Speedy Alberto Gonzales versus Justice

It would be easier by half for Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to lie more convincingly if he could only manage somehow to wipe the smirk off his face while he's doing it.

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Being Lou Dobbs

If Lou Dobbs were an out-of-work Mexican with a family to feed, what do you suppose he'd do? Go to the immigration office and fill out the forms for a green card? Apply for citizenship across the border in America? Or would he cross the border and work three crappy jobs just to pay rent and buy food?

Another question: If Dobbs were Mexican, would he be the same oh-so-witty, erudite, bon vi vant, man-about-town, gentleman's gentleman raconteur he is now?

Makes you wonder, doesn't it?

The Snowman Tony Snow

Tony Snow. So calm. So poised. So surprised that some reporters suspect something is amiss. Everything's cool. Everything's fine. "Hey, what's all the fuss about? Never fear, George W has everything under control. Chill!" See, America? Nothing to worry about. You can go back to sleep now. Night, night.

Are We Smart Enough for Democracy?

That there isn't a powerful political will compelling both impeachment and the suspension of Bush's Folly in Iraq might be an indication Americans either aren't engaged enough or smart enough to sustain a democracy.

Timid Press and Lawrence O'Donnell

So Joe Scarborough does a segment suggesting the timid corporate media has lost ground to political comedians and guess who shows up to dispute that notion. Lawrence O'Donnell, a regular guest of progressive talkers who firmly believe the media let the country down in the build-up to the Iraqi invasion.

O'Donnell's evidence? Well, some media people were killed in Baghdad while imbedded with the military. Another media figure lost an arm while ejecting a grenade from a vehicle.

Scarborough didn't ask what A had to do with B, of course. But I'd love to know how the happenstance deaths of media people covering the war acquits the media at large of turning a blind eye to "Bush's war of aggression.

I don't want to believe O'Donnell is a rank opportunist, willing to provide whatever counterpoint view is needed on shows like Scarborrough's. But that's what it looks like.

President Bush Hates America for its Freedoms

The military is worn out.

The treasury is being bankrupted.

New Orleans is still in ruin.

The Constitution has been gutted.

The Justice Department has been discredited.

The Supreme Court is packed with political hacks.

The Country is bogged down in its worst foreign policy blunder ever.

A third of the country hates, not just disagrees with, the other two-thirds.

Never would I have believed one man, no matter how ignorant or feckless or pliable or deluded or mean-spirited, could do so much damage to America in only six years.

I thought the country was bigger and more durable than it has turned out to be. Bush turned out to be more capable of abject distruction than I imagined.