Comments on: Czar Ridiculous (And a Few Other Things) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/ America's favorite blog Thu, 21 Aug 2008 20:17:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Dale http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24738 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 21:39:50 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24738 Also President Bush specifically requested that the A.G. have the initials A.G. so he can remember who he is, and that narrows down the pool (presumably Al Gore is out of the question). Also President Bush specifically requested that the A.G. have the initials A.G. so he can remember who he is, and that narrows down the pool (presumably Al Gore is out of the question).

]]> by: LeRoy Mambeaux http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24736 Wed, 25 Apr 2007 18:57:43 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24736 Speaking from a "realpolitik" p.o.v, the Bush Administration should probably circle the wagons for A.G. Gonzalez. Can you imagine the White house trying to get a new A.G. through a Democratic-lead confirmation hearing with openly hostile senior Republicans also in opposition? The only candidate the Bush administration could get through would be an independently-minded Republican. The advantage of having an A.G. who is loyal to the executive branch and not the Republican party is that the other questions which have troubled this administration, such as the suspension of habeus corpus, the domestic wire tapping issues, signing statements which bypass laws, ignoring the Geneva conventions, not allowing congressional over-sight. An independently-minded A.G. would probably be sceptical of the executive branches bids for executive authority. A.G. Gonzalez is loyal to the person, not the party and will be willing to accept the slings and arrows of a Democratic congress, a senior Republican minority, a Washington media fearful of the next administration, a growingly dubious American public and history. Speaking from a “realpolitik” p.o.v, the Bush Administration should probably circle the wagons for A.G. Gonzalez. Can you imagine the White house trying to get a new A.G. through a Democratic-lead confirmation hearing with openly hostile senior Republicans also in opposition? The only candidate the Bush administration could get through would be an independently-minded Republican. The advantage of having an A.G. who is loyal to the executive branch and not the Republican party is that the other questions which have troubled this administration, such as the suspension of habeus corpus, the domestic wire tapping issues, signing statements which bypass laws, ignoring the Geneva conventions, not allowing congressional over-sight. An independently-minded A.G. would probably be sceptical of the executive branches bids for executive authority. A.G. Gonzalez is loyal to the person, not the party and will be willing to accept the slings and arrows of a Democratic congress, a senior Republican minority, a Washington media fearful of the next administration, a growingly dubious American public and history.

]]> by: Boomer http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24711 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 23:11:11 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24711 ...<em>"this area/these hills appear to look about as close as possible to what it looked like then"</em>... Except for all those Indians, of course. I was there <strike>35 years ago</strike> a while back, and had pretty much the same feelings about this battlefield that you do, becca. …“this area/these hills appear to look about as close as possible to what it looked like then”… Except for all those Indians, of course.

I was there 35 years ago a while back, and had pretty much the same feelings about this battlefield that you do, becca.

]]> by: becca (and brian) http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24703 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 15:24:20 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24703 Nice. As long as we're sharing Karl Rove stories: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/ It was OBL's idea???????? I guess as a relatively logical, rational thinker I just don't get how this revisionism-without-a-conscience has worked for the past 6 years. Why/how are they not being called on all the contradictions and lies?? Everytime I try and sit down and think about it like a grown-up my head threatens to explode. (Which is why I try and avoid the grown-up part when possible). In travel and touring news I think I can safely say that I recommend the I-90 route over the I-94 route for your Minnesota to Oregon driving adventures. Seems like there's just more to see from the historical (Mt. Rushmore, Battle of Little Bighorn Memorial site etc.) to the tacky (Wall Drug, Corn Palace etc.) and you still get some beautiful Badlands either way. Actually, I was (unexpectedly) impressed by the Little Bighorn Center for a number of reasons. 1) I thought they have now done a good/better job of not having it be good guys/bad guys on either side, but rather memorializing the soldiers for falling in the line of duty for the country (as controversial as that duty might now be) while also memorializing the fallen members of the 5 Native American nations/tribes fighting there as falling in the defense of their way of life. 2) Unlike so many other battlefields around the world whose landscapes have changed in the intervening years, this area/these hills appear to look about as close as possible to what it looked like then. As you drive the 5 mile length of the battlefield you can really picture the events. 3) Adding to that they have headstones marking (supposedly) where each of the soldiers and warriors fell (don't know how accurate those placements are, but still...) so as you drive around you actually get a sense for the flow of the different skirmishes and you can actually see where different retreats and last stands occured. We made a point of visiting many battlefields/concentration camps/memorials/etc on different continents on the grand tour, but I've never had the chance to visit any of the American sites. I found it unexpectedly moving and sobering and would recommend it for people trying to get a more visceral feel for US history than you get in your junior year textbooks. Okay, back to current events..... B (and B) Nice. As long as we’re sharing Karl Rove stories: http://thinkprogress.org/2007/04/19/rove-history-iraq/

It was OBL’s idea???????? I guess as a relatively logical, rational thinker I just don’t get how this revisionism-without-a-conscience has worked for the past 6 years. Why/how are they not being called on all the contradictions and lies?? Everytime I try and sit down and think about it like a grown-up my head threatens to explode. (Which is why I try and avoid the grown-up part when possible).

In travel and touring news I think I can safely say that I recommend the I-90 route over the I-94 route for your Minnesota to Oregon driving adventures. Seems like there’s just more to see from the historical (Mt. Rushmore, Battle of Little Bighorn Memorial site etc.) to the tacky (Wall Drug, Corn Palace etc.) and you still get some beautiful Badlands either way.

Actually, I was (unexpectedly) impressed by the Little Bighorn Center for a number of reasons. 1) I thought they have now done a good/better job of not having it be good guys/bad guys on either side, but rather memorializing the soldiers for falling in the line of duty for the country (as controversial as that duty might now be) while also memorializing the fallen members of the 5 Native American nations/tribes fighting there as falling in the defense of their way of life. 2) Unlike so many other battlefields around the world whose landscapes have changed in the intervening years, this area/these hills appear to look about as close as possible to what it looked like then. As you drive the 5 mile length of the battlefield you can really picture the events. 3) Adding to that they have headstones marking (supposedly) where each of the soldiers and warriors fell (don’t know how accurate those placements are, but still…) so as you drive around you actually get a sense for the flow of the different skirmishes and you can actually see where different retreats and last stands occured.

We made a point of visiting many battlefields/concentration camps/memorials/etc on different continents on the grand tour, but I’ve never had the chance to visit any of the American sites. I found it unexpectedly moving and sobering and would recommend it for people trying to get a more visceral feel for US history than you get in your junior year textbooks.

Okay, back to current events…..

B (and B)

]]> by: Boomer http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24702 Mon, 23 Apr 2007 11:44:45 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24702 Apparently, if you don't back the Iraqi war or don't spend you life with your head up your own Global Warming Denial ass, well, then you're just not American enough for Mr. Rove. http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/22/sheryl-crow-vs-karl-rove-at-the-white-house-correspondents-dinner/ Apparently, if you don’t back the Iraqi war or don’t spend you life with your head up your own Global Warming Denial ass, well, then you’re just not American enough for Mr. Rove.

http://www.crooksandliars.com/2007/04/22/sheryl-crow-vs-karl-rove-at-t he-white-house-correspondents-dinner/

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24697 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 23:16:52 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24697 Wow, gillian, Tom Toles nailed this one with unnerving poignancy. On the issue of where those bastards in the White House are going, hellfire and handbaskets come to mind. Problem, of course, is that they have put America in a handbasket and turned Iraq into hell on earth. Mission accomplished by a bunch of brain dead dreckheads. Wow, gillian, Tom Toles nailed this one with unnerving poignancy.

On the issue of where those bastards in the White House are going, hellfire and handbaskets come to mind. Problem, of course, is that they have put America in a handbasket and turned Iraq into hell on earth. Mission accomplished by a bunch of brain dead dreckheads.

]]> by: M.J. O'Brien http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24696 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:05:41 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24696 When Marine General John Sheehan turned down the job, he said all that needed to be said (to the Washington Post): "The very fundamental issue is they don't know where the hell they're going." The czar gig worked out pretty well for Nicholas II, didn't it? When Marine General John Sheehan turned down the job, he said all that needed to be said (to the Washington Post): “The very fundamental issue is they don’t know where the hell they’re going.”

The czar gig worked out pretty well for Nicholas II, didn’t it?

]]> by: gillian http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24693 Sun, 22 Apr 2007 00:01:47 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24693 So true. So <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/opinions/cartoonsandvideos/toles_main.html?name=Toles&date=04202007" title="true" rel="nofollow">true</a>. So true. So true.

]]> by: Even Angrier David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24689 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:33:13 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24689 Outsource the job to Blackwater, aka War Czars R Us, and have the War Czar answer directly to the Council of the Learned Elders of Global Fossil Fuel Interests. Hell, privatize the presidency as well. Oh, never mind, that's already been done. Outsource the job to Blackwater, aka War Czars R Us, and have the War Czar answer directly to the Council of the Learned Elders of Global Fossil Fuel Interests.

Hell, privatize the presidency as well. Oh, never mind, that’s already been done.

]]> by: David http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24688 Sat, 21 Apr 2007 23:31:22 +0000 http://fanaticalapathy.com/2007/04/19/czar-ridiculous-and-a-few-other-things/#comment-24688 Outsource the job to Blackwater, aka War Czars R Us, and have the War Czar answer directly to the Council of the Learned Elders of Global Fossil Fuel Interests. Hell, privatize the presidency as well. Outsource the job to Blackwater, aka War Czars R Us, and have the War Czar answer directly to the Council of the Learned Elders of Global Fossil Fuel Interests.

Hell, privatize the presidency as well.

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