So, I was just watching the video on MSNBC of Bush making some real gut-busting jokes about WMD at the Radio and Television Correspondents Dinner in Washington last night:

“Those weapons of mass destruction have got to be somewhere,” Bush mimicked, as a slide of the President looking under furniture in the Oval Office appeared on the screen. “Nope, no weapons over there.” (Laughter and applause.) “Maybe under here.” (Laughter.)

So, I’m thinking .. wow, I bet if my leg was blown off in Iraq a couple months ago, and I was now collecting $981 a month and watching the President’s speech from a rehab center in Toledo, I’d be laughing so hard! Yeah – jokes on you, dude!! No leg!!

Why weren’t we doing this in November of 2001? Or better yet, November of 1999? We should be doing more of it instead of occupying Iraq. I do believe that terrorism is a strategic problem, and not a tactical one – but on the military front we should be working at full force to destroy Al Qaeda. Messing around in various nation-states who haven’t threatened us can take lower priority, in my opinion.

Ok – so al Qaeda attacks us on 9/11. We spend a few minutes routing the Taliban from Afghanistan and leave. We then make lots of implications about Saddam Hussein being involved and being hellbent on nuking us, so we invade and occupy Iraq.

So, things in the tribal regions of the Pan-Afghan border where Osama and crew are hiding are tough.. because all our Arabic-speaking military and intelligence experts are bogged down in Iraq for God-knows-why. Then we convince Pakistan to go in and attack the guys who attacked us, because we’re busy occupying a nation that wasn’t a threat. Do I have this correct?

“On this occasion of Valentine’s Day, let’s stop and ask ourselves what business is it of the state how consenting adults choose to pair off, share expenses and eventually stop having sex with each other. And why does the Bush Administration want a Constitutional amendment about weddings? Hey, why stop at weddings? Birthdays are important; let’s put them in the great document. Let’s make a law that gay people can have birthdays, but straight people get more cake. You know, to send the right message to kids. Republicans are always saying we should privatize things like schools, prisons, Social Security. Hey, how about we privatize privacy?”

NASA’s LINEAR system spots a bogey…

A great ad from Moveon.org.

“You and a few other critics are the only people I’ve heard use the phrase ‘immediate threat’. I didn’t. The President didn’t. And [uh,] it’s become kind of folklore that that’s what’s happened.” — Donald Rumsfeld, March 14, 2004, Face The Nation

“No terror state poses a greater or more immediate threat to the security of our people and the stability of the world than the regime of Saddam Hussein in Iraq.” — Donald Rumsfeld, September 18, 2002

Rumsfeld really is an evil person.

It was unclear whether the man was seeking assistance for his injury or help in nailing down his other hand.