If You Can't Appreciate Irony

then don't bother reading this article, penned by former US ambassador to the UN John Bolton (who was never confirmed by the Senate) and John Yoo (he who penned the infamous torture memos that were based on his opinion that in times of war, the executive branch is not bound by normal separation of powers limitations or international law).

In this article, they both call for the restoration of the Senate's Treaty Power.

Yes. Seriously.

It is consistent at least in the sense that they see no benefit to be gained from international law at all. But now they are worried that the executive will enter into international agreements without congressional authorization, rather than flout international law, as with questionable interrogation techniques and Guantanamo Bay.

They seem to gloss over the fact that one treaty that was signed by the president and ratified by the Senate was the Geneva Conventions; the very set of treaties that John Yoo advocated the president did not have to follow and that he could authorize alternative interrogation techniques at Guantanamo and elsewhere in contravention of those treaties.

Bush Not Much for Bread, Circuses

Here's an article from the Houston Chronicle

May 21, 2007, 2:04PM
Bush defends Gonzales, dismisses plan for no-confidence vote
By BEN FELLER Associated Press Writer
© 2007 The Associated Press CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush insisted on Monday that embattled Attorney General Alberto Gonzales still has his support and denounced Democratic plans for a no-confidence vote as "pure political theater.

Political theatre you say? Hmmm, seems to me you've become quite the thespian yourself!

From the famous Mission Accomplished Photo Shoot....


...to having the parents of a fallen American Soldier do a cameo at the state of the union address back in 2005.
Or this little gem


Cuz that's a genuine and substantive way to deal with Malaria, right?

Speechless

Be forewarned, this is painful to watch. This is somewhere between watching an episode of "The Office" where you have the urge to turn away when Michael tries to sound profound, and an episode of "Animal Cops: Miami" where they find a dozen cute puppies being neglected and it makes you angry at human beings in general.

Great Moments in US Diplomacy

In an interview today, a U.S. Military Commander openly questioned the conduct of the British Soldiers who were captured by Iran. Specifically, he was surprised that they did not open fire on the Iranian Revolutionary Guard.

He said "What's the matter, did your p*ssies hurt?"

Ok, no actually what he said was:

"Our boarding team's training is a little bit more towards self-preservation"

"Our reaction was, 'Why didn't your guys defend themselves?'"

But it's kind of the same thing. This reminds me of an analogous personal experience. Back in September, I was mugged at gunpoint. When I was relating this story to the fiance of a friend of mine, his reaction was "Have you ever thought about taking a self-defense class?"

I actually did take martial arts (well, in high school) and I don't know of a move that is 100% effective of disarming some cracked-out motherfucker who has a gun to your head. Losing a wallet is better than taking a slug in the cranium.

And to you Commander Ice Man Shoot First & Ask Questions McLater, maybe the brits didn't open fire because they didn't want to be the ones responsible for STARTING A F*CKING WAR!!! Just a thought asshole.

Article from The Australian

It's like voltron...except together, they form the ultimate douche

"Michael Bolton Tribute" and the phrase ending "on ice." I thought it was a joke at first. But this weekend, I saw quite possibly the lamest thing I have ever seen on television. I haven't read the bible in a while, isn't this a sign of armageddon or something? I think this is right before the locusts.

Michael Bolton Tribute on Ice