"Owie, owie, owie! Shaha's got some pointy-ass shoes!"
(photo credit: REUTERS/Yuri Gripas)
For the week ending 5/19/06:
Via The Guardian:
Sounding more like a cast member of the Sopranos than an international leader, in testimony by one key witness Mr Wolfowitz declares: "If they fuck with me or Shaha, I have enough on them to fuck them too."
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Via Think Progress:
McCain used a curse word associated with chickens and accused Cornyn of raising the issue just to torpedo a deal.
Things got really heated when Cornyn accused McCain of being too busy campaigning for president to take part in the negotiations, which have gone on for months behind closed doors. “Wait a second here,” Cornyn said to McCain. “I’ve been sitting in here for all of these negotiations and you just parachute in here on the last day. You’re out of line.”
McCain, a former Navy pilot, then used language more accustomed to sailors…
“[Expletive] you! I know more about this than anyone else in the room,” shouted McCain at Cornyn.
Aw, having a bad week, fellas? Good.
I'm beginning to suspect that whatever Power That Is doesn't have particularly exacting standards when it comes to that whole karmic boomerang thing. Wolfowitz gets to sweep out of the World Bank with a $400,000 exit fee? Most people who are accused of the shenanigans that Wolfie committed are usually given a cardboard box and told to vacate the premises.
But this is the Republican value system we're talking about here. Audacity Central, really. Wolfowitz gets caught in the act and HE gets to set the terms of his 'retirement'? How do I get me some of that action? Maybe I can steal a case of copy paper or something and then finagle a full severance package complete with health benefits.
And then there's John McCain, the Maverick, the Mensch, everybody's favorite doddering old uncle, the one who traps you in the corner of the room at a family reunion and regales you with stories of his one great accomplishment – in this case, getting shot down over 'Nam. Like One-Note Rudy, McCain is milking his past for his future; only problem is he's at the point where he's forgetting what he said as recently as six years ago. And not content to campaign on a pro-war platform, McCain misses HOW many floor votes on Iraq, then pops in and tries to steal his colleagues' thunder on the immigration bill he spent zero hours negotiating, because he was out campaigning?
Nice work if you can get it.
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Nice to know that the Rude Pundit and I are on the same page:
So, yeah, we really need someone else in the White House who thinks he's the only whose vast inexperience in new territory allows him the freedom to do whatever the fuck he thinks is right despite the advice of those around him. His 9/11 street cred is a chimera, a myth that is easily shredded to splinters and dust.
The more people learn about Giuliani, the more despicable he becomes. And the more disgusting his presidential ambitions seem.
Dan at A Blog Named Sue poses a valid question for "Mr. Law and Order" Rudy, while Steve O. at Bring It On! directs us to an exceptionally brilliant spoof of Rudy's campaign.
Meanwhile, TBogg takes note of "Mitt or Mitout" Romney's strapping family.
d r i f t g l a s s gets a job with the AP.
Roy at alicublog has at The Pantload O' Dough again… this time, Jonah's defending the Falwell Fatwah against Tinky Winky.
Rising Hegemon's attaturk trades in his fez for a turban and peers into the future.
World O' Crap's Scott takes cartoonist Mark Ramirez to task for his blithering ignorance of the recent past.
gottalaff at Cliff Schecter's joint has a to-do list for the Bush Administration. It's very helpful.
Sadly, No!'s Mister Leonard Pierce tries to parse Max Boot's latest great idea on making the Surge a success.
Oliver Willis borrows James Dobson's calculator.
Tom Burka's baaack. The latest in the Wolfowitz dramarama over at Opinions You Should Have.
Did no one tell Cheney's staff that iPods and pacemakers don't mix?
Roger Ailes The Good takes aim at Tim Russert's "sacrifice" for 9/11 victims.
Steve M. at No More Mister Nice Blog pokes at the slumbering body of Clarence Thomas.
Melissa over at Shakesville (the erstwhile Shakespeare's Sister) giggles in delight at McCain's latest outburst.
Outside the Tent's Clif puts a scratchy LP recording of Pomp and Circumstance on the old Victrola to honor Ben Shapiro's latest accomplishment, although I'd wager that Monica Goodling probably already ows the rights to America's Worst Lawyer™.
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R O O T Z !!!!
Arrrggggghhhhhhhhhh!
Balrog @ 2
Baby update?
egregious @ 3
That kind of frustration can only mean a lack-of-baby update.
EvilDrPuma @ 4
Ding!
Lack-of-baby equals cranky Balrogs.
Lack of baby—
And that’s the reaction of the -male-
We cannot imagine the female.
Been there, 14 days overdue, 10 days overdue, and bless his heart only 4 days overdue. When we went to the hospital for the 3rd one it was full of embarrassment that clearly we had false labor, being ONLY four days overdue.
Ma B. is now 1 week late. So she took the other kids to see Shrek.
I get to play Super Mario Allstars Baseball.
“McCain used a curse word associated with chickens”
“Buck-buck-b’ckaaaw you”?
I gotta get out more.
Ma B. is now 1 week late. So she took the other kids to see Shrek.
ai-yah.
The sprout was 10 days early which, especially for an adoption, presented its own challenge. Birth Mom 5 hours away, labor an easy-peasy three hours. We brought our catchers mitts, but arrived too late, sigh. Still, I was the one who provided his first meal – and spent the next 3 1/2 years breastfeeding cuz I thought I’d never be able to do that and couldn’t bear to give it up.
Uh-oh, TMI alert…
Hello, and thanks Watertiger.
I think Holy Joe ought to weigh in on all this uncivility. That’s his thing, right?
Jane Hamsher @ 12
IOKIYAR.
Evil Dr Puma -
in case you haven’t seen it – courtesy drifty
cave near chicago holds fossilized treasures – paleobotanists gone wild !
yahoo news
cbl @ 14
Well, first, that’s way cool. But second, anybody who thinks “Paleobotanists Gone Wild” is a good idea has never met a paleobotanist.
Jane,
I was wondering whether Joe was going to reconsider the “boy girl boy girl” seating arrangement because of all the cursing.
Indeed she do
;>)
If Wolfowitz is playing poker with us, I believe he has a very bad hand. Let’s call his bluff.
darkblack, EEEW!
watertiger @ 19
What she said!
EPU’s cannot defeat my cut-n-paste superpowers !!:
How about a look at a targeted campaign to re-instate the Fairness Doctrine ? That could be a way to mainstream progressive ideology.
Thanks for having Laura.
Darkblack, I didn’t need to see that. Bleach, please.
I am so glad I didn’t click on that link.
Love ya Tiger, you’re well.. dependble.
I worked three Olympics but was I ever standing in the right place when they handed out the bribes or the gift packs. Noooo.
Just mop up and go home.
400k exit bonus! Wow am I in the wrong biz.
2000, third world families could live on that for a year. I could live the rest of my life in style w/cash like that.
Arthur
EvilDrPuma @ 23
‘400K buys all kinds of combs, baby’
;>)
Howdy y’all. Cool post watertiger. The repubs are falling apart. Yeay!
darkblack @ 25
I am now even more glad I didn’t click on that link.
Torch and Pitchfork @ 23
money begets money. even if it’s dirty.
Wow, World O’ Crap gets all serious and stuff. And they’re good at it too.
TexBetsy @ 26
As far as I’m concerned, they can swear at each other every day.
EvilDrPuma @ 30
Especially cause the relig wrong will hate them for it.
TexBetsy @ 26
Hey, Betsy. Afternoon, fellow lakers.
[Stands back to stay dry for Suzanne’s eventual triple-twisting half-pike gainer - degree of difficulty - 10; degree of reality - 0]
TexBetsy @ 31
And we all know how painful that can be.
squiddy @ 8
Chickenshit peckerhead cock-of-the-walk?
Cuewhiffle @ 34
Your daddy was a broody hen?
How was the Laura Flanders event? So sorry I had to miss it.
Chickenshit peckerhead cock-of-the-walk?
Works for me.
Mutant Poodle @ 35
Bantam-weight apparat-chick?
TexBetsy @ 36
good stuff, go back and read it :)
TexBetsy @ 26
Fred Thompson’s busy learning his lines and being fitted for his 10-gallon hat. Soon he’ll be ready to ride onto the political stage saying “there’s a new Gipper…I mean Sheriff…in town.” Bush will invite him to the next harvest at the Brush Ranch.
Cuewhiffle @ 34
Afternoon, everyone. How’s this for good news?
via http://thinkprogress.org/
Reid may be soft spoken, but he can still ass when he wants to!
How many weeks of slings and arrows of supremely-well-earned outrageous fortune can Gonzo take? Or in other words, how long can Little Boots credibly sustain the obvious myth of his “total support” for the artful DOJer?
Maybe a couple. Tops.
And when Gonzo’s gone, let’s hope for Comey as the new AG! He be a rock-ribbed Repub, has a spine, loves the law, and has strong principles.
Too bad it’ll never happen… he’d never fit in. Couldn’t maintain the firewall, which is prolly the main reason that Caligula will try to defend Abu to the political death. Which will be his same fate, and which is fast approaching, will he, nil he.
Another reason’s because Comey not only publicly gutshot ‘em on the wireless wiretapping, but also previously sicced PJF on Scooter’n’Shooter.
I’ve heard of Ted Olsen as possible Gonzo Nouveau, but he’s pretty much a party hack. Is he onfirmable? I don’t think so. People have been cutting him way too much slack because his wife died tragically on 9/11. But despite all that, in today’s renascent Democratically-controlled Senate, I still don’t think he’d pass muster.
Whatchoothink?
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(check my .SIG above tomorrow. Fun stuff a-comin) :)
EvilDrPuma @ 41
Last two lines here, if you care to hear MS. Sarandon’s take on the exchange…
Does Monica the Good know how much us lefty liburals lust longingly for the words to come dripping out of her mouth….
“KKKarl the incubus did it! He’s such a busy beastie!”
(From the looks of darkblack’s Wolfie-man, there’s a whole cabal of BusChen zealots leacherously leeching good little licklings like Monica…)
CST meet the Telegraph…
TheOtherWA @ 42
w00t!
S.O.S. from MA @ 43
I think Bush doesn’t know how to nominate a confirmable pick to replace Gonzales.
TheOtherWA @ 42
Wonderful!
darkblack @ 17
Photoshop is very much a two-edged sword.
burnspbesq @ 48
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Indeed!
linked this earlier in the week – Daily Show covers Repub debate – truly hilarious even by TDS standards
The Daily Show / Right Wing-Off
EvilDrPuma @ 47
…and if he did, he wouldn’t want to, simply because someone with integrity would (a) find out what’s been going on and (b) try to stop it.
And please, MSM, let’s stop lionizing Ted “what Arkansas Project?” Olson, shall we?
Jane!!
Tahnk you so much for getting Laura on the last thread, that was wonderful!!
I had to go out to plant stuff in the garden so just finished reading through it. Radio Nation is a great program and I will miss it.
It is great to hear that congressional pages are learning to curse from McCain!
Here’s a good sniplet on the right’s fears of the Fairness Doctrine.
Shock Jocks in Dry Dock
The rules may be changing for what’s acceptable on the radio
snip
Despite the recent incidents, the FCC shows no signs of clamping down and could not expand its list of punishable offenses without congressional approval. But the new controversies are especially troubling to conservative talk radio. Tom Tradup, a vice president for the Salem Radio Network, says any increase in oversight could lead to a return of the Fairness Doctrine, which mandated that stations give airtime to opposing political views before dying in 1987.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/n…..kradio.htm
S.O.S. from MA @ 43
I think Olson could very easily be worse than the last AG from Gibson Dunn, William French Smith. I would have preferred to get the next First Lady from Gibson Dunn (i.e., Susan Bayh, who worked in the DC office for a couple of years right after law school).
watertiger;
I assume you saw this whiny cop story.
I say again Amadou Diallo, Abner Louima, Patrick Dorismond are hanging around Rudy’s neck.
S.O.S. from MA @ 43
No!! please, please…. i’m very glad that there are conservatives that have some limits. but someone who is ok breaking fisa law and locking away an american citizen without a lawyer or any due process is NOT good enough.
selise @ 57
Live in the real world, Selise. Comey is the best we can hope for. He may even be too much to hope for. Or would you really rather have, say, Eugene Scalia? Or John Yoo?
dakine01 @ 55
No, I hadn’t seen that. Oh, and add Judith Regan to that list. She’s threatened to spill all if Rudy’s campaign makes progress.
more on comey from glenn (who says it better than i can):
BREAKING: CARTER IRRELEVANT
CRAWFORD, Texas (AP) — The nasty words between President Bush and former President Jimmy Carter continued Sunday.
In a biting rebuke to Carter calling the Bush administration the “worst in history,” the White House on Sunday dismissed Carter as “increasingly irrelevant.”
I think it’s sad that President Carter’s reckless personal criticism is out there,” said Fratto. “I think it’s unfortunate. And I think he is proving to be increasingly irrelevant with these kinds of comments.”
Carter was in Arkansas promoting “Sunday Mornings in Plains,” a collection of weekly Bible lessons from his hometown of Plains, Georgia.
“Apparently, Sunday mornings in Plains for former President Carter includes hurling reckless accusations at your fellow man,” said Amber Wilkerson, Republican National Committee spokeswoman.
She said it was hard to take Carter seriously because he also “challenged Ronald Reagan’s strategy for the Cold War.”
REAGAN STILL DEAD….
ccmask @ 61
While George Bush, who takes his own strategy for the Iraq war seriously, is what, exactly?
watertiger @ 59
You mean Judith is more ethical than Kerik?
TheOtherWA @ 42
via http://thinkprogress.org/
Reid may be soft spoken, but he can still ass when he wants to!
Anybody know of the significance of the ten-day thing?
Two people are calling the shots as to whether Gonzo goes or Gonzo stays. Mrs. Gonzo and Laura. If either one says he’s going, he’s going.
burnspbesq @ 58
i’m not so naive to think that who we end up with could be even worse than comey. we’re not the ones in congress responsible for making compromises – we’re citizens demanding our rights from our government. let’s not give up without a fight.
not a lawyer, but i believe that bush can only do a recess appt if senate won’t be meeting on the next 10 days.
LS @ 65
I meant four people (Bush and Gonzo, of course).
selise @ 57
selise @ 66
But under what concievable circumstances would Bush nominate the guy who provided the straw that broke the camel’s back–the camel being Bush BFF Gonzales?
Specter: Gonzales Likely To Quit To Avoid No-Confidence Vote
Y’all chat about this yet today?
dakine01 @ 62
Well, not too smart of Kerik and Rudy, really. But that’s what blinding arrogance gets ya.
More on that Painesville immigration round-up:
http://www.zwire.com/site/news…..&rfi=6
If Bush can’t do the 10-day thing, he may have to use a terror tack.
If this is the standard of heroism applied to Ashcroft, et al.,
[snip’ed from above…]
Colbert for AG!
Unless Monica or Ralston say something concrete that incriminates Gonzo, I don’t thing he will leave. I don’t even think a vote of no confidence will have any effect on either Bush or AG. I hope I’m wrong.
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watertiger @ 71
I’d say a combination of arrogance AND a lot of thinking with the little head gets them to this point.
TexBetsy @ 67
Well – this answers our concerns on a couple of threads ago, as to whether Dubya can do a recess appointment of a new AG over the Memorial Day holiday – and my question as to whether and how they can hold the Senate open while most of them go on vacation! Whoopee!
KathieinMN @ 78
It’s nice that Bush can no longer do everything he wants. Now if we could just get it through the “centrists’” skulls that the bastard shouldn’t be allowed to do anything he wants….
…………. a cardboard box and told the leave …. and by the way our law office will be drawing up papers …. that is more likely the scenario out in the world called “reality”
GWB appointed William H. Pyor to the Court of Appeals on the 7th day of a ten day recess in 2004. The appointment was upheld on appeal.
I found an old case saying that appointments made during recesses in the 6 to 10 day range are questionable, but as seen above, GWB has done it before. I think Harry’s screwing up.
CIA: Cash From Iraq Funding Al Qaida In Pakistan
WASHINGTON — A major CIA effort launched last year to hunt down Osama bin Laden has produced no significant leads on his whereabouts, but has helped track an alarming increase in the movement of Al Qaeda operatives and money into Pakistan’s tribal territories, according to senior U.S. intelligence officials familiar with the operation.
In one of the most troubling trends, U.S. officials said that Al Qaeda’s command base in Pakistan is increasingly being funded by cash coming out of Iraq, where the terrorist network’s operatives are raising substantial sums from donations to the anti-American insurgency as well as kidnappings of wealthy Iraqis and other criminal activity.
The influx of money has bolstered Al Qaeda’s leadership ranks at a time when the core command is regrouping and reasserting influence over its far-flung network. The trend also signals a reversal in the traditional flow of Al Qaeda funds, with the network’s leadership surviving to a large extent on money coming in from its most profitable franchise, rather than distributing funds from headquarters to distant cells.
Al Qaeda’s efforts were aided, intelligence officials said, by Pakistan’s withdrawal in September of tens of thousands of troops from the tribal areas along the Afghanistan border where Bin Laden and his top deputy, Ayman Zawahiri, are believed to be hiding.
Little more than a year ago, Al Qaeda’s core command was thought to be in a financial crunch. But U.S. officials said cash shipped from Iraq has eased those troubles.
“Iraq is a big moneymaker for them,” said a senior U.S. counter-terrorism official.
The evolving picture of Al Qaeda’s finances is based in part on intelligence from an aggressive effort launched last year to intensify the pressure on Bin Laden and his senior deputies.
more
jayt @ 81
how do we tell him to call it every 5 days?
We had a girl embezzle $180,000 2 years ago at work. She came in, turned in her Expedition keys, her laptop and cellphone and was waiting out on the curb for a ride home.
Oh, and last week another guy had to turn in his credit card because he had rung up $4,500.00 in credit card debt on our account. He left and was waiting out on the curb too.
Of all the Republican senators that McCain could have told to fuck off, I’m pleased that it was mine.
TexBetsy @ 83
And does there have to be a quorum present at these times?
TexBetsy @ 83
I prefer having one every day.
But then the bastard would probably just go ahead and make the appointment over the “weekend recess”.
ccmask,
Are these people going to be prosecuted?
And does there have to be a quorum present at these times?
umm, I think I told you everything I know about that question when I said hello.
Don’t think so, though.
Not much aggravates me more than the golden parachutes for CEO’s etc. for doing bad, and in most cases very bad and costly work. Same goes with medals awarded to lousy government bigs wigs on their way out. What happened to the merit system the GOP touted for so long? Lost with all the other Republican and conservative principles I suppose, in the name of winning, expediency and unbashful shame.
SNARK OF THE DAY!:
“Kids, they sure keep ya hoppin’!”
Oklahoma kiddo @ 91
And all that is from the same folks that don’t want to give low wage earners an extra $1 an hour.
jayt @ 81
But that was an actual recess jayt. The Pres. can appoint someone at anytime in that recess, so the obvious goal (at least the way I see it) is to not have a recess at all. Or am I missing something?
Margot @ 89
The $180,000 girl is in jail on another recent rap but the judge let her go with our case because she had a child. The second one we won’t press charges, just fired him and took his vehicle and phone away. Too much trouble to press charges and we caught him early. It is unbelievable, really.
In fact, my boss was really pissed about the girl and he said he was going to kill her, because he was angry. He didn’t mean it. The cops came and arrested him and he spent the night in jail. What a joke.
TexBetsy @ 93
We low wage earners need far more than 1$ an hour to even make the current living wage. Calling them robber barons is being polite, with the words i’d have for these people.
TexBetsy @ 93
There are a lot of complaints from executives and Wall Street types that Sarbanes-Oxley (the post-Enron accounting reforms) are pushing investment banking business overseas. Much more likely explanations are the obscene compensation packages and golden parachutes that have become commonplace.
The world bank will give $400,000 to Wolfowiz but not $6.00 a month for soldiers. It is too much, really. And they yelled at Kerry for throwing his away.
But that was an actual recess jayt. The Pres. can appoint someone at anytime in that recess, so the obvious goal (at least the way I see it) is to not have a recess at all.
It’s all very confusing (at least to me). Is a recess a recess if it’s not ever officially called a recess? Or does the absence of elected representatives simply constitute a de-facto recess? And fwiw, this morning Nancy Pelosi specifically mentioned “the Memorial Day Recess”.
Heck if I know. Play it safe, I say.
New thread: FDL Book Salon, Ilona Meagher
If we were to follow the example of the failures of Wolfowitz (Iraq and the World Bank) and his take on departure, how much should the prez get when he leaves? It’s all so unbearingly disgusting and frustrating. There are a lot of non-politically connected kids who could use a good meal. How many children would $400,000 feed?
Oklahoma kiddo @ 101
QUITE A FEW!
Mom blames Satan for burning baby in microwave
ccmask, any vacancies at your place of work?
TexBetsy @ 103
He really is a wonderful man when he’s not microwaving infants.
Oofah.
-GSD
Saw this edition of the Borowitz Report during the week (in an actual dead tree paper) but forgot to post the link until now. It fits with the snark theme, and the picture posted at the top.
Wolfowitz’s Girlfriend Resigns as Wolfowitz’s Girlfriend
What is a curse word associated with chickens?
So. Will Shaha return to her old digs at the World Bank? With a slight salary cut. Say about 67K or so.
Depending upon the wording of Wolfie the Warmonger’s resignation he may well end up with a year’s salary, 375K, on top of the 400K “performance bonus.” Man, if he gets 400K for that kind of performance, every working person in the world should get a multi-million dollar bonus at the same time.
Ain’t capitalism great?
rockyroad @ 107
I’m waiting for the answer to that one as well!
Associated with chickens? I’m guessing a very roundabout way of saying c***sucker…
ccmask @ 61
I guess the Bushies consideer relevance by the level of body bags that one can generate in a weekend…15 US soldiers dead in the last two days. And over 100 Iraqi’s killed by death squads or bombings. That “surge” is really doing its job! And it’s been 4 months since the Iraqi Cabinet agreed on the oil-export bill…and the Iraqi Parliament are no nearer to acting upon it with their Summer holiday looming. No wonder Bush doesn’t want any benchmarks. Indeed the military has stopped training further Iraqi forces, having never figured out how to prevent their infiltration by militia collaborators and reduce the theft of arms and equipment.
And they stopped “integrating” their units because of the fear that their movements would be relayed to the militias, or that, once in combat, they could receive a bullet from an “ally”.
Carter is utterly “irrelevant”, as is anyone that tells Bush what he doesn’t want to hear. Bush is now in the pathologically insane level of temper-tantrum. He won’t compromise with Congress, even to the level where they offer him the ability to overide their “landmarks”. He wants everyone to be dragged down into Hades with him, and to avoid the responsibility for his decisions.
But even Rasmussen is beginning to admit (after they tried to fudge Bush approval ratings at 41% on Tuesday…then changed that number without comment) that Bush is in real trouble.
http://www.rasmussenreports.co…..b_approval
May 20 Approve 34% Disapprove 63%
May 19 34% 64%
May 18 35% 62%
May 17 35% 62%
May 16 38% 60% (Changed from 41% Approval)
May 15 38% 59%
May 14 No Polling
May 13 39% 59%
And the most incredible thing has been the erosion of Bush’s “Strong Support). It’s now down to 13% while strongly disapprove is at 46%…so for every strong Bush supporter there are 3.5 that hate his policies.
George Bush and President Carter.
Oh Georgie, there you go again.
George W. Bush has been such a naughty little boy.
Funny, and here I thought they were alluding to “chickenhawk.” That would be “fightin’ words” were they not true. I agree, though, that the profanity which alludes to partial vacuums osculatorily applied to roosters would be far more inflammatory.
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(check my .SIG above tomorrow. Fun stuff a-comin) :)
S.O.S.: I can just picture it…
“Senatah! You, sah, apply osculatory partial vacuums to roostahs!”
Time for the dueling pistols.
These quotes and other classics are in:
“The GOP Quotes of the Week.”
As for the $400.000 thousand that you’re complaining about…this is chicken feed in the rarified world that the WB and Wolffy live in.
I bet they payed him millions to pry his little crooked finger loose!
Watertiger,
You’ve made my day…again.
Thank you.
GottaLaff
Wolfowitz gets to sweep out of the World Bank with a $400,000 exit fee?
AHA! The (not so) golden handshake. Thank God he got caught at his shenanigans. I’d hate to see what he would have gotten if he left in good standing.
“Wolfowitz gets to sweep out of the World Bank with a $400,000 exit fee?”
Hmmmm, I just wonder how much money it would take, collected from around the world, and offered as a Wolfowitz-like “resignation bonus,” to get Bush, Cheney, Gonzales, and so many other neo-con nuts, to resign???
Hey, they’re Republicans. Money is God to all of them. Money talks. But I just wonder if enough money were talking, this would get them to walking?
Hey, other world dictators have walked once the right incentives were in place. So, if the price is right, and enough concerned world citizens contribute, I bet enough money could be collected to get these Bush administration bums to leave, which will make the world a whole lot safer.
Hey, anything’s worth a try at this point.
For a glimpse of the other side, check out Christopher Hitchens’ take on this story. You can read it here,
http://www.abc.net.au/lateline…..927334.htm
hi
CD @ 110
“Cocksucker you?” That doesn’t make grammatical sense, even for McCain.
“Owie, owie, owie! Shaha’s got some pointy-ass shoes!”
OK, that made Monday suck less. Thanks.
Krispyos @ 121
Ah yes, the neocon. The Christopher Hitchens I recognize.