So I put the URI of The Scream in Technorati and find not a single link in the results. None! So this post is to fix that grave injustice. In it, Dr. Frankenbush finally admits his deed:
For such is the bitter fruit of my labors: Of that portion of the brain which governs calculation, the arrangement of facts, and the deployment of language and logic, Mr. C— has retained a full share. Of the portion which governs social intercourse, feeling, and affability, he is now entirely bereft. For Mr. B—, the situation is the reverse.
The sole portion which is now common to both, yet apparently undiminished by being divided between them, is that which governs the pursuit of self-interest.
In other news, Lessig points to a video clip of Tim Ryan (Democrat, Ohio) speaking about the draft bill (H. R. 163). Like this Dailykos thread says, “It is a thing of beauty…a rant for the ages.”
Quoth Ryan:
We are not trying to scare kids. This President’s foreign policy is what is scaring the kids of this country. And people have said today, why are people believing this? Why are people believing this big Internet hoax?
It is the same people who told us that Saddam Hussein had something to do with 9/11; the same people who told us Saddam Hussein had something to do with weapons of mass destruction; the same people who told us we would be able to use the oil for reconstruction money; the same people who told us we would be greeted as liberators, not occupiers; the same people, the same President who told us the Taliban is gone; the same President who told us that Poland is our ally 2 days before they pull out; the same President who tells us Iraq is going just great; the same President who tells us the economy is going just great; the same people who told us the tax cuts were going to create millions of jobs; the same people who told us that the Medicare program only cost $400 billion when it really cost $540 billion.
So please forgive us for believing what you are saying. Please forgive the students of this country for not believing what you are saying. Not one thing, not one thing about this war that has been told to the American people or that has been told to these college students has been true. Not one thing.
Nothing really new in the message, but the delivery is great (watch the video)–and in the House of Representatives!
Something else is new, though: 350 tons of explosives in have been missing in Iraq, due to this administration’s negligence. And the attempts at spinning this are ridiculous. Like Josh Marshall says,
… you’ve really gotta marvel at the chain of command this crew has in place. The whole thing is “I forgot”, “I didn’t know”, “I didn’t tell anybody”, “It wasn’t my responsibility”, “What?” and so on.
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