2 posts tagged “us politics”
I have the radio on during the day at work, subdued, but audible. I'm currently listening to the 'State of the Union' address by George W. Bush. The last one this reprehensible example of a machavellian politician will deliver, which should please millions.
It's a speech filled to overflowing with empty rhetoric, motherhood statements and promises which will last at best, 11 months. Filled also with war-like statements against Iran, talk of better care for the country's 'wounded warriors' and some extra special emphasis on the state of play in Iraq. A war this lame duck President started five years ago this coming March, and one which will continue on long after he leaves office, leaving that country wracked by sectarian violence and political corruption on a scale that dwarfs the efforts of Saddam Hussein.
Eleven months, America. That's all you have to cope with. Let's all sincerely hope that this military minded moron currently warming a seat in your Whitehouse doesn't take into his high-IQ mind that he needs to leave a bigger indelible mark on your country's history than he's already made. Thanks to George W. Bush, your national reputation, in many minds, is akin to the porcelin bowl in your bathroom. George W. Bush is that dirty brown stain on the back face of the S-bend.
"I want you to know that the American people do not support a policy of retreat. We want to complete the mission, get it done right, and return with honour." - Dick Cheney doing another Mission(yet-to-be)Accomplished - ABC News Online
At least this ageing compulsive teller of non-truths had the luck of the
Gods with him (couldn't possible have been good planning) in that he delivered
yet another of his 'we'll fight 'em on the beaches' tirades from the
deck of an aircraft carrier other than the USS Abraham Lincoln. I doubt the crew
of that vessel ever wants their ship to be the backdrop for another failed
political pork-pie contest.
Seriously, does Cheney really believe anyone gives an intercontinental ballistic flying fuck whether Iran becomes a member of the nuclear club? Maybe this is Let's-Slap-Iran-In-Public week? Or perhaps it's Tell-Your-Biggest-Lie day? Last I heard, Iran didn't have any nuclear weapons, nor the capacity to produce same. Last I heard, Iran was pursuing a nuclear power generation capacity. Why then does Cheney feel the need to make a complete and utter arse of himself (again!) by making a statement which has no basis in probability? Maybe he hasn't rattled his sword lately, and felt the compulsion to show that he still has what it takes. In the shake, rattle & roll stakes, anyway. Maybe he knows his ride on the Power Pony is just about over. Another 18 months and it's fade away into obscurity for Richard Bruce Cheney. His fifteen minutes of fame still await him. He's exhausted his, yours and my own quantum of infamy and perhaps that's how he deserves to be remembered. As a liar, cheat and thief of the truth whenever it was in danger of showing itself.
