Category: long story short

  • Hastert lectures McCain on the meaning of sacrifice

    File under the Republicans coming apart at the seams or “at long last, have you no decency?”: AP Wire | 05/19/2004 | Hastert Lectures McCain on War, Sacrifice

  • I'm late, I'm late!

    kwazy wabbit sings the face-to-face blooz

  • These are the last days in the city of Pompeii

    In the eighth circle of a deadline hell of my own making, for the last time I say to myself for the last time I say this is the last time, this time, this is the last time, this time is the time, this time is the last time, this time is the last time,…

  • Classic Fox News Slant

    ABC, CNN, MSNBC news sites all lead with the assassination of the head of the Iraqi Governing Council. Their headlines read…. abnews.com: “Shocking Loss.” msnbc.com: “Major Iraq Setback.” cnn.com: “Iraqi Governing Council Chief Sworn in After Killing.” Meanwhile over on foxnews.com the headline trumpets: “Chemical Agents Found in Iraq.” In the immortal words of Stan…

  • Clench, The Steady–Lemming King

    “A strong populace needs a strong leader. When I make a decision, I stick to it!” -Clench, The Steady–Lemming King, rallying his followers in the race to the cliff-edge.

  • Implausible deniability

    –“The No. 2 general at the Pentagon indicated that interrogation techniques used in Iraq violated the Geneva Conventions and said he did not know who had approved them. “Marine Gen. Peter Pace, vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was unaware of any U.S. military guidelines for interrogating prisoners that would have…