The Furious Spinner

I enjoyed this piece by Molly Ivins about our neighbors to the north. (That's the Canadians, Dubya.) She mentions how polite "they" are, of course, but she says, "They can think of no polite way of asking if we are such freaking idiots we haven't noticed the damage that has been done by the Bush administration to the American reputation all over the world." We can only agree with ya, neighbors

You've heard of Chavez in Venezuela, right? The peasants love him. (I started to write, "The pheasants love him." Do you still have words like that? When you're tired you'll revert to childhood mixups? I sometimes couldn't distinguish between "soldier" and "shoulder" when I was a child.) Chavez isn't perfect, but he was elected by a majority (unlike our own president, as Palast reminds us in the article). Chavez thumbs his nose at the U.S., saying Venezuela oil fields belong to....(drum roll)...Venezuela. What a concept! Naturally Bush and his oily friends don't like this, and they want Chavez gone. Frankly I'm surprised (and glad) Chavez hasn't gone the way of Allende. But I digress. Greg Palast, one of the few true investigative reporters still left, has uncovered some interesting documents which seem to indicate that the Bush administration is trying to rig the upcoming elections in Venezuela, or as Palast puts it, "It looks like the Bush Administration is taking the Florida show for a tour south of the border." After presenting evidence of this fraud, Palast poses this question, "Is Mr. Bush fighting a war on terror—or a war on democracy?"

We'd all like to know the answer to that question.

Bush has nominated Congressman Porter Goss for new CIA director. Michael Moore has footage of the congressman saying he wasn't qualified for the job. This is what he told Moore, "I couldn't get a job with CIA today. I am not qualified....I don't have the language skills. I, you know, my language skills were romance languages and stuff. We're looking for Arabists today. I don't have the cultural background probably. And I certainly don't have the technical skills, uh, as my children remind me every day: 'Dad you got to get better on your computer.' Uh, so, the things that you need to have, I don't have."

Hmmm. Sounds like another winner. You go, Georgie.
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