The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We have removed an ally of Al Qaeda, and cut off a source of terrorist funding.1 And this much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi regime, because that regime is no more.2 In these … Continue reading “Mission Accomplished Day”
Tag: Wankery
Michael Medved: Idiot
(via Fundies Say the Darndest Things!) Americans Are Right To Resist An Atheist As President: Just as the Queen plays a formal role as head of the Church of England, the President functions as head of the “Church of America” – that informal, tolerant but profoundly important civic religion that dominates all our national holidays … Continue reading “Michael Medved: Idiot”
This Day in Wankery: February 11
On This Day – February 11th 2006 Vice President Dick Cheney accidentally shot and wounded a companion during a weekend quail-hunting trip in Texas. (more…)
This Day in Wankery: February 6
On This Day – February 6th 1911 Ronald Wilson Reagan, the 40th president of the United States, was born in Tampico, Ill.
This Day in Wankery: February 5
On This Day – February 5th 2003 Secretary of State Colin Powell urged the U.N. Security Council to move against Iraq, saying that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction and was harboring terrorists – claims that later turned out to be false. (more…)
Wankery Feedback Loop
(via Eschaton) Rush Limbaugh edits news clip, and then John Gibson uses edited news clip to “prove” that Media Matters edited the clip. I’m coining the phrase “Wankery Feedback Loop” to describe these kinds of shenanigans.
Random Wankery
Miserable Failure Project: Fallout
First of all, it wasn’t my idea – I learned about it from blah3. Looks like Old Fashioned Patriot was the one who started this. (I did play a roll in making it work, though) Traffic to this site has increased by at least an order of magnitude (WOO-HOO!) I’ve had to temporarily disable comments … Continue reading “Miserable Failure Project: Fallout”