Once the Dems won the House of Reps, Dubya finally agreed to the resignation of Rumsfeld, which he had offered after Abu Ghraib became public knowledge. A bit of a hint that Rummy's resignation was forced this time around, and Dubya's dad's CIA chief has stepped in as the new Defense Secretary (bloody Americans with their S in defence). No, not 'slam dunk' Medal of Freedom George Tenet either.
Just a week or two ago, Bush had said that Cheney and Rummy would likely be kept until the end of his administration, and the American media, at least the doubting Thomas parts of it, picked up that as probably a bit of a mistruth - they, the media, are being very careful about the word lie, but six of one half a dozen of another basically.
Reminds me of some of the stupid things Bush said after Hurricane Katrina, how he would like to rebuild one of the Republican politicians house so he could sit on the front porch again, when over a thousand were dead, and tens of thousands were refugees - or FEMA boss Michael Brown doing a heck of a job. Which he promptly resigned from about a week later.
And then, joy of joys, the Dems took Montana and Virginia in the Senate, the later by less than 0.3% of the vote (thank you liberal suburbs of DC), but the Republican wouldn't go for a recount to try and find those 7000 votes he needed. Next on the chopping block possibly is UN Ambassador John Bolton, who was only appointed while the Senate was on recess, when the then Republican led Senate wouldn't confirm him anyways.
And Bush did say that Cheney would be sticking around as well - hmm, feeling queasy Dick? Was half watching Robocop (repeat number 513) last night, and the way that OCP controlled Detroit made me think of Halliburton and Iraq.
And of course, thinking about these huge international stories just means I avoid the more immediate issues around me - ah procrastination, one of my deadly sins. Was thinking about my less than savoury personality traits yesterday, might do a post about them umm one of these days.
Paul
Just a week or two ago, Bush had said that Cheney and Rummy would likely be kept until the end of his administration, and the American media, at least the doubting Thomas parts of it, picked up that as probably a bit of a mistruth - they, the media, are being very careful about the word lie, but six of one half a dozen of another basically.
Reminds me of some of the stupid things Bush said after Hurricane Katrina, how he would like to rebuild one of the Republican politicians house so he could sit on the front porch again, when over a thousand were dead, and tens of thousands were refugees - or FEMA boss Michael Brown doing a heck of a job. Which he promptly resigned from about a week later.
And then, joy of joys, the Dems took Montana and Virginia in the Senate, the later by less than 0.3% of the vote (thank you liberal suburbs of DC), but the Republican wouldn't go for a recount to try and find those 7000 votes he needed. Next on the chopping block possibly is UN Ambassador John Bolton, who was only appointed while the Senate was on recess, when the then Republican led Senate wouldn't confirm him anyways.
And Bush did say that Cheney would be sticking around as well - hmm, feeling queasy Dick? Was half watching Robocop (repeat number 513) last night, and the way that OCP controlled Detroit made me think of Halliburton and Iraq.
And of course, thinking about these huge international stories just means I avoid the more immediate issues around me - ah procrastination, one of my deadly sins. Was thinking about my less than savoury personality traits yesterday, might do a post about them umm one of these days.
Paul
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