We've all watched with varying amounts of shock and disbelief as the second-term Bush administration has assembled its new cast of characters: Condi Rice as Secretary of State, John Negroponte as National Intelligence Director, John Bolton as ambassador to the UN and most recently, Paul Wolfowitz as President of the World Bank.
Via Bump, get a load of this one. Bush's Interior Secretary, Gale Norton, has named as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the former chief lobbyist for Safari Club International,
an extreme trophy hunting organization that advocates the killing of rare species around the world.
I went to sleep on earth and woke up on Bizarro World.
Actually, pogge, those of us below the 49th have been in Bizarro world for several years now.
My brain hurts.
Unfortunately I used up my month's supply of snark on the conservative convention. At the moment I feel like there are about 20 bloggers in this country all simultaneously doing an impersonation of King Canute commanding the tide (of extremist stupidity) to stay out of our country. With about the same result. The difference is that Canute did it to prove he didn't have the power. I sometimes wonder why we're doing it.
The only comfort I can offer is that there are a bunch of us and there was only one Canute. But he was a king so he had that going for him.
Here's some fine recipes from the Safari Club International website:
Oriental Groundhog
Marinated Bear
Sauerkraut Dove
Cream Muskrat Casserole
Cougar Steaks
I don't whether to thank you or just crawl into a corner and whimper for the rest of the afternoon.
This is just plain nose-thumbing. Tongue-sticking-out. At the whole world.
I thought that way back when Mr Gonzales, of all people, was nominated for A-G, and it has just got worse since. It would be childish if it weren't so bleeding dangerous.
This is just plain nose-thumbing. Tongue-sticking-out. At the whole world.
My theory is that Rove has an ongoing bet with Dubya as to how completely outrageous his appointments can get before anyone objects:
Rove: Hey, George, I'll bet you $100 that you can nominate Alberto for Attorney General.
George: The torture guy? You're on.
I swear, one of these days GW's going to nominate someone's corpse for a cabinet post. Just to see what happens.
I swear, one of these days GW's going to nominate someone's corpse for a cabinet post.
If Ashcroft was still in the administration it wouldn't surprise me to see them try that out of revenge, since he once lost an election to a dead guy.
On second thought, that doesn't make a lot of sense. But it seemed like a good idea at the time.
Hee. I want to see Scott continue that dialogue, all the way through.
"The torture guy?" I'm still giggling.
It has definite Wayne and Shuster potential.