Just What America Needed !

Two quick thoughts, and then off for a well-deserved trip with my honey...

1) They picked Tony Snow because he was dirty from the Sr. Bush Administration. Much has been made of the impossibility of bringing truly fresh (read 'innocent') talent into the Whore House, so haing them use the same old staffing technique, 'Load up from Dad's Administration,' shouldn't have been a surprise. What it DOES confirm is that FOX News is the same as Hudson, Manhattan, American Enterprise, or any of the other 'Institutes' that the ReagaNazis park themselves in when they're out of power...Not just a cheerleader, but an official part of the Party.

2) America needed Bush the Junior. Really!

And while I'm gone, I'm going to put together a justification for that statement that is already several pages long in my head...

A quick thought on the recent shuffle at the White House: BFD!

The two items of real note are as follows:
1) Whether Andy Card jumped or was pushed (I vote 'jumped' as the poor bastard's looked exhausted for months,) he's been working a billion hours a day with no deputy, for almost two years. Karl's been drawing the 'deputy' paycheck, but if you think Karl Rove ever gave Andy the time of day, you're smokin' stuff. So with Bolten coming in to fill Andy's shoes, Bolten needs help or he'll never get up to speed. So they gave him back the 'deputy' slot to fill with a helper. This changes NOTHING at Karl Rove's desk, as getting the Deputy title just gave him 'policy' cover. But, as The Prince Of Aluminum, Sec. O'Neill, called them, the "Machiavellis of Mayberry" never care about policy except as a funtion of politics, and that's ALL Karl cares about.

2) McClellan says it'll be a two or three-week transition to a new 'spokes-hole', but only a moron throws out the old without an idea of who to replace him with. Oh, yea, THAT moron. I forgot...

Y'know, it's tough to find rats who want to jump ONTO a sinking ship, especially when the rats that are already onboard won't trust them to not take one look around the wreckage and flee to the nearest press office to 'rat' them out. (pardon the pun) Especially if there would have to be congressional confirmation hearings, where the incompetence of the outgoing rat, and the shit-pile he or she (can't forget 'Leezza) left behind, could be fully inspected and remarked on by senators in public. God Forbid!

They throw like they make war: Badly.

Thank God baseball season has started. I'm a Cincy fan, and THAT's why I like red, and why I HATE that the Reaganazis have stolen my favorite color, my team's color!! Blue is for Dodger weiners...
And what the hell does all this have to do with politics? Well, Junior threw out the first pitch in Cincinnati last week, at the 'Great American Ballpark.' He was invited to do so by the Reds' current owner, who was a co-owner of the Texas Rangers with Junior. He's one of the guys who overpaid Junior in the buy-out of his piece of the partnership. Anyway, the local Republicans cheered him on, his pitch went wild above the plate, but the amazin' Jason LaRue brought it in and saved face for Junior, just like the troops are trying to do in Iraq.
And the home team, MY team, paid the price for showing him off, and covering his mistake.

Reds lost 16-7 !!!

Yesterday, 'Big' Dick Cheney threw out the first pitch at RFK in Washington for the first home game for the Nationals. He was booed from the moment he set foot on the field to the moment he walked off. The booing will be his excuse for pitching from half-way to the mound, and still bouncing it in the dirt in front of the plate. The fact is, he's a wimp and (pardon my insensitivity) I've known 10-year-old girls who throw better. FOX killed the mike during their live feed for the pitch, because they can't take reality.

Nationals lost!!

So, a little hint. Don't let losers lead your team, or your team loses!! QED

My next bumper sticker

IF YOU BELIEVE BUSH,
YOU BELIEVED O.J.

Greenbacks, wetbacks, yellowbacks

Seen the new ten-dollar bill? Looks like a piece of newspaper that got left on the dashboard cooking in the sun all day, all piss-yellow except for the oval in the back. Well, you got a yellow president, what do you expect? It'd look better with Junior's picture on the front, instead of some Jamaican (look it up.) At least then, the yellow streak on the back would be appropriate.

Forebodings about hindsight

I read more than I should. There's a statement that would appall my mother. But I'm all input, perpetual voluminous input, and my output is scattershot and infrequent (look at my posting dates, for example...) Which is why I'd like to refer you today to a piece of laser-tight writing that Steve Coll had in last week's New Yorker. Just read it. As an aspiring writer/analyst, I shake my head in awe. As an American, I weep...