didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Johnny Boehner didn't go! Joey Lieberman didn't go!

Hell, no! Hell, no! (Clap! Clap Clap! Clap!)

*

Hey! It's the Mighty 'Strap-on' Warriors!

Watch them wave their flags!

Follow the Mighty 'Strap-on' Warriors!

Support the war, you hippie fags!

It's hard to think of quick and interesting analogies of what the right wing chickenhawk warmongers would be in policing or fire-fighting. You can come up with them, but they end up being paragraphs long and boring and by that point either you've gotten the poing or you never will.

"The river's rising!!! Everybody down to the levee to make sandbags, immediately!"

"Why aren't I down there? Oh... well... see, I'm helping with my megaphone. Watch!"

"Hurry up, dammit! To the levee! This is an emergency! Get your ass down there before my mansion gets flooded, what the hell's the matter with you?"