SOunTrUe Part III

Part three of The Godfather Trilogy stunk. I hope that isn't the case with this post.

I'm in total agreement with Timshel on this: Mary's instant analysis made me laugh from start to finish. If you've got a big enough computer monitor, put her comments and the text of the speech side-by-side. Mary hit a grand slam home run.

I took a look at Ken Wheaton's analysis to get a conservative perspective--I'll refrain from comment for now.

Found the swipe at Clinton in the text (and heard it last night on the recast)--raw meat for the fanatics. I noted below that they'll have a field day with this, regardless of the fact that it's a big bullshit rumproast for the storm troopers. This is the kind of crap dished out by the Republicans that must either be repaid in kind, or, by mutual agreement, stopped by the major parties. If they want to cut it out, fine; otherwise, I want to see Bush REALLY being called to task about ALL the evidence he IGNORED in the Summer of 2001 regarding Al Qaeda, airplanes, and targets, or why Iraq means ANYTHING--no Iraqis were involved in 1993, and none in 2001, etc. etc. etc. If the press doesn't NAIL HIM TO THE FUCKING WALL ON THIS, then they are little more than sell-out hacks who should be taken to North Dakota in the middle of winter and dumped without any heavy clothes.

The Kay report: below I wrote about Dean taking chicken-shit and trying to make chicken salad out of Iowa. Bush's comments regarding the Kay report might outdo Dean in this regard. He should be HAMMERED on this, if the press has any sense of responsibility. Last year's speech didn't say "yellowcake," but it DID say uranium.

Another example:

2003: Saddam Hussein had biological weapons sufficient to produce over 25,000 liters of anthrax ... 38,000 liters of botulinum toxin…materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent …upwards of 30,000 munitions capable of delivering chemical agents.

2004: We're seeking all the facts - already the Kay Report identified dozens of weapons of mass destruction-related program activities and significant amounts of equipment that Iraq concealed from the United Nations. Had we failed to act, the dictator's weapons of mass destruction programs would continue to this day.

Weapons programs (like, I don't know, the missile drawing in the notebook, say?) are NOT the same thing as 25,000 liters, 38,000 liters, 500 tons, or 30,000 munitions. Sorry, but the only way that can be spun is with a compliant sheep-like media. Which is why I say send 'em to North Dakota: let 'em eat grass.

Below I had a few remarks about the seventeen "willing" countries that made it into the speech, and the seventeen "willing to cheerlead" countries that had to make do with riding the pine, as it were. I also had some comments on just what a bald-faced lie "freedom for the Iraqi people" is. Mark my words: Bush/Rove, et al, are petrified (maybe that explains Cheney's red face and poor posture) that Iraq will explode into civil war before November--sort of an anti-October surprise. There is nothing so low that they won't stoop to in order to hide the disaster there.

Laffed when they introduced "the current president of the Iraqi Governing Council, Adnan Pachachi." Does anyone care that the Iraqis themselves call the I.G.C. the "twenty five thieves?" Pachachi probably makes for a better fit than Chalabi--Bush should thank his lucky stars that the monthy "president" is decided on the basis of last-name-alphabetically.

As far as the "domestic" agenda--Timshel has more good commentary, and Rude Pundit makes an interesting observation: Compare any domestic initiative with the deficit and ask yourself: will this REALLY ever make the light of day? Probably not.

Note: the Rude Pundit makes me laugh, but be warned: he's fond of graphic metaphors that sometimes don't sit all that well with me, at least in regards to 'public' commentary--if blogs can really be considered public, that is.

Finally: Fanatical Apathy had the best SOTU drinking game, in my opinion, check it out here. He apparently survived the game, but today's post seems to suggest that he didn't spend much time as "The Future."