Eleven More Days

Does the Secret Service do overseas work?

On November 2, the entire civilised world will be praying, praying Bush loses. And Sod's law dictates he'll probably win, thereby disproving the existence of God once and for all. The world will endure four more years of idiocy, arrogance and unwarranted bloodshed, with no benevolent deity to watch over and save us. John Wilkes Booth, Lee Harvey Oswald, John Hinckley Jr - where are you now that we need you?

Note that, in advocating the murder of GWB, Charlie Brooker references the assassins/would-be assassin of three of the most *admired* presidents in American history. Who’s the dumb one, Charlie?

Meanwhile on MSNBC, the network’s Senior Political Analyst, Lawrence O’Donnell, comes unglued—assuming he was ever glued in the first place—during an episode of Scarborough Country. Swift Vet John O’Neill seems to have that affect on “neutral” mainstream media characters. As I read somewhere else, it takes a real nutcase to make Pat Buchanan (subbing for Joe Scarborough) look sane.

UPDATE: Well how about that? The Guardian (UK) has disappeared the offensive editorial. The above link no longer contains the article, much less the quote above.

Just a joke.

Thanks, Guardian. I have been schooled. I will utilize the screen shot option from now on.

Comments

[Solo]

Just shows the state of things in political discourse now. I call it "I'm Going To Whoop Your Ass" politics. Hmm... Maybe I can jump in since I play the dozens very well. ;)

[torchy]

If people are praying to a god that Bush will lose the best thing that could happen is that they come to realize that that god doesn't exist. My God will decide who will govern us in accordance with His plan and I'll be praying that His will be done, not mine. My God will eventually throw this world over to the forces of evil to try those who are righteous. I think 4 years of Bush has given this country and the the world ample time to consider whether they want to be ruled by righteousness or evil but maybe God will grant us more time to turn people from evil. We've certainly seen the demons that inhabit some people revealing themself when faced with righteousness, from Osama/Saddam/Zarqawi to Matthews/Carville/Odonnell

[Dittybopper]

If the intellectual giants at the Guardian are advocating the assasination of President Bush and it is succesful - what then would they do about President Richard Cheney? Do they think that a President Cheney would do much different than President Bush. What they are really saying is kill any american president that they don't agree with.

[baldilocks]

I don't think that such as Mr. Brooker are strategic thinkers; even strategic enough to wonder how much more they would hate a Cheney Administration.

[StinKerr]

A good lesson learned for the Grauniad. Use it on the BBC too. Always use screenshots or copy to pdf. Of course the Beeb makes stealth edits and never explains or seems to record the changes, unlike what the Grauniad did.

It makes me wonder if they got a visit from a couple of serious young men from the embassy or maybe Whitehall.

[StinKerr]

Although it wasn't completely one sided. I liked this phrase: "Throughout the debate, John Kerry, for his part,
looks and sounds a bit like a haunted tree." (sic)

Google that phrase and you'll find the relevant portion of the article copied to other sites and maybe even a cache of the original page. I hope that works. I saw a line in the link designating firefox, which is what I'm using. It may not work for other browsers. Google is our friend.

[baldilocks]

Stinkerr: My email is acting up, so I can't respond.

However, I have to say that you are the man!

[baldilocks' mom]

"AMEN," torchy.

[StinKerr]

Thank you, ma'am. Always glad to be of some assistance.

The pdf and screen capture files are available but I'm guessing you got the Google cache. If not, let me know.

[Ghost Dansing]

The Iraqi interim government has warned the United States and international nuclear inspectors that nearly 380 tons of powerful conventional explosives - used to demolish buildings, make missile warheads and detonate nuclear weapons - are missing from one of Iraq's most sensitive former military installations.

The huge facility, called Al Qaqaa, was supposed to be under American military control but is now a no man's land, still picked over by looters as recently as Sunday. United Nations weapons inspectors had monitored the explosives for many years, but White House and Pentagon officials acknowledge that the explosives vanished sometime after the American-led invasion last year.

American weapons experts say their immediate concern is that the explosives could be used in major bombing attacks against American or Iraqi forces: the explosives, mainly HMX and RDX, could produce bombs strong enough to shatter airplanes or tear apart buildings.

The bomb that brought down Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 used less than a pound of the same type of material, and larger amounts were apparently used in the bombing of a housing complex in November 2003 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and the blasts in a Moscow apartment complex in September 1999 that killed nearly 300 people.

The explosives could also be used to trigger a nuclear weapon, which was why international nuclear inspectors had kept a watch on the material, and even sealed and locked some of it. The other components of an atom bomb - the design and the radioactive fuel - are more difficult to obtain.

The Qaqaa facility, about 30 miles south of Baghdad, was well known to American intelligence officials: Mr. Hussein made conventional warheads at the site, and the I.A.E.A. dismantled parts of his nuclear program there in the early 1990's after the Persian Gulf war in 1991. In the prelude to the 2003 invasion, Mr. Bush cited a number of other "dual use" items - including tubes that the administration contended could be converted to use for the nuclear program - as a justification for invading Iraq.

After the invasion, when widespread looting began in Iraq, the international weapons experts grew concerned that the Qaqaa stockpile could fall into unfriendly hands. In May, an internal I.A.E.A. memorandum warned that terrorists might be helping "themselves to the greatest explosives bonanza in history."

[torchy]

"and Amen" Momma Bear. He cometh quickly and shall not tarry. Be ever ready with your lamp shining brightly.

[baldilocks]

Ghost Dansing: I'm not sure why you posted your long missive. The explosives were missing before our troops got there.

[teal marie]

Do we love how Kerry leapt to chastise Bush over the NYT story or what? Impetuous goof!
Think I'll vote early tomorrow.

[torchy]

teal marie- I love it. Someone threw him a bone and he sunk his teeth into a Rather sandwich. He's gotten hungry trying to make us eat cake he might of thought it was a piece of cake, the vacuous old harpy. It was served up to him by the UN and NYT so he was just following his policy positions. The liberal media is still spinning this as a real campaign issue, feh. Vote early and often!

[Walter Wallis]

The "missing" explosives probably went north with the other WMD during the delays caused by Saddam paid suckups France, Germany and Russia to allow hiding the evidence. The MSM knew this, and yet allowed the accusation to go out uncorrected. What whores.

[StinKerr]

Ghost fails to credit a source for that. Of course, a link would have been sufficient. Some original comment would also have been appropriate. Including the information that the stuff was missing when the U.S. troops got there as reported from NBC imbed would also have been a good thing.

Then there's staying on topic.

Now that you've mastered cut 'n paste, ghost, it's time to work on some new skills.

[StinKerr]

Ghost's post was lifted verbatim from the NY Slimes. Why am I not surprised?

Google is still my friend.