WTF Is It Now?!?

News you won't see on TV

"It was a scene that reminded us of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Rumsfeld said: the toppling of that hollow, sheet-metal statue of Saddam Hussein. But in subsequent days, more glimpses of this scene have been published. Photos of the square from a longer distance show a crowd not just small, but pitiably small - in a vast traffic circle cordoned off by US armored vehicles. Another photo showed, among the screamers and chanters, a man who bore a striking resemblance to a figure photographed just a few days earlier in the entourage of Ahmad Chalabi, convicted bank swindler & fugitive from neighboring Jordan who is Rumsfeld's choice for Hussein's successor. How did he get there? And who brought him? And with how many others? Could it be that the appropriate analogy was not the fall of the Berlin Wall but rather the organized thuggery of Republican Congressional aides flown into Florida to 'spontaneously' disrupt the Miami-Dade recount after the 2000 election?" - Gregg Gordon, BuzzFlash.com.

"Barbara Bodine, who helped thwart FBI veteran John O'Neill back when he was hot on the trail of Osama Bin Laden before 9/11, has been named Governor of Baghdad. Surprised to hear it? Little wonder - this story was swept as far under the rug as the Bush administration could sweep it. So, while we hear about 'retired General Garner' (who is, in fact a very un-retired CEO of a huge defense contracting company, SY Coleman), we haven't heard about Bodine. Yet she's been in Iraq since 4/8. Here's a link re: her role as "mayor of Baghdad" from a US Embassy site (hope it stays unscrubbed) - scroll down to Question 10.

"Choosing a woman governor in a Muslim country was calculated to foment trouble with the conservative Shiites - worse, a woman skilled in coverups for rightwing bosses." She's already sparking trouble. - Cheryl Seal, of Baltimore IndyMedia, via democrats.com.

Petulant pReznit Poopypants on a revenge mission: anger at France over its refusal to support war in Iraq reached new heights yesterday when Smirky McDumbass took a direct swipe at President Chirac.

"I doubt he'll be coming to the ranch any time soon," was Mr Bush's tart comment in an interview with NBC News. Many in his administration – by implication, himself among them – had the impression "that the French position was anti-American", the Cretin of Crawford said.

The fury is evident everywhere – from Mr Bush's jibe at M. Chirac and the tightlipped "yes" from General Powell when asked if France would be punished, to icy diplomatic exchanges, and using "France" and "French" as omni-purpose insults in Washington's corridors of power.

Yeah, it's nice to see the grownups are in charge.

Vas te faire foutre. All of you.