Gonzoles headed for think tank...

Well, the story is still developing, but looks like Gonzo is out.

NY times here...

My issue wasn't that he was a liar. It's that he lied so poorly. And that he didn't mention 9/11 enough.

Guess it's time to go spend more time with the family. Or Rove's family...

When will we start to realize that the problem is not that these people are in power, it's that any people are in power? The Justice Dept. should have civilian oversight, ie from Congress, and it's absurd that this hack took a year to remove from power. And then, only left on his own (or Bush's) volition.

Boooooooooooooooooooo.....time for a new system, people.

Bush compares Iraq to Vietnam...

Saying we should stay? Saying we should have stayed in Nam and "won?"

Don't you just love how they are trying to frame this argument in terms of "surrender" and "defeat" if we leave. Why not declare victory instead? We removed Saddam, we found no WMD (but at least contained the threat), we beat their military, and now we are engaged in a wholly unjustified occupation compounded by a religious civil war. Who are we surrendering to?

This is not war, this is occupation, and terms like retreat and surrender do not apply. To even use those terms is to engage in prevarication.

Bush is right. This is Vietnam. I have no idea who on his staff told him it would be a good idea to compare the two, but now that the cat is out of the bag it sure isn't going back in. And unless I'm wrong, most Americans don't think we could have won Vietnam even if we had used Nukes (which would have probably started a world-wide nuclear exchange).

Which is perhaps what Bush is angling for. Scary times...

http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/08/23/that-vietnam-analogy-reactions/#comment-11284

Been away...

Been away for a couple weeks, August vacation and all that Jazz. hmmm...I need to spend more time writing on this damn thing or I should probably take it down. Hate to leave things half-done. Well, I do have a kid on the way, and I'll probably have more time (ha!) to write when he comes popping out.

Google government, where are you?