How Foxy

Oh, Rupert, you silly little bitch. I must congratulate you on your latest bit: Surrender Monkeys!

Yes, Rupert, we all are well aware of how you feel about anyone who suggests that a wise course of action may be finding a way OUT of Iraq, but still, to parody James Baker III and Lee Hamilton as monkeys is such fantastically elevated satire that I've been left speechless. Clearly, I see your point now. These pair of missing-link chimps are obviously trying to weaken our national defense by suggesting that what we're doing in Iraq isn't working! The pansies!

Never mind that the group's combined pedigree is enough to drive a dilettante into conniptons. Forget about the fact that Baker was the Secretary of State under Shrub's fucking FATHER. To hell with the death toll and ongoing violence in Iraq spawned by a war started by a petulant commander-in-chief who had no idea what kind of game he was playing.

But enough of my ranting. I know, it's quite tiring, and very little fun to read. Onward, then.

It apparently won't matter much anyway that Baker and other conservatives have begun calling for a new approach to Iraq, or that it's widely believed that the brand-spankin'-new Secretary of Defense, Robert Gates, favors a course of action similar to what Baker's Iraq Study Group recommended: slowly withdrawing troops and actively engaging Iran and Syria in the rebuilding process. In fact, that perception is what drew two Republican votes from Gates' confirmation (though it passed easily enough without them).

But screw it all, says Shrub. He's not that interested in changing course, after all. Didn't we hear him say that enough times before the election? With two years to go, there's no good reason he'd pull an about-face now, except perhaps sanity.

And I wouldn't expect too much on that front.

So here's a bit of fun for everyone. Mary Cheney, that pockmark on the otherwise-perfect neoconservative image of our esteemed vice president, is pregnant! Woohoohoo! The lesbian neocon is breeding!

And nobody even knows how...

I'm reminded of Rosemary's Baby. Brrrrr.

Meanwhile, Canada once again has proved how it is far more civilized than the United States of Assholes.