Just as I thought...Rove's rhetorical load of bat guano last week wasn't just for the fun of it.
Take a look at this story...at first blush, it looks like we're violating Saint Ronnie's foreign policy prime directive: Never Negotiate with the Bad Guys. (Unless you're trying to finance an illegal war on another continent.) Heresy, you say!
Ah, citizen, you obviously haven't obtained the new edition of the NewSpeak dictionary--report to Room 101 for reprogramming! Blogger Billmon has a pretty good analysis of Bush's non-speech last night, particularly the way the White House is trying to shift the Iraq rhetoric yet again. Notice that now there's a new faction in town--"the insurgency"--that previously was never recognized.
Rove still wants to paint liberals as "terrorist sympathizers," even as the White House desperately tries to draw a meaningless distinction between the "insurgents" and the "terrorists." Apparently, insurgents=Iraqi natives who blow up innocent Iraqis with car bombs, whereas terrorists=foreigners who blow up innocent Iraqis with car bombs. See the difference? The Democrats have always been weak on illegal immigration, especially in our 51st state of Iraqansas!
With this propagandistic sleight-of-hand, Rove hopes to have his cake and eat it too--the US still can claim that we "never negotiate with terrorists," even as those seditious liberals want us to. Meanwhile, the US can go about Vietnamizing the hapless Iraqi Defense forces as it cavalierly negotiates with a nebulous enemy whose sole condition is that we get the fuck out of their country yesterday.
As is the case when you're dealing with a bunch of win-at-all-costs fascists, if you don't like the way the game is going, just change the rules. By now, we've been through at least two dozen different reasons for invading Iraq--and some clueless fuckers still think So-damn Insane caused 9/11--so what's so bad with a few mid-season rule changes?
P.S. Rude Pundit captures the preferred reaction to last night's speech in all its crude glory.
Take a look at this story...at first blush, it looks like we're violating Saint Ronnie's foreign policy prime directive: Never Negotiate with the Bad Guys. (Unless you're trying to finance an illegal war on another continent.) Heresy, you say!
Ah, citizen, you obviously haven't obtained the new edition of the NewSpeak dictionary--report to Room 101 for reprogramming! Blogger Billmon has a pretty good analysis of Bush's non-speech last night, particularly the way the White House is trying to shift the Iraq rhetoric yet again. Notice that now there's a new faction in town--"the insurgency"--that previously was never recognized.
Rove still wants to paint liberals as "terrorist sympathizers," even as the White House desperately tries to draw a meaningless distinction between the "insurgents" and the "terrorists." Apparently, insurgents=Iraqi natives who blow up innocent Iraqis with car bombs, whereas terrorists=foreigners who blow up innocent Iraqis with car bombs. See the difference? The Democrats have always been weak on illegal immigration, especially in our 51st state of Iraqansas!
With this propagandistic sleight-of-hand, Rove hopes to have his cake and eat it too--the US still can claim that we "never negotiate with terrorists," even as those seditious liberals want us to. Meanwhile, the US can go about Vietnamizing the hapless Iraqi Defense forces as it cavalierly negotiates with a nebulous enemy whose sole condition is that we get the fuck out of their country yesterday.
As is the case when you're dealing with a bunch of win-at-all-costs fascists, if you don't like the way the game is going, just change the rules. By now, we've been through at least two dozen different reasons for invading Iraq--and some clueless fuckers still think So-damn Insane caused 9/11--so what's so bad with a few mid-season rule changes?
P.S. Rude Pundit captures the preferred reaction to last night's speech in all its crude glory.
by at 12:43 PM
Let the purges begin! Yee haw!
Who needs to make weak-tea analogies of the Bush administration to Stalin now? Rove just declared war on the political opposition...just like his mentor Steely Joe did half a century ago. Just a chip off the ol' Eastern Bloc.
Notice how soon after Durbin's public gelding this latest broadside came? Like Cheney, DeLay, and other Republican power elite, Rove can say anything he wants with impunity, and never has to fear reprisal from any quarter: not from the Beltway media, too busy lusting after power and influence in "the scene"; not from members of his party, who eagerly take their orders from above without exception; and certainly not from the Democrats, who are too busy attacking each other to put up much of a fight. He's just rubbing our noses in it.
Let the smelly fatass gloat...it's just chum for the redneck bottom-feeders and the religiously insane...all that remains of the party's base. For the rest of Murica, no amount of PR quick lime or minty-fresh spritzing from the talk radio harpies can dispell the whiff of fascism and creeping blight of corruption that's spreading across the land. People are getting seriously pissed off at Bush, and this latest installment of the dissent=treason theme is not going to inspire a whole lot of sympathy or support for Cowboy Caligula.
As a footnote: I wonder if Republicans will scream bloody murder about another politician who thinks the administration is a bunch of Nazis. (Hint: it's not a Democrat.)
Who needs to make weak-tea analogies of the Bush administration to Stalin now? Rove just declared war on the political opposition...just like his mentor Steely Joe did half a century ago. Just a chip off the ol' Eastern Bloc.
Notice how soon after Durbin's public gelding this latest broadside came? Like Cheney, DeLay, and other Republican power elite, Rove can say anything he wants with impunity, and never has to fear reprisal from any quarter: not from the Beltway media, too busy lusting after power and influence in "the scene"; not from members of his party, who eagerly take their orders from above without exception; and certainly not from the Democrats, who are too busy attacking each other to put up much of a fight. He's just rubbing our noses in it.
Let the smelly fatass gloat...it's just chum for the redneck bottom-feeders and the religiously insane...all that remains of the party's base. For the rest of Murica, no amount of PR quick lime or minty-fresh spritzing from the talk radio harpies can dispell the whiff of fascism and creeping blight of corruption that's spreading across the land. People are getting seriously pissed off at Bush, and this latest installment of the dissent=treason theme is not going to inspire a whole lot of sympathy or support for Cowboy Caligula.
As a footnote: I wonder if Republicans will scream bloody murder about another politician who thinks the administration is a bunch of Nazis. (Hint: it's not a Democrat.)
by at 4:13 PM
Holy crap, it has been a while since there's been action on here. I think everyone's busy or something. We've got that huge Drunk Horse show coming up plus a few additional things, so let's keep the ball rolling with a few random thoughts, shall we???
First, blogging. The Knife of Simpson site has been going on as a blog for quite a while. Admittedly, I started it like that because I know very little about web programming. Now, years later, it seems that blogging is some kind of phenomenon. Blogs that started out little like ours are being mentioned on the national news and taken seriously. So why has Knife of Simpson not gotten our due critical acclaim? We predicted the Iraq war days after Bush's election and even discovered the real killers in the OJ Simpson murder case. (Hint: OJ did it.) So it is time for all of you to start kissing our asses.
Item #2: System of a Down. What is the deal with these corn nuts? FIve some years between albums and they still can't figure out how to write a song? Oh, and did you hear that they are Armenian? No shit! Why does that have to be mentioned in every article about them? Oh by the way, Jerry Seinfeld is Jewish.
Not only that, but this is only one record of two that are coming out this year. Two records of non songs. Great, I'm already sick of these guys, now I have to endure another wave of media hype come the Christmas shopping season?
Their single "B.Y.O.B." is particularly annoying. Don't get me wrong, I think it is great that anti Iraq war songs are finding their way onto the airwaves, there should be lots more of them. But probably not from these guys. It makes it hard to take "BYOB" seriously when the singer is going Oh la la la la la la la la la, oooohh! They just don't write 'em like "War Pigs" anymore, do they? YOUWANTEDTO.
OK that's all. The voice goes silent. And bite my bag.
First, blogging. The Knife of Simpson site has been going on as a blog for quite a while. Admittedly, I started it like that because I know very little about web programming. Now, years later, it seems that blogging is some kind of phenomenon. Blogs that started out little like ours are being mentioned on the national news and taken seriously. So why has Knife of Simpson not gotten our due critical acclaim? We predicted the Iraq war days after Bush's election and even discovered the real killers in the OJ Simpson murder case. (Hint: OJ did it.) So it is time for all of you to start kissing our asses.
Item #2: System of a Down. What is the deal with these corn nuts? FIve some years between albums and they still can't figure out how to write a song? Oh, and did you hear that they are Armenian? No shit! Why does that have to be mentioned in every article about them? Oh by the way, Jerry Seinfeld is Jewish.
Not only that, but this is only one record of two that are coming out this year. Two records of non songs. Great, I'm already sick of these guys, now I have to endure another wave of media hype come the Christmas shopping season?
Their single "B.Y.O.B." is particularly annoying. Don't get me wrong, I think it is great that anti Iraq war songs are finding their way onto the airwaves, there should be lots more of them. But probably not from these guys. It makes it hard to take "BYOB" seriously when the singer is going Oh la la la la la la la la la, oooohh! They just don't write 'em like "War Pigs" anymore, do they? YOUWANTEDTO.
OK that's all. The voice goes silent. And bite my bag.
by at 9:48 AM
Hello dere!
I'd like to remind any Chicago people to check out the show tonight at the Pontiac. We go on first, at 9:30 or so. It should be a good time!
Sorry about the lack of updates recently. The summer here is in full swing, which means we're busy doing things other than computing. But never fear, we're getting our shit together and will have more shows and events in the coming months. We've got a new record we're itching to unleash on the public, and even some transportation of our own for once. (Thank you Bible of the Devil for the use of the van for the last few years.)
I'd like to remind any Chicago people to check out the show tonight at the Pontiac. We go on first, at 9:30 or so. It should be a good time!
Sorry about the lack of updates recently. The summer here is in full swing, which means we're busy doing things other than computing. But never fear, we're getting our shit together and will have more shows and events in the coming months. We've got a new record we're itching to unleash on the public, and even some transportation of our own for once. (Thank you Bible of the Devil for the use of the van for the last few years.)
by at 9:43 AM