Author: Adam (Page 3 of 224)

President Vice President Cheney apparently had a “frank exchange of views” with Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy on the Senate floor Tuesday.

Depending on whose account you go by, Cheney either said “Fuck you,” “Fuck off,” or my favorite, “Go fuck yourself.”

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: you can’t make this stuff up, people.

UPDATE: Best Atrios commenter on the situation: “Cheney can go FRANK EXCHANGE OF VIEWS himself, as far as I’m concerned..”

UPDATE PART DEUX: I came up with a bumper sticker to commemorate the occasion.

handbasket

(for Amanda)

Just watched a GWB campaign commercial, using footage of Bush with a bullhorn at the WTC site after 9/11.

“The people who knocked these buildings down will be hearing from all of us soon,” he intones.

Right as this line is read, the screen splits. On the other side of the screen is shown the Saddam statue being pulled down by U.S. troops in Baghdad.

Fucking lying crapweasel bastards.

Budget for the 9/11 Commission: $15 million.
Budget for Ken Starr’s investigation of Bill Clinton: $70 million.

Is it just me, or does Alan Colmes look exactly like an electric eel?

Hard on the heels of Torturepalooza! comes The Enemy Dehumanizing Tour ’04!, kicked off by one of my oldest and dearest friends:

“It is a technique of war. During WWII people didn’t refer to the enemy as ‘Japs’ and ‘Krauts’ for no reason. It enables us to suspend our civility temporarily to do what is necessary to do. It enables us to distance these animals from normal human beings.”

Well, hey, if they were animals all along, I guess we don’t need to dehumanize them, huh? (Also a funny turn of phrase for a woman who didn’t have an ounce of “civility” in the first place.)

All of this started when Lil’ Kim du Toit got his knickers in a twist when some people objected to him calling Arabs “ragheads.” The poor baby was so distraught, he decided to give up blogging for the day. And then his wife swept in to defend him. Now who’s pussified, Lil’ Kim?

Which gave me an idea – why not combine the best of torture with the best of dehumanization? I’d like to propose the creation of Ronald W. Reagan Camel-Fucker Re-Education Camps throughout the nation. Lock up everyone with at least 1/4 Arab blood, and torture them until they talk. They must know something, right? Then on Tuesdays and Thursdays, we can stick their heads through holes in the walls, and God-fearing Americans can toss eggs, rocks, etc. at them, $1 a pop.

After all, we’re not the enemy. They are.

The traitorous press won’t be invited, of course, except to cover the Lynndie Awards, given out to the best poster or weblog rant to convince weak, Arab-loving Americans that the camel-fucking ragheads are really just animals. Well, for now at least.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad. I miss you.

Since my friend Brian was kind enough to give me a Gmail invitation, I now have three of my own invitations to give out. So the first three people who e-mail me with decent reasons why they want a Gmail account will find their wish granted.

Unbelievable. (via Atrios)

“But even the harshest critics concede that the nation’s spiritual leader rallied in the days thereafter.”

I’m really going to be sick now.

ME: Did you know that the flags are going to be at half-mast until the 4th of July? That’s just too much, I think.

SUSAN: …Well, Ray Charles *did* die.