Would George Bush be so Brave?

So, I just got done watching the Saddam execution video. Hussein really took his death like a man. If the international court found our President guilty of crimes against humanity and ordered him to be hung from his neck until dead, would our leader be as brave as Saddam?

CNN reported that Bush watched the first part of the hanging video but then turned away just as the trap door was opened. If you believe in capital punishment, how can you be so gutless as to not watch capital punishment in action? In addition to being a ruthless killer, Bush is a coward.

Hannibal Lecter Eulogizes His Sister

"Mischa, we take comfort in knowing there is no God. That you are not enslaved in a Heaven, made to kiss God's ass forever. What you have is better than Paradise. You have blessed oblivion."

Hannibal Rising, p. 222

A Striking Similarity

In a goodbye letter from Saddam, he yammers on about god and heaven. It’s interesting that Hussein and Bush are both believers. Here are some other similarities between Bush and Hussein:

They have killed innocent people.

They support the death penalty.

They have secretly detained people.

They have invaded countries without cause (Saddam invaded Kuwait, and Bush invaded Iraq).

They have shaken the hand of Donald Rumsfeld.

They have been in the oil business.

They like guns.

They believe god is on their side.

If things were just slightly different, I think they could have been friends. Maybe, they’ll be roommates in heaven.

What Happens When Bad People Die?

Sometime over the next half century, George W. Bush is going to die. What sort of reaction will his death get? After Reagan died, I remember that he got a lot of praise, but there were some prominent negative essays. Bush II, however, is a much bigger heap of shit than Reagan so I’m wondering if Bush II is going to receive the disparagement that he so richly deserves.

Tough Couple of Days

Man, first James Brown dies, and then Gerald Ford dies. I wonder if I can get some bereavement time from work.

Are You Kidding?

Is Saddam really going to be hung within thirty days? Apparently, super due process isn’t part of the new Iraq. Don’t these dummies realize that violence just leads to more violence? The newly installed Shiite government is just going to get bitch slapped even more by the Sunnis, if the top Sunni gets hung.

Don’t get me wrong, I don’t care if Saddam dies; I’ve become so calloused by this war that unless I personally know you or at least listen to your music, I don’t care who dies. But fuck, are there no more pragmatists in this world? Let’s say you are a battered wife, but you don’t want to cut and run, so you decide to stay. Does it really make sense to do something that is just going to irritate the violent aggressor?

That Hat Looks Funny

Squad leader Staff Sgt. Frank D. Wuterich is in trouble for allegedly murdering Iraqi civilians. George Bush put him and his fellow marines in an unacceptable situation (i.e., having to occupy a foreign country); now, he is going to be punished for having a human response to an inhuman war. Even if he is guilty, Wuterich and his comrades should be given a pass.

The Unintended Consequences of Affirmative Action, Part II

In State of Denial, Woodward also reports how the completely out of the loop Colin Powell was. Powell asked David Kay to send him information about Kay’s search for WMD. Powell asked Kay to send this classified information to his personal AOL account. To be fair, because he has been prescient on the war, I don’t think Powell is a dummy. It can be argued, as it is in Woodward’s book, that Powell was the one person who could have stopped America from getting into this quagmire, but he wasn’t strong enough to save us. Powell is too much of a good soldier (i.e., a follower) to stand up for his convictions.

The Unintended Consequences of Affirmative Action, Part I

In State of Denial, Woodward writes that the first President Bush thought Condi turned out to be a “disappointment.”

State of Denial

I just completed the trilogy and finished Woodward’s State of Denial. Woodward’s Plan of Attack and Bush at War were fawning works of stenography (to be fair, I still enjoyed both books.) However, In State of Denial, Bush, who refused to be interviewed for the book, is portrayed as an incurious, divorced-from-reality optimist who is more of a cheerleader-in-chief than a commander-in-chief.

They Deserve to Die

No sign of the missing Mount Hood climbers. Why do we waste money and risk the lives of rescuers to try, usually futilely, to save thrill seekers who engage in unnecessary, dangerous activities?

Danna Swain Palmer Started It

This post has generated a lot of anger. Because Mrs. Swain called Senator Kerry “stupid” and “scum,” I called her a “dope.” Interestingly, Kerry served in the Navy during a pointless war, but unlike every single Marine, Mrs. Swain doesn’t seem to believe that every single Navy member is “brilliant”. She sort of has a point. It always troubled me that Kerry served in Vietnam, and the one thing I respect about George W. Bush and Dick Cheney is that they were smart enough to realize that military service in an unnecessary war is a bad idea. Still, I campaigned for Kerry because he has killed fewer innocents than Bush and Cheney.

Fuck the Draft

Thank Jesus that Nancy Pelosi nixed Representative Rangel’s idea to bring back the draft. If you get killed in a volunteer army you are like the girl who dresses like a whore, goes back to a guy’s room to drink and make-out, and gets raped – it’s still wrong, but you had it coming. If America gets occupied by a foreign force, I’ll be happy to bear arms and join the insurgency, but otherwise I’m not interested in, as Vito Corleone puts it, dying for strangers.