. . . this ("if the current occupant (of the WH) doesn't try to do something stupid in his last two months . . . ") just isn't going to happen. I would go as far as to say, the current occupant (are you talking about the Wizard or the man behind the curtain??) will go out of his way to do something stupid. I also doubt whether the subsequent occupants will go much out of their way to stop demonizing / scapegoating Islam. Hell, hate sells real well, and it does tend to rally your average schmuck around the flag . . . .

I hate to be cynical, but I have seen the enemy, and he is us.

<<<"When the government engages in self-parody, what are the cartoonists and writers left to do?">>>

<<Whatever they do, they had better not depict Allah in a cartoon. Because if they do, then the world will see again the tolerance that is Islam.>>

And if your really wanna hear folks howl, critize the military or Israel -- guaran-double-damn-tt-ed to bring out the ugly in a lot of 'decent' folks.

You should have made a few better decisions, Tony. Like about which friends to pick. I mean, you seem like an intelligent guy. Nice, too . . . but a wee bit naive. You should have realized that your 'special relationship' with your cousins across the Atlantic just wasn't in the cards. And now they're going to continue using you as their errand boy to further their agenda in the mid-east. I mean, really:

<<(While talking about his miserable failure in Iraq, and just about everywhere else he has intruded . . . ) Mr Bush suggested Israel as a standard to work towards.

"In places like Israel, terrorists have taken innocent human life for years in suicide attacks.

"The difference is that Israel is a functioning democracy and it's not prevented from carrying out its responsibilities. And that's a good indicator of success that we're looking for in Iraq.">>

Wisen up, Tony. These guys don't have 'friends'.

I mean, how long until Annie Coulter slimes her way into the fray? This one is up there with her "Darwinism-killed-more-people-than-Adolph-Hitler" braying. This one seems custom made for her schtick. And heck, she can make insults about Rachel Carson's looks and sexuality while she's at it. I mean, when you read something this bugf&ck stupid:

<<Foremost among the finger-pointers is Republican Sen. Tom Coburn of Oklahoma, who blocked bills to honor Carson and name a Pennsylvania post office for her. Coburn's Web site links visitors to Rachel Was Wrong, a site hosted by the Competitive Enterprise Institute (a free-market think tank known for, among other things, disputing evidence that human activity is driving climate change). Beside a grim photo gallery of malaria victims, the site claims "millions of people around the world suffer the painful and often deadly effects of malaria because one person sounded a false alarm. That person is Rachel Carson." >>

This is another wedge issue just waiting for the wingnuts, loonies and neanderthal dead-enders to jump on (shame on you Oklahoma for voting in this piece of shite).

Spare us, RealDeal, from your tired, tired, whining-righteous posture and your dog-looking-for-a-licking attitude. Coulter-wise, you come up with some really, really, really outaged stupid bug-fawk stupid 'statement' such as -- "You can go to jail longer for beating your dog than for beating your wife". WTF???!!! Perhaps it is true. And if it were true, it should be an outrage. But either way, it says something sad about our world, or rather, your silly little world . . . that some sick f@cks will do either.

But at the end of the day, I think that what you are infering, (hence your bogus indignation) is that A is worse than B, and that some people (I suspect you are pointing your pointy index finger at your usual suspects) care more about dogs than humans. But, having read your previous rants, I suspect you have your own system of ranking in the order of value of things, and your disdain and values show you as what you are . . .

the smirking Dick Cheney who keeps showing up in Salonista-land (or is it Salonik-land??) just to show himself that he is smarter than a duck.

I really wouln't worry about this (amongst a whole slough of 'em) particularly stilted little man. Little Mr. Anonymous. Besides being illiterate, he's just blowing air out of his arse, hoping to create some outrage -- ie. feedback. Everything they write is a lie. They have no life, no family, no friends. No 4th of July celebrations for these people. Nobody to have a picnic with. I mean, who could endure knowing such loathsome, and self-loathing little fungatoids?? The twisted stalkers of the internet. These sad and silly little people feed off of our despair -- the despair of knowing that there are such sad and silly little people out there and there isn't anything we can do about it. I say, screw 'em. Don't bother trying to rationalize with 'em, you can't. Don't even bother to humour them. In other words, don't let 'em get a rise out of you. And don't hate 'em. Pity the poor, it's the decent reaction . . .

While this story is scary, and shows the great lengths the current admin went through to bamboozle an easily bamboozable U.S. public, there are even scarier stories out there. George T. got his gong -- the highest award given to civilians for their . . . . whatever. So, he's actually shuffled off the stage and is raking in big dineroo peddling books and doing the circuit. Scarier is the story of Mr. Gates, who now heads the military, and has a very, very chequered and unsavoury past -- read it here -- http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?ItemID=13162

All you really need to know -- The Beeb, broadcasting from London, makes a few remarks about the situation, then goes on to the news. CNN, broadcasting from across the pond, goes 24/7 with an in-depth analysis of the the 'terror'.

The sooner Mr. Brown disengages from his nervous-Nelly, trigger-happy American cousins, the better.

Strange (or now that I think of it) not so really strange, that this irksome character would name himself after a real historical figure . . . a kind of Roman Benedict Arnold, so to speak. Ol' Titus, a brave man by some accounts, but a turncoat, traitor, or whatever you may want to label him. Hmmm.

"<<Pullo>> Sounds like a kickass hero to me." -- Hornet Driver

From your same Wikipedia paste (guess you didn't actually read the whole thing): <<In the Civil War of 49 BC, Pullo appears to have been attached to a legion commanded by Caesar's legate Gaius Antonius. In 48 BC, Antonius was blockaded on an island and forced to surrender; Pullo was apparently responsible for most of his soldiers switching sides to fight for Pompey. Later that year, he is recorded bravely defending Pompey's camp in Greece from Caesar's attack shortly before the Battle of Pharsalus.>>

In an America where any dang fool can be a 'hero' (the word has absolutely nil meaning anymore), Freedom Medals are given to men of great moral standing (Tenant, Bremer), and has a meglomanic President who compares himself to Churchill and calls himself a 'War President' (what war??), I guess a guy that was "apparently responsible for most of his soldiers switching sides" during a Civil War is a great role model.

I still say turncoat and traitor, but what do I know?

Anonymous Anonymous, not the unclever anonymous Anonymouses -- he's here strutting his stuff. Then we have Hornet Driver -- a relative newcomer who has a Clinton fixation and claims to be a real-deal top gun. Uh-huh, right. Check out Garrison Keillor's "The Fine Art Of Lying", flyboy --http://www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2007/07/04/keillor/index.html?source=rss

And speaking of 'real-deals', we're all awaiting RealName to make his grand entrance so he can put us Salonistas / Saloniks (the boy has a real turn with the words) in our place. Gosh!! If you want a real good take on Scooter's story (what kind of man goes through life with the handle 'Scooter'???), check out the Rude Pundit's take -- http://rudepundit.blogspot.com/2007/07/when-it-says-libby-libby-libby-on.html