Politics: January 2007 Archives

And now, ladies and gentlement, the comedic stylings of our one and only president, delivered at the exclusive Alfalfa Club in Washington, as reported in the Washington Post:

"As always, I'm delighted to be back at Alfalfa. When I was here last year, my approval rating was in the 30s, my nominee for the Supreme Court had just withdrawn and my vice president had shot someone -- ah, those were the good old days.

"What with the polls and everything, the Washington Post said the other day that I was, quote, 'at the nadir of my presidency.' The press always underestimates me. I can go lower.

"Hey, let me give you an update on that satellite that was blown out of the sky last week. The Chinese didn't do it. Cheney was out hunting again."

I'm here all week! Try the veal!

Actually, glad he can laugh about it. We certainly can't.

In his speech, President Dubya said, "The Shia and Sunni extremists are different faces of the same totalitarian threat," he said. "Whatever slogans they chant ... they have the same wicked purpose. They want to kill Americans, kill democracy in the Middle East."

So, if the Shia win, we're screwed.

And if the Sunnis win, we're screwed.

Guess that clears that up.

And what's the deal with the Baby Einstein woman? She made a bundle making kiddie videos and she's an American hero? I don't get it.

And where was the out-of-left-field, bat-guano-crazy proposal? Where was the we're-going-to-Mars moment? Or the steroids in baseball moment? Or the human-animal hybrid moment?

Guy's losing his touch. No mission to Mars, no steroids, no monkey-man.

Anyway, Dubya's speech served, as his advisors have been saying, as a means to change the subject, to get the debate away from Iraq and move it onto domestic issues, that Dubya wants to focus on domestic policies.

We've seen what he's done in Iraq. We'd rather he not focus on domestic issues. How about he just sit quietly and not touch anything the next two years?

First, it was U.S. Sen. George "Macaca" Allen insulting just about every ethnic group he could.

Then, it was U.S. Rep. Virgil H. Goode Jr., a Republican, complaining that a Muslim member of Congress would take his oath on the Quran and warned of a possible Muslim takeover of Congress.

And now, we have Virginia delegate Frank D. Hargrove Jr., a Republican, saying that blacks "should just get over" slavery and that the state issuing an apology for slavery would be akin to asking Jews to apologize for killing Jesus.

And when a Jewish member of the Virginia legislature took him to task for the comment, Hargrove told him, "Your skin is a little too thin."

He did apologize, sort of, saying he didn't even know his colleague was Jewish.

What is it with Virginia? Not enough oxygen in the atmosphere?

OK, so the Congress passes a law that says, specifically, that the federal government cannot open your mail without first gaining court approval.
President Dubya signs it.
And then, President Dubya issues a "signing statement" that claims he reserves the right to open mail.
Let's see, not only does he violate the Constitution's notion of separation of powers, he also violates, oh, several amendments and the basic rights this nation was founded upon.
Dubya is saying he can read your mail.
Where's it end?
All I want to say is, he who opens the Comcast bill pays the Comcast bill.

The Democrats took control of Congress Thursday.
Are we all still alive?