Five Minutes to Armageddon
Two questions: Is the Decider finally getting a bit of come-uppance, and is it coming too late to do us any good?
Congress has begun hearings to explore how the imbecilic, power-crazed Lying Sack of Shit in Chief and his crime family manipulated scientific reports over the past few years in an effort to minimize the known effects and public awareness of global warming (quelle surprise!). For those of you with short memories, this is called "oversight," and it's what the legislative branch is supposed to do -- as opposed to the blithe rubber-stamping and enthusiastic administration ass-kissing in which the previous Republican-dominated Congresses were cheerfully engaged these past six years.
And last night on MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann took the Preznit to the woodshed over his fabricated claims in the most recent State of the Union speech of his administration having foiled numerous terror plots over the last year. Olbermann has already cemented his reputation as one of the few members of the media out there willing to question this president and speak truth to power, but signs are somewhat encouraging (as evidenced by, for instance, this article from Carolyn Lochhead in Sunday's SF Chronicle) that a few other journalists are finally starting to get it, to wake up and remember what their jobs are supposed to entail. (Hint: It isn't copying and pasting White House press clips and calling it "reporting.")
However, all may be for naught if the chickenhawks running this country have their way, and the media goes along with their increasingly-noisy sabre-rattling in Iran's direction. There are just too many stories like this one going up out there, designed, no doubt, to soften up the populace and convince us that we need to attack the Iranians before they kill us all. The Unknown Candidate has a good post up illustrating what's happening on that front, and what the difference between the rhetoric versus the reality is. From this quarter, though -- and despite the official denials from the White House -- it's looking increasingly likely that war with Iran is coming sooner, rather than later. And it won't be a ground-forces slog like the ongoing carnage in Iraq -- an engagement with Iran will most likely involve air strikes and nuclear weapons. Can you feel the excitement?
Meanwhile, in large part because of these recent events, the scientists in charge of the Doomsday Clock have pushed the minute hand two minutes closer to screwed o'clock. Thanks, George. Thanks, Dick. Thanks, Condi and Rummy and Wolfie, and thanks to all the rest of you bloodthirsty, deceitful neo-con bastards and your hordes of craven little toadies doing your bidding and spreading your lies and obfuscations. Hope your fallout shelters are all well-stocked and in order.
Congress has begun hearings to explore how the imbecilic, power-crazed Lying Sack of Shit in Chief and his crime family manipulated scientific reports over the past few years in an effort to minimize the known effects and public awareness of global warming (quelle surprise!). For those of you with short memories, this is called "oversight," and it's what the legislative branch is supposed to do -- as opposed to the blithe rubber-stamping and enthusiastic administration ass-kissing in which the previous Republican-dominated Congresses were cheerfully engaged these past six years.
And last night on MSNBC's Countdown, Keith Olbermann took the Preznit to the woodshed over his fabricated claims in the most recent State of the Union speech of his administration having foiled numerous terror plots over the last year. Olbermann has already cemented his reputation as one of the few members of the media out there willing to question this president and speak truth to power, but signs are somewhat encouraging (as evidenced by, for instance, this article from Carolyn Lochhead in Sunday's SF Chronicle) that a few other journalists are finally starting to get it, to wake up and remember what their jobs are supposed to entail. (Hint: It isn't copying and pasting White House press clips and calling it "reporting.")
However, all may be for naught if the chickenhawks running this country have their way, and the media goes along with their increasingly-noisy sabre-rattling in Iran's direction. There are just too many stories like this one going up out there, designed, no doubt, to soften up the populace and convince us that we need to attack the Iranians before they kill us all. The Unknown Candidate has a good post up illustrating what's happening on that front, and what the difference between the rhetoric versus the reality is. From this quarter, though -- and despite the official denials from the White House -- it's looking increasingly likely that war with Iran is coming sooner, rather than later. And it won't be a ground-forces slog like the ongoing carnage in Iraq -- an engagement with Iran will most likely involve air strikes and nuclear weapons. Can you feel the excitement?
Meanwhile, in large part because of these recent events, the scientists in charge of the Doomsday Clock have pushed the minute hand two minutes closer to screwed o'clock. Thanks, George. Thanks, Dick. Thanks, Condi and Rummy and Wolfie, and thanks to all the rest of you bloodthirsty, deceitful neo-con bastards and your hordes of craven little toadies doing your bidding and spreading your lies and obfuscations. Hope your fallout shelters are all well-stocked and in order.
posted by Generik at 9:57 AM
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