All Dubya All The Time!

It was a Dubyariffic couple of days . . . so much shit, so little desire to write about it since it is late on Friday . . . . but here we go fuckers.

After having been beaten like a middle aged Italian woman that burnt the garlic bread for quite a long time, the administration decided to counter America's backhand by sort of saying they were sorry. Dubya himself took responsibility for invading Iraq on faulty intelligence. "As president, I'm responsible for the decision to go into Iraq -- and I'm also responsible for fixing what went wrong by reforming our intelligence capabilities. And we're doing just that." He added, "no question we made some, I would call them, tactical mistakes."

I will give the Prez some credit here, I would have totally expected him to throw someone other than himself under the bus. At the very least he took that bullet. Had he decided to make these statements at any time in 2004 I would have probably applauded him for stepping the fuck up. To do it nearly three years after the disaster all I can say is fuck off. Taking responsibility "officially" now rings extremely hollow. Dubya, you should fire the advisors that told you this was a great idea.

Notice I said that Dubya should "fire" and not "torture" the advisors. That's because the United States does not torture and pretty soon we'll have the documentation to prove it. In a stunning reversal of position, the Prez openly supported the ban on torture. This comes after months and months of people in the administration pushing for the torture ban to be dropped because while the U.S. does not use torture as an interrogation method, it wanted to make sure that it was an option if the mood was right.

The administration, especially V.P. Roboto have looked like dicks blocking this legislation (sponsored by five year electrode to the testicle survivor John McCain). By supporting the measure they can pass the dick onto someone else. That someone just happens to be California Republican Duncan Hatch who is threatening to block the legislation unless he receives a written assurance from the White House that interrogators won't be "handcuffed." If the above sentence seems familiar, you're right . . . . the exact same threat was used in the 1982 classic "Savannah Smiles."

The reversal by the administration was seen as a defeat, but not as big of a defeat as the Senate deciding to shit on the Patriot Act. Okay, the whole Senate didn't shit on extending the Act, just the ones that love them some donkeys. In response to the defeat, Dubya pulled out a classic and in a statement tried to scare America, stating that "terrorists want to attack America again and kill the innocent and inflict even greater damage. Congress has a responsibility not to take away this vital tool that law enforcement and intelligence have used." Democrats basically retorted with the whole "protecting rights" and "why do you need to know what I read" argument. Republicans re-retorted with "rights schmights" and "because Mark Twain was a terrorist at heart."

Sources close to the White House (like two blocks away) say that Dubya continually commented that there will be nothing worse than the Scooter Libby week. He was, of course, wrong, and even today, finding himself waist deep in shit, he learned that shit can be stacked even higher.

Reports surfaced that Dubya authorized a secret spying program in the United States several times since October of 2001 without seeking warrants from the courts, per the law. This is a big no no. For the first time this week Dubya shut the fuck up and refused to address the issue. Meanwhile a whole lot of people, speaking anonymously said that everything the Prez did was lawful. Those that spoke publicly talked about hearings and chills through America's spine. Not a good day for the Prez to say the least.

Well that is enough of Dubya (and I didn't even get into his Delay comment). Chew on all of the above for the weekend and I will see you on Monday.

- MPH