Zzzzzzzzzphthth. I must have the post-return to standard time blahs, because I just can't seem to wake the hell up. Combine that with post-election malaise, and some days I find I'm really having trouble giving a shit. I look at the news and think yeah, so what? bfd. does what I'm doing really matter? I'm almost considering quitting this hellhole to retire to southern England and raise hedgehogs. It would make as much sense as anything else lately.
A plague of toadies
Not only are the Bush officials who failed to protect the country and misled us into war not losing their jobs. They're getting promoted.
[I]n the 21st-century reign of King George II, flattery is mandatory, dissent is forbidden, and erring without admitting error is the best way to get ahead. President Bush is purging the naysayers who tried to temper crusted-nut-bar Dick Cheney and the neocon crazies on Iraq.
[L]oyalty trumps competence. W., who was the loyalty enforcer for his father's administration, is now the loyalty enforcer for his own.
Those promoted to be in charge of our security, diplomacy and civil liberties were rewarded for being more loyal to Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney than to the truth.
The president and vice president are dispatching their toadies to the agencies to quell dissent. The crackdown seems bizarre, since hardly anyone dared to disagree with them anyway and there were plenty willing to twist the truth for them.
[L]oyalty trumps competence. W., who was the loyalty enforcer for his father's administration, is now the loyalty enforcer for his own.
Those promoted to be in charge of our security, diplomacy and civil liberties were rewarded for being more loyal to Mr. Bush and Mr. Cheney than to the truth.
The president and vice president are dispatching their toadies to the agencies to quell dissent. The crackdown seems bizarre, since hardly anyone dared to disagree with them anyway and there were plenty willing to twist the truth for them.
- Maureen Dowd and Robert Scheer.
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