Richard Shelby (R Alabama) just said he believes we’ll be at war with the Islamic world for a hundred years.

Setting some goalposts.

Funny, I thought our fight was with Al Qaeda. Why should we be at war with all of Islam?

He’s not only shifting the goalposts, he’s taking some seriously hallucinogenic drugs.

Maybe we could just squeeze a tiny little black star in the middle to symbolize the oil.

A white cloth, covered with some sand, soaked in oil & blood and stamped with a picture of Dubya. Then, rip it to shreds and toss it down a hole and drop in a live IED. Yeah, that’s about right.

I woke up to hear the latest “terror disaster that’s been diverted” – they were talking excitedly on my local CBS radio affiliate about how the US has foiled a dangerous terror plot in Germany – one designed “to kill Americans just because they hate Americans.”

It is absolutely amazing how the US manages to discover and announce such major terror threats “in the planning stages” every time before a major report on the war status is to be released. Uncanny, I tell ya.

Fortunately, I found something to help me cool off. No, I haven’t made an iced cappuccino yet (gonna do that right after this post). I read this clip from Bill Maher (August 24th show), as posted on Daily Kos. It got me to laugh out loud, particularly at the end. I thought you all would enjoy his snark this morning.

New Rule: If you were surprised that the Chinese don’t care about toy safety, then the child who needs protecting is you. Over the last couple of months, American consumers have been learning a shocking lesson about supply and demand: if you demand products that don’t cost anything, people will make them out of poison, mud and shit. … They don’t care if your precious little Britney sucks a little lead. Because in China, their kids aren’t playing with the toys, they’re the ones in the factory all day making them. …

In America, there is nothing more sacred than a bargain. And that even includes the war. Yeah, there’s too much lead in the kids’ toys, but not nearly enough on the Humvees in Iraq. “Let’s have a war and cut taxes; what could go wrong?” “Let’s give mortgages to the homeless. Sounds like a plan.” “Let’s buy toys from a Communist police state. You just know they’ll put in a little extra love.”

Speaking of which, you know why today’s modern Chinese capitalist puts lead in the paint that goes on toys? Because it makes colors brighter. You’ve got to love America, a country that’s literally being killed by the stuff that makes objects shiny.

-GSD

Hey, if any of you FDL types are in SF and want to meet some Atriots this Saturday, there’s a Meet-n-Greet going on Saturday afternoon.

Show your FDL decoder ring at the door and you might get a prize!

Love to make that. That last one I attended was at Langley, and they took lots of pictures.

lina @ 79

Off Topic: I think Jeralyn should volunteer to defend Larry Craig and change his plea to not guilty.

(I’m trying to keep myself amused while marking the calendar ’til Jan. ‘09).

Jeralyn said she’ll be doing Thursday nights here at 6:00!

she’s good people.

Here’s the link for the West Coast Atriot Meet-n-Greet.