The Sporadic Curmudgeon

The first reported case of Mad Cow Disease in the US has the beef industry understandably jittery. True, they successfully lobbied tooth and nail to defeat legislation that would have prevented the sick cow from ever making it to the slaughterhouse in the first place, but no matter. A little late to be closing the barn door, so to speak.

Ever helpful to his check-writing buddies, Our Fearless Leader has volunteered to continue eating beef in spite of the brain-slushing malady. And why not? He’s got nothing to lose.

Yesterday I had a conversation with a young man who actually believed it was a good thing that Bush was President on 9/11, because Gore wouldn’t have been able to handle it and McCain would have overreacted because he’d been a POW.

Yeesh.

Is the general public that ignorant of the facts? Are they completely unaware that Gore (a Vietnam vet, unlike Bush) had written a report on the dangers posed by Osama Bin Laden and that the Bushies had circular-filed it as being “alarmist?” Does anyone really believe that either Gore or McCain would have sat slack-jawed reading a children’s book for a full 30 goddamn minutes after learning of the attack? Or that either would have run in a yellow-bellied panic and then lied about it afterwards? “Had information they’d targeted the White House,” indeed.

You remember that day, don’t you? Where the FUCK was our glorious leader? Letting the Mayor of New York do what should have been his job, that’s where. I’m no big fan of Gulliani, but the man stepped up to the plate when it counted. Unlike President AWOL.

Yeah, we were SO lucky we had a dull-witted coward soiling the seats in Air Force One on 9/11. Whew. Dodged a bullet on that one.