Distractions

see 'em yet?

This promises to be one rough week for the bushistas.

Little Boots dipped below the 30% approval rating for the first time, and I honestly don't know where they found enough dead-from-the-neck-up fanatically loyal, culturally backward oxygen wasters known as the “Republican Base” to get that high a number.

According to Truthout, Karl Rove let it be known that he's about to be indicted soon and that he'd immediately resign after being charged with "perjury, obstruction of justice and lying to investigators".

The meatgrinder continues in Iraq.

Bubble Boy's pick for the head of the CIA is coming under fire from all sides. Even the repugs don't want him there.

Late this past week another constitution shredding activity was exposed when it was announced that the NSA demanded and got all the phone records from telecommunication companies. Now a former NSA staffer, Russell Tice, will testify to the Senate Armed Services Committee next week that not only do employees at the agency believe the activities they are being asked to perform are unlawful, but there's much worse to come.
And a lot of it involves the above mentioned gen. Hayden.

So how would you respond to this avalanch of criticism and bad press? Well, if you're the flaccid puppet you'll go on television to announce you're sending the national guard to the Mexican border. That's right, pull a PR stunt while your administration is swirling the bowl and flail that reliable immigration canard. See, it's the little brown people folks.

You might think the national guard would have other things to think about, like say, the start of hurricane season.