This ad hominem attack on Three Nasty Piss Pots goes well with the melody from Eric Idle’s Money Song.

heinous motherfuckers, full of nonsense
petty little Villagers to boot
nasty when they’re leering
embarassing when cheering
preening pompous polecats in cahoots

disgusting, pribbling bastards, full of bile
masticating weevils making hay
their mouths all going tweet-tweet
while they’re pulling on their man-meat
they’re straight so it’s okay when they are gay  Read more 

It’s always fun to learn the ways of a strange new people, and it could be said that’s what I’m doing here in DC. Part of the learning curve always includes making a faux pas or two, and I made one today. However, I am in no way sorry I did, for it taught me more than anything all week.

As I noted in this post, I was at the Center for American Progress to hear a panel of folks talk about the bureaucratic process and the spin up to the war with Iran. I’m disappointed to say it, but I didn’t really learn anything new. The highlights include a few points that Corrente readers will be familiar with, and which reinforce the picture we’ve been developing about the Bush administration and their warmongering, incompetent, arrogant ways. The panel of experts agreed that the war will come after the election, and mainly because of the cabal out of Cheney’s office.

Halperin, a very well qualified and long time Distric insider, spoke at length about the Army and the Air Force, and made an argument worth repeating. Essentially, he thinks it’s useful to view military support for the war as a result of rivalries between the two forces.  Read more 

Pundits losing faith in Bush (Great headline).

Of course, “pundits” are by definition authoritarian pundits, but let that pass:

For 10 minutes, the talk show host grilled his guests about whether “George Bush’s mental weakness is damaging America’s credibility at home and abroad.” For 10 minutes, the caption across the bottom of the television screen read, “IS BUSH AN ’IDIOT’?”

But the host was no liberal media elitist.

How curious that the stenographer doesn’t put the authoritarian talking point “liberal media elitist” in irony quotes, eh? I mean, I haven’t seen one of those around since… Well, I can’t remember how long!

It was Joe Scarborough, a former Republican congressman turned MSNBC political pundit.

Well, splendid. Perhaps Joe Scarborough has had a sudden attack of sanity? Read on:  Read more