WTF Is It Now?!?

QUOTES
A strike against Iraq would be a "massive crime against all international law." - Former US Attorney General Ramsey Clark.

"Wrapping myself in the flag and blindly following the lead of a man who has never served* into the morass of an endless war is not my way of loving and serving my country." - Korean War veteran Wilson Powell , National Administrator of the St. Louis-based Veterans For Peace.

"Gore won the election. I keep telling you that. " - Ralph Nader, to Bowtie-Boy on Crossfire.

*See the Official Chickenhawk Database, here.





IT'S GOOD TO BE THE DICTATOR -TOT
Bush has spent a whopping total of 250 days of his presidency at Camp David (123 days), Kennebunkport (12) and his Texas ranch (115). That means Bush has spent 42 percent of his term so far at one of his three leisure destinations.

To date, the president has devoted far more time to golf (15 rounds) than to solo news conferences (six). The numbers also show that Bush, after holding three news conferences in his first four months, has had only three more in the last 15 months - not counting the 37 Q&A sessions he has had with foreign leaders during his term. - CBS reporter Mark Knoller's stats, found here.





BUNNYPANTS: TOO RUDE OR TOO CHICKEN TO TALK WITH MR MANDELA?
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (AP) - Nelson Mandela said Monday that he is "appalled" by U.S. threats to attack Iraq and warned that Washington is "introducing chaos in international affairs." He said he had spoken with Squinty McSquirtypants' daddy and one of pReznit Poopypants' nursemaids, Secretary of State Colin Powell.

As several world leaders at a summit here urged restraint by the United States, South Africa's revered former president issued a stinging rebuke to the Bush administration.

"We are really appalled by any country, whether a superpower or a small country, that goes outside the U.N. and attacks independent countries," Mandela said before going into a meeting with French President Jacques Chirac. "No country should be allowed to take the law into their own hands."

The 1993 Nobel Peace Prize winner said he tried to call the AWOL Asswipe to discuss the matter but that the 'president' was 'not available.' Mandela said he instead spoke with Powell and former President George Bush.