Red's Thought for the Day (the Lottnoid)
Lying is a sin. Being stupid is not a sin. But lying about being stupid is a sin.
As has been stated here a time er two, I, Red am addicted to TV news shows. This mornin while everone else was out communin with the Goddess, I was watchin Trent Lott on TV. Chalk it up to the Goddess’ instruction that I should seek out evil.
Trent Lott is a tad hard to figure. What’s hard to figure is whether he is lyin because he is a liar, or lyin because he is way more stupid than average and don’t know any better. Apparently, he has this new book out “Herding Cats” so naturally he gets to go on TV to talk about it. (I wonder who really wrote the book for him?). Apparently, in the book, he discusses all the swell breakfasts he got to have with little king Bushnoid prior to the “war” on Iraq. Most of the discussion at these breakfasts touched on the imminent peril of Saddam Hussein, and the infinite capacity of the Iraqi military to initiate holocaust. According to Trent, he sat there guzzling whatever royalty eats for breakfast in those parts and wondering if it was going to be his last Post Toasties cause the Bushnoid was holding forth, at breakfast, on all the “intelligence” reports that said the Iraqis had mass quantities of terrible weapons and were fixing to get even more, terrible weapons.
The Lottnoid says he was plenty scared by these breakfast "discussions", and I have to wonder if the scariness of the Bushnoid’s dire warnings ever put the Lottnoid off his feed. I have to also wonder if anyone at these breakfasts ever asked the little king how Iraq got all these terrible weapons considering:
1) Almost all the heavy weapons possessed by the Iraqi military were destroyed in the war on Iraq, Phase I.
2) The Iraqi air force (a few dozen old Russian Migs and similar other top of the line equipment) was destroyed in war on Iraq, Phase I.
3) Iraqi air defenses were eliminated by war on Iraq, Phase I.
4) Much Iraqi infrastructure was damaged or destroyed during war on Iraq, Phase I and is still not repaired to this day.
5) Iraq facilities exhibiting the slightest evidence of military functionality were routinely bombed (remember the no fly zone) wherein the US and Brits bombed everything bigger than a fly from the end of war on Iraq,Phase I, right up to “Shock and Awe”.
6) All that gas Saddam used on the Iranians and later on the Kurds was not of Iraqi manufacture. (Lucky the search for wmds didn’t turn up a canister er two labeled “Made in the U.S.A”, maybe). Remember, Saddam used to be our ally against Iran.
7)Iraq's "top of the line" "Scud" missiles were destroyed, or used up during and after war on Iraq, Phase I.
The Lottnoid is old enough to remember 1-7. There was plenty of commentary on 1-7 at the times of their occurrence; “Common” knowledge as the generic republicans might say.
But old Trent probably didn’t asked the little king about any of this. Wonder why? Either he’s lyin about why he helped whoop up this war, or he’s stupid. Then again, he could just be doing cya for being on the take.
As has been stated here a time er two, I, Red am addicted to TV news shows. This mornin while everone else was out communin with the Goddess, I was watchin Trent Lott on TV. Chalk it up to the Goddess’ instruction that I should seek out evil.
Trent Lott is a tad hard to figure. What’s hard to figure is whether he is lyin because he is a liar, or lyin because he is way more stupid than average and don’t know any better. Apparently, he has this new book out “Herding Cats” so naturally he gets to go on TV to talk about it. (I wonder who really wrote the book for him?). Apparently, in the book, he discusses all the swell breakfasts he got to have with little king Bushnoid prior to the “war” on Iraq. Most of the discussion at these breakfasts touched on the imminent peril of Saddam Hussein, and the infinite capacity of the Iraqi military to initiate holocaust. According to Trent, he sat there guzzling whatever royalty eats for breakfast in those parts and wondering if it was going to be his last Post Toasties cause the Bushnoid was holding forth, at breakfast, on all the “intelligence” reports that said the Iraqis had mass quantities of terrible weapons and were fixing to get even more, terrible weapons.
The Lottnoid says he was plenty scared by these breakfast "discussions", and I have to wonder if the scariness of the Bushnoid’s dire warnings ever put the Lottnoid off his feed. I have to also wonder if anyone at these breakfasts ever asked the little king how Iraq got all these terrible weapons considering:
1) Almost all the heavy weapons possessed by the Iraqi military were destroyed in the war on Iraq, Phase I.
2) The Iraqi air force (a few dozen old Russian Migs and similar other top of the line equipment) was destroyed in war on Iraq, Phase I.
3) Iraqi air defenses were eliminated by war on Iraq, Phase I.
4) Much Iraqi infrastructure was damaged or destroyed during war on Iraq, Phase I and is still not repaired to this day.
5) Iraq facilities exhibiting the slightest evidence of military functionality were routinely bombed (remember the no fly zone) wherein the US and Brits bombed everything bigger than a fly from the end of war on Iraq,Phase I, right up to “Shock and Awe”.
6) All that gas Saddam used on the Iranians and later on the Kurds was not of Iraqi manufacture. (Lucky the search for wmds didn’t turn up a canister er two labeled “Made in the U.S.A”, maybe). Remember, Saddam used to be our ally against Iran.
7)Iraq's "top of the line" "Scud" missiles were destroyed, or used up during and after war on Iraq, Phase I.
The Lottnoid is old enough to remember 1-7. There was plenty of commentary on 1-7 at the times of their occurrence; “Common” knowledge as the generic republicans might say.
But old Trent probably didn’t asked the little king about any of this. Wonder why? Either he’s lyin about why he helped whoop up this war, or he’s stupid. Then again, he could just be doing cya for being on the take.
posted by ray pistrum at Sunday, August 21, 2005
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