the secret Bush doctrine: international hypocrisy

background entertainment: "Buchanan and Press," MSNBC

My, oh my. I was just treated to the most ridiculous tirade I've heard in quite a while, and that includes Rumsfeld's and Scalia's usual BS.

On MSNBC's "Buchanan and Press," Bay Buchanan insisted that:
1) Freedom is not a concept declared in the United States Constitution, and
2) The Rehnquist Supreme Court "is not Conservative."

Give me a break.

By the way, Bay, you really ought to get a better denture adhesive.

I tell you what, I'd rather listen to Pat Buchanan. I'd never vote for the man, but at least he has occasionally compelling arguments. Bay just sounded like a yapping dog, the kind that barks and barks at you even after its master tells it that you are OK.

But I digress from the point I was originally intending to make. I speak, of course, of G.W. "Whatmeworry" Bush's comments and actions regarding Africa.

He now says that he hopes that his upcoming trip to Africa will improve the international view of the United States. "There was kind of an attachment to the word 'America' with war," [sic] he said in an interview with African journalists. (AP)

Dubya's golden tongue garbles the message again. Guess why the word 'America' is connected with the word 'war'? One word: Shrub.

Ol' Silver-spoon furthers his descent into idiocy with his response to a question asking whether an American thirst for African oil drove his interest in the continent. "Conspiracy theories abound everywhere. That's one of the most amazing conspiracies I've heard [sic]. ... We've been thinking about Africa since I was sworn in."

Ho ho ho! I believe that just as firmly as I believe in Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.

If Junior is so concerned about Africa, why hasn't he sent thousands of troops into Liberia? Remember, Liberia was founded by freed American slaves during the first half of the 19th century. The capital city is named after U.S. President James Monroe, for Pete's sake.

While Condi Rice admits that the situation in Liberia "could be vital to progress on the continent," she qualifies that statement by saying that "... an American president is always reluctant to have forces go anywhere." Which president is she talking about? Surely it can't be her boss Dubya. Despite the weak statements he made about hesitancy when the Iraq debacle was in the offing, it was always clear that he was champing at the bit to send real fighting men into the kind of situation he has always feared to enter.

This is a man who openly admitted that his application to the National Guard was predicated by his fear of being sent to Vietnam. He couldn't see himself running to Canada (bad for the family political empire), and (in his own words) "I wasn't going to fire a shotgun next to my head," presumably so he'd burst his eardrum and get a 4F.

Can you say "coward?" Can you say "chickenhawk?"

Can you say "WTF?"