As If He Has Any Moral Boundries to Cross...


I see the Chimpgroper took out his veto pen for the first time today, claiming some sort of moral boundry on "the taking of innocent life."

Hmmm...you mean like the 50,000 or so Iraqi civilians killed while you've ignored the legal and moral responsibility of providing and maintaining order over a region you militarily occupy? No, I guess there's no moral boundry there...

Or maybe it's like the hundreds of Lebanese civilians you've allowed to be killed in order for Israel to "save face." Nope, not there either.

Or maybe like the 1500 plus people who were killed due to criminal negligence in the design and maintenence of federally built floodwalls and levees in New Orleans...while you took a vacation from your vacation...well, maybe moral boundries...have a few boundries of their own.

Or maybe we've got a pathetic bullshitter in chief.

Anyway...it's been one of those days for me...sorry for the lack of posts. However, if you don't mind an eclectic mix and match of several things that caught my eye...well...

Mesopotamia might get a bit messier if Turkey REALLY intends to move into Kurdish regions.

Want to know how to strengthen a political movement like Hizbollah? Keep doing EXACTLY what you've BEEN doing for the past week.

WetBankGuide points out that Google Maps have post-Katrina imagery of New Orleans, as did Jeffrey. Folse, Adrastos, and Dangerblond also have some things to say about Foti's grandstanding re: the alleged "mercy killings" in the aftermath of the disaster--and they all make for good reading. Too bad the AG's office isn't doing just that.

Boyd Blundell has another good post up at After the Levees--unfortunately, a commentor named "Ellen" continues to offer the "F.U. NOLA" line in response...well, I suppose it's important to know there are folks like that out there (and, to be honest, I actually hope one day they themselves get to experience personally the "pleasure" of being abandoned by their government).

Once again sports journalism manages to shame the supposed "real" journalists--ESPN has an extensive report on Pat Tillman's death.

And finally, to end with something that would be a hell of a lot less depressing if it was merely about a two-term Texass governor and failed candidate for president: the "genius" of Dubya (google video).