Raise your own phony -  plant a Tony Grow your own dope,  plant a Bush

A terse and charitable  look at  … and

A timely quote concerning  the Bush/Blair affair

 (America’s Fascist Invasion of Iraq)

With Bush’s and Blair’s approval ratings in the pits, they both cling to the view that their invasion of Iraq was justified.  What could possibly fuel this view?  There were no massively destructive weapons, thousands of civilians have been killed, Iraq’s antiquities were looted, sectarian warfare has blossomed, world opinion has been increasingly negative, and a Western-style democracy in the face of a rising Islamic theocracy looks more like a pipe-dream than ever.  Without sounding too cynical, I’m waiting for the new Iraqi government to sign a Status of Forces Agreement with the United States and Great Britain that allows permanent U.S. and British bases on Iraqi soil.  But perhaps that was the goal all along.

In his recent GQ Magazine interview, British MP George Galloway claimed to have been the best fighter at his school, and said he would like to go a few rounds with both Blair and Bush.

“I’d take them both at once,” Galloway said.

“That’s what really upsets me. They are the sort of men who are ready to fight to the last drop of other people’s blood. They couldn’t personally punch their way out of a paper bag. They send other mothers’ sons to their death, and I find them both deeply repugnant,” he said.

[Editorial Note: The terse look and Galloway quotation are both provided us by*Leonard Carrier, who had nothing to do with the bumper-snicker captions with which we have headed this most recent of his right-on-target contributions.]

*(Dr. Leonard Carrier received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Miami in ’56 and ’58, respectively, and his Ph.D from Stanford in 1967.  He taught at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia and the University of South Florida (Tampa) before spending the rest of his teaching and research career (29 years until 2000) at the University of Miami. )