Life

Oh, This is rich!

I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Sunday, January 21, 2007, as National Sanctity of Human Life Day. I call upon all Americans to recognize this day with appropriate ceremonies and to underscore our commitment to respecting and protecting the life and dignity of every human being.

Gratitude

I knew there was a reason I didn't want to watch the miserable failure on 60 Minutes last night...

PELLEY: Do you think you owe the Iraqi people an apology for not doing a better job?

BUSH: That we didn't do a better job or they didn't do a better job?

PELLEY: Well, that the United States did not do a better job in providing security after the invasion.

BUSH: Not at all. I am proud of the efforts we did. We liberated that country from a tyrant. I think the Iraqi people owe the American people a huge debt of gratitude, and I believe most Iraqis express that. I mean, the people understand that we've endured great sacrifice to help them. That's the problem here in America. They wonder whether or not there is a gratitude level that's significant enough in Iraq.

The metaphorical image I constantly conjure up when I think about what this idiot has done to Iraq (and the safety of the world, now) is of a parent that goes into his three-year-old's room, trashes it beyond recognition, then comes back in a few hours to scream at the kid for not having cleaned up the mess.

Noble-Sounding Rot

Perhaps if there is one bright side to this rambling wreck of a Bush administration, it is that its actions might have gone a long way to opening the eyes of those who once paid it loyal lip-service.

As President Bush marched the country to war with Iraq, even some voices on the Right warned that this was a fool's errand. I dismissed them angrily. I thought them unpatriotic.

But almost four years later, I see that I was the fool.