WTF Is It Now?!?

"I'll tell you what's outrageous. It's not the fact that people are criticizing the administration; it's the fact that nobody is being held accountable for misleading the nation into war." - Paul Krugman.


Accountability missing in Fasciststan
From Rupert Cornwell, Independent columnist:

What is so striking in the United States right now is the absence of accountability.

The administration has led the country into an unprovoked war against a sovereign foreign state for reasons that were certainly overstated and quite possibly deliberately mendacious. It has mistreated detainees after Sept. 11 with a disregard for basic civil rights that worries the inspector general of pResident Bush's own justice department. {Ed.: ?????!} But look not to Capitol Hill for remedies.

Those committees, with their sweeping subpoena powers? As they say in polite New York circles, "fuggeddaboutit." First of all, the Republicans who control the White House also have majorities in both chambers of Congress - and thus in the committees of Congress. If push comes to shove, Republican senators and representatives will make sure that no great embarrassment befalls a popular Republican president {Ed.: ?????!!} and his senior officials.

Fine, but what about the media? {Ed.: ?????!!!*%$#@*!} After all, in Britain, has not the equally enfeebled and divided Tory party been to a large degree supplanted by the media in providing opposition to the Labor juggernaut? That has not been the case in the United States.

The US media, huh? Let's take a look:

CNN: Abbas calls Israeli strike 'terrorist' attack; Should airline pilots be armed with stun guns?

Fux: Martha pal, former ImClone CEO, faces up to 75 years in prison; Bush warns Israelis about retaliation; Who really has the upper hand in the Peterson case?

MSGOP: Hamas leader wounded in Israeli strike; Iraqis slow to show weapons; U.S. predicts al-Qaida to try WMD.

ABC News: Are you in a sex-starved marriage?; Smart homes: can the average couch potato handle this?; Imclone CEO faces 65 years behind bars at sentencing. Oh, and Guantanamo team eyes possible execution chamber.