Opening The Files: 7/18/06
An analogy involving 'hell' and 'a handbasket' comes to mind.
The above statement pretty much sums up my sense of the what's going on in the Israel/Palestine/Lebanon conflict. For the most part, I've tried to shy away from the subject as I agree with Kevin Drum and Kos for why the topic can be pretty dicey. So rather then bore you with my own thoughts, I will point you to the likes of Billmon, Larry Johnson, Juan Cole, Ezra Klein, and Arthur Silber.
Porky's Revenge.
President Bush took a detour through Germany on his way to the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. He held a presser with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and for some reason he couldn'’t keep his mind off of the roast pig that was to be served later that evening. Even when asked some really serious questions about the situation in the Middle East, he kept bringing up the pig.
And we still have this guy for two more years?
Putin's Pun.
The next stop in "“we still have two more years of this"” land, Bush finally made it to St. Petersburg were he held another presser, this time with Russian Prez Vladimir Putin. Dubya was waxing philosophically about how Russia should aspire to have a democracy more like Iraq. Putin'’s response? No, Thanks.
Bush shot back with "just wait" but really had the last word when he blocked Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Is this thing on?! Oh (expletive)!
Some rather colorful language from Bush was captured by an open mic during a G8 luncheon. Bush was discussing the Mid-East crisis with his boy Tony Blair and had this to say about it:
The Daily Show weighed in on Bush's pig preoccupation as well as his unscripted, yet thankfully on topic faux pas.
Newsday says that porcine predilection “epitomized his disengagement in the Middle East". A disengagement from reality has been the hallmark of this administration for some time now, guys.
So was Bush'’s beef what cost Russia a slot in the WTO? Or was it pork?
Josh brings up a good point. With all the goings on in the '‘handbasket'’, this is what CNN decides in front page material? A couple of readers chime in on possible reasons.
Carpetbagger notes what should be the focus of Bush's G8 remarks. And it's not his employment of a "bad word".
And finally from HuffPo: Martin Lewis talks about the bad example Bush is setting for the children. Tom D'Antoni says this G8 gaffe is but one of the many "Pet Goat" moments we have witnessed from this President. And Mo Rocca wonders (with poll) who will be the next target of Bush's "accidental" (expletive) session.
The above statement pretty much sums up my sense of the what's going on in the Israel/Palestine/Lebanon conflict. For the most part, I've tried to shy away from the subject as I agree with Kevin Drum and Kos for why the topic can be pretty dicey. So rather then bore you with my own thoughts, I will point you to the likes of Billmon, Larry Johnson, Juan Cole, Ezra Klein, and Arthur Silber.
Porky's Revenge.
President Bush took a detour through Germany on his way to the G8 summit in St. Petersburg. He held a presser with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and for some reason he couldn'’t keep his mind off of the roast pig that was to be served later that evening. Even when asked some really serious questions about the situation in the Middle East, he kept bringing up the pig.
And we still have this guy for two more years?
Putin's Pun.
The next stop in "“we still have two more years of this"” land, Bush finally made it to St. Petersburg were he held another presser, this time with Russian Prez Vladimir Putin. Dubya was waxing philosophically about how Russia should aspire to have a democracy more like Iraq. Putin'’s response? No, Thanks.
Bush shot back with "just wait" but really had the last word when he blocked Russia's bid to join the World Trade Organization.
Is this thing on?! Oh (expletive)!
Some rather colorful language from Bush was captured by an open mic during a G8 luncheon. Bush was discussing the Mid-East crisis with his boy Tony Blair and had this to say about it:
See, the irony is that what they need to do is to get Syria to get Hezbollah to stop doing this shit and it's over.
The Daily Show weighed in on Bush's pig preoccupation as well as his unscripted, yet thankfully on topic faux pas.
Newsday says that porcine predilection “epitomized his disengagement in the Middle East". A disengagement from reality has been the hallmark of this administration for some time now, guys.
So was Bush'’s beef what cost Russia a slot in the WTO? Or was it pork?
Josh brings up a good point. With all the goings on in the '‘handbasket'’, this is what CNN decides in front page material? A couple of readers chime in on possible reasons.
Carpetbagger notes what should be the focus of Bush's G8 remarks. And it's not his employment of a "bad word".
And finally from HuffPo: Martin Lewis talks about the bad example Bush is setting for the children. Tom D'Antoni says this G8 gaffe is but one of the many "Pet Goat" moments we have witnessed from this President. And Mo Rocca wonders (with poll) who will be the next target of Bush's "accidental" (expletive) session.
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